Scientists

Center for Injury Science and Prevention

Co-Directors

Charles Branas, PhD
Director, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Sonali Rajan, EdD, MS
Co-Director, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Professor of Health Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Training and Education Core, Co-Directors

Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD, FAAP 
Co-Director of Training and Education, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia UniversitySenior Scholar-in-Residence, New York Academy of Medicine
Associate Director, Injury Free Coalition for Kids

Thelma J. Mielenz, PT, PhD, MS, OCS
Co-Director of Training and Education, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Outreach Core, Co-Directors

Barbara Barlow, MD, FACS, FAAP
Co-Director of Outreach, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCIPS)
Special Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Emeritus Professor of Surgery in Epidemiology

Joyce C. Pressley, PhD, MPH
Director of Outreach, Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention (CCISP)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management
Faculty lead, MPH Certificate in Injury and Violence, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

FACULTY

Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, PhD, MPH  
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Qixuan Chen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Dustin T. Duncan, ScD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Deborah Hasin, PhD, MS
Professor of Epidemiology (in Psychiatry), Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Director of NIDA T32 Substance Abuse Training Program
CoDirector, Center for the Study of Social Inequality and Health, Columbia University

Katherine M. Keyes, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Guohua Li, MD, DrPH
Director Emeritus of the Columbia Center for Injury Science and Prevention
Chair of the Internal Advisory Committee
M. Finster Professor of Epidemiology and Anesthesiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Silvia Martins, MD
Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Christopher N. Morrison, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Daniel B. Niell, PhD
Professor of Computer Science and Public Service, New York University Wagner School of Public Service

John R. Pamplin II, PhD, MPH 
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Jonathan Platt, PhD, MPH 
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Iowa School of Public Health

Kara Rudolph, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Andrew Rundle, DrPH, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

Gerard Torrats-Espinosa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

Yoshira Van  Horne Ornelas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California Los Angeles

Lalitha Vasudevan, PhD
Professor of Technology and Education and Director, Media and Social Change Lab, Teachers College, Columbia University

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

Paul M. Reeping, PhD
Associate Research Scientist, Violence Prevention, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health