2025 graduates of the Brown University School of Public Health
2025 graduates of the Brown University School of Public Health
May 25, 2025: The Brown University School of Public Health commencement ceremony took place under a tent on the Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle.
Providence, Rhode Island
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Honors:
Patricia Risica, DrPH
Concentration Advisers:
† Departmental Honors
** December 2024 Graduate
* December 2025 Graduate
Director, Undergraduate Statistics Concentration:
Alice Paul, Ph.D.
† Departmental Honors
Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences:
Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D.
Director, Behavioral and Social Health Sciences Doctoral Program:
Kate Carey, Ph.D.
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
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.
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
‡ NextGen Scholar
Morgan Cunningham
Chair, Epidemiology:
Katie Biello, MPH, Ph.D.
Director, Epidemiology Doctoral Program:
William Goedel, Ph.D.
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
Chair, Health Services, Policy, and Practice:
Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., MPH
Director, Health Services, Policy, and Practice Doctoral Program:
David Meyers, MPH, Ph.D.
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
Program Director:
Amal Trivedi, M.D., MPH
Ash Alpert
Director:
Karen Andes, Ph.D. (on leave)
Elizabeth Tobin Tyler, J.D., M.A. (interim)
Director, Online MPH Program:
Nithya Ramesh
‡ Health Equity Scholar
† Dean’s Scholar
Δ MPH/MPA
** 5th Year UG/MPH
* Online MPH Program
Ω Accelerated MPH Program
This event will be photographed and video recorded for archival, educational, and related promotional purposes.