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

• Brooke Anderson, Colorado | Code Rigor and Reproducibility in R

• Joel Capellan, Columbia | GIS

• Andres Cardenas, Stanford | Epigenetics

• Joan Casey, University of Washington | Environmental Justice

• Qixuan Chen, Columbia | Statistical Analysis with Missing Data

• Cody Chiuzan, Northwell Health | Machine Learning

• David Conti, USC | Multi-omics

• Debra D'Angelo, Weill Cornell Medicine | SQL

• Maude David, Oregon State | Microbiome

• Julie Herbstman, Columbia | The Scientist and the Storyteller

• Perry Hystad, Oregon State | Google Earth Engine

• Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia | Quantitative Genomics

• Tamarra James-Todd, Harvard | Environmental Justice

• Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, Columbia | Environmental Mixtures

• Norman Kleiman, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Andrew Larkin, Oregon State | Google Earth Engine

• Jessica Lerch, CareerVolt | Creating Research Narrative, K Awards Training, NIH Grant Writing, PI's Business of Research

• Roderick Little, Michigan | Statistical Analysis with Missing Data

• Susan McGregor, Columbia | Python Data Wrangling

• Caleb Miles, Columbia | Causal Mediation Analysis

• Gary Miller, Columbia | Exposome

• Ana Navas-Acien, Columbia | Indigenous Environmental Health Research

• Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, Columbia | Indigenous Environmental Health Research

• Robbie Parks, Columbia | Bayesian Modeling

• Jeremy Porter, Columbia | GIS

• Diane Re, Columbia | PI Crash Course

• Mary Schooling, CUNY and Hong Kong University | Mendelian Randomization

• Jonathan Schwabish, PolicyViz | Better Presentations, Data Visualization

• Thomas Sharpton, Oregon State | Microbiome

• Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia | Climate Change and Health, Life Cycle Assessment

• Cassandra Thiel, NYU | Life Cycle Assessment

• Luca Zanella, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis

• Duy Linh Tu, Columbia | The Scientist and the Storyteller

• Linda Valeri, Columbia | Causal Mediation Analysis

• Shuang Wang, Columbia | Electronic Medical Records

• Ying Wei, Columbia | Electronic Medical Records

• Scott Weichenthal, McGill | Exposure Modeling

• Stefan Wheat, University of Washington | Climate Change and Health

Other Instructors

• Gary Adamkiewicz, Harvard | Environmental Justice

• Marcalee Alexander, Alabama at Birmingham and Harvard | Climate Change and Health

• Sally Amundson, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Christy Avery, UNC Chapel Hill | Exposome

• Andrea Baccarelli, Harvard | Epigenetics

• Stephen Balter, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Gaurab Basu, Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy (CHEEA)| Climate Change and Health

• Gary Belkin, New York University | Climate Change and Health

• Jesse Bell, University of Nebraska | Climate Change and Health

• Alexandra Binder, Hawai'i | Epigenetics

• Anne Bozack, Stanford | Epigenetics

• David Brenner, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Sarah Bronson, CareerVolt | Creating Research Narrative, K Awards Training, NIH Grant Writing, PI's Business of Research

• Jonathan Buoncore, Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) | Climate Change and Health

• Ester Calvo Fernández, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis

• Peter Caracappa, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Elena Colicino, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Epigenetics

• Amy Collins, Health Care Without Harm | Climate Change and Health

• Brent Coull, Harvard | Environmental Mixtures

• James Crooks, National Jewish Health | Climate Change and Health

• Lara Cushing, UCLA | Environmental Justice

• Maria Diuk-Wasser, Columbia | Climate Change and Health

• Dustin Duncan, Columbia | Environmental Justice

• Matthew Eckelman, Northeastern | Life Cycle Assessment

• John Faust, California EPA | Environmental Justice

• Jean Feng, UCSF | Machine Learning

• William Gauderman, USC | Multi-omics

• Jeanine Genkinger, Columbia | PI Crash Course

• Chris Gennings, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Environmental Mixtures

• Monica Gierada, Aetion | SQL

• April Gocha, Fresh Eyes Editing | NIH Grant Writing

• Jeff Goldsmith, Columbia | Environmental Mixtures

• Aaron Griffin, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis

• Kristie Hadley, Columbia | Climate Change and Health

• Jonathan Heiss, Tempus | Epigenetics

• Julie Herbstman, Columbia | Climate Change and Health, PI Crash Course

• Diana Hernandez, Columbia | Environmental Justice

• Hae Kyung Im, University of Chicago | Quantitative Genomics

• Dean Jones, Emory | Exposome

• Vrinda Kalia, Columbia | Exposome

• Alex Keil, National Cancer Institute | Environmental Justice

• Lauren Kelly, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Kim Knowlton, Columbia and Natural Resources Defense Council | Climate Change and Health

• Jeremy Koelmel, Yale | Exposome

• Allison Kupsco, Columbia | Epigenetics

• Yunjia Lai, Columbia | Exposome

• Tuuli Lappalainen, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and New York Genome Center | PI Crash Course

• Juan Pablo Lewinger, USC | Multi-omics

• Vijay Limaye, Natural Resources Defense Council | Climate Change and Health

• Dan Malinsky, Columbia | Environmental Justice

• Nicholas Mancuso, USC | Multi-omics

• Beth Mark, University of Pennsylvania and Climate Psychiatry Alliance | Climate Change and Health

• Rachel Morello-Frosch, UC Berkeley | Environmental Justice

• Mahasin Mujahid, UC Berkeley | Environmental Justice

• Nicholas Nassikas, Beth Israel | Climate Change and Health

• Ana Navas-Acien, Columbia | PI Crash Course

• Megan Niedzwiecki, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | Exposome

• Anne Nigra, Columbia | Environmental Justice

• Heeju Noh, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis

• Matthew Perzanowski, Columbia | PI Crash Course

• Krystal Pollitt, Yale | Exposome

• Angela Ran Meng, Columbia | Radiation Safety Officer

• Emma Schymanski, University of Luxembourg | Exposome

• Rachel Severson, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | Code Rigor and Reproducibility in R

• Jeff Shaman, Columbia | Climate Change and Health

• Evan Sholle, Weill Cornell SQL

• Kimberly Siegmund, USC | Multi-omics

• Noah Simon, Washington | Machine Learning

• Jonathan Slutzman, Harvard | Life Cycle Assessment

• Melissa Smarr, NIEHS | Environmental Justice

• Marisa Traniello, USAID | Climate Change and Health

• Lukas Vlahos, Columbia | Single Cell Analysis

• Homan Wai, UVA | Climate Change and Health

• Doug Walker, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | Exposome

• Kai Wang, CHOP and University of Pennsylvania | Quantitative Genomics

• Stefan Wheat, Colorado | Climate Change and Health

• Craig Wheelock, Karolinska Institutet | Exposome

• Ander Wilson, Colorado State | Environmental Mixtures

• Tracey Woodruff, UCSF | Environmental Justice

• Julie Wormser, Mystic River Watershed Association | Climate Change and Health

• Robert Wright, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | PI Crash Course

• Jeff Xia, McGill | Exposome

• Lew Ziska, Columbia | Climate Change and Health

• Ami Zota, Columbia | Environmental Justice