2008—2009 ESA Executive Council

Adaugo Ndubuisi, President

I am currently a Master’s student in Epidemiology. I received a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology in 2005 and I plan to be a public health researcher and educator after I complete my PhD.

I was born and raised in Nigeria and have recently spent two months there in preparation for a Zoonotic Influenza study.

I hope to tackle epidemiological challenges in both infectious and chronic diseases and strengthen preventive medicine measures especially in developing nations.

 

Kaitlin Zander, Treasurer

I grew up in the Vinton, IA area before moving to Iowa City. I am a 2nd year MPH student in Epidemiology. I did my undergraduate work at The University of Iowa in biology with a neuroscience focus and minored in psychology and studio art. I currently work as a GRA in the Health Effectiveness Research Center for Dr. Chrischilles. I have many interests including chronic disease epidemiology, environmental health and environmental epidemiology, health promotion/education and health literacy. My career goal is to work in a local health department.

 

 

Nansi Boghossian, Secretary

I grew up in Beirut, Lebanon.  I graduated with my bachelor’s degree in laboratory sciences from Haigazian University followed by my MPH from the American University of Beirut (AUB).  After graduating, I worked for a while at the National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network at the AUB Medical Center and this developed my research interests in pregnancy outcomes, in particular, birth defects. I had a great opportunity  to continue working in this domain as a GRA for Dr. Romitti at the Center for Congenital and Inherited Disorders.

Nirmalla Barros, GSS Representative

I’m currently a 2nd year doctoral student. My research interests include gene-environment interactions, chemical carcinogenesis, cancer genomics, and human toxicology. I’m also the webmaster for the Graduate Student Senate’s site & a committee member of the Travel Grants Review.

Feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns or any issues that you’d like for me to discuss with GSS.