People

Group Leader

Ana Baylin, M.D., Dr.P.H.

Nutritional epidemiology, cardiovascular disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome, genetic epidemiology, global health

abaylin@umich.edu

(734) 615-8478

Faculty

Research Staff

Students

Stella AslibekyanStella is a doctoral student at Brown University under the advisement of Dr. Ana Baylin.

stella_aslibekyan@brown.edu

Hannia Campos, PhD, MS

The goal of Dr. Campos' research is to understand the effects of dietary essential fatty acids on cardiovascular health in populations where the availability of these fatty acids is limited such as Central America and Eastern Europe. She also investigate whether genetic variation can modulate the effect of essential fatty acids on metabolic parameters that promote atherosclerosis and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

hcampos@hsph.harvard.edu

Stephen McGarvey, PhD, MPH

Stephen McGarvey is the Director of the International Health Institute and Professor of Community Health and Anthropology at Brown University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Co-Editor of Annals of Human Biology. McGarvey earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Pennsylvania State University in 1980, and an M.P.H. in Epidemiology from Yale University. McGarvey is concerned with issues of human population biology and international health, specifically modernization-related induced socio-economic and behavioral changes, genetic and environmental influences on obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factor, tropical parasitology and child nutritional status and health, and environmental issues. His research involves developing-world countries such as Samoa, the Philippines, and Ghana.

stephen_mcgarvey@brown.edu

Henry Oliveros, MD, MSc

Dr. Henry Oliveros is a critical care specialist with training in epidemiology. He is the head of clinical research at the San Rafael Hospital in Bogota, Colombia.