Faculty and Staff
Bethany Backes, Ph.D., MSW, MPH
Associate Professor
Social Work
E-mail: Bethany.Backes@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Violence Against Women
- Multidisciplinary responses to victims
- Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
- Stalking
- Sexual Violence
- Victim Help-Seeking
- Program evaluation
Morris Beato, PT, DPT, GCS, NCS
Clinical Associate Professor
Physical Therapy
Location: HS I
Room: 270
E-mail: Morris.Beato@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1864
Areas of Specialty:
- Neurodegenerative Disorders
- falls in older adults
- movement disorders
Susanny Beltran, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor, Center Co-Director
Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training, Social Work
Location: HS I
Room: 218
E-mail: Susanny.Beltran@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4662
Areas of Specialty:
- End-of-life care
- Health literacy and health promotion
- Health care disparities among racial/ethnic minority older adults
- Qualitative research
- Gerontology education
Melissa Bermudez, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
Director of the Center for Professional and Community Education, Instructor
Social Work
Location: HS I
Room: 224
E-mail: Melissa.Bermudez@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4655
Areas of Specialty:
- Intimate Partner and Power-Based Violence / Trauma
- Military personnel and Veterans
- Culturally inclusive care and services
Christina Bernhardt, Ph.D., MSW
Assessment Coordinator, Lecturer
Social Work
Location: HS I
Room: 209
E-mail: christina.bernhardt@ucf.edu
Phone: 407 823-0780
Jacob Bleasdale, Ph.D., MS, CHES
Assistant Professor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 209
E-mail: jacob.bleasdale@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0946
Areas of Specialty:
- HIV/STI prevention and treatment
- Health-related social needs
- Substance use and misuse
- Alcohol-related harm reduction
