Research
Researchers Directory
Md Roungu Ahmmad
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
Research Expertise: biobehavioral 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
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
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
Clinical Expertise: nephrology, gerontology
Research Expertise: oncology behavioral health, self-management of medication and symptoms, medication beliefs, qualitative research, conceptual design
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
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.
Uma Nair
Research Expertise: Health equity, behavioral interventions, nicotine and tobacco dependence intervention, women’s health, sexual and gender minority health promotion
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
Ryan Pace
Research Expertise: Microbiome, Maternal and Child Health, Human Milk and Lactation, Immunology, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Development
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
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
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
Danielle Tometich
Research Expertise: cancer-related cognitive impairment, health behavior change for symptom management, and patient-reported outcomes of novel cancer treatments
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