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    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

    Don Chaney Professor and Chair, Department of Health Science, Design and delivery of online educational modalities; technological applications in health education and health promotion​

    doctoral program coordinator

    ​Angelia Paschal  Associate Professor, UA, Minority health, health disparities, and access to healthcare.

    UA Program faculty

    Elizabeth "Beth"  Chaney Professor, Instrument development and evaluation for health education and health promotion programs

    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

    Jessica Jaiswal, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA. LGBTQ health, HIV prevention and treatment, substance use and misuse, racism and health, medical mistrust, stigma.

    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 

    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) 

    Michael L. Stellefson Professor, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) self-management education; Translational health communication in chronic disease management; Application of information and communication technologies in health promotion; Electronic health (eHealth) literacy assessment across the lifespan

    Lori Turner  Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Osteoporosis Prevention, Nutrition in the prevention in chronic disease
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    ​Stuart Usdan  Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Dean, College of Human Environmental Sciences, UA, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, College Health

    Jessica Wallace  Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science, UA, Athletic Training, Sports Medicine, Sport-Related Concussion, Health Disparities.

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