Community Health and Prevention Faculty and Staff
Connect with faculty and staff in the Community Health and Prevention department.
Below you can learn more about faculty research interests and their expert topics. You can also filter all faculty by research interest in the Research section.
Table of Contents:
Faculty
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Clinical Teaching Professor and Director of the Office of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6227
jja88@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global health or International health
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Infectious Disease
- Mixed Methods
- Public Health Ethics
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Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Education
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6086
jrb43@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Maternal and child health
- Child and maternal health
- Community health
- Human rights
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Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6061
amy.carroll-scott@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Urban health
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Health inequities
- Spatial analysis or GIS
- Data integration
- Data visualization
- Mixed methods study designs
- Place-based, cross-sector interventions and evaluation
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Clinical Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6056
nee22@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Arts and Public Health
- Community Organizing and Community-Engaged Research
- Religion, Spirituality and Health
- Behavioral Health
- Program Planning and Evaluation
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Dornsife Professor of Global Health
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6137
ace86@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global/International Health
- Urban Health
- Longitudinal Research Designs and Methods
- Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Population Change and Its Drivers
- Health Systems Research
- Research Capacity Strengthening
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Professor, Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention
janet.fleetwood@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Public Health Ethics
- Urban Health
- Health Disparities
- Food Safety
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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention and The Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equity
abg66@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community-Engaged Research
- Environmental Health
- Urban Agriculture
- Climate justice
- Food Justice
- Spirituality
- Land Access
- Collective Agency & Community Power
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Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6274
aligroves@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Reproductive or Sexual Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health Disparities
- Community Engaged Research
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6082
ieh27@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Engaged Research
- Health Disparities
- Health and Place
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mixed Methods Research
- Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Maternal Health
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
- Urban Health
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Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6011
ack57@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Data Analysis Methods
- GIS-based and spatial analysis
- Environmental Exposures
- Global Health
- Immigrant Health
- Health Communication
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Maternal and Child Health
- Substance Abuse
- Nutrition
- Sexual Health
- Urban Health
- Mixed Methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Excess Burden Intervention
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Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6050
Kumanyika@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Solutions to obesity and diet-related diseases in Black children and adults
- Improving equity-focused obesity policies and programs
- Targeted marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages
- Food and nutrition policy
- Evidence-based public health
- Implementation research in community settings
- Systems science applications in public health
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Professor and Director of the Medical Cannabis Research Center
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6057
sel59@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Mental Health and Behavioral health
- Substance Use
- Urban Health
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Associate Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6283
ml3629@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
- Hispanic/Latino Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Urban Health
- Epidemiology of Obesity and Diabetes
- Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption
- Epidemiology of Chronic Liver Diseases
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Assistant Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention
jl4465@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Racial, Ethnic and Sexual Minority Populations
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Community Health
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Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6124
martinez-donate@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Engaged Research
- Immigrant Health
- Health Disparities
- HIV Prevention
- Health Care Access
- Latino Health
- Syndemics
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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention
bm3345@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Immigrant Health
- Global Health or International Health
- Community Engaged Research
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Race and Ethnicity
- Health Disparities
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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program, Joint Appointment with the College of Nursing and Health Professions
lp954@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Disparities
- Community-Engaged Research
- Tobacco Prevention and Control
- Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
- Tobacco Regulatory Science
- Health Communication
- Racism and Discrimination
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Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6123
amr395@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Substance Use
- Reproductive or Sexual Health
- Community Engaged Research
- Infectious Diseases
- eHealth or mHealth
- Health Disparities
- Urban health
- Mixed Methods
- Women's Health
- Social Determinants of health
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Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6095
Randy@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Evaluation Methods
- Research Methods
- LGBT Health
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Clinical Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6051
rmt28@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health care for children and youth with special health care needs
- Child and maternal health
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
esv35@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community-led Health Equity Structural Interventions
- Participatory Action Research
- Adolescent Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Substance Use
- Latinx Immigrant Health
- U.S.-Mexico Border Health
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program
lav53@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Gender-Transformative Interventions
- Patriarchy and Health
- Men’s Health
- Participatory Action Research
- Latinx Health Disparities
- Substance Use
- Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Stress
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Drexel FIRST Program
kofoworola.williams@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Black Men & Boys' Mental Health
- Social and Behavioral Determinants
- Access and Help-Seeking
- Digital Mental Health
- Qualitative & Mixed Methods
- Health Disparities
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Assistant Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Community Health and Prevention, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
aaz42@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Child Trauma & Mental Health
- LGBTQ Youth
- Mental Health Needs of Racial & Ethnic Minority Youth and Families
- The Implementation of Evidence-based Practices for Trauma-impacted Children, Adults, and Their Families
Emeritus Faculty
Augusta Villanueva, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita
Secondary Faculty
Kristal Lyn Brown, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts Therapy
Drexel FIRST Program
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University
Annette Gadegbeku, MD, Assistant Dean, Associate Professor
Department of Family, Community & Preventative Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
MD, Temple University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Hassrick, PhD, Assistant Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago
Sharrona Pearl, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor
Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in the History of Science from Harvard
Diana Robins, PhD, Professor and Director
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Neuropsychology from the University of Connecticut
Giacomo Vivanti, Associate Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Siena (Italy)
Affiliate Faculty
Linda Fleisher, PhD, MPH, Associate Research Professor
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Fox Chase Cancer Center
PhD in Health Studies/Health Communications from Temple University
Hannah Lawman, PhD
Chief of Operations, Division of COVID Containment
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Carolina-Columbia
Aasta D. Mehta, MD, MPP
Medical Officer of Women’s Health
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
MD from Ross University College of Medicine, Dominica
Erica Roberts, PhD, MHS
Senior Research Associate, James Bell Associates
PhD in Behavioral and Community Health from the University of Maryland College Park
Sheldon Sloan, MD, M Bioethics
Vice President & Etrasimod GI Program Leader
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
MD from the Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center
Adjunct Faculty
Janna Ataiants, DrPH, Senior Research Scientist
Department of Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Mike Hauer, PhD, MPH
PhD in Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Laura Smallcomb, MD
MD from Drexel University College of Medicine
Fellowship-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Gregory Troutman, PhD
Sydney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Internal Medicine Resident at Penn Medicine
Yanick Vibert, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Department Staff
Liz Bruss
Administrative Coordinator II
lb3354@drexel.edu
Storey Clayton
Grants Administrator
swc54@drexel.edu
Sabrina DeVose
Program Manager
sjd59@drexel.edu
John Pink
Administrative Coordinator I
jjp352@drexel.edu
Wendy Thurman
Business Manager
wmt29@drexel.edu