Affiliated Researchers: Health

Dennis Shea

Associate Dean, College of Health & Human Development
Top research keywords: Medicare, Nursing Homes, Nursing Home, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Service

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Jonathan Marks

Professor, Philosophy
Top research keywords: Opioid Epidemic, Hydraulic Fracking, Poverty, Public Health, Natural Gas

Sjoerd W. Duiker

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: No-tillage, Cover Crops, Tillage, Corn, Soil

Asher Rosinger

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Water, Food Supply, Bolivia, Household, Nutrition Surveys

Jeff D. Yanosky

Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Top research keywords: Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, Exposure, Atmospheric Pollution, Women's Health

Adrian Barragan

Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Top research keywords: Dairy Cows, Cows, Milk, Haptoglobins, Postpartum Period

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Dental Calculus, Microbiome

Lilliard Richardson

Professor, College of the Liberal Arts
Top research keywords: Law, Seat Belts, Voting, District, Head Protective Devices

Jessica Myrick

Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Tanning, Social Media, VIP, Cancer, Emotion

Taylor Bishop Scott

Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Evidence, Legislation , Bill, Language, Research Personnel

Leann Andrews

Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Dental Caries, Peru, Poverty Areas, Floating, Rainforest

Anne-Marie Chang

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Sleep, Circadian Clocks, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, Light, Melatonin

Erika Machtinger

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Diptera, Ticks, Musca Domestica, Muscidae, Deer

Elizabeth Long

Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Alcoholism, Alcohols, Alcohol, Twin Studies , Substance-Related Disorders

Brian King

Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Republic Of South Africa, Africa, Livelihood, Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Jacob Benfield

Professor of Psychology, Division of Social Sciences (Abington)
Top research keywords: Aggressive Driving, National Park, Ownership, Mood, Recreation

Kathleen Sexsmith

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Farm, Gender, Agriculture, Worker, Farmer

Phil Choo

Top research keywords: Information Systems, Memory Disorders, Augmented Reality, Health, Data Storage Equipment

Mihyun Kang

Director of Sustainability, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Lighting, Rural Community, Energy Saving, Energy Conservation, Cost Savings

Deborah Ehrenthal

Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Mothers, Pregnancy, Medicaid, Parturition, Pregnancy Outcome

Sarah Kawasaki

Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Top research keywords: Opioid Analgesics, Buprenorphine, Methadone, Opioid Epidemic, Pandemics

Lara Fowler

Senior Lecturer, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder, Water Resources Management, Behavioural Change, Neutral Third Party, Social Change

Darla Lindberg

Professor of Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Farm To Fork, Glycemic Index, Public Policy, Poultry Housing, Video Games

Vasant Honavar

Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Classifiers, Proteins, Ontology, Learning Algorithms, Classifier

Sagan Friant

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Parasites, Cercocebus, Bushmeat, Rivers, Food Supply

Jennifer Kraschnewski

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine
Top research keywords: Exercise, Health, Overweight, Weights And Measures, Obesity

John Yen

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Fuzzy Logic, Decision Making, Fuzzy Rules, Intelligent Agents, Semantics

Md Faisal Kabir

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Audition, Resampling, Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Classifiers

Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes

Assistant Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Hispanic Americans, Menarche, Genomics, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study

Michael Skvarla

Assistant Research Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cunaxidae, Acari, Mite, Mites, Arkansas River

Max Crowley

Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Costs, Costs And Cost Analysis, Evidence, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics

Joshua Smyth

Distinguished Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Ecological Momentary Assessment, Health, Mood, Mindfulness, Depression

Jennifer Van Hook

Roy C. Buck Professor, Sociology and Criminology
Top research keywords: Immigrant, Immigrants, Immigration, Child, Emigration And Immigration

Emily Pakhtigian

Assistant Professor in School of Public Policy, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Nepal, Household, Sanitation, River Basin, Hydropower

Laura Y. Cabrera

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Deep Brain Stimulation, Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Ethics, Brain

Julian Wang

Associate Professor, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Infrared Radiation, Energy Efficiency, Daylighting, Lighting, Emergency Response

Prasenjit Mitra

Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Top research keywords: Search Engines, Digital Libraries, Metadata, Semantics, Classifiers

Jennifer Wagner

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: DNA, Privacy, Genetic Testing, Industry, Health

Melissa Bopp

Professor, Kinesiology
Top research keywords: Exercise, Students, Health, Travel, Faith