Career Paths of our Alumni: Q&A with Former Fellows

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.

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).

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.