Experts
Caroline Reich, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Breast cancer
- Early detection of cancer
- Mammography screening
- Women's health
- Radiology
- Breast imaging
Laura Rogers, MD, MPH, FACP, FACSM
Areas of Expertise:
- internal medicine and obesity
- Exercise in cancer survivors
- Obesity medicine and weight management
Stephen Russell, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Annual physicals
- Primary physician care
- Primary care for adults and children
- Vaccinations
- Urgent care for flu, upper respiratory infections, etc.
- Preventive care for adults
Kenneth Saag, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Rheumatic diseases such as arthritis, gout, osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis diagnosis, treatment and research
- Treatment and research surrounding rheumatic diseases
Isabel Scarinci, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- HPV vaccines
- Cancer prevention
- Minority health
- Health disparities
David Schwebel, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Pedestrian safety
- Child injury prevention
- Texting & walking
- Child gun safety
- Playground safety
- Technology-based injury intervention & prevention
- Agricultural injuries including ATV, tractor and farm equipment accidents
Anath Shalev, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Diabetes research, drug discovery, and novel treatment approaches
- Beta cell and islet biology
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- microRNAs
Samantha J. Shebib, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Interpersonal communication
- Family communication
- Dark side of communication
- Instructional communication
- Health communication
- Advanced Statistics
Richard Shelton, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Depression
- Suicide
- Bipolar disorder
- Mood disorders
- Experimental therapeutics
- Biomarker identification
Sandra Sims, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Quality physical education programs
- Integrated physical education and health education
- Health & wellness
Virginia Sisiopiku, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Traffic Planning & Operations
- Transportation Safety
- Pedestrian Behavior & Safety
- Driver Distraction
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Sustainable Transportation Systems
- Evacuation Methods
Tedra Smith, DNP
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatrics
- Emergency pediatric medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Adolescent health
Erin Snyder, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Women's Health
- Men's Health
- Internal medicine
- Primary care
- Medical education
Patricia Speck, DNSc, CRNP
Areas of Expertise:
- Child abuse
- Sexual assault
- Domestic violence
- Child abuse prevention
- Domestic violence and sexual assault prevention
- PTSD
- Helping survivors of child abuse, domestic violence or sexual assault recover and thrive
David Standaert, M.D., Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Movement disorders
- Parkinson’s disease
- Neurodegenerative diseases
Brian Steele, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- American Revolution and early republic
- Nationalism
- Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln
Erica Stringer-Reasor, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Breast cancer
- Women’s health
- Developmental therapeutics
- Targeted therapies
Angela Sullivan, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Suicide prevention interventions
- Mental health
- Health behavior
Steven Theiss, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Back, neck and spine orthopaedics
- Spine surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Spinal health
- Spinal trauma
- Spinal cord injury
S. Justin Thomas
Areas of Expertise:
- Sleep
- Sleep research and treatment
- Sleep trends
- Circadian rhythm
Mieke Beth Thomeer, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Caregiving around Mental and Physical Health Issues
- Same-sex and Different-sex Marriages in Midlife
- Social and Family Relationships and Health
Trygve Tollefsbol, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Epigenetics
- Cancer Origin
- Diet and Cancer Prevention
- Gene Regulation
- Underlying Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging
- Novel Therapeutic Approaches to Cancer
Rodney Tucker, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Palliative care in chronic illnesses such as heart failure and HIV
- Palliative and Supportive Care and Hospice
- Patient- and family- centered care and patient experience
- Relieving suffering and quality of life for patients facing serious illnesses, as well as supporting their families
Jeffery Walker, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Neighborhoods and crime
- Police law
- Computer forensics and investigations
Eric Wallace, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Telehealth
- Nephrology
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Fabry disease
- Rural Health
- Diabetes
Stephenie Wallace, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Childhood obesity — diagnosing and treatment
- Adolescent health
- Healthy habits for children
Gary Warner
Director of Research in Computer Forensics
Areas of Expertise:
- Cyber crime
- Malware and phishing
- Spam
Tara Warner, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Victimization
- Sexual risk-taking
- Neighborhoods
- Substance use
- Gun ownership
Stephen Watts, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Aquatic and Marine Science
- Aquaculture
- Medical Application of Aquatic Animal Models
- Aquatic Nutrition Science
Kathy Weise, O.D., MBA, FAAO
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric eye care
- Concussions
- Effects of mild traumatic brain injuries
- Ocular injuries
Brynn Welch, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Biomedical Ethics
- Family Ethics
- Educational Justice
Richard Whitley, M.D.
Associate Director, Drug Discovery and Development, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Areas of Expertise:
- Pediatric infectious diseases – treatment and prevention
- Herpes virus
- Virology
- Gene therapy
- Pandemic flu
Jeff Wickliffe, Ph.D.
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- Environmental health
- Air and water pollution
- Food safety
- Health risk assessment
- Exposure science
- Maternal and child health
- Environmental factors affecting cancer, neurological and neurodevelopmental diseases
Audra Williams, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Abnormal uterine bleeding and fibroids
- Women’s reproductive health
- Family planning
- Sexual health
- Perimenopause and menopause
Martha Wingate, DrPH
Chair
Areas of Expertise:
- Maternal and child health-public health
- Maternal morbidity and mortality
- Birth outcomes
- Public health systems and policy
Holly Wyatt, M.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Obesity
- Nutrition
- Metabolism
- Physical activity
- Weight loss and regulation
- Wellness
- Endocrinology
- Internal medicine
Stephanie Yates, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Financial Education
- Budgeting
- Personal Finance
- Money Management
- Finance for Underserved Communities
Yusen Zhai, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Mental health
- Telehealth
- Health disparities
- Outcomes research in mental health
- Epidemiology and infectious disease
- Social justice advocacy
Kristina Zierold, Ph.D.
Areas of Expertise:
- Climate change
- Air pollution
- Coal ash pollution
- Water contamination
- Enviornmental and social justice