MEET THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR :
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi, PhD, MPH
- Principal Investigator for the study
- Associate Professor, Department of Built Environment
- Expertise: Exposure assessment, multi-pollutant mixtures, metals, PFAS and human health
Meet Our Team :
Elon Barbee , Biology Student
Elon Barbee , Biology Student
Elon Barbee , Biology Student
- Student Researcher for the study.
- Senior Biology Student at North Carolina A & T.
- South Carolina Native
Yvonne Ford, PhD, RN
Elon Barbee , Biology Student
Elon Barbee , Biology Student
- Co-Principal Investigator for the study
- Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing
- Expertise: Health equity, Cardiometabolic Health, Genomics, Biomarkers
Dana Carthron, PhD, ACNP
Dana Carthron, PhD, ACNP
Dana Carthron, PhD, ACNP
- Co-Principal Investigator for the study
- Associate Professor, Department of Nursing
- Expertise: Health Equity, Multimorbidity, Chronic Disease, Caregiving
Kiran Subedi , PhD
Dana Carthron, PhD, ACNP
Dana Carthron, PhD, ACNP
- Co-Investigator for the study
- Lab Director, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.
- Expertise: Mass Spectrometry, Elemental profiling
Meet Our Team :
Issah Haruna, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
Elizabeth Olarewaju, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Environmental mixtures, metals, PFAS, chronic disease
Elizabeth Olarewaju, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
Elizabeth Olarewaju, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: PFAS and human health, multi-pollutant exposure assessment
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Applying machine learning to chemical mixtures; integrating data science and epidemiology for public health insights.
Augustina Odediran, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Augustina Odediran, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Doreen Jehu-Appiah, PhD Student Computational Data Science and Engineering
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Environmental mixtures, diet, PFAS, metals, causal inference, and chronic disease.
Hope Nyavor, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Augustina Odediran, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Aderonke Adetunji, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Environmental mixtures, Bayesian Networks; Applying Probabilistic Graphical Approaches to Exposure and Health Analysis.
Aderonke Adetunji, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Augustina Odediran, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Aderonke Adetunji, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Environmental exposures, interplay of toxic metals and essential elements in health outcomes, PFAS, Volatile Organic Compounds.
About Environmental Health and Disease Laboratory
Anurodh Jha, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Anurodh Jha, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Anurodh Jha, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Student researcher, Environmental Health and Disease Lab.
- Research Interests: Bridging data science and epidemiology through the application of deep learning and machine learning models to predict and understand metals exposure in humans
Cameron Dupree CCMA, CPT
Anurodh Jha, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
Anurodh Jha, PhD Student Applied Science and Technology
- Phlebotomist for the study.
- Certified Phlebotomist and Certified Medical Assistant with experience in plasma donation center and medical office.
- Senior Biochemistry student at UNCG