Affiliated Researchers: Public Health

Kurt Vandegrift

Associate Research Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Peromyscus, Ecology, Deer, SARS Virus, Peromyscus Leucopus

Ed Rajotte

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Kristina Brant

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Deferred Action, Childhood, Illegality, Family Formation, Deportation

Max Crowley

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

Julian Wang

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Infrared Radiation, Energy Efficiency, Daylighting, Lighting, Emergency Response

Bradley Cardinale

Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Biomass, Ecosystems, Species Richness

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes

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

Aron Laszka

Assistant Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Blockchain, Attack, Game, Ethereum, Topology

Deborah Ehrenthal

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

Derrick Taff

Associate Professor, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Top research keywords: National Park, Protected Area, National Parks, Outdoor Recreation, Pandemics

Kristin Sznajder

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: China, Pandemics, Latent Class Analysis, Cross-Sectional Studies, Occupational Stress

Fan He

Instructor, Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine

Cheryl Thompson

Professor, Interim Vice Chair for Education and Endowed Chair in Cancer Population Sciences Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Breast Neoplasms, Colonic Neoplasms, Adenoma, Melanoma, Neoplasms

Zachary Bitzer

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Tobacco Products, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, Free Radicals, Smoke, Free Radical

Lorraine Dowler

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Geopolitics, Gender, Woman, Nationalism, Politics

Joshua Smyth

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

Kathy Kelley

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Edible Flowers, Consumer Preferences, Wine, Purchasing, Gardeners

Louisa Holmes

Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: San Francisco, Young Adult, Bays, Nicotine, Cannabis

Laura Y. Cabrera

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Michael Skvarla

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

Joel Landry

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

Brian Thiede

Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Climate, Poverty, Household, Human Migration, Indigenous Forest

Ying-Ling Jao

Associate Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Top research keywords: Dementia, Apathy, Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care, Systematic Reviews

Joshua Trey Barnett

Assistant Professor in Communication Arts & Sciences (College of the Liberal Arts), Communication Arts and Sciences
Top research keywords: Transgender Persons, Veterans, Rhetoric, Coexistence, Earthlings

Cynthia J. Whitener

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: HIV, Vancomycin, Bacteremia, Infections, Staphylococcus Aureus

Andrew Read

Senior Vice President for Research, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Malaria, Parasites, Parasite, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Culicidae

Sharareh (Sherri) Kermanshachi

Vice Chancellor for Research and Outreach, Penn State Harrisburg

Lee Ahern

Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations
Top research keywords: News, Magazine, Gun Control, News Channel, News Value

Lisa Bolton

Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Marketing, Price Fairness, Remedies, Fairness, Conspicuous Consumption

Timothy W. Kelsey

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farms, Farm, Agriculture, Mushroom, Costs

Mook Bangalore

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy

Gregory Jenkins

Professor, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
Top research keywords: West Africa, Climate Modeling, Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Climate Models

Chris Skurka

Assistant Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tobacco, Nicotine, Intention, Appeal, Tobacco Products

Kathryn Brasier

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Farmer, Stakeholder, Shale Gas, Agriculture

Rebecca Bascom

Professor, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Bronchoscopy, Nose, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Smoke, Lung

Jill Felker

Lecturer of Biochemistry & Lab Manager, Penn State Berks

Guangqing Chi

Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: County, Land Use, Amenity, Migration, Twitter

Abebayehu N. Yilma

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Chlamydia Trachomatis, Macrophages, Cytokines, Nanoparticles, Silver Nanoparticles

Mary K. Shenk

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Marriage, Bangladesh, Kinship, Fertility, Population Dynamics

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Zea Mays, Mycotoxins, Deoxynivalenol, Fusarium Verticillioides