Mentors for PhD Students

The following faculty are currently mentoring Community Health and Health Behavior PhD students.

If you are applying to the PhD program, you may want to consider which of these faculty share your research interests. You are welcome to contact the faculty for more information about their current research projects, and you can indicate your interest in working with one or more faculty in your personal statement.

School of Public Health and Health Professions

R. Lorraine Collins, PhD
327 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6951
Fax: (716) 829-6040
lcollins@buffalo.edu
Associate Dean for Research
Director, Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
School of Public Health and Health Professions
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Alcohol and marijuana use, especially in emerging and young adults; psychosocial factors (gender, ethnicity) in substance use; use of technology for assessment and intervention.
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327 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6951
Fax: (716) 829-6040
lcollins@buffalo.edu
Nicholas Felicione, PhD
320 Kimball Tower
Phone: (716) 829-2018
Fax: (716) 829-6040
njfelici@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Tobacco use behaviors and product characteristics; electronic cigarettes and alternative tobacco products; nicotine exposure and dependence; tobacco regulatory science; physiological and subjective response to tobacco products
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320 Kimball Tower
Phone: (716) 829-2018
Fax: (716) 829-6040
njfelici@buffalo.edu
Akua Gyamerah, DrPH, MPH
315 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-2918
Fax: (716) 829-6040
akuagyam@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: HIV prevention and care; health disparities among sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ+) populations; intersectional stigma and discrimination; sexual and gender minority stress and mental health; gender-based violence and substance use
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315 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-2918
Fax: (716) 829-6040
akuagyam@buffalo.edu
Alison M. Haney, PhD
323 Kimball Tower
Phone: (716) 829-6770
Fax: (716) 829-6040
amhaney@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Alcohol and cannabis use and misuse; substance use consequences; affect; sociocultural influences on mental health; ambulatory assessment; quantitative methods in daily life research; mobile health interventions.
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323 Kimball Tower
Phone: (716) 829-6770
Fax: (716) 829-6040
amhaney@buffalo.edu
Gregory G. Homish, PhD
310 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6959
Fax: (716) 829-6040
ghomish@buffalo.edu
Chair
Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Substance use and misuse; social network influences on changes in substance use; impact of substance use on family functioning and health; emergency preparedness, preparation, coordination and training of rural disaster response teams; and mitigation of the impact of disaster response on the health of first responders.
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310 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6959
Fax: (716) 829-6040
ghomish@buffalo.edu
Jessica A. Kulak, PhD, MPH, MS
312 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6954
Fax: (716) 829-6040
jakulak@buffalo.edu
Director of Graduate Studies, MS Program
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Substance use and misuse; nicotine and cannabis use; substance use and vulnerable populations; tobacco regulatory science
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312 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6954
Fax: (716) 829-6040
jakulak@buffalo.edu
Lucia A. Leone, PhD
333 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6953
Fax: (716) 829-6040
lucialeo@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Environmental, community, organizational and behavioral interventions to improve nutrition, increase physical activity and encourage appropriate cancer screening; health disparities; food access and local food systems; obesity and cancer prevention.
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333 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6953
Fax: (716) 829-6040
lucialeo@buffalo.edu
Heather Orom, PhD
304 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6682
Fax: (716) 829-6040
horom@buffalo.edu
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Director of Graduate Studies, PhD Program
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Illness risk perception, including uncertainty about risk perception and its implication for health behavior and risk perception measurement; determinants and consequences of health information avoidance and reducing health information avoidance; health equity, with a focus on health care equity.
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304 Kimball
Phone: (716) 829-6682
Fax: (716) 829-6040
horom@buffalo.edu
Jennifer L. Temple, PhD
G01 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5593
Fax: (716) 829-3700
jltemple@buffalo.edu
Professor
Director, Nutrition and Health Research Laboratory
Graduate Program Director
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Caffeine use among adolescents; exercise and nutrition interactions; factors that influence ingestive behavior and the development of obesity in humans.
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G01 Farber Hall
Phone: (716) 829-5593
Fax: (716) 829-3700
jltemple@buffalo.edu