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We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our trainees and team members:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Dr. Carolyn Kinkade presented her research, “Associations between Organophosphate Esters and Maternal Immune Markers in the UPSIDE Pregnancy Cohort,” at the ISEE North American Chapter Regional Conference in Baltimore, Maryland (June 1\u20134, 2026).<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Dr. Fabrizio Drago<\/a> successfully defended his PhD dissertation, “HIV, Multimorbidity, and Associations with Hospitalization and Mortality among Older Medicare Beneficiaries,” on June 8, 2026. Congratulations, Dr. Drago!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Onumara Opara, MPH<\/a> and Junjie Hu<\/a> both passed their Epidemiology Qualifying Examinations – an important milestone in their doctoral training. Congratulations to both!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Onumara Opara, MPH<\/a> also presented her research, “Patterns of Mortality by Cause among People with HIV in the United States from 2009\u20132016,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research<\/a> Conference in Phoenix, Arizona (June 23\u201326, 2026).<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Dr. Stephanie Shiau<\/a> led the workshop, “Building Your Mentoring Network in Epidemiology: Tools for Every Career Stage,” at the Society for Epidemiologic Research<\/a> Conference, bringing together epidemiologists across career stages to discuss strategies for building strong mentoring networks.<\/p>\n

We celebrated these accomplishments together with a team lunch!<\/p>\n

I’m incredibly proud of this team and grateful to work alongside such talented, collaborative, and dedicated researchers. Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings.<\/p>\n

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