Fu-Ying Tian, MD

I grew up in Qingdao, China, a beautiful city near the sea. I received my doctoral degree in Sun Yat-sen University and during the last two-year of my graduate study, I took additional research training at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. Now I’m a postdoc in Dr. Marsit’s lab in Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. As an epidemiologist, my research interest is to understand the effect of early life exposures, such as metals and nutrients, on fetal development and long-term health in childhood via exploring the underlying epigenetic mechanism. I have a great interest in extending my research into the integrative study of genome, epigenome, transcriptome and environmental exposures. I am also enthusiastic in further applying the systematic biological methods into the studies on developmental origins of health and diseases. When I’m not a researcher, I’m a Pipa player. I also enjoy exploring various spicy food.

Elizabeth Kennedy, PhD

​I am from Panama City Beach, Florida, and I received a Master’s degree from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Florida, where I studied microbial populations and ecology. In my doctoral research as part of Emory University’s Genetics and Molecular Biology program, I expanded my analytical skills by participating in genetic and epigenetic research projects. My main research projects focused on the analysis of genome-wide changes in DNA methylation patterns and the downstream effects of those changes on gene expression. In the Marsit lab, I am interested in integrating information from multiple –omics disciplines to explore the short- and long-term effects of early-life exposures.
My long-term goal is to utilize integrative –omics in the study of long-term health outcomes and chronic disease in humans. In my down time I enjoy photography and spending time with my family.