Student Directory
Andrew Hoover
PhD
Andrew Hoover is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. He completed his Master of Science in Environmental Health Sciences and Bachelor of Science in Public Health Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He is interested in understanding and mitigating the health effects that socially...
Ananya Iyengar
PhD
Ananya Iyengar is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington-Seattle. She is interested in infectious disease epidemiology in global LMICs, reducing transmission of vaccine-preventable illnesses, improving healthcare access, and drugs and therapeutics development. She received a Master of Science in Public Health in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control from...
Nada Ali
PhD
Nada Ali is a PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Washington, focusing on injury and violence research, particularly intimate partner violence. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Dental Medicine and Surgery from Cairo University and her MPH in Health Policy with a minor in Emergency Preparedness from Drexel University. Nada is deeply...
Augusto Ferraris
PhD
Augusto graduated from the School of Medicine at University of Buenos Aires in 2016 and specialized in Internal Medicine through 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, he completed his Master of Public Health – Epidemiology degree at University of Washington with the sponsorship of the Fulbright Foreign Students program, and he is currently continuing his studies...
Sarah Garcia
PhD
Sarah graduated from the University of Washington with her MPH in Epidemiology in 2024 and is a current PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. Her research interests include nutrition, food insecurity, the food environment, and mental health among underrepresented groups.
Olivia (Liv) McCollum
PhD
Olivia "Liv" McCollum is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the UW, where she received her MPH in epidemiology in 2024 and her B.S. in medical anthropology in 2022. As a 2023-2024 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease Diversity in Health Science Research Supplement recipient, Olivia completed her master's research...
Cami Rencken
PhD
Cami Rencken is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington and a Trainee with the University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program. She holds a Master of Science in Global Public Health from Brown University and a Bachelor of Science in Global Disease Biology from the...
Ann Richey
PhD
Ann Richey is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. She also completed her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington. Her research interests include injury and violence prevention using qualitative and quantitative methods.
Hiwot Weldemariam
PhD
Hiwot Weldemariam is a PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health and a pre-doctoral research associate with the University of Washington Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. Her research centers on the intersection of firearm and social policies,...
Ling Guan
PhD
Ling Guan is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at UW, where she also earned her MS in Epidemiology in 2023. She obtained her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Peking University in China in 2015. Ling is a first-generation college student and is of Chinese Manchu minority descent. She was born...