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.

    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.

  • Nicholas Felicione, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Health Behavior.

    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

  • Dr. Akua Gyamerah, assistant professor.

    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

  • Alison M. Haney, PhD, Assistant Professor.

    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.

    323 Kimball Tower

    Phone: (716) 829-6770

    Fax: (716) 829-6040

    amhaney@buffalo.edu

  • gregory g. homish.

    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.

  • Jessica Kulak.

    312 Kimball

    Phone: (716) 829-6954

    Fax: (716) 829-6040

    jakulak@buffalo.edu

    Director of Graduate Studies, MS and PhD Programs
    Clinical Associate 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

  • Lucia A. leone.

    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.

  • Heather Orom.

    304 Kimball

    Phone: (716) 829-6682

    Fax: (716) 829-6040

    horom@buffalo.edu

    Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
    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.

    304 Kimball

    Phone: (716) 829-6682

    Fax: (716) 829-6040

    horom@buffalo.edu

  • Jennifer L. Temple.

    114 Sherman

    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.

Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences

Phone: (716) 829-6692

Email: safrasca@buffalo.edu