جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Daniel Duttonمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Social Epidemiology
• Public Health Policy
• Health Economics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Daniel Dutton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine, based at the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick campus in Saint John. His research focuses on how social environments influence health outcomes and the role of government policies in mitigating these impacts, particularly in areas like poverty, homelessness, and health economics. He holds adjunct roles at the University of New Brunswick (Sociology) and is the Scientific Director of APPTA, a hub bridging aging research and policy. He teaches courses in epidemiology, population health, and statistics. Education: PhD in Community Health Sciences (University of Calgary) MA in Economics (University of Calgary) BA Honours in Economics (Queen’s University) Research Interests: Dr. Dutton examines population-level health determinants, government policy effectiveness, and socioeconomic disparities. His work employs large datasets and econometric models to analyze topics such as homelessness incidence, healthcare cost savings through preventive measures, and the distributional impacts of public spending. Key Contributions: Scientific Director of the APPTA aging and technology hub. Co-founder of the IMPART research collaborative. Author of influential studies on Housing First programs, opioid prescribing patterns, and the fiscal benefits of guaranteed annual income policies. Advising & Grants: Supervises multiple MSc students and has collaborated on grants analyzing healthcare utilization in New Brunswick and Alberta. His work often intersects with policy-making, emphasizing actionable insights from quantitative research. Labs & Teams: Leads the Dutton Research Group, which uses mascot Odin the Saint Bernard to foster team cohesion. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations across public health, sociology, and economics.

Tomiko Yonedaمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Gerontology
• Personality Psychology
• Health Psychology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Tomiko Yoneda is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on understanding how personality traits, social relationships, and lifestyle factors influence health and cognitive outcomes in older adults. She employs interdisciplinary methods, including longitudinal studies and coordinated data analyses, to explore topics like personality-cognition links, social determinants of health, and aging disparities. Dr. Yoneda is also committed to fostering inclusive academic environments and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds. Her work spans multiple domains: (1) Personality dynamics in aging, examining traits like neuroticism and conscientiousness as predictors of health and longevity; (2) Social relationships' impact on physiological health (e.g., cortisol regulation in couples); and (3) Cross-cultural studies of aging in Japan and North America. Notable contributions include systematic reviews on personality-allostatic load relationships and meta-analyses linking personality to mortality risks. Received EDITOR'S CHOICE recognition in Psychoneuroendocrinology (2024) and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2022) Principal investigator of the Yoneda Lab at UC Davis Dr. Yoneda emphasizes translational research that bridges psychological and biomedical perspectives. She collaborates internationally on projects analyzing cognitive healthspan, dementia risk factors, and interventions to promote healthy aging. Her teaching focuses on lifespan development and research methodologies.

• Social Stratification
• Social Demography
• Health and Wellbeing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Patrick Präg serves as an Associate Professor of Sociology at CREST/ENSAE (part of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris) and holds an associate faculty position at Oxford University’s Nuffield College. His research integrates quantitative methods and survey data to address social stratification, demography, health, and work-family dynamics. He earned his PhD in Sociology from the ICS/University of Groningen in 2015. His work has been recognized with the Aage B. Sørensen Award (2014). Education: PhD in Sociology, ICS/University of Groningen (2015) Master’s Thesis: Nonresponse to Items on Self-Reported Delinquency, University of Hamburg Research Interests: Patrick’s work explores the interplay between social structure and individual wellbeing. Key topics include: Intergenerational mobility and health outcomes Work-life balance and gender inequalities Pandemic-driven societal changes Algorithmic bias in social science Subjective socioeconomic status measurement Grants & Collaborations: He contributed to the EU-funded ‘Families and Societies’ project, producing deliverables on assisted reproduction and demographic consequences. His research often involves cross-national datasets and methodological innovation, with replication materials shared via Open Science Framework (OSF). Labs & Teams: He is affiliated with CREST (Center for Research in Economics and Statistics) and collaborates with institutions like the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and the Nuffield College. His work frequently intersects with interdisciplinary teams addressing health, education, and labor market policies.

• Statistical Modeling
• Bayesian Analysis
• Educational Data Analysis
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Haiyan Liu is an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods, Measurement, and Statistics in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Merced, within the School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts. She earned her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Notre Dame (2018). Her research focuses on advanced statistical modeling of psychological and educational data, including high-dimensional, longitudinal, and social network data. She develops Bayesian methodologies and machine learning techniques to enhance understanding of human behavior, with recent emphasis on structural equation modeling, network dynamics, and nonparametric growth curves. Her work addresses challenges in survey methodology and behavioral data analysis. Dr. Liu’s educational background includes a Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of Notre Dame (2018), complementing her current academic role. Her lab, accessible at https://sites.google.com/view/ucmhaiyanliu , supports her research activities. Her research interests span Bayesian SEM, social network analysis, and applications of machine learning to behavioral data, aiming to bridge methodological innovation with practical psychological inquiry. Her recent articles highlight advancements in Bayesian model selection, longitudinal sentiment analysis, and social network mediation. She emphasizes prior specification rigor in Bayesian frameworks and explores nonlinear relationships in social dynamics. Though no awards are explicitly listed, her contributions to statistical methodologies in psychological research reflect significant scholarly impact. Dr. Liu advises students in quantitative methods and has developed software tools like logistic4p for misclassification correction in logistic regression. Her work integrates computational methods with theoretical advancements, positioning her as a key contributor to modern quantitative psychology.

Kristen Lindquistمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Emotion
• Affective Neuroscience
• Emotional Development
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Kristen Lindquist is an incoming Professor and Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Chair in Social Psychology at The Ohio State University. She holds a A.B. in Psychology and English from Boston College (2004) and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston College (2010). Her research focuses on the psychological and neural basis of emotions, integrating tools from social cognition, neuroscience, and big data. She previously served as an Assistant Professor (2012–2018) and Associate Professor (2018–2022) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before being promoted to Professor in 2022. Her work emphasizes how emotions emerge from interactions between bodily states, cultural learning, and neural processes across the lifespan. She leads the Affective Science Lab, exploring cultural influences on emotion perception and the role of language in shaping emotional experiences. Lindquist’s research has been featured in Science , NeuroImage , and Trends in Cognitive Sciences , among others. Education: A.B. in Psychology and English, Boston College, 2004 Ph.D. in Psychology, Boston College, 2010 Research Interests: Lindquist investigates emotion construction theory, the neurobiological underpinnings of affect, interoception, and cultural influences on emotion semantics. Her work bridges cognitive, social, and developmental psychology with neuroscience, emphasizing interdisciplinary methods. Recent studies explore how language shapes emotional understanding and the impact of aging on physiological-emotional linkages. Key Contributions: Developed the theory of constructed emotion, challenging traditional discrete emotion models. Conducted large-scale meta-analyses mapping brain networks underlying emotion. Explored cultural variation in emotion semantics using linguistic and neuroimaging data. Labs/Teams: Her Affective Science Lab at OSU will continue investigating emotion’s neural and cultural foundations, with a focus on translational applications in mental health and education.

Christine Heimمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Psychobiology of Stress
• Developmental Psychobiology
• Epigenetics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Christine Heim is a University Professor (W3) and Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, where she leads interdisciplinary research on stress psychobiology. She holds concurrent appointments as Research Professor at Pennsylvania State University's College of Health and Human Development and serves as Principal Investigator in the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence (DFG EXC 2049). Her faculty affiliations include the Berlin School of Mind & Brain, Max Planck School of Cognition, and Einstein Center for Neurosciences. Her research program investigates mechanisms through which early-life stress fundamentally alters biological adaptability across the lifespan, increasing disease risk. Key focuses include: Molecular and epigenetic embedding of stress effects Gene-environment interactions in stress vulnerability Neuroendocrine and immunological consequences of trauma Development of biomarkers and early interventions Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on stress biology across multiple levels of analysis, with recent work emphasizing epigenetic clocks, neural plasticity, and childhood maltreatment outcomes. Research employs multimodal methods integrating psychological, neuroendocrine, immunological, neural, and molecular approaches. She coordinates the BMBF-funded research network 'Programming Effects of Childhood Stress on Lifelong Disease Risk (Kids2Health)' and serves on the Steering Committee for 'Promoting Talent' in the Berlin University Alliance.

• Biological Aging
• Cancer Survivorship
• Sleep Science
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Judith E Carroll, PhD, is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA's School of Medicine, where she holds the George F. Solomon Professorship of Psychobiology. She directs the Aging Biology & Behavior Lab and co-leads the Infrastructure for Research in Equity, Aging, Cancer and Health initiative. Her research bridges psychoneuroimmunology, geroscience, and oncology, with continuous NIH funding since 2013. Education: PhD in Biological & Health Psychology, University of Pittsburgh (2010) MA in Biopsychology & Aging, Sonoma State University (2003) BA in Psychology, Sonoma State University (2002) Her research examines biological mechanisms linking stress, sleep, and aging in cancer populations. Primary interests include: Accelerated aging biomarkers in breast cancer survivors Sleep health interventions to reverse cellular aging Impact of early-life adversity on lifelong health trajectories Social determinants of cognitive decline in oncology Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate: Dominant focus on epigenetic aging and inflammation in oncology Longitudinal studies of cancer-related cognitive decline Methodological innovation in transcriptomic biomarker discovery Health disparities framework across 80% of publications Awards: American Psychosomatic Society Young Scholar Award (2012) American Sleep Medicine Foundation Bridge to K Award (2013) American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award (2015) STOP CANCER Career Development Award (2016) PNIRS Robert Ader New Investigator Award (2019) Active Grants (NIH): R01AG082348: Patterns of Biological Aging in Cancer Survivors (MPI, 2023-2028) R56AG068086: Heterogeneity in Aging Among Breast Cancer Survivors (PI, 2021-2022) R01CA237535: Accelerated Aging in Breast Cancer (PI, 2020-2023) She mentors through the TLC (Thinking and Living with Cancer) Study consortium involving 15+ institutions. Leads the Aging Biology & Behavior Lab researching stress-sleep-aging mechanisms and co-directs the Infrastructure for Research in Equity, Aging, Cancer and Health (REACH) initiative, fostering multi-institutional collaborations on health disparities.

Kevin Heffernanمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Exercise Physiology
• Vascular Aging
• Neurocognitive Aging
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kevin Heffernan, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Movement Science and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Director of the Applied Neurovascular Physiology Lab. He holds affiliations with the Biobehavioral Sciences, Applied (Exercise) Physiology, and Health Studies programs. His work bridges exercise science, vascular aging, and neurocognitive health with a focus on health disparities. Education: B.S. in Exercise Science from The University of Scranton; M.S. in Applied Physiology and Nutrition from Teachers College; Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Exercise Physiology) from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center’s Molecular Cardiology Research Institute and serves as an Adjunct Research Scientist at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. Research Interests: His work examines the impact of exercise on vascular and neurocognitive aging, disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes across sex and race, and the interplay between mental health, sociodemographics, and chronic conditions like obesity and diabetes. His lab investigates biomarkers and non-invasive techniques to assess physiological changes in diverse populations. Publications: Recent work highlights acute resistance exercise’s vascular effects, the role of gut microbiota in cardiovascular health, and sociocultural factors influencing refugee obesity. Studies also address hypertension in veterans, dementia risk linked to vascular health, and the influence of work discrimination on aging biomarkers. Awards: Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) Advising & Grants: While specific grant details are not listed here, his lab’s projects suggest involvement in NIH-funded or collaborative research programs addressing health disparities and exercise interventions. He mentors students in translational research bridging physiology, education, and public health. Labs/Teams: Directs the Applied Neurovascular Physiology Lab, focusing on translational research in cardiovascular and neurocognitive physiology, with collaborations across biomedical engineering and clinical nutrition.

• Pediatric Psychology
• Adolescent Health
• Behavioral Medicine
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Cara Tomaso, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in pediatric psychology at Yale School of Medicine. Her practice is embedded within the Section of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she contributes to the Yale Limb Restoration and Lengthening Program and the Female+ Athlete Program. She provides behavioral health consultation to multidisciplinary teams and direct interventions for youth and families navigating chronic/acute health conditions, surgical readiness, and behavioral pain management. Dr. Tomaso’s education includes a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2023) and postdoctoral training at the Yale Child Study Center (2024). Her research focuses on the interplay between executive control, mental health, sleep, and obesity-related outcomes across developmental stages. Her work integrates longitudinal studies on childhood executive function’s role in BMI trajectories, pandemic-related psychopathology buffering, and neurobiological mechanisms of obesity. She has published extensively on adolescent health behaviors, sleep’s impact on mood/emotion regulation, and culturally informed approaches to stress resilience in college students. Dr. Tomaso’s clinical and research expertise bridges behavioral medicine, developmental psychology, and pediatric healthcare systems.

Kim Dienesمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Stress Sensitization
• Mental Health
• Chronic Stress
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr Kim Dienes is a Lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University, affiliated with the School of Psychology within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science. She holds an honorary lectureship at the University of Manchester and is a MASI Fellow at Swansea. Her work spans clinical and health psychology, focusing on stress mechanisms, chronic/acute stress interactions, and interventions. Dr. Dienes earned her BA/MA from Stanford, PhD from UCLA, and completed postdoctoral work at Northwestern University. She previously directed the Doctorate in Psychology Programme at Roosevelt University and practiced clinical psychology in the US until 2016. Education: BA in Human Biology, Stanford University (2000) MA in Psychology, Stanford University (2000) PhD in Clinical Psychology, UCLA (2008) Internship and Postdoc at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Research Interests: Her research examines biological and psychosocial stress responses, including cortisol dynamics, relationship quality's moderating effects, and ethnic disparities in stress reactivity. She investigates how chronic stressors like the pandemic interact with acute stressors (e.g., exams) to impact mental/physical health. Recent work explores public perceptions of pandemic measures and vaccine hesitancy. Grants & Projects: Fit for the Future: Green Hospital Infrastructure (£50k, 2021–2023) Test Trace Protect Wales (£18k, 2021) Advising & Grants: Supervises PhD students in topics like biopsychosocial experiences of exercise and burnout in academic settings. Active in Welsh Technical Advisory Group for COVID-19 and American Psychosomatic Society committees.

Edmond D Shenassaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Social Determinants of Health
• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
• Prenatal and Perinatal Epidemiology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Edmond D Shenassa is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. His research focuses on social determinants of health, developmental origins of health and disease, and prenatal/perinatal epidemiology. He has led major studies such as the Rhode Island Birth Cohort and co-led the New England Family Studies. Key areas include breastfeeding, smoking, environmental toxin exposure, and maternal-child health disparities. Education: Dual Sc.D. in Epidemiology and Maternal & Child Health from Harvard University, MA in Social Research Methods from UCLA. Awards include 2016 Graduate Mentor of the Year from UMD and leadership roles in the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health. His work is funded by agencies like CDC, HRSA, and EPA. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited works on public health topics. Current roles include editorial board memberships and former directorship of UMD's Maternal and Child Health doctoral program. Research integrates social, environmental, and biological factors influencing health outcomes across lifespans.

Cleo Valentineمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Neuroarchitecture
• Architectural Neuroimmunology
• Biophilic Design
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Cleo Valentine is a Vice Chancellor's Doctoral Scholar at the University of Cambridge and Senior Design Researcher in Neuroarchitecture at HKS. Affiliated with the Department of Architecture and Computational Neuroscience Group, her work establishes the field of architectural neuroimmunology , investigating how architectural forms mediate neuroinflammatory responses. She lectures at Politecnico di Milano and Harvard University, and contributes to editorial boards of Intelligent Buildings International and Buildings . Education: MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies (Cambridge), MSc in Sustainable Urban Development (Oxford), BA in Urban Systems and Economics (McGill/Copenhagen) Research Affiliations: UCL Spatial Cognition Lab, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Cambridge Design Engineering Centre Her research combines neuroimmunology , computational neuroscience , and biophilic design to demonstrate how architectural features like curvature, proportions, and enclosure affect allostatic load and neuroinflammation . Key findings show that biomorphic design reduces neuroinflammatory activity, with implications for urban health policy and architectural ethics. Recent publications analyze visual stress in architectural façades , epigenetic consequences of urban design , and neuroethical frameworks for architectural practice. She advocates for human-centric design tools to balance creative expression with neurophysiological health impacts. Scientific Awards: Vice Chancellor's Doctoral Scholarship (Cambridge), Cambridge Trust funding, Wolfson College support, Harvard Visiting Fellowship Partnerships: Heatherwick Studio’s Humanise Campaign, UCL/RISE Centre for NeuroArchitecture, Beautiful Places AI Her work intersects with the Mind Body Space International Symposium , ANFA Conference , and International Making Cities Livable Conference , emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration to redefine architecture’s role in public health.

Rosemarie de la Rosaمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Environmental Toxicology
• Molecular Epidemiology
• Biological Embedding of Social Stressors
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Rosemarie de la Rosa is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Her research integrates environmental toxicology, molecular epidemiology, and health equity to examine how childhood social stressors and environmental pollutants interact to affect lifelong health outcomes. PhD & MPH in Environmental Health Sciences, UC Berkeley BS in Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Her work focuses on: Biological embedding of toxic stress Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) Structural racism in environmental health Epigenetic modifications from social adversity Recent research trends show her contributions to understanding: Telomere shortening in children from polluted environments Allostatic load biomarkers in marginalized populations Intersectionality of psychosocial stress and asthma disparities She leads community-based participatory research collaborations with institutions like: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Telomere Research Network

• Trauma Psychology
• Childhood Maltreatment
• Clinical Psychology
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Monique Pfaltz is a Professor at Mid Sweden University's Department of Psychology and Social Work (PSO). Her research focuses on trauma psychology, childhood maltreatment, and mental health interventions, with emphasis on social functioning, emotional regulation, and clinical outcomes. She leads projects like the Child Trauma Network and studies body-oriented treatments for trauma-related symptoms. Her work explores how adverse childhood experiences impact interpersonal relationships, facial expression recognition, and physiological responses. Key themes include cross-cultural analyses of maltreatment effects, resilience mechanisms, and validated psychological scales (e.g., Emotion Reactivity Scale, Intimacy Scale). Publications highlight trauma's influence on social distance preferences, depression, and PTSD symptom severity. She collaborates globally, addressing refugee mental health and scalable interventions like Problem Management Plus (PM+). Grants and projects emphasize preventive strategies for allostatic load, cultural variability in trauma responses, and psychosocial support systems. Her research bridges clinical practice and theoretical models in trauma psychology.

Melissa Floresمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Social networks and health
• Health disparities
• Cardiovascular health
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Melissa Flores is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona in the Department of Psychology . She serves as the Clinical Director of the Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEAL) , focusing on social and structural factors influencing health disparities, biopsychosocial models, and quantitative methods. Education : B.A., University of Texas, Austin (2009) M.S., Arizona State University (2014) Ph.D., University of Arizona (2018) Her research investigates social networks in cardiovascular health , neighborhood effects on metabolic diseases , and health disparities among older adults and Latina/o/x populations . Recent work includes studies on mindfulness interventions, ethnic density protections, and structural racism during the pandemic. Her recent publications focus on allostatic load , social capital , and health equity across public health , behavioral medicine , and social epidemiology . She is actively involved in mentoring and accepts research assistants ( RA ). Labs/Teams : Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEAL)