Meet our PhD students
Current students
Marcia Ash
5th Year
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: perinatal mental health, access to care, health equity
Katelyn Chiang
4th Year
Program: Nutrition
MCH interests: Maternal and Child Nutrition, Childhood Obesity, Health Disparities, First 1,000 Days
Erin Rogers
5th Year
Program: EPI
MCH interests: Perinatal harm reduction, addiction treatment access, policy evaluation.
Former fellows
Meredith Dixon
4th Year
Program: EPI
MCH interests: health disparities, mental health, reproductive health, women’s health
Alina Luke
5th Year
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: sexual and reproductive health, adolescent health, access to care
Fellowship alumni
April Ballard
5th year
Program: EHS
MCH interests: diarrheal and enteric infections; safe water, sanitation, and hygiene; environmental, social, and behavioral determinants of health
Current position: Assistant Professor in Population Health Science
Chloe Barrera
4th year
Program: EPI
MCH interests: prenatal care, health disparities, infant and maternal mortality, access to care
Current position: Epidemiologist - CDC Small Area Analysis Team, Center for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Larelle Bookhart
program alumnus
Program: Nutrition & Health Sciences
MCH interests: breastfeeding, health disparities, nutrition interventions
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina
Katherine Campbell
4th Year
Program: EPI
MCH interests: Cardiovascular diseases, Health disparities, Social Epidemiology, and Spatial analysis/GIS
Current position: EIS Officer at CDC
Lasha Clarke
2021
Program: EPI
Current position: Faculty; Assistant Director, Research and Translation in the Center for Maternal Health Equity, Morehouse School of Medicine
Priya Das
4th year
Program: Nutrition & Health Sciences
MCH interests: maternal and infant mortality, nutrition, birth outcomes, first 1,000 days
Current position: CDC Epidemiologist- Maternal and Child Nutrition
Sarahna Moyd
5th Year
Program: EHS
MCH interests: environmental determinants of health, maternal exposures and in utero development, developmental origins of endocrine function, reproductive health
Current position: IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Perinatal and Early Life Epidemiology Group, NIEHS at North Carolina
Kaitlin Piper
program alumnus
Program: BSHES
MCH interests: adolescent health, justice-involved youth, family engagement, family-centered care
Current position: Assistant Professor, Rollins BSHES Department
