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Dr. Shankar's research is focused on the application of experimental design, multiple regression analysis, time series analysis, categorical data analysis and multivariate analysis in health and social sciences research. She has developed temporal and spatial interpolation methods to merge two or more secondary datasets that do not have common geographical identifiers.

Sudesh Srivastav has a broad background and experience in biostatistics and quantitative bioinformatics with specific training and expertise in statistical design of experiments and its application in clinical trials, re-sampling methods, and analysis of big data. He is actively involved in collaborative research with a number of faculty members from within the department as well as from other departments of the Health Sciences Center at Tulane University, particularly the Tulane Cancer Center and the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC).

Joseph Keating is an epidemiologist with a focus on vector-borne disease. His current research focuses on malaria epidemiology and control in the context of elimination. Keating has served as a consultant for the World Bank; USAID; and the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He currently serves as a reviewer for the Military Infectious Disease Research Program and the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program.

Dr. Thom Eisele has a joint appointment as a Professor in the Departments of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and International Health and Sustainable Development, and is the Director of the Center for Applied Malaria Research and Evaluation (/sph.tulane.edu/camre). Areas of expertise include malaria epidemiology, evaluating the impact of malaria control/elimination strategies, and measurement of malaria intervention coverage and malaria health outcomes.

Lizheng Shi trained as a pharmacist (BS in pharmacy 1992, MS in pharmacy 1994) through Shanghai Medical University and Peking Union Medical College, respectively. He has also trained as an economist (MA in economics 1998, PhD in pharmaceutical economics and policy 2001) through the University of Southern California. He is the Endowed Regents Professor in the department of Health Policy and Management, and he serves as clinical faculty in departments of medicine (endocrinology) and psychiatry. He is the director for Health Systems Analytics Research Center (HSARC).

Jane T. Bertrand, PhD, MBA, is a professor, jointly appointed in the Departments of Health Policy & Management and International Health & Sustainable Development. She also holds the Neal A. and Mary Vanselow endowed chair. Her work has involved program evaluation and behavior change communication in the areas of international family planning and HIV prevention. Dr. Bertrand has been on the Tulane faculty since 1979, except for the period from 2002-09 when she directed the Center for Communication Programs (CCP), at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Abdelghani received his master and doctorate degrees from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He then joined the department of global environmental health sciences as a faculty member and has been at Tulane ever since. Dr. Abdelghani has developed curricula for graduate and undergraduate degree and non -degree programs in public health/environmental health sciences. He served as the department chair from 1999-2005 and director of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine laboratories for 22 years.

Paul Hutchinson, Ph.D. is a health economist specializing in econometric and economic evaluation methods for the evaluation of health and development programs.

David Hotchkiss is a health economist and demographer. His current research focuses on the evaluation of health systems strengthening strategies in low- and middle-income countries including: health care financing mechanisms; health workforce strategies; and routine health information systems.  He has also led studies of: socio-economic inequities in health outcomes and health care utilization; demand for health care; and child marriage and reproductive health.