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Martin Sliwinski
Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Gregory H. Wolf Professor of Aging Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
mjs56@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-9980
Office:
401 Biobehavioral Health Building
Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Associate Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
jeg32@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-1840
Office:
231 Biobehavioral Health Building
Amy Lorek
Assistant Director for Engagement and Learning for the Center for Healthy Aging
Email:
ael13@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-7903
Office:
404 Biobehavioral Health Building
Leah Abrams
Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
Email:
Leah.Abrams@tufts.edu
A. Patricia Aguilera Hermida
Associate Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Email:
aua240@psu.edu
Lacy Alexander
Professor of Kinesiology
Email:
lma191@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-1781
Fax:
(814) 865-4602
Office:
113 Noll Laboratory
Alexa Allan
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
aca5399@psu.edu
David Almeida
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
dalmeida@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-2656
Fax:
814-863-9423
Office:
403 Biobehavioral Health Building
Jessie Alwerdt
Research Project Manager
Email:
jua244@psu.edu
Office:
417 Biobehavioral Health Building
Duane Alwin
McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
dfa2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0438
Office:
309 Pond Lab
Hailey Andrews
Human Research Technologist
Email:
hja5375@psu.edu
Jiyeon "Joan" Baek
Postdoctoral Scholar
Email:
jkb6803@psu.edu
Office:
407 Biobehavioral Health Building
Monique Balthazar
Assistant Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing
Email:
msb6243@psu.edu
Aarti Bhat
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
acb6009@psu.edu
Christine Binduga
Human Research Technologist
Email:
cas7294@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-7551
Office:
417A Biobehavioral Health Building
Orfeu Buxton
Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
orfeu@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 867-5707
Office:
205 Biobehavioral Health Building
Catherine Carpenter
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
cmc84@psu.edu
Kent Cheng
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
kgcheng@psu.edu
Vernon Chinchilli
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Professor of Statistics
Email:
vchinchi@psu.edu
Phone:
717-531-4262
Office:
A210 Public Health Sciences, Hershey, PA 17033
Karishma Christmas
Research Project Associate
Email:
knc5576@psu.edu
Becca Clancy
Human Research Technologist
Email:
rlk5028@psu.edu
David Conroy
Professor & Chair of Applied Exercise Science, University of Michigan
Email:
deconroy@umich.edu
Natalie Cramer
Human Research Technologist
Email:
nag179@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-4817
Abi Dadzie
Graduate Student, Biobehavioral Health
Email:
amd7593@psu.edu
John Dattilo
Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management
Email:
jxd8@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0720
Fax:
(814) 867-1751
Office:
814A Donald H. Ford Building
Jonathan Daw
Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
jud36@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0096
Office:
705 Oswald Tower
Mary Jane De Souza
Professor of Kinesiology and Physiology
Email:
mjd34@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0045
Fax:
(814) 865-4602
Office:
104 Noll Laboratory
Nancy Dennis
Assistant Director for Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Professor of Psychology, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Department Head for Instruction
Email:
nad12@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-1712
Office:
450 Moore Building
Michele Diaz
Associate Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Email:
mtd143@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-1726
Office:
356 Moore Building
Jose Diaz
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
jdiaz@psu.edu
Chelsea Dickens
Research Data Analyst
Email:
czd171@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-7502
Office:
433 Biobehavioral Health Building
Jonathan Dingwell
Professor of Kinesiology Graduate Program Director
Email:
jbd5@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-7761
Christopher Engeland
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
cge2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-4694
Fax:
(814) 863-7525
Office:
229 Biobehavioral Health
Nicole Etter
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email:
nme2@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-8133
Office:
404C Ford Building
Paul Evitts
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, School of Humanities Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Penn State College of Medicine Program Chair, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Email:
pevitts@psu.edu
John Felt
Assistant Research Professor
Email:
jzf434@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-9978
Office:
431 Biobehavioral Health Building
Donna Fick
Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing, Professor of Medicine, Director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence at Penn State, Editor, Journal of Gerontological Nursing
Email:
dmf21@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-9325, (814) 863-0245
Fax:
(814) 865-6625
Office:
306 Nursing Sciences Building
Courtney Fine
Research Project Manager
Email:
cjf5860@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-4773
Office:
237 Health & Human Development Building
Katherine Fisher
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
kgf5118@psu.edu
Steffany Fredman
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Professor of Psychology, Edna P. Bennett Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research
Email:
sjf23@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-5296
Fax:
814-863-7963
Office:
205 Health and Human Development Building
Alyssa Gamaldo-Roddy
Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University
Email:
agamald@clemson.edu
Tullika Garg
Associate Professor of Urology, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Email:
txg5408@psu.edu
Phone:
717-531-0003
Office:
500 University Drive, C4830, Hershey, PA 17033
Elana Gloger
Postdoctoral Scholar
Email:
elana.gloger@psu.edu
Maria Gonzalez
Research Assistant
Email:
meg6472@psu.edu
Margeaux Gray
Assistant Research Professor
Email:
margeaux@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-5800
Office:
259 Health & Human Development Building
Joshua Gross
Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Biobehavioral Health, Director of the Nutritional Neuropharmacology Laboratory
Email:
jdg6119@PSU.EDU
Jonathan Hakun
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Email:
jgh5196@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-2441
Office:
EC037 Neurology, Hershey, PA 17033
Marsha Hampton Jarmon
Human Research Technologist
Email:
mpj16@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-4773
Office:
237 Health & Human Development Building
Nikki Hill
Associate Professor of Nursing, Associate Director of the Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Email:
nikki.hill@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-3265
Office:
311A Nursing Sciences Building
Jennifer Hillman
Professor of Psychology
Email:
JLH35@psu.edu
Phone:
610-396-6147
Office:
119 Franco Building, Reading, PA 19610
Yan Huang
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
ykh5327@psu.edu
Houtan Jebelli
Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering
Email:
hkj5117@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-6442
Office:
224 Engineering Unit A
Linying Ji
Assistant Professor in Psychology, Montana State University
Email:
linying.ji@montana.edu
Jyotsna Kalavar
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
jmk18@psu.edu
Phone:
(724) 334-6745
Fax:
(724) 334-6039
Office:
Room 24, Science Building
Matthew Kaplan
Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
Email:
msk15@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-7871
Office:
007A Ferguson Building
William Kenney
Professor of Physiology and Kinesiology, Marie Underhill Noll Chair in Human Performance
Email:
w7k@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-1672
Office:
102 Noll Lab
Ann Kolanowski
Professor of Nursing, Professor of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Adjunct Professor, Associated Faculty, School of Nursing
Email:
amk20@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-9901, (814) 863-1048
Fax:
(814) 865-3779
Office:
304 Nursing Sciences Building
Maria Kurth
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
mfk5959@psu.edu
Janine Kwapis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Email:
jlk855@psu.edu
Office:
516 Mueller Lab
Stephanie Lanza
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (courtesy)
Email:
SLanza@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-7095
Office:
302 Biobehavioral Health Building
Soomi Lee
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
smlee@psu.edu
Phone:
814-867-6471
Office:
219 HHD Building
Jeesun Lee
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
jfl6269@psu.edu
Yanling Li
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
yxl823@psu.edu
Sarah Lipitz
Research Assistant
Email:
srl5291@psu.edu
Xiao Liu
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Email:
xxl213@psu.edu
Phone:
(814)863-4419
Office:
431 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Susan J. Loeb
Professor of Nursing & Department of Medicine, College of Medicine
Email:
svl100@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2236, (814) 865-3349
Fax:
(814) 863-1027
Office:
315B Nursing Sciences Building
Liying Luo
Associate Professor of Sociology and Demography
Email:
lzl65@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0147
Office:
714 Oswald Tower
Aarthi Madhavan
Assistant Professor, CSD Journal Club Coordinator
Email:
axm1125@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0832
Office:
404B Ford Building
Jennifer Maggs
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
jmaggs@psu.edu
Office:
119 Health and Human Development Building
Lynn Martire
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
lmm51@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-7374
Office:
411 BBH Building
Amilcar Matos-Moreno
Assistant Research Professor
Email:
abm6818@psu.edu
Brett Messman
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
bam6961@psu.edu
Jacqueline Mogle
Associate Professor, Clemson University
Email:
jmogle@clemson.edu
Kyle Murdock
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
kwm20@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-0200
Office:
114 Biobehavioral Health Building
Megan Nakamura
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
mjn5892@psu.edu
Jennie Noll
Professor of Psychology, University of Rochester
Email:
jennie_noll@urmc.rochester.edu
Zita Oravecz
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
zita@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-1546
Office:
232 Health and Human Development Building
Jeongmin Park
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
jeongmin.park@psu.edu
Nilam Ram
Professor of Communication & Psychology, Stanford University
Email:
nilamram@stanford.edu
Daniel Roberts
Postdoctoral Scholar, Biobehavioral Health
Email:
dqr5570@psu.edu
Office:
221 Biobehavioral Health Building
Erica Roque
Administrative Assistant, Human Research Technologist
Email:
ear5875@PSU.EDU
Office:
428 Biobehavioral Health Building
Lesley Ross
Professor, Clemson University
Email:
laross@clemson.edu
Chaleece Sandberg
Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Co-Founder of Research PALS
Email:
cws18@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2007
Office:
401D Ford Building
Alexis Santos
Assistant Director for Diversity and Inclusion in Research for the Center for Healthy Aging, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Demography
Email:
ars39@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-0117
Office:
102 Heath and Human Development Building
Mark Sciegaj
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Administration, Associate Director of the Penn State Smart Spaces Center, Professor-in-Charge of the Undergraduate Program
Email:
mxs838@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2861
Fax:
(814) 863-2905
Office:
601F Donald H. Ford Building
Amber Seidel
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
ajs49@psu.edu
Phone:
(717) 771-4029
Office:
Room 13, John J. Romano Administration Building (Romano), Penn State York Campus
Rinanda Shaleha
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
rrs5577@psu.edu
Idan Shalev
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
ius14@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-5764
Office:
223 Biobehavioral Health Building
Dennis Shea
Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach, College of Health and Human Development
Email:
dgs4@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-2901, (814) 865-1427
Office:
345 Health and Human Development Building
Chad Shenk
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies/Department of Pediatrics
Email:
ces140@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-9688
Office:
230 Health & Human Development Building
Joshua Smyth
Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University
Email:
smyth.88@osu.edu
Jordan Solt
Human Research Technologist
Email:
jvs6276@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-4773
Office:
237 Health & Human Development Building
Alana Stracuzzi
Human Research Technologist
Email:
acs6055@psu.edu
Phone:
814-863-2539
Ashley Tate
Research Project Manager
Email:
axs6110@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-4914
Office:
410 Biobehavioral Health Building
Muhammad Thalil
Postdoctoral Scholar
Email:
mkt5742@psu.edu
Office:
429 Biobehavioral Health Building
Junyan Tian
Graduate Student, Human Development & Family Studies
Email:
jxt717@psu.edu
Meynard Toledo
Postdoctoral Scholar
Email:
mlt5541@psu.edu
Yogasudha Veturi
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Assistant Professor of Statistics
Email:
yzv101@psu.edu
Gitana Villa
Human Research Technologist
Email:
gmv5129@psu.edu
John West
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
johnwest@psu.edu
Kari Whitehead
Research Project Manager
Email:
klh196@psu.edu
Phone:
814-865-7094
Office:
416 Biobehavioral Health Building
Dakota Witzel
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email:
ddw5372@psu.edu
Linda Ann Wray
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Email:
law30@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-0764
Office:
106 Biobehavioral Health Building
Molly Wright
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
mpw5810@psu.edu
Jingchuan Wu
Predoctoral Fellow
Email:
jingchuan@psu.edu
Steven Zarit
Emeritus Faculty of Human Development and Family Studies
Email:
z67@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-5260
Fax:
(814) 863-7963
Ruixue Zhaoyang
Assistant Research Professor
Email:
rzz12@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 863-9978
Office:
413A Biobehavioral Health Building
Leah Mehm
Operations Manager
Email:
lmp18@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-3252
Office:
433 Biobehavioral Health Building
Emily Repka
Senior Administrative Assistant, Human Research Technologist
Email:
emf5055@psu.edu
Phone:
(814) 865-4776
Office:
413 Biobehavioral Health Building