Michael Yassa
Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow · UC Irvine
Michael Yassa is interested in how learning and memory mechanisms are altered in aging and neuropsychiatric disease.
Neurobiology and Behavior Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Memory and Disease Memory Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Sharon Collison
Clinical Instructor, Health Behavior and Nutrition Science · University of Delaware
Sharon Collison provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT) in University of Delaware's Nutrition Clinic.
Weight/Health at Every Size Weight Management Sports Nutrition Healthy Aging Eating Disorders
Monique Mitchell Turner
Chair of the Department of Communication · Michigan State University
Monique Mitchell Turner is trained in persuasion and employs that expertise in health and risk communication.
Risk Perception Persuasion Cognitive Processing Social Influence Emotion
Lauren Beverung, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor · Milwaukee School of Engineering
Dr. Lauren Beverung holds degrees in developmental psychology and human development & family sciences.
Research Methods Grief and Bereavement Child Development Psychology Parent-Child Relationships and Parenting
Harsh Bais
Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences · University of Delaware
Prof. Bais conducts research in plant signaling – how plants recognize and communicate with one another.
Plant-Microbe Interactions Plant Biology Plant Signaling Root Exudation Plant and Soil Sciences and Horticulture
Ana Maria Porras
Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Ana Maria Porras studies how the microbe and tropical parasites interact with human tissues.
Global Health Science Communication Tropical Infections Gut Microbiome Microbiology
Michael Hamblin, PhD
Principal Investigator, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital · Associate Professor, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Hamblin's research interests are now broadly in the area of phototherapy for multiple diseases
Microscopy Molecular Biology Photomedicine Flourescence Microscopy Biotechnology
Stephen Eppes, M.D.
Associate Infection Prevention Officer and Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist · ChristianaCare
Dr. Stephen Eppes is the associate infection prevention officer and pediatric infectious disease specialist at ChristianaCare.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pediatrics
Zhiyong Xi
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics · Michigan State University
Expert in controlling Zika, Malaria and Dengue fever
Dengue Fever Microbiology Disease Control and Prevention Disease Transmission Dynamics Mosquito-Human Transferrable Diseases
LeRoi Hicks, M.D., MPH, MACP
President, ChristianaCare, Wilmington campus · ChristianaCare
Dr. Hicks is the recipient of numerous clinical and research awards and is nationally known for his research on health care disparities.
Social Determinants of Health/Health Disparities Medicine Chronic Disease Internal Medicine Health Equity
Dr. Shruti Gohil
Associate Medical Director, Epidemiology & Infection Prevention · UCI Health
Dr. Shruti K. Gohil is an infectious disease specialist in Orange, California and is affiliated with one hospital.
Epidemiology of Sepsis Infection Prevention Clinical infectious diseases Hospital Epidemiology Sociodemographic
Norman Beatty
M.D./Assistant Professor · University of Florida
Dr. Norman Beatty studies neglected tropical diseases, such as Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, cysticercosis and snake envenomation.
Borreliosis Ehrlichiosis Tick-borne Diseases Snake Envenomation Leishmaniasis
Sophia Lunt
Assistant Professor · Michigan State University
The Lunt Lab focuses on understanding the role of metabolism in supporting cancer proliferation, heterogeneity, and metastasis.
Cells Metabolomics Molecular Biology Mass Spectrometry LC-MS
George Mias
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · Michigan State University
Expert on personalized medicine, big data.
Physics Astronomy Pediatrics Human Development Quantitative Genetics
Jeffrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Communication Studies · Vanderbilt University
Medical humanities expert who specializes in health, citizenship, LGBT/queer studies, cultural studies and rhetorical theory and criticism.
Queer Healthcare Queer vernacular LGBTQ Health HIV Prevention HIV & AIDS
Connie Mulligan
Professor · University of Florida
Connie Mulligan is interested in understanding patterns of human genetic variation with implications for human health and evolution.
Syrian Refugees Impact of Stress Complex Phenotypes Influence of Genetics on Response to Trauma and Stress Epigenetic Analysis
Professor Claire Surr
Professor of Dementia Studies and Director of the Centre for Dementia Research · Leeds Beckett University
Her research addresses care and support for people living with dementia and those who care for them.
General Hospitals Social Care Patient Support Carers Dementia
Russell Lonser
Professor and Chair I Department of Neurological Surgery · The Ohio State University
Dr. Lonser’s research interests include development of direct nervous system drug delivery paradigms for targeted therapy.
Neoplasia Syndromes Tumor Biology Nervous System Hippel-Lindau Disease Brain, Brainstem and Spinal Cord Tumors
Malú Gámez Tansey
Professor/Co-Director · University of Florida
Malú Gámez Tansey researches how the immune system protects or predisposes us to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and frontotemporal dementia.
FTD Parkinson's Gut-brain Axis Neuroinflammation Neurodegeneration
Erin Kavanaugh, M.D., FAAFP
Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine; Physician Executive, Complex Primary Care and Community Medicine · ChristianaCare
Dr. Erin Kavanaugh is a family medicine residency leader at ChristianaCare.
Health Equity Family Medicine Faculty Development Residency Training Graduate Medical Education