Disease Experts

Visiting Professor of LawUC Hastings College of the Law

Contacts: schwartr@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8947 / Office 603G-200

Health LawBioethicsHealth Care Decision-MakingLegislative Process and ProcedureTort Law

ProfessorUniversity of Delaware

Expert in the short- & long-term neurological health effects of Concussion and contact sports participation (e.g., Football, Hockey, Soccer)

Long Term effects of ConcussionConcussion Research

Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Public Health; Director of Environmental Health ScienceBaylor University

Leading interdisciplinary expert water quality, environmental contaminants & sustainability issues in rapidly urbanizing areas

Environmental Health, Risk & ContaminantsUrbanization & SustainabilityWater Quality and Water Reuse

Distinguished ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Almut Winterstein is an expert in drug safety and ways to improve medication use.

Medical MarijuanaHealthcare QualityDrug Use in Maternal and Child HealthMedical Marijuana SafetyPharmacoepidemiology

CEOInfonaut

CEO at Infonaut Inc. - Evidence-based Hospital Infection Control

Infection ControlInfectious DiseasesConcept to CommercializationHospital Hand Hygiene ComplianceDisease Surveillance

Associate Infection Prevention Officer at ChristianaCareChristianaCare

Infectious diseases physician and epidemiologist specializing in infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement.

Infection PreventionAntimicrobial StewardshipEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesHealthcare-associated Infections

Associate Professor of Philosophy and BioethicsUniversity of Rochester

Richard Dees' research and teaching interests are in public health ethics, neuroethics, and political philosophy.

NeuroethicsPublic Health EthicsPolitical Philosophy

Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of NursingUC Irvine

Dr. Nyamathi conducts studies among vulnerable groups, including homeless, drug-addicted and incarcerated persons and gay/bisexual youth.

Vulnerable PopulationsTuberculosisRole of NursingHiv/AidsHepatitis

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Whitney Stoppel focuses on transport in biological systems, biomolecular engineering, and natural biopolymer characterization.

NanomaterialsSurgical MaterialsSilk FibersSilk FibroinBiomaterials

Interventional Cardiologist, Medical Director CardiacIntensive Care UnitChristianaCare

Sandra Weiss is an interventional cardiologist, with a special interest in both coronary and peripheral interventions.

General CardiologyInterventional CardiologyPeripheral Vascular InterventionCardiac Hemodynamics and ShockMechanical Circulatory Support

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