Current Grants

This grant recognizes and supports four faculty from the Mailman School of Public Health who demonstrate innovative research and thought leadership. Each fellow will receive support for three years which will allow them to innovate and explore ideas in their field. Additionally, this grant will allow them to receive mentoring and training in leadership and development.

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The recipients are: 2015-2018 Tow Scholars Debut

• Katherine Keyes, assistant professor of Epidemology. Her research focuses on life course epidemiology with attention to psychiatric disorders, including examination of fetal origins of child and adult health, long-term outcomes of adverse childhood environments, and cross-generational cohort effects on substance use, mental health, and chronic disease;
• Jeffrey Shaman, associate professor of Environmental Health. He works on climate, atmospheric science and hydrology, biology, and the environmental causes of infectious disease transmission;
• Yuanjia Wang, associate professor of Biostatistics. She works on developing data-driven approaches to explore relationship between biomarkers, clinical markers, environmental variables and health outcomes to assist discoveries in disease etiology and increased diagnostic capabilities of psychiatric and neurological diseases; and
• Patrick Wilson, associate professor of Sociomedical Sciences. He also  specializes in exploring the psychological, social, and cultural contexts that shape individual and community-level health outcomes.

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