Faculty

Name

Research Expertise

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.

Ellen Demerath, PhD

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

John Finnegan, Jr., PhD

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

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

Bernard Harlow, PhD, MPH

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

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

Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD

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

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

John Himes, PhD

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

David Jacobs, Jr., PhD

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

Rhonda Jones-Webb, DrPH

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

Harry Lando, PhD
(on sabbatical June 08-May 09)

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

Russell Luepker, MD, MS

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

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH

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

Ruby Nguyen, PhD

Women’s Health; Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

J. Michael Oakes, PhD

Quantitative Methods; Social Epidemiology; Research Ethics

Charles Oberg, MD, MPH

Health Disparities; Childhood Poverty; Health Care Access & Finance

Joän Patterson, PhD

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

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

Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD

Nutrition and weight status in pregnancy; Child and adolescent nutrition; Behavioral counseling in child obesity; Eating disorders treatment

Mary Story, PhD

Child and adolescent nutrition; Obesity prevention; Eating behaviors

Name

Research Expertise

Sara Axtell, PhD

Community organizing

Linda Bearinger, PhD

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

Lynn Bretl, MPP

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

Kathleen Brothen, MS

Pregnancy Prevention; HIV/AIDS/STD's Prevention

Amos Deinard, MD, MPH

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

Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH

Health of college students; Urban health

Ann Garwick, PhD

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

History of medicine and public health; Public health policy

Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN

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

Luanne Nyberg, MPA

Health disparities; Child health; Advocacy; Public health policy

Michael Resnick, PhD

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

Julie Ross, PhD, MPH

Molecular epidemiology; Childhood cancer; Adult leukemia

Lisa Turnham, MPH

Sexuality Education, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Margret Youngquist, MA

Prevention of sexual violence