Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Faculty
Primary Appointments
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Madina Agénor
Associate Professor, Director of Ph.D. AdmissionsResearch Interests Cancer Screening and Prevention, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Intersectionality, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Structural and Social Determinants of Health -
Jasjit Ahluwalia
ProfessorResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Global Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Karen Andes
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Global Health, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health -
Tayla von Ash
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Sleep -
Elizabeth Aston
Associate Professor (Research)Research Interests Cannabis Use for Recreational and Medical Purposes, Drug Use & Misuse -
Nancy Barnett
ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse -
Tanya Benitez
Assistant Professor (Research)Research Interests Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Lauren Bohlen
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Judson Brewer
ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Kate Carey
Professor, Director of the Doctoral ProgramResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Screening and Brief Interventions -
Rachel Cassidy
Associate Professor (Research)Research Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Drug Use & Misuse, Health Policy, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Suzanne Colby
Professor (Research), Deputy Director, Center for Alcohol & Addiction StudiesResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Shira Dunsiger
Associate Professor (Research)Research Interests Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Smoking and Tobacco Use, Statistical Methodology Including Mediation, High Dimensional Data Analysis and Pattern Detection -
Tracy Gladstone
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Mental Health, Depression Prevention -
Diana Grigsby-Toussaint
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Health Disparities and Health Equity -
Rachel Gunn
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Mental Health, Perinatal Health -
Michelle Haikalis
Assistant Professor (Research) -
Abigail Harrison
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Global Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Reproductive Health -
Jackie White Hughto
Associate Professor, Department Vice ChairResearch Interests Drug Use & Misuse, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Mental Health -
Tim Janssen
Assistant Professor (Research)Research Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Christopher Kahler
Professor, Director of CAASResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Aditya Khanna
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Drug Use & Misuse, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Smoking and Tobacco Use, Complex Systems and Modeling, Social Networks, Incarceration -
Molly Magill
Professor (Research)Research Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Implementation Science , Intervention Development, Quantitative Methods, Qualitative Methods, Science of Behavior Change -
Bess Marcus
ProfessorResearch Interests Mindfulness, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Matthew Meisel
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Health Disparities and Health Equity -
Jennifer Merrill
Professor -
Jane Metrik
Professor (Research)Research Interests Medical and Recreational use of Cannabis -
Lauren Micalizzi
Assistant Professor (Research)Research Interests Drug Use & Misuse, Mental Health, Smoking and Tobacco Use, Child Development, Externalizing Behaviors, Perinatal Substance Use, Self-Regulation -
Mollie Monnig
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Mental Health -
Peter Monti
Donald G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction StudiesResearch Interests Drug Use & Misuse -
Cara Murphy
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Meredith T. Niles
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Health Policy, Quantitative Methods, Climate and Health, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Structural and Social Determinants of Health -
Patricia Risica
Associate Professor, Director of the Undergraduate Public Health ConcentrationResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Michelle Rogers
Assistant Professor (Research)Research Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Mental Health, Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Well-Being, Complex Data Management and Analysis -
Damaris Rohsenow
Professor (Research)Research Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Robert Rosales
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health -
Jennifer Sacheck
Professor, Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Social SciencesResearch Interests Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity, Behavioral Health Interventions Development, Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management -
Malabika Sarker
Professor of the PracticeResearch Interests Implementation Research -
Alexander Sokolovsky
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, Drug Use & Misuse, Smoking and Tobacco Use, Emerging Technologies in Personalized Intervention -
Shufang Sun
Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Mindfulness CenterResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Global Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Jennifer Tidey
Professor, Associate Dean for ResearchResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Drug Use & Misuse, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Mental Health, Smoking and Tobacco Use -
Alison Tovar
Associate Professor, Interim Director of CHPHEResearch Interests Health Disparities and Health Equity, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
David Williams
Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty AffairsResearch Interests Affect, Emotion, and Health Behavior, Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity -
Tyler Wray
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests Chronic Diseases Prevention and Management, Drug Use & Misuse, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Digital Health -
David Zelaya
Assistant Professor,, Associate Director of the Doctoral ProgramResearch Interests Alcohol Use & Misuse, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Reproductive Health, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Health, Mental Health
Secondary Appointments
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Benjamin Berey
Assistant Professor -
Katie Biello
Professor, Chair of the Department of Epidemiology -
Tosca Braun
Assistant Professor -
Willoughby Britton
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research) -
Christy Capone
Assistant Professor -
Mark Celio
Assistant Professor (Research) -
Alethea Desrosiers
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior (Research) -
Erica Eaton
Assistant Professor -
Rani Elwy
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior -
Stefanie Friedhoff
Associate Professor of the Practice -
Elizabeth Goldberg
Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine -
Carolina Haass-Koffler
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Eric Loucks
Professor of Epidemiology -
Robert Miranda
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Melissa Pielech
Assistant Professor -
Prerna Singh
Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies -
Robert Swift
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Hayley Treloar Padovano
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Clinical & Professors of the Practice
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John Fulton
Clinical Associate Professor -
Patricia Holland
Assistant Professor of the Practice -
Lynn Koerbel
Assistant Professor of the Practice -
Elinore McCance-Katz
Professor -
Robert Stahl
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Adjunct & Departmental Associates
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Lia Antico
Assistant Professor -
Beth Bock
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Nicola Bulled
Adjunct Assistant Professor -
Philip Chan
Associate Professor of Medicine -
Patricia Cioe
Associate Professor -
Akosua B Dankwah
Instructor -
Katherine Elizabeth Darling
Assistant Professor -
Catherine Dube
Adjunct Professor -
Akilah Dulin
Professor -
Elana B Finn
Research Associate -
Kim Gans
Adjunct Professor -
Brandon Gaudiano
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Neo Gebru
Assistant Professor -
Irene Glasser
Investigator -
Kate Guthrie
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Arryn Guy
Adjunct Assistant Professor -
Kristina Jackson
Professor (Research) -
Caroline C Kuo
Associate Professor -
Kirsten Langdon
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) -
Lorenzo Leggio
Adjunct Professor -
Rosemarie Martin
Associate Professor -
Matthew Murphy
Assistant Professor -
Andre Nogueira
Investigator -
Amy Nunn
Professor, Executive Director, RI Public Health Institute -
Jennifer Pellowski
Associate Professor -
Peterson, Roselyn Peterson, Roselyn
Assistant Professor -
Jeffrey Proulx
Assistant Professor (Research) -
Megan L Ranney
Professor -
Darlynn Marie Rojo-Wissar
Assistant Professor -
Rochelle Rosen
Associate Professor -
Sarah Skeels
Senior Teaching Associate -
Lynda Stein
Adjunct Professor -
Laura Stroud
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology -
Tara White
Assistant Professor (Research) -
Therese Zink
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Emeriti
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Michael Carey
Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior -
Lynn Epstein
Clinical Professor -
Donald Giddon
Clinical Professor -
Lois Monteiro
Professor -
William Rakowski
Professor
In Memoriam
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David Lewis
Professor -
Albert Wesson
Professor Emeritus -
Mark Wood
Professor, University of Rhode Island