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Faculty

Name

Phone

E-mail

Research Expertise

John Finnegan, Jr., PhD

624-5544

E-mail John

Media communication and public health; Community campaigns; The "Knowledge Gap" and health outcomes; Digital information technology and its impact on public health

Jean Forster, PhD, MPH

626-8864

forster@epi.umn.edu

Public health policy as a prevention strategy; Community-based strategies for chronic disease prevention; Tobacco policy

Bernard Harlow, PhD, MPH

626.6527

E-mail Bernard

Clinical and population-based reproductive epidemiology; the epidemiology of reproductive cancers; data collection methods; and influence of psychiatric disorders on reproductive function

Eileen Harwood, PhD

626-1824

E-mail Eileen

Social Epidemiology Health Program and Policy Evaluation Alcohol; Tobacco and Illicit Drugs

Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD

626-2077

E-mail Wendy

Birth outcomes for underserved women; Adolescent pregnancy prevention; pregnancy intention; Relationship of parity to chronic disease and birth outcomes; Women's health; Perinatal and reproductive health; Socioeconomic status; Health disparities

Deborah Hennrikus, PhD

626-8646

E-mail Deborah

Smoking cessation; Reducing environmental tobacco smoke exposure; Health education in clinical settings

John Himes, PhD

624-8210

himes@epi.umn.edu

Child growth and nutrition; Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status; Dietary assessment; Obesity and body composition

David Jacobs, Jr., PhD

624-4196

jacobs@epi.umn.edu

Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Biometry; Diet; Physical activity; Low serum; Cholesterol and noncardiovascular disease; Nutritional epidemiology and whole grains

Rhonda Jones-Webb, DrPH

626-8866

jones@epi.umn.edu

Alcohol studies; Alcohol policy as a prevention strategy; Minority health issues; Behavioral epidemiology

Harry Lando, PhD

624-1877

lando@epi.umn.edu

Global issues in tobacco reduction; Smoking cessation; Treatment of medically compromised smokers

Russell Luepker, MD, MS

624-6362

luepker@epi.umn.edu

Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention; Health behavior; Community trials; Clinical trials

Leslie Lytle, PhD

624-3518

lytle@epi.umn.edu

Planning and evaluating eating behavior; Change interventions in children; Youth health promotion research; Theories of health behavior

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH

624-0880

E-mail Dianne

Adolescent health and nutrition; Obesity and eating disorder prevention; Health behavior change; Nutrition education program design and evaluation

J. Michael Oakes, PhD

624-6855

oakes@epi.umn.edu

Quantitative Methods; Social Epidemiology; Research Ethics

Charles Oberg, MD, MPH

625-6616

oberg@epi.umn.edu

Health Disparities; Childhood Poverty; Health Care Access & Finance

Joän Patterson, PhD

624-1394

E-mail Joan

Adolescent - parent comanagement of diabetes; Behavioral risk factors among youth with cystic fibrosis; Impact of cancer on families; Child and family adaptation to childhood chronic illness and disability; Prevention of mental health problems in children; Family health promotion

Pamela Schreiner, PhD

626-9097

E-mail Pamela

Etiology of cardiovascular disease particularly as it relates to lipids, obesity, visceral fat accumulation and the perimenopausal transition; Osteoporosis

Mary Story, PhD

626-8801

story@epi.umn.edu

Child and adolescent nutrition; Obesity prevention; Eating behaviors

Adjunct Faculty

Name

Phone

E-mail

Research Expertise

Sara Axtell, PhD

625-4489

axtel002@umn.edu

Community organizing

Linda Bearinger, PhD

624-5157

 

Health promotion with vulnerable adolescents; Sexual behavior; Substance abuse; Violence involvement; Multiethnic issues in adolescent health

Kathleen Brothen, MS

651-582-8842

E-mail Kathleen

Pregnancy Prevention; HIV/AIDS/STD's Prevention

Amos Deinard, MD, MPH

638-0700 x212

deina001@umn.edu

Oral Health of Poor Children; Enhancing Parenting Skills of High Risk Mothers

Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH

625-1612

ehlin002@umn.edu

Health of college students; Urban health

Ann Garwick, PhD

624-1141

garwi001@umn.edu

Children with special health care needs; Caregiving experiences of families from diverse cultural backgrounds; Family health and health promotion; Qualitative research methods

Neal Holtan, MD

651-266-1222

holt0231@umn.edu

History of medicine and public health; Public health policy

Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN

624-2147

leona001@umn.edu

Children and adolescents with type I diabetes; Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention; Complementary care & spirituality

Luanne Nyberg, MPA

596-7709

Luanne.Nyberg

Health disparities; Child health; Advocacy; Public health policy

Michael Resnick, PhD

624-9111

resni001@umn.edu

Adolescent resiliency; Adolescent risk and protective factors; Teen pregnancy prevention; Youth violence prevention

Julie Ross, PhD, MPH

625-5437

ross@epi.umn.edu

Molecular epidemiology; Childhood cancer; Adult leukemia

Logan Spector, PhD

624-3192

spector@epi.umn.edu

Etiology of childhood cancer; Deign, conduct, and analysis of epidemiologic studies

Margaret Youngquist, MS

651-266-2407

E-Mail Margaret

Prevention of sexual violence




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