The UCEM interdisciplinary team brings together investigators, departments, and schools from across campus for a multi-science approach. The overall goal is to determine how we can best intervene with exercise in specific disease states to have the greatest impact on quality of life.
Aban, Inmaculada, MS, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Research focus: Statistical methods in clinical trials, survival and reliability analysis, analysis of pool screening and count data, goodness-of-fit and model diagnostics, inference for heavy tail distribution
Affuso, H Olivia, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Research focus: Pediatric obesity, health behavior
Alexander, Matthew S., PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Neurology, Children's of Alabama
Research Focus: Non-coding RNAs as modifiers of neuromuscular disease; epigenetic regulation of normal and disease muscle; generation, characterization, and therapeutic drug screening of noval zebrafish models of human neuromuscular diseases
Allendorfer, Jane, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Recovery in post-stroke aphasia, epilepsy
Amara, Amy, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Parkinsons disease, sleep disorders
Asif, Irfan, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Sports and Exercise Medicine, family medicine, several domains within sports cardiology with an emphasis on combating physical inactivity for the prevention of cardiometabolic disease, prevention and treatment of disease through lifestyle and exercise medicine
Austad, Steven, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Science
Research focus: Biology of aging; evolution of life histories
Ayers, Douglas, PhD
Associate Professor of Business, Collat School of Business
Research focus: Marketing, Marketing management
Bakitas, Marie, DNSc, CRNP
Professor, School of Nursing
Research focus: Early palliative care; neuropathic pain; advance care planning; communicating values and preferences of care; informed decision making and decision support; tele-health; rural palliative care; caregiver research; care of older adults; oncology palliative care; intervention development; mixed methods and qualitative research methods; and management
Ball, Karlene K, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Research focus: Aging, Cognitive decline
Ballinger, Scott, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Div. of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Academic Joint Departments
Research focus: Environmental cardiology, free radical biology, mitochondrial function
Bamman, Marcas M, PhD
Professor, Depts of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology; Medicine; and Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Muscle biology, musculoskeletal function and disease
Barnes, Margaux, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Research focus: Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, health promoting behaviors, lean body mass, Health behaviors, Quality of life
Baskin, Monica, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Div of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Culturally-relevant behavioral interventions for cancer prevention/control and obesity prevention/treatment; minority health & health disparities
Bertrand, Brenda, PhD
Professor, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Changes in dietary intake during pain crisis associated with sickle cell disease
Bhatnagar, Sushant, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Research focus: Diabetes, obesity, the role of tomosyn in insulin secretion, the role of complement 1q-like 3 (C1qI3) protein in beta-cell function
Bhatt, Surya, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: COPD, Pulmonary hypertension
Bittner, Vera, MD, MSPH
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
Bowen, Pamela, PhD, CRNP
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Research focus: Reducing obesity related health conditions and obesity health disparities among African Americans; minority aging; physical activity promotion; and system level health policy research
Bowman, Ella, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Research focus: Geriatric Medicine, Transitions of Care, Delirium, Dementia, Low Health Literacy, Complex Care Coordination, Hospital ConsultationTransitions of Care, Delirium, Dementia, Low Health Literacy, Complex Care Coordination, Hospital Consultation
Braswell-Christy, Jennifer, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Visual acuity for children, vestibular hypofunction, PT for children with severe cerebral palsy
Bridges, S. Louis, Jr., MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Director, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Rheumatoid arthritis, Clinical immunology
Buford, Thomas, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Research focus: Preserving the health and independence of older adults through interdisciplinary research broadly related to the prevention of age-related physical disability
Casazza, Krista, PhD, RD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Research focus: Childhood obesity
Combs, Bryan, MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CNL, ATC
Instructor, Nursing Family, Community & Health Systems, School of Nursing
Research focus: Orthopedics; Occupational Health; The Industrial Athlete; Exercise Medicine; Sport Related Concussions; Family Healthcare
Cowan, Rachel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine
Research focus: Spinal Cord Injury, Exercise, Fitness, Activities of Daily Living, Wheelchairs, Mobility, Functional Independence, Outcome Measures
Cutter, Gary R, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Research focus: Biostatistics/Epidemiology, clinical trials and community studies; chronic disease epidemiology; largescale data bases, multiple sclerosis, data and safety monitoring, neurological diseases
DeBerry, Jennifer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Pain, Urinary Bladder, Optogenetics, Sensory Processing
Dell'Italia, Louis J, MD
Professor, Deptartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Heart failure, mitral valve disease
Demark-Wahnefried, Wendy, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Behavioral interventions for breast cancer survivors
Deshane, Jessy, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Inflammatory diseases
Dransfield, Mark T., MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer
Dreer, Laura, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Rehabilitation, adjustment to chronic health conditions; development of health promotion interventions for patients and family caregivers
Durant, Nefertiti, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Research focus: Physical activity, health effects of obesity in youth
Dutton, Gareth R., PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine
Research focus: Lifestyle interventions for weight loss, physical activity and diabetes prevention
Eberhardt, Alan W, PhD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Research focus: Orthopedic biomechanics, injury biomechanics
Echt, Katherina, PhD
Associate Professor, Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging, School of Medicine
Research focus: Sensory, cognitive and psychosocial determinants of older adults' health self-management capacities as targets for rehabilitation interventions
Enah Comfort, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, Community Health Outcomes and Systems Dept, School of Nursing
Research focus: HIV Prevention
Evans, Retta, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Health Promotion
Fisher, Gordon, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research Focus: Exercise intensity, insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial function
Fontaine, Kevin, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health
Research focus: Exercise treatment for inflammatory diseases of joints
Frank, Stuart J, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research focus: Growth hormone, diabetes, metabolism
Gamble, Karen L., PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Circadian rhythms, biological clocks, shift work, entrainment, suprachiasmatic nucleus
Garvey, W Timothy, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Insulin resistance, type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome
Geisinger, Maria L, DDS
Professor, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry
Research focus: Periodontology, oral surgery
Gilbert, Shawn, MD
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Research focus: Translational research to improve healing of bone and growth plate injuries, and investigations on the role of vasculature in skeletal development and regeneration.
Goldberg, Matthew, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Animal models of Parkinson's disease
Goodin, Burel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Research focus: Endogenous pain modulation, neuroendocrinology, racial and ethnic disparities in pain, biopsychosocial model of chronic pain
Gower, Barbara A, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Dietary and physiologic determinants of chronic disease
Graham, Zachary, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Role of skeletal muscle paralysis in changing muscle and systemic metabolism
Gray, Stephen, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
Research focus: Liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery, outcomes research, health disparities research
Habegger, Kirk M. PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine
Research focus: Diabetes, obesity, energy metabolism
Halade, Ganesh, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cardiovascular sciences, obesity and remodeling
Hall, Sean, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Education, counseling
Hanaoka, Beatriz Y, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
Research focus: Skeletal muscle, rheumatic diseases and metabolism
Harris, W. Thomas, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics-Pulmonary, Childrens Ambulatory Care Center, School of Medicine
Research focus: Pediatric pulmonary disease
Hill, James, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Weight management
Hites, Lisle, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health
Research focus: State and local public health
Howard, Virginia, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Research focus: Stroke epidemiology
Hunter, Gary R, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Energetics, body composition, obesity, aging
Hurt, Christopher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Mechanisms of reduced mobility by older adults and individuals with neurological disorders
Ithurburn, Matthew P., PT, PhD, DPT
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Knee and hip injury outcomes, biomechanics, and rehabilitation
Jackson, Elizabeth, MD
Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cardiovascular disease, Women's heart health, Digital health trends and eHealth, Preventive medicine, Diabetes, Health promotion
Javed, Amjad, PhD
Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry
Research focus: Genetic control of skeleton formation & remodeling
Johnson, Walter, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatric, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Congenital heart disease
Keyser, Kent T, PhD
Assistant Vice President for Research
Research focus: Vision Science
Khass, Mohamed, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Elucidating the mechanisms used to control the development of the antibody repertoire and their role in the pathogenesis of diseases of immune function
Kilgore, James R, PhD, PA-C
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Division of Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Clinical medicine and research
Kimberly, Robert, MD
Howard L. Holley Professore and Division Director, Division of Immunology/Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Lupus, arthritis, systemic vasculitis
King, Peter H. MD
Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: ALS
Lau, Yung, MD
Professor & Associate Director, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Research focus: Congenital heart disease
Lazar, Ronald M., PhD
Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Director, UAB McKnight Brain Institute
Research focus: Effects of vascular malformations, carotid artery disease, and endocrine abnormalities on brain function; potentially reversible forms of cognitive impairment; promoting cognitive resilience with aging
Li Li, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Mood Disorders, Opioids Dependence
Lin, Chen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Stroke outcomes, Stroke recovery, Stroke Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Neuroplasticity, Neuroimaging, Mood disorders
Locher, Julie L, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cancer, nutrition, lifestyle interventions
Lowman, John D Jr, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Pulmonary disease
Loyaga-Rendon, Renzo, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Heart failure, Pulmonary vascular disease
Lubin, Farah, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Learning, memory and synaptic plasticity; epigenetics, non-coding RNAs; gene transcription; epilepsy disorders; neurodevelopment and developmental disabilities
Markland, Alayne, DO
Associate Professor, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, School of Medicine
Research focus: Bladder health, Bowel health, Urinary incontinence, Lower urinary tract symptoms in men and women, Pelvic floor disorders, bowel symptoms including constipation and fecal incontinence
McDonald, Merry-Lynn, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Research focus: Network medicine approaches to Cachexia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
McGwin, Gerald, MS, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Research focus: Biostatistics
McLain, Amie B, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine
Research focus: Spinal Cord Injury
McMahon-Wakefield, Lori, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
Research focus: Neuroscience, aging, cognition
Menear, Kristi, PhD
Professor, Depaartment of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Movement disorders in children
Messina, Joseph L
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Research focus: Insulin and growth hormone action, insulin and GH resistance following trauma and infection
Miltner, Rebecca, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Research focus: Work hazards, incorporating quality and safety in the nursing workforce
Moellering, Douglas, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Metabolism, diabetes, aging, mitochonddrial physiology, and redox biology
Moradi, Lee, PhD, PE
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering
Research focus: Dynamics, Mechatronics, Mechanical Vibrations, Systems Engineering, Finite Element Methods
Morris, Cody, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Impact of tactical occupations in different environmental conditions; ergonomics and physical fitness; and improvement of cardiovascular disease risk factors through methods of exercise programming
Motl, Robert, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, SCI, Aging, Cognition and Mobility, Health promoting behaviors, particularly exercise, Behavioral interventions, Theory-based interventions
Mountz, John D, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Aging and immune senescence
Nagy, Timothy R, PhD
Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Obesity and cancer
Namakkal-Soorappan, Rajeskaran, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Reductive stress in the heart, aging heart and skeletal muscle
Ovalle, Fernando, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine
Research focus: Diabetes mellitus, metabolism
Overton, Edgar, MD
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Research focus: Infectious diseases
Partridge, Edward, MD
Professor Emeritus, OB/GYN, School of Medicine
Research focus: Health disparities
Patel, Rakesh, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Research focus: Cardiovascular disease, free radical biology
Pekmezi, Dorothy, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health
Research focus: Chronic disease prevention and health communication
Plaisance, Eric, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Obesity, metabolic disease, nutritional physiology
Pogwizd, Steven, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cardiovascular disease
Pollio, David, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Social Work, College of Arts and Science
Research focus: Mental health and addiction services
Powell, Danielle, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, School of Medicine
Research focus: Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Botox, Electromyography
Prabhu, Sumanth, MD
Professor and Director, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Cardiovascular disease
Ramanadham, Sasanka, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Research focus: Role of lipid mediators in signal transduction
Richman, Joshua, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Health services research, biostatistics
Riddle, Nicole, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Research focus: Epigenetics and chromatin
Rimmer, James, PhD
Professor, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Exercise intervention and disabilities
Rogers, Laura, MD
Professor, Preventive Medicine , Department of Medicine
Research focus: Exercise measurement, promotion, and benefits in cancer survivors
Rowe, Glenn C. PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: How exercise influences mitochondrial remodeling
Saag, Kenneth G, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Bone & joint diseases, outcomes and effectiveness research
Saag, Michael, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Research focus: HIV / AIDS; Hepatitis B and C virus infections.
Sandroff, Brian M, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Effects of physical fitness, physical activity, and exercise on cognition and brain health in persons with multiple sclerosis
Sasse Mark, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Coronary artery angioplasty, catheterization and X-ray
Sayer, Drew, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Obesity, weight loss interventions
Serra, Rosa, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology
Research focus: Musculoskeletal disorders, osteoarthritis, lumbar disc disease
Schwebel, David, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Research focus: Child and adolescent unintentional injury
Schwiebert, Lisa M, PhD
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology; and Associate Dean, Graduate School
Research focus: Asthma, pulmonary fibrosis
Shalev, Anath, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, School of Medicine
Research focus: Molecular biology of diabetes, beta cell biology, apoptosis, oxidative stress, transcriptional regulation of gene expression, diabetes complications
Shelton, Richard, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Behavioral Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorder
Shikany, James M, DrPH
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine
Research focus: Diet, physical activity, and epidemiology and prevention of chronic disease
Singh, Jasvinder, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Knee and Hip arthroplasty, rheumatology
Skidmore, Frank, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Movement
Standaert, David G, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology and Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, School of Medicine
Research focus: Parkinson's disease, movement disorders
Swanson, Mark, OD, MSPH
Professor, Department of Optometry, School of Optometry
Research focus: Vision disorders among elderly, retinal disease
Taub, Edward, PhD
University Professor, Department of Psycology
Research focus: Constraint-Induced movement therapy
Theiss, Steven M. MD.
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine
Research focus: Orthopaedic surgery, musculoskeletal problems
Uswatte, Gitendra, PhD
Professor, Psychology; Physical Therapy
Research focus: Development of real-world measures of motor behavior
Vogtle, Laura, PhD
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Rehabilitation for movement disorders
Vohra, Yogesh, PhD
Professor, Associate Dean, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Science
Research focus: Nanoscale materials
Walker, Harrison C, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Parkinson's disease
Watts, Ray L, MD
President, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Research focus: Parkinson's disease
Weise, Katherine K, OD, MBA
Professor, Department of Optometry, School of Optometry
Research focus: Pediatric eye disease, traumatic brain injury, sports-related concussion
Wende, Adam R, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Academic Joint Departments
Research focus: Glucose utilization, fatty acid metabolism
Wesselmann, Ursula, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Urogenital and pelvic pain in women, pain in breast cancer survivors
Wick, Timothy, PhD
Professor and Dean, School of Engineering
Research focus: Cartilage tissue engineering, cartilage repair and transdermal drug delivery
Wilkinson, Larrell, PhD, MSPH, CHES
Associate Professor, Department of Human Studies, School of Education
Research focus: Dietary, physical activity and lifestyle behaviors
Williams, Grant R., MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology & Gerontology
Research focus: Refining treatment selection and improving outcomes of older adults with cancer
Windham, Samuel III, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Trauma Section, School of Medicine
Research focus: Trauma, burns, skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Wingate, Martha, DrPH
Associate Professor, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health
Research focus: Maternal and child health policy
Willig, Amanda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Research focus: HIV and physical activity
Wingo, Brooks, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Behavioral interventions for obesity
Yarar, Ceren, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Research focus: Muscle biology, muscle protein, spinal cord injury
Young, Martin E. PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, School of Medicine
Research focus: Myocardial metabolism, physical activity
Yuen, Hon, PhD
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions
Research focus: Exercise treatments for chronic conditions
Zayzafoon, Majd, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
Research focus: Prostate Cancer and Bone Metastasis
Zinski, Anne, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine
Research focus: HIV and physical activity