Research Faculty

Dr. Beth Lanning studies global health, sexual health, sexual violence prevention, and human-animal interventions.

Dr. Matt Asare researches cervical cancer prevention (HPV vaccination and self-screening behaviors) among medically underserved women in the United States and Ghana.

Dr. Rodney Bowden examines metabolic health and  social determinants, nutrition, and lifestyle factors associated with metabolic syndrome; and conducts secondary data analyses of federal health databases regarding metabolic health.

Dr. Kathryn Janda examines food insecurity mitigation, healthy food access promotion, and community collaboration to foster health equity in underserved communities.

Dr. Stephanie Jones studies factors associated with risk of addiction and substance misuse and determinants of addiction intervention outcomes with a specific focus on genetic risk and genetic by environmental interactions.

Dr. Elizabeth Kwon studies the interplay among biological, psychological, and social factors that drive risky behaviors and mental health challenges.

Dr. Renée Umstattd Meyer addresses health equity through physical activity in low-income and underserved rural communities.

Dr. Kelly Ylitalo examines physical functioning trajectories during the mid-life and older adult years, and how behaviors like physical activity throughout the life course can facilitate healthy aging trajectories.