Experts
Mieke Beth Thomeer, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Caregiving around Mental and Physical Health Issues
- Same-sex and Different-sex Marriages in Midlife
- Social and Family Relationships and Health
Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Epigenetics
- Cancer Origin
- Diet and Cancer Prevention
- Gene Regulation
- Underlying Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging
- Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Cancer
Rodney Tucker, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Palliative care in chronic illnesses such as heart failure and HIV
- Palliative and Supportive Care and Hospice
- Patient- and family- centered care and patient experience
- Relieving suffering and quality of life for patients facing serious illnesses, as well as supporting their families
Jeffery Walker, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Neighborhoods and crime
- Police law
- Computer forensics and investigations
Eric Wallace, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Telehealth
- Nephrology
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Fabry disease
- Rural Health
- Diabetes
Stephenie Wallace, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Childhood obesity — diagnosing and treatment
- Adolescent health
- Healthy habits for children
Gary Warner
Director of Research in Computer Forensics
Areas of Expertise:
- Cyber crime
- Malware and phishing
- Spam
Tara Warner, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Victimization
- Sexual risk-taking
- Neighborhoods
- Substance use
- Gun ownership
Stephen Watts, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Aquatic and Marine Science
- Aquaculture
- Medical Application of Aquatic Animal Models
- Aquatic Nutrition Science
Kathy Weise, O.D., MBA, FAAO
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric eye care
- Concussions
- Effects of mild traumatic brain injuries
- Ocular injuries
Brynn Welch, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Biomedical Ethics
- Family Ethics
- Educational Justice
Richard Whitley, M.D.
Associate Director, Drug Discovery and Development, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric infectious diseases – treatment and prevention
- Herpes virus
- Virology
- Gene therapy
- Pandemic flu
Jeff Wickliffe, Ph.D.
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- 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
Audra Williams, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Abnormal uterine bleeding and fibroids
- Women’s reproductive health
- Family planning
- Sexual health
- Perimenopause and menopause
Martha Wingate, DrPH
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- Maternal and child health-public health
- Maternal morbidity and mortality
- Birth outcomes
- Public health systems and policy
Holly Wyatt, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Obesity
- Nutrition
- Metabolism
- Physical activity
- Weight loss and regulation
- Wellness
- Endocrinology
- Internal medicine
Stephanie Yates, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Financial Education
- Budgeting
- Personal Finance
- Money Management
- Finance for Underserved Communities
Yusen Zhai, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Mental health
- Telehealth
- Health disparities
- Outcomes research in mental health
- Epidemiology and infectious disease
- Social justice advocacy
Kristina Zierold, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Climate change
- Air pollution
- Coal ash pollution
- Water contamination
- Enviornmental and social justice