People
Charlene Caburnay, PhD
Co-Core Director: Health Communication and Social Needs Core | Research Assistant Professor at the Brown School
Matthew Kreuter, PhD
Core Director: Health Communication and Social Needs Core | Kahn Family Professor of Public Health at the Brown School
Olivia Affuso PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health | Scientist at the Comprehensive Diabetes Center | University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ruopeng An, PhD
Core Director: AI and Data Science Core | Associate Professor at the Brown School of Washington Unviersity in St. Louis
- Email: RUOPENG@WUSTL.EDU
Sharrelle Barber, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor | Director of Ubuntu Center on Racism, Global Movements, and Population Health Equility | Drexel University
- Email: smb483@drexel.edu
Mirna Becevic, PhD
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Research Professor at the University of Missouri
Suzanne Boren, Ph.D., MHA
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri
Ross Brownson, PhD
Core Director: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Steven H. and Susan U. Lipstein Distinguished Professor
Leo Cabassa, PhD
Professor and Director ofthe Brown School PhD Program in Social Work | Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: LJCABASSA@WUSTL.EDU
Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, PhD
Research Scientist at the Health & Behavior Research Center on Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
- Email: rehgp@psychiatry.wustl.edu
Caree Cotwright, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the College of Family and Consumer Sciences of the University of Georgia
- Email: cjcot@uga.edu
Tiffany Eaton, DrPH(c), MPH
Core Manager: Solutions in Diabetes in Black Americans | Doctoral Student of Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University
TJ Exford, PhD
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology at North Carolina A&T State University
- Email: tjexford@ncat.edu
Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Center Director: Administrative Core | Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professorship in Public Health and Medicine
- Email: djoshu@wustl.edu
Ross A, Hammond, PhD
Associate Director: Policy and Systems Science Analysis Core | Betty Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor in Public Health
Irene Headen, PhD, MS
Core Scientist: Solutions in Diabetes in Black Americans | Assistant Professor of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University
Lora Iannotti, PhD
Associate Professor at the Inistute of Public Health of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
- Email: LIANNOTTI@WUSTL.EDU
Shelly Johnston, MPH, RD
Research Project Coordinator, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
- Phone: 314-935-7504
- Email: shellyjohnston@wustl.edu
Diana R. Kennedy, PhD, MHA, MS
Core Manager: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research
- Email: kennedyd@health.missouri.edu
Maura Kepper, PhD
Research Assistant Professor in the Brown School at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis
- Email: KEPPERM@WUSTL.EDU
Richelle Koopman, PhD, MD
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Director of Family Medicine Research, Jack M. and Winifred S. Colwill Endowed Professor, and Vice Chair for Research and Faculty Affairs at the University of Missouri
Shiriki Kumanyika, PHD, MS, MPH
Director: Solutions to Diabetes in Black Americans Core | Founding Chair of the Council on Black Health
Kathryn Lindley, MD
Director of the Center for Woman's Heart Disease at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Doug Luke, PhD
Director: Policy and Systems Science Analysis Core | Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy
Stephanie Mazzucca, PhD
Core Scientist: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Assistant Professor at the Brown School
Mahail Popescu, PhD
Co-Core Director: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Professor of Health Management and Informatics at the University of Missouri
Praveen Rao, Ph.D.
Core Scientist: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Associate Professor of Health Management & Informatics and of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Missouri
Dominic N Reeds, MD
Director of the Pilot and Feasibility Program | Professor of Medicine & Medical Director of Nutrition Support Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Cindy D Schwarz, MPH, MS, RD
Associate Director: Center for Obesity Prevention and Policy Research
- Phone: 314-935-3063
Eduardo Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH
Core Director: Health Informatics in Diabetes Research Core | Chair, Dr. Stuart Wesbury Distinguished Professor in Health Management & Informatics, HMI Alumni Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine
Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD
Core Associate Director: Dissemination and Implementation in Diabetes Research Core | Associate Professor at the Brown School
Neil H. White, MD, CDE
Associate Director | Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine
Melicia C Whitt-Glover, PhD
Associate Director: Solutions in Diabetes in Black Americans Core | Executive Director of the Council on Black Health