Faculty

Becca Levy

Director

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Social and Behavioral Sciences Division

Research Interests:Psychosocial influences on aging

Jhumka Gupta

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Gender-based violence; Reproductive health; HIV; Mental health; Refugee; Immigrant; Human trafficking; Conflict settings

Jeannette Ickovics

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology
Director, Community Alliance for Research & Engagement (CARE)
Deputy Director and Director of Training, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

Research Interests:Teen pregnancy and STI risk; chronic disease prevention; community engaged research; interventions; randomized controlled trials

Melinda Irwin

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Energy balance; Cancer prevention and prognosis

Trace Kershaw

Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:HIV/STD prevention; Reproductive and maternal-child health epidemiology

Joan Monin

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Aging; Caregiving; Emotion; Health; Attachment

Rafael Perez-Escamilla

Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Office of Public Health Practice

Research Interests:Breastfeeding; Household food security measurement and outcomes; Maternal HIV and child development; Community health workers; Type 2 diabetes; Community nutrition program design and evaluation; Maternal-child public health nutrition; Health disparities

Kelly Brownell

Professor of Psychology, of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Forestry And Environmental Studies

Thomas Gill

Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders
Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research

Research Interests:Epidemiology and prevention of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons

Elena Grigorenko

Emily Fraser Beede Professor in the Child Study Center and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Psychology

Research Interests:Psychology; Learning disabilities; Neuropsychiatric genetics

Alice Miller

Associate Research Scientist in Law and Lecturer in Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Impact of law and policy on construction and experience of gender, sexuality, health and human rights in domestic and global settings.

Jewel Mullen

Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and in Public Health

Marcella Nunez-Smith

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Core Faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
Faculty, Global Health Leadership Institute

Research Interests:Healthcare workforce diversity; cancer disparities; role of media on health; discrimination in health care systems; role of race in professional experience

Peter Salovey

Chris Argyris Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Professor of Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of Management, of Sociology and of Psychology
Provost of the University

Research Interests:Health Communication; Health Behavior; Human Emotion

Marlene Schwartz

Senior Research Scientist in Psychology and in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

David Snow

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Prevention; Health promotion; Workplace interventions; Stress; Coping; Social support; Intimate partner violence

Jacob Tebes

Professor of Psychiatry, in the Child Study Center and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director, The Consultation Center
Director of Psychology, Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests:Community psychology; Prevention & mental health promotion; Adolescent substance abuse; Culture & human diversity; Recovery from mental illness; Research methodology; Program & systems evaluation; Interdisciplinary research; Community science; Team science

Mary Tinetti

Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine
Section Chief, Geriatrics

Research Interests:Falls and injuries; Mobility; Clinical decision-making in the face of multiple health conditions; Harms and benefits of medications

Marney White

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and Research Scientist in and Associate Research Scientist in Psychology
Associate Director, Yale Center for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Research Interests:Binge eating disorder; Obesity

Megan Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and in the Child Study Center and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)
Director, New Haven Mental health Outreach for MotherS (MOMS) Partnership

Research Interests:Mental health promotion and prevention in children and families; Mental illness in pregnancy and parenting; Community-based mental health research; Community-based participatory research in mental health; Gender disparities in mental illness

Stanislav Kasl

Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Research Interests:Psychosocial Epidemiology