Faculty

NAME

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

Andrew Flood, PhD

Nutritional epidemiology; cancer epidemiology with emphasis on colorectal cancer, insulin resistance, IGFs and their binding proteins

Simone French, PhD

Social and environmental influences on eating and physical activity behaviors; community-based strategies for eating behavior change; adolescent nutrition and physical activity

Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD

Primary research interests focus on assessment and evaluation of dietary behaviors and dietary intake, particularly as they relate to prevention of chronic disease and obesity

John Himes, PhD

Child growth and nutrition; anthropometric assessment of nutritional status; dietary assessment; obesity and body composition

Robert Jeffery, PhD

Health behavior change; dietary intervention; obesity epidemiology, treatment, and prevention

Russell Luepker, MD, MS

Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention; health behavior; community trials; clinical trials

Leslie Lytle, PhD

Planning and evaluating eating behavior change interventions in children; youth health promotion research; theories of health behavior; obesity prevention in youth

Melissa Nelson, PhD

Environmental and behavioral determinants of excess weight gain and obesity during childhood, adolescence and young adulthood

Toben Nelson, PhD

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.

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH

Adolescent health and nutrition; obesity and eating disorder prevention; health behavior change; nutrition education program design and evaluation

Mark Pereira, MPH, PhD

Nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of obesity; type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including interactions between dietary and exercise patterns

Kim Robien, PhD, MS

Diet and cancer survivorship; oncology nutrition; pharmacogenetics; folate mediated one-carbon metabolism; evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines; outcomes related to medical nutrition therapy

Nancy Sherwood, PhD

Obesity prevention and treatment in children and adults.

Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH, RD

Nutrition and weight status in pregnancy; child and adolescent nutrition; behavioral counseling in child obesity; eating disorders treatment

Lyn Steffen, PhD, MPH, RD

CVD epidemiology & prevention; nutritional epidemiology; stroke surveillance; diet relations with diabetes; insulin resistance and obesity

Mary Story, PhD

Child and adolescent nutrition; obesity prevention; eating behaviors