Affiliated Researchers: Health

Dennis Shea

Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Top research keywords: Medicare, Nursing Homes, Nursing Home, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Service

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Jonathan Marks

Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Opioid Epidemic, Hydraulic Fracking, Poverty, Public Health, Natural Gas

Michael McShane

Assistant Professor, College of Medicine (University Park Curriculum)
Top research keywords: Medication Reconciliation, Internal Medicine, Health, Medication, Curriculum

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: No-tillage, Cover Crops, Tillage, Corn, Soil

Adrian Barragan

Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Dairy Cows, Cows, Milk, Haptoglobins, Postpartum Period

Asher Rosinger

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Water, Food Supply, Bolivia, Household, Nutrition Surveys

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Exercise, Health, Overweight, Weights And Measures, Obesity

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Jessica Myrick

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tanning, Social Media, VIP, Cancer, Emotion

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, Seat Belts, Voting, District, Head Protective Devices

Taylor Bishop Scott

Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Evidence, Legislation , Bill, Language, Research Personnel

Anne-Marie Chang

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Sleep, Circadian Clocks, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, Light, Melatonin

Leann Andrews

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Dental Caries, Peru, Poverty Areas, Floating, Rainforest

Matthew Ferrari

Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Measles, Disease Outbreaks, Vaccination, Epidemics, Vaccination Coverage

Melissa Bopp

Professor, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Exercise, Students, Health, Travel, Faith

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Nepal, Household, Sanitation, River Basin, Hydropower

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohols, Alcohol, Twin Studies , Substance-Related Disorders

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Aggressive Driving, National Park, Ownership, Mood, Recreation

Jeff D. Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, Exposure, Atmospheric Pollution, Women's Health

Phil Choo

Top research keywords: Information Systems, Memory Disorders, Augmented Reality, Health, Data Storage Equipment

Kathleen Sexsmith

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Gender, Agriculture, Worker, Farmer

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Tara Felix

Associate Professor, Animal Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Feedlots, Cattle, Carcass Characteristics, Distillers Grains

Deborah Ehrenthal

Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

Sarah Kawasaki

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Analgesics, Buprenorphine, Methadone, Opioid Epidemic, Pandemics

Darla Lindberg

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Farm To Fork, Glycemic Index, Public Policy, Poultry Housing, Video Games

Esther Obonyo

Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Earth (planet), Brick, Fibers, Construction Industry, Students

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Hispanic Americans, Menarche, Genomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study

John Yen

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Fuzzy Logic, Decision Making, Fuzzy Rules, Intelligent Agents, Semantics

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Vibration Control, Earthquakes, Replicator Dynamics, Highway Bridges, Dynamic Models

Joshua Smyth

Distinguished Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment, Health, Mood, Mindfulness, Depression

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Immigrants, Immigration, Child, Emigration And Immigration

Max Crowley

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Costs, Costs And Cost Analysis, Evidence, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics

Vasant Honavar

Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Classifiers, Proteins, Ontology, Learning Algorithms, Classifier

Md Faisal Kabir

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Audition, Resampling, Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Classifiers

Michael Skvarla

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cunaxidae, Acari, Mite, Mites, Arkansas River