Katie Biello is chair of the Department of Epidemiology, Director of the Center for Epidemiologic Research and  Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences. She also serves as Co-Director of the Development Core for the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). Her research includes identifying and understanding the underlying, multilevel risk factors for social inequities in HIV and substance use, and developing and implementing social and behavioral interventions to reduce risk among racial, sexual and gender minorities, adolescents and those in resource limited settings, both domestically and globally.

William C. Goedel, Ph.D. [he/him] is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is a social epidemiologist, with significant methodological expertise in the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to guide public health policy and practice. His research uses spatial analytical techniques to quantify the burden of many of the United States' most pressing public health challenges varies from neighborhood to neighborhood, with a particular interest in identifying areas that are overburdened and underserved as points of focus when resources are limited. He currently teaches "Fundamentals of Epidemiology" (PHP 0850), "Foundations of Spatial Analysis in Public Health" (PHP 2015), and "Interpretation and Application of Epidemiology" (PHP 2180). As a scholar of teaching and learning, Dr. Goedel is interested in the implementation and evaluation of graduate admissions review processes and novel grading systems that value both a learner's accomplishments to date and their potential for growth over time regardless of their background. He received his undergraduate degree with a joint major in global public health and sociology from New York University's College of Global Public Health in 2017 and his doctoral degree in epidemiology from Brown University's School of Public Health in 2020.

Shilo McBurney is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and the concentration lead for Epidemiology students in the Master of Public Health Program. Her research focuses on public health surveillance and interventions, infectious and vaccine-preventable diseases, and data validation. She is passionate about fostering scientific literacy and critical-thinking and is interested in developing best practices for communicating complex scientific concepts to stakeholder communities to drive public health and policy change.

Shilo received her M.Sc. in Epidemiology and Community Health from Dalhousie University in 2016. In 2022, she completed her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto with a Collaborative Specialization in Public Health Policy. Her dissertation on evaluating pertussis detection in health administrative and surveillance data was funded by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award. Before and after her Ph.D., Shilo practiced public health directly under the Provincial Cancer Surveillance Epidemiologist in Prince Edward Island with a focus on screening program evaluation.