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

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 | Research Associate Professor at the Brown School

Jordyn G Wartts, MPH
Core Manager: Health Communication and Health Literacy Core
- Email: jwartts@wustl.edu

Megan White, MSW
Research Project Manager, Center for Diabetes Translation Research
- Phone: 314-935-3005
- Email: m.white1@wustl.edu

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