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 -
Andrea Mendoza-Vasconez, Ph.D.
Assistant 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.
Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences -
David M. Williams, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior