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Faculty Research Interests (by Department)

Biostatistics   Epidemiology    Gerontology    Health Behavior    Health Services Management    
Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health   

Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health

Dr. Terry Bunn
Dr. Terry Bunn

Surveillance of occupational injuries and illness
Injury prevention and control in the transportation and construction industries

Dr. Philip Curd
Dr. Philip Curd

Corrections system health care
Wellness programs for inmates
Health care in corrections systems (disease mangement)
Wellness and health in prisons

 

 

Dr. Larry Figgs
Dr. Larry Figgs

Cancer epidemiology
Exposure Assessment
Environmental and occupational disease

 

 

Dr. Ray Garman
Dr. Ray Garman

Hand/upper extremity rehabilitation in worker populations

 

 

 

Dr. Peace Jessa
Dr. Peace Jessa

Occupational Medicine, Toxicology, Pharmacology, Hazardous Exposures, Community health initiatives in medically undeserved population

Dr. Youcheng Liu
Dr. Youcheng Liu

Air pollution and cardiovascular disease in China
Indoor exposure to chemicals found in paint
Children's asthma risk
Organic solvent exposure in auto body shops (risk of toxicity)
Respiratory infection in hospital environments

Dr. David Mannino
Dr. David Mannino

Epidemiology of COPD
Asthma
Lung cancer
Health effects related to active and passive smoking 

Dr. Timothy Prince
Dr. Timothy Prince

Chronic low-level occupational exposure 

 

 

Dr. McKnight
Dr. Robert McKnight

Occupational injuries and illness among farmers, farm workers, and farm families
Occupational poisonings, injury prevention, and health care access among migrant farm workers