Postdoctoral Fellows
| Postdoctoral Fellow |
Research Interests | |
| Banerjee, Dipanjan, MD | Role of race/ethnicity in the development and treatment of cardiovascular disease; improving evidence based care of heart failure. | |
| Buman, Matthew, PhD | Physical activity and aging; peer-assisted delivery of behavioral interventions; physical activity and sleep quality; objective measurement of physical activity; psychological aspects of marathon running | |
| Dopler Nelson, Mindy, PhD | Influence of genetic, endocrine, psychological, social, and dietary factors on the prevention, development, and treatment of obesity and its related diseases; development of effective weight management interventions based on genetic factors, sleep, physical activity, and insulin resistance; influence of specific food properties and behaviors on reducing the risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, and osteoporosis. | |
| Elias-Smale, Suzette, MD, Visiting Instuctor | ||
| Greco, Theresa Lyn, MD | ||
| Hekler, Eric, PhD | Designing and evaluating interventions to promote physical activity, diet, and environmental sustainability; Interventions utilizing mobile technology; Habit formation | |
| Hoppe, AnnEkatrin, PhD | Ethnic health disparities and occupational health; developing methodologies that address psychosocial factors, self-efficacy and job stress among immigrant workers; investigating psychosocial working conditions and their relation to worker health; developing interventions on the reduction of job stress and behavioral risk factors at work. | |
| Jernigan, Valarie Blue Bird, PhD, MPH | Indigenous health and wellness, community-based participatory research, diabetes and obesity prevention and management, photovoice and videovoice | |
| Martin, Marina H, MD, MPH | Health care of the socio-economically disadvantaged; improving health care delivery systems for chronic diseases; social influences on the development of obesity, including recent immigration and acculturation; culturally-appropriate health care delivery. | |
| Moore, Susan, PhD | Influence of self-regulatory processes, self-awareness, and other psychological/behavioral factors on the development and treatment of obesity; development of effective behavioral weight management interventions. | |
Oelrich, Beibei, MD, PhD, Visiting Instructor
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Tight junction proteins and other biomarkers in urological cancer, complementary and alternative medicine in cancer prevention and treatment, dietary intervention, phytomedicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine | |
| Sims, Stacy, PhD | Sex differences in physiology, metabolism, and disease; the role of physical activity and thermoregulation; thermoregulation dysfunction and obesity; hypertension and cardiovascular disease in women. | |
| Tsai, Sandra A, MD | Health disparities among disadvantaged populations; factors that affect the quality of healthcare delivery to low-income populations; role of dissemination of information on physicians’ practices and prescribing habits; development of behavioral interventions for cardiovascular disease prevention |