Core Faculty

The Centers' faculty is committed to both basic research on discovering the mechanisms underlying behavioral factors in health and illness, as well as to applied research on the translation of these discoveries for clinical and community health improvement. The Centers' faculty have a range of training backgrounds from psychology and behavioral science to exercise science, biostatistics and medical anthropology. Their research addresses the leading lifestyle causes of disease burden and death - tobacco, diet, and physical activity, as well as many other behaviors relevant to improving health outcomes and health care delivery.

• Michael Carey, PhD
  Director, Centers for Behavioral and Preventative Medicine

• Beth Bock, PhD
  Health Communications and Technology; Motivating Behavior Change; Physical Activity Promotion; Nicotine and Substance Abuse

• Dale S. Bond, PhD
  Behavioral Aspects of Bariatric Surgery; Diabetes Research; Physical Activity Promotion; Weight Control

• Belinda Borrelli, PhD
  Adherence; Motivating Behavior Change; Risk Perception; Smoking Cessation; Cultural Adaptation of Interventions

• Margaret Bublitz, PhD

• Andrew Busch, PhD

• Shira Dunsiger, PhD

• Joseph Fava, PhD
  Applied Measure Development; Exploratory and Confirmatory Dimensional Analysis; Multivariate Statistics 

• Chantelle Hart, PhD
  Pediatric Weight Control and Pediatric Sleep Promotion

• Elissa Jelalian, PhD

• Ernestine Jennings, PhD
  Health Disparities Research; Physical Activity Promotion; Smoking Cessation

• Tricia Leahey, PhD

• Jessica LaRose, PhD
  Diabetes Research; Weight Control

• Jason Lillis, PhD

• Jeanne McCaffery, PhD
  Genetics in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine; Twin and Family Studies; Weight Control

• Kathleen Morrow, PhD
  HIV Prevention (Biomedical Products and Device Development; Behavior Change); Qualitative Health Research Methods

• Bernardine Pinto, PhD
  Cancer Survivorship; Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine; Health Communications and Technology; Motivating Behavior Change; Physical Activity Promotion

• Carolyn Rabin, PhD
  Cancer Survivorship; Physical Activity Promotion; Training and Education

• Rochelle Rosen, PhD
  Diabetes Research; Health Disparities Research; HIV Prevention; Qualitative Health Research Methods

• Lori Scott-Sheldon, PhD

• Theresa Senn, PhD
  HIV and STD prevention and intervention; trauma and violence 

• Laura Stroud, PhD
  Maternal-Infant-Child Stress Studies; Neurobehavioral Mechanisms; Tobacco and Substance Use Research, Health Disparities Research

• J. Graham Thomas, PhD

• Jessica Unick, PhD

• Rena Wing, PhD
  Diabetes Research; Health Communications and Technology; Sleep Medicine; Weight Control