Students

2021-2022   Yu Lu, Ph.D., Xavier University/Tulane University

2017-2021   Yu-Hsiang Kao, Ph.D., LSUHSC

2017-2021   Wei-Ting Lin, Ph.D., Tulane University

2018-2020  Tzu-Jung “Jennifer” Wong, Ph.D., National Dental Centre Singapore

2021-present   Gabrielle Gonzalez, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-present   Sacco, Victoria A., CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Mentor

2019-2024   Meaghan Donewar, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: A mixed methods study of social isolation and loneliness in urban and rural populations

2018-2022   Mirandy Li, CHS MD/PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

Dissertation title: Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Social Support among LGBTQ Smokers in the Deep South

2016-2020   Ting Luo, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

Dissertation title: Examining a WeChat-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Chinese Smokers

(Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego)

2020-2022        Ashley Fenton, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: HOW COVID-19 IMPACTS FOOD INSECURITY OF ADOLESCENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR OBESITY IN NEW ORLEANS, LA

2014-2023     Kara Dentro Denstel, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: The role of chronic psychosocial stress exposure and cognitive-behavioral factors in influencing early cardiometabolic risk and biological aging in adolescents

2017-2018        Tzu-Jung “Jennifer” Wong, Ph.D. student, University of Florida

Role: Informal mentorship to her dissertation

Dissertation title: Smoking behaviors among LGBT

(Research Fellow, National Dental Centre Singapore)

2013-2019   Laura Michele Cahill, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: The Role of Attachment Style on The Relationship between Body Image and Reproductive Health and Sexual Risk among Women

(Epidemiologist, Booz Allen Hamilton)

2012-2017   Danelle Guillory, CHS Ph.D. student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Sarah Moody-Thomas, the Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: The Impact of Race and Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio on the Relationship between Tobacco Use Behavior and Hypertension Disease Severity in Louisiana Outpatients

(Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion @ OnlineMedEd)

2012-2016   Maura Mohler, CHS PhD student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

 Dissertation title: Parental Perceptions of Collective Efficacy are Inversely Related to Constraint of Adolescent’s Outdoor Physical Activity

(Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis)

2011-2016   Yilin Xu, CHS Ph.D. student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor and Chair of the dissertation committee

Dissertation title: Diet and Obesity in Mexican Americans: Influences of Acculturation and Social Support

(Assistant Professor, Tulane University)

2011-2016   Claire Hayes, CHS Ph.D. student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: Factors Associated with Differences in Adherence in Smokers and Nonsmokers with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(Director of Programs and Operations & Research and Health Services Administrator at Visionary Consulting Partners, LLC)

2011-2013   Amanda Hammack, CHS Ph.D. student, LSUSPH

Role: Dissertation committee member

Dissertation title: Examining the relationship between community gardens and health-related quality of life in New Orleans

2010                  Robert Swayzer III, DrPH, Tulane University

Role: Informal mentorship, Co-mentor with Dr. Ted Chen (Tulane University) to his dissertation prospectus and dissertation entitled: Correlates of sexual risk behavior among adolescents in the United States as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

(Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC) 

2023-2027   Nora Herrera, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2023-2027   Catherine Nguyen, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2023-2027   Zaidmara Diaz, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2023-2025   Homa Kamyabi, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2022-2024    Hung-Lun Tu, Health care Management, MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor

2022-2023    Hsiang-Chi Ho, International Health, MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor/Preceptor

2022-2024   Alise Aucoin, MD student, LSUSPH

Role: Mentor

2022-2026   Nhung Ngo, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2022-2026   Ashley St. Martin, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2022-2026   Alexis Stockman, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2023   Dionne Jordan Emma St. Etienne, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2022   Ming Hui Hsieh, Epidemiology MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor

2021-2022   Yiping li, Epidemiology MPH student, Cornell University

Role: Mentor

2021-2023   Sarah Thomas, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2023   Joanna Henning, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2025   David Mas, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2025   Bryanna Reinhardt, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2025   Nicole Vasilakos, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2025   Biannca Williams, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2023   Anne Buck, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2020-2024   Hebah Shaikh, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2021-2022   Kelly Chau, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Mentor, The Role of Minority Stress Processes on Smoking Behaviors among LGBTQ Individuals

2020-2022   Natalie Comardelle, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2020-2024   Amanda Husein, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2020-2024   Lauren Bagneris, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2020-2024   Heather Duplessis, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2020-2022   Charlotte Beswilen, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2019-2021   Gabrielle Gonzalez, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2019-2024   Kyle Mistretta, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2019-2021   Jasmine Johnson, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2018-2020   Alex Osborne, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2018-2020   Asha Regmi, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2018-2022   Jessica Elaine Seay, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

              Role: Advisor

2018-2020   Yifei Wang, GBDS MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor

2016-2019   Amber Tucker, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2016-2018   Chelsea Duhe, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH(transfer)

Role: Advisor

2016-2018   Lisa Staples, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2015-2017   Yuta Ishikawa, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor & Mentor Culminating Experience Project entitled: Nudge Intervention 

2015-2017   Saskia Renee Vos, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2015-2017   Shuang Yang, BIOS MS student, LSUSPH

Role: Mentor

2015-2016      Xin Yuan, GBCHS MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor

2014-2015    Whitney Elise, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2014-2015   Ziwei Song, GBCHS MPH student, Tulane University

Role: Mentor

2014             Kelsey Grzegorczyk, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2013-2015   Lauren Griffiths, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2013-2015   Patrice Hightower, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2013-2015   Krista Hubschman, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2013-2015      Elfreda W Samman, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Williams

2012-2014 Katherine Howe, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2012-2014 Gurpreet S. Dhillon, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2012-2014       Nabil Rayeed, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2012-2014 Kaylee Doback, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2011-13 Jessica M. Thompson, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Mentor her Culminating Experience Project entitled: Evaluating the Actions & Perceptions of Care Providers in Cancer Patient                      Service Program

2011-13 Ariyon C. Bryant, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Sarah Moody-Thomas to her Culminating Experience Project entitled: Patient and provider perceptions of                   assisting patients in obtaining smoking cessation treatment

2011-2013 Nick Bartel, BCHS MD/MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2010-12 Alexandria Augustus, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor, Co-mentor with Dr. Sothern to her capstone project entitled: The Feasibility Study Focused on Vitamin D Consumption               in Asthmatic and Non-Asthmatic Obese African America Adolescent Females

2010-12 Lindsay Hummel, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor, Co-mentor with Dr. Showmen to her capstone project entitled: The Youth Connection: An assessment of the online                       health-seeking behaviors of adolescents

2010-12 Maura Mohler, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Sothern to her capstone project entitled: Preschool Obesity is associated with the Food Resource                                  Environment and Crime Density

Role: Member, thesis committee: Preschool Obesity is associated with the Food Resource Environment and Crime Density

2010-12 Kaitlan Guthrie, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Williams to her capstone project entitled: HPV Knowledge and Attitudes Survey in Men and Women

2010-12 Lu Zhang, Epi MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Chen to her capstone project entitled: Racial/Ethnic Disparities of HRQOL among US Adult Self-Reported                     Diabetic Patients  from NHANES 2001-2008

2011—2012 SOPHE/CDC Health-Related Quality of Life Fellowship

2011        Alexis Turner, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Advisor

2010-11 Flor E. Espinoza, HPSM MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Chiu to her capstone project entitled: Cultural and Linguistic Assessment of Interim LSU Public Hospital ER                  Department

2009-10 Michael A. Duplantier, HPSM MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Chiu to his capstone project entitled: Home-based Exercise Rehabilitation Programs for Discharged Patients       at High Risk for Falls

2010 Joni Stuart, Family Medicine Resident, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine student

Role: Informal mentorship, involvement with a case study, collaboration on health disparities researches. 

2009-10 Sean D. Tate, BCHS MPH student, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Brown to his capstone project entitled: Strategic Recruitment and the Veterans Health administration:                         Attracting Physicians to Rural Areas using Social-Ecological Approach 

2009-10 Yan Gao, BIOS MPH, LSUSPH 

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Lee to her capstone project entitled: Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to analyze a         public health problem

2009     Jennifer Roniger, MPH, Tulane University

Role: Co-advise with Dr. Ted Chen (Tulane University) to her project about nutrition education in Tanzania.

2009 Behrhorst Jessica, HPSM MPH, LSUSPH

Role: Co-mentor with Dr. Angela Chiu to her project entitled: Exploring the Accessibility and Affordability of Health Care Services               among Hispanic and Latino Immigrants   

BS:

2023       Mahir Rahman, Brown University

                Role: Mentor for Summer Cancer Research Education Program (CREP)

 2022        Laila Flores, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

                Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2022 Firdaous B. Ningbinnin,, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

                  Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2021       Camila S. Calzada Lozada, University of Puerto Rico, UPRRP

                  Role: Mentor for Summer Cancer Research Education Program (CREP)

 2021   Naija Nelson, Villanova University

                   Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2020         Manal, S, Malik, Tulane University, LA

                     Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2020        Brian E. Washington, Tulane University, LA

Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2020       Daly, Patrick W. Louisiana State University, LA

Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

2017-2018   Arlysse Rodney,  Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

                     Role: Mentor

High School:

2023       Jude, A. Kannankeril, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and Arts, LA

                     Role: Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2022       Frederick Huang, Memphis University School, Memphis , TN

Role: Mentor for scientific manuscript writing

 2022         William Xi, Lusher High School, New Orleans, LA

                     Role: Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2021       Theresa Nguyen, De LaSalle High School

                     Role: Co-Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2019         Angelle Brown, McGehee High School, New Orleans, LA

                     Role: Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

 2018         Manal, S, Malik, Haynes Academy, Metairie, LA

                       Role: Mentor for LSU Health Summer Research Program

                     -First Place Award for summer science internship

                     -2018 CNN Positive Athlete Award

 2017-2018   Hannah Guichet, Haynes Academy, Metairie, LA

                     Role: Mentor for LSU Health 2017 Summer Research Program