Ph.D. Faculty Accepting New Students
The School of Public Health at Georgia State University is accepting applications for Fall 2024 enrollment to its Ph.D. program. Located in the heart of Atlanta at one of America’s most diverse and innovative research universities, the Ph.D. program at Georgia States educates the next generation of public health leaders capable of conducting independent research in academia, governmental public health, health care organizations and the private sector.
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Director, Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development; Co-Director, Center for Leadership in Disability; Associate Professor, -
Research Associate Professor and Director of Research & Evaluation
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Professor, Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, Co-Director of the National SafeCare Training and Research Center (NSTRC)
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Distinguished University Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Director of National SafeCare Training and Research Center
Dr. Arias's Q & A
A: Policy, legal and ethics questions related to aging, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Including survey analysis from a study on data sharing among Alzheimer's disease and related dementia researchers; long-term care access and use by persons living with dementia; and elder abuse.
Q: What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
A: Curiosity, ambition relevant to a research career, interest in interdisciplinary work in aging.
Q: Current Ph.D. Students
A: Yufei Wang
Q: Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
A: No history with GSU students (so far), but my current MPH GRAs have presented at international conferences and helped co-author papers. My prior mentees (from other institutions) hold positions at leading academic medical centers.
Dr. Barger's Q&A
A: Measurement Invariance; Differential Item/Test Functioning; Population Estimate Adjustments to Meta-analyses of Diagnostic Accuracy
Q: What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
A:
Curiosity/Broadmindedness
Diligence
Writing and Organization Skills
Coding Skills a Plus
Bright
Q: Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
A: CDC - ORISE; HRSA; GADPH;
Dr. Chowell's Q & A
A: Infectious disease modeling
Q: What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
A: Background in epidemiology or statistics
Q: Current Ph.D. Students
A: Amanda Bleichrodt, Daniel Bowen, Gabriel Rainisch
Q: Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
A: Postdoctoral fellowships at CDC, Stanford, and U Tennesseee
Dr Huang's Q & A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- Students have the opportunity to work on various population health research projects. One ongoing project uses population survey data to explore the factors related to tobacco and cannabis use behaviors and related disparities.
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- I am looking for a prospective Ph.D. student who is interested in social and environmental determinants of health and has a solid academic and quantitative research background.
Dr. Malmin's Q&A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If there is no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- Vaccine Information in Senegal and the Climate Change and Health Equity in the Carolinas Project
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- Data analysis and French fluency (written and verbal)
- Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
- Paper presentations at national conferences
Dr. Kirpich's Q&A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If there is no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- Project HOPEFUL (Helping Older Persons Find Useful Links)
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- Quantitative background. SAS, R Skills on a reasonable level.
- Current Ph.D. students
- Aleksandr Shishkin
- Additional Info:
Dr. Popova's Q&A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- Communicating about tobacco products
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- Willingness to learn, perseverance in face of obstacles
- Current Ph.D. Students
- Vanessa Mallory, Folashayo Adeniji
- Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
- Postdoc at Morehouse School of Medicine; Biostatistician at WellStar
Dr. Whitaker's Q&A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- An adaptation of SafeCare parenting program for refugees in Clarkston
- Study of family drug court collaboration with child welfare
- New project on sexual violence prevention in Vietnam.
- Plus many others!
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- Interest in child maltreatment, implementation science and family violence.
- Good research skills, good statistical skills
- Current Ph.D. Students
- Nikita Rao and Arshya Gurbani
- Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
- CDC (2), Academics (GSU, NYU, and KSU), private sector research (NORC)
- Additional Info:
Dr. Self-Brown's Q&A
- What projects will students be working on for their funding? If no funding, what projects are you working on now?
- Smoke-Free Home SafeCare, National Center for Child Trafficking projects, pilot projects related to Mindful SafeCare and global implementations
- What are you looking for in a prospective PhD student?
- Someone passionate about prevention research with children and families, organized, engaged, well-rounded (good work-life balance)
- Current Ph.D. Students
- Liz Perry, Jamani Garner, Manderley Recinos, Katherine Reuben
- Tell us about some of the positions your former students have gone on to:
- CDC Scientist positions, Faculty tenure track positions, research firms
- Additional Info:
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