Dr. Stephanie Shiau (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Rutgers School of Public Health. She received a PhD and an MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University and a BA in Public Health Studies from The Johns Hopkins University. After graduate school, she completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center at Columbia University. She holds a Certified in Public Health (CPH) credential.
At Rutgers, Dr. Shiau has established an interdisciplinary research program that sits at the intersection of life course epidemiology, infectious disease, and aging. The primary focus of her research program is to identify and understand factors that influence trajectories of comorbidities associated with infections, including HIV, across the lifespan, with the goal of discovering points of intervention. To accomplish this work, she utilizes epidemiological and statistical tools to analyze clinical, molecular, and administrative data from human populations, in collaboration with scientists from diverse scientific disciplines. Her research has three objectives: (A) understanding comorbidities among people growing up and aging with HIV; (B) identifying molecular biomarkers of aging with HIV; and (C) investigating inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms in perinatal epidemiology. Currently, Dr. Shiau’s active research portfolio is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Dr. Shiau serves as Co-Chair of the Curriculum Committee and enjoys teaching epidemiology methods to graduate students.
Courses
- EPID 0656 Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods
- EPID 0753 Advanced Epidemiologic Research Methods with Applications