Faculty and Staff
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yen-Han Lee, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 218
E-mail: yen-han.lee@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Substance Use
- Global Health
- Health disparities
- Geriatric health
- Secondary Data Analysis
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
Areas of Specialty:
- Alcohol use and abuse
- Risky sexual behaviors
- Cardiovascular health
- Sexual minority populations
- Secondary data analyses
- Sexual and reproductive health
A’Naja Newsome, Ph.D., ACSM-CEP
Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 210F
E-mail: anaja.newsome@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Exercise Psychology
- Physical Activity Epidemiology
- Research Measurement
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., MA, CHES
Associate Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 210K
E-mail: michael.rovito@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3888
Areas of Specialty:
- Cancer Survivorship
- Testicular Cancer
- Quality of Life
- Men's health
- Public Health
Suha Saleh, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Success, Associate Professor
Dean's Office, Health Sciences
Location: HS I
Suite: 365
E-mail: suha.saleh@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6761
Areas of Specialty:
- Health education
- College student health
- Eye disorders and diabetes
Catherine Sarkozy, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN
Instructor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 209
E-mail: catherine.sarkozy@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Adult and Pediatric Malnutrition
- Preterm Infant Growth Patterns
- Intuitive Eating
Joy D. Scheidell, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 211
E-mail: joy.scheidell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3004
Areas of Specialty:
- Substance Use
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Harm reduction
- Health inequities
- Epidemiologic methods
Danielle Webster, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 216
E-mail: danielle.webster@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2550