Faculty
Name |
Phone |
Research Expertise |
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John Finnegan, Jr., PhD |
624-5544 |
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 |
626-8864 |
Public health policy as a prevention strategy; Community-based strategies for chronic disease prevention; Tobacco policy |
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Bernard Harlow, PhD, MPH |
626.6527 |
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 |
626-1824 |
Social Epidemiology Health Program and Policy Evaluation Alcohol; Tobacco and Illicit Drugs |
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Wendy Hellerstedt, PhD |
626-2077 |
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 |
626-8646 |
Smoking cessation; Reducing environmental tobacco smoke exposure; Health education in clinical settings |
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John Himes, PhD |
624-8210 |
Child growth and nutrition; Anthropometric assessment of nutritional status; Dietary assessment; Obesity and body composition |
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David Jacobs, Jr., PhD |
624-4196 |
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 |
626-8866 |
Alcohol studies; Alcohol policy as a prevention strategy; Minority health issues; Behavioral epidemiology |
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Harry Lando, PhD |
624-1877 |
Global issues in tobacco reduction; Smoking cessation; Treatment of medically compromised smokers |
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Russell Luepker, MD, MS |
624-6362 |
Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and prevention; Health behavior; Community trials; Clinical trials |
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Leslie Lytle, PhD |
624-3518 |
Planning and evaluating eating behavior; Change interventions in children; Youth health promotion research; Theories of health behavior |
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Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH |
624-0880 |
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 |
624-6855 |
Quantitative Methods; Social Epidemiology; Research Ethics |
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Charles Oberg, MD, MPH |
625-6616 |
Health Disparities; Childhood Poverty; Health Care Access & Finance |
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Joän Patterson, PhD |
624-1394 |
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 |
626-9097 |
Etiology of cardiovascular disease particularly as it relates to lipids, obesity, visceral fat accumulation and the perimenopausal transition; Osteoporosis |
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Mary Story, PhD |
626-8801 |
Child and adolescent nutrition; Obesity prevention; Eating behaviors |
Adjunct Faculty
Name |
Phone |
Research Expertise |
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Sara Axtell, PhD |
625-4489 |
Community organizing |
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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 |
Pregnancy Prevention; HIV/AIDS/STD's Prevention |
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Amos Deinard, MD, MPH |
638-0700 x212 |
Oral Health of Poor Children; Enhancing Parenting Skills of High Risk Mothers |
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Edward Ehlinger, MD, MSPH |
625-1612 |
Health of college students; Urban health |
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Ann Garwick, PhD |
624-1141 |
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 |
651-266-1222 |
History of medicine and public health; Public health policy |
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Barbara Leonard, PhD, RN |
624-2147 |
Children and adolescents with type I diabetes; Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention; Complementary care & spirituality |
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Luanne Nyberg, MPA |
596-7709 |
Luanne.Nyberg |
Health disparities; Child health; Advocacy; Public health policy |
Michael Resnick, PhD |
624-9111 |
Adolescent resiliency; Adolescent risk and protective factors; Teen pregnancy prevention; Youth violence prevention |
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Julie Ross, PhD, MPH |
625-5437 |
Molecular epidemiology; Childhood cancer; Adult leukemia |
|
Logan Spector, PhD |
624-3192 |
Etiology of childhood cancer; Deign, conduct, and analysis of epidemiologic studies |
|
Margaret Youngquist, MS |
651-266-2407 |
Prevention of sexual violence |
