Faculty

Faculty Leadership Team

	Elaine Larson, RN, PhD, FAAN, CIC CIRI/TIRI Director Professor of Therapeutic and Pharmaceutical Research, Columbia University School of Nursing Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University ell23@columbia.edu
	Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH TIRI Co-director Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University ls5@columbia.edu
	Richard Kessin, PhD Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University rhk2@columbia.edu
	Stephen Morse, PhD Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University ssm20@columbia.edu
	Ronnie Myers, DDS Professor of Clinical Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University rm36@columbia.edu
	Donna Nickitas, PhD, CNAA, BC, RN Professor of Nursing, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College dnickita@hunter.cuny.edu
TIRI Mentors and Research Interests
	Bakken, Suzanne, DNSc, RN, FAAN Alumni Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing Professor of Biomedical Informatics, College of Physicians and Surgeons Intersection of informatics, evidence-based nursing practice, and underserved populations
	Begg, Melissa, ScD Professor of Clinical Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health Statistical methods and analysis of cluster-correlated and sibling data
	Boden-Albala, Bernadette, DrPH, MPH Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in Neurology, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons Stroke and cardiovascular disease, health disparities, social dimensions of stroke in minority populations
	Davidson, Karina, PhD Professor of Behavioral Medicine (in Medicine and Psychiatry), College of Physicians and Surgeons Etiology, course and treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with acute coronary syndromes
	Dworkin, Jonathan, PhD Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Antibiotic resistance, dormancy in bacterial cells, peptidoglycan synthesis
	El-Sadr, Wafaa, MD, MPH, MPA Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons HIV and tuberculosis epidemics domestically and globally
	Fidock, David, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Malaria drug resistance, chemotherapy, pathogenesis, fatty acid metabolism, cell development
	Furuya, E. Yoko, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons Medical Director of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli, the financial costs of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance, and the impact of an automated infection control surveillance system on isolation precautions for transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
	Ghosh, Sankar, PhD Professor and Chair, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Inflammation and immune response
	Hammer, Scott, MD Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons Chief of Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center HIV pathogenesis, therapy, and vaccine development; HIV prevention, infection surveillance
	Jia, Haomiao, PhD Assistant Professor of Clinical Biostatistics (in Nursing), School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health Temporal-spatial analysis
	Justman, Jessica, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons HIV prevention/microbicides; antiretroviral toxicities and metabolic side effects
	Kessin, Richard, PhD Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons D. discoideum; responsible conduct of research
	Larson, Elaine, PhD, RN, FAAN, CIC Professor of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Research, School of Nursing Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health Antimicrobial resistance; infection prevention and control; research ethics
	Lowy, Franklin, MD Professor of Medicine and Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pathogenesis and transmission of Staphylococcus aureus
	Messeri, Peter, PhD Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Organization of healthcare systems for persons with HIV, community health promotion interventions, etiology and health outcomes of substance abuse among inner-city residents
	Morse, Stephen, PhD Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance with a special interest in emerging infectious diseases
	Neu, Natalie, MD, MPH Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases, College of Physicians and Surgeons Epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted disease in children and adolescents
	Papapanou, Panos, DDS, PhD Professor of Dental Medicine, College of Dental Medicine Role of periodontal infections as independent risk factors for systemic disease, risk factors for periodontitis, classification of periodontitis based on gene expression signatures in affected tissues
	Prince, Alice, MD Professor of Pediatrics (in Pharmacology), College of Physicians and Surgeons Pathogenesis of pulmonary infection
	Ratner, Adam, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Bacterial pathogenesis and innate immunity
	Reame, Nancy, PhD, RN Mary Dickey Lindsay Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing Clinical and translational research, women’s reproductive health
	Rosenthal, Susan, PhD Professor of Behavioral Medicine (in Pediatrics and Psychiatry), College of Physicians and Surgeons Vaccine acceptability, sexual health promotion, adolescent health
	Saiman, Lisa, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons Healthcare-acquired infections and hospital epidemiology and multidrug-resistant organisms
	Seward, Jr., Samuel, MD, FAAP Assistant Vice President, Student Health Services, Columbia University Outcomes-based clinical practice, population-based healthcare delivery, early disease prevention and detection
	Sobieszczyk, Magdalena, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons Complications of antiretroviral therapy and HIV vaccines
	Stockwell, Melissa, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health Community interventions to prevent pediatric infections and improve vaccination rates
	Stone, Patricia, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing Acute nursing care, infection prevention and control
	Susser, Ezra, MD, DrPH Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Mailman School of Public Health and College of Physicians and Surgeons Relationship between homelessness, mental illness and HIV/AIDS, life course epidemiology, epidemiology of mental disorders
	Tsiouris, Simon, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health TB and HIV epidemiology, TB diagnostics, and TB/HIV operational research
	Wilcox, Adam, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, College of Physicians and Surgeons Transitions of care and clinical data warehousing and analytics
	Yin, Michael, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons Metabolic complications of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy

Faculty

Faculty Leadership Team

TIRI Mentors and Research Interests