Community Health and Prevention Faculty and Staff
Connect with faculty and staff in the Community Health and Prevention department.
Below you can learn more about faculty research interests and their expert topics. You can also filter all faculty by research interest in the Research section.
Table of Contents:
Faculty
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Assistant Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
ja633@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Health
- Substance Use
- Lived Experiences of People Who Use Substances
- Mixed-Methods Research
- Drug Policy
- Harm Reduction
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Associate Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6086
jrb43@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Maternal and child health
- Child and maternal health
- Community health
- Human rights
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Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention
Community Health and Prevention, Urban Health Collaborative
267.359.6061
amy.carroll-scott@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Urban health
- Health and Place or Built Environment
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Health inequities
- Spatial analysis or GIS
- Data integration
- Data visualization
- Mixed methods study designs
- Place-based, cross-sector interventions and evaluation
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Assistant Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
bfc26@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Harm Reduction and Substance Use Treatment
- Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoid Therapeutics
- Overdose Prevention Technologies
- Health Equity and Incarceration
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Opioid Use Disorder and Buprenorphine Induction
- Public Health Approaches to Addiction
- Integration of Technology in Clinical Care
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Dornsife Professor of Global Health and Associate Dean for Global Health and Human Rights
Community Health and Prevention, Urban Health Collaborative
267.359.6137
ace86@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Global/International Health
- Urban Health
- Longitudinal Research Designs and Methods
- Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Population Change and Its Drivers
- Health Systems Research
- Research Capacity Strengthening
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Assistant Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
evf26@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Substance Use
- Mental Health
- Mixed Methods
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Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6274
aligroves@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Reproductive or Sexual Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health
- Data Analysis Methods
- Health Disparities
- Community Engaged Research
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6082
ieh27@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Engaged Research
- Health Disparities
- Health and Place
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mixed Methods Research
- Social Determinants of Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Maternal Health
- Spatial Analysis or GIS
- Urban Health
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Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6011
ack57@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Data Analysis Methods
- GIS-based and spatial analysis
- Environmental Exposures
- Global Health
- Immigrant Health
- Health Communication
- Health Disparities
- Health Policy
- Maternal and Child Health
- Substance Abuse
- Nutrition
- Sexual Health
- Urban Health
- Mixed Methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Excess Burden Intervention
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Professor and Director of the Medical Cannabis Research Center
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6057
sel59@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Mental Health and Behavioral health
- Substance Use
- Urban Health
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Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention, Urban Health Collaborative
ml3629@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, Liver Diseases)
- Hispanic/Latino/Immigrant Health
- Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities
- Community-Based Participatory Research
- Urban Health
- Climate Change
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Assistant Teaching Professor
Community Health and Prevention
jl4465@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Racial, Ethnic and Sexual Minority Populations
- HIV/AIDS Prevention and Intervention
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Community Health
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Professor and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and External Relations
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6124
martinez-donate@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community Engaged Research
- Immigrant Health
- Health Disparities
- HIV Prevention
- Health Care Access
- Latino Health
- Syndemics
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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention
bm3345@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Immigrant Health
- Global Health or International Health
- Community Engaged Research
- Community Based Participatory Research
- Race and Ethnicity
- Health Disparities
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Assistant Professor
Community Health & Prevention, Joint Appointment with the College of Nursing and Health Professions
lp954@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Disparities
- Community-Engaged Research
- Tobacco Prevention and Control
- Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
- Tobacco Regulatory Science
- Health Communication
- Racism and Discrimination
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Associate Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6123
amr395@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Substance Use
- Reproductive or Sexual Health
- Community Engaged Research
- Infectious Diseases
- eHealth or mHealth
- Health Disparities
- Urban health
- Mixed Methods
- Women's Health
- Social Determinants of health
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Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6095
Randy@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Evaluation Methods
- Research Methods
- LGBT Health
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Clinical Research Professor
Community Health and Prevention
267.359.6051
rmt28@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Health care for children and youth with special health care needs
- Child and maternal health
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
esv35@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Community-led Health Equity Structural Interventions
- Participatory Action Research
- Adolescent Health
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Substance Use
- Latinx Immigrant Health
- U.S.-Mexico Border Health
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
lav53@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Participatory Action Research
- Health Intervention Development and Implementation
- Men's Health
- Latine Health Disparities
- Gender-Role Strain and Stress
- Chronic Stress
- Substance and Alcohol Use
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Assistant Professor
Community Health and Prevention
kofoworola.williams@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
Dr. Williams's bio outlines specific research interests within the scope of her research program.
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Assistant Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
Community Health and Prevention, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice
aaz42@drexel.edu
Research Interests:
- Child Trauma & Mental Health
- LGBTQ Youth
- Mental Health Needs of Racial & Ethnic Minority Youth and Families
- The Implementation of Evidence-based Practices for Trauma-impacted Children, Adults, and Their Families
Emeritus Faculty
Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL, Professor Emerita
Janet Fleetwood, PhD, MPH, Professor Emerita
Augusta Villanueva, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita
Secondary Faculty
Kristal Lyn Brown, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts Therapy
Drexel FIRST Program
Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University
Annette Gadegbeku, MD, Assistant Dean, Associate Professor
Department of Family, Community & Preventative Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
MD, Temple University School of Medicine
Elizabeth Hassrick, PhD, Assistant Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago
Sharrona Pearl, PhD, Associate Teaching Professor
Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions
PhD in the History of Science from Harvard
Diana Robins, PhD, Professor and Director
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Neuropsychology from the University of Connecticut
Giacomo Vivanti, Associate Professor
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Siena (Italy)
Affiliate Faculty
Samantha Rivera Joseph, MPH '12, PhD '22
Director
Equal Measure
Aasta D. Mehta, MD, MPP
Medical Officer of Women’s Health
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
MD from Ross University College of Medicine, Dominica
Erica Roberts, PhD, MHS
Senior Research Associate, James Bell Associates
PhD in Behavioral and Community Health from the University of Maryland College Park
Adjunct Faculty
Mike Hauer, PhD, MPH
PhD in Community Health & Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
J. Rachael HaileSelasse, PhD, MA
PhD in Community Health & Prevention '24, Dornsife School of Public Health
Laura Smallcomb, MD
MD from Drexel University College of Medicine
Fellowship-Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Yanick Vibert, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Department Staff
Liz Bruss
Administrative Coordinator II
lb3354@drexel.edu
Storey Clayton
Grants Administrator
swc54@drexel.edu
Sabrina DeVose
Program Manager
sjd59@drexel.edu
Wendy Thurman
Department Administrator
wmt29@drexel.edu