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JULIA ALBER, PhD Kinesiology and Public Health Department, College of Science and MathematicsJULIA ALBER, PhD, MPH

Kinesiology and Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Health Communications, Cancer Prevention, Health Disparities

KAREN MUNOZ-CHRISTIAN, PhD World Languages and Cultures Department, College of Liberal ArtsKAREN MUÑOZ-CHRISTIAN, PhD

World Languages and Cultures Department, College of Liberal Arts

Core Areas: Linguistic & Cultural Adaptations of Lifestyle Intervention for Spanish Speaking Populations

BRENNAN DAVIS, PhD Marketing, Orfalea College of BusinessBRENNAN DAVIS, PhD

Marketing, Orfalea College of Business

Core Areas: Consumers’ Health and Wellbeing 

CHRISTINE HACKMAN, PhD Kinesiology and Public Health Department, College of Science and Mathematics CHRISTINE HACKMAN, PhD

Kinesiology and Public Health Department, 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

TODD HAGOBIAN, PhD Co-Director, Philanthropy and Seed Funding InitiativesTODD HAGOBIAN, PhD

Co-Director, Philanthropy and Seed Funding Initiatives

Kinesiology and Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Physiology, Family Health, Clinical Trials

KRIS JANKOVITZ, PhD Associate Director & Chair Kinesiology & Public Health Department, College of Science and MathematicsKRIS JANKOVITZ, PhD

Ex Officio Member and Chair, Department of Kinesiology & Public Health (KPH)

Kinesiology & Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Center for Health Research Programs

SARAH KEADLE, PhD Kinesiology & Public Health Department, College of Science and MathematicsSARAH KEADLE, PhD, MPH

Kinesiology & Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior Assessment, Epidemiology

 

STEVE KLISCH, PhD Mechanical Engineering Department, College of EngineeringSTEVE KLISCH, PhD

Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Core Areas: Biomechanics

PEGGY PAPATHAKIS, PhD Food and Environmental Sciences Department, College of AgriculturePEGGY PAPATHAKIS, PhD

Food and Environmental Sciences Department, College of Agriculture

Core Areas: Family Health & Global Health and Nutrition

SUZANNE PHELAN, PhD Scientific Director, Center for Health Research  Kinesiology & Public Health Department, College of Science and MathematicsSUZANNE PHELAN, PhD

Scientific Director, Center for Health Research 

Kinesiology & Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Family Health, Clinical Trials, Obesity Treatment

KARA PHILLOLA, PhD Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental SciencesKARI PILOLLA, PhD

Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences

Core Areas: Clinical Nutrition; Metabolism, Women’s Health; Cardiometabolic Health

ANDREW SCHAFFNER, PhD Statistics Department, College of Science and MathematicsANDREW SCHAFFNER, PhD

Statistics Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Experimental Design, Multivariate Models, Mixed Models, Correlated Data Analysis, Analysis Missing Data

MARILYN TSENG, PhD Kinesiology and Public Health Department, College of Science & MathematicsMARILYN TSENG, PhD

Kinesiology and Public Health Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Obesity and Related Chronic Disease, Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Food Environment 

ALISON VENTURA, PhD Associate Director Research Training and Fellowship, College of Science and MathematicsALISON VENTURA, PhD, CLEC

Associate Director

Research Training and Fellowship, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Family Health and Nutrition

Dr. Elaine Yin, MD Obstetrics & GynecologyELAINE YIN, MD

Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Santa Maria Women's Health, SLO

Core Areas: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pre & Postnatal Maternal Health

Jean Davidson headshotJEAN DAVIDSON, PhD

Biological Sciences Department, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas:  Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Disease

 

Martine Lappe PhDMARTINE LAPPE, PhD

Social Sciences Department; College of Liberal Arts

Core Areas: Genetics and Epigenetics; Reproduction

 

Jonathan Ventura headshotJONATHAN VENTURA, PhD

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

Core Areas: Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Visual Modeling

 

James Werner headshotJAMES WERNER, Ed.D.C.T

Art and Design Department

Core Areas: Virtual reality, Film & Media

Long Wang headshotLONG WANG, PhD

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Core Areas: Multifunctional Materials, Wearable Technologies, Amputee Rehabilitation

 

Joni Roberts headshotJONI ROBERTS, PhD

Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science and Mathematics

Core Areas: Global health, Young adult sexual health, Cultural beliefs

 

Adam Seal headshotADAM SEAL, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Core Areas: The effects of controllable environmental factors on diabetes risk, Specifically the effects of nutrition, exercise, hydration, and BPA on insulin sensitivity in various populations

adseal@calpoly.edu

Angelos Sikalidis headshotANGELOS SIKALIDIS, PhD, FACN, FRSM

Associate Professor, Food Science & Nutrition

Core Areas: Signaling properties of nutrients on the inflammation - T2DM axis, Personalized nutrition interventions for T2DM risk reduction, Nutritional valorization of agriculture byproducts for development of therapeutic foods.

Jafra D. Thomas headshotJAFRA D. THOMAS, PhD

Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science & Math

Core Areas: Health literacy, knowledge translation, equitable physical activity promotion, sociocultural kinesiology

Adrienne Bell Lent headshotADRIENNE BELL LENT, DrPH 

Assistant Professors

Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science & Math

Core Areas: Smoking cessation, smoking laws, undergraduate research training

Qutaibah Oudat headshotQUTAIBAH OUDAT, PhD

Frost Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Kinesiology & Public Health, Bailey College of Science & Math

Core Areas: Healthy eating, disease prevention

qoudat@calpoly.edu

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