Faculty
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Name
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Research Expertise
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Sonya Brady, PhD
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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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Ellen Demerath, PhD
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Body composition and obesity assessment; Developmental determinants of cardiovascular disease risk; Lifecourse epidemiology; Genetic epidemiology of obesity, diabetes, and coronary heart disease; Biomarkers of biological senescence
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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, MPH
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Public health policy as a prevention strategy; Community-based strategies for chronic disease prevention; Tobacco policy
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Bernard Harlow, PhD, MPH
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Clinical and population-based reproductive epidemiology; the epidemiology of reproductive cancers; data collection methods; and influence of psychiatric disorders on reproductive function
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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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Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD
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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
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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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John Himes, PhD
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Child growth and nutrition; Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status; Dietary assessment; Obesity and body composition
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David Jacobs, Jr., PhD
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Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Biometry; Diet; Physical activity; Low serum; Cholesterol and noncardiovascular disease; Nutritional epidemiology and whole grains
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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 (on sabbatical June 08-May 09)
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Global issues in tobacco reduction; Smoking cessation; Treatment of medically compromised smokers
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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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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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Ruby Nguyen, PhD
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Women’s Health; Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
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J. Michael Oakes, PhD
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Quantitative Methods; Social Epidemiology; Research Ethics
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Charles Oberg, MD, MPH
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Health Disparities; Childhood Poverty; Health Care Access & Finance
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Joän Patterson, PhD
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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
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Pamela Schreiner, PhD
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Etiology of cardiovascular disease particularly as it relates to lipids, obesity, visceral fat accumulation and the perimenopausal transition; Osteoporosis
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Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD
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Nutrition and weight status in pregnancy; Child and adolescent nutrition; Behavioral counseling in child obesity; Eating disorders treatment
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Mary Story, PhD
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Child and adolescent nutrition; Obesity prevention; Eating behaviors
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Adjunct 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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Linda Bearinger, PhD
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Health promotion with vulnerable adolescents; Sexual behavior; Substance abuse; Violence involvement; Multiethnic issues in adolescent health
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Lynn Bretl, MPP
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Health promotion with vulnerable adolescents; Sexual behavior; Substance abuse; Violence involvement; Multiethnic issues in adolescent health
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Kathleen Brothen, MS
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Pregnancy Prevention; HIV/AIDS/STD's Prevention
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Amos Deinard, MD, MPH
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Oral Health of Poor Children; Enhancing Parenting Skills of High Risk Mothers
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Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH
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Health of college students; Urban health
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Ann Garwick, PhD
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Children with special health care needs; Caregiving experiences of families from diverse cultural backgrounds; Family health and health promotion; Qualitative research methods
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Neal Holtan, MD
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History of medicine and public health; Public health policy
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Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN
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Children and adolescents with type I diabetes; Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention; Complementary care & spirituality
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Luanne Nyberg, MPA
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Health disparities; Child health; Advocacy; Public health policy
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Michael Resnick, PhD
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Adolescent resiliency; Adolescent risk and protective factors; Teen pregnancy prevention; Youth violence prevention
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Julie Ross, PhD, MPH
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Molecular epidemiology; Childhood cancer; Adult leukemia
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Lisa Turnham, MPH
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Sexuality Education, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
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Margret Youngquist, MA
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Prevention of sexual violence
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