Our excellent faculty wants to meet you. The true strength of our program lies in the flexibility and creativity of our professors and the opportunities that they afford our students. As always, the faculty welcomes your inquiries and suggestions. Please feel free to email any of our outstanding faculty members.
department chair
Angelia Paschal Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Health Science, UA, Minority health, health disparities, and access to healthcare.
doctoral program coordinator
David Birch Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Professional preparation; professional leadership; Whole School, and Whole Community, Whole Child approach
UA Program faculty
Deidre Leaver-Dunn Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports Medicine, Professional Preparation, Adolescent Health, Eating disorders, health behaviors of the physically active
Ransome Eke Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Large data, health informatics and survey research, epidemiologic methods, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and epidemiology and health consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Brian Gordon Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Media influences on risky sexual behaviors of African American adolescents; online education
Elizabeth Hibberd Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports Medicine, shoulder injury biomechanics and injury prevention, athletic training clinical outcomes research
Adam P. Knowlden Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Childhood Obesity, Unintentional Injuries from Inadequate Sleep
Ryan Moran Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports-related concussions, epidemiology of mild traumatic brain injury
Joyce E. Nickelson Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Obesity Prevention, Nutrition in the prevention in chronic disease
Levi Ross Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Research Health Disparities, Men's Health, Cancer Prevention and Control, Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Lori Turner Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Osteoporosis Prevention, Nutrition in the prevention in chronic disease
Stuart Usdan Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Dean, College of Human Environmental Sciences, UA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, College Health
Ransome Eke Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Large data, health informatics and survey research, epidemiologic methods, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, and epidemiology and health consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Brian Gordon Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Media influences on risky sexual behaviors of African American adolescents; online education
Elizabeth Hibberd Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports Medicine, shoulder injury biomechanics and injury prevention, athletic training clinical outcomes research
Adam P. Knowlden Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Childhood Obesity, Unintentional Injuries from Inadequate Sleep
Ryan Moran Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports-related concussions, epidemiology of mild traumatic brain injury
Joyce E. Nickelson Associate Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Obesity Prevention, Nutrition in the prevention in chronic disease
Levi Ross Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Research Health Disparities, Men's Health, Cancer Prevention and Control, Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Lori Turner Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Osteoporosis Prevention, Nutrition in the prevention in chronic disease
Stuart Usdan Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Dean, College of Human Environmental Sciences, UA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, College Health
uab program faculty
For a list of UAB Program Faculty, please see the PhD Student Handbook.