Department of Epidemiology

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Current Publications from our Students

Emma Monroe Baillargeon, PT, DPT, PhD

Emma Monroe Baillargeon, PT, DPT, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Geriatric Medicine

emb279@pitt.edu

Interested in measuring, promoting, and improving mobility in older adults. I’m particularly interested in how lab and clinic-based assessments reflect community-based activity and how various comorbidities both impact and respond to physical activity. I completed my DPT and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Currently, I’m studying how prefrontal cortical activation assessed by fNIRS relates to gait quality from accelerometry during dual task walking in older adults. I am also partnering with colleagues in Geriatric Medicine to implement measurement of gait speed in UPMC outpatient geriatric clinics.

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Greta Jianjia Cheng, MSW, MPH

Greta Jianjia Cheng, MSW, MPH

PhD Student, Epidemiology

gj.cheng@pitt.edu
PubMed

I am currently pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. My research interests are centered around health and place, social determinants of health, chronic disease, and healthy aging. In my doctoral study, I am particularly interested in life course environmental and individual risk factors for accelerated cognitive decline and dementia. My current projects involve geocoding residential history of survey participants, modeling life course exposure to changing neighborhood socioeconomic status, and characterization of life course exposure to chronic stress at the individual level. I have a bachelor’s degree in sociology and history from Nankai University in China. I obtained an MSW and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking, bikepacking, wildflowers, sunsets, sunrises, waterfalls, and trekking on remote islands.

primary faculty mentor: Dr. Andrea Rosso

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Menayit Tamrat Dresse, MD, MSc

Menayit Tamrat Dresse, MD, MSc

PhD Student, Epidemiology

med284@pitt.edu
ORCID

I am a PhD in Epidemiology student at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health. My research focus will be exploring neurodegenerative pathologies specifically on alpha-synuclein, TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) and transmembrane protein TMEM 16b together with multidisciplinary teams. I am interested to learn techniques and methods that are necessary for the development of next generation biomarker approaches for neurodegenerative pathologies and intersect with concepts of epidemiology.

I have got my Medical degree from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and my MSc in Public health and Health Economics from Umea University, Sweden.

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