Workshop on Innovative Study Designs and Methods for Developing,
Testing and Implementing Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health
Speakers and Moderators
April Carcone, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Assistant Professor
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
Telephone: 313-966-2065
Email: acarcone@med.wayne.edu
Tanzeem Choudhury, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Telephone: 607-255-6979
Email: tanzeem.choudhury@cornell.edu
Janelle W. Coughlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences
Director, Obesity Behavioral Medicine Program
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Telephone: 410-550-7988
E-mail: jwilder3@jhmi.edu
Susan M. Czajkowski, Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinical Applications and
Prevention Branch
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-0406
Email: czajkows@mail.nih.gov
Lynn DeBar, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
Portland, OR
Telephone: 503-335-6796
Email: Lynn.DeBar@kpchr.org
Deborah Estrin, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science
Cornell NYC Tech
New York, NY
Telephone: 917-675-4954
Email: destrin@cs.cornell.edu
Stacey FitzSimmons, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Officer
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-451-9956
Email: fitzsimmonss@csr.nih.gov
David H. Gustafson, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Health Enhancement
Support Systems
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Madison, WI
Telephone: 608-263-4882
Email: dhgustaf@wisc.edu
Ross Hammond, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program
Director, Center on Social Dynamics & Policy
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
Telephone: 202-797-6020
Email: rhammond@brookings.edu
Christine M. Hunter, Ph.D., ABPP
CAPT USPHS
Director, Behavioral Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-594-4728
Email: hunterchristine@niddk.nih.gov
Yuan Ji, Ph.D.
Director, Biomedical Informatics
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Associate Professor, The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Telephone: 224-364-7312
Email: jiyuan@uchicago.edu
Laura Lee Johnson, Ph.D.
Statistician
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-2591
Email: johnslau@mail.nih.gov
Workshop on Innovative Study Designs and Methods for Developing,
Testing and Implementing Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health
Speakers and Moderators
Robert M. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-402-1146
Email: Robert.Kaplan@nih.gov
Peter G. Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Center for Translation Research and
Implementation Science
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-2467
Email: kaufmannp@nhlbi.nih.gov
Predrag (Pedja) Klasnja, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information
Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and
Health Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Phone: 734-764-8624
Email: klasnja@umich.edu
Ken Kleinman, Sc.D.
Director, Biostatistics Center
Associate Professor, Department of Population
Medicine
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care Institute
Boston, MA
Telephone: 617-509-9935
Email: ken_kleinman@hms.harvard.edu
Kari Kugler, Ph.D.
Research Associate
The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
Telephone: 814-863-9795
Email: kck18@psu.edu
Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-0422
Email: Lauerm@nhlbi.NIH.gov
Douglas Luke, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for Public Health
Systems Science
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Telephone: 314-935-3704
Email: dluke@gwbmail.wustl.edu
Patricia Mabry, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Disease Prevention
Office of Disease Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-402-1753
Email: mabryp@od.nih.gov
David M. Murray, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Prevention
Director, Office of Disease Prevention
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301–496–1508
Email: david.murray2@nih.gov
Sylvie Naar-King, Ph.D. (Workshop Co-Chair)
Professor and Associate Director
Prevention Research Center
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Telephone: 248-207-2903
Email: snaarkin@med.wayne.edu
Inbal (Billie) Nahum-Shani, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Telephone: 734-763-7562
Email: inbal@umich.edu
Bethany R. Raiff, Ph.D., BCBA-D
Assistant Professor
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
Telephone: 856-256-4500 x3782
Email: raiff@rowan.edu
Workshop on Innovative Study Designs and Methods for Developing,
Testing and Implementing Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health
Speakers and Moderators
Ty A. Ridenour, Ph.D., M.P.E.
Behavioral Epidemiologist
Behavioral Health Epidemiology
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC
Telephone: 919-248-8519
E-mail: tridenour@rti.org
William (Bill) Riley, Ph.D.
Chief, Science of Research and Technology
Branch
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Rockville, MD
Telephone: 240-276-6973
Email: william.riley@nih.gov
Bonnie Spring, Ph.D. (Workshop Co-Chair)
Professor of Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Telephone: 312-908-2293
Email: bspring@northwestern.edu
Catherine M. Stoney, Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinical Applications and
Prevention Branch
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-6670
Email: stoneyc@mail.nih.gov
Mario Stylianou, Ph.D.
Mathematical Statistician
Office of Biostatistics Research
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-435-0441
Email: stylianm@mail.nih.gov
Elsie M. Taveras, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of General Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Population Health
Management
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Telephone: 617-726-8555
Email: Elsie.Taveras@mgh.harvard.edu
Thomas N. Templin, Ph.D.
Professor (Research)
Office of Health Research
College of Nursing
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Telephone: 313-577-7992
Email: t.templin@wayne.edu
Silvia Vergani
Design Lead, Hybrid Insights
IDEO
San Francisco, CA
Telephone: (650) 289-3400
Email: svergani@ideo.com
Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
Professor of Marketing
Director, Cornell Food & Brand Lab
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Telephone: 607-254-6302
Email: bcw28@cornell.edu
Wendy Weber, ND, Ph.D., MPH
Program Officer
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Telephone: 301-402-1272
Email: weberwj@mail.nih.gov