Harry Reis

Professor of Psychology and Dean's Professor in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering · University of Rochester

Professor Harry Reis' research interests involve social interaction and close relationships.

Marriage and Close Relationships Health and Psychological Well Being Social interaction Intimacy Emotion Regulation

Russell Hepple

Professor · University of Florida

Russell Hepple's lab examines the mechanisms causing muscle atrophy and dysfunction with aging.

Aging Cancer Cachexia Mitochondria Muscle Atrophy Neuromuscular Junction

Sarah Westen

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Sarah Westen focuses on mental health disorders in children, adolescents and young adults with co-morbid medical illnesses.

Disease Adolescents Coping Chronic health conditions Mental Health

Afsar Ali

Research Associate Professor · University of Florida

Afsar Ali researches disease spillover from environment to humans and how to mitigate cholera and diarrheal diseases.

Diarrheal Disease Cholera Algal Blooms Flesh Eating Bacteria Environmental Disasters

Wei-Chun Chou

Research Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Wei-Chun Chou’s expertise is in bioinformatics, risk assessment and computational toxicology to address key risk assessment issues.

Computational Toxicology Machine Learning and Applications Chemical Risk Assessment

Glenn Morris

Professor/Director · University of Florida

Glenn Morris’ initiatives include work with cholera and other diarrheal diseases.

Malaria Food Safety Zika Evolutionary genetics Foodborne Illness Incidence

Brittney Dixon

Assistant Professor/Director · University of Florida

As a social and behavioral scientist, Brittney Dixon researches underserved populations, with an emphasis on health disparities.

Community-Engaged Research Chronic Conditions Health Equity Health Disparities Social Determinants of Health

Lusine Yaghjyan

Associate Professor · University of Florida

Lusine Yaghjyan's research focuses on the epidemiology of breast cancer.

Epidemiology Benign Breast Disease Molecular Breast Cancer Epidemiology Breast Cancer Enviornmental Contributors to Breast Cancer Etiology

Allison Holgerson

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Allison Holgerson conducts comprehensive psychological evaluations for patients being considered for bariatric procedures.

Binge eating disorder Bariatric psychology Health Psychology obesity and weight management

Jessica Payne-Murphy

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Jessica Payne-Murphy is director of the Insomnia and Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology.

Behavioral sleep medicine Depression Anxiety Fibromyalgia Clinical Health Psychology

Anna Galloway

Clinical Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Anna Galloway's research finds appropriate uses of music within occupational therapy increase collaboration with music therapists.

End of Life Care Intensive Care Creative Arts Therapy Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy Equal Access Clinic (OT EAC)

David Fedele

Associate Professor · University of Florida

David Fedele focuses on the psychosocial aspects of pediatric chronic illnesses including how some factors impact adjustment and morbidity.

Cystic Fibrosis Technology Self-Management Pediatric Psychology Mobile Health

Mark Bishop

Associate Professor and Director · University of Florida

Mark Bishop is an associate professor and the director of the doctor of physical therapy program.

Joint-Biased Manual Therapy Musculoskeletal Pain Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Patient Expectations Pain Rehabilitation

Robert Cook

Professor/M.D. · University of Florida

Dr. Robert Cook is a professor within the Department of Epidemiology focusing on preventative health care.

Primary Care Medicine Alcohol Consumption Sexually Transmitted Diseases HIV Infection Stigma

Rebecca Pearl

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Rebecca Pearl conducts research on health and appearance-based stigma, body image, eating disorders and obesity.

Stigma Eating Disorders Body Image Obesity

David Fuller

Professor · University of Florida

David Fuller is a professor in the department of physical therapy who directs a research laboratory in the McKnight Brain Institute.

Motor Neurons Pompe Disease Spinal Cord Breathing Respiratory Muscles

Noah Hammarlund

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Noah Hammarlund researches disparities in cancer care with data science and community engagement approaches.

Artificial Intelligence Econometric Analysis Health Economics Machine Learning Prostate Cancer Disparities

Erin Fraher, PhD, MPP

Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, and Director of the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center · UNC-Chapel Hill

Dr. Fraher is well known for her ability to communicate complex research findings in ways that are easily understood and policy relevant

Helath Policy Healthcare Models Health Workforce Education Systems Health Workforce Research Policy Social Medicine

Matthew Masapollo

Director · University of Florida

Matthew Masapollo studies the nature and development of human speech production and perception.

Child Language Infant Speech Development Speech Motor Control Speech perception Child Language Development

Sai Zhang

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Sai Zhang's research leverages machine learning and big biomedical data to decode complex human diseases and advance precision medicine.

Computational Biology Computational Genomics Machine Learning Precision Medicine Statistical Genetics