Affiliated Researchers: Health Systems

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Obesity, Health Systems, Patient-centered, Health System

Christine Costello

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: United States, Missouri, Climate Change, Land Use, Waste Management

Vivek Srikrishnan

Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Uncertainty, Sea Level Rise, Climate, Risk Management, Flood Hazard

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: South Africa, AIDS/HIV, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Diseases

Phil Choo

Top research keywords: Physical Impairment, Older Adults, Amnesia, Information Systems, Physical Disease

Michael McShane

Assistant Professor, College of Medicine (University Park Curriculum)
Top research keywords: Communities, Interactive Cases, Medication Reconciliation, Pennsylvania, Community-Based

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Household, Willingness-to-Pay, Rural India, Plant Closure, Nepal

Satadru Dey

Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Lithium-Ion Batteries, Lithium-ion Battery, Fault Diagnosis, State Of Charge, Thermal Fault

Sarah Kawasaki

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Abuse, Buprenorphine, Buprenorphine Treatment, United States

Jessica Myrick

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Celebrity, Information Seeking, Social Media, Skin Cancer, COVID-19 Pandemic

Houtan Jebelli

Assistant Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Electroencephalography, Robots, Robotics, Biosensors, Wearable Sensors

Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Vibration Control, Building Structure, Semi-active, Tornado, Replicator Dynamics

Rachel Brennan

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Chitin, Crab Shell, Duckweed, Mine-impacted Water, Spent Mushroom Compost

Kristina Brant

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Medications For Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Abuse, Substance Abuse, Social Network, Parenting

Seth Blumsack

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Power Engineering, United States, Power Grid, Joints (Structural Components)

Julian Wang

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Energy Conservation, Thermal Comfort, Thermal Performance, Building Envelope, Energy Performance

Richard Mistrick

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Lighting System, Daylight, Photosensor, Illuminance, Systems Performance

Kostas Papakonstantinou

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL), Markov Decision Process, Lifecycle

Prasenjit Mitra

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Search Engines, Digital Libraries, Metadata, Semantics, Classifiers

Jennifer Wagner

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: DNA Testing, Ethical Considerations, United States, Genomic Medicine, Direct-to-consumer

James Freihaut

Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, Resuspension, Duct, Commercial Building, Lamp

Taylor Bishop Scott

Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Research Use, Evidence-based Policy, Policy Making, Use Of Research Evidence

Bronwen Powell

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Food Security, Forest Foods, Wild Food, Food Nutrition, Forest-based

Stephen Mainzer

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA, Collective Action, Environmental Characteristics

Xun Cao

Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Chinese, Policy Change

Michael Skvarla

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Coleoptera, Mite, Acari, Hemiptera, New Species

Darla Lindberg

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Porous Borders, Food Safety Assurance, Policy Response, Air Quality, Glycemic Index

Gina Noh

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogenation, Carbon Dioxide, Methanol, CO2 Hydrogenation, Surface (Surface Science)

Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi

Vice Chancellor for Research and Outreach, Penn State Harrisburg
Top research keywords: Transport, Autonomous Vehicles, Construction Industry, Construction Projects, Construction Workers

Robin Guanghua Qiu

Professor, Engineering Division (Great Valley)
Top research keywords: Gas Fuel Manufacture, Production Line, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Shop Floor, Information Systems

Jay Stauffer Jr.

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cichlid, Cichlidae, Teleostei, Lake Malawi, Africa

John Yen

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Fuzzy Logic, Decision-Making, Shared Mental Models, Teammates, Shared Mental Model

Joel Landry

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Biofuels, Land Market, Housing Market, Pork, Savings

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Primates, Red-capped Mangabeys, Bushmeat, Cercocebus, Food Security

Manzhu Yu

Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Dust Storm, Deep Learning Methods, Geospatial Data, COVID-19, Cloud Computing

Karl Zimmerer

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Agrobiodiversity, Bolivia, Andes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Peru

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

Rick Bates

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Horticulture, Vegetative Buffers, Dust, Christmas Trees, Foliar Nitrogen

Aron Laszka

Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Blockchain, Attackers, Attacker, Smart Contract, Adversary