Research Topics: Sexual and gender minority (i.e., commonly known as LGBTQ+) reproductive health access and experiences, sexual health among young adults, and sexuality education
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.
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
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Population research on patterns, determinants and control of tobacco use in adolescents and adults using state, national and international surveys; suboptimal nutrition as a risk factor for the development and maintenance of nicotine addiction; adverse childhood experiences, and nicotine dependence and smoking cessation; lifestyle and environmental factors in health and disease.
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
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.
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.
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.
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Dietary and behavioral interventions to improve nutritional status and health; disparities among food-insecure populations; impact of policy intervention and nutrition education; dietary assessment and dietary pattern; community-based participatory research.
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.
Assistant Dean, Director of Undergraduate Public Health Programs
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Primary and secondary prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections; impact of substance use on sexual risk behavior and medication adherence; nonmedical prescription drug use; patient-provider communication; and community-based participatory research.
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.
