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Leadership Team

Leadership Team and Executive Committee

The mission of this committee is to ensure that the Center is meeting its overall objectives. The executive committee is the decision-making body of the Center. This Committee governs the Center operating procedures and policies, funding allocations, hiring, and committee memberships.  

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Alison Ventura

Alison Ventura 

Scientific Director

Executive Committee Member 

 

  • Bailey College of Science and Math
  • Core Areas: Family health, infant and child feeding
Sarah Keadle

Sarah Keadle 

Associate Director of Research Training & Fellowships

Executive Committee Member

 

  • Bailey College of Science and Math
  • Core Areas: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior Assessment, Epidemiology

Julia Alber

Associate Director of Communication & Advocacy
Executive Committee Member 
 
  • Bailey College of Science and Math
  • Core Areas: Health Communication, Cancern Prevention, Tobacco Prevention

    Laura Backus

    Executive Committee Member 
     
    • Bailey College of Science and Math
    • Core Areas: Family and women’s health; prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; clinical trials

      Todd Hagobian

      Todd Hagobian

      Executive Committee Member 

       

      • Bailey College of Science and Math
      • Core Areas: Prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; metabolism; body composition; endocrine disruptors
      Amy Lammert

      Amy Lammert, PhD

      Executive Committee Member 

       

      • College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
      • Core Areas: Sensory Science, Food Product Development
      Karen Munoz-Christian

       

      KAREN MUÑOZ-CHRISTIAN, PhD

      Executive Committee Member 

       

      • World Languages and Cultures,
        College of Liberal Arts 
      • Core Areas: Linguistic & Cultural Adaptations of Lifestyle Intervention for Spanish Speaking Populations
      Suzanne Phelan

      Suzanne Phelan

      Executive Committee Member 
      Past Scientific Director
       
      • Bailey College of Science and Math
      • Core Areas: Family and women’s health; prevention and treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic diseases; clinical trials
        Eric Espinoza-Wade

        ERIC ESPINOZA-WADE, PhD

        Executive Committee Member 

         

        • College of Engineering
        • Core Areas: Rehabilitation engineering, wearable sensing, machine learning, neuroscience
         
        Cindy Wang

        CINDY XIN WANG, PhD

        Executive Committee Member 

         

        • Orfalea College of Business 
        • Core Areas: Consumer psychology, pricing and product perception, brand relationships, and marketplace inclusion through prosocial marketing

           

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