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Mark Abkowitz
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation, and impacts of extreme weather on infrastructure adaptation.
Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Enterprise Risk Management Spatial Analysis Infrastructure Resilience Risk Assessment Risk Management Risk Assessment and Management Freight Transportation Disaster Preparedness Hazardous materials transportation
Samar Ali
Research Professor of Political Science and Law
Expert in the intersection of conflict mediation, national security, economic development and human rights.
Human Rights National Security Polarization Cybersecurity Law and Government Middle East Conflict Resolution International Affairs Economic Development
Hiba Baroud
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expert in risk, reliability and resilience of critical infrastructure against climate change and natural disasters, particularly flooding.
Climate Change Flood Mitigation Natural Disasters Resilience modeling Interdependent Systems Data Analytics Critical Infrastructure Modeling Risk Analysis Risk-informed decision analysis Statistical Modeling climate and climate change Disaster Recovery Flooding
Jeffrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
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 PrEP Diabetes Rhetoric and HIV Rhetoric and Disease Rhetoric of Diabetes Management Rhetoric Medical Humanities
Michael Burcham
Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship and Faculty Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship
Expert in the business of healthcare and entrepreneurial development.
Business Economics Startup Incubators Healthcare business strategy Entrepreneurship Venture Capital
Erin Calipari
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Expert in the neuroscience of mental illness and addiction, including gender differences.
Opioids adaptive processes self-administered drugs Dopamine Addiction and Recovery Brain Behavior Medicine and Drugs Addiction Neuroscience Brain Addictive Behavior associative learning Pharmacology neural signals maladaptive processes
Ken Catania
Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences
Expert on sensory systems' impact on animal behavior, particularly naked mole rats, star-nosed moles, cockroaches and eels.
spatial maps rodents Biological Sciences neural processing mammals Nature star-nose mole naked mole rats Animal Behavior Eels Cockroaches Moles Animal sensory systems star-nosed mole electric eels Evolution visual cortex evolution of mammals Foraging sensory cortex
Ellen Clayton
Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Law; Professor of Health Policy
World-renowned medical ethicist working at the intersection of law, medicine and public health, with a focus on genetics.
Gender and the Law Legal and Ethical Issues in Children's and Women's Health Research Ethics Genetics and Health Policy Medical Ethics General Pediatrics Gene Editing Genetic Privacy Biomedical Ethics and Law Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by Genetics Genetics Public Health Law Family Law
Josh Clinton
Abby and Jon Winkelried Professor of Political Science
Polling expert who uses statistical methods to explain political processes. Co-directs the Vanderbilt Poll.
Voters Tennessee politics Polling American Politics Political polls Political Climate in Tennessee Political Methodology Public Opinion Voter Behavior and Attitudes
Bruce Compas
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Professor of Pediatrics, Co-Director of Clinical Psychology Training, and Director of Psychology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
An expert on how stress affects the physical and mental health of children and families, and the power of coping and preventative measures.
Neurocognitive Deficits Depression Stress Coping and Resilience Huntington Disease Childhood Cancer Survivorship Sickle Cell Disease Coping Strategies Behavior Management Parents and families Physical health Social-Emotional functioning Cognition Mental Health Coping with Acute and Chronic Illness Brain Tumors Pediatric Cancer Stress Cognitive - Behavioral Interventions
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