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Program Director: David I. Gregorio, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor
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Associate Program Director: Joan Segal, M.A., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Faculty members are listed alphabetically by last name, with research interests below their name. You may click on the name to take you to their personal web page. This list includes full-time faculty and major advisors, and does not include community-based faculty or adjunct faculty.

Name Department Position Email Address
Research Interests
Robert AseltineBehavioral Sciences and Community HealthAssociate Professoraseltine@uchc.edu
Health sociology, adolescent mental health, quantitative research methods
Thomas BaborCommunity Medicine and Health CareProfessor & Chairbabor@nso.uchc.edu
Screening, diagnosis, early intervention, and treatment evaluation of alcohol & drug problems, and related cultural factors
Tryfon BeazoglouAssociate Professorbeazoglou@nso1.uchc.edu
Health economics, applied microeconomics
Mary Elizabeth BruderAJ Pappanikou CenterProfessorbruder@nso1.uchc.edu
Developmental disabilities, early intervention, inclusion of children with special needs in childcare & other early childhood settings
Joseph BurlesonCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssociate Professorburleson@up.uchc.edu
Alcohol & other substance abuse prevention & treatment; research design & analysis of observational, experimental & clinical trials
Audrey ChapmanCommunity Medicine & Health CareProfessorachapman@uchc.edu
Barriers to equitable access to genetic testing and services in CT; ethical dimensions of embryonic stem cell research; and the institutional requirements for promoting the right to health
Martin G. CherniackDivision of Public Health and Population SciencesProfessorcherniack@nso.uchc.edu
Occupational health, ergonomics, environmental epidemiology
Jonathan CovaultPsychiatryProfessorcovault@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Neurobiology of schizophrenia, clinical application of biologic & genetic markers in schizophrenia, psychiatric genetics
Barbara DicksSchool of Social WorkAssociate Professorbarbara.dicks@uconn.edu
AIDS prevention (international, women, children); faith-based initiatives and health; women's health
Mary EberleDivision of Public Health and Population SciencesAssistant Professormeberle@uchc.edu
Criminal justice system and persons with developmental disabilities
Pamela EricksonAnthropologyProfessorpamela.erickson@uconn.edu
IInfluence of cultural, social, economic, & political factors on health and disease in human populations; ethomedicine; reproduction & MCH
Pouran FaghriAllied Health SciencesProfessorpouran.faghri@uconn.edu
Work-site & community health promotion programs; health related behavior, intervention stragegies, eval of social determinants of health; self-care, self awareness & decision making strategies
Ann FerrisDivision of Public Health and Population SciencesProfessoraferris@uchc.edu
Community nutrition (Maternal & Child Health), nature of iron-deficiency anemia and health status of children living in poverty, lactation & diabetes, etc.
Judith FifieldFamily MedicineProfessorfifield@nso1.uchc.edu
Factors that influence changes over time in social and physical functioning in chronic disease
Richard FortinskyCenter on AgingProfessor of Medicinefortinsky@nso1.uchc.edu
Cost and quality of services for older adults; health of family caregivers; medicare and medicaid policy research; health outcomes research in geriatrics and gerontology
David GregorioCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssociate Professorgregorio@nso.uchc.edu
Surveillance methods in cancer epidemiology
Amala GuhaImmunologyAssistant Professorguha@nso2.uchc.edu
Population-based studies in aging, cancer & infectious disease; mind-body medicine (traditional medicine) & herbal drug development; etc.
W. Penn HandwerkerAnthropologyProfessorw.handwerker@uconn.edu
Cultural anthropology, ethnographic research methods; power, culture and social relations, etc.
Dennis HeffleyEconomicsProfessordheffley@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Urban and regional economics, health economics
Charles Huntington, IIICommunity Medicine and HealthcareAssistant Professorhuntington@adp.uchc.edu
Health policy, health care and public health workforce issues, strategic planning, evaluation
Rene JahielCommunity Medicine and Health CareLecturerjahiel@nso2.uchc.edu
Jeffrey KramerSchool of BusinessAssociate Professorjkramer@uconn.edu
Long-term health care management; managed care; international health care systems
Brenda KurzSchool of Social WorkAssistant ProfessorBrenda.Kurz@uconn.edu
Perinatal depression among low-income women of color
Zita LazzariniCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssociate Professorlazzarini@nso.uchc.edu
Public health law, privacy and confidentiality; surrogate decision-making at the end of life; HIV prevention among pregnant women and injection drug users; and health and human rights
Robin LegerPediatricsAssistant Professorrleger@uchc.edu
Pediatric onset chronic illness and disability; life-span measures in health status, functional status and health related quality of life, Adolescent transitions
Judy LewisCommunity Medicine and Health CareProfessorlewisj@nso.uchc.edu
Medical sociology, maternal and child health, medical education
John MeyerDivision of Public Health and Population SciencesAssociate Professormeyer@uchc.edu
Occupational reproductive hazards, social epidemiology and occupational health, surveillance, occupational medicine education
Tim F. MorseCommunity Medicine and HealthcareProfessorTMorse@uchc.edu
Social & economic costs of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, health effects of vibration, ergonomics of hand tools, epidemiology of occupational diseases, etc.
David PendrysBehavioral Sciences and Community HealthAssociate Professorpendrys@nso1.uchc.edu
Oral epidemiology, cardiology
Nancy PetryPsychiatryAssociate Professorpetry@psychiatry.uchc.edu
Clinical research studies in addictive behaviors, including correlates & behavioral treatments of drug use disorders, and risk factors & treatments for problem gambling
Carol PfeifferDepartment of MedicineAssociate Professorpfeiffer@nso1.uchc.edu
Clinical skills assessment
Susan ReisineBehavioral Sciences and Community HealthProfessorreisine@nso1.uchc.edu
Women's health, including arthritis related to gender differences in paid employment and family work
Juan SalazarPharmacyAdjunct Assistant Professorjuan.salazar@uconn.edu
Pediatric and youth HIV treatment and prevention; STD research, including syphillis pathogenesis and epidemiology in developing countries
Rexford SanterreFinanceProfessorrexford.santerre@business.uconn.edu
Health economics and health insurance, primarily; also health care management.
Stephen SchensulCommunity Medicine and Health CareProfessorschensul@nso2.uchc.edu
AIDS risk in Mauritius and Sri Lanka; applied health research, community development and sexual risk
Joan SegalCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssistant Professorsegal@nso.uchc.edu
Gerontology, especially home care as an alternative to institutionalization
Richard StevensCommunity Medicine and Health CareProfessorbugs@neuron.uchc.edu
Cancer epidemiology and the possible role of iron overload; "circadian disruption" and its potential role in breast cancer
Helen SwedeCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssistant Professorhswede@uchc.edu
Molecular epidemiology, biomarkers in cancer survival and precursor lesions
Howard TennenCommunity Medicine and Health CareProfessortennen@nso1.uchc.edu
Stress, coping & adaptation; day to day adaptation to chronic illness and daily patterns and correlates of alcohol use
Edward ThibodeauBehavioral Sciences and Community HealthAssistant Professorthibodeau@nso.uchc.edu
Recruitment of dental healthcare professionals; workforce disparities in dentistry; stereotypes and dentistry
Jane UngemackCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssistant Professorungemack@nso2.uchc.edu
Health services research with a focus on substance abuse treatment and prevention
John VernonFinanceAssistant Professorjvernon@business.uconn.edu
Pharmaceutical industry, decision analysis, healthcare markets, regulation, health policy, cost-benefit & cost-effectiveness analysis, etc.
Stephen WalshSchool of NursingAssociate Professorstephen.walsh@uconn.edu
Contribution of biomechanical, psychosocial & organizational risk factors to MSD etiology & productivity loss; primary focus on health care & org'l & work envt
Nicholas WarrenDivision of Public Health and Population SciencesAssociate Professorwarren@nso.uchc.edu
Organizational culture, working conditions and patient safety; also, multilevel etiology of musculoskeletal disorders
Scott WetstoneCommunity Medicine and Health CareAssociate Professorwetstone@nso.uchc.edu
Educational methodologies
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