Dr. Farah Qureshi

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Farah Qureshi is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on social epidemiology with a particular interest in the early life origins of cardiovascular health disparities. Her research investigates how young people's social environments interact with mental health and chronic disease risk. Utilizing positive youth development theory, she explores the role of early psychosocial assets, such as psychological well-being, positive family relationships, and social capital, in helping adolescents establish healthy trajectories and mitigate the impact of social disparities on stress-related chronic diseases throughout their life course. Dr. Qureshi's specialization includes cardiovascular and psychiatric epidemiology, life course health models, longitudinal data analysis, and advanced epidemiologic methods. She has conducted extensive research on several longitudinal cohorts, including the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Nurses’ Health Study, among others.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

Teaching and researching in the field of social epidemiology.

Awards

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Loan Repayment Program Recipient Health Disparities

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Telomere Research Network Pilot Award

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Young Investigator Colloquium Program

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Dissertation Award Recipient

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Rose Travelling Fellowship

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Julius B. Richmond Fellowship

Requirements for Johns Hopkins University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Inorganic Chemistry with Lab Organic Chemistry with Lab General Biology with Lab
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • CV
  • Personal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation
Specialization Notes

Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.