In Brief

is linking models of environmental phenomena with mathematical models of disease transmission to answer fundamental questions about how diseases spread along environmental pathways.

Jessica Sales is a research assistant professor and

Matthew Strickland joined the RSPH as assistant professor of environmental and occupational health after serving with the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. His interests include the epidemiology of congenital heart defects and associations between ambient air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Strickland also serves as assistant professor of epidemiology.

Patrick Sullivan, associate professor of epidemiology, is a veterinarian specializing in infectious diseases and vaccine development. He spent

Kevin Ward, research associate professor of epidemiology, is an expert in cancer surveillance, registration, and control. He serves as deputy director of the Georgia Center for Cancer Statistics and as co-principal investigator of the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Registry in Metropolitan Atlanta. He received his MPH and PhD degrees from the RSPH.

Zhou Yang, assistant professor of health policy and management, comes to the RSPH from the University of Florida. Her research interests include the cost and efficacy of prescription drugs and the economic burden of chronic diseases. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Human Resources, Health Services Research, the Journal of Gerontology Social Science, and the American Journal of Managed Care