Affiliated Faculty and College Partnerships

Joan B. Rose, PhD.

• Professor
• Research interests: Water microbiology, water quality, public health

Celina Wille, Ph.D.

• Research Scientist
• Research interests: Community development, nutrition education

David Macfarlane, PhD.,LTE

• Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Forest Measurements and Modeling Laboratory, Department of Forestry

      Research interests: focuses in answering two basic questions:

1. How do we know what we think we know about forests? (i.e., forest measurements)
2. How can we utilize what we know to better understand how forests work and how to manage them more effectively? (i.e., forest modeling).

Felicia Wu, PhD.

• Hannah Distinguished Professor
• Research interests: Global health, agriculture, trade

Peter Lapine, PhD.

• Associate Professor of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
• Research interests: Voice restoration after laryngectomy, videostroboscopic imagery and vocal fold dynamics, speech acoustics, resonance disorders

Maria Lapinski, Ph.D.

• Professor of Communication
• Research interests: Social-psychological factors on health and environmental risk behaviors with a focus on culturally-based differences and similarities, One Health communication

Evangelyn C. Alocilja, Ph.D.

• Professor of Biosystems Engineering
• Research interests: Nano-biosensors and point-of-care-diagnostics

Syed A. Hashsham, Ph.D.

• Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Research intere: Point-of-care diagnostics

Peter Lillehoj, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Research interests: BioMEMS, nanotechnology, microfluidics, biosensors, point-of-care diagnostics

Brian Thompson, Ph.D.

• Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Research interests: High speed machinery, composite materials, smart materials, design methodologies, community development

Thomas C. Voice, Ph.D.

• Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Director, Hazardous Substance Research Center
• Research interests: Environmental health and water quality

Norbert E. Kaminski, Ph.D.

• Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Director, Center for Integrative Toxicology
• Research interests: Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology

Tom Tomlinson, PhD.

• Professor, Department of Ethics and Humanities in the life sciences
• Research interests: Social issues in medical science

James E. Trosko, Ph.D.

• Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development
• Research interests: Cancer genetics, adult stem cells, toxicology, environmental health, food security

Siddharth Chandra

• Director of Asian Studies Center, Professor, James Madison College
• Research interests: Behavior and policy relating to addictive substances, the intersection of economics, health, history in Asia

David T. Long, Ph.D.

• Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
• Research interests: Environmental health and water quality

Farha Abbasi, MD

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
• Research interests: Cultural psychiatry and cultural competency

Reza Nassiri Ph.D.

• Professor of Family and Community Medicine
• Research interests: Clinical Pharmacology of HIV/AIDS & TB, prevention and control of infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, community health, global health, and socio-ethical determinants of health

Margaret Aguwa, D.O. M.P.H.

• Professor of Family and Community medicine
• Research interests: Community and public health, family planning

Andy Amalfitano, D.O. Ph.D.

• Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology
• Research interests: Gene transfer to treat several diseases, genetic and non-genetic

Michael Boivin, Ph.D. M.P.H.

• Associate Professor of Neurology
• Research interest: Neuropsychiatry of HIV/AIDS

Lisa DeStefano, DO

• Associate Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
• Research interest: Manual medicine

Peter Gulick, D.O. F.A.C.O.I. FACP

• Associate Professor of Hematology/Oncology and Infectious Diseases
• Research interests: HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B and C, hematologic malignancies

Randolph Hillard, MD

• Professor of Psychiatry
• Member H. pylori Study Group
• Research interest: Global mental health and Helicobacter pylori

Kari Hortos, DO.

• Professor of Family Medicine
• Research interest: Clinical nutrition

Jed Magen, Do.

• Associate Professor and Chair of Psychiatry
• Research interest: Global mental health

Justin McCormick, Ph.D.

• University Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Research interest: Carcinogenesis

Edward Rosick, DO.

• Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
• Research interests: Herbal remedies and community health

Jake Rowan, DO.

• Associate Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
• Research interests: Manual medicine and community health

Rene Hinojosa, Ph.D.

• Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
• Research interests: transportation planning, evaluation in planning, methods of regional analysis

Theresa M. Bernardo, DVM, MSc

• Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine.
• Research interests: Medical informatics: use of information technology to improve health care and education, Agricultural health and international trade: Sanitary and phytosanitary measures under the World Trade Organization, Disease surveillance and reporting, One Health Education

John Kaneene, DVM, MPH, Ph.D.

• Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Director for Comprehensive Epidemiology
• Research interests: Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Zoonoses

P.S. Mohankumar, BVSc, Ph.D.

• Professor of Pathobiology
• Research interests: Neuroendocrinology of reproductive aging, Neuroendocrinology of diabetes, Neuro-immune interactions