Affiliates
Ana Abraido-Lanza PhD
Director, Training Core
Columbia Center for the Health of Urban Minorities
Columbia University
V. Bede Agocha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Connecticut
Richard Christopher Antonelli, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.
Chief, Division of Primary Care
Director, Department of General Pediatrics
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Marysol Asencio, M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Associate Professor
Family Studies and Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
University of Connecticut
Hector Balcazar, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas
Danielle Barry, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Connecticut Health Center
William D. Barta, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Center for Health / HIV Intervention and Prevention
Odilia Bermudez, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.N.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
Tufts University
School of Medicine
Dr. Andrea Bersamin
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Jean M. Breny Bontempi, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Minority Scholars Program
Department of Public Health
Southern Connecticut State University
Laurine Bow PhD
Vice President for Research
Hartford Hospital
Sharon L. Bradford MSW, MS
Adjunct Faculty Member
Social Work Department
Southern Connecticut State University
Boris Bravo-Ureta PhD
University of Connecticut
Edna Brown, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Stacey Brown
Director, Community Based Education and
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
Kim Brownell, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Attending Physician, Charter Oak Health Center
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine
Richard S. Bruno, Ph.D., R.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Health Policy & Management
Columbia University
Center for Community Health Partnerships
David Carroll
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
Jeanne Joseph Chadwick, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Postdoctoral Fellow and Affiliate Researcher
Center for HIV/Intervention and Prevention
University of Connecticut
Department of Psychology
Donna Chapman PhD
Assistant Director
CEHDL
University of Connecticut
Jyoti Chhabra, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Research Program
Hartford Hospital
Craig I. Coleman, Ph.D.
Director
Hartford Hospital
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Studies Group
Renee D. Coleman-Mitchell, M.P.H.
Director
Department of Public Health
Division of Health Education, Management and Surveillance
Dean G. Cruess, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Psychology
Leslie Curry, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine
Assistant Director
Department of Medicine
Hartford Hospital
Grace Damio MS, CD/N
Deputy Director, NIH Export Center for Eliminating Health Disparities Among Latinos (CEHDL);
Director, Center for Community Nutrition; Center for Women & Children's Health
Hispanic Health Council
Lisa Davis, B.S.N., M.B.A.
Title V MCH Director
State of Connecticut
Family Health Section
Jeannette DeJesus MPA,MSW, BA
Hispanic Health
Valen Diaz
Undergraduate, University of Connecticut
Ellen Dornelas, Ph.D.
Director of Behavioral Health Programs
Preventive Cardiology
Hartford Hospital
John F. Dovidio, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Connecticut
Department of Psychology
Linda Drake BA, MS
Community Core Co-Director, CEHDL
Nutritionist and Program Director
EFNEP
University of Connecticut
Valerie B. Duffy, Ph.D., R.D.
Associate Professor, Dietetics Program
University of Connecticut
School of Allied Health
Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology and Community Medicine
University of Connecticut
Pouran D. Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM
Professor, Health Promotion
Department of Allied Health Sciences & Biomedical Engineering Program
University of Connecticut
Maria Luz Fernandez PhD
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Education and Training Core Director, CEHDL
University of Connecticut
Ann Ferris PhD
University of Connecticut
Judith Fifield, PHD
Professor and Director
Health Policy and Primary Care Research Center
Mary J. Fischer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Connecticut
Jeffrey Fisher PhD
Professor, Psychology
Director, Center for Health/HIV Intervention and Prevention
University of Connecticut
Nurgul Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rutgers University
Richard H. Fortinsky, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
Center on Aging
John Frassinelli
Food Stamp Nutrition Education
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Hedley Freake, Ph.D.
Professor
Nutritional Sciences and Molecular and Cell Biology
University of Connecticut
Mario Garcia, M.D., M.D.H.
Program Manager
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Public Health Initiatives Branch
Liana Garcia-Fresher, R.D., M.S., C.D./N.
President, Non-Profit Management Consulting Firm
Fresher Consultants, LLC
Cutberto Garza, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Glorielle Gonzalez MS, RD
Yale New Haven Hospital
Lisandra V. González, MPH
Research Coordinator
Health Policy and Primary Care Research Center and the Department of Family Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center
Delia J. González Sanders Ph.D., LCSW
Research and Clinical Consultant
University of Connecticut Health Center on Aging
Jeanette Goyzueta, MPH
UCONN Health Center
Health Policy and Primary Care Research Center
John Greene MD
Hartford Hospital
David I. Gregorio, Ph.D., M.S.
Director, Graduate Program in Public Health
University of Connecticut
Tricia Gabany-Guerrero PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence
Interim Director
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
University of Connecticut
Dora Gutierrez MD
Director Community Health Initiative
Latin American Health Institute
Mariana T. Guzzardo
University of Connecticut
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Nutrition
Wanda Hamilton
Ofer Harel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Statistics
Shannon Haynes, RD, CD-N, CLC
Nutrition Manager/Dietitian Consultant
LEARN-Eat Smart
Grow Health Coalition
David A. Himmelgreen PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of South Florida
Daniel J. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Rutgers University
Meg Hooper MPA
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Marja M. Hurley, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean & Director
University of Connecticut Health Center
Department of Health Career Opportunity Programs
Margaret Hynes, Ph.D., MPH
Supervising Epidemiologist
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Surveillance and Reporting Unit
Health Information Systems and Reporting Section
Human Development and Family Studies
University of Connecticut
Janet C. King, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Nutrition and of Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sung Koo, Ph.D.
Head and Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Connecticut
Cynthia J. Kozak, R.D., M.P.H., C.D.E.
Program Coordinator
Stat of Connecticut Department of Public Health
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program
Brenda J. Kurz PhD
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
School of Social Work
Ana Legrand, Ph.D.
Assistant Extension Professor
Department of Plant Science
University of Connecticut
Judy Lewis M.PHIL.
Professor
Departments of Community Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc., Hon. Ph.D.
Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University
Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Rigoberto A. Lopez, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Cathleen Theresa Love, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost
University of Connecticut
Multicultural and International Affairs
Elizabeth Mahan, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
University of Connecticut
Office of International Affairs
Grace Marquis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition Canadian Research Chair in Social and Environmental Aspects of Nutrition
McGill University, Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC
Maria D. Martinez, Ph.D.
Director
University of Connecticut
Center for Academic Programs
James P. McClung, Ph.D.
Nutrition Biologist
Military Nutrition Division
United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
Natick, MA
Lydia Medeiros PhD
Ohio State University
Hugo Melgar-Quinonez, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ohio State University
Department of Human Nutrition
Michael H. Merson, M.D.
Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Sharon Mierzwa MPH, RD, CDA
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
Stephanie Milan PhD
University of Connecticut
Susan M. Nappi, MPH
Program Director
Griffin Hospital
Community Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Abdou Ndoye, Ph.D.
Assistant Extension Professor
College of Continuing Studies
University of Connecticut
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Behavioral Cardiovascular Health & Hypertension Program
Division of General Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY
Amii Omara-Otunu D.PHIL, MA
University of Connecticut
Lee M. Pachter, D.O.
Head, Division of General Pediatrics
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Maria L. Palomares
CBCCEDP/WISEWOMAN
Cancer Clinical Research Office
Hartford Hospital
Godfrey D. Pearlson MD
Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Mayte Perez-Franco, Ph.D.
Director
Puerto Rican/Latin American Cultural Center
University of Connecticut
Linda S. Pescatello, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M.
Associate Professor & Director
University of Connecticut
School of Allied Health & Center for Health Promotion
Neena T. Qasba
Translator at TRIPP Center
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Associate Professor, Economics
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Kathryn Strother Ratcliff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Sociology
Xae Alicia Reyes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education
Julie Robison, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine
Milagros C. Rosal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lisa Werkmeister Rozas, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
University of Connecticut
Gualberto Ruaño, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Genomas
Director of Genetics Research, Hartford Hospital
Professor Adjunct, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
Claudia Santelices BA, MA, ABD
Ethnographer
Hispanic Health Council
Leslie Olmstead Schulz, Ph.D.
Dean
University of Texas at El Paso
College of Health Sciences
Richard Schwab PhD
University of Connecticut
Joan Segal, M.A., M.S.
Associate Director, Graduate Program in Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine
University of Connecticut
School of Medicine
Sofia Segura-Pérez MS, RD
Assistant Center Director
Hispanic Health Council, Inc.
Richard L. Seip, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Hartford Hospital
Daniel William Sellen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Department of Anthropology
Deborah Shelton, Ph.D., RN, CAN
Associate Professor
Nursing
University of Connecticut
Merrill Singer PhD
Associate Director
Hispanic Health Council, Inc.
Leslie B. Snyder, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication Sciences
University of Connecticut
Glenn Solomon-Hill
Eileen Storey MD, MPH
Co-Director
Center for Public Health and Health Policy
Chief, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
University of Connecticut Medical School
Alison Stratton, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Hispanic Health Council
Kristin Sullivan, M.A.
Workforce and Professional Development Section Planning Branch
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Charles Super PhD
University of Connecticut
Umekia R. Taylor, MS, RD, CD-N
Associate Educator in-Residence
Department of Extension
University of Connecticut
New Haven County Extension Center
Siobhan Thompson MPH
Director of Research Management
Yale School of Nursing
Center for Self and Family Management of Vulnerable Populations
David F. Tolin, Ph.D.
Founding Director
The Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital
Anxiety Disorders Center
Alfreda Turner
President and CEO, COHC
Sonia Vega-López, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition
Arizona State University l
Ana Lilia Rodriguez Ventura, MD
Pediatrics Unit
Joslin Diabetes Center
Harvard Medical School
Cunegundo Vergara MD, FACP
Hartford Hospital
John A. Vernon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Finance
University of Connecticut
Department of Finance
Alexander C. Vias, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Geography
Jeff Volek PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
University of Connecticut
Julie Wagner PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Fei Wang, MSc, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Charles Michael White, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP
Associate Professor
University of Connecticut
School of Pharmacy
Michelle Williams PhD
University of Connecticut
Ardell A. Wilson, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Office of Oral Public Health
Hartford, CT
Glen Yahola Wilson, M.B.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut
Department of Educational Leadership, Neag School of Education
Cathy Yavinsky, R.N., M.S., CNAA-BC
Nurse Director
Hartford Hospital
Transplant Program
Sarah A. Young, M.S.
Ob/Gyn Clinical Nurse Specialist/Lactation Consultant
Hartford Hospital
Mimi Zoladia, MPH, R.D.
Program Health Coordinator
We WiN
New Haven Family Alliance
Ana Claudia Zubieta PhD
Ohio State University
