{"id":137,"date":"2021-01-04T22:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T22:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/epi-phd2026\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:36:19","slug":"epidemiology-teaching-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/epi-phd\/our-people\/epidemiology-teaching-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Epidemiology Teaching Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>Name\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Position<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Area<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/health-policy\/person\/margaret-adgent-phd-msph\">Margaret Adgent,\u00a0PhD, MSPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Research Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Health Policy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/surgical-sciences\/person\/melinda-aldrich-phd-mph\">Melinda\u00a0Aldrich,\u00a0PhD, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine, Thoracic Surgery, Biomedical Informatics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/global-health\/person\/muktar-aliyu-md-drph-mph\">Muktar Aliyu, MD,\u00a0DrPH, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Professor<\/td>\n<td>Health Policy, Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/neurology\/person\/veronique-belzil-phd-ms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veronique Belzil, PhD, MS<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Neurology, Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/49212\">Ghadeer Dawwas,\u00a0PhD, MSc<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/39478\">Stephen Deppen, PhD, MS, MA<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Thoracic Surgery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/36010\">Todd Edwards, PhD, MS<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/48640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Escudero, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/48529\">Kelsie Full,\u00a0PhD, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/42724\">Ayush Giri, PhD, MS<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/42724\">Xingyi Guo, PhD<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/38714\">Natalia Jimenez, PhD, MSCI<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Research Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Pediatrics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/43613\">Nikhil Khankari, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Assistant Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/31689\">Loren Lipworth, ScD<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Research Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/47849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauren Peetluk, PhD, MPH<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Adjunct Instructor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/39682\">Peter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine; Biostatistics; Biomedical Informatics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/42130\">Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, PhD, MS<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td>Medicine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wag.app.vanderbilt.edu\/PublicPage\/Faculty\/Details\/27853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J. 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