Michael Emch, PhD
Department of Geography
Department of Epidemiology
Carolina Population Center
UNC Geography Profile
UNC School of Public Health Profile
emch@email.unc.edu
Graduate Students
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Varun Goel, MS Department of Geography (PhD) varung@live.unc.edu |
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Griffin Bell, MS Department of Epidemiology (PhD) bell@unc.edu |
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Kate Brandt, BA Department of Geography (PhD) kebrandt@live.unc.edu |
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Cyrus Sinai, BA Department of Geography (PhD) sinai@unc.edu |
Undergraduate Students
Alumni of the Spatial Health Research Group
Corinna (Cory) Keeler, PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at UNC Department of Epidemiology (Postdoc)
Carmen Cuthbertson, PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at UNC Chapel Hill (Postdoc)
Maia Call, PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at USAID
Mark Janko, PHD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Jianyong Wu, PhD
Former Postdoctoral Scholar
Presently at EPA
Larry Han, MA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Research Assistant
Presently at Harvard Chan School of Public Health (PhD)
Jennifer Winston,PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at UNC School of Medicine
Veronica Escamilla, PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently at Carolina Population Center
Carolina Perez-Heydrich,PhD, MPH
Former SHRG Post-doctoral Scholar
Presently Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences
Meredith College
Camille Morgan, BSPH
Former SHRG Undergraduate Research Assistant
Presently at National Cancer Institute
Shuaiqing (“Chloe”) Liu, BS
Former SHRG Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sophia Giebultowicz,MA
Former SHRG MA Student
Presently at Oregon Health Science University
Margaret Carrel,PhD
Former SHRG MA and PhD Student
Presently Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
University of Iowa
Jill Braly,MA
Former SHRG MA Student
Janey Messina, PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently Associate Professor
University of Oxford
Caryl Feldacker, PhD, MPH
Former SHRG PhD Student
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Advisor – University of Washington
Cameron Taylor,BA, MA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Research Assistant
Health Geographic Analyst, ICF
Elisabeth Root PhD
Former SHRG PhD Student
Presently Associate Professor Department of Geography
The Ohio State University
Kelli PaiceBA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Assistant
Presently Medical Student, UMass Amherst
Kate DicksonBA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Assistant
Presently Teacher, Teach for America, Atlanta
Alex Finch BA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Research Assistant
Presently Medical Student UNC, Chapel Hill
Maya Mahin BA
Former SHRG Undergraduate Assistant