Faculty and Research Interests
CHE faculty members are involved in many different research studies. A list of the CHE faculty members is included below. To view more information on a faculty member, just click on their name.
Primary Community Health Education Faculty
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Research Expertise
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| Sonya Brady, PhD |
Health risk behavior during adolescence and young adulthood; Developmental influences on risk taking; Mechanisms linking stressful life circumstances to health risk behavior and factors promoting resiliency; Promotion of health protective behavior; Public policies affecting adolescent health. |
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John Finnegan, Jr., PhD
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Media communication and public health; community campaigns; the "Knowledge Gap" and health outcomes; digital information technology and its impact on public health
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Jean Forster, PhD
(on sabbatical January 2008-January 2009)
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Public health policy as a prevention strategy; Community-based strategies for chronic disease prevention; Tobacco policy
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Simone French, PhD
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Social and environmental influences on eating and physical activity behaviors; Community-based strategies for eating behavior change; Adolescent nutrition and physical activity
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Eileen Harwood, PhD
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Social Epidemiology; Health Program and Policy Evaluation Alcohol; Tobacco and Illicit Drugs
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Deborah Hennrikus, PhD
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Smoking cessation; Reducing environmental tobacco smoke exposure; Health education in clinical settings
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| Keith Horvath, PhD |
Internet-based Public Health Interventions; HIV Prevention Interventions; Online Survey Methodology; Minority Sexual Health |
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Robert Jeffery, PhD
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Health behavior change; Dietary intervention; Obesity epidemiology, treatment, and prevention
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Rhonda Jones-Webb, DrPH
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Alcohol studies; Alcohol policy as a prevention strategy; Minority health issues; Behavioral epidemiology
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Harry Lando, PhD
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Global issues in tobacco reduction; Smoking cessation; Treatment of medically compromised smokers
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Jennifer Linde, PhD
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Obesity prevention and intervention, Weight control behaviors, Weight loss goals, Public health messages
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Russell Luepker, MD, MS
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Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention; Health behavior; Community trials; Clinical trials
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Leslie Lytle, PhD
(on sabbatical September 2007-August 2008)
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Planning and evaluating eating behavior change interventions in children; Youth health promotion research; Theories of health behavior
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| Toben F. Nelson, ScD |
Health policy; organizational change; health behavior during developmental transitions; influence of sports participation on health; social determinants of health; program evaluation; prevention of alcohol-attributable harm; physical activity promotion; obesity prevention; motor vehicle safety |
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Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH
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Adolescent health and nutrition; Obesity and eating disorder prevention; Health behavior change; Nutrition education program design and evaluation
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J. Michael Oakes, PhD
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Quantitative Methods; Social Epidemiology; Research Ethics
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Joän Patterson, PhD
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Child and family adaptation to childhood chronic illness and disability; Prevention of mental health problems in children; Family health promotion
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| Simon Rosser, PhD, MPH, LP |
HIV/STI prevention; sexual health; sex; male homosexuality; prevention for HIV+ persons; religious and sexual identity formation; Internet sex; Internet-based-Public Health surveys and interventions; virtual community health |
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James Rothenberger, MPH
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Undergraduate health education; AIDS; Chemical use and dependency; Dying and death
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| Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD |
Obesity prevention and treatment in children and adults. |
| John Sirard, PhD |
Assessment of physical activity; the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of obesity in children and adolescents |
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Mary Story, PhD
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Child and adolescent nutrition; Obesity prevention; Eating behaviors
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Traci Toomey, PhD, MPH
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Policy research; Community organizing;
Prevention of alcohol and tobacco-related problems; Intentional and unintentional injury prevention
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ADJUNCT CHE FACULTY
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Name
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Research Expertise
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Sara Axtell, PhD
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Community organizing
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| Donald B. Bishop, PhD |
Diabetes; obesity; asthma; physical activity; nutrition; tobacco use |
| Marla Eisenberg, MD, MPH |
Influences on adolescent sexual behaviors; health issues of gay, lesbian and bisexual youth; body image and weight control behaviors; teasing and bullying |
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Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH
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Health of college students: Urban health
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Judith Garrard, PhD
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Behavioral geriatrics: Pharmacoepidemiology; Research methods
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Sara Rybicki, MPH
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HIV/AIDS
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Michelle van Ryn, PhD, MPH
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Health behaviors, and health outcomes; Provider behavior; Race/ethnicity disparities in treatments received.
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Last modified on Friday Dec 16, 2005