Student Directory
Nicole Asa
PhD
Nicole Asa is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. She received her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2022. Her research interests include injury and violence prevention, policy, and epidemiology methods.
Wendy Dlamini
PhD
Wendy Wandile Dlamini is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Global Health. Originally from Eswatini, she holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her research interest is in investigating the causal pathways at...
Miriam Flores Moreno
PhD
Miriam Flores Moreno was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, and raised by agricultural working parents in Tri-Cities, Washington. She is a first-generation college student who graduated from the University of Washington (UW) with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health in 2018 and an Epidemiology Master of Public Health in the Spring of 2022. Miriam is...
Austin Hammermeister Suger
PhD
Austin is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. He holds an M.S. in Genetic Epidemiology from the University of Washington Institute for Public Health Genetics. His research is focused on examining the relationships between rare genetic variation and multiple cancer types. Austin is also passionate about teaching and has worked to facilitate student...
Yilda Macias
PhD
Yilda Macias is an aspiring cancer epidemiologist, PhD student in Epidemiology, NCI predoctoral fellow in the Developing Data-Driven Cancer Researchers (3DCR) training program, and Professional Support Specialist with the Greenlee Studies Group at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Behavior and Health Promotion from New Mexico...
Andrea Molino
PhD
Andrea Molino is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology. She holds an ScM in General Epidemiology & Methodology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BS/BA in Biology and Human Health from Emory University. Her work and interests lie at the intersection of epidemiology and health services research,...
Kelley Pascoe
PhD
Kelley is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Health Promotion Research Center in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health. She received her Master of Social Work (Administration and Policy Practice) and Master of Public Health (Health Services; Graduate Certificate: One Health) from the University...
Anjali Vasavada
PhD
Anjali graduated from the University of Washington with her MPH in Epidemiology in 2022 and is a current PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology. Her research interests include cancer screening, implementation science, patient-centered research, and qualitative methods. Her dissertation, funded by an NIH T32 training grant, employs a mixed-methods approach to better understand how...
Shengruo Zhang
PhD
Shengruo Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate, particularly interested in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HPV/HIV and bacterial STIs, both in the US and globally. She supports underserved communities in accessing trusted and culturally competent care. Shengruo is an ethnic Mongolian originally from China and a first-generation college student.