Faculty Affiliates
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Faculty Affiliate Directory
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BRENNAN DAVIS, PhDMarketing, Orfalea College of Business Core Areas: Consumers’ Health and Wellbeing
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JEAN DAVIDSON, PhDBiological Sciences Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Disease
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CHRISTINE HACKMAN, PhDDepartment of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Intentional and Unintentional Injury; Emerging Health Technologies; Virtual Reality Interventions; Prevention of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
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Department of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Center for Health Research Programs |
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MARTINE LAPPE, PhDSocial Sciences Department; College of Liberal Arts Core Areas: Genetics and Epigenetics; Reproduction
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ADRIENNE BELL LENT, DrPHDepartment of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Smoking cessation, smoking laws, undergraduate research training
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KAREN MUÑOZ-CHRISTIAN, PhDWorld Languages and Cultures Department, College of Liberal Arts Core Areas: Linguistic & Cultural Adaptations of Lifestyle Intervention for Spanish Speaking Populations |
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KARI PILOLLA, PhDFood Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Core Areas: Clinical Nutrition; Metabolism, Women’s Health; Cardiometabolic Health |
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JONI ROBERTS, PhDDepartment of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Global health, Young adult sexual health, Cultural beliefs |
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ANDREW SCHAFFNER, PhDStatistics Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Experimental Design, Multivariate Models, Mixed Models, Correlated Data Analysis, Analysis Missing Data |
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ADAM SEAL, PhDDepartment of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics
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JAFRA D. THOMAS, PhDDepartment of Kinesiology and Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics Core Areas: Health literacy, knowledge translation, equitable physical activity promotion, sociocultural kinesiology |
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JONATHAN VENTURA, PhDDepartment of Computer Science and Software Engineering Core Areas: Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Visual Modeling |
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LONG WANG, PhDAssistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Core Areas: Multifunctional Materials, Wearable Technologies, Amputee Rehabilitation |
JAMES WERNER, Ed.D.C.TArt and Design Department Core Areas: Virtual reality, Film & Media |
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ELAINE YIN, MDObstetrician and Gynecologist, Santa Maria Women's Health, SLO Core Areas: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pre & Postnatal Maternal Health |



















