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Alaa Alawamleh, M.H.S.

  • Postbaccalaureate Fellow
NCI Shady Grove | SG 6E210

Alaa Alawamleh, M.H.S., joined the DCEG in August 2026 as a postbaccalaureate CRTA fellow in the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch (IIB) under the mentorship of Drs. Meredith Shiels, Ph.D., M.H.S. and Cameron B. Haas, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Ms. Alawamleh completed her master’s in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2026. She examined substance use and health outcomes among people with and at risk for HIV through the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) Study at Johns Hopkins.

In IIB, Ms. Alawamleh is studying the epidemiology of infection-associated cancers, including global variation in anal cancer incidence and its associated risk factors. Her broader research interests include cancer epidemiology, HIV/AIDS and associated malignancies, substance use, health among unhoused and underserved populations, health disparities, and disease prevention.

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