Public Health
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Contacts
AMSAxPublic Health Research Liaison: Taylor Johnson
Public Health Faculty Contact(s): N/A
Research Opportunities
Dayton & Montgomery County Public Health
Center for Interventions, Treatment and Addications Research (CITAR)
Program at Wright State that researches addiction and substance abuse. Active projects can be accessed via the hyperlink
Healthcare Management Certificate and Public Health Leadership Certificate Programs
List Dr. McAlearney; research interests include health care quality, policies, economics, and insurance/reimbursement
WSU's Master of Public Health Program
List Dr. Sara Paton. She is the director of the Master of Public Health Program, has research interests in maternal, infant, and child health issues, breast cancer, health equity, epidemiology, and community assessment
Departmental Research Information
Josh Francis, PhD
Associate Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Director
Research Interests: Child and adolescent mental health, marriage and family therapy, high conflict divorce, counselor ethics, counselor wellness, evolutionary/primary mental health, process/behavioral addictions
Sarah Twill, M.S.W., Ph.D
Professor
Research Interests: Juvenile justice sentencing and treatment, student success
Hyejin Kim, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Gerontology, successful aging, perception of aging, ageism, health and mental health in later life, quality of life, quantitative research methods
Carol Logan Patitu, Ph.D
Chair, Director, and Professor of Sports Management
Research Interests: Student development, student's learning experiences, issues and concerns of minority students, faculty, and women in higher education
Jeff Cigrang, Ph.D, ABPP
Professor and Director of Clinical Training- WSU Psychology
Research Interests: Research on military community, effects of deployment, developing effective interventions that will reach persons most in need, improving clinical practice (i.e. interactions with drug-addicted individuals, the criminal justice system, and the larger familial and community systems)
Michelle Schultz, Psy.D
Chair and Associate Professor - Psychology
Research Interests: COVID-19's impact on PsyD program, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - issues of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis in Black youth
Jeremy Schumm, Ph.D, ABPP
Professor
Research Interests: Therapy for alcohol and substance use disorders, PTSD
Andrew W. Froehle, Ph.D
Orthopedic Residency Program Research Director, Professor in Kinesiology and Health and Orthopedic Surgery, Co-Director of the Sports Science Program
Research Interests: Changes in physical performances/function across the lifespan (hormonal/metabolic shifts), abnormal physical function and changes in performance as potential indicators of underlying disease/disorder, physical performance profiles as risk factors for subsequently injury or development of disease.
Active Projects:
Normal maturation of walking gait during puberty
Pubertal development, walking gait biomechanics, and risk for anterior cruciate ligament injury
Longitudinal changes in walking gait with aging and knee osteoarthritis progression
Bioenergetics of human movement and subsistence behavior
Conferences
Michigan Premier Public Helath Conference
October 2nd-3rd, 2023, Bellaire, MI
Abstract Submission Deadline: TBD
Past Conferences:
Global Health Conference Midwest Research Symposium
Februrary 3rd-4th, 2023, Omaha, NE
ACPM Preventative Medicine 2023 Conference: Optimizing Prevention, Social Determinants, and Science to Maximize Health for All
March 20th-23rd, 2023, New Orleans, LA
Abstract Submission Deadline: CLOSED
Ohio's Public Health Conference
April 24th-26th, 2023, Lewis Center, Ohio
Abstract Submission Deadline: CLOSED