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Latifa S. Abdelli, MS, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210L

E-mail: latifa.abdelli@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Stem cells in tissue repair and regeneration
Role of Gut-Brain axis in health and disease

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Alexandra Barraza-Oliphant

Academic Program Manager

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210E

E-mail: alexandra.barraza-oliphant@ucf.edu

Crisel Borges, MS

Senior Academic Success Coach

Health Sciences

E-mail: crisel.borgesderomero@ucf.edu

Keith Brazendale, Ph.D., MS

Assistant Professor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210A

E-mail: keith.brazendale@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Childhood Obesity
Physical Activity
Sedentary Behavior
sleep

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Steven Burroughs, MS, RDN, LDN, CDN

Instructor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II

E-mail: Steven.Burroughs@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Critical Care Nutrition Support
Energy and Protein Metabolism and Regulation
Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases

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Cheryl Cavaliere, Ph.D., MS, RDN, LDN

Lecturer

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210D

E-mail: Cheryl.Cavaliere@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Nutrition for Prenatal and Lactating Women
Nutrition for Children and Infants
Plant-Based Nutrition for Chronic Disease Prevention
Stress and Emotional Eating
Strategies for Resolving Food Insecurity
Food and Exercise as Medicine

Bethany Coz, MA, MCHES

Instructor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 212

E-mail: bethany.coz@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Public Health
Population Health
Chronic Disease Prevention

Korey Creary, MPH

Academic Success Coach

Health Sciences

E-mail: korey.creary@ucf.edu

Katia Ferdowsi, MD, MPH

Lecturer

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210J

E-mail: katia.ferdowsi@ucf.edu

Phone: 407-823-1446

Areas of Specialty:

Disease prevention
Public Health
common and preventable diseases in youth
Global Health

Martha Garcia-Stout, PharmD, JD

Lecturer

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 214

E-mail: Martha.garcia-stout@ucf.edu

Shante Jeune, Ph.D., RDN

Assistant Professor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 215

E-mail: shante.jeune@ucf.edu

Areas of Specialty:

Nutrition Education
Eating Behaviors
Self-regulation and Cognitive Skills

Qianxia Jiang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 219

E-mail: qianxia.jiang@ucf.edu

Phone: 407-823-1051

Areas of Specialty:

Measurement
Physical Activity
Childhood Obesity
Neighborhood Environment

Gail Kauwell, Ph.D., RDN, LDN, FAND

Department Chair, Professor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 210C

E-mail: Gail.Kauwell@ucf.edu

Phone: 407-823-0782

Areas of Specialty:

Folate and vitamin B12 requirements and metabolism
Nutrient-gene interactions/epigenetic alterations and disease risk

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Eunkyung “Muriel” Lee, Ph.D., RDN

Associate Professor

Health Sciences

Location: HS II Room: 213

E-mail: eunkyung.lee@ucf.edu

Phone: 407-823-3365

Areas of Specialty:

Evaluation of cancer treatment using the patient-reported outcomes research and comparative effectiveness research approaches
Interrelationship among adjuvant radiotherapy, comorbidity, survival, and health-related quality of life among older women with breast cancer
Evaluation of healthy behaviors among cancer survivors utilizing the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) data
Evaluation of interventions in improving quality of life among cancer survivors

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