The College of Health Professions and Sciences is home to federal, state and local government grants and contracts. Current funding agencies include the National Institutes of Health and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Faculty members seek opportunities to collaborate with researchers across the campus and around the world, and they frequently engage students in their research activities.
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Kim Anderson
Interim Center Director, Interim Program Director of Public Affairs - Social Work Track Coordinator
E-mail: kim.anderson@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5201
- Assessment of trauma and recovery for survivors of violence
- Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth in Trauma Populations
- Intimate partner violence - including rural and Native American populations
- Childhood exposure to domestic violence across the lifespan
- Digital Storytellng as a trauma narrative intervention
Morris Beato
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: Morris.Beato@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1864
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Neuromotor Interventions for Neurologic Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation
Lauren Bislick Wilson
Assistant Professor
E-mail: Lauren.Bislick@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4768
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Acquired Apraxia of Speech
- Acquired Aphasia
- Differential Diagnosis
- Treatment Development
- Motor Learning Theory & Principles of Motor Learning
Mary Ann Burg
Professor
E-mail: m.burg@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6167
- Women's health
- Cancer survivorship and access to care
- Cancer health disparities
- Integrated behavioral healthcare
Giselle Carnaby
ASHA Fellow, Professor
E-mail: giselle.carnaby@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-4801
- Swallowing Disorders
Cecyle Carson
Associate Professor
E-mail: cecyle.carson@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4797
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Voice disorders
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Speech disorders
- Cleft palate
Reshawna Chapple
Assistant Professor
E-mail: rchapple@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-2958
- Deaf and hard of hearing
- Disabilities
- Black and African American Families
- Mental Health and Crisis Intervention
Janel Cosby
Audiologist, Lecturer
E-mail: janel.cosby@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0481
- Cochlear Implants
- Auditory Training
- Cognitive Processing
- Aural (Re)habilitation
- Auditory Processing
- Early Intervention
- Hearing Conservation
- Hearing Disorders Across the Lifespan
- Aging
Michael Crary
ASHA Fellow, ASHA Honors of the Association, Professor
E-mail: michael.crary@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-4790
- Swallowing Disorders
Nicole Dawson
Assistant Professor, Co-Director - Innovative Mobility Initiative (IMOVE) Lab
E-mail: nicole.dawson@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1863
- Non-pharmacological interventions for older adults
- Predictors of successful and optimal aging
- Risk factors for falls in older adults with cognitive impairment
- Understanding the illness experience for individuals with dementia
Joseph DiNapoli
Associate Instructor
E-mail: joseph.dinapoli@ucf.edu
Phone: 321-433-7856
- Cognitive-Communication Disorders
- Language Acquisition
- Language disorders
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Speech disorders
- Swallowing Disorders
Gillian Dreilinger
Associate Instructor
E-mail: gillian.dreilinger@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0470
- Accent Modification
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Central Auditory Processing
- Cleft palate
- Cultural and Linguistic Variables
- Diagnostic/Clinical Processes
- Language Acquisition
- Language disorders
- Linguistics/Psychololinguistics
- Literacy
- Speech Acquisition
- Speech disorders
- Supervision
Sophia Dziegielewski
Professor
E-mail: sophia.dziegielewski@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6342
- Human subject research and protection of the rights of human subjects
- Child protection
- Mental health assessment and treatment
- Health and wellness
- Standardized testing strategies and continuing education and training
- Psychopharmacology
Tom Ehren
Board Certified Specialist in Child Language and Language Disorders, Instructor
E-mail: tom.ehren@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0468
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Counseling
- Diagnostic/Clinical Processes
- Language disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Literacy
- Orofacial Myfunctional Disorders
- Speech disorders
- Supervision
Katia Ferdowsi
Instructor (Visiting)
E-mail: katia.ferdowsi@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1446
- Disease prevention
- Public Health
- common and preventable diseases in youth
- Global Health
Todd R. Fix
Instructor, Internship Coordinator
E-mail: todd.fix@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0484
- Supervision
- Swallowing Disorders
- Dysphagia
- Adult neurogenic/acquired motor-speech
- Language disorders
David Fukuda
Associate Professor, Division Head
E-mail: David.Fukuda@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0442
- Performance-based testing methodologies
- Exercise training and nutritional interventions in varying populations
- Fatigue thresholds and metabolic responses to exercise
- Martial arts and combat sports
Denise Gammonley
Associate Professor, Interim Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Affairs
E-mail: denise.gammonley@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2215
- Elder care workforce development
- Person-centered care practices
- Global social work practice
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
Jeanette Garcia
Assistant Professor
E-mail: jeanette.garcia@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3207
- 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
Jason Groshong
Lab Manager, Post-Doctoral Associate
E-mail: Jason.Groshong@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-266-7158
- Mechanisms of Disease
- Diabetes and Obesity
- Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Pain Syndromes
- Neurodegeneration
Kimberley Gryglewicz
Assistant Professor, Interim Center Director
E-mail: kgryglew@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2954
- Suicide prevention
- Health and mental health
- Family engagement & caregiving issues
- Systems of care
- Program implementation and evaluation
William Hanney
Assistant Professor
E-mail: william.hanney@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0217
- Predictive models for physical therapy treatment outcomes
- Exercise based interventions in treatment of low back pain
- Exercise based interventions in treatment of neck pain
Nancy Harrington
Assistive Technology Professional, FAAST Center/AAC Lab Research Grant Coordinator, Instructor
E-mail: nancy.harrington@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0465
- Language Acquisition
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Assistive Technology
Bari Hoffman Ruddy
ASHA Fellow, Interim Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor
E-mail: bari.hoffmanruddy@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4804
- Voice disorders
- Vocal health and Prevention
- Upper Airway Disorders
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Respiratory Muscle Strength Training
Jane Hostetler
Associate Instructor
E-mail: jane.hostetler@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0462
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Supervision
Jennifer Kent-Walsh
ASHA Fellow, FAAST Center Director, Interim Associate Dean of Research, Professor
E-mail: jkentwalsh@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4800
- Language disorders
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Assistive Technology
- Service-Learning / Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Debra Knox
Clinical Board of Educators Coordinator, Instructor
E-mail: debra.knox@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0464
- Cochlear Implants
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Disorders
- Language disorders
- Supervision
Anthony Pak Hin Kong
Associate Professor, Master's Program Coordinator
E-mail: antkong@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4791
- Adult neurogenic communication disorders
- Aphasia
- Bilingualism
- Cognitive-communicative disorders
- Discourse analysis
Shawn Lawrence
Associate Professor
E-mail: shawn.lawrence@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3112
- Obesity and Stigma
- Substance Abuse
- Student learning environments and outcomes
Ana Leon
Interim Associate Director of the School of Social Work, Professor
E-mail: ana.leon@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6195
- Pediatric health and mental health
- Infant mental health
- Chronic illness in children and parental stress
- Latino children and families
Humberto Lopez Castillo
Assistant Professor
E-mail: dr.hlc@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3012
- Alcohol use and abuse
- Risky sexual behaviors
- Cardiovascular health
- Sexual minority populations
- Secondary data analyses
- Sexual and reproductive health
L. Colby Mangum
Assistant Professor
E-mail: lauren.mangum@ucf.edu
- Lumbopelvic-Hip Complex Muscle Function
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging
- Core Stability and Athletic Function
- Innovative Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain, Patellofemoral Pain
Julie Matura
Instructor, Internship Coordinator
E-mail: julie.matura@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0449
- Cognitive-Communication Disorders
- Diagnostic/Clinical Processes
- Genetics
- Language disorders
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Swallowing Disorders
Olga Molina
Associate Professor
E-mail: omolina@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6793
- Divorce
- Intimate partner violence
- African American and Latino/a Families
- Undocumented Families
- Mental health
- Groupwork
Matthew Munyon
Director of Planning and Knowledge Management
E-mail: matthew.munyon@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0664
- Advanced analytics and statistics (SPSS, SAS, SmartPLS, MiniTab, R, Python)
- Data visualizations (Tableau, SAS Enterprise Miner, SPSS, Advanced Excel, R, Python)
- Data narratives (scholarly written and oral communication via reports, manuscripts, proposals, presentations)
- Organized project management (Gantt charts, task tracking, timely and transparent team communication and planning)
- Research methodology (quantitative and qualitative)
Patrick Pabian
Program Director/Clinical Associate Professor - Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
E-mail: patrick.pabian@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3457
- Interprofessional education and interprofessional practice
- Contemporary issues in professional education
- Strength and function recovery in post-surgical orthopedic interventions
- Interventions and collaborative care in sports medicine
Jennifer Plant
Associate Instructor, Clinical Education Coordinator
E-mail: jennifer.plant@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5232
- Role strain of graduate and post-graduate athletic training students
- Scapular dyskinesis in overhead athletes
- Changes in lower extremity biomechanics following chronic ankle sprains
- Perceptions of barriers in the implementation of evidence based practice among athletic training clinical instructors
- Best methods for transitioning young athletic training professionals into a clinical practice environment - both from the professional education side and the employer side
David Ratusnik
ASHA Fellow, Professor
E-mail: david.ratusnik@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4803
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Cognitive-Communication Disorders
- Language disorders
- Fluency
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Cultural and Linguistic Variables
- Speech Acquisition
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
Pamela J. Resnick
Associate Lecturer
- Augmentative/Alternative Communication
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Developmental Disorders in Special Populations
- Clinical Education
Kenyatta Rivers
ASHA Fellow, Associate Professor
E-mail: kenyatta.rivers@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4828
- Cultural and Linguistic Variables
- Language Acquisition
- Evidence-based practice
- Language/Literacy Disorders and Differences in Children and Adolescents
Linda Rosa-Lugo
ASHA Fellow, Associate Professor, Director, Interim Assistant Dean of Faculty Excellence and Graduate and Global Affairs, UCF Listening Center
E-mail: linda.rosa-lugo@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4805
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Aural Re(Habilitation)/Listening and Spoken Language
- Language and Literacy Disorders
- Professional Preparation Practices
- Second Language Acquisition
Carey Rothschild
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: carey.rothschild@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1439
- Predictors of injury in athletic and artistic populations
- Prevention and treatment of injuries in runners
- Prevention and treatment of postpartum musculoskeletal conditions
- Conditions of the female athlete
Michael J. Rovito
Assistant Professor
E-mail: michael.rovito@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3888
- Men's health
- Health behavior sciences
- Health communication
- Public Health
- Health education
John Ryalls
ASHA Fellow, Professor
E-mail: ryalls@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4806
- Cognitive-Communication Disorders
- Speech disorders
Suha Saleh
Interim Department Chair, Program Director
E-mail: suha.saleh@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6761
- Health education
- College student health
- Eye pathology and visual disorders
- Diabetes
Kristen Couper Schellhase
Associate Lecturer, Dean's Faculty Fellow, Program Director
E-mail: kristen.schellhase@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3463
- Organization & Administration in Athletic Training
- AT Knowledge of Therapeutic Modalities
- AT Education
Gerald Smith
Associate Professor
E-mail: gerald.smith@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-882-0094
- Stroke rehabilitation
- Neural plasticity
James Sonne
Assistant Professor
E-mail: james.sonne@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4026
- Parkinson's Disease
- Animal Models
- Immunohistology
- Early Detection and Prevention
- Neurodegeneration
- Growth factors and neuron survival
Julie Steen
Associate Director of Research, Associate Professor
E-mail: julie.steen@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6452
- Child welfare organizations
- Child Welfare Policy
- Human Rights Education
Matt Stock
Assistant Professor
E-mail: matt.stock@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0364
- Aging
- Motor Unit Control
- Neuromuscular Physiology
- Strength Training
- Fatigue
Jeffrey Stout
Interim Dean, Professor
E-mail: Jeffrey.Stout@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0211
- Validity and Reliability of Body Composition Assessment methodologies
- Exercise training and nutritional interventions in varying populations
- Fatigue thresholds and metabolic responses to exercise
Jacqueline Towson
Assistant Professor
E-mail: jacqueline.towson@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0346
- Language disorders
- Language Acquisition
- Emergent Literacy
- Preschool And School-Age Speech Language Pathology
- Language And Literacy
Joshua Troche
Assistant Director, Language Concepts and Memory Lab Communication Sciences and Disorders
E-mail: jtroche@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-4390
- Neurogenic Communication Disorders
- Cognitive-Communication Disorders
Jennifer Tucker
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: jennifer.tucker@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3461
- Physical activity in children
- Physical activity in children with special needs/chronic disease
- Effective parent education
- Service delivery models for pediatric physical therapy
Martine Vanryckeghem
ASHA Fellow, Board Certified Fluency Specialist, Professor
E-mail: martinev@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4808
- Fluency disorders
Adam J. Wells
Assistant Professor
E-mail: adam.wells@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3906
- Supplements for performance and recovery
- Inflammatory and immune responses to resistance exercise
- Soccer performance
Tracy Wharton
Assistant Professor, Assoc Dir of Research: McCormick Research Institute, IPE & Clinic Outreach Behavioral Health Team Lead, Social Work Honors in the Major Coordinator
E-mail: Tracy.Wharton@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2819
- Healthcare access and quality of care for older adults with chronic conditions
- Healthcare access and equity for vulnerable or marginalized populations
- Workforce development for interprofessional healthcare settings
- Program evaluation
- Dementia caregiver wellbeing
James Whitworth
Associate Professor
E-mail: james.whitworth@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6136
- Military families
- Animal-assisted therapies
- Clinical skills training
L. Timothy Worrell
Instructor
E-mail: l.timothyworrell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-5236
- History of cardiology
- Hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill patient
- Invasive cardiovascular diagnostic techniques
- Non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostic techniques
Bonnie Yegidis
Professor, School of Social Work Director
E-mail: bonnie.yegidis@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-2208
- Domestic violence
- Child welfare organizations
- Social work education
- Women's mental health
Richard Zraick
ASHA Fellow, Professor, School Director
E-mail: richard.zraick@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4795
- Clinical skills training
- Healthcare Simulation
- Voice disorders
- Health literacy
- Adult neurogenic speech-language disorders