Experts

Anupam Agarwal, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Academic Medical Center operations
- State of affairs in medicine and science in the southeast
- Rural health and health careations
- Training and mentoring medical students, residents, and fellows
- Kidney disease and comorbidities
- Acute kidney injury
- Preventive kidney health
- Electrolyte disorders

Elise Agostinelli, O.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric eye care
- Child eye development
- Eye injuries
- Low vision

Hope Amm, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Oral cancer research
- Genetics and signaling pathways in oral tumors
- Pathogenesis of human oral cancers and odontoenic tumors
- Ameloblastomas
- Improving oral cancer health outcomes


Irfan Asif, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Family medicine
- Sports and exercise medicine
- Pediatrics
- Primary care
- Population health

Steve Austad, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- The Biology of Aging
- Evolution
- Ecology of Infectious Diseases
- Scientific Communication
- Longevity of Life

Mark Bailey, Ph.D.
Director, Department of Neurology Pain Management Program
Areas of Expertise:
- Pain management — treatment and solutions

Elizabeth Baker, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Health disparities in second generation Mexican and Hispanic populations focusing on children and adolescents
- How other social structures including gender, social class, and race/ethnicity interact with nativity status to produce disparities in health outcomes
- Immigration reform and policy

Christopher Ballmann, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Exercise
- Impact of music and nutritional supplements on performance

Doug Barrett, MFA
Director, UAB's Bloom Studio
Areas of Expertise:
- Mapping the visual culture of commuting and the public space
- Graphic Design
- Projects for charitable causes

Lori Bateman, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Minority health disparities
- Sociology
- Social determinants of health

Adam Beck, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Vascular disease
- Vascular surgery
- Aortic aneurysms
- Developing new medical devices tailored to individual patients

David Becker, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Health care policy, including the Affordable Care Act and new policies as they arise
- Federal and state health policy issues
- Health, labor and regulatory economics

Kelly Berg, RDN
Areas of Expertise:
- Nutrition
- Nutrition education and health behaviors
- Time-restricted eating
- Communication in nutrition


Robert Blanton, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- International political economy
- Foreign policy
- Human rights

Shannon Blanton, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- International relations
- Foreign policy
- Human rights
- Political violence
- International political economy

Christine Blass, DMD
Areas of Expertise:
- Dental care for medically complex patients
- Dental care for patients with special needs
- General dental care
- Prevention of oral disease
- General dentistry offered under oral conscious sedation

James Bonner, M.D.
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- Cancer therapy
- Radiation
- Chemotherapy combinations
- Proton therapy
- Stereotactic body radiation therapy
- Hypofractionated radiotherapy

Channing Brown, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Mental health for kids and adults
- Reducing weight stigma
- Healthy eating and exercise for children and adults

Markus Buchfellner, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Vaccinations: safe, effective and life saving; schedule for school age kids
- Adenovirus
- Cold and flu in children
- Pediatric Infectious disease outbreaks

Erin Buczek, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Head and neck cancer
- Thyroid and parathyroid disease
- Salivary gland tumors
- Skin cancer
- Robotic assisted surgery
- Laser microsurgery
- Facial trauma

Thomas Buford, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Preserving the health and independence of older adults
- Healthy aging
- Physical activity and fitness and how it impacts aging and quality of life
- Exercise and interventions to increase mobility in older adults


Sukhkamel Campbell, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Fertility preservation
- PCOS
- Endometriosis
- Infertility
- Recurrent pregnancy loss
- Reproductive surgeries
- Fibroids and fertility

Robert Cannon, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Transplantation
- Liver transplantation
- Organ preservation
- Organ procurement and allocation policy

Brian Casey, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Maternal fetal medicine
- Maternal health
- High risk pregnancies
- Obstetrics
- Women's Health

Herb Chen, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Thyroid and parathyroid cancer
- Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
- Endocrine surgery

Do-Yeon Cho, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Seasonal allergies
- Upper respiratory airway diseases
- Cystic fibrosis
- Endoscopic skull base surgery

James Cimino, M.D.
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- Biomedical informatics
- Informatics education
- Improving electronic health records


Tamera Coyne-Beasley, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Puberty
- Teen health
- Behavioral concerns in adolescents
- Parenting


Cathleen Cummings, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Embroideries and other contemporary arts from India
- Asian architecture
- Islamic art
- Himalayan Buddhist art


James Davies, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Adult cardiac surgery
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
- Minimally invasive heart surgery
- Cardiac valvular disease
- Outcomes research

Lizzy Davis, R.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Infant and toddler nutrition
- Healthy eating habits
- Nutrition education

Thomas (Tom) DeCarlo, Ph.D.
Ben S. Weil Endowed Chair of Industrial Distribution and Professor of Marketing and Industrial Distribution
Areas of Expertise:
- Sales force management
- New product development
- Market analysis and segmentation
- Brand management


Jodie Dionne, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Infections in women and pregnancy including HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, malaria, hepatitis B and Zika virus


Laura Dreer, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Concussions
- Adjustment to chronic health conditions
- Development of health promotion interventions for patients and family caregivers

Raegan Durant, M.D., MPH
Areas of Expertise:
- Hypertension
- Cardiovascular disease
- Minority health
- Health Disparities
- Public Health

Andrew Duxbury, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Elder care
- Elder mobility & fall prevention
- Alzheimer's & dementia care
- Home care for elder patients
- Geriatrics
- Overmedication of older adults

Candice Dye, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Children and hot car deaths
- Child car seat safety
- Caffeine and teens
- Children and guns
- Adolescent and teen suicide
- Water safety and children
- Traveling with children
- Infant safe sleep
- Postpartum depression

Ellen Eaton, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HIV
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Opioid addiction and treatment
- Social determinants of health for STIs, including HIV
- COVID-19

Latesh Elopre, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HIV
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Social determinants of health for STIs, including HIV
- COVID-19

Michelle Fanucchi, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Air pollution
- Water pollution
- Toxicology
- Chemical safety
- Health risks from air and water contamination

Sue Feldman, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Fitness trackers
- Digital health trends
- Health information systems
- Contact tracing apps

Mohammad Firouz, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Operations and supply chain management
- Non-profit operations
- Healthcare operations
- AI and Machine Learning Applications

Molly Fleece, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Outbreak of infectious disease locally and globally including the flu
- Travel medicine
- Antimicrobial resistance


Susanna Fogger, DNP
Areas of Expertise:
- Opioid abuse and treatment
- Chronic pain management
- Veterans' mental health
- Addiction treatments
- Mental health

Mona Fouad, MPH
Director, UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center; Director, Live HealthSmart Alabama
Areas of Expertise:
- Minority health
- Health disparities
- Obesity and cancer



Mia Geisinger, DDS , M.S.
Areas of Expertise:
- Oral hygiene/preventative dental care
- Pregnancy/maternal oral healthcare
- Oral healthcare delivery in patients with dementia
- Gum care, periodontology
- Dental consumer products/emerging technologies
- Periodontal-systemic disease connection

David Geldmacher, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Memory disorders
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Dementia
- Clinical trials of dementia therapy
- Dementia risk assessment
- Visual processing



Christopher Girkin, M.D.
Chair, EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric and adult glaucoma
- Complex cataracts


Adam Gordon, O.D., MPH, FAAO
Areas of Expertise:
- General eye care and safety
- Contact lenses in normal and diseased eyes
- Medical applications of contact lenses
- Ophthalmic optics

Charles Gorman, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Human Resources
- Leadership
- Management
- Organizational Development

Amy Goss, Ph.D., R.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Metabolism
- Diabetes prevention and treatment
- Ketogenic diet

Grace Grau, DNP
Areas of Expertise:
- Health disparities
- Cardiovascular disease
- Chronic and continuing care for adults and the elderly

Jessica Grayson, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Sinus infections
- Seasonal allergies
- Olfactory sense issues
- Upper respiratory airway diseases
- Nasal medicine
- Influenza
- Smell and taste loss

Benjamin Greene, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Head and neck oncology
- Microvascular reconstruction
- Facial nerve repair and rehabilitation

Russell Griffin, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Violence
- Motor vehicle-related injuries and prevention
- Pediatric trauma outcomes
- Improving clinical care of trauma and burn patients
- Treating acute kidney injury in newborns

A.J. Gunn, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Treating cancer through minimally invasive techniques
- Treatment of uterine fibroids
- Blood clot filter retrievals
- Interventional radiology treatments for liver cancer
- Outpatient medicine using interventional radiology

Deidre Gunn, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Infertility
- Fibroids
- Endometriosis
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Reproductive conditions
- Reproductive surgery
- Menopause
- Fertility preservation

Helena Gutierrez, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Adenovirus
- Liver transplant
- Acute liver failure
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Allyson Hall, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Health care policy, including the Affordable Care Act and new policies as they arise
- Federal and state health policy issues
- Medicaid

Akhlaque Haque, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Urban sprawl
- Using GIS for population surveillance
- Information management
- Urban crime and Census data

Kevin Harrod, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Influenza virus
- Infectious disease
- Pulmonary disease
- Chronic Lung disease

Ragib Hasan, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Cloud security
- Mobile malware security
- Social network security
- Digital forensics
- Database security
- Biomedical device security
- The Internet of Things

Megan Hays, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Psychology
- Trauma and mental health
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Alcohol abuse
- Behavior change
- Behavioral medicine
- Wellbeing in the workplace

Peter Hendricks, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Substance abuse treatment and prevention
- Hallucinogenic therapy
- Novel treatments for tobacco, cocaine and polysubstance dependence

James Hill, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Obesity
- Precision nutrition
- Nutrition
- Metabolism
- Physical activity
- Weight loss and regulation
- Wellness

Craig Hoesley, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HIV-prevention methods including microbicides
- HIV diagnosis and treatment

John B. Holcomb, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Acute care surgery
- Injury research
- Trauma surgery
- Military medicine
- Use of whole blood

Edward Hook III, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Sexually transmitted infections – prevention, treatment, research
- Gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis
- Sexual health as it relates to public health

George Howard, DrPH
Areas of Expertise:
- Stroke risk factors
- Stroke prevention
- Racial and geographical disparities in stroke populations
- Health disparities

Jack Howard, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Human Resource Management
- Employee Rights
- Personnel Administration
- Workplace bullying and aggression

Virginia Howard, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Racial and geographical disparities in stroke populations
- Health disparities
- Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease epidemiology

Warner Huh, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- 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

Anand Iyer, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Lung health
- Chronic lung disease
- Critical care
- COPD
- Palliative care

Rita Jablonski, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Elderly care
- Aging
- Dementia
- Nursing home safety for patients
- Oral health for the elderly
- Family caregiving

Elizabeth Jackson, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Women's heart health
- Digital health trends and eHealth
- Preventive medicine
- Diabetes
- Health promotion

Todd Jenkins, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Gynecologic surgery
- Abnormal uterine bleeding
- Patient engagement

Peter Jones, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Public budgeting
- Financial management at the state and local level
- Education policy

Suzanne Judd, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- 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

Michael Kase, DMD
Areas of Expertise:
- Maxillofacial prosthetics
- Prosthodontics
- Oral cancer and oncology
- Management of oral care after radiation
- Dentures, partials and implants
- Obturators
- Cleft palate
- Facial trauma
- Dental management of children with syndromes
- Craniofacial anomalies
- Oral health care

Chung H. Kau, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Orthodontics (traditional braces and aligners)
- Cleft and craniofacial orthodontics
- Startup medical devices that include orthodontic applications
- Orthodontics and orthognathic surgery
- Commercialization of orthodontic products
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis affecting the temporomandibular joints
- Technologies to accelerate orthodontic treatment and decrease treatment time

Tara Kelly, Ph.D., RDN
Areas of Expertise:
- Nutrition
- Hunger and food insecurity
- Nutrition education and health behaviors

Tina Kempin Reuter, Ph.D.
Director
Areas of Expertise:
- Human rights
- Peace studies and conflict resolution
- Ethnic conflict
- International politics with a focus on Europe and the Middle East

Jeffrey Kerby, Ph.D.
Director
Areas of Expertise:
- Trauma
- Critical care
- Pre-hospital emergency care
- Resuscitation outcomes research
- Bleeding control techniques/large volume blood replacement
- Stop the Bleed, a public awareness campaign urging bystander education on bleeding control

Stefan Kertesz, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Opioids use
- Addiction treatment
- Opioid and drug policy
- Access to quality addiction/medical care for homeless and other underserved populations
- Development of health professionals to address unmet health needs among disadvantaged populations
- Natural history and consequences of substance misuse in adults

Safal Khanal, O.D., Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Myopia (nearsightedness) onset, progression, prevention, and treatment
- Refractive errors in children and adults
- Visual and refractive development in infants and children
- Visual electrophysiology
- Ocular effects of light and digital devices
- Dry eyes and ocular surface diseases

David Kimberlin, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- 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

Kimberly Kirklin, M.A.
Director, UAB Arts in Medicine
Areas of Expertise:
- Arts in medicine
- Arts in health
- Improving quality of life for all ages through the arts

Josh Klapow, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Clinical psychology
- Behavior therapy
- Relationship issues
- Psychological first aid
- Crisis and disaster psychological response

David Knight, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Flashbacks and related dreams
- Depression and anxiety
- Stress related to future weather events
- Difficulty concentrating
- Appetite changes and fatigue

Hogan Knox, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Eye health
- Eye trauma and injuries
- Detached retinas
- Ocular disease

Lauren Kole, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Medical dermatology
- Cosmetic dermatology
- Acne
- Rosacea
- Skin aging and prevention

Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Genomics Officer
Areas of Expertise:
- Genetics
- Ethical issues in genetics
- Precision medicine
- Rare diseases
- Neurofibromatosis-1 (NF-1)

Helen Krontiras, MD
Areas of Expertise:
- Breast disease-prevention and surgical treatments
- Risk assessment of breast cancer
- Disparities in cancer care and outcomes of breast cancer treatment

Vineeta Kumar, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Nephrology
- Living kidney donation
- Incompatible kidney transplantation


Robin Lanzi, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- 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

Nathaniel Lawson, DMD
Areas of Expertise:
- Contemporary dental materials
- Materials research
- Conservative restorative dentistry
- Preventative dentistry


Rachael Lee, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Healthcare epidemiology
- Infection prevention
- Outbreak of infectious disease locally and globally including the flu
- Multi-drug resistant pathogens in relation to infection control


Cora Lewis, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Hypertension
- Hypertension in African Americans
- Body composition

George Liber, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Soviet, post-Soviet, and East European social history
- 20th century Ukrainian history

Matthew Macaluso, D.O.
Areas of Expertise:
- Treatment-resistant depression
- Mood disorders
- Psychopharmacology

James Markert, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Neurosurgery
- Treatment of glioma
- Gene therapy viral vectors
- Malignant brain tumors
- Novel therapies for malignant glioma


Sadis Matalon, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Lung injury
- Effects of chlorine and other harmful gases to the lung

Tiffany Mayo, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Medical dermatology
- Ethnic skin and hair
- Alopecia
- Vitiligo
- Melasma
- Hidradenitis suppurativa

James McClintock, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Polar marine biology
- Climate change
- Antarctic marine ecology
- Ocean acidification
- Invertebrate zoology
- Marine invertebrate chemical ecology
- Nutrition & reproduction

Steve McCornack, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Deception and deceptive message production
- Communication in close relationships
- Romantic relationship problems

Laura McGuinn, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Developmental pediatrics
- Behavioral pediatrics
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Learning disabilities in children
- Intellectual disabilities in children

Dennis McLernon
Areas of Expertise:
- Teaching acting and performance to students and adults
- Directing for the stage
- Teaching acting students to portray patients in a clinical setting

James Meador-Woodruff, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Schizophrenia
- Mood disorders
- Psychiatric education/mentorship
- Cellular alterations of neural circuitry in schizophrenia
- Molecular expression in schizophrenia

Ben Meadows, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Economics of Education
- Housing Markets
- Labor Market Dynamics

Matthew Might, Ph.D.
Director
Areas of Expertise:
- Precision medicine
- Personalized medicine
- Genetics
- Rare diseases
- Computer science
- Search engine optimization

Stephen Miller, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- History of capitalism
- Early modern Europe
- French Revolution

Stephen Mitchell, DMD
Areas of Expertise:
- Dental care for people with autism and sensory integration disorders
- Access issues facing intellectually and developmentally disabled populations
- Pediatric dental care offered under sedation and/or general anesthesia
- Anxiety in dental procedures
- Prevention of oral disease
- Nutrition’s impact on oral health
- Pediatric dentistry
- Alabama Medicaid Dental Program
- Oral health policy

Amit Momaya, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Sports medicine
- Shoulder dislocations
- Shoulder replacement
- Rotator cuff tears
- Hip impingement and labral tears
- ACL injuries
- Meniscus repair
- Cartilage restoration
- PRP and stem cell injections

Anthony Morlandt, DMD
Areas of Expertise:
- Oral cancer, including tongue, lips, face, throat
- 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 (Fosamax, zometa, reclast, etc.) or radiation therapy

Patrick Murphy, Ph.D.
Goodrich Endowed Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Areas of Expertise:
- Economic growth and development
- Entrepreneurship and history
- Venture capitalist and angel investing
- Technological innovation and commercialziation
- Social and community enterprises
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Innovation in educational settings
- International entrepreneurship
- Firm culture and performance

Jeffrey Nix, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Cancers including prostate, bladder, testicular, kidney, penile, adrenal
- MRI in prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Robotic surgery

Nicholas Onken, O.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Myopia control
- Contact lenses
- Binocular vision
- Pediatric optometry
- Optometry services for patients with special needs

Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Vision and driving
- Improving eye care access and quality for underserved populations

Henry Panion, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Music technology
- Music production
- Jazz, gospel, classical and popular music


Gregory Pence, Ph.D.
Director
Areas of Expertise:
- Cloning and assisted reproduction
- Emerging issues in bioethics
- Medical ethics

Courtney Peterson, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Meal timing
- Circadian rhythms
- Nutrition
- Body mass index
- Obesity research

Jonathan Quade, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Orthopedic trauma
- Pelvic and acetabular fractures
- Upper extremity fractures
- Lower extremity fractures
- Foot and ankle trauma
- Fracture nonunions and malunions
- Outcomes research

Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Urologic cancers including prostate, kidney, adrenal, testis, bladder, ureteral, penile
- Robotic surgery
- Advanced imaging for urologic cancers
- Genomic testing for urologic cancers

Aadia Rana, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HIV/AIDS infection control
- HIV/AIDS research
- Health disparities
- COVID-19

Samiksha Raut, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Undergraduate STEM education
- Science literacy
- Professional development for STEM professionals
- Service-learning
- Sustainability
- International STEM outreach

Caroline Reich, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Breast cancer
- Early detection of cancer
- Mammography screening
- Women's health
- Radiology
- Breast imaging


Laura Rogers, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM
Areas of Expertise:
- internal medicine and obesity
- Exercise in cancer survivors
- Obesity medicine and weight management



Stephen Russell, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Annual physicals
- Primary physician care
- Primary care for adults and children
- Vaccinations
- Urgent care for flu, upper respiratory infections, etc.
- Preventive care for adults

Kenneth Saag, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Rheumatic diseases such as arthritis, gout, osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis diagnosis, treatment and research
- Treatment and research surrounding rheumatic diseases

Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HPV vaccines
- Cancer prevention
- Minority health
- Health disparities

David Schwebel, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Pedestrian safety
- Child injury prevention
- Texting & walking
- Child gun safety
- Playground safety
- Technology-based injury intervention & prevention
- Agricultural injuries including ATV, tractor and farm equipment accidents

Anath Shalev, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Diabetes research, drug discovery, and novel treatment approaches
- Beta cell and islet biology
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- microRNAs

Samantha J. Shebib, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Interpersonal communication
- Family communication
- Dark side of communication
- Instructional communication
- Health communication
- Advanced Statistics

Richard Shelton, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Depression
- Suicide
- Bipolar disorder
- Mood disorders
- Experimental therapeutics
- Biomarker identification

Sandra Sims, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Quality physical education programs
- Integrated physical education and health education
- Health & wellness

Virginia Sisiopiku, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Traffic Planning & Operations
- Transportation Safety
- Pedestrian Behavior & Safety
- Driver Distraction
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Sustainable Transportation Systems
- Evacuation Methods

Tedra Smith, DNP
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatrics
- Emergency pediatric medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Adolescent health

Erin Snyder, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Women's Health
- Men's Health
- Internal medicine
- Primary care
- Medical education

Patricia Speck, DNSc, CRNP
Areas of Expertise:
- 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

David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Movement disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Neurodegenerative diseases


Brian Steele, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- American Revolution and early republic
- Nationalism
- Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln

Erica Stringer-Reasor, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Breast cancer
- Women’s health
- Developmental therapeutics
- Targeted therapies

Angela Sullivan, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Suicide prevention interventions
- Mental health
- Health behavior

Steven Theiss, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Back, neck and spine orthopaedics
- Spine surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Spinal health
- Spinal trauma
- Spinal cord injury

S. Justin Thomas
Areas of Expertise:
- Sleep
- Sleep research and treatment
- Sleep trends
- Circadian rhythm

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