Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Associate Professor
Director, Oren Research Group
Phone: (619) 594-0964
Office: HT 176
Email: eoren@sdsu.edu
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Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2010
- MS, Epidemiology (Certificate in International Health),University of Washington, 2004
- BA, Neurobiology & Behavior (Concentration in Cognitive Science), Cornell University, 1998
Scholarly Areas
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Tuberculosis (both active disease and latent infection)
- Respiratory Health
- Molecular epidemiology
- Epidemiology in public health practice
- Surveillance systems
- Assessment of new technologies
- Social epidemiology and health disparities
- Global and border health
- Program evaluation, Monitoring & Evaluation
- Climate change and respiratory health outcomes
- Clinical trials
- Multilevel/Hierarchical Models
- Pilot & Feasibility studies
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Biography
Dr. Oren has been at SDSU since 2017, and is a tenured Associate Professor of Epidemiology. He has been serving as the Associate Director of Academic Affairs in SPH since Summer 2020. He is a core-investigator at the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, and trained as an infectious disease, respiratory and social epidemiologist with particular expertise in respiratory health, and numerous projects in COVID-19, TB, flu, tobacco exposure and asthma. He has also worked at the interface of infectious etiologies and chronic disease outcomes, particularly cancers. He has extensive experience in epidemiological and clinical research, working on the effective adoption of interventions in the community, as well as in developing evidence-based strategies and practices from secondary data analyses and novel data sources. He has published 90+ peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, and holds an undergraduate degree in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University and PhD and MS degrees in Epidemiology from the University of Washington. Prior to coming to SDSU, Dr. Oren was faculty in the College of Public Health at the University of Arizona from 2013-2017.
Publications
- For an up to date publications list see Google Scholar.
