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Md Rougnu Ahmmad

Md Roungu Ahmmad

Research Expertise: biostatistical methods (Bayesian and classical), AI/ML applications in public health, data science for health outcomes, cancer and chronic disease, developmental disorders (ASD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc.), epidemiology and clinical trial design, mental health disorder, substance use, and weather events, multi-omics integration and biomarker discovery.
Theresa Beckie, PhD

Theresa Beckie

Research Expertise: psychometrics, quantitative research design (including RCTs), statistical methods, women’s health, cardiovascular disease, mobile health, behavior change interventions, anxiety/depression, quality of life

Laurie Connors

Laurie Connors

 

Research Expertisebiobehavioral research, workforce skilling, population health, environmental health, and translational genomics- bridging the gap between genetic discoveries and applications to improve person-centered care and health outcomes

Ashley Curtis

Research Expertise: cognition, aging, sleep, sex differences, cognitive training interventions, web-based interventions, heart rate variability, neuroimaging, Alzheimer’s and related dementias, randomized clinical trials, meta-analysis

Areum Han

Areum Han

Research Expertise: Web-based interventions, acceptance and commitment therapy, mental health, values-based living, caregivers and healthcare professionals, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, aging and older adults, spinal cord injuries, Korean immigrants, clinical trials, mixed methods research, community-engaged research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, implementation science, and phenomenological research

Cheedy Jaja

Cheedy Jaja

Clinical Expertise: Sickle Cell Disease; Psych and mental health

Research Expertise: Pharmacogenetics, health systems strengthening; health equity, Nurse Champion model, implementation and dissemination science, pain management, and precision medicine

Victoria Marshall

Victoria Marshall

Clinical Expertise: nephrology, gerontology

Research Expertise: oncology behavioral health, self-management of medication and symptoms, medication beliefs, qualitative research, conceptual design

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Christina McCrae

Research Expertise: sleep and related bio- behavioral and neurocognitive mechanisms (e.g., arousal, cognition, pain, brain structure & function, stress, inflammation, neuro degeneration) in comorbid chronic insomnia in a variety of common co-occurring conditions (e.g., autism, chronic pain, cancer, obesity) and populations (e.g., autism caregivers, dementia caregivers); behavioral sleep medicine; RCTs; treatment delivery across multiple platforms (in-person, telehealth, digital); community-based translation, dis semination, and implementation

Usha Menon

Usha Menon

Research Expertise: testing interventions to improve health outcomes specifically related to cancer screening, diabetes self-management, and access to primary care for underserved populations, and studying the processes and impact of implementing successful interventions in practice settings.

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Uma Nair

Research Expertise: Health equity, behavioral interventions, nicotine and tobacco dependence intervention, women’s health, sexual and gender minority health promotion

Ukamaka Oruche

Ukamaka Oruche

Research Expertise: Child and adolescent mental health, behavioral health, family caregiver and health provider interaction/communication, health disparities or social determinants of health, treatment engagement, global health, community-engaged intervention or program development and evaluation

Dr. Ryan Pace, PhD

Ryan Pace

Research Expertise: Microbiome, Maternal and Child Health, Human Milk and Lactation, Immunology, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Development

Kimberly Rathbun

Kimberly Rathbun

Research Expertise: oral care and oral health interventions, oral microbiome applications in cancer care, cancer symptom management, healthcare-associated infection prevention, non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia, intervention development for cancer patients, clinical outcomes improvement, quality of life enhancement in oncology populations.

Carmen Rodriguez

Carmen Rodriguez

Clinical Expertise: oncology, homeless population

Research Expertise: head and neck cancer, breast cancer, technology-enhanced communication interventions, sudden speechlessness, cancer-related symptom management

Melanie Stearns

Melanie Stearns

Research Expertise: pediatric and adult sleep, behavioral interventions (i.e., sleep, CBT, parent management training), RCTs, parenting behaviors, subjective and physiological stress/arousal, pediatric and parental psychopathology (i.e., Oppositional Defiant Disorder, anxiety, depression), specialized caregiver and child populations (i.e., grandparents raising grandchildren, kincare), parent-child gender dyad differences, and parent-child interactions

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Danielle Tometich

Research Expertise: cancer-related cognitive impairment, health behavior change for symptom management, and patient-reported outcomes of novel cancer treatments

Deanne Turner

DeAnne Turner

Research Expertise: mixed-methods, qualitative, HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), sexual health, access to care, LGBTQ+ health, thematic analysis, integration of data, social-behavioral health, implementation science, community-engaged research

Xiaoli Zhang

Xiaoli Zhang

Research Expertise: Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Machine Learning, Biomarker Discovery, Cancer Biology, Tumor Immune Microenvironment, Cancer Stem Cells, immunotherapy, Infectious Disease,  Alzheimer's disease, Clinical and Health Outcomes