Hope Amm, Ph.D.

Oral cancer research • Ameloblastomas • Improving oral cancer health outcomes

Irfan Asif, M.D. 

Family medicine • Sports and exercise medicine • Pediatrics • Primary care • Population health 

Mark Bailey, D.O., Ph.D.

Pain management — treatment and solutions

Christopher Ballmann, Ph.D.

Exercise • Impact of music and nutritional supplements on performance

Lori Bateman, Ph.D.

• Minority health disparities • Sociology • Social determinants of health

David Becker, Ph.D.

Health care policy • Federal and state health policy issues • Health, Labor and regulatory economics

Smita Bhatia, M.D., MPH

Cancer • Cancer outcomes • Cancer survivorship 

Shannon Blanton, Ph.D.

International relations • Foreign policy • Human rights • Political violence • International political economy

James Bonner, M.D.

Cancer therapy • Radiation • Chemotherapy combinations • Proton therapy • Stereotactic body radiation therapy • Hypofractionated radiotherapy

Markus Buchfellner, M.D.

Vaccinations: safe, effective and life saving; schedule for school age kids • Adenovirus • Cold and flu in children • Infectious disease outbreaks • Antiviral treatments

Thomas Buford, Ph.D. 

Perserving the health and independence of older adults • Healthy aging • Physical activity and fitness and how it impacts aging and quality of life • Exercises and interventions to increase mobility in older adults 

Sukhkamel Campbell, M.D.

Fertility preservation • PCOS • Endometriosis • Infertility • Recurrent pregnancy loss • Reproductive surgeries • Fibroids and fertibility 

Brian Casey, M.D. 

Maternal fetal medicine • Maternal health • High risk pregnancies • Obstetrics • Women's health 

Do-Yeon Cho, M.D.

Seasonal allergies • Upper respiratory airway diseases • Cystic Fibrosis • Endoscopic skull base surgery 

Daniel B. Cox, M.D.

Trauma • Surgical critical care • Trauma systems • Military medicine

Karen Cropsey, Psy.D. 

Opioid crisis • Substance abuse treatment 

Christine Curcio, Ph.D. 

Lizzy Davis, Ph.D., R.D.

Infant and toddler nutrition • Healthy eating habits • Nutrition education

Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D. 

Nutrition • Cancer • Cancer survivorship • Women's health 

Mark T. Dransfield, M.D.

COPD • Lung cancer • Vaping effects on the lungs 

Raegan Durant, M.D., MPH  

Cardiovascular disease • Hypertension • Minority health • Preventive medicine • Health disparities

Candice Dye, M.D.

Water safety and children • Traveling with children • Infant safe sleep

Latesha Elopre, M.D.

HIV • Sexually transmitted infections • Social determinants of health for STIs • COVID-19

Sue Feldman, Ph.D.

Fitness trackers • Digital health trends • Health information systems • Contact tracing apps

Aaron Fobian, Ph.D.

Psychology • Mental health

Mona Fouad, M.D., MPH

Minority health • Health disparities • Obesity and cancer

Timothy Garvey, M.D.

Diabetes • Obesity • Metabolic Health • Endocrinology

David Geldmacher, M.D.

Memory disorders • Alzheimer’s disease • Dementia • Clinical trials of dementia therapy • Dementia risk assessment • Visual processing

Nico Geurs, DDS

Gum disease • Bad breath • Dental health and overall wellness

Paul Goepfert, M.D.

Infectious Diseases •  Vaccines and vaccine research • COVID-19

Charles Gorman, Ph.D.

Human Resources • Leadership • Management • Organizational Development

Grace Grau, DNP

Health Disparities • Cardiovascular disease • Chronic and continuing care for adults and the elderly 

Benjamin Greene, M.D.

Head and neck oncology • Microvascular reconstruction • Facial nerve repair and rehabilitation

A.J. Gunn, M.D.

Cancer treatment through minimally invasive techniques • Treatment of uterine fibroids • Blood clot filter retrievals • Interventional radiology treatments for liver dancer • Outpatient medicine using interventional radiology

Helena Gutierrez, M.D.

Nephrology • Organ Transplant • Acute liver failure • Autoimmune hepatitis • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Akhlaque Haque, Ph.D.

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) • Urban sprawl • Using GIS for population surveillance • Information management • Urban crime and Census data

Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.

Cloud security • Mobile malware security • Social network security • Digital forensics • Database security • Biomedical device security • The Internet of things

Peter Hendricks, Ph.D.

Substance abuse treatment and prevention • Hallucinogenic therapy • Novel treatments for tobacco, cocaine and polysubstance dependence 

Craig Hoesley, M.D.

HIV-prevention methods including microbicides • HIV diagnosis and treatment

Edward Hook III, M.D. 

Jack Howard, Ph.D.

Human Resource Management • Employee Rights • Personnel Administration • Workplace bullying and aggression

Warner Huh, M.D.

Diagnosis and treatment of gynecologic cancers • Gynecologic vaccinations • Robotic surgery for gynecologic conditions and cancers • Novel therapeutics for gynecologic cancers • Cervical cancer screening and prevention

Rita Jablonski, Ph.D.

Elder care • Aging • Dementia • Nursing home safety • Oral health for the elderly • Family caregiving

Todd Jenkins, M.D.

Gynecologic surgery • Abnormal uterine bleeding • Patient engagement

Suzanne Judd, Ph.D.

Cardiovascular disease and diet • Diabetes and diet • Dietary needs of athletes • Reducing health disparities in chronic disease • Diet and racial disparities in the risk of hypertension, kidney disease and stroke

Chung H. Kau, BDS, MScD, MBA, Ph.D.

Orthodontics • Cleft and craniofacial orthodontics •  Dental products

Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.D.

Human rights • Peace studies, Conflict resolution • Ethnic conflict • International politics

Stefan Kertesz, M.D.

Addiction • Opioids and drug policy • Access to quality medical care for homeless, underserved populations

David Kimberlin, M.D.

Vaccinations: safe, effective and life saving; schedule for school age kids • Measles, mumps and rubella • Cold and flu in children • Infectious disease outbreaks, such as Zika • Antiviral treatments • Whooping cough • Congenital CMV and neonatal herpes infections

Josh Klapow, Ph.D.

Clinical psychology • Behavior therapy • Relationship issues • Psychological first aid • Crisis and disaster psychological response

Hogan Knox, M.D. 

Eye health • Eye trauma and injuries • Detached retinas • Ocular disease 

Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.

Genetics • Ethical issues in genetics • Precision medicine • Rare diseases • Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1)

Vineeta Kumar, M.D.

Nephrology • Living kidney donation • Incompatible kidney transplantation

Robin Lanzi, Ph.D.

Maternal and child health disparities • Maternal depression • Adolescent risk-taking behaviors • Adolescent sexual health behaviors • Developmental outcomes of children • Child social and academic development • Developmental psychology • Community engaged research

Ronald Lazar, Ph.D.

Cerebrovascular disease • Brain Health • Stroke Recovery

Timothy Levine, Ph.D.

Deception • Lying • Persuasion • Interpersonal communication

George Liber, Ph.D.

Soviet, Post-Soviet and East European social history • 20th century Ukrainian history

James Markert, M.D.

Neurosurgery • Treatment of glioma • Gene therapy viral vectors • Malignant brain tumors • Novel therapies for malignant glioma

Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.

Lung injury • Effects of chlorine and other harmful gases to the lung

James McClintock, Ph.D.

Polar marine biology • Climate change • Antarctic marine ecology • Ocean acidification • Invertebrate zoology • Marine invertebrate chemical ecology • Nutrition & reproduction

Laura McGuinn, M.D.

Developmental pediatrics • Behavioral pediatrics • Autism spectrum disorder • Learning disabilities in children • Intellectual disabilities in children 

James Meador-Woodruff, M.D.

Schizophrenia • Mood disorders • Psychiatric education/mentorship • Cellular alterations of neural circuitry in schizophrenia • Molecular expression in schizophrenia

Matthew Might, Ph.D.

Precision medicine • Personalized medicine • Genetics • Rare diseases • Computer science • Search engine optimization

Stephen Mitchell, DMD

Dental care • Rural access to dentistry • Pediatric dentistry

Anthony Morlandt, DMD

Oral cancer • Facial trauma • Bone graft surgery • Early detection of cancer • Salivary gland tumors • Head and neck skin cancer • Head and neck microsurgery • Head and neck reconstruction • Bone graft surgery • Facial trauma • Total jaw reconstruction • Osteonecrosis of the jaws due to medications or radiation therapy 

Jeffrey Nix, M.D.

Cancers including prostate, bladder, testicular, kidney, penile, adrenal • MRI in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment • Robotic surgery

Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D.

Age-related macular degeneration • Vision and driving • Improving eye care access and quality for underserved populations

Sarah Parcak, Ph.D.

Egyptian archaeology • Egyptology • Remote sensing

Courtney Peterson, Ph.D.

Meal timing • Circadian rhythms • Nutrition • Body mass index • Obesity research

Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D.

Urologic cancers including prostate, kidney, adrenal, testis, bladder, ureteral, penile • Robotic surgery • Advanced imaging for urologic cancers • Genomic testing for urologic cancers

Samiksha Raut, Ph.D.

Undergraduate STEM education • Science literacy • Professional development for STEM professionals • Service-learning • Sustainability • International STEM outreach 

Holly Richter, M.D., Ph.D.

Stress urinary incontinence • Urgency urinary incontinence • Mixed urinary incontinence (stress and urgency) • Vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistulas • Pelvic organ prolapse • Fecal incontinence • Mesh complications • Vaginal estrogen use

Laura Rogers, MD

• internal medicine and obesity • exercise in cancer survivors • obesity medicine and weight management

Steve Rowe, M.D.

Cystic fibrosis • Effects of cigarettes and vaping • COPD

Kenneth Saag, M.D.

Treatment and research on rheumatic diseases • Osteoporosis diagnosis

David Schwebel, Ph.D.

Pedestrian safety • Child injury prevention • Texting & walking • Child gun safety • Playground safety • Technology-based injury intervention & prevention

Samantha J. Shebib, Ph.D.

Sandra Sims, Ph.D. 

Quality physical education programs • Integrated physical education and health education • Health & wellness 

Tedra Smith, DNP

Parenting and children's health • Emergency medicine & crisis management • Addiction 

Patricia M. Speck, DNSc, CRNP

Child abuse • Sexual assault • Domestic violence • Child abuse prevention • Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention• PTSD • Helping survivors of child abuse, domestic violence or sexual assault recover and thrive

Beth Steele, O.D., FAAO

Primary optometric care • Ocular disease

Erica Stringer-Reasor, M.D.

Breast cancer • Women’s health • Developmental therapeutics • Targeted therapies

Steven Theiss, M.D.

Back, neck and spine orthopaedics • Spine surgery • Orthopaedic surgery • Spinal health • Spinal trauma • Spinal cord injury 

Mieke Beth Thomeer, Ph.D.

Psychology • Mental health • Socal issues  

Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D.

Epigenetics • Cancer origin • Diet and cancer prevention • Gene regulation • Underlying mechanisms of cancer and aging • Novel therapeutic approaches to cancer

Jeffery Walker, Ph.D.

Neighborhoods and crime • Police law • Computer forensics and investigations

Stephenie Wallace, M.D.

Childhood obesity — diagnosing and treatment • Adolescent health • Healthy habits for children

Tara Warner, Ph.D.

Victimization • Sexual risk-taking • Neighborhoods • Substance use • Gun ownership 

Stephen Watts, Ph.D.

Aquatic and marine science • Aquaculture • Medical application of aquatic animal models • Aquatic nutrition science

Brynn Welch, Ph.D.

Social and political philosophy • Biomedical ethics • Family ethics • Educational justice

Jeff Wickliffe, Ph.D.

Environmental health • Air and water pollution • Food safety • Health risk assessment • Exposure science • Maternal and child health • Environmental factors affecting cancer, neurological and neurodevelopmental diseases

Martha Wingate, DrPH

Maternal and child health-public health • Maternal morbidity and mortality • Birth outcomes • Public health systems and policy

Stefanie Woodard, DO 

• breast imaging and prevention • diagnostic radiology

Stephanie Yates, Ph.D.

Financial education • Budgeting • Personal finance • Money management • Finance for underserved communities