Faculty and Staff
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Mohammadali “Ali” Amirkhosravi, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 209
E-mail: Ali.Amirkhosravi@ucf.edu
Keith Brazendale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 211
E-mail: keith.brazendale@ucf.edu
Research Interests:
- Childhood Obesity
- Physical Activity
- Sedentary Behavior
- sleep
Steven Burroughs, MS, RDN, LDN, CDN
Visiting Instructor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
E-mail: Steven.Burroughs@ucf.edu
Research Interests:
- Critical Care Nutrition Support
- Energy and Protein Metabolism and Regulation
- Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases
Katia Ferdowsi, MD, MPH
Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 210J
E-mail: katia.ferdowsi@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1446
Research Interests:
- Disease prevention
- Public Health
- common and preventable diseases in youth
- Global Health
Jeanette Garcia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 210L
E-mail: jeanette.garcia@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3207
Research Interests:
- Health behaviors in youth with social/emotional/behavioral disorders
- Community-based health interventions
- Link between health behaviors (physical activity, nutrition, sleep, screen time) & academic performance
Martha Garcia-Stout, PharmD, JD
Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 214
E-mail: Martha.garcia-stout@ucf.edu
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
Research Interests:
- Folate and vitamin B12 requirements and metabolism
- Nutrient-gene interactions/epigenetic alterations and disease risk
Eunkyung “Muriel” Lee, Ph.D., RDN
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 213
E-mail: eunkyung.lee@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3365
Research Interests:
- 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
Michele Locke
Administrative Coordinator III
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 210D
E-mail: michele.locke@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0210
Humberto Lopez Castillo, MD, Ph.D., CPH, CMI-Spanish
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 217
E-mail: dr.hlc@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3012
Research Interests:
- Alcohol use and abuse
- Risky sexual behaviors
- Cardiovascular health
- Sexual minority populations
- Secondary data analyses
- Sexual and reproductive health
Chelsea McClellan
Academic Advisor III
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 204
E-mail: Chelsea.McClellan@ucf.edu
Cassie Odahowski, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 210F
E-mail: Cassie.Odahowski@ucf.edu
Research Interests:
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Rural and Minority Health Disparities
- Geospatial Analyses of Healthcare Resources
Erin Rolle, PT, DPT, NCS
Internship Experiences Coordinator II
Health Sciences
E-mail: hsintern@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4096
Michael J. Rovito, Ph.D., CHES
Associate Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 215
E-mail: michael.rovito@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3888
Research Interests:
- Men's health
- Health behavior sciences
- Health communication
- Public Health
- Health education
Suha Saleh, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, Clinical Associate Professor
Dean's Office, Health Sciences
Location: HS I Suite: 365
E-mail: suha.saleh@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6761
Research Interests:
- Health education
- College student health
- Eye disorders and diabetes
Robert Schiavo
Academic Advisor III
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 207
E-mail: robert.schiavo@ucf.edu
Valerie Schulz, MMSc, RDN, LDN, CDE
Instructor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 210M
E-mail: valerie.schulz@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5325
Danielle Webster, Ph.D.
Associate Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 216
E-mail: danielle.webster@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2550
L. Timothy Worrell, BS, MPH, RRT
Instructor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II Room: 212
E-mail: l.timothyworrell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5236
Research Interests:
- History of cardiology
- Hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill patient
- Invasive cardiovascular diagnostic techniques
- Non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic techniques
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