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Research Faculty

Michael G. Perri

Dr. Perri’s research focuses on health promotion and disease prevention through changes in diet and physical activity. His current studies involve the development of effective programs for the management of obesity in underserved rural communities. The empirical findings from the 16 randomized controlled trials conducted by Dr. Perri’s research team…

Kenneth Logan

Dr. Logan’s research examines factors that affect speech fluency in people with and without communication disorders. Within this area, his main area of interest is developmental stuttering. His research has examined (a) the factors that contribute to variability in fluency performance, (b) the effects of behavioral therapy and assistive technology…

Robert Cook

Dr. Cook’s research involves factors associated with the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases. The majority of his research is focused on identifying and evaluation of new prevention strategies. His work spans several high-risk groups, including adolescents, substance abusers, and persons with HIV-related…

Lori Altmann

Dr. Altmann’s primary research investigates the interaction between cognitive ability and language use, with a focus on how disorders of executive function and working memory affect language production and comprehension. This research has investigated language use in various populations: healthy young and older adults, Alzheimer patients, adults with dyslexia, and…

Tara Sabo-Attwood

Dr. Sabo-Attwood’s primary research investigates how environmental contaminants impact organisms at the cellular and molecular levels. She is specifically interested in chemicals that can disrupt endocrine systems (components of plastics, surfactants, pharmaceuticals), and nanomaterials, emerging contaminants with widespread use in consumer and industrial products. Her focus centers on both the…

Bernard Okech

Dr. Okech’s primary research seeks to understand the biological processes occurring in the mosquito midgut after food ingestion and how they influence mosquito survival and disease transmission. Understanding these processes may uncover new environmentally safe opportunities and tools that could potentially be used to reduce mosquito vector population and/or prevent…

John Lednicky

Dr. Lednicky’s current research interests are focused on avian influenza virus H5N1 and other influenza viruses (human and animal): detection, isolation, and genetic analysis, live agent bioaerosol inhalation studies, cultivation of alga and extraction of oil from alga, production of biodiesel from algal oils, respiratory viruses including hantaviruses and Sars…

Andrew Kane

Dr. Kane’s current research interests focus on aquatic pathology and toxicology, environmental health, low-level stress outcomes in aquatic organisms, behavioral toxicology, infectious diseases including non-tuberculous mycobacteria, water quality, environmental change, zoonoses, global health, and scientific outreach.

Afsar Ali

Dr. Ali’s research interests include epidemiology and ecology of vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh, emergence of vibrio vulnificus in aquaculture reservoirs, and the genetic and physiologic analyses of rugose variant of V. cholerae.

R. Paul Duncan

Dr. Duncan’s primary research interest is to better understand the processes in which health care utilization occurs or fails to occur. The research includes studies that examine the role of health insurance, the impact of public programs, and the form, nature and financing of organizations that provide care. In the…