Faculty Research Expertise

Faculty research expertise

College of Health's Office of Research

Use the drop-down to select one of the college's Signature Areas of Research to see faculty primarily associated in that area.

Because we cultivate interdisciplinary collaborations, many faculty could belong to multiple signature areas of research, but we have limited everyone to their primary area.

Mary Arnold, Ph.D.
- Adolescent development
- Youth programs
- Program evaluation
Harold T. Bae, Ph.D., M.S.
- Genetic association study
- Big data analysis
- Analysis of correlated data
- Survey data
Steph Bernell, Ph.D.
- Health economics
- Health policy
- Health politics
Jeff Bethel, Ph.D.
- Epidemiology
- Health impact of climate change
- Disaster preparedness
- Infectious diseases
Marit L. Bovbjerg, Ph.D.
- Epidemiology
- Maternity care
- Midwifery
- Physical activity during pregnancy / postpartum
- Doulas / traditional health workers
Adam J. Branscum, Ph.D.
- Bayesian statistics
- Diagnostic tests
- Epidemiology
Marc T. Braverman, Ph.D.
- Program and policy evaluation
- Tobacco prevention and control
- Design of health interventions
- Adolescent health
Tammy Bray, Ph.D.
- Nutrition and diet
- Antioxidants and gene expressions
- Diabetes
Bradley J. Cardinal, Ph.D.
- Sport and exercise psychology
- Sociology of sport
- Kinesiology
- Physical activity education
Joseph Catania, Ph.D.
- Sexual health
- Sexual trauma
- Oral health
- Dissemination and implementation
- Survey methods
Kelly Chandler (Davis), Ph.D.
- Work-family interactions
- Working parents
- Family processes
- Family policies
- Family well-being
Chunhuei Chi, Sc.D., MPH
- Health system finance
- International development
- Universal health care
- Governance of health systems
- Equity in health care
Mary Cluskey, Ph.D., RD
- Eating behavior determinants
- Meal patterns and life transitions
- Food availability and marketing
Cathleen Brown Crowell, Ph.D., ATC
- Biomechanics
- Sports Injury
- Balance and gait analysis
- Chronic and overuse Injury
- Ankle instability
David Dallas, Ph.D.
- Milk
- Peptide
- Protein
- Bioactive
- Mass spectrometry
Peggy Dolcini, Ph.D.
- Implementation science
- Health disparities
- Youth
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Evidence-based interventions
Vicki Ebbeck, Ph.D.
- Positive self-perceptions
- Self-compassion
- Physical activity
Jonathan Garcia, Ph.D.
- Global health disparities
- HIV prevention
- HCV treatment access
- Social isolation
- Qualitative research
John Geldhof, Ph.D.
- Positive youth development
- Self-regulation
- International research
- Measurement
- Quantitative methods
Jessica R. Gorman, Ph.D., MPH
- Mixed methods
- Reproductive health
- Cancer survivorship
- Health communication
- Community-engaged research
Stephanie Grutzmacher, Ph.D.
- Food security
- Low-income populations
- Community-based programs
- Food assistance programs
Kathy Gunter, Ph.D.
- Promotion of physical activity
- Obesity prevention
- Skeletal health
- Community-based research
S. Marie Harvey, DrPH, MPH
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Young adults
- Health policy and reform
- Mixed methods
Bridget Hatfield, Ph.D.
- Early childhood education
- Teacher-child relationships
- Research to practice / policy
- Child stress and behavior
- Professional development for teachers
Emily Ho, Ph.D.
- Nutrition and cancer
- Nutrient-gene interactions
- Phytochemicals
- Zinc
- Inflammation
Mark Hoffman, PhD, ATC, EMT, FNATA
- Sport injury prevention
- Human sensory and motor systems
- Neuroscience
Karen Hooker, Ph.D.
- Optimal aging
- Mental health
- Navigating life transitions
Denise M. Hynes, PhD, RN
- Quality, access, and cost of healthcare
- Care coordination
- Veterans health
- Health data science
- Implementation science
Perry Hystad, Ph.D.
- Environmental epidemiology
- Spatial health
- Air pollution
- Built environment
- Climate change
Veronica Irvin, Ph.D., MPH
- Behavior change strategies
- Program implementation and evaluation
- Transparency in science and medical reporting
- Health literacy and patient navigation
- Risk perception and cancer
Urszula T. Iwaniec, Ph.D.
- Bone health
- Energy metabolism
- Alcohol
- Spaceflight
- Osteommunology
Deborah H John, Ph.D., M.S.
- Social emotional wellbeing
- Rural populations and places
- Participatory research
- Community mapping
- Mixed methods
Sam Johnson, Ph.D., ATC, CSCS
- Injury prevention
- Rehabilitation of athletic injuries
- Nervous system and movement
Donald B. Jump, Ph.D.
- Molecular and biochemical nutrition
- Dietary fat
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids
- Diabetes & obesity
- Fatty liver disease
Sunil Khanna, Ph.D.
- Global health
- Community-based participatory research methods
- Sexual and reproductive health in youth
- South Asia and Botswana
Molly Kile, Sc.D.
- Environmental epidemiology
- Chemical exposures
- Risk assessment
- Community-based research
- Children
Jay Kim, Ph.D., M.S.
- Occupational biomechanics
- Ergonomics
- Exoskeletons
- Whole-body vibration
- Human-computer interactions
- Injury prevention
Laurel Kincl, Ph.D., CSP
- Occupational safety
- Ergonomics
- Physical agents
- Injury prevention
Tao Li, MD, Ph.D.
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Patient-centered care
- Innovative health care delivery and financing
- Health insurance and health outcomes
Shannon Lipscomb, Ph.D.
- Young children and families
- Program evaluation
- Early learning
- Resilience
Sam Logan, Ph.D.
- Young children
- Disability
- Mobility
- Assistive technology
- Play and social behaviors
Jeff Luck, Ph.D., M.B.A.
- Health policy and reform
- Health care delivery systems
- Policy analysis
- Quality of care
Megan MacDonald, Ph.D.
- Adapted Physical Activity
- Children with disabilities
- Early childhood
Katherine A. MacTavish, Ph.D.
- Rural families
- Community effects
- Poverty
- Youth development
- Housing
William V. Massey, Ph.D.
- School recess
- Sport-based youth development
- Social and emotional health
Megan McClelland, Ph.D.
- Child development
- Self-regulation
- School readiness
- Executive function
- Translation and dissemination
Cynthia M. Mojica, Ph.D.
- Cancer health disparities
- Latino health
- Cancer screening
- Intervention development
John Molitor, Ph.D.
- Environmental health modeling
- Bayesian methods
- Data science
- Multi-level modeling
Allison E. Myers, Ph.D., MPH
- Place-based health promotion
- Tobacco prevention
- Healthy eating
- Dissemination and implementation
- Health policy
Sean Newsom, Ph.D.
- Skeletal muscle metabolism
- Obesity and type 2 diabetes
- Physical activity and exercise
- Insulin sensitivity
Marc Norcross, Ph.D., ATC
- ACL injury
- Sports injury prevention
- Biomechanics
- Sports medicine
Mike Pavol, Ph.D.
- Biomechanics
- Fall prevention
- Exercise and osteoporosis
- Older adults
- People with disabilities
Jay Penry, Ph.D.
- Human performance
- Exercise physiology
- Exercise testing
David Phillips, Ph.D.
Andrew Pitchford, PhD, CAPE
- Adapted Physical Activity
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Motor Development
- Obesity
Christine Pollard, Ph.D., M.S.
- Injury prevention
- Lower extremity injuries
- Rehabilitation programs
Megan Pratt, Ph.D.
- Child care policy
- Early learning
Brian A. Primack, MD, PhD, MS, EdM
- Health
- Education
- Technology
- Media
Roberta Riportella, Ph.D.
- Access to care
- Vulnerable populations
- Health insurance
- Health policy
Matt Robinson, Ph.D.
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Aging
- Muscle
- Exercise
Diana Rohlman, Ph.D.
- Research translation
- Indigenous health
- Disaster research
- Environmental health literacy
Sarah E. Rothenberg, D.Env.
- Methylmercury
- Metals
- Maternal-child health
- Environmental exposure
- Microbiome
David Rothwell, MSW, Ph.D.
- Poverty
- Families
- Family policy
- Rural
- Inequality
Kari-Lyn Sakuma, Ph.D., MPH
- Tobacco
- E-cigarettes / Vapes
- Health disparities
- Mixed methods
- Youth and young adults
John Schuna Jr, Ph.D.
- Measurement of physical activity
- Sedentary behavior
- Automated technology
- Behavior epidemiology
Suzanne C. Segerstrom, PhD, MPH
- Personality
- Self-regulation
- Health
Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Ph.D.
- Life course and aging
- Life transitions
- Generations
- Young adults
- Family / social policy
Ellen Smit, Ph.D., RD
- Nutritional epidemiology
- Chronic disease and HIV infection
- Health disparities
- Public health surveillance methods
Yumie Takata, Ph.D.
- Cancer epidemiology
- Nutrition
- Molecular epidemiology
- Middle-aged and older adults
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
Shauna Tominey, Ph.D.
- Parenting
- Early childhood
- Mental health
- Self-regulation
- Professional development
Maret Traber. Ph.D.
- Antioxidants
- Lipoprotein metabolism
- Metabolic syndrome
- Vitamin E deficiency
- Vaping
Russell T. Turner, Ph.D.
- Life-long skeletal health
- Exercise and nutrition
- Prevention
- Gravitational physiology
- Etiology
Anthony Veltri, Ed.D, CSHM
- Occupational safety
- Safety business case
- Safety strategy
- Safety management
Heidi Wegis, Ph.D.
- Assessment in physical education
- Physical activity and learning
- Inclusive physical education
Siew Sun Wong, Ph.D.
- Nutrition education
- Childhood obesity prevention
- Dietary assessment methods
- Learning games
- Innovation skill building

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