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Investigators and Faculty

	Alfred A. Bartolucci Research Support Services (RSS) Unit member, UAB Injury Control Research Center Senior Scientist, UAB ICRC Professor and former Chair, UAB Department of Biomathematics and Biostatistics Professor, UAB School of Nursing Professor, UAB Department of Psychology Dr. Alfred Bartolucci brings more than 30 years of expertise and experience with biostatistics to his role in the ICRC Research Support Services Unit. A former chair of UAB's Department of Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Dr. Bartolucci has published well over 100 articles in prestigious academic journals, as well as dozens of abstracts, paper presentations and consultancies. He was awarded the PhD in statistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1975, after receiving a BA in Mathematics at the College of the Holy Cross and an MA in Mathematics from the Catholic University of America. He is a member of several professional and scholarly organizations, including the American Statistical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Society for Clinical Trials. His areas of research interest include Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, Bayesian Analysis, and Epidemiology.
	John Bolland Director and Senior Research Social Scientist, Institute for Social Science Research (2000-2008) ICRC Senior Scientist and Director, Violence Prevention Core, UAB (2002-present) Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, UAB-SOPH (2005-2008 ) Dr. John Bolland, ICRC Senior Scientist and Director of the ICRC Violence Prevention Core, has a long research history in investigating social problems. His research has focused on violence prevention in inner cities; the homeless; and adolescents, as well as other social topics. Since 1988, he has been Principal Investigator on grants funded at a total of more than $14.8 million, including four current research projects on inner city youth, inner city violence and strengthening neighborhood investment. Click here to learn more.
	Kathleen A. Bolland Research Support Services (RSS) Unit member, UAB Injury Control Research Center Director, ICRC Oversight and Evaluation Unit B.S.W. Program Chair, School of Social Work Long before earning her PhD in social work at the University of Alabama in 1998, Dr. Bolland worked in research, testing, evaluation and assessment in Ohio, Kansas and Alabama. Dr. Bolland was the Assistant/Associate Research Educational Psychologist for the Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory at UA for 14 years prior to beginning an assistant professorship with the UA School of Social Work upon completion of her PhD. She has been the evaluator on several funded grants. Her extensive experience with research and evaluation makes her an extremely valuable resource for ICRC scientists, whom she assists as a Research Support Services Unit member.
	David Brown Director of Development - CARE Research and Development Laboratory, UA Dr. David Brown has a lengthy and distinguished scientific reputation as a researcher, with an emphasis on factors involved in transportation-related injuries and other law-enforcement related computer applications. He designed and developed the Critical Analysis Reporting Environment (CARE), which won the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator’s Award in 1995, for innovation for its information mining capabilities. Prior to his ICRC-sponsored project being funded, his most recent traffic safety project, funded by NHTSA in 2002, was to develop a National Model Impaired Driver Access System. Dr. Brown is the major designer of the Alabama Law Enforcement Tactical System (LETS), an innovative software system that delivers vital information on drivers, defendants, and vehicles to local police and criminal justice agencies. Click here to learn more.
	Chalandra Matrice Bryant Bryant joined the Penn State faculty in 2003 after seven years at Iowa State University, where she was a postdoctoral fellow, an assistant professor and then associate professor. She was also a faculty affiliate in the Institute for Social and Behavioral Research. Bryant’s research focuses on the developmental roots through which individuals successfully initiate and sustain close relationships, particularly romantic relationships. She examines the manner in which young adults’ intimate relationships are influenced, either directly or indirectly, by specific characteristics in the family of origin. She is currently examining patterns of union formation among low-income Latino, African American, and Euro-American women. Through her work, Bryant has found a significant link between interactional processes in the family of origin and the quality of early adult romantic relationships. In line with this area of research, Bryant also explores how various domains of social support influence premarital and marital relationships.
	Laura Dreer, PhD Laura Dreer is originally from Birmingham, Michigan. She received her B.S. degree frem Central Michigan University (1995) majoring in psychology and triple minoring in gerontology, family studies, and child development. She continued her training by completing an M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology from the university of Hartford in Connecticut (1997) and then returned to Central Michigan University to pursue a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (1997-2002). She specialized in two complementary areas, rehabilitation and neuropsychology. As part of her doctoral requirements, she completed several practica at major academic medical centers (i.e. Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan) and a clinical medical psychology internship at Duke University Medical Center (concentrating in neuropsychology). After obtaining her Ph.D., Laura completed a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology at Duke University Medical Center (2002-2003) followed by an NIH Fellowship in Medical Rehabilitation Psychology (T32-HD07420) through the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2006). Laura's areas of clinical-research concentration are two fold: examining the role of problem solving strategies and psychoeducational interventions in the adjustment process to serious chronic medical conditions and evaluating impairment and recovery of competency (i.e., medical decision making, finances) in chronic health conditions. Her previous clinical-research has included spinal cord injury, chronic pain, brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, stroke, congestive hear failure, and Alzheimer's disease, and she is now extending her expertise in rehabilitation and neuropsychology to the field of low vision rehabilitation. Low vision rehabilitation as a field has not typically focused on the integration of psychological services into comprehensive rehabilitation care models for persons with irreversible vision impairment. Thus, Laura's focus in this area will be a welcome addition to the field. Laura also continues to collaborate with other neuropsychologists and psychologists to exam important aspects of competency related issues in medical populations. Dr. Dreer is an expert in problem-solving training (PST) which is an empirically-based training program used to enhance well-being and improve outcomes for various problems in everyday living. Applications of this training program have been successfully delivered by health professionals, researchers, and business professionals. Dr. Dreer is available on a consultation basis to train individuals or organizations interested in learning how to skillfully deliver PST. To schedule a training date or for further inquiries, please contact Dr. Dreer at dreer@uab.edu or (205) 325-8681.
	Tim Elliott Dr. Tim Elliott is an internationally recognized leader in rehabilitation psychology, having published more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals as author or co-author, and with more than 200 other scholarly articles, book chapters, presentations and other activities to his credit. A major area of research focus is personal and familial factors in adjustment following physical disability, chronic disease and ill health. He is principal investigator, in collaboration with the UAB ICRC, of clinical trials examining the effectiveness of problem-solving training for family caregivers of persons with spinal cord injury and women with physical disability. Dr. Elliott earned his BS from Freed-Hardeman University, then earned an MS in rehabilitation psychology at Auburn University and a PhD from the prestigious counseling psychology program at University of Missouri-Columbia. He is editor of the journal Rehabilitation Psychology, and has served as associate editor on several academic journals in the field of psychology as well as an editorial board member on others. He has also served as president, chair, and member of numerous professional and academic organizations. Dr. Elliott was one of the first diplomats from the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology, and he has been named a Fellow of three divisions within the American Psychological Association – Rehabilitation Psychology, Health Psychology, and Counseling Psychology. In 2004, he received the Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology from the Society of Counseling Psychology and in 2002, was the recipient of the Essie Morgan Lifetime Research Award from the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers. He was recognized in 1994 with The Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award from the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He has been selected for a number of other awards and honors, including Who’s Who and Outstanding Young Men in America.
	Dale S. Feldman Director, UAB ICRC Acute Care, Disability and Rehabilitation Research Domain Professor, UAB School of Engineering Dr. Feldman has served on the School of Engineering faculty, in Biomedical Engineering, since 1986 and previously was a member of the College of Engineering faculty, Bioengineering division, at Texas A&M. He has published more than 250 technical articles and reports. Dale Feldman's research interests include: biomaterials enhanced regeneration, tissue engineering, wound healing enhancement and characterization, tissue state and wound healing assessment, and degradable polymers for drug delivery systems and tissue scaffolds. Click here to learn more.
	Russ Fine, PhD, MSPH ICRC Director Emeritus Professor of Medicine, UAB School of Medicine Professor of Health Care Organization and Policy, UAB School of Public Health Dr. Russ Fine, an injury epidemiologist/biostatistician by training, is the founding director and principal investigator of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Injury Control Research Center (UAB ICRC). He supervises and directs the UAB ICRC's overall operations and has final responsibility for decisions regarding program, management, fiscal, and policy-related matters. Click here to learn more.

	John Lochman Professor Lochman is director of the Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems and co-developer of the "Coping Power" program to help treat persistent and disruptive aggressive behavior in children, both based at the University of Alabama. He is editor of Springer's Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology: An official publication of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. After earning his doctorate at the University of Connecticut, Lochmann came to the University of Alabama in 1998. He has published more than 150 scholarly articles, more than 75 book chapters and seven books. He is president of the American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
	Paul MacLennan Dr. MacLennan is an epidemiologist and is a Assistant Professor in UAB's Department of Surgery. Since January of 2003 he has worked under the combined mentorship of Drs. Rue and McGwin. During this period Dr. MacLennan has published several studies that have examined injury risks and injury related clinical research. Dr. MacLennan has expertise in study design and analysis, computer programming and interpretation of results
	Debra McCallum Head, ICRC Research Support Services Unit Director, Institute for Social Science Research Senior Research Social Scientist, Institute for Social Science Research Director, Capstone Poll, Institute for Social Science Research Dr. Debra McCallum, a Senior Research Social Scientist at the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Alabama, has a long and successful record of research, including two funded grant projects currently under way. She earned her BA magna cum laude in Psychology at Furman University, then earned both the MA and PhD in Social Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She began her professional academic career as an assistant professor of psychology at UAB, serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department for three years. In 1989, she assumed the duties of a Research Social Scientist at the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Alabama, and currently serves as both Interim Director and Senior Research Social Scientist at the Institute. She has dozens of peer-reviewed publications, technical reports and conference presentations to her credit, and maintains membership in several professional organizations in public opinion research and psychology. She is the head of the ICRC Research Support Services Unit.
	Gerald McGwin Director, UAB ICRC Prevention of Transportation-Related Injuries Research Domain Associate Director, UAB Center for Injury Sciences Dr. Gerald McGwin has a lengthy and distinguished scientific reputation as a researcher, with an emphasis on factors involved in transportation-related injuries. Dr. McGwin currently serves as the Associate Director for the Center of Injury Sciences at UAB as well as professor and vice-chairman of the School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology. In addition, he is also director of the CCTS doctoral program and co-leader of the CCTS’ Research Design and Biostatistics Component.
	Cynthia Owsley Cynthia Owsley was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and was raised in Philadelphia and southeastern Connecticut. She received her B.A. degree from Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1975) majoring in Psychology and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received the Ph.D. from Cornell University (1980) in Psychology, concentrating in the area of perceptual development. Following graduate school, Dr. Owsley did post-doctoral training in vision and aging at Northwestern University (1979-82) and also in epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998) where she received the M.S.P.H. Cynthia Owsley is Professor of Ophthalmology in the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is Director of the Clinical Research Unit in the Department of Ophthalmology, and also serves as Co-Director of the Center for Research on Applied Gerontology at UAB. Dr. Owsley has directed several projects funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Eye Institute on aging-related vision impairment, eye disease, and their impact on everyday life. Her research program has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1983. She served as the Chair of the Planning Panel on Vision Impairment and Rehabilitation for the National Eye Institute’s National Plan for 1999-2003, and served as a member of the Panel for the 2004-2009 Plan and 1993-1998 Plan. She is currently a member of the Editorial Boards of Vision Research and Current Eye Research, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America, is the recipient of the Glenn A. Fry Award from the American Optometric Foundation and the Bartimaeus Award from the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, and is Senior Scientific Investigator for Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. For the National Research Council, Dr. Owsley was previously a member of the Committee on Vision and Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Visual Impairments, and is currently Chairperson of the Committee for Safe Mobility of Older Persons of the Transportation Research Board. She is a consulting member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Panel on Ophthalmic Devices and a member of the External Advisory Committee of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at UCLA.
	Nancy Rhodes Nancy Rhodes is a social psychologist at IUPUI and previously worked with the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Alabama. She conducts research on persuasion and social influence processes in health-related behaviors. Specifically, she is interested in the processes that maintain and change behaviors such as cigarette smoking, risky driving among teens, and drunk driving among college students.
	David C Schwebel Dr. Schwebel is Vice Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Professor in the UAB School of Psychology. His research interests include understanding and preventing child and adolescent unintentional injury. Specific risk factors of interest include temperament, overestimation of physical ability, and parent-child relationships. I am also interested in injury prevention, with specific foci in using virtual reality to train children in pedestrian safety and improving adult supervision of children at swimming pools and playgrounds. Secondary broad interest areas include temperamental and cognitive development, child clinical psychology, and pediatric psychology.