Faculty Research
Department of Health Sciences
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Faculty Areas of Specialty
Latifa S. Abdelli, MS, Ph.D.
Lecturer
E-mail: latifa.abdelli@ucf.edu
- Stem cells in tissue repair and regeneration
- Role of Gut-Brain axis in health and disease
Keith Brazendale, Ph.D., MS
Assistant Professor
E-mail: keith.brazendale@ucf.edu
- Childhood Obesity
- Physical Activity
- Sedentary Behavior
- sleep
Steven Burroughs, MS, RDN, LDN, CDN
Instructor
E-mail: Steven.Burroughs@ucf.edu
- Critical Care Nutrition Support
- Energy and Protein Metabolism and Regulation
- Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases
Cheryl Cavaliere, Ph.D., MS, RDN, LDN
Lecturer
E-mail: Cheryl.Cavaliere@ucf.edu
- 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
E-mail: bethany.coz@ucf.edu
- Public Health
- Population Health
- Chronic Disease Prevention
Katia Ferdowsi, MD, MPH
Lecturer
E-mail: katia.ferdowsi@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1446
- Disease prevention
- Public Health
- common and preventable diseases in youth
- Global Health
Shante Jeune, Ph.D., RDN
Assistant Professor
E-mail: shante.jeune@ucf.edu
- Nutrition Education
- Eating Behaviors
- Self-regulation and Cognitive Skills
Qianxia Jiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
E-mail: qianxia.jiang@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1051
- Measurement
- Physical Activity
- Childhood Obesity
- Neighborhood Environment
Gail Kauwell, Ph.D., RDN, LDN, FAND
Department Chair, Professor
E-mail: Gail.Kauwell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0782
- Folate and vitamin B12 requirements and metabolism
- Nutrient-gene interactions/epigenetic alterations and disease risk
Eunkyung “Muriel” Lee, Ph.D., RDN
Associate Professor
E-mail: eunkyung.lee@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3365
- 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
E-mail: yen-han.lee@ucf.edu
- Substance Use
- Global Health
- Health disparities
- Geriatric health
- Secondary Data Analysis
Humberto Lopez Castillo, MD, Ph.D., CPH, CMI-Spanish
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
A’Naja Newsome, Ph.D., ACSM-CEP
Assistant Professor
E-mail: anaja.newsome@ucf.edu
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Exercise Psychology
- Physical Activity Epidemiology
- Research Measurement
Michael J. Rovito, Ph.D., MA, CHES
Associate Professor
E-mail: michael.rovito@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3888
- 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
E-mail: suha.saleh@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-6761
- Health education
- College student health
- Eye disorders and diabetes
Catherine Sarkozy, MS, RDN, CSP, LDN
Instructor
E-mail: catherine.sarkozy@ucf.edu
- Adult and Pediatric Malnutrition
- Preterm Infant Growth Patterns
- Intuitive Eating
Joy D. Scheidell, Ph.D., MPH
Assistant Professor
E-mail: joy.scheidell@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-3004
- Substance Use
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Harm reduction
- Health inequities
- Epidemiologic methods
Current Grants
Health Sciences
Drug Treatment as Disease Prevention: Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infection Risk among Women Who Use Drugs
Funding Type: Extramural Research
Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Health Sciences
RF: Development and Validation of the Collegiate Recreation Constraints and Negotiations Scale
Funding Type: Foundation/Industry
Funding Agency: NIRSA Foundation
