Name
Balasubramanian,
Raji
Hawkins, Marquis
Qian, Jing
Template 4.1.1 Primary Faculty who Support Degree Offerings of the School or Program Fall 2014
Public Health
Biostatistics
FTE or
Current
Institution
Discipline in
Title/
% Time
Graduate
Instructional
Tenure
where
which
Academic
to the
Degrees
Activity
Current research Interests
Status
degrees were degrees were
Rank
school or
Earned
earned
earned
program
Associate
Sc.D.
Harvard
Biostatistics
Bayesian
Statistical methods for HIV
Professor
University
Computation,
clinical trials; Methods for
T
1
Survival Theory
high dimensional datasets
arising in metabolomic and
systems biology studies.
Lecturer
Ph.D.
Univ. of
Epidemiology Epidemiology in Physical Activity Surveillance,
Pittsburgh
Public Health
Physical Activity and Disease
N
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Reich, Nicholas
Stanek, Edward
Assistant
Professor
TR
Emory
University
Probability
and Statistics,
Biostatistics
Modern Applied
Statistical
Methods
Ph.D.
Johns
Hopkins
University
Biostatistics
Statistical
Modeling & Data
Visualization
Biostatistics
Mixed Modeling
1
1
Professor
T
Ph.D.
1
Ph.D., M.S. Univ. of N.
Carolina;
Univ. of
Mass.
Amherst
1
Semi parametric and
nonparametric inferences;
Survival analysis under
complex sampling; Quantile
regression; Statistical
inference with high
dimensional data.
Statistical models for
infectious disease dynamics,
methods for cluster
randomized trials.
Basis of statistical inference in
statistics including sampling,
experimental design, mixed
models and their
interpretation, generalization,
Bayesian analysis, and
prediction.
Community Health Education
Name
Buchanan, David
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Professor
T
DiFulvio, Gloria
TR
Gerber, Daniel
Dr.P.H.,
M.P.H.
University of
California,
Berkeley
Public Health
Education
International
Health,
Population &
Development
Ph.D.,
M.Ed.,
M.P.H.
University of
Mass.Amherst
Public Health,
Community
Health
Education,
Counseling
Psychology
Public Policy,
Program
Evaluation
Dr.P.H.,
M.P.H
Univ of No.
Carolina
Greensboro;
Morehouse
School of
Medicine
University of
Mass Amherst;
Hunter
College
Community
Health, Policy
& Admin.
Health
Disparities
Adult
Learning
Theory &
Community
Partnerships,
Health
Education
Teaching
Community
Psychology
Public Health
Theory
Utilizing adult learning pedagogy
to create successful online
learning. He also is exploring
ways to bring adult learning
pedagogy to community health
workers curriculum.
Violence and
Public Health
Theory
Intimate partner violence/dating
violence (IPV/DV) within
racial/ethnic minority and sexual
minority populations,
development of culturally specific
prevention and intervention
efforts, health clinic based IPV
interventions and the health
effects of IPV/DV victimization
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
1
Senior
Lecturer
Ed.D.,
M.P.H.
N
Gillum, Tameka
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
1
Assistant
Professor
1
Associate
Professor
Ph.D.,
M.A.
TR
Current
Instructional
Area
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
1
Senior
Lecturer
N
Graham, Louis
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
Michigan
State
University
1
2
Current research Interests
Public health ethics,
international/global health,
quality of life, autonomy &
health, interpretive/ humanistic/
narrative methods of research
Substance abuse, addictive
behaviors, and suicide prevention.
Resilience in youth especially
LGBT youth. Translation of
research to practice with a special
emphasis on high risk behaviors
and youth.
CBPR, cultural studies, gender
and sexuality, psychosocial
health, violence
Community Health Education Continued.
Name
Gubrium, Aline
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Poudel, Krishna
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
Assistant
Professor
Wexler, Lisa
Associate
Professor
Degrees
Earned
TR
1
TR
1
Discipline in
which degrees
were earned
Current
Instructional
Area
Ph.D.,
M.A.
University of
Florida
Anthropology
Women's
Health, Social
Justice
Ph.D.,
M.H. Sc.,
M.A.
University of
Tokyo Japan,
Tribhuvan
University
International
Health, Health
Science,
Sociology
Program
Evaluation,
Community
Development
Ph.D.,
MPH
Univ. of
Texas,
Indiana Univ.
University of
Minnesota,
Florida State
University
Community
Health
Education
Community
Education,
Social
Work Clinical
Track
Ethics
Ph.D.,
M.S.W.
T
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
1
Associate
Professor
Slashinsky,
Melody
Graduate
1
3
Group
Dynamics,
Public Health
Current Research Interests
Sexual and reproductive
health and well-being of
marginalized women and
youth; Participatory digital,
visual, and narrative research
methodologies; Holistic and
culturally-centered approaches
to health promotion
HIV/STI prevention,
Evaluation of communitybased behavior change
interventions, and role of
micronutrients in HIV disease
progression
Health equity; Childhood
mental health; Qualitative
research methods
Participatory research &
visual and digital methods for
collaborative research;
Indigenous suicide prevention
and resilience; informal and
formal systems of health
promotion;
cross-cultural service
provision; program planning
and evaluation
Environmental Health Sciences
Name
Calabrese,
Edward
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Professor
T
Peltier, Richard
Pilsner, Jonathan
Richard
Assistant
Professor
Suvorov,
Alexander
Assistant
Professor
TR
TR
Assistant
Professor
Degrees
Earned
University of
Massachusett
s Amherst
Ph.D., M.P.H.
Georgia
Tech.,
Columbia
University.
Ph.D., M.P.H.
Columbia
University.
Sc.D., Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
Ecology and
Evolution
Institute of
the Russian
Academy of
Sciences,
Moscow
State
Pedagogical
University.
Duke
University
1
1
Ph.D.
1
Ph.D.
TR
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
Ph.D., M.A.
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Vandenberg,
Laura
Graduate
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Timme-Laragy,
Alicia
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
1
Tufts
University
4
Discipline in
which degrees
were earned
Physiology/
Toxicology,
Science
Education,
Biology
Atmospheric
Chemistry,
Environmental
Health
Sciences
Environmental
Health
Sciences
Biology
Integrated
Toxicology
and
Environmental
Health
Cell, Molecular
&
Developmental
Biology
Current
Instructional
Area
Current Research Interests
Risk
Assessment,
Hormesis
Research and Education
work on the topic area of
hormesis
Air Quality
Assessment
Air pollution, exposure
science, development of a
new method for exposure
science. Field Research
Environ.
Epigenetics,
Molecular
Epidemiology
Env. &
Occupational
Toxicology
Environmental Epigenetics,
Toxicology, Nutrition, DNA
Methylation, Molecular
Epidemiology
Environmental endocrine
disruptors, epigenetics,
developmental exposures,
metabolism,
neurodevelopment.
Origins of
Disease,
Ecotoxicology
Developmental toxicology,
oxidative stress, Nrf and Ahr
transcription factors,
glutathione
Environmental
Health
Endocrine disruptors, hazard
assessment, developmental
biology, endocrinology
Epidemiology
Name
Bertone-Johnson,
Elizabeth
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Chasan-Taber,
Lisa
1
Assistant
Professor
Current
Instructional
Area
Epidemiology
and Nutrition,
Epidemiology
Nutritional
Epidemiology
Sc.D.,
M.P.H.
Harvard
University,
University of
Mass.Amherst
Harvard
University,
University of
California
Berkeley
Harvard
University,
University of
Minnesota
Epidemiology,
Health Policy
& Management
Epidemiological
Investigation
Social
Epidemiology,
Maternal and
Child Health
Applied
Epidemiology
Epidemiology,
Environmental
Health
Chronic Disease
Epidemiology
University of
Pittsburgh,
Ohio State
University.
Epidemiology
Analysis of
Epidemiologic
Data
Sc.D.,
M.S.,
M.P.H.
Ph.D.,
M.P.H.
1
Discipline in
which degrees
were earned
Harvard
University
1
Professor
TR
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
Sc.D.,
S.M.
Sc.D.,
M.P.H.
T
Reeves, Katherine
Degrees
Earned
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Hankinson, Susan
Graduate
1
Professor
T
Ertel, Karen
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
5
Current Research
Interests
Epidemiology of
premenstrual syndrome;
effects of diet and lifestyle
on menstrual cycle function;
vitamin D and women’s
health
Reproductive & perinatal
epidemiology; physical
activity epidemiology;
exercise and gestational
diabetes; Hispanic health
Maternal & child health,
maternal mental health,
child overweight/obesity,
sleep, health disparities
Cancer epidemiology;
etiology of and ways to
prevent breast cancer; use of
novel biomarkers in
epidemiologic research
Modifiable risk factors for
breast cancer (e.g. obesity,
bisphenol-A, phthalate
metabolites);
mammographic breast
density; breast cancer
survivorship
Epidemiology, continued
Name
Sturgeon, Susan
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Dr.P.H.,
M.P.H.
T
Whitcomb, Brian
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
1
Associate
Professor
Ph.D.
T
1
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
Columbia
University,
Yale
University
Discipline in
which degrees
were earned
Epidemiology,
Chronic
Disease
Epidemiology
Cancer
University of. Epidemiology
Maryland,
Baltimore
6
Current
Instructional
Area
Research Ethics
Epidemiological
Methods,
Reproductive
Epidemiology
Current Research
Interests
Caner epidemiology:
determinants of reproductive
cancers and epigenetic
makers of risk in blood and
tissue
Biomarkers and predictors
of fertility, pregnancy health
and risk of preterm birth and
adverse pregnancy
outcomes. Epidemiologic
methods.
Name
Begay, Michael
Title/ Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Bulzacchelli,
Maria
Assistant
Professor
RodriguezMonguio, Maria
Rosa
Associate
Professor
TR
T
Whitehill,
Jennifer
Assistant
Professor
TR
Current
Instructional
Area
Health Politics
and Policy
Ph.D.
Johns
Hopkins
University
Health Policy
and
Management
Ph.D.
University
of.
Barcelona,
Spain
Health
Economics
Ph.D.
Johns
Hopkins
University
Health Policy
and
Management
Public Health
Ph.D.
Cornell
University.
Public Policy
Research
Methods
1
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Zhang, Ning
Health Policy and Management
FTE or
Institution
% Time
Graduate
where
Discipline in
to the
Degrees
degrees
which degrees
school or
Earned
were
were earned
program
earned
Ph.D.,
University
Political Science
M.A.
of.
California,
1
Santa
Barbara
Pub Health Law,
Injury
Prevention and
Control
Health
Economics &
Reimbursement
1
1
7
Current research
Interests
Tobacco Control policy
and politics, American
politics, interest group
politics, politics of health
care reform and health
politics
Injury prevention
Pharmaceutical economics
and policy; Health care
services and program
evaluation; Access to
health care services and
pharmaceuticals; Health
insurance and health care
systems reforms
Injury prevention,
substance abuse, influence
of online and offline social
networks on adolescent
health, using mobile
technology for health
interventions (mHealth)
Determinants and
consequences of obesity,
aging population and
evaluation of health policy
Communication Disorders
Name
Andrianopoulos,
Mary V.
Title/Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Baran, Jane A.
TR
Freyman,
Richard L.
Helfer, Karen S.
University of
Utah,
University of
Vermont
Communication
Disorders,
Language
Pathology
Motor Speech,
Neurological
Bases in Speech,
Language and
Hearing
Ph.D.,
M.A.
Purdue
University.
Ph.D.,
M.S.
Arizona State
University,
Yonsei
University
Audiology and
Speech
Sciences,
Communication
Disorders
Speech and
Hearing
Science,
Communication
Disorders
Electrophysiological
Procedures,
Diagnostic
Audiology
Augmentative &
Alternative
Communication
Ph.D.,
M.A.
University of.
Minnesota,
Temple
University.
Audiology and
Hearing
Science,
Audiology
Hearing Science
Ph.D.,
M.A.
Northwestern
University,
Indiana
University
Hearing
Science,
Audiology
Audiology,
Dysphagia
1
Associate
Professor
T
Ph.D.,
M.S.
Degrees
Earned
1
Professor
T
Discipline in
which degrees
were earned
1
Assistant
Professor
1
Current
Instructional
Area
Institution
where
degrees were
earned
Graduate
1
Professor
T
Choe, Yu-Kyong
FTE or %
Time to
the school
or
program
8
Current research Interests
Physiological factors
related to untrained singing
talent, Acoustic and neuromotor speech characteristics
of autism, Speech pathology
practice in public schools
Normal and disordered
processing of auditory
information within the central
auditory nervous system.
Utilize current technology to
provide intensive
rehabilitation services to
stroke survivors; investigate
the interaction between
speech therapy and physical
therapy with the purpose of
maximizing the outcome of
interdisciplinary stroke
rehabilitation.
Aging and speech masking,
listeners’ models of auditory
space, speech intelligibility in
cochlear implant simulation,
precedence effect
Factors influencing speech
understanding in complex
listening environments;
cognitive contributions to
speech understanding
problems in adults
Communication Disorders Continued.
Name
Hoover, Jill
Title/Academic Rank
Tenure
Status
Assistant Professor
T
Associate Professor
Pham,
Giang
Assistant Professor
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
1
Associate Professor
Mercaitis,
Patricia
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
University
of Kansas,
Northern
Illinois
University
Ph.D.,
M.A.,
TR
Kurland,
Jacquie
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
T
TR
Ph.D.,
M.S.
University
of .
Colorado,
Boulder,
University
of New
Mexico
Ph.D.,
M.A.
Univ. of
Mass.Amherst
Ph.D.,
M.A.
Univ. of
Minnesota,
San Diego
State Univ.
1
1
1
9
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Current
Instructional
Area
Child
Language,
Communicative Disorders
Phonetic
Processing,
Phonological
Disorders
Speech,
Language &
Hearing
Sciences and
Neuroscience,
Speech and
Hearing
Sciences
Communication Disorders
Cognitive
Bases of
Language
Function,
Language
Disorders
Communication Disorders
Clinical
Observation,
Fluency
Disorders,
SLP
Assistants in
the School,
Evaluation
Processes in
SpeechLanguage
Pathology
Current research Interests
The interface of
psycholinguistic variables,
word recognition and
grammatical development in
typically developing children
and children with language
impairments.
Role of short-term intensive
language therapy in improving
language performance; affect
use-dependent structural and
functional brain reorganization
and quality of life in poststroke aphasia.
Supervision of Clinical
Practice Students
Bilingualism, Language
Development, Child Language
Disorders, Research Methods
Communication Disorders Continued.
Graduate Degrees
Earned
Poissant, Sarah
Foster
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
Rost, Gwyneth
Campbell
Assistant
Professor
TR
Whitmal, Nathaniel
Clinical
Assistant
Professor
N
1
Communication
Sciences,
Audiology
Current
Instructional
Area
Current research Interests
Clinical
Observations,
Anatomy &
Physiology of
the Speech &
Hearing
Mechanism
Voice
Disorders
Impact of reverberation
(echoes) and competing
signals on speech
understanding in listeners with
hearing loss, particularly
children and cochlear implant
recipients.
Intensity Perception and
Neurogenic Voice Disorders
Phonological
processing in early word
learning, Compound word
comprehension and SLI,
Miranda rights comprehension
in young adults
with SLI
Voice and Motor Speech
Disorders
University
of Buffalo
Communicative Disorders
and Sciences
Ph.D.,
M.S.,
M.A.
University
of Iowa,
University
of Louisville
Speech and
Hearing
Sciences,
Comm.
Disorders,
Linguistics
Language
Disorders in
Children
M.A.
Kent State
University
SpeechLanguage
Pathology
Speech
Pathology
Ph.D.,
M.S.,
M.S.
University
of Mass.Amherst,
No.western
Univ
Electrical
Engineering,
Comm.
Disorders
Speech
Science,
Hearing Aids
and
Amplification
1
1
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Ph.D.,
M.A.
1
Associate
Professor
T
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
University
of
Connecticut
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Lisa Sommers
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Ph.D.,
M.A.
T
Richardson, Kelly
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
10
Speech intelligibility for
auditory device users
Name
Alhassan, Sofiya
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Boyer, Katherine
Choi, Julia
Debold, Edward P.
Assistant
Professor
University
of Calgary
Ph.D.,
M.S.C.
Simon
Fraser
Univ.,
Univ. of
Waterloo
Johns
Hopkins
School of
Medicine
Marquette
University,
University
of Mass.Amherst
1
Ph.D.
TR
1
Assistant
Professor
Ph.D.,
M.S.,
TR
Patty Freedson
Ph.D.
1
Associate
Professor
T
Kinesiology
Institution
Graduate
where
Degrees
degrees
Earned
were
earned
Ph.D.,
Auburn
M.S.
University
1
Professor
PhD.,
M.S.
T
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
1
University
of
Michigan
11
Current
Instructional
Area
Current research Interests
Exercise
Physiology
Obesity and
Physical
Activity
Mechanical
Engineering
Specialization
in
Biomechanics
Kinesiology
Anatomy of
Human Motion
Mechanics of
Human Motion
Muscular coordination,
learning to direct external
forces, mechanical properties
of muscle
Biomedical
Engineering
Neuroscience &
Behavior,
Neuroscience
&Pharmacology
Molecular
Motors,
Exercise
Physiology,
Neural control of human
locomotion, motor
learning, rehabilitation
Human
physiology;
Pediatric
physiology;
Physical activity
and health
Physical activity measurement
and health.
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Caldwell, Graham E.
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
Muscle
Biology,
Exercise
Physiology
Exercise
Physiology
Family-based culturallytailored physical activity
interventions in preadolescents and policy-base
preschool physical activity
intervention
Biomechanics, Motion
Analysis, Osteoarthritis, Tissue
Mechanics, Overuse Injury
The Molecular Basis of
Depressed Cardiac
Contractility During Acute
Myocardial Ischemia
Kinesiology Continued.
Name
Title/Academic
Rank
Frechette, Elizabeth
K.
Lecturer
Gordon, Jennifer
Lynnette
Lecturer
Tenure
Status
N
Professor
Labranche, Judith B.
Miller, Mark
Rife, Frank N.
Univ. of
So.
California,
California
State
Univ.Long
Beach
Springfield
College
Exercise
Physiology
Exercise
Physiology,
Bioenergetics
Health
Promotion and
Wellness
Management
Ph.D.
Univ. of
Vermont
Mechanical
Engineering
Exercise
Training &
Programming,
Strength &
Conditioning
Biomechanics
Ph.D.,
M.S.
Ohio State
Univ.,
Brigham
Young
Univ.
Exercise
Physiology
1
Lecturer
Assistant
Professor
Biomechanics,
Anatomy of
Human Motion
Ph.D.,
M.S.
Ph.D.,
M.A.
T
M.S.
N
1
TR
1
Associate
Professor
T
1
Current
Instructional
Area
Biomechanics
1
1
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Applied
Kinesiology,
Writing
Anatomy and
Physiology
1
Professor
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
Smith
College
Exercise
Science and
Sport Studies
Exercise
Physiology,
Exercise
Science
Ph.D.,
M.S.
T
Kent-Braun, Jane
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
M.S.
N
Hamill, Joseph
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
Springfield
College,
Georgia
Southern
University
University
of Oregon
12
Wellness
Current Research Interests
Wellness
Gross anatomy of the human
body; understanding of both
anatomical and physiological
principles for the movement
sciences.
Investigation into the effect of
footfall patterns on the
reduction of running injuries,
Biomechanics
Skeletal muscle function,
bioenergetics, mobility,
physical activity and fatigue in
older adults
Exercise Programming for All.
Skeletal muscle and aging,
skeletal muscle and space
flight
Wellness, Health, Fitness.
Kinesiology Continued.
Name
Title/ Academic Rank
Sirard,
John
Assistant Professor
St.
Laurent,
Thomas
Lecturer
Umberger,
Brian R.
Associate Professor
Tenure
Status
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Ph.D.
TR
N
T
Van
Emmerik ,
Richard E.
A.
Witkowski,
Sarah
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
1
M.S.
James
Madison
University
Ph.D.,
M.S.
Arizona
State
University,
Springfield
College
University
of Illinois,
Urbana
Champaign
University
of
Maryland,
University
of Delaware
1
1
Professor
Ph.D.
T
1
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,
M.S.
TR
1
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
Univ. South
Carolina
13
Current
Instructional
Area
Current Research Interests
Human
Performance &
Nutrition,
Physical Activity
Exercise Testing
& Programming,
Applied
Kinesiology,
Strength &
Conditioning
Biomechanics,
Analysis of
Human Motion,
Physical activity assessment
and interventions
Motor Control
Motor Control
Effect of Armor and Load on
Action-Perception Coupling
Kinesiology,
Exercise
Science
Exercise Health
& Disease,
Cardiovascular
Physiology,
Anatomy and
Physiology
Cardiovascular Disease,
Exercise, Diabetes,
Regenerative Medicine
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Exercise
Physiology
Exercise
Science,
Movement
Science
Strength and Conditioning,
Exercise Programming
Biomechanics and energetics
of human locomotion
Name
Carbone,
Elena T.
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
Dowd, Judith
M.
1
Professor
T
Cordeiro,
Lorraine S.
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Dr.P.H.,
M.S.
T
Cohen,
Nancy L.
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
TR
1
N
1
Lecturer
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Health
Behavior and
Health
Education,
Nutrition
Current
Instructional
Area
Human Nutrition
Communication
Ph.D.
University
of
California,
Davis
Nutrition
Science
Scholars’
Seminar,
Practicum
Ph.D.,
M.P.H.
Tufts
University,
Tulane
University
Nutrition,
International
Health and
Development
Nutrition in the
Developing
World,
Community
Nutrition
M.A.
American
International
College
Clinical
Psychology
Nutrition
Counseling,
1
Assistant
Professor
Nutrition
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
University
of. North
Carolina,
Chapel Hill,
Boston
University
14
Current Research Interests
Works in community settings to
examine how low income,
minority populations (adults
and children) with limited
literacy skills attend to and
process health information
related to obesity prevention,
diabetes and cancer control, and
food safety
Assessment of dietary quality
and food- related practices in
older adults, evaluation of the
need for and effectiveness of
nutrition and food safety
education programs, and
distance education using
technology.
Household food security and
adolescent nutritional health.
Associations between food
security, food practices, and
health risks among Cambodian
women in Massachusetts.
Nutrition Management for
Gastric Bypass Surgery and
Bariatric Surgery
Nutrition Continued.
Name
Kim, YoungCheul
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
Associate
Professor
T
Sibeko,
Lindiwe
Auburn
University,
China
Agricultural
University
M.S.
Trinity
College,
Dublin
Sc.D.,
M.S.
Harvard
University,
California
State
University
McGill
University
1
Associate
Professor
1
Assistant
Professor
Ph.D.
M.Sc.
N
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
University
of.
Tennessee,
Knoxville,
Korea
University
Ph.D.,
M.S.
1
Lecturer
N
Ronnenberg,
Alayne G.
1
Assistant
Professor
TR
Norton,
Claire
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Ph.D.,
M.S.
T
Liu, Zhenhua
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
1
15
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Current
Instructional
Area
Nutritional
Science, Food
Science and
Technology
Nutrition and
Chronic
Diseases,
Metabolism
Nutritional
Biochemistry,
Animal
Sciences,
Statistics/Bios
tatistics
Nutrition
Nutritional
Genomics,
Vitamins
International
Health,
Clinical
Nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition and
Lifestyle,
Medical
Terminology,
Eating Disorders
Nutrition
Practice,
Medical Nutrition
Therapy
Nutrition
Education,
Community
Nutrition
Current research Interests
Understanding the impact of
dietary and botanical bioactive
components such as
phytochemicals, medicinal
herbs on obesity and diabetes
by identifying the cellular and
molecular mechanisms of
action that controls fat cell
development and function.
Nutritional modulation of the
Wnt- signaling pathway as it
tightly relates to many chronic
diseases including cancer and
obesity-associated
complications.
Adolescent eating disorders.
Clinical staff at Baystate
Medical Center as the Clinical
Nutritionist for the Adolescent
Eating Disorders Program
Role of micronutrient status in
reproductive health.
Women and child health, preand postnatal nutritional health
in low-income populations;
infant and young child feeding
practices; prevention of
childhood obesity in
underserved communities
Nutrition Continued.
Name
Title/
Academic
Rank
Tenure
Status
FTE or
% Time
to the
school or
program
Troy, Lisa M. Assistant
Professor
Ph.D.
TR
Wood,
Richard J.
Graduate
Degrees
Earned
Discipline in
which
degrees were
earned
Current research Interests
Nutrition
Nutrition Weight
& Fitness
Nutritional
Physiology,
Nutritional
Sciences
Nutrition and
Lifestyle,
Vitamins,
Research
Methods
1
Associate
Professor
Ph.D.,
M.S.
T
Institution
where
degrees
were
earned
Tufts
University
1
University
of
Connecticut
16
The effect of dietary patterns,
overall diet quality, and
components of a healthful diet
on under- nutrition, obesity,
metabolic syndrome, and risk
factors for diabetes and heart
disease. She also is interested in
how government programs and
policies affect diet quality and
public health outcomes.
Molecular nutrition as a way of
understanding the critical
mechanisms responsible for
controlling cellular vitamin D
activity.