Principal Investigator:
Carmen Marsit

Carmen Marsit is Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University. ​Prior to joining the faculty at Emory in 2016, Dr. Marsit held faculty positions at the Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College.  Dr. Marsit’s primary scholarly focus is in environmental molecular epidemiology utilizing genomics and epigenomics to understand children’s health and cancer biology. 

Lab Staff

Amber Burt, Data Manager and Analyst
Karen Hermetz, Lab Manager
Derek Jobe, Research Project Manager

Postdoctoral Fellows

​Elizabeth Kennedy, PhD​

PhD Students

Mike Mortillo, Emory GMB
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Carolyn Banister, Research Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
  • Allison Appleton, Assistant Professor, University at Albany-SUNY
  • Benjamin Green, Senior Managed Health Programs Analyst, Blue-Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
  • Todd Everson, Research Assistant Professor, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
  • Fuying Tian, Assistant Professor, Shenzhen Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University (China)
  • Jesse Tehrani, Associate Strategy Consultant, Triangle Insights Group
  • Millie Tung, Research Scientist, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

PhD Students
  • Michele Avissar-Whiting, Operations Manager, American Journal Experts
  • Matthew Maccani, Biotechnology Consultant and Mobile App Development
  • Charlotte Wilhelm-Benartzi, Clinical Trials Statistician, Cardiff University
  • Corina Lesseur, Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
  • Alison Paquette, Research Associate, Institute for Systems Biology
  • Jeffrey Thompson, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Julia Litzky, Medical Student, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
  • Danielle Clarkson-Townsend, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School

MPH Students
  • Carmen Marable, Toxicology Associate, US EPA
  • Natalie Duke, ORISE Fellow, CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
  • Michael Hussey, Consultant Researcher, CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  • Luisa Sarmiento, ORISE Fellow, CDC