
Joseph W. Ditre, Ph.D.
CHB Director
Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
jwditre@syr.edu

Dessa Bergen-Cico, Ph.D., CAS, CHES
CHB Associate Director of Outreach & Collaboration
Professor, Public Health
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affair
dkbergen@syr.edu

Stephen A. Maisto, Ph.D., ABPP
CHB Associate Director of Research
Research Professor, Professor Emeritus, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
samaisto@syr.edu

Kenneth J. Marfilius, L.C.S.W., D.S.W.
CHB Associate Director of Education & Training
Faculty Director of Online Education and Strategic Initiatives
Associate Teaching Professor, Social Work
School of Education
kjmarfil@syr.edu

Yuki (Qiuxi) Huang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
qhuang33@syr.edu

Joon Kyung Nam, MPH, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
jnam07@syr.edu

Dezarie Moskal, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Syracuse University
Clinical Research Program Director
VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
dezarie.moskal@va.gov

Emily P. Rabinowitz, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
D’Aniello Institute for Veterans & Military Affairs
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
erabin02@syr.edu

Ellen M. Faigle
Administrative Specialist
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
efaigle@syr.edu
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is currently being established to guide the strategic direction of the CHB. If you are interested in helping to inform and advance the mission of CHB, please contact Joseph Ditre (jwditre@syr.edu).
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Syracuse University Affiliates

Bernard Appiah
Assistant Professor, Public Health
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Affairs
beappiah@syr.edu

Lynn Brann
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies
Falk College of Sport
lbrann@syr.edu

Sara E. Burke
Associate Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
Intergroup Bias Lab
sburke08@syr.edu

John Cawley
Professor, Economics
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
jhcawley@syr.edu

Catherine Cornwell
Associate Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
cacornwe@syr.edu

Daniel Corral
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
dcorral@syr.edu

Monica Deza
Associate Professor, Economics
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
mdeza@syr.edu

Jennifer Cornish Genovese
Graduate M.S.W. Director, Associate Teaching Professor
Social Work, School of Education
jgenoves@syr.edu

Brooks B. Gump
Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
bbgump@syr.edu

Ryan D. Heath
Associate Professor, Social Work
School of Education
rdheath@syr.edu

Bryce Hruska
Associate Professor, Public Health
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
bjhruska@syr.edu

Brett K. Jakubiak
Associate Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
bkjakubi@syr.edu

Katie Kidwell
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
kmkidwel@syr.edu

Elizabeth G. Kubala
Executive Director, Office of Clinical Legal Education
Director of the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic
Director of Veteran and Military Affairs, College of Law
egkubala@syr.edu

Jun Li
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
jli208@syr.edu

Jianxuan Liu
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
jliu193@syr.edu

Lynn Lohnas
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
ljlohnas@syr.edu

Arielle Newman
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship
Whitman School of Management
arnewman@syr.edu

Leonard Newman
Professor, Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
lsnewman@syr.edu

Charles Nudelman
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
cjnudelm@syr.edu

Jeewon Oh
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
joh126@syr.edu

Yalian Pei
Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
ypei11@syr.edu

Jamie Perry
Associate Professor, Management
Whitman School of Management
jperry10@syr.edu

Jonathan L. Preston
Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
jopresto@syr.edu

Ellyn Riley
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
earil100@syr.edu

Lael J. Schooler
Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
lschoole@syr.edu

Bradley Seymour
Associate Teaching Professor, Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
bseymour@syr.edu

JoCarol Shields
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Exercise Science
Falk College of Sport
jshiel01@syr.edu

Carrie Jefferson Smith
Professor, Social Work
School of Education
cjsmit04@syr.edu

Yvonne Smith
Director, Associate Professor, Social Work
School of Education
ynsmith@syr.edu

Victoria Tumanova
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
vtumanov@syr.edu

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International
Affairs
Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs
miueda@syr.edu

Peter A. Vanable
Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Professor of Psychology Department: Graduate School
Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
pvanable@syr.edu

Kathy R. Vander Werff
Professor and Department Chair
Communication Sciences and Disorders
College of Arts & Sciences
kvander@syr.edu

Margaret Althea Voss
Associate Professor, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Affiliate Faculty Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Studies
Nutrition and Food Studies, Falk College of Sport
mavoss@syr.edu

Xiafei Wang
Associate Professor, Social Work
School of Education
xiwang@syr.edu

Barry Weiss
Special Advisor to the Office of Career Services
College of Law
bsweiss@syr.edu

Sarah Woolf-King
Associate Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
sewoolf@syr.edu

Maryam Yuhas
Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies
Falk College of Sport
myuhas@syr.edu

Michelle J. Zaso
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
mjzaso@syr.edu

Jeffrey C. Zemla
Assistant Professor, Psychology
College of Arts & Sciences
jczemla@syr.edu
External Affiliates

Nick Armstrong
R&D, Growth Leader, Cabana
nick@cabanahealth.org

Varun Gollapudi
Paramedic, United States Army
vsgollap@syr.edu

Michelle Dolphin, PT, DPT, MS
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists
Professor, Associate DPT Program Director, Assistant Dean College of Health Professions
SUNY Upstate Medical University
dolphinm@upstate.edu

Stephen Glatt, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neuroscience and Physiology, Neuroscience Graduate Program,
Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Director of the Psychiatric Genetic Epidemiology & Neurobiology Laboratory
SUNY Upstate Medical University
glatts@upstate.edu

Mary Helander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of Biomedical Informatics
SUNY Upstate Medical University
helandma@upstate.edu

Gregory Beehler Ph.D.
Associate Director of Research
VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
gregory.beehler@va.gov

Katherine Buckheit, Ph.D.
Clinical Research Psychologist
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
katherine.buckheit@va.gov

Jennifer S. Funderburk, Ph.D.
Clinical Research Psychologist
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
jennifer.funderburk@va.gov

Lauren Hocker, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Psychology Fellow
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
lauren.hocker@va.gov

Emily Johnson, Ph.D.
Clinical Research Psychologist
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
emily.johnson1@va.gov

Dezarie Moskal, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Health Behavior Research & Innovation
D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Syracuse University
Clinical Research Program Director
VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
dezarie.moskal@va.gov

Kyle Possemato, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Research
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
kyle.possemato@va.gov

Rachael Shaw Riniolo, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
VA Center for Integrated Healthcare
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
rachael.riniolo@va.gov