
Kevin Antshel
Professor, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Bernard Appiah
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Assistant Professor, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Areas of Expertise
Design, implementation or evaluation of drama, mass media and mobile health interventions; public or community engagement approaches for addressing health challenges; media coverage of public health issues; pharmaceutical health services issues; global health

Dessa Bergen-Cico
Professor, Public Health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Alcohol, drugs, and addictive behaviors; traumatic stress; mindfulness; violence and health

Monica Deza
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Labor economics, economic demography, economics of crime, economics of risky health behaviors

Rachel E. Fabi
Assistant Professor, Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Immigrant and refugee health; public health ethics; state and federal health policy

Amy Fairchild
Professor, Maxwell School
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1997
Areas of Expertise

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar
Areas of Expertise

Margaret Formica
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Upstate Medical University
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Firearm violence and prevention; epidemiological methods; treatment choices and health outcomes among cancer patients

Shana Kushner Gadarian
Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Marc A. Garcia
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 2015
Areas of Expertise

Catherine García
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Aging and the life course, minority aging and health, social determinants of health, health disparities, biodemography

Sarah Hamersma
Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Madonna Harrington Meyer
University Professor, Sociology Department
Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Colleen Heflin
Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Bryce Hruska
Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stress and health, and occupational stress

Scott Landes
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
O’Hanley Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2014
Areas of Expertise

Andrew S. London
Professor, Sociology Department
Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Leonard M. Lopoo
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics
Director, Maxwell X Lab
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise

Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Associate Professor, Food Studies, Falk College
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Areas of Expertise

Shannon Monnat
Professor, Sociology Department
Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Research Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise
Rural demography, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality

Jennifer Karas Montez
University Professor, Sociology Department
Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies
Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Miriam Mutambudzi
Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise

Rebecca Ortiz
Associate Professor of Advertising, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Health communication, media effects, sexual violence prevention, HPV vaccine promotion

Danielle Rhubart
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University
Areas of Expertise

Bhavneet Walia
Assistant Professor, Public Health, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
Healthcare efficiency; maternal-child health; disability research; refugee intervention programs; sports health epidemiology

Haowei Wang
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Janet M. Wilmoth
Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Aging Studies Institute
Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Douglas A. Wolf
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Pilot Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Xue Zhang
Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar in Population Health, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Policy Research