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Core

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Research Interests
Burleson, Joseph Associate Professor burleson@up.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Alcohol and other substance abuse prevention and treatment, research design and analysis
Chapman, Audrey Professor achapman@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Medical ethics
Gregorio, David Professor gregorio@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Surveillance methods in cancer epidemiology
Kiene, Susan Assistant Professor kiene@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care  
Lazzarini, Zita Associate Professor lazzarini@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Public health law, privacy, confidentiality, surrogate decision-making at end of life, HIV prevention (pregnant women and IV drug users), etc.
Morse, Tim Professor tmorse@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Social and economic costs of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, health effects of vibration, ergonomics of hand tools, epidemiology of occupational diseases, etc.
Segal, Joan Assistant Professor segal@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Gerontology, especially home care as an alternative to institutionalization
Smith, Jason Assistant Professor jasmith@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Law and public health, role of law in individual behavior change, law, norms and public health in complex regulatory systems; childhood obesity; regulation of digital environments for public health; impact of law on clinical ethics
Stevens, Richard Professor bugs@neuron.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Cancer epidemiology and the possible role of iron overload, "circadian disruption" and its potential role in breast cancer
Swede, Helen Assistant Professor hswede@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Cancer, biomarkers, disparities, molecular epidemiology
Ungemack, Jane Assistant Professor ungemack@nso2.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Health services research with a focus on substance abuse treatment and prevention
Wetstone, Scott Associate Professor wetstone@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Educational methodologies
Wolfe, Stan Assistant Professor swolfe@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Applied Practice

 

Secondary 

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Email
Appointment
Research Interests
Aseltine, Robert Professor aseltine@uchc.edu Behavioral Science and Community Health Mental health, risk prevention, evaluation research
Asencio, Marylsol Associate Professor marysol.asencio@uconn.edu Human Development and Family Studies Latina/os: sexualities, gender, migration/transnationalism, race/ethnicity, urban and community health, social inequalities/human rights, qualitative research
Babor, Thomas Professor babor@nso.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Screening, diagnosis, early intervention, and treatment evaluation of alcohol and drug problems, and related cultural factors
Cherniack, Martin Professor cherniack@nso.uchc.edu Medicine Occupational health, ergonomics, environmental epidemiology
Erickson, Pamela Professor pamela.erickson@uconn.edu Anthropology Influence of cultural, social, economic, and political factors on health and disease in human populations, ethomedicine, reproduction, and Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin
Faghri, Pouran Professor pouran.faghri@uconn.edu Allied Health Sciences Work-site and community health promotion programs, health related behavior, intervention strategies, evaluation of social determinants of health, self-care, self awareness, and decision making strategies
Ferris, Ann Professor ann.ferris@uconn.edu Medicine Community nutrition (maternal and child health), nature of iron-deficiency anemia and health status of children living in poverty, lactation and, diabetes, etc.
Fortinsky, Richard Professor fortinsky@nso1.uchc.edu Medicine Cost and quality of health and social services for older adults, health of family caregivers, Medicare and Medicaid policy research, health outcomes research in geriatrics and gerontology
Grady, James Professor jgrady@uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Application of statistical model building for correlated data; analysis of correlated and longitudinal data; application of general estimating equations; applications of met-analysis to individual patient data
Kang, Sangwook Assistant Professor sangwook.kang@uconn.edu Statistics Survival Analysis, Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies, Statistics in Sports
Reisine, Susan Professor reisine@nso1.uchc.edu Behavioral Science and Community Health Women's health, including arthritis related to gender differences in paid employment and family work
Robison, Julie Associate Professor jrobison@uchc.edu Medicine Long-Term Care, Family Caregiving, Dementia, Depression
Santerre, Rexford Professor rexford.santerre@business.uconn.edu School of Business Health economics and health insurance, health care management
Schensul, Stephen Professor schensul@nso2.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care AIDS risk in Mauritius and Sri Lanka; applied health research, community development and sexual risk
Silbart, Lawrence Professor and Department Head lawrence.silbart@uconn.edu Allied Health Sciences Environmental health
Singer, Merrill Professor merrill.singer@uconn.edu Anthropology Medical anthropology, health disparities, substance abuse, AIDS, violence, health and global warming, ethical issues in research
Snyder, Leslie Professor leslie.snyder@uconn.edu Communication Sciences Communication, media effects, communication campaigns, and social marketing
Tennen, Howard Professor tennen@nso1.uchc.edu Community Medicine and Health Care Stress, coping and adaptation; day to day adaptation to chronic illness and daily patterns and correlates of alcohol use
Tikoo, Minakshi        
Warren, Nicholas Associate Professor warren@nso.uchc.edu Medicine Contribution of biomechanical, psychosocial and organizational risk factors to musculoskeletal disorder etiology and productivity loss, primary focus on health care and organization and work environments
Wu, Helen (Zhao) Assistant Professor zwu@uchc.edu Psychiatry Substance abuse, use & dependence; health disparity, risk behaviors for STIs

 

Affliated

Advisor
Rank
Email
Appointment
Research Interests
Beazoglou, Tryfon Professor beazoglou@nso1.uchc.edu Pediatric Dentistry Health economics, applied microeconomics
Brown, Stacey   stbrown@uchc.edu   Social stratification with a concentration on race, ethnicity, gender and class, adolescent health, multicultural health and culturally competent health care
Covault, Jonathan Associate Professor covault@psychiatry.uchc.edu Psychiatry Neurobiology of schizophrenia, clinical application of biologic and genetic markers in schizophrenia, psychiatric genetics
Fifield, Judith Professor fifield@nso1.uchc.edu Family Medicine Factors that influence changes over time in social and physical functioning in chronic disease
Ford, Julian Professor jford@uchc.edu Psychiatry Assessment and psychotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder, emotion regulation, healthcare utilization, and ethnocultural factors
Kurz, Brenda Associate Professor brenda.kurz@uconn.edu Social Work Africa, latino mental health, perinatal health, mental health in children
Leger, Robin Assistant Professor rleger@uchc.edu Orthopaedics Pediatric onset chronic illness and disability, life-span measures in health status, functional status and health-related quality of life, adolescent transitions
Pendrys, David Associate Professor pendrys@nso1.uchc.edu Medicine Oral epidemiology, cardiology
Petry, Nancy Professor petry@psychiatry.uchc.edu Psychiatry Clinical research studies in addictive behaviors, including correlates and behavioral treatments of drug use disorders, and risk factors and treatments for problem gambling
Pfeiffer, Carol Professor pfeiffer@nso1.uchc.edu Medicine Clinical skills assessment
Rajan, T.V. Professor rajan@neuron.uchc.edu Pathology & Laboratory Lymphatic Filariasis; Role of Oral Tolerance in Allergic Disorders
Schemeiser, Susan Professor susan.schmeiser@law.uconn.edu Law School Family law, sexuality, gender and the law, health law, mental health law, and criminal law
Thibodeau, Edward Assistant Professor thibodeau@nso.uchc.edu Behavioral Science and Community Health Recruitment of dental healthcare professionals, workforce disparities in dentistry, stereotypes and dentistry


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