Research interests: child and adolescent socio-emotional development; access to healthcare for vulnerable youth; program evaluation; analysis of developmental processes in applied contexts, such as child abuse, homelessness, childcare and maternal employment, and healthcare
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Research interests: understanding the role of psychological functioning in the etiology, development, and prevention of obesity and obesity-related health problems such as type 2 diabetes
Full ArticleRiggs, Nathaniel
Research interests: translating basic research in developmental neuroscience to interventions for child and adolescent social-emotional, behavioral, and physical health
Full ArticleLi, Kaigang
Research interests: social-ecological and dynamic determinants of physical activity engagement; trajectories and determinants of cardiovascular health and related modifiable behaviors’ teenage risky driving and alcohol/drug impaired driving
Full ArticleLeach, Heather
Research interests: social ecologic determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance; benefits of physical activity for cancer patients and survivors, and other chronic disease populations; translating physical activity intervention research into standard health care practice and sustainable community programming
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Courses: HDFS 6500
Research interests: adult development of awareness of aging and links to developmental outcomes; if changing adults’ negative views on aging can lead to adoption of behaviors known to promote successful aging; impact of personality and social-emotional processes on successful aging
Graham, Dan
Courses: PSCY 6000
Research interests: promoting physical activity and healthy eating by clarifying the social ecological factors that facilitate and inhibit these behaviors
Nelson, Tracy
Research interests: the biobehavioral influences on soldier performance and health, the impact of genetic, neuroendocrine and metabolic factors on chronic disease and evaluation and interventions to improve community-level chronic disease risk
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