Researchers Providing Opportunities for Students
Center for Health Policy, Planning and Research, COM
Amy E Kinner, MS
Research Associate/Epidemiologist
Expertise: Epidemiology, health policy; survey research; evaluation of public health programs; management and analysis of health data More...
Department of Anatomy, COM
David M. Koester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Vertebrate anatomy, human embryology, cartilaginous fishes (sharks, skates and rays). More...
Mark Schuenke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Expertise: Skeletal muscle physiology, with particular emphasis on aging, diabetes, or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine More...
Department of Biological Sciences, CAS
Michael J. Angelichio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Bacterial pathogenesis and molecular biological techniques used to answer questions regarding how pathogens are able to cause disease and avoid host immune responses. More...
A. Christine Brown, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Osmotic and ionic regulation and metabolism of crustaceans; physiological ecology of marine invertebrates; respiratory physiology, developmental biology; examination of effects of diet on metabolism and development of juvenile lobsters; examination of development of osmoregulation in decapod crustaceans. More...
Frank J. Daly, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Local cellular interactions in the vertebrate retina; physiological function and biochemical composition of specific cell sub-types of retinal ganglion cells; cellular immuno-cytochemistry and identification of unique intrinsic markers for the different sub-types of retinal cells. More...
Markus Frederich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Temperature physiology; polar biology; energy metabolism; crustacean biology; marine invertebrates. More...
Geoffrey K. Ganter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Neurobiology, molecular biology, cell biology. More...
Kathryn A. Ono, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Behavioral ecology and animal behavior, marine mammal behavior and biology, marine mammal policy, evolution. More...
David A. Sandmire, M.D., M.A.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Physiology, pathophysiology, neuroscience, cardiovascular physiology; impact of learning style on collaborative problem-solving. More...
James Sulikowski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Life history and population dynamics of sharks, skates, and rays; composition and spatial/temporal distribution of fish communities; physiological responses to stress and how this influences by-catch mortality; environmental adaptations in fish; conservation of fish communities; and trophic interactions between fish species. More...
Steven Edward Travis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Molecular ecology; population, community, and landscape genetics More...
Stephan I. Zeeman, PhD
Professor
Expertise: Oceanography, phytoplankton, primary production, remote sensing, geographic information systems, Bering Sea ecosystems. More...
Gregory P. Zogg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Terrestrial and wetland plant ecology; soil microbiology and plant physiology; carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry. More...
Department of Chemistry and Physics, CAS
Amy M. Deveau, Ph.D., Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Small molecule design, synthesis, & spectroscopic characterization; synthesis of biologically active, nitrogen-containing heterocycles with applications to chemotherapy and pain; the design and synthesis of exotic amino acids; total synthesis of natural products; design and semi-synthesis of novel opioids; molecular modeling. More...
Jerome Mullin, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Expertise: Analytical chemistry; spectroscopic methods of analysis; fluorescence and chemiluminescence; environmental analysis; clinical analysis. More...
John M. Stubbs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Thermodynamic and physical properties of liquid mixtures; molecular simulation; quantum chemical calculations; GNU/Linux operating systems. More...
Mark A. Sweezy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Enzymology; Protein Chemistry; Cytochemistry; DNA Damage and Repair; Carcinogenesis; Cell Division and Genome Stability. More...
James Vesenka, Ph.D. Physics
Associate Professor of Physics
Expertise: Physics education pedagogy, physical science teacher training, pharmacological nanotechnology, scanning probe microscopy. More...
Department of Dental Hygiene, CHP
Lisa A. Dufour, M.S.
Professor
Expertise: Periodontology: theory and non-surgical therapy; bi-directional relationships between chronic periodontal infection and systemic diseases; oral hygiene management of the medically compromised individual. More...
Marji J. Harmer-Beem, R.D.H., M.S.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Advanced clinical dental hygiene practice and clincal periodontology, health ethics, and the legal, ethical, and prevention aspects of child abuse, elder abuse, and family violence; herbal medicines. More...
Department of Education, CAS
Douglas J. Lynch, Ph. D.
Professor of Education, Chair
Expertise: Educational psychology with special emphasis on motivation to learn and learning strategies K-University; on-line instructional teaching strategies. More...
Heather Sadlier, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Assessment & evaluation; classroom climate; emotional intelligence; differentiation; teaching methods for active learning; educational psychology & learning theory. More...
Department of English, CAS
Matthew D. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Law and literature; comparative literature; literary theory; 19th and 20th century lyric poetry (European and North American). More...
Cathrine O. Frank, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: 19th and 20th-century British literature, law and literature, Victorian studies, new historicism, the novel, children's literature. More...
Susan B. McHugh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Expertise: Animal studies; dogs in literature and culture; genetics in film, literature, and popular culture; 20th century literary theory and cultural studies; film and media studies. More...
Department of Environmental Studies, CAS
Christine Baumann Feurt, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Sustainable Communities
Expertise: Design and facilitation of training, outreach and communication strategies to facilitate ecosystem management, watershed management and coastal management. Science translation and science to management application in coastal and marine systems. More...
Owen Grumbling, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Nature literature, traditional and contemporary; Edward Abbey; William Wordsworth; British romantics; land conservation policy; pedagogy relating science, humanities, and environmental awareness. More...
Pamela A. Morgan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Conservation and preservation; wetland conservation/restoration/ecology; salt marsh conservation/restoration/ecology. More...
Michelle Marie Steen-adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Environmental history; ecological history, especially of forest ecosystems; use of Public Land Survey (P.L.S. data); integrative historical-ecological research techniques; restoration ecology; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); landscape ecology; ecosystems at terrestrial-aquatic interface, e.g., riparian ecosystems, salt marshes; watershed structure and function; Ojibwe environmental history; oral history research methods. More...
Department of Exercise and Sport Performance, CAS
Danielle Day, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: metabolism, sex differences, sex hormones, weight management, nutrition, exercise, aging More...
Richard J. LaRue, Doctor of Physical Education
Professor, NASHPERSD Fellow
Expertise: Sport management and programming; sport philosophy and ethics; sport law and risk management; sport/venue planning, design, and construction; ADA and OSHA; Physical Activity and Recreation; and, Long-Distance Hiking (one of the first 100 people to backpack the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, 1972). More...
Isao Okuda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Biomechanics, kinesiology. More...
Department of Family Medicine, COM
Reuben Paul Bell, D.O., M.S., M.Div.
Assoc. Prof of Family Medicine, Director of Medical Humanities, COM/Adjunct Prof of Humanities, CAS
Expertise: The scientific and theological works of Age of Reason scientist and mystical theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772); science and spirituality; traditional Osteopathic Medicine. More...
Marilyn R. Gugliucci, Ph.D.
Director, Geriatric Education and Research
Expertise: Gerontology - health related quality of life, death and dying, late onset stress, functional fitness, successful aging. More...
Department of Health Sciences, CHP
Andrew P. Binks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Respiratory Physiology; neurophysiology;aasthma; dyspnea; control of breathing More...
Department of Mathematical Sciences, CAS
Susan S. Gray, Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
Associate Professor and Chair
Expertise: Mathematics education, secondary mathematics teacher education. More...
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, COM
Ling Cao, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Neuroimmunology and immunotoxicology More...
Department of Nursing, CHP
Diana M. Crowell, Ph.D., RN, CNAA, BC
Program Director
Expertise: Mental health; nursing theory; leadership in health care organizations; complex adaptive systems. More...
Department of Occupational Therapy, CHP
Jan Froehlich, M.S.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Communication skills, diversity in healthcare, mental health occupational therapy, group leadership. More...
Kathryn Marie Loukas, MS, OT, doctoral candidate
Associate Clinical Professor
Expertise: Community based practice; Occupational therapy with adolescent youth; School-based occupational therapy practice; The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Development of hand function and handwriting skills with children; Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) with adolescents; The Intentional Relationship in occupational therapy; Neuro-Occupation. More...
Nancy MacRae, M.S.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Gerontics, death and dying, sexuality, documentation, health management and delivery, OT foundations, women and work, teaching, supervision. More...
Elizabeth A. Moyer, M.S.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Expertise: Cultural differences relevant to health care delivery - most recent work is on the Franco-American culture; neurorehabilitation, especially areas of cerebral vascular injury, brain injury, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease; violence prevention. More...
Jane Clifford O'Brien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: Pediatric occupational therapy; motor control; developmental coordination disorder; after-school programs for disabled children; reaction time and the underlying mechanisms of movement. More...
Regula H. Robnett, Ph.D., OTR/L
Department Director, Associate Professor
Expertise: Cognition and aging, occupation-based cognitive rehabilitation, gerontology, functional assessments, psychometrics, aging well. More...
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, COM
Jane E. Carreiro, D.O.
Chair and Associate Professor
Expertise: Osteopathic manipulative medicine; pain management; pediatric musculoskeletal and sports medicine; otits media innervation patterns in pelvis and sacrum. More...
Department of Pediatrics, COM
India L. Broyles, Ed.D.
Associate Professor for Medical Education
Expertise: Curriculum development and instructional design; learner assessment; faculty development; program evaluation; qualitative research; educational technology and distance learning. More...
Department of Pharmacology, COM
Edward Bilsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Expertise: General pharmacology, neuroscience, opioid pharmacology, acute and chronic pain, addiction, neuropharmacology. More...
Amy J. Davidoff, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, with particular emphasis on diabetes and heart failure. More...
David J. Mokler, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Neurophysiology and neuropharmacology of the brain; brain development; psychopharmacology; drugs of abuse; limbic system; dopamine and serotonin systems of the brain; the adolescent brain. More...
Department of Physical Therapy, CHP
Jim Cavanaugh, PT, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Physical therapy; Neuropathology and neuromuscular disorders; physical rehabilitation; geriatrics; mobility and balance problems; dizziness and inner ear dysfunction; physical activity; ambulatory activity monitoring. More...
Michael R. Sheldon, M.S., PT
Program Director, Associate Professor
Expertise: Management; occupational Injury prevention; health policy. More...
Department of Physiology, COM
Ian D. Meng, PhD
Associate Professor
Expertise: Neuroscience; pain; headache; addiction. More...
Barbara J. Winterson, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Eye movements; vision; pain mechanisms; reflex motor control; neural plasticity; touch mechanisms; psychophysics, electrophysiology More...
Department of Political Science, CAS
Brian R. Duff, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Expertise: American elections; public opinion issues regarding the family and politics; the role of ideas about children in politics; politics of race and ethnicity; patriotism. More...
Department of Psychology, CAS
Teresa Dzieweczynski, Ph.D. in animal behavior, evolution, and ecology
assistant professor
Expertise: courtship and aggression; influence fo social environment on behavior; individual variation in behavior; behavioral endocrinology; fish behavior More...
Kilian J. Garvey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Cognitive and social neuropsychology. More...
Glenn W. Stevenson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Opioid pharmacology; acute and chronic pain; drug abuse; drug interactions. More...
Jennifer Wieselquist, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Social psychology; interdependence theory; close relationships; group dynamics; quantitative psychology. More...
Department of Sociology, CAS
Samuel A. McReynolds, Ph.D.
Professor
Expertise: Development sociology; agrarian reform; Latin American studies; social policy environmental sociology; visual sociology; community development. More...
Division of Community Programs, COM
Emily N. Rines, M.P.H., CHES
Director
Expertise: Community based health promotion; chronic disease, tobacco use and substance abuse prevention. More...
Marine Science Education and Research Center, CAS
Charles Tilburg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Physical oceanography, numerical modeling, coastal oceanography, larval transport, river plume dynamics More...
Philip O. Yund, Ph.D.
Director, Marine Science Center
Expertise: Marine ecology; invertebrate zoology. More...
Office of Clinical Education, COM
Kenneth H. Johnson, DO
Associate Dean of Clinical Education
Expertise: Clinical and education leadership; project management. More...
Office of the Provost
Ellen Beaulieu, Ed.D.
Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment, Professor of Dental Hygiene
Expertise: Oral health promotion, public health, community health. More...
Jacque Carter, Ph.D.
Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
Expertise: Ichthyology, fish ecology and systematics, biology of coral reef fishes, biology of temperate North Atlantic coastal sport fishes, conservation biology More...
School of Nurse Anesthesia, CHP
Nina M. Turcato, M.S.N.A.,CRNA
Director, Assistant Professor
Expertise: High fidelity simulation - developing curriculum specific to this technolgy; crisis resource management. More...
School of Social Work, CHP
Thomas Chalmers McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor/Codirector for the Social Work Center for Research and Evaluation
Expertise: Non-profit organizational management and sustainable infrastructure; social service research infrastructure; cost effectiveness of social service delivery systems; mental health and social welfare policy delivery systems and policies; community organizing. More...
Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Seriously ill and dying children; parents of children with chronic medical conditions and disabilities; barriers to compassionate health care; high conflict divorce. More...
Stephen M. Rose, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work
Expertise: Social determinants of health; impact of health disparities on chronic illnesses; poverty and health; social work in health and mental health; empowerment-based practices. More...
Nancy Shore, PhD, MSW, MPH
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Ethics; Community Practice; Social Service Research Infrastructure More...
Student Affairs
Amy Langevin, Masters
Director, Health and Wellness Education
Expertise: Exercise Physiology, Student Wellness, Employee Wellness, Community Wellness, Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehabilitation. More...