Our faculty research obesity, nutrition (including breastfeeding) and physical activity. Faculty research in this area involves multilevel community-based interventions, with a particular focus on enhancing health equity and reducing racial and ethnic disparities for underserved populations.
Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity
Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity
Faculty
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Tayla von Ash, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Tanya Benitez, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Lauren Connell Bohlen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Shira I. Dunsiger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research), Associate Professor of Biostatistics (Research), Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) -
Bess H. Marcus, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
Amy Nunn, ScD, MS
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Medicine -
Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Public Health -
Alison Tovar, Ph.D.
Interim Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
David M. Williams, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior