Commencement Program

2025 graduates of the Brown University School of Public Health

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Providence, Rhode Island

Watch the livestream starting at 2:30 p.m.

Undergraduate Concentration in Public Health

Director of Undergraduate Studies and Honors:
Patricia Risica, DrPH

Concentration Advisers:

  • Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, M.D., MPH, M.S.
  • Catherine Dubé, Ed.D., M.Ed.
  • John P. Fulton, Ph.D.
  • William Goedel, Ph.D.
  • Kaley Hayes, PharmD, Ph.D.
  • Michelle Rogers, Ph.D.
  • Nisha Trivedi, M.D., MPH
  • Tongzhang Zheng, M.B, Sc.D., Sc.M., Ph.M.

A.B. Public Health

  • Eden Addisu
  • Punnava Alam †
  • Sarah Leah Albert-Rozenberg † **
  • Christine E. Alcindor
  • Madelyn Araba Amoo-Otoo
  • Sydney Elisabeth Asnis
  • Omar Ahmed Atia
  • Samuel Tei-Mensah Baddoo
  • Crystal Gia Banh †
  • Alyscia Caitlin Batista *
  • Benicio True Beatty
  • Kaitlyn Rae Chan †
  • Kate M. Cheong
  • Rohan Srisai Cherukuru **
  • Shaniqua Leann Clair Hodgson
  • Hélène Comer
  • Briannah Kennedi Cook **
  • Madeline Day †
  • Hawa Djen Diallo *
  • Jaiden Ditimus *
  • Hailey Michelle Dorsainvil
  • Zahra Fayeq *
  • Ava Delia Filiss
  • Mallory Go
  • Joel Gonzalez
  • Cole Alan Griscom
  • Alexa Ruth Guarente
  • Anusha Gupta †
  • Masoumah Haidari *
  • Abria Chava Hamberg †
  • Bart Hearn *
  • Juliette Iwane Hopgood
  • Graham C. Huntington
  • Nawa Ibrahimy *
  • Chloe Yena Kim
  • Ian Sang-Un Kim
  • Minchae Taylor Kim
  • Katharine Lee Knowles
  • Aliza Goldie Kopans
  • Catherine Annette Kowal-Safron
  • Adelaide W. Liebhardt
  • Greta Marie List
  • Emma Lo
  • Campbell Meredith Loi
  • Byron Zachary Lue
  • Anastasia Valerevna Lukasheva
  • Dolores Rosa Maldonado *
  • Kainoa Shane Maruoka
  • Kira Leigh McCarthy
  • Nicholas McCarthy-Belash
  • Mason Ryan Mead
  • Neil Mehta
  • Phoebe Moustaka
  • Angelica Santos Mroczek †
  • Sarahi Ramirez Murillo
  • Lucy Negatu
  • Devon Reese Newman †
  • Jade Lee Nunez
  • Sophia Gabriella Ordoñez
  • Myrna Sofía Ortiz San Miguel
  • Ben Osagie Isaiah Otoadese
  • Torben John Parker
  • Khushi T. Patel
  • Melissa Rebecca Ponce †
  • Diane Narindra Volahanta Rakotomalala †
  • Arpan Singh Randhawa
  • Audrey Elizabeth Roche
  • Julia Elizabeth Rodriguez
  • Jessica Alicia Romero
  • Shokria Sakhi *
  • Sara Michelle Santacruz †
  • Michelle Santos *
  • Yatharth Sharma *
  • Violeta Suarez
  • Sara Sultani *
  • Alexandra Tucker *
  • Yuliya Velhan †
  • Kenan Zaidat
  • Monica Zhang

† Departmental Honors
** December 2024 Graduate
* December 2025 Graduate

Undergraduate Concentration in Statistics

Director, Undergraduate Statistics Concentration:
Alice Paul, Ph.D.

Sc.B. Statistics

  • Chris Dimitrios Kourkoulakos
  • Neil Mehta †
  • Benjamin Adam Moshes
  • Rayan Ouaddi
  • Giang Nam Thai
  • Jania Betz Cornelia Vandevoorde

† Departmental Honors

Graduate Program in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences

Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences:
Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D.

Director, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences Doctoral Program:
Kate Carey, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Behavioral and Social Health Sciences

Anna M. Alikhani

“Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors of Perinatal Women and Perspectives of Healthcare Providers”
Dissertation Advisers: Michelle Rogers, Diana Grigsby-Toussaint

John Guigayoma

“Addressing Key Issues In HIV Self-Testing Implementation for Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men in the Southern United States”
Dissertation Advisers: Tyler Wray, Katie Biello

Marquisele Mercedes

“Black Fat Interventions For and Against the Field of Weight Stigma Research”
Dissertation Adviser: Madina Agénor

Bill Nardi

“Treating Substance Use and Co-Occurring Anxiety: 
The Role of Reinforcement Learning and App-Based Interventions”
Dissertation Advisers: Judson Brewer, Kate Guthrie

Graduate Program in Biostatistics

Chair, Biostatistics:
Joseph Hogan, Sc.D. (on leave)
Rebecca Hubbard, Ph.D., M.Sc. (interim)

Director, Biostatistics Master’s Programs:
Stavroula Chrysanthopoulou, Ph.D.

Director, Biostatistics Doctoral Program:
Zhijin Wu, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Biostatistics

Ruofan Bie

“Transportability of treatment effect estimates: missing-data in meta analysis and statistical power”
Dissertation Adviser: Jon Steingrimsson

Gauri Manoj Kamat

“Statistical Data Integration: A Review and New Ideas”
Dissertation Adviser: Roee Gutman

Anthony J. Sisti

“Bayesian Design and Analysis of Studies with Intercurrent Events and Noncompliance”
Dissertation Adviser: Ani Eloyan

Yimo Zhang

“Statistical Consideration in Feature Extraction and Prediction Methods for PET in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Dissertation Adviser: Ani Eloyan

Sc.M. Biostatistics

  • Thomas B. Arnold
  • Tianna Chan
  • Miaoyan Chen
  • Yunan Chen
  • Jiahao Cui
  • Zhaoxiang Ding
  • Jing Fu
  • Peirong Hao
  • Diahmin L. Hawkins ‡
  • Yingjie Huang
  • Yingqiu Huang
  • Yingxi Kong
  • Maia Lindner-Liaw
  • William Qian
  • Michael Stewart ‡
  • Rachel T. Yost
  • Dingxuan Zhang

‡ NextGen Scholar

 

5th Year Master’s Degree (A.M.)/OGE

Morgan Cunningham

Doctoral Program in Epidemiology

Chair, Epidemiology:
Katie Biello, MPH, Ph.D.

Director, Epidemiology Doctoral Program:
William Goedel, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Epidemiology

Meghan C. Buxton

“Treating pain in autoimmune disease: concurrent use of opioids and biologic disease modifying therapy”
Dissertation Adviser: Andrew Zullo

Rachel Gaither

“Recovery Trajectories and Epigenetic Predictors of Female Posttraumatic Pain Development”
Dissertation Adviser: Francesca Beaudoin

Bo Yang

“Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology of Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Adults of Diverse Populations”
Dissertation Adviser: Simin Liu

Doctoral Program in Health Services Research

Chair, Health Services, Policy, and Practice:
Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., MPH

Director, Health Services, Policy, and Practice Doctoral Program:
David Meyers, MPH, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Health Services Research

Mauricio Lopez Mendez

“Applications of Decision Analysis in Alzheimer’s Research”
Dissertation Adviser: Thomas Trikalinos

Grace Oh

“The Effect of Medicare Advantage Expansion on Kidney Failure Patients’ Medicaid Enrollment, Health Outcomes, and Access to Dialysis”
Dissertation Adviser: Amal Trivedi

Graduate Program in Clinical and Translational Research

Program Director:
Amal Trivedi, M.D., MPH

Sc.M. Clinical and Translational Research

Ash Alpert

Master of Public Health

Director:
Karen Andes, Ph.D. (on leave)
Elizabeth Tobin Tyler, J.D., M.A. (interim)

Director, Online MPH Program:
Nithya Ramesh

  • Brycen Adams
  • Syam Adusumilli *
  • Tunika Akpala *
  • Tommy Alfaro Moya *
  • Meera Ammu *
  • Kwasi Ampomah *
  • Danish Azam
  • Janelle Barnett **
  • Emma Beier **
  • Sara Belay
  • Chloe Bittelman
  • Eliana Blumberg **
  • Lauren Boczkowski *
  • Kara Bonitatibus *
  • Julia Braeunig
  • Zoe Brown *
  • Mikaela Byers †
  • Matthew Campos ‡
  • Blythe Chen
  • Drew (Levi) Cheriff
  • Sonam Christopher *
  • Kerri Connolly
  • Andrew Davis Δ
  • Keisha De Gouveia *
  • Sarah Demerly *
  • Xinyu Deng
  • Lauren Dods *
  • MiKayla Dotson
  • Riley Duffin ‡
  • Oseiwe Eromosele *
  • Farah Fasihuddin
  • Clarissa Garcia
  • Nathan Garcia-Diaz
  • Olga Garduno-Ortega *
  • Ruth Giorgis **
  • Ava Glazier **
  • Nicole A. Gonzalez
  • Gabi Gonzalez
  • Regan Gregory
  • Leroy Griffiths
  • Jenna Grossi *
  • Denish Gunawan
  • Nicole Haderlein
  • Suraiya Hamidzada
  • Natalie Hampton ‡
  • Olivia Healy *
  • Brandon Hevey *
  • Makayla Hickmon ‡
  • Lauren Hiss *
  • Rebecca Horst *
  • Lucy Hritzo *
  • Kourtney Hudson *
  • Renee Hulsmann *
  • Julia Huston
  • Ivette Ibarra *
  • Nazifa Ibrahim †
  • Abdul Isira *
  • Hadiya Jagroop
  • Sara Jlilati *
  • Maureen Johnson *
  • Morgan Jones **
  • Lara Jung *
  • Joseph Kahn **
  • Ellie Karniadakis **
  • Grace Keller *
  • Emma Keuler **
  • Mallory Kiernan *
  • Elisa Kim **
  • Kayla Kinsler
  • Erica Knarr
  • Evelyn Lai **
  • Jennifer Latham
  • Austen Lax *
  • Maxwell Le May
  • Veronica Leary *
  • Mekenna Ledbetter *
  • Sage Lefebvre
  • Joseph Leszczynski
  • Qingrong (Rose) Li
  • Tiffany Libby
  • Brandon Linaksita *
  • Taylarr Lopez *
  • April Lu
  • Tao Luo *
  • Xiuhong Lyu
  • Doha Maaty
  • Sean MacLean *
  • Aarti Maharaj *
  • Akashleena Mallick Ω
  • Traci Mancini *
  • Tori Mandel *
  • Zoe Maxwell **
  • Elizabeth McKee *
  • Kavya Mohankumar Ω
  • Ariel Montague **
  • Kayshauna Montano *
  • Kirsten Moore ‡
  • Menaka Naidu **
  • Troy Nash *
  • Allison Noronha
  • Tania Nuschese *
  • Linda Nyameyo *
  • Ogechukwu (Agatha) Offorjebe
  • Omolola Ometoruwa *
  • Casey Parker
  • Jacqueline Partida ‡
  • Isha Patel
  • Trinity Perkins ‡
  • Maria Pieruccini
  • Kamila Radjabova
  • Blaine Ramalho
  • Samantha Rubey *
  • Mina Sarmas **
  • Rebecca Saunders
  • Chandler Scoco *
  • Joel Serratos *
  • David Shabtai *
  • Shirley Shi **
  • Molly Siegel **
  • Simran Singh ‡
  • Akshita Singh
  • Aastha Deepak Sirwani Ω
  • Mandy Smith (Williams) *
  • Petranea Smith ‡
  • Melanie Solheim *
  • Yasmin Soliman Ω
  • Altagracia Soto *
  • Mary Stine *
  • Leigh Taylor *
  • Christian Tejeda *
  • Savannah Tenney *
  • Hope Tiboni
  • Helen To *
  • Laini Tuboku-Metzger ‡
  • Jordyn Turin *
  • Anisa Tyler *
  • Munachimso Ugoh ‡
  • Brooke Ury **
  • Anna Utrata
  • Vivian Uzoechi ‡
  • Anthony Varner
  • Kensley Villavasso *
  • Cieanna Vongsa *
  • Amelia Walsh (Baker) *
  • Derrick Webb ‡
  • Jennifer Wilson *
  • Fan Wu
  • Kevin Xi
  • Yibo Xu
  • Jocelyn Yang **
  • Kun Yang
  • Michael Zayas Morales *
  • Sirui (Rita) Zhang
  • Katherine Zechnich Ω
  • Yan Zhang
  • Manjia Zhao
  • Peiting (Christy) Zhao

‡ Health Equity Scholar
† Dean’s Scholar
Δ MPH/MPA
** 5th Year UG/MPH
* Online MPH Program
Ω Accelerated MPH Program
 

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