Distance Treatment Programs Professors and Supervisors

Elise SargeantView profile

Senior Lecturer

Griffith UniversityAustralia

Dr. Elise Sargeant is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a core member of the Griffith Criminology Institute. With appointments spanning from 2016 to present, she holds leadership roles including Higher Degree by Research Program Director (2023-present) and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator (2023-present). Her academic foundation includes a PhD from the University of Queensland (2012) and First Class Honors in Arts (2007). Dr. Sargeant's research focuses on procedural justice dynamics within criminal justice institutions, examining both citizen perspectives and internal organizational processes. Her work spans three interconnected domains: Police-citizen interactions with ethnic minorities and immigrants Impact of police appearance (uniforms/accoutrements) on legitimacy perceptions Application of procedural justice principles in sexual violence response and corrections Recent publications demonstrate growing emphasis on officer wellbeing through organizational justice frameworks and innovative methodological approaches to measuring legitimacy. Her 63+ publications reveal significant scholarly impact, with multiple articles exceeding 20 citations including her 2021 COVID-19 policing study (64 citations). Current research trajectories show deepening specialization in visual aspects of policing authority and trauma-informed responses to sexual violence. Dr. Sargeant's recognition includes: Outstanding Collective Body of Research Award (2023) Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research (2017) Queensland Police Service Leadership Award (2016) Highly Commended in Women in Policing Research (2017) As an active grant recipient, she currently leads projects evaluating prison procedural justice (NSW Corrective Services), driver-police interactions (Motor Accident Insurance Commission), and sexual violence response protocols. Her supervision approach emphasizes methodological rigor in justice studies, particularly survey design and mixed-methods approaches, while maintaining leadership in graduate research programs. Within the Griffith Criminology Institute, she contributes to advancing evidence-based policing practices through close collaboration with Australian law enforcement agencies. Her research group focuses on translating procedural justice theory into practical policing applications, with current projects examining uniform psychology, victim-centered sexual assault response, and organizational factors affecting officer wellbeing. This applied research orientation ensures direct impact on criminal justice practice while advancing theoretical understandings of legitimacy and justice.

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Traci FoxView profile

Associate Professor

Thomas Jefferson UniversityUnited States

Traci Fox serves as Associate Professor and Program Director for Diagnostic Medical Sonography at Thomas Jefferson University's Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Department of Radiology. She maintains clinical certifications through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) in abdomen, obstetrics/gynecology, breast, and vascular specialties, and holds ARRT certification in radiography. Her educational background includes: EdD from Drexel University (2014) MS from Thomas Jefferson University (2007) BS from Thomas Jefferson University (1993) Dr. Fox's research centers on innovative ultrasound applications, with primary focus on subharmonic imaging/SHAPE techniques and photoacoustic research for early cancer detection. She investigates sentinel lymph node mapping in pancreatic and breast cancer, developing sonographic protocols for tumor characterization and treatment monitoring. Her work bridges advanced imaging physics with clinical oncology applications. Her publication portfolio demonstrates consistent contributions to diagnostic sonography, with recurring themes in vascular abnormalities, cancer imaging, and educational methodologies. Key trends include translational research from animal models to clinical practice, vascular pathology case documentation, and distance education innovations for sonography training programs. Professional recognition includes: Fellow of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (FSVU) Senior Member status in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine As Program Director, Dr. Fox oversees curriculum development and student training in diagnostic medical sonography while maintaining active hospital appointments. Her professional society affiliations drive national standards development in ultrasound education and clinical practice, though specific grant details are not provided in source materials. She maintains active roles in seven professional organizations including the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Society for Vascular Ultrasound, and Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, contributing to committees focused on vascular imaging standards and educational accreditation.

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Yves LecomteView profile

Professor

University of QuebecCanada

Yves Lecomte is a full professor at TÉLUQ University and director of the Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health program since 2010. With a doctorate in psychology from UQAM (2000) and extensive clinical experience, he is a leading figure in community mental health services development and psychodynamic approaches to psychosis treatment. His research interests focus on social reintegration of people with severe mental disorders, homelessness, suicide prevention among people with schizophrenia, and culturally adapted mental health services. He has developed intervention models particularly for people suffering from psychosis and coordinated the creation of five community resources including the La Chrysalide Therapeutic Community and the PART project. His publications span approximately sixty articles and ten coordinated volumes, with recent work emphasizing cultural communities (particularly Haitian), natural caregiver support, and service organization for people with persistent mental disorders. His research demonstrates consistent focus on practical applications and knowledge transfer within mental health systems. Dr. Lecomte has directed two mental health journals (Santé mentale au Québec and Filigrane) since their inception and created a third (Revue haïtienne de santé mentale). He has organized over twenty conferences on mental health topics and developed numerous courses using new information technologies. His current projects include coordinating a natural caregiver support program in Grand Goâve, Haiti, and a professional training program in Port-au-Prince, reflecting his commitment to international mental health initiatives and culturally responsive care.

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Ethan F KrossView profile

Professor

University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States

Ethan F Kross is a Professor of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He serves as a Faculty Associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics within the Institute for Social Research. His interdisciplinary work bridges social-personality, clinical, cognitive-neuroscience, and developmental psychology. Dr. Kross's research centers on emotion regulation mechanisms, particularly how individuals control harmful emotions that interfere with optimal functioning. His methodology integrates controlled experiments with longitudinal daily-life studies across multiple analytical levels: explicit, implicit, autonomic, neural, behavioral, and cultural. This multi-level approach builds comprehensive models of psychological phenomena. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on digital well-being, loneliness cognition, workplace emotional dynamics, and cross-cultural moral reasoning. Key trends include examining social media's mental health impacts, the role of language in online persuasion, and culturally specific moral judgments about close relationships. The work consistently applies emotion regulation frameworks to contemporary social issues. Dr. Kross's research program emphasizes translational implications, developing practical interventions like cognitive distancing techniques and non-deceptive placebos for pandemic-related distress. His collaborative approach spans departments and institutions, evidenced by co-authorship across psychology, business, linguistics, and health sciences domains.

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Cynthia Diane RudinView profile

Professor

Menlo CollegeUnited States

Cynthia Diane Rudin is a Professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University, where she directs the Interpretable Machine Learning Lab. Previously, she held faculty positions at MIT Sloan School of Management and research roles at Columbia University and NYU. PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University BS in Mathematical Physics and Music Theory, University of Chicago Her research pioneers interpretable machine learning for high-stakes domains where transparency is non-negotiable. She challenges the accuracy-interpretability tradeoff myth, proving that transparent models can match black-box performance in healthcare, criminal justice, and power grid reliability applications. Her work has produced deployable systems like the 2HELPS2B ICU seizure predictor and NYPD's Patternizr crime detection tool. Rudin's publication record shows consistent focus on interpretable algorithms since 2007, with recent work exploring the Rashomon set of equally accurate models and causal inference frameworks. Her highly cited 2018 Nature Machine Intelligence paper fundamentally shifted industry practices toward transparent AI. Squirrel AI Award for AI Benefiting Humanity (2022) Guggenheim Fellowship (2022) Triple INFORMS Innovative Applications Award winner (2013, 2016, 2019) Fellow of AAAI, ASA, and IMS She actively mentors students through Duke's Data+ program and has advised teams winning international competitions. Her lab maintains strong industry partnerships focused on ethical AI deployment, with current grants from NSF, NIH, and DARPA supporting healthcare and criminal justice applications. Rudin serves on National Academies committees shaping federal AI policy and has testified before Congress on algorithmic transparency. The Interpretable Machine Learning Lab maintains an open-science ethos with all code publicly available. Current projects focus on sparse decision trees for medical diagnostics, causal inference frameworks for high-stakes decisions, and extending the Rashomon effect theory to new application domains.

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Timothy HuddView profile

Professor

MCPHS UniversityUnited States

Dr. Timothy Hudd is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice at MCPHS University in Boston, Massachusetts, with over 20 years of faculty experience. He serves in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmacy Practice, where he contributes significantly to pharmaceutical education and clinical practice through teaching, research, and professional service. Education: PharmD, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences BS, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dr. Hudd's research focuses primarily on respiratory conditions and ambulatory care pharmacy. His expertise spans asthma management, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and allergic rhinitis, with particular emphasis on optimizing pharmacotherapeutic approaches and improving patient outcomes. As a certified Asthma Educator (AE-C), he brings specialized knowledge to his clinical practice and educational efforts, advocating for evidence-based approaches to respiratory disease management. His work often explores the evolving role of pharmacists in chronic disease management and the implementation of clinical guidelines in real-world settings. Dr. Hudd's scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on respiratory pharmacotherapy, with particular emphasis on COPD and asthma management. His publications reveal trends toward integrating pharmacists into primary care settings, evaluating new therapeutic options, and developing tools for better patient assessment and disease control. His work bridges clinical practice with academic research, contributing significantly to the advancement of pharmaceutical care in respiratory medicine. Scientific Awards and Honors: AstraZeneca Speakers Bureau: Asthma AIRSUPRA® (August 2023-present) AstraZeneca US PRECISION Advisory Board & Speaker (October 2018-present) GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Expert Consultant (May 2022-December 2022) Boehringer Ingelheim Consultant Speaker (October 2018-February 2023) AstraZeneca Speakers Bureau: COPD Bevespi®/Symbicort® (January 2017-December 2019) Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year, MCPHS (2011) Merrimack Valley AHEC HIV Caregivers Award (June 2009) Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society (Inducted 2007) MCPHS Pharmacy Practice Teacher of the Year Award (2006) Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Society (Inducted 2006) Dr. Hudd actively precepts clinical ambulatory care students at Tufts Merrimack Family Medicine in Massachusetts. His leadership extends to serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of Asthma Educators (AAE) and as past Chair of the National Asthma Educator Certification Board (NAECB). He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Certified Asthma Specialist Examination Committee for the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). His national recognition as a speaker for AstraZeneca highlights his expertise in respiratory pharmacotherapy and his ability to translate complex clinical information for diverse audiences. Through his involvement in various professional organizations and advisory roles, including his contribution as an advisor to the U.S. PRECISION Program, Dr. Hudd has established himself as a leader in asthma education and respiratory disease management. His work bridges academic pharmacy with clinical practice, creating meaningful opportunities for student engagement and professional development in specialized areas of pharmaceutical care.

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David Yawe GuwatuddeView profile

Professor

Makerere UniversityUganda

Professor David Yawe Guwatudde is a distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. With extensive experience in academic leadership, he previously coordinated the Master of Public Health Distance Education program and the Master of Biostatistics program, and chaired the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2005 to 2009. His work bridges academic research with practical public health applications across sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Guwatudde's research expertise spans the epidemiology of high-burden diseases in Uganda and the sub-Saharan African region, with particular focus on non-communicable diseases (including diabetes and hypertension), tuberculosis, and nutritional morbidities in HIV. His work has evolved to include evaluating the effectiveness of health interventions and characterizing NCD risk factors through nationally representative surveys. His recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on adolescent health, nutrition literacy, and multi-country implementation research across Africa. His current research portfolio includes leadership as Uganda site Principal Investigator on two major multi-country projects: the ARISE-NUTRINT initiative examining nutrition-related non-communicable diseases in adolescence, and the DASH research network for adolescent health interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both projects involve collaboration across six SSA countries, European institutions, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Professor Guwatudde has mentored numerous students and trainees at Makerere University who have gone on to successful careers globally. His research has been supported through significant grants including countrywide NCD Risk Factor surveys conducted in partnership with Uganda's Ministry of Health. His work has directly informed national policy and monitoring frameworks for non-communicable diseases in Uganda. With over 145 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, his scholarly output reflects deep engagement with both methodological epidemiology and practical public health challenges in resource-limited settings. His recent work demonstrates increasing focus on implementation science approaches to address the growing burden of non-communicable diseases in African contexts.

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Marta Migocka-PatrzalekView profile

Assistant Professor

Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of SciencesPoland

Marta Migocka-Patrzalek serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Developmental Biology at the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Poland, where she conducts research on muscle development and disease mechanisms using zebrafish models while teaching animal development and biochemistry courses. Her academic credentials include: Habilitated Doctor (Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, 2012-2025) Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in Biochemistry (Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 2006-2012) M.Sc. in Biotechnology (medical biotechnology) (Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 2004-2006) Pedagogic Course (biology teacher) (Centre of Teachers Education, University of Wroclaw, 2001-2006) Bachelor in Biotechnology (Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 2001-2004) Her research centers on myogenesis and muscle pathologies, particularly McArdle disease (glycogen storage disease type V), leveraging zebrafish to study glycogen metabolism defects and muscle damage mechanisms. She investigates evolutionary aspects of muscle development across vertebrates including catshark, newt, and lamprey, while developing zebrafish-based educational tools for science communication. Her work bridges fundamental developmental biology with clinical applications in metabolic myopathies and drug-induced muscle damage. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2020-2025) reveals three dominant research strands: evolutionary comparative myology across diverse species, zebrafish modeling of human myopathies (especially McArdle disease and statin-induced myotoxicity), and innovative science education approaches using model organisms. This tripartite focus demonstrates consistent progression from basic developmental mechanisms to translational applications. She received the Medal of the National Education Commission from the Polish Ministry of National Education in 2020. Her research is supported by multiple competitive grants: National Science Center: McArdle disease zebrafish model (2022-2025), Pygm knockdown studies (2017-2018), e-danio project (2015) National Center for Research and Development: Scientific recognition program (2020-2021), World of Explorers initiative (2018-present) Wrocław City Hall: Danio Adventure educational project (2018) As an active board member of the Polish Zebrafish Society since 2018, she contributes to national research coordination while maintaining laboratory operations focused on muscle developmental biology and disease modeling. Her ongoing projects indicate continued research leadership through 2025.

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Anna VioralView profile

Assistant Professor

Chatham UniversityUnited States

Anna Vioral, Ph.D., MEd, RN, OCN, BMTCN serves as Assistant Professor of Nursing and RN-BSN Program Coordinator at Chatham University's College of Health Sciences since 2015. With 35+ years as an oncology nurse and 20+ years in nursing education, she drives innovation in evidence-based practice and oncology nursing standards across BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, and DNP programs through clinical, classroom, and online instruction grounded in constructivist theory. Her educational foundation includes: BS in Nursing, Albright College MS in Nursing Education, Duquesne University Certificate in Distance Education, Penn State University Master of Adult Education, Penn State University Ph.D. in Nursing Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Dr. Vioral's research centers on nursing education methodology, hematology/oncology nursing practice, and evidence-based leadership. She pioneers translational approaches to chemotherapy safety standardization and develops specialized training for non-oncology nurses caring for cancer survivors, emphasizing technological integration and equitable learning environments. Her scholarship bridges clinical oncology practice with pedagogical innovation through multidisciplinary collaboration. Recent publications (2021-2023) reveal three dominant trends: pandemic-related moral injury in healthcare workers, scholarly inquiry development among nurse managers, and multidisciplinary implementation of oncology care standards. These works span nursing leadership, palliative care, and chemotherapy safety domains, consistently translating research into clinical practice improvements through evidence-based protocols. Major recognitions include: Top Ten Reviewer Recognition, Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing (2024) Pittsburgh Magazine Excellence in Nursing Awards (Researcher category, 2018 & 2022) REQ Forum Annual Recognition (2018-2024) Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Doctoral Scholarship (2009) Multiple Indiana University Pennsylvania Doctoral Fellowships (2012-2013) As Principal Investigator or co-PI, she has secured significant research funding including a $30,000 Susan G. Komen Foundation grant through ONS and Allegheny Health Network support for oncology patient experience initiatives. Current projects address moral distress during pandemics and mobile-based oncology competency development. She actively mentors nursing students through the RN-BSN program while maintaining clinical certifications (OCN, BMTCN). Dr. Vioral contributes to oncology advancement through leadership roles in AACN, ASCO, ONS, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, driving national standards for chemotherapy safety and cancer survivorship care.

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