Admitted Student Visit Days
Epi Admitted Student Visit Days will take place on Thursday, March 3 and Friday, March 4 2022. All events will be held remotely via Zoom. Activities that can be recorded will be recorded and posted for all Epi admitted students to view.

Even though we won’t be hosting an in-person event, there are ways that you can familiarize yourself with our campus through a variety of virtual tours. These include a virtual general campus tour, a housing and dining tour, an Indigenous walking tour, a library tour, and a variety of video campus tours, as well as a photo/info tour of the Hans Rosling Center home of the School of Public Health.
Thursday, March 3
8:30 am – 9:30 am | UW Epi Essentials
- Department Chair, Steve Hawes, and Graduate Program Director, Steve Schwartz, will present essential information about the Department, the School of Public Health, associated institutions, and Epi graduate programs.
10:00 am – 11:00 am | Degree program Q&A sessions
- Faculty members and current students will lead these sessions. You will have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have and hear from faculty and students about their experiences in the Department.
11:30 am – 12:20 pm | EPI 513 Epidemiologic Methods II
- EPI 513 is one of the core methodology courses you will be taking if you choose to study at the University of Washington. All admitted students are invited to attend class remotely this day.
Friday, March 4
10:00 am – 11:30 am | Research Fair
- During this session, you will have an opportunity to meet Epi faculty members representing a variety of research areas. Use this time to explore your research interests, learn about the faculty member’s work and research opportunities they might have. This is not an event during which you will find funding, rather it’s a time to get familiar with faculty you may be interested in working with.
Participating Faculty
Name | Interest Area(s) | Notes |
Janet Baseman | Infectious Disease, Public Health Practice, SEAL Team | available from 10-11 |
Daniel Enquobahrie | Maternal and Child Health, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease | |
Alie Fohner | Genetic Epi, Pharmaco-epi, Social Determinants of Health | |
Mandy Fretts | American Indian Health, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease, Nutrition | available from 10-11 |
Susan Graham | Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Kenya Research Training Center | |
Brandon Guthrie | Epi Methods, Global Health, HIV | |
Anjum Hajat | Social Determinants of Health, Environmental Health, Chair of Epi Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee | |
Steve Hawes | Global Health, Infectious Diseases, Cancer Epi, Epi Department Chair | available from 10:30-11:30 |
Jesse Jones-Smith | Physical Activity, Obesity & Diabetes, Social Determinants of Health | |
Mary Kernic | Injury and Violence, Social Determinants of Health, Maternal and Child Health | |
Christine Khosropour | Infectious Diseases, Public Health Practice, Clinical Epidemiology | |
Walter Kukull | Alzheimer’s Disease, Aging & Neurodegenerative Diseases | available from 10-10:30 |
Sara Lindstroem | Genetic Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiology | |
Alyson Littman | Physical Activity, Obesity & Diabetes, Clinical Epidemiology | |
Margaret Madeleine | Cancer Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Child Health | |
Lisa Manhart | Infectious Diseases, Clinical Epidemiology, Psychiatric Epidemiology | available from 11-11:30 |
Steve Mooney | Built environment, Epi Methods, Big data | |
Ulrike Peters | Cancer Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology | |
Amanda Phipps | Cancer Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology, Epi Methods, Epi Department Associate Chair | |
Darcy Rao | Infectious Diseases, Mathematical Modeling | |
Arjee Restar | Transgender and Nonbinary Health, Social Epi, Behavioral/Social/Structural Determinants of Health | |
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar | Injury and Violence, Epi Methods, Social Determinants of Health | |
Steve Schwartz | Cancer Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Epi Graduate Program Director | |
Mienah Sharif | Social Epidemiology, Public Health Critical Race Praxis, Immigrant and Refugee Health | available from 11-11:30 |
Nick Smith | Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease, Genetic Epidemiology, Pharamaco-epi | |
Marie Spiker | Nutritional Epidemiology, Social Determinants of Health, Global Health | |
Rachel Winer | Cancer Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Child Health | available from 10-11 |
Please RSVP by Sunday, February 27 at the link below if you plan to attend any of our Visit Days activities listed above. All registered attendees will be sent Zoom links prior to the event. If you don’t RSVP for a particular event, or any events, but your plans change at the last minute allowing you to attend, you are still welcome to join us. Please contact John Paulson at epi@uw.edu to get a last minute Zoom link, or if you have questions.
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/jmp68/403631
11:30am-11:45am | Introduction to the MPH Core | India Ornelas & Olivia van Brunt |
11:45am-12:00pm | Introduction to SPH Careers | Daren Wade |
12pm–1:30pm | Breakout Sessions
Session #1: MPH Core Q&A (12-12:20) |
Various Presenters |
1:30pm | Wrap-up & Gratitude | Jalen Smith |