Training Grant Alumni

Margaret Bakewell
Degrees: B.S. Biological Science, 2002, Wayne State University, M.S. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, 2004, University of Michigan
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.eeb.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/people/grads/mbakewel.html
Email: mbakewel@umich.edu

Victoria Blanc , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Biology, 1993, New York University, Ph.D. Biology, 2000, University of Michigan
Current Position: General Manger, US Operations, Asterand, Inc., Detroit, MI
Email: vici@comcast.net

Cathryn Bock , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Psychology, 1988, Wheaton College, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1998, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2002, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Email: bockc@karmanos.org

David Buchner , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1998, Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2003, University of Michigan
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University
Email: david.buchner@case.edu

Andrea Cassidy , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Microbiology, 1999, University of Michigan - Dearborn, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 2001, University of Michigan, M.S. Biostatistics, 1997, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor and Research Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System, Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology
Email: acassid1@hfhs.org

Jennifer Chisa , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. English, 1994, University of Michigan, M.S. Human Genetics, 2001, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2006, University of Michigan
Current Position: Chief Scientific Officer, Oakland Genetics, Rochester Hills, MI

Sharmila Basu Conger , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Biological Sciences, 1992, Cornell University, M.S. Human Genetics, 1994, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 1998, University of Michigan
Current Position: Policy Analyst, State Higher Education Executive Officers, Boulder, CO
Email: sbconger@sheeo.org

Tim Connallon
Degrees: B.A. History, 2000, Rutgers University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.eeb.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/people/grads/tconnal.html
Email: tconnal@umich.edu

Karen Conneely , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Statistics, 1994, University of Illinois - Urbana, M.A. Economics, 1998, Princeton University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2003, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2008, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor Human Genetics, Emory School of Medicine
Email: kconneely@genetics.emory.edu

Julie A. Douglas , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Secondary Education and Mathematics, 1990, University of Akron, M.S. Biostatistics, 1998, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2001, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Human Genetics, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.hg.med.umich.edu/facultyprofile.php?id=4
Email: jddoug@umich.edu

William Duren
Degrees: A.B. Applied Mathematics, 1985, Harvard University, M.A. Computer Science and Engineering, 1988, University of Michigan, M.S. Biostatistics, 1999, University of Michigan
Email: wld@umich.edu

Michael Epstein , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 1996, Duke University, M.S. Biostatistics, 1998, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2002, University of Michigan
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University
Email: mpepste@emory.edu

Tasha Fingerlin , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Secondary Education and Mathematics, 1997, Concordia University, M.S. Biostatistics, 1999, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2003, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Colorado - Denver
Email: Tasha.Fingerlin@uchsc.edu

Michele Gornick
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 2004, Pennsylvania State University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.hg.med.umich.edu/students.php#G
Email: gornickm@umich.edu

Paul Greiner , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 1990, Purdue University, Ph.D. Mathemematics, 1996, University of Michigan
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Email: psg@umich.edu

Wendy Grus , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Ecology, 2002, University of Georgia, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2008, University of Michigan
Current Position: Research Administrator, Harvard University
URL: http://www.eeb.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/people/grads/wgrus.html
Email: wgrus@umich.edu

Omar Halawa
Degrees: B.S. Biostatistics, 2004, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Current Position: Student, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Email: ohalawa@email.unc.edu

Keith Hunley , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1980, Purdue University, M.A. Anthropology, 1997, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Anthropology, 2002, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
URL: http://www.unm.edu/~anthro/faculty/profiles/hunley.htm
Email: khunley@unm.edu

Anne Jackson , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1983, University of California at Berkeley, M.S. Human Genetics, 1992, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2001, University of Michigan
Current Position: Research Area Specialist Lead, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Email: aujackso@umich.edu

Charles Krafchak , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biological Sciences, 1999, University of Michigan - Dearborn, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2005, University of Michigan
Current Position: Deceased, May 2009

Ethan Lange , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Applied Mathematics, 1990, University of California at Los Angeles, M.A. Mathematics, 1994, University of California at Los Angeles, M.S. Biostatistics, 1997, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2001, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, University of North Carolina
Email: elange@med.unc.edu

Carl Langefeld , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Biology, B.S. Mathematics, 1983, Concordia College, M.S. Biology, 1986, University of Nebraska, M.S. Statistics, 1988, Florida State University, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 1999, University of Michigan
Current Position: Associate Professor, Section Head, Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics, Director, Center for Public Health Genomics, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University
Email: clangefe@wfubmc.edu

Heather Lerner , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1999, Bryn Mawr College, M.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2003, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007, University of Michigan
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Smithsonian Institution
Email: hlerner@gmail.com

Albert Levin , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1995, University of Michigan, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 1998, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2005, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Scientist, Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System
Email: ALEVIN1@hfhs.org

Cecil Lewis , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Anthropology, 1995, University of Washington, M.A. Anthropology, 2000, University of New Mexico, Ph.D. Anthropology, 2005, University of New Mexico
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
Email: cmlewis@ou.edu

Xiao-Yi Li
Degrees: B.S. Statistics, 2005, Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2007, University of Michigan
Current Position: Research and Development, Dupont
Email: x.chimera@gmail.com

Wei Lu Chiu , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biological Science and Biotechnology, 1991, Tsinghua University, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2000, University of Michigan
Current Position: Senior Principal Scientist, Computational Biology, Pfizer, Inc., Chesterfield, MO
Email: Wei.Lu@pfizer.com

Kathryn Lunetta , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Sociology, 1989, Grinnell College, M.S. Biostatistics, 1993, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 1996, University of Michigan
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
URL: http://dccwww.bumc.bu.edu/sph/displayDetails.asp?INDEX=12141
Email: klunetta@bu.edu

Elliott Margulies , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biotechnology, 1995, Rutgers University, M.S. Human Genetics, 2000, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2001, University of Michigan
Current Position: Investigator, NHGRI, NIH
Email: elliott@nhgri.nih.gov

Richard McEachin , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Engineering and Technology, 1991, Southern Illinois University, M.S. Operations Research 1994, Air Force Institute of Technology, M.S. Biostatistics, 2000, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2004, University of Michigan
Current Position: Research Fellow, University of Michigan Depression Center
Email: mceachin@umich.edu

Matthew Nelson , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Molecular Biology, 1994, Brigham Young University, M.A. Human Genetics, 2000, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Human Genetics, 2000, University of Michigan
Current Position: Senior Scientific Investigator, Statistical Genetics, GlaxsoSmithKline
Email: matthew.r.nelson@gsk.com

Bethany Niell , M.D./Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Chemistry, 1998, University of Illinois - Urbana, MD/Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2005, University of Michigan
Current Position: Radiology Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard)
Email: bniell@partners.org

Laila Poisson
Degrees: B.S. Biomedical Sciences, 1999, Western Michigan University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2001, Western Michigan University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Email: lpoisson@umich.edu

Jenny N Poynter , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Biology, 1998, College of St. Benedict, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 2002, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2005, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of Minnesota
URL: http://www.med.umn.edu/peds/epi/facultyandstaff/jpoynter/home.html
Email: poynt006@umn.edu

David Reed , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Anthropology and Computer Engineering, 1984, Case Western Reserve University, M.A. Anthropology, 1987, Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. Anthropology, 1998, Pennsylvania State University
Current Position: Research Laboratory Specialist Senior, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan
Email: dmreed@umich.edu

Joshua Rest , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1999, Drake University, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2004, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
Email: Joshua.Rest@stonybrook.edu

Henry Robertson
Degrees: B.A. East Asian Studies, 1993, University of California, Berkeley, M.S. Biostatistics, 2006, University of Michigan
Current Position: Data Analyst, USF-Alabama at Birmingham

Laura Rozek , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biology, 1994, University of Notre Dame, M.S. Epidemiology, 1999, University of Washington, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2004, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Science, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Email: rozekl@umich.edu

Conner Sandefur
Degrees: B.S. Computer Science, 2003, George Washington University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Bioinformatics, University of Michigan
URL: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sandefur/
Email: sandefur@umich.edu

Nicole Scott
Degrees: B.S. Biology and Anthropology, 2001, University of Pittsburgh
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Human Genetics
URL: http://www.hg.med.umich.edu/students.php#R
Email: nmscott@umich.edu

Theresa Daigneault Scott
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 2001, Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2003, University of Michigan
Current Position: Biostatistician III, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University
URL: http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/TheresaScott
Email: theresa.scott@Vanderbilt.Edu

Ali Shojaie
Degrees: B.Sc. Industrial Engineering, 1998, Iran University of Science and Technology, M.Sc. Industrial Engineering, 2001, Amir-Kabir University of Technology, M.S. Statistics, 2005, Michigan State University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/~shojaie/
Email: shojaie@umich.edu

Andrew Skol , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Animal Science, 1993, Cornell University, M.S. Animal Breeding, 1999, Cornell University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2001, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2006, University of Michigan
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
URL: http://med-www02.bsd.uchicago.edu/FacultyProfile/faculty_profile.aspx?empl_id=10164
Email: askol@uchicago.edu

Jennifer Smith
Degrees: B.S. Biological Sciences, 2001, Cornell University, M.P.H. Health Management and Policy, 2005, University of Michigan
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
Email: smjenn@umich.edu

Lydia Smith
Degrees: B.A. History, 1998, Yale University, M.A. Anthropology, University of Michigan
Current Position: Laboratory Manager, Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Email: lydsmith@berkeley.edu

Kristen Stevens
Degrees: B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2005, University of Michigan, M.P.H. Epidemiology, 2007, University of Michigan
URL: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/findings/spring08/snapshot/index.htm
Email: stkristn@umich.edu

William Stewart , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Mathematics, San Francisco State University, M.S. Statistics, University of Washington, Ph.D. Statistical Genetics, University of Washington
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
Email: ws2267@columbia.edu

Heather Stringham , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.A. Mathematics and Music, 1991, Walla Walla College, M.S. Biostatistics, 1994, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Biostatistics, 2000, University of Michigan
Current Position: Research Area Specialist Lead, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Email: hrey@umich.edu

Cris Van Hout
Degrees: B.S. Zoology, 1999, University of Wisconsin
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Human Genetics
Email: crisvh@umich.edu

Jenna Van Liere
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 2004, Duke University
Current Position: Medical Student, University of Michigan Medical School
Email: jennav@umich.edu

Jodi Vanden Eng
Degrees: B.S. Biochemistry and Genetics, 1998, University of Wisconsin - Madison, M.P.H. Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2000, Yale University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2004, University of Michigan
Current Position: Mathematical Statistician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Email: jev8@cdc.gov

Richard Watanabe , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biological Sciences, 1986, University of Southern California, M.S. Applied Biometry, 1989, University of Southern California, Ph.D. Exercise Physiology, 1995, University of Southern California
Current Position: Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California
Email: rwatanab@usc.edu

Janis Wigginton
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 1993, University of Michigan, M.S. Biostatistics, 1999, University of Michigan
Email: wiggie@umich.edu

Abby Woodroffe , Ph.D.
Degrees: B.S. Biobehavioral Health, 2000, Pennsylvania State University, M.S. Biostatistics, 2006, University of Michigan, Ph.D. Epidemiology, 2009, University of Michigan
Current Position: Senior Analyst, Altarum Institute
Email: awoodroffe@gmail.com

Matthew Zawistowski
Degrees: B.S. Mathematics, 2003, Saint Joseph's University, M.S. Mathematics, 2005, Lehigh University
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Email: mattz@umich.edu