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Barbara Albert, Medical Director, Center for Health Behavior Research Public and Community Health |
| 0110M SPH Bldg. balbert@umd.edu (301) 405-2164
Dr. Barbara Albert is the Medical Director in the Center for Health Behavior Research. She received her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University and began her residency training in Internal Medicine and Primary Care Medicine at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She completed her residency training and a fellowship in Preventive Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine in Baltimore, where she also earned an M.S. in Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology. Dr. Albert has been affiliated with the University of Maryland, School of Public Health for more than 14 years, where she has been a medical advisor for the Wellness Research Lab as well as a medical consultant for numerous studies.
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Jade Clark, Faculty Research Assistant Kinesiology |
| 2309A SPH Bldg. jclark10@umd.edu (301) 405-0380
Jade Clark is a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Kinesiology.
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Pamela Clark, Research Professor Public and Community Health |
| 2387 SPH Bldg. clarkp@umd.edu (301) 405-8624
Dr. Clark's research interests include youth risk behaviors, particularly tobacco initiation, maintenance, and cessation, and evaluation of potentially reduced exposure tobacco products. She is currently studying physiologic responses to variation in smoke particle pH, as well as the smoke chemistry and smoking topography of hookah (waterpipe). Other research interests are system modeling in public health and developing indicators for environmental determinants of health risk behaviors.
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Sally Curtin, Faculty Research Assistant Family Science |
| 1210F Marie Mount curtinsc@hotmail.com (301) 405-2365
Sally C. Curtin is a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Maryland. She earned her B.S. in Mathematics from North Carolina State University and her M.A. in Demography from Georgetown University. She has worked as a statistician at the Bureau of the Census and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her research interests include family influences on child health and well being.
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Betty Dabney, Research Associate Professor Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health |
| 2306 SPH Bldg. bdabney@umd.edu 301-405-6583
Betty J. Dabney is a Research Associate Professor at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health. She received a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and was a post-doctoral fellow in human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine. She worked in industry for many years in environmental and occupational health, and in public health informatics. She has designed and authored large information systems in environmental health, has co-authored three books, and has obtained over $1 million in federal funding. Her interests include linking environmental public health informatics, biomonitoring, reproductive hazards, children's environmental health, and environmental justice.
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Mira Grieser, Faculty Research Assistant; Full-time Research Staff Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| 0110G SPH Bldg. mgrieser@umd.edu cv (301) 405-6589
Mira Grieser, M.H.S., is a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Kinesiology. She received her masters degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, department of International Health. She has experience in program evaluation, instrument development, and qualitative data collection and analysis. Her research interests focus on physical activity, obesity, and chronic disease prevention. She is currently working on Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG), a multi-site study.
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Stephanie Grutzmacher, Research Associate in Maryland Cooperative Extension (MCE)/FMSC Family Science |
| grutz@umd.edu (301) 405-6359
Research Focus: Social welfare policy, poverty alleviation, engaged/experiential pedagogy, food security and nutrition education for low-income populations, health program planning and evaluation.
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Amy Haufler, Research Assistant Professor Kinesiology |
| 2146 SPH Bldg. haufler@umd.edu (301) 405-8556
Dr. Haufler's research focuses on the psychology of human physical activity, performance-related research examines the mechanisms underlying the continuum of skill acquisition and performance (novice to expert), strategies to optimize and accelerate skill learning and the role of stress in skilled performance. Health-related research examines the role of physical activity and health status on cognitive performance across the lifespan. Specifically, the role of physical activity, motor skill, and cognition in school-aged children and the aged are of particular interest.
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Tim Kiemel, Research Assistant Professor Kinesiology |
| 2339 SPH Bldg. kiemel@umd.edu cv (301) 405-2488
My research focuses on the mathematical modeling and analysis of motor control. The motor control behaviors I study include the postural control of standing in humans and swimming in lampreys. My emphasis is on system-level models that illuminate key aspects of motor behavior and the use of empirical data to develop and parameterize such models.
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Joy Marowski, Faculty Research Assistant Public and Community Health |
| SHA-Hanover, MD jmarowski@sha.state.md.us (410) 787-4014
Ms. Marowski has been working in the field of highway safety for 15 years. She joined the Maryland Highway Safety Office (MHSO) as an employee of the Department of Public and Community Health in 1998, after having been a grantee of the MHSO for six years. As Deputy Chief, she is the operations manager for the MHSO, overseeing the grants and resource management aspects of the office. Ms. Marowski works closely with state, regional, and local partners from education, enforcement, engineering and EMS to reduce the incidence and severity of traffic crashes. Ms. Marowski has a Bachelors in Mathematics from Mount St. Marys University, and a Masters in Business Administration from Salisbury State University, with concentrations in Marketing and Spanish.
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Marcio Oliveira, Assistant Chair Kinesiology |
| 2351 SPH Bldg. marcio@umd.edu (301) 405-2450
Dr. Oliveira's research focuses on the developmental changes in a neural network, the so-called mirror neuron system (MNS), which is thought to be involved in action understanding and production during early experience. He also has on-going projects that seeks to characterize the developmental process of finger force control that aims to understand changes in the neuromechanical variables as motor control develops.
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Jessica Rath, Research Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Health Behavior Research Public and Community Health |
| 0110N SPH Building jrath@umd.edu (301) 405-2381
Dr. Rath is the Assistant Director of the Center for Health Behavior Research and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Community Health. She earned her doctorate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a MPH from Emory University. Her research focuses on adolescent health, specifically smoking cessation, diabetes, and the role of parenting in obesity and aggression prevention. She also has extensive experience and interest in program evaluation.
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Berenice Rushovich, Faculty Research Assistant Kinesiology |
| Baltimore brrtc@comcast.net (410) 563-6200 ext. 201
Berenice Rushovich is a health educator and interventionist at the Center for Health Behavior Research. She received her Bachelors in Social Work from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and her Masters in Social Work from Loyola University of Chicago. She has worked on other studies in the School of Health and Human Performance focusing on physical activity and the influence of the environment. Her interests are in promoting health and preventing disease and how environments contribute to health and disease.
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Linda Siegel, Field Director, Legacy Corps Health Services Administration |
| 2367 SPH Bldg. linda.siegel@comcast.net (301) 405-2469
Linda is the Field Director for the Legacy Corps for Health and Independent Living grant with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Sharon Simson, Research Professor Health Services Administration |
| 0220 Hartwick Bldg. ssimson@umd.edu (301) 314-2582
Sharon P. Simson, PhD is Research Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration, Associate Director of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UMD, Director of the Gliner Center on Humor Communication and Health, Co-Director of the Center on Civic Literacy and coordinator of the Graduate Gerontology Certificate Program. She is editor with Laura B. Wilson, PhD of Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation (Haworth Press), Prevention and Aging (Haworth Press), Handbook of Geriatric Emergency Care (University Park Press), and Minority Health and Aging (Pergamon Press). She is senior editor of the textbook, Horticulture as Therapy: Principles and Practice (Haworth Press) and editor of Therapeutic Landscapes: Designing Gardens for Health and Healing (American Horticultural Therapy Association). She has published numerous articles on lifelong learning, civic engagement, health and mental health, horticulture and humor practices. She has served on the board of non-profit organizations and is past chair of Maryland Action for Healthy Kids. She was editor of the Journal of Evaluation and Program Planning and the Journal of the American Horticulture Therapy Association and on the editorial board of the Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics Education. She has been awarded grants and fellowships by the Administration on Aging, National Institute of Mental Health, Gerontological Society of America and foundations. She received the Practitioner of the Year award from the UMD School of Public Health in 2007. She is a Fellow in Retirement Housing of the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aged.
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Jack Steele, Project Director, Legacy Corps Health Services Administration |
| 2367 HHp Bldg. jsteele@stny.rr.com (301) 405-2469
Jack is the Project Director for the Legacy Corps for Health and Independent Living grant with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Katie Voss, Faculty Research Assistant Kinesiology |
| 2309A SPH Bldg. klvoss@wam.umd.edu (301) 405-0380
Katie Voss is a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Kinesiology.
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Arthur Walker, Faculty Research Assistant Public and Community Health |
| SHA-Hanover, MD rwalker@sha.state.md.us (410) 582-5735
Arthur retired from the Maryland State Police in July 2000 with the rank of Lieutenant and had 28 years of creditable service. His last assignment was as the Assistant Commander of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division. Prior to that, he had served as the Barrack Commander for Berlin Barrack in Worcester County. Except for the last three years of his career, a majority of his time was spent assigned to field installations under the Field Operations Bureau at various Barracks throughout the state. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institutes School of Police Staff and Command and was certified as an instructor through the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission in police traffic RADAR, VASCAR+ and Motor Vehicle Law. Mr. Walker is currently employed with the University of Maryland as a Research Assistant. For the past several years, this position has been on loan to the Maryland State Highway Administration where he currently works in the Motor Carrier Division in the position of Motor Carrier Special Projects Manager.
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