FACULTY Spotlight

public policies and politics contribute to racial health inequities. She has received grant funding from local and national organizations including the Russell Sage Foundation, The National League of Cities and the West Cancer Foundation. Dr. Fant has also had the opportunity to present her work to broad audiences including local elected officials across the country, other academics and community and grassroots organizations.

Disseminating her research beyond the halls of academia is very important to her.

Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, PhD, MBBS Assistant Professor Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Environmental Health

Dr. Naser Titu joined the School of Public Health in the Fall of 2021 as an epidemiologist with an emphasis on environmental health. He has successfully maintained his research network that was established while he was at Emory University. He also quickly expanded his collaborative team with members from the community in the Memphis area. Dr. Titu has successfully collaborated with the Campbell Foundation on four research projects with a focus on clinical epidemiology and cohort studies and is extremely active in seeking external research support.

Among the seven extramural research proposals submitted within one year to U.S. and U.K. agencies, including the U.S.

National Institute of Health, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.K. Wellcome Trust, he was the principal investigator on four.

Dr. Titu is examining the effect of ambient heat on chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease progression among U.S. veterans. He is also advancing scientific understanding of the relationships between ambient temperature and biological vulnerabilities resulting in adverse pregnancy, birth and child health outcomes using multi-omics responses among marginalized teagarden workers in Bangladesh.