Bakulski Research

Lab Members

Kelly Bakulski, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology

Faculty Profile Email

Bakulski_CV.docx

Research Staff

John Dou, MPH

Research Analyst

Department of Epidemiology

Mingzhou Fu, MPH, MHI

Research Analyst

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track

Department of Health Informatics

Survey Research Center

Co-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPH

Lauren Middleton, MPH

Research Analyst, Laboratory Manager

Department of Epidemiology, Hospital and Molecular Epidemiology Track

Co-mentor: Justin Colacino, PhD, MPH

Herong Wang, MPH

Research Analyst

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track

Postdoctoral Fellows

Freida Blostein, MPH, PhD

Department of Epidemiology

Genome Sciences Training Program (GSTP; T32 HG000040)

Integrated Training In Microbial Systems Fellow (ITIMS; Burrows Wellcome Fund)

"Environmental and genetic factors contributing to the development of the early-life oral microbiome and its influence on early childhood caries." NIH Predoctoral Fellowship (F31 DE029992-01)

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Doctoral Students

Kyle Campbell, MPH

Doctoral candidate

Department of Epidemiology

Genome Sciences Training Program (GSTP; T32 HG000040)

Master's Students

Yike Liu

MPH Candidate, General Epidemiology Track

Yike is currently a second-year MPH student studying General Epidemiology. Yike is a public health researcher passionate about life-saving initiatives and improving quality of life. Her expertise includes studying environmental risk factors, cognitive diseases, and advocating for vulnerable populations. She is committed to impactful research in these vital areas.

Personal Website

Samantha Frech

Samantha is a third-year undergraduate student in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with concentrations in Data Science and Biopsychology, Cognition, and neuroscience.

Lab Alumni

Mallika Ajmani, MPH (degree 2023)

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track, Certificate in Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control

Kyle Campbell, MPH, PhD

Department of Epidemiology

Genome Sciences Training Program (GSTP; T32 HG000040)

César Higgins Tejera, MD, MPH, MS, PhD

Department of Epidemiology

Rackham Merit Fellow

NIH Diversity Supplement Awardee (NIH 3R01 AG067592-01S1)

Departmental profile

Huda Bashir, MPH, MPP (degree 2023)

Department of Public Policy, Concentration in International Economic Development

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track

Her research interests fall in understanding racial health inequities in Latin America, with a particular interest in Brazil. Huda's outcomes of interest include maternal and child health and infectious disease prevention.

Co-mentors: Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH; Ana Ortigoza, MD, MPH, MS, PhD

Manon Nitta, MPH (degree 2023)

Department of Epidemiology, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Track

Molly Crismon, MPH (degree 2023)

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track

Michigan Medicine Chemical Pathology Laboratory Technician

Victoria Fisher, MPH (degree 2023)

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track, Certificate in Genetics

Nebiyat Girma, MPH (degree 2022)

Research Analyst

Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track, Certificate in Social Epidemiology, Certificate in Injury Science

Co-Mentor: Miatta A. Buxton, PhD, MPH

Email, Profile

Freida Blostein, MPH, PhD

Department of Epidemiology

Genome Sciences Training Program (GSTP; T32 HG000040)

Integrated Training In Microbial Systems Fellow (ITIMS; Burrows Wellcome Fund)

"Environmental and genetic factors contributing to the development of the early-life oral microbiome and its influence on early childhood caries." NIH Predoctoral Fellowship (F31 DE029992-01)

Personal website

Elana Elkin, PhD, MPHDepartment of Environmental Health SciencesPediatric Endocrinology Training Program (PETP): Developmental origins of metabolic disorders fellow (T32 DK071212) Winner of the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesCo-mentor: Rita Loch-Caruso, PhDEmail

Amina Gaye, MPH (degree 2022)Research Analyst Department of Epidemiology, General Epidemiology Track, Certificate in Hospital Infection Prevention & Control Co-Mentor: Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPHInstitute of Social Research, Survey Research Center Co-Mentor: Helen Meier, PhD, MPHEmail

Rebecca Bussa, MPH (degree 2022)General Epidemiology Track Certificate in Social EpidemiologyRebecca is General Epidemiology student with a certificate in Social Epidemiology. She worked with Dr. Bakulski and Dr. Park on the Study of the environment and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias during the summer of 2021. Her research interests are primarily related to health equity.Co-mentor: Sung Kyun Park ScD MPHEmail

Maya Sabbaghm MPH (degree 2022)General Epidemiology Track Certificate in Social EpidemiologyCo-mentor: Lindsay Kobayashi, PhD, MScEmail

Ruby Hickman, MPH (degree 2021)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Mitchell Schrank, MPH (degree 2021)Department of EpidemiologyOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Lichi Zhang, MPH (degree 2021)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Sahiti Kolli, MS (degree 2021)Department of BiostatisticsEmail

Sarah Javaid, MPH (degree 2021)Department of EpidemiologyGlobal Health Epidemiology TrackEmail

Elizabeth (Beth) Macdonald, MPH (degree 2021)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Mikayla Benbow, MPH (degree 2020)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Troy Tournat, MPH (degree 2020)Department of EpidemiologyOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Katharine Brieger, MD, PhD (degree 2020)Department of Epidemiology, Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)Co-mentor: Leigh Pearce, PhD, MPHI'm interested in autism spectrum disorder and the prenatal exposures that contribute to risk through epigenetic effects. My current project focuses on how maternal nutrition and supplement use, along with genetics, may influence DNA methylation changes in the very early prenatal period. Outside of research, I love exploring national parks and doing crossword puzzles.Email

Cristina Morataya Bustamante, MD, MPH (degree 2019)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

William Marshall III, MPH (degree 2019)Department of EpidemiologyHospital and Molecular Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Max Aung, PhD, MPH (degree 2019)Department of Environmental HealthCo-mentor: John Meeker, ScD, CIHResearch interests: Characterizing mechanisms of immune dysregulation through investigation of associations between environmental toxicants, inflammatory markers, and DNA methylation during pregnancy.Email

Yuan Jin, MS (degree 2019)
Department of Biostatistics
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Allyson Gregoire, MPH (degree 2019)Department of EpidemiologyGeneral Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Daniel Brandt, MPH (degree 2019)Department of EpidemiologyOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology TrackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Sonia Robinson, PhD (degree 2018)Department of EpidemiologyPrimary mentor: Eduardo Villamor, MD, MPH, DrPHI'm interested in studying the role of nutrition in childhood on the development of behavioral health problems, mental health disorders, and cognition. My current research investigates the relations between nutritional biomarkers in middle childhood and externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems in adolescence within the context of the Bogota School Children Cohort (BoSCCo).Thesis: Nutrition in Middle Childhood and Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in Adolescence: Results from the Bogota School Children Cohort Email

Weiye Wang, MPH, PhD (degree 2018)Department of EpidemiologyPrimary mentor: Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPHThesis: Associations of Environmental Risk Factors with Age-Related Cataract and GlaucomaEmail

Harita Vadari, MPH (degree 2018)Department of EpidemiologyCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Bradley Petrowitz, MPH (degree 2018)Department of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Methods and Analysis trackCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPHEmail

Nicholas Boileau, MPH (degree 2017)Department of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Methods and Analysis trackThesis: Anosognosia in Huntington’s disease: Understanding how patient unawareness of chorea modifies the relationship between clinician rated motor functioning and behavioral symptoms. Email

Nan Lin, MPH, MS (degree 2017)Department of Human GeneticsThesis: DNA methylation signature of smoking in lung cancer is enriched for exposure signatures in newborn and adult blood. Email

Ameen Masoodi, MD, MPH (degree 2018)Wayne State University, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health SciencesCo-mentor: Erin Ware, PhD, MA, MPH