SHARP Instructors
SHARP Trainings are developed by experts in the field at institutions nationwide and internationally. Below are lead directors and other core instructors for the program.
Lead Training Directors
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Brooke Anderson, Colorado | Code Rigor and Reproducibility in R 
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Joel Capellan, Columbia | GIS 
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Andres Cardenas, Stanford | Epigenetics 
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Joan Casey, University of Washington | Community Exposures and Health 
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Qixuan Chen, Columbia | Statistical Analysis with Missing Data 
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Cody Chiuzan, Northwell Health | Machine Learning 
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David Conti, USC | Multi-omics 
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Debra D'Angelo, Weill Cornell Medicine | SQL 
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Maude David, Oregon State | Microbiome 
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Julie Herbstman, Columbia | The Scientist and the Storyteller 
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Perry Hystad, Oregon State | Google Earth Engine 
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Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia | Quantitative Genomics 
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Tamarra James-Todd, Harvard | Community Exposures and Health 
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Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Brown | Environmental Mixtures 
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Norman Kleiman, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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Andrew Larkin, Oregon State | Google Earth Engine 
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Jessica Lerch, CareerVolt | Creating Research Narrative, K Awards Training, NIH Grant Writing, PI's Business of Research 
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Roderick Little, Michigan | Statistical Analysis with Missing Data 
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Susan McGregor, Columbia | Python Data Wrangling 
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Caleb Miles, Columbia | Causal Mediation Analysis 
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Gary Miller, Columbia | Exposome 
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Robbie Parks, Columbia | Bayesian Modeling 
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Jeremy Porter, Columbia | GIS 
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Diane Re, Columbia | PI Crash Course 
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Mary Schooling, CUNY and Hong Kong University | Mendelian Randomization 
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Jonathan Schwabish, PolicyViz | Powerful Presentations, Data Visualization 
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Thomas Sharpton, Oregon State | Microbiome 
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Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia | Climate Change and Health, Life Cycle Assessment 
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Cassandra Thiel, NYU | Life Cycle Assessment 
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Luca Zanella, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis 
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Duy Linh Tu, Columbia | The Scientist and the Storyteller 
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Linda Valeri, Columbia | Causal Mediation Analysis 
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Shuang Wang, Columbia | Electronic Medical Records 
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Ying Wei, Columbia | Electronic Medical Records 
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Scott Weichenthal, McGill | Exposure Modeling 
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Stefan Wheat, University of Washington | Climate Change and Health 
Other Instructors
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   Gary Adamkiewicz, Harvard | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Marcalee Alexander, Alabama at Birmingham and Harvard | Climate Change and Health 
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   Sally Amundson, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Christy Avery, UNC Chapel Hill | Exposome 
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   Stephen Balter, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Gaurab Basu, Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy (CHEEA)| Climate Change and Health 
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   Gary Belkin, New York University | Climate Change and Health 
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   Jesse Bell, University of Nebraska | Climate Change and Health 
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   Alexandra Binder, Hawai'i | Epigenetics 
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   Anne Bozack, Stanford | Epigenetics 
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   David Brenner, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Sarah Bronson, CareerVolt | Creating Research Narrative, K Awards Training, NIH Grant Writing, PI's Business of Research 
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   Jonathan Buoncore, Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) | Climate Change and Health 
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   Ester Calvo Fernández, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis 
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   Peter Caracappa, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Elena Colicino, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Epigenetics 
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   Amy Collins, Health Care Without Harm | Climate Change and Health 
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   Brent Coull, Harvard | Environmental Mixtures 
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   James Crooks, National Jewish Health | Climate Change and Health 
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   Lara Cushing, UCLA | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Maria Diuk-Wasser, Columbia | Climate Change and Health 
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   Dustin Duncan, Columbia | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Matthew Eckelman, Northeastern | Life Cycle Assessment 
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   John Faust, California EPA | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Jean Feng, UCSF | Machine Learning 
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   William Gauderman, USC | Multi-omics 
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   Jeanine Genkinger, Columbia | PI Crash Course 
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   Chris Gennings, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Environmental Mixtures 
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   Monica Gierada, Aetion | SQL 
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   April Gocha, Fresh Eyes Editing | NIH Grant Writing 
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   Jeff Goldsmith, Columbia | Environmental Mixtures 
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   Aaron Griffin, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis 
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   Kristie Hadley, Columbia | Climate Change and Health 
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   Jonathan Heiss, Tempus | Epigenetics 
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   Julie Herbstman, Columbia | Climate Change and Health, PI Crash Course 
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   Diana Hernandez, Columbia | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Hae Kyung Im, University of Chicago | Quantitative Genomics 
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   Dean Jones, Emory | Exposome 
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   Vrinda Kalia, Columbia | Exposome 
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   Alex Keil, National Cancer Institute | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Lauren Kelly, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Kim Knowlton, Columbia and Natural Resources Defense Council | Climate Change and Health 
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   Jeremy Koelmel, Yale | Exposome 
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   Allison Kupsco, Columbia | Epigenetics 
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   Yunjia Lai, Columbia | Exposome 
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   Tuuli Lappalainen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and New York Genome Center | PI Crash Course 
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   Juan Pablo Lewinger, USC | Multi-omics 
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   Vijay Limaye, Natural Resources Defense Council | Climate Change and Health 
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   Dan Malinsky, Columbia | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Nicholas Mancuso, USC | Multi-omics 
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   Beth Mark, University of Pennsylvania and Climate Psychiatry Alliance | Climate Change and Health 
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   Rachel Morello-Frosch, UC Berkeley | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Mahasin Mujahid, UC Berkeley | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Nicholas Nassikas, Beth Israel | Climate Change and Health 
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   Ana Navas-Acien, Columbia | PI Crash Course 
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   Megan Niedzwiecki, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | Exposome 
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   Anne Nigra, Columbia | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Heeju Noh, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis 
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   Matthew Perzanowski, Columbia | PI Crash Course 
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   Krystal Pollitt, Yale | Exposome 
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   Angela Ran Meng, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer 
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   Emma Schymanski, University of Luxembourg | Exposome 
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   Rachel Severson, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | Code Rigor and Reproducibility in R 
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   Jeff Shaman, Columbia | Climate Change and Health 
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   Evan Sholle, Weill Cornell SQL 
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   Kimberly Siegmund, USC | Multi-omics 
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   Noah Simon, Washington | Machine Learning 
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   Jonathan Slutzman, Harvard | Life Cycle Assessment 
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   Melissa Smarr, NIEHS | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Marisa Traniello, USAID | Climate Change and Health 
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   Lukas Vlahos, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis 
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   Homan Wai, UVA | Climate Change and Health 
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   Doug Walker, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | Exposome 
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   Kai Wang, CHOP and University of Pennsylvania | Quantitative Genomics 
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   Stefan Wheat, Colorado | Climate Change and Health 
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   Craig Wheelock, Karolinska Institutet | Exposome 
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   Ander Wilson, Colorado State | Environmental Mixtures 
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   Tracey Woodruff, UCSF | Community Exposures and Health 
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   Julie Wormser, Mystic River Watershed Association | Climate Change and Health 
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   Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | PI Crash Course 
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   Jeff Xia, McGill | Exposome 
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   Lew Ziska, Columbia | Climate Change and Health 
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   Ami Zota, Columbia | Community Exposures and Health 
The map below shows the primary appointment of our instructors and lead training directors.