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Kevin Antshel

Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Bernard Appiah

Bernard Appiah

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Design, implementation or evaluation of drama, mass media and mobile health interventions; public or community engagement approaches for addressing health challenges; media coverage of public health issues; pharmaceutical health services issues; global health

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Dessa Bergen-Cico

Professor, Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Areas of Expertise

Alcohol, drugs, and addictive behaviors; traumatic stress; mindfulness; violence and health

Monica Deza
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Monica Deza

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Economics of Risky health behaviors

Joseph Ditre

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2010

Areas of Expertise

Substance use (e.g., alcohol, nicotine/tobacco, cannabis, opioids, benzodiazepines) and addictive behaviors; chronic pain; health disparities and social determinants of health; veteran and military populations; intervention development.
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Rachel E. Fabi

Assistant Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Areas of Expertise

Immigrant and refugee health; public health ethics; state and federal health policy


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Amy Fairchild

University Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Subcommittee on Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

History, ethics and policy
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics; applied and theoretical econometrics; bi-directional effects of education and health; mental health; obesity; polygenic risk scores; food insecurity; public programs and health
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Margaret Formica

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Upstate Medical University

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Areas of Expertise

Firearm violence and prevention; epidemiological methods; treatment choices and health outcomes among cancer patients

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Professor, Political Science Department

Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School

Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods
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Marc A. Garcia

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2015

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, aging and the life course, racial/ethnic disparities, minority and immigrant health
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Catherine García

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Aging and the life course, minority aging and health, social determinants of health, health disparities, biodemography

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Iliya Gutin

Research Assistant Professor and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2021
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Sarah Hamersma

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics
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Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies
Colleen Heflin
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Areas of Expertise

Social policy, poverty policy, child and family policy
Bryce Hruska

Bryce Hruska

Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Areas of Expertise

Traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stress and health, and occupational stress

Brittany Kmush

Brittany Kmush

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Professor of Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Epidemiology, infectious diseases, vaccination

Scott Landes

Scott D. Landes

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of disability, medical sociology, aging and the life course, military veterans
Rebekah Lewis

Rebekah Lewis

Faculty Fellow, Maxwell School

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

MPH, Boston University, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Women's health, program evaluation, health professions education
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Andrew S. London

Professor, Sociology Department

Associate Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, adult ADHD, poverty and family well-being, LGBT/sexuality studies, social policy
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Leonard M. Lopoo

Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Director, Maxwell X Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Child and family policy, behavioral economics, economic demography
Katherine McDonald

Katherine McDonald

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Professor of Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Health disparities among people with disabilities; community-engaged research; ethical, legal and social implications of health research

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Food systems, immigration and racial justice, agrarian political ecology, labor movements, environmental and agricultural policy
Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat

Professor, Sociology Department

Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 2008

Areas of Expertise

Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality
Jennifer Karas Montez

Jennifer Karas Montez

University Professor, Sociology Department

Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies

Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Demography, political economy and population health, life course and aging
Miriam Mutambudzi

Miriam Mutambudzi

Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Areas of Expertise

Morbidity, disability, and mortality in vulnerable populations and older adults; work-related outcomes; chronic disease; life course epidemiology; aging-related health outcomes; health disparities; and social determinants of health

Rebecca Ortiz

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Professor of Advertising, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Areas of Expertise

Health communication, media effects, sexual violence prevention, HPV vaccine promotion

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Rachel Razza

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Associate Dean of Human Dynamics, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Self-regulation; mindfulness; mindful eating; design, implementation and evaluation of school and community-based interventions

Danielle Rhubart

Danielle Rhubart

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University

Areas of Expertise

Rural health, health disparities, structural determinants of health, social demography, and spatial inequality.
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Yulya Truskinovsky

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., Duke University, 2016
Bhavneet Walia

Bhavneet Walia

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Healthcare efficiency; maternal-child health; disability research; refugee intervention programs; sports health epidemiology

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Haowei Wang

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Ph.D., McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies, Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Social gerontology, family demography, aging and health, population health
Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth

Professor, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health

Areas of Expertise

Aging and public policy, population studies, quantitative methods
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