Shira Kramer, Ph.D.
   President

In 1985, Dr. Kramer founded Epidemiology International (formerly RidgeCom, Inc.) a small, woman-owned contract research firm.  Dr. Kramer and her staff have conducted epidemiological studies for clients in industry, academic institutions, federal and state agencies, and professional trade organizations.  Dr. Kramer has successfully served as a consultant and expert witness in numerous toxic, environmental and pharmaceutical tort cases, and the firm has provided broad litigation support in these cases.

Dr. Shira Kramer holds a B.A. in the Biological Sciences from The Johns Hopkins University; a Master's degree in Human Genetics from The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health; and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

From 1978 to 1984, Dr. Kramer was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children's Cancer Research Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where she taught numerous courses in epidemiologic methods to graduate students, medical students, and physicians.  Dr. Kramer conducted NIH-supported research on the etiology of childhood cancers, publishing some of the first and still widely-cited studies of the incidence of childhood cancers, and the etiology of neuroblastoma and Wilms' Tumor.

 Dr. Kramer co-authored a best-selling textbook on epidemiologic methods (Epidemiology:  An Introductory Text),  a textbook on epidemiology and biostatistics for tumor registry professionals, and has published numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals.

April Zambelli-Weiner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Zambelli-Weiner is a Senior Epidemiologist and COO of Epidemiology International with 10 years of research experience in environmental and genetic epidemiology.

Dr. Zambelli-Weiner has diverse academic and experiential background in epidemiologic study design, conduct, and analysis of large population and family-based studies, as well as basic science research including chemical and molecular laboratory methods, environmental health, genetic epidemiology, human/population genetics, and biostatistics.  Much of Dr. Zambelli-Weiner's current research is focused on epidemiologic and statistical methodology relating to the study of increased incidence of disease, particularly cancer, around a point source of exposure. Dr. Zambelli-Weiner's research in the field of genetic epidemiology has generally been aimed at understanding how genes and environments work together to produce human diseases and disease-related traits, often aimed at identifying novel genetic risk factors for immunologic and respiratory disorders, including childhood asthma and atopy as well as acute lung injury, including an emphasis on immunologic pathways and gene-environment interactions. Her work has been recognized through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national and international meetings.

Dr. Zambelli-Weiner holds a B.A. in Chemistry and English from Washington & Jefferson College; a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Saint Louis University; and a Ph.D. in Genetic Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Suzanne Eastham, M.A.
   Director, Federal Government Programs

Ms. Eastham is the Director for Federal Government Programs with Epidemiology International.  She has more than fifteen years of experience as a management professional, primarily in the areas of operations and program management.  Ms. Eastham also has extensive experience in the Federal and state, public health, contracting arena.

Ms. Eastham holds a Master’s degree in Applied Medical Sociology from the University of Maryland and is a certified Project Management Professional.  She has led diverse teams of public health professionals to include, researchers, statisticians, IT professionals, and project managers.  Ms. Eastham excels in contract management and focuses her experience, knowledge, and skills to manage integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, and risk.  She embraces a process-driven approach and drives toward improving and executing repeatable, transferable, and scalable management practices.

Ms. Eastham possesses subject matter expertise and experience in survey design, development, and administration.  She has also worked extensively in the areas of scientific peer review, health communications, social marketing, strategic planning, Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse detection, Medicaid quality of care and evaluation initiatives, and transition management activities.

Stephanie Moller, M.P.H.
   Epidemiologist and Project Leader

Ms. Moller is an Epidemiologist with Epidemiology International.  She has five years of research experience in cancer epidemiology and genetics, and has significant experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of epidemiological and clinical research, including questionnaire development and CATI instrument programming, pilot testing, and interviewer training.  Her research interests have focused on cancer epidemiology and genetic risks for cancer, and her thesis research involved conducting the first descriptive epidemiologic study of acinic cell carcinoma of the head and neck.  Her current research at EI involves environmental and occupational risks for cancer and other diseases.

Ms. Moller holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology and a certificate in Public Health Genetics from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  Prior to attending graduate school, Ms. Moller was a post-baccalaureate research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Social and Behavioral Research Branch.  She earned her B.S. in Biobehavioral Health from The Pennsylvania State University.