Dr. Alamian Named to ASPPH Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee

Dr. Arsham Alamian, associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology of East Tennessee State University’s College of Public Health, has been named a member of the newly established Diversity and Inclusion Section and Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee of the ASPPH. Members of the Diversity and Inclusion Section are charged with advancing diversity and inclusiveness in curricula, policies and practices within their schools and programs.

Dr. Alamian’s research focuses on the epidemiology of chronic disease, as well as the epidemiology of multiple risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as metabolic syndrome. He is co-investigator on an R15 grant exploring the role of a novel adipokine on liver-adipose tissue awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, an R03 grant exploring the role of family dynamics on childhood obesity awarded by the National Institute of Child and Human Development, and an ETSU interdisciplinary research development grant of a randomized controlled trial of screening for subclinical atherosclerosis among asymptomatic individuals.

Alamian, who is also an elected, full member of the American College of Epidemiology, received his doctoral degree in public health, with a specialization in epidemiology, from the University of Montreal School of Public Health. He completed a fellowship in public health through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research fellowship program at McGill University, also in Montreal, and holds a master of science degree in pharmacy, with a specialization in pharmacoepidemiology, from Laval University in Quebec City.