Tapan Mehta, Ph.D.
Vice Chair for Research
Research interests: Cardiometabolic conditions, disability, and rehabilitation in primary care settings including evaluating and optimizing interventions and care processes in pragmatic settings with an overall goal of developing sustainable and scalable intervention packages
Kaylee Crockett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Clinical Health Psychologist
Clinical Scientist
Research interests: Social and behavioral processes of chronic illnesses, ameliorating psychosocial factors that contribute to poor health outcomes and multimorbidity among populations living with and at risk for HIV.
Jamie Gajos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Substance misuse and health-risk behaviors in justice-involved and other vulnerable populations; intensive longitudinal data analysis; geospatial analysis; mHealth interventions
Jessica Jaiswal, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Treatment disparities related to opioid use disorder and along the HIV care and prevention continua
Catheryn Orihuela, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Health disparities, impact of poverty and poverty-related stressors on physical and mental health, food insecurity in adults living with chronic disease, food program utilization, health coaching in clinical settings, social need screening and program referrals, community-based participatory research
Drew Sayer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Nutrition, exercise, obesity, and diabetes research spanning from short-term, controlled feeding studies to longer duration, comparative effectiveness trials for weight loss and maintenance
Taylor Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Impact of exercise on neuroinflammation in older adults with fibromyalgia
Haoyang Yan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Cognitive and social psychology of medical decision making, patient/family-provider communication, decision intervention, decisions ranging from preference-sensitive ones to those with an evidence-based optimal choice
Salma Aly, M.D., MPH
Data Scientist
Ivan Azarov, Ph.D.
Data Manager
Vasil Bachiasvili, M.D.
Data Scientist
Navneet Baidwan, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Design Analytics Core
Kiu Chui, Ph.D., R.D.
Postdoctoral Assistant
Katie Ellison, Ph.D., RDN, LDN
Postdoctoral Assistant
Aseel El Zein, Ph.D., MS, RDN
Scientist & Program Director, Clinical Research
Research interests: Nutrition, cardiometabolic health (including obesity and type 2 diabetes), health disparities, and telehealth. Aiming to enhance patient outcomes through behavior change and digital health strategies, supported by robust clinical trials with a focus on underserved populations.
Dawn Fizer, M.H.A.
Program Director II
Brooke Gleason
Business Officer II
Tejossy John, MPH
Research Scholar
Druss Hays
Clinical Research Coordinator I
Mari Katundu, MS
Researcher
Rachel Knight, Ph.D., RD, LD
Scientist
Rebekah Kummer
Research Writer
Tanjila Nawshin, MS
Student Assistant
Chelsi Reynolds, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Rebecca Rogers, MS
Scientist II
Devon Roper, MS
Clinical Research Coordinator