Faculty

Johannes Thrul, PhD, MS, uses mobile health technology to understand and treat substance use disorders.

Sabriya Linton, PhD ’13, MPH, uses a health equity lens and mixed methodologies to study how local and macro-level factors influence substance use, mental health, related sequelae.

Trang Quynh Nguyen, PhD '14, MHS '14, MS, uses causal inference methods to contribute to sound and effective research on physical and mental health and social justice.

Ryoko Susukida, PhD '17, uses data harmonization and integrative data analysis to synthesize evidence in substance use disorder treatment and suicide prevention research

William Eaton, PhD, MHS, conducts epidemiologic research to discover risk factors for psychiatric disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, and cognitive decline.

Michelle Carlson, PhD, uses wearables and data to measure cognitively enriching activity in daily life and design interventions to buffer the brain and delay dementia.

Joseph Gallo, MD, MPH, works on risk factors and epidemiology of depression in late life, primary care and mental health, and the intersection of physical and mental health.

Nicholas Ialongo, PhD, is a prevention science researcher who conducts large-scale studies on child mental health, developmental psychopathology, violence prevention, and more.

Sheppard G. Kellam, MD, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Mental Health, works with public schools to help students succeed at each stage of school life.

George Rebok, PhD, MA, is a life-span developmental psychologist who develops community-based interventions to prevent age-related cognitive decline and reduce dementia risk.

Holly Wilcox, PhD '03, MS, uses research to advance public health approaches to suicide prevention, including policies, early intervention, and chain of care approaches.

Tamar Mendelson, PhD, MA, addresses the development, evaluation & dissemination of prevention strategies to improve adolescence mental health in underserved urban populations.

Adam Spira, PhD, MA, studies how healthy sleep can protect against poor outcomes in later life, including cognitive and functional decline, and Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Brion Maher, PhD, MS, is a geneticist who studies the role of genetics and epigenetics in substance use disorders.

Elizabeth Letourneau, PhD, directs the Moore Center for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse, leading efforts to prove that child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable.