Career Paths of our Alumni: Q&A with Former Fellows
The DCEG Fellowship Program offers training for fellows with varied backgrounds and prepares them for a wide range of careers in epidemiology, genomics, biostatistics, and bioinformatics. The majority of postbaccalaureate fellows continue on to graduate or medical school programs after completing a fellowship in DCEG. Our postdoctoral fellows find careers in a variety of sectors, such as academia, government, private industry, and non-profit organizations.
Former DCEG fellows discuss their career paths and offer advice for current and future fellows. Click on the images or names below to read each Q&A.
After their fellowship, our postdoctoral trainees go on to pursue careers in the U.S. or abroad in academia, government, industry, and more.
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Conversation with Former Fellow H. Dean Hosgood, Ph.D.
Dr. H. Dean Hosgood was a DCEG fellow from 2005-2012. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Hosgood reflects on his time in DCEG and the benefits he brought with him throughout his career.
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Doratha "Armen" Byrd, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Assistant Member
Interview with Dr. Doratha "Armen" Byrd, former fellow in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Byrd reflects on her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as assistant member at Moffitt Cancer Center.
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Maisa Pinheiro, Ph.D. - Senior Data Scientist
Interview with Dr. Maisa Pinheiro, former fellow in the Clinical Genetics Branch. Dr. Pinheiro reflects on her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as Senior Data Scientist at Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK).
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Rotana Alsaggaff, Ph.D., M.S. - Program Officer
Interview with Dr. Rotana Alsagaff, former fellow in the Clinical Genetics Branch. Dr. Alsagaff reflects on her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as Program Officer at Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
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Michael Kebede, M.P.H. - Doctoral Student
Interview with Michael Kebede, former fellow in the Integrative Tumor Epidemiology Branch. Mr. Kebede discusses his time in DCEG and how it prepared him for his doctoral program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Hemang Parikh, Ph.D., M.S. - Associate Professor
Interview with Dr. Hemang Parikh, former fellow in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics in the Laufey Amundadottir Laboratory. Dr. Parikh reflects on his time in DCEG and how it prepared him for his current position as Associate Professor at the University of South Florida
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Wei Tang, Ph.D. - Industry Researcher
Interview with Dr. Wei Tang, former fellow in the Laboratory of Translational Genomics in the Ludmila Prokunina-Olsson Laboratory. He reflects on his time in DCEG and how it prepared him for his current position as an Associate Director in AstraZeneca.
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Ashley Felix, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Associate Professor
Interview with Dr. Ashley Felix, former fellow in the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Felix reflects on her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as Associate Professor at The Ohio State College of Public Health.
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Lindsey Hoskins, Ph.D., L.C.M.F.T. - Private Practice
Interview with Dr. Lindsey Hoskins, former fellow in the Clinical Genetics Branch. Dr. Hoskins discusses her time in DCEG, and how she applies the skills she developed here to run her own clinical therapy practice, with a specialty in medical family therapy.
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Sarah Keadle, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Associate Professor
Interview with Dr. Sarah Keadle, former fellow in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Keadle discusses her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as Associate Professor, California Polytechnic State University, Department of Kinesiology and Public Health.
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Marlena Maziarz, Ph.D. - Academic Researcher
Interview with Dr. Marlena Maziarz, former fellow in the Biostatistics Branch. Dr. Maziarz reflects on her time in DCEG and on her current position as a Biostatistician a the Clinical Research Centre at Lund University, Sweden.
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Lauren Houghton, Ph.D., M.Sc. - Assistant Professor
Interview with Dr. Lauren Houghton, former fellow in the DCEG Biostatistics and Epidemiology Program. Dr. Houghton discusses her time in DCEG and how she applies the skills learned there in her current position as Assistant Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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Fangyi Gu, M.D., Sc.D. - Assistant Professor
Interview with Dr. Fangyi Gu, former fellow in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Gu discusses her time in DCEG and how she applies the skills she developed to her current position as Assistant Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Alison Mondul, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. - Assistant Professor
Interview with Dr. Alison Mondul, former fellow in the Metabolic Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Mondul reflects on her time in DCEG and how she applies what she learned in her current position as Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan.
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David Wheeler, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H. - Associate Professor
Interview with Dr. David Wheeler, former fellow in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Wheeler reflects on his time in DCEG and the skills he brought with him to his current position as Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Diana Merino, Ph.D., M.Sc. - Science Policy
Interview with Dr. Diana Merino, former fellow in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Merino reflects on her experiences in DCEG and how they help her in her current position as Science Policy Analyst at Friends of Cancer Research.
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Hisani Madison, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Industry Researcher
Interview with Dr. Hisani Madison, former fellow in the Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch. Dr. Madison reflects on the skills she developed in DCEG and how they serve her in her current position as Associate Director and Diagnostics Expert, Oncology, AstraZeneca.
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Mia Gaudet, Ph.D. - Non-profit Researcher
Interview with Dr. Mia Gaudet, former fellow in the Nutritional Epidemiology Branch and Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch. She discusses her experiences in DCEG and her subsequent position as scientific director of epidemiology research at the American Cancer Society. Dr. Gaudet returned to DCEG as senior scientist for the Connect for Cancer Prevention Study.
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Todd Gibson, Ph.D. - Academic Researcher
Interview with Dr. Todd Gibson, former fellow in the Nutritional Epidemiology and Radiation Epidemiology Branches. He reflects on his time in DCEG and how the skills he developed helped him in his subsequent job as Assistant Member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dr. Gibson returned to DCEG in 2020 as a staff scientist in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch.
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Elizabeth Yanik, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor
Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Yanik, former fellow in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch. She reflects on her time in DCEG and how it prepared her for her current position as Assistant Professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.