Tapan Mehta, Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Research
Research interests: Cardiometabolic conditions, disability, and rehabilitation in primary care settings including evaluating and optimizing interventions and care processes in pragmatic settings with an overall goal of developing sustainable and scalable intervention packages
Kaylee Crockett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Health Psychologist
Clinical Scientist
Research interests: Social and behavioral processes of chronic illnesses, ameliorating psychosocial factors that contribute to poor health outcomes and multimorbidity among populations living with and at risk for HIV.
Jamie Gajos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Substance misuse and health-risk behaviors in justice-involved and other vulnerable populations; intensive longitudinal data analysis; geospatial analysis; mHealth interventions
Jessica Jaiswal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Benjamin-Carver Scientist
Research interests: Treatment disparities related to opioid use disorder and along the HIV care and prevention continua
Drew Sayer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Nutrition, exercise, obesity, and diabetes research spanning from short-term, controlled feeding studies to longer duration, comparative effectiveness trials for weight loss and maintenance
Taylor Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Benjamin-Carver Scientist
Research interests: Impact of exercise on neuroinflammation in older adults with fibromyalgia
Haoyang Yan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Cognitive and social psychology of medical decision making, patient/family-provider communication, decision intervention, decisions ranging from preference-sensitive ones to those with an evidence-based optimal choice
Salma Aly, M.D., MPH
Data Scientist
Vasil Bachiasvili, Ph.D.
Data Scientist
Navneet Baidwan, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Design Analytics Core
Kiu Chui, Ph.D., R.D.
Postdoctoral Assistant
Laronica Conway
Program Manager
Katie Ellison, Ph.D., RDN, LDN
Postdoctoral Assistant
Aseel El Zein, Ph.D., MS, RDN
Scientist & Program Director, Clinical Research
Research interests: Nutrition, cardiometabolic health (including obesity and type 2 diabetes), health disparities, and telehealth. Aiming to enhance patient outcomes through behavior change and digital health strategies, supported by robust clinical trials with a focus on underserved populations.
Tejossy John, MPH
Research Scholar
Druss Hays
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Mari Katundu, MS
Researcher
Rebekah Kummer
Research Writer
Tanjila Nawshin, Ph.D.
Student Assistant
Chelsi Reynolds, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Rebecca Rogers, MS
Scientist II
Devon Roper, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator