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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
abshired@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 576-6262
Research Interests:
- Rural-urban health disparities
- Obesity treatment for rural adults
- Physical activity and nutrition
- Psychosocial determinants of obesity and weight-related behaviors
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, College of Nursing
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Assistant Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Program
swann.adams@sc.edu
(803) 576-5620
Research Interests:
- Cancer health disparities among minority populations
- Physical activity for cancer prevention and survivorship
- Physical activity among African Americans
- Self-report of physical activity
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
beets@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-3003
Research Interests:
- Community-based interventions
- Childhood obesity
- Measurement of Obesogenic Behaviors
- Intervention Design and Evaluation
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
dfriedma@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-9933
Research Interests:
- Health and cancer communication with diverse populations
- Role of social context, media, and technology in health communication
interventions
- Health literacy measurement
- Healthy aging and gerontology: cognitive health promotion
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Program Director, Physical Therapy Program
Director, Rehabilitation Laboratory
Division of Motor Control & Rehabilitation
sfritz@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-6887
Research Interests:
- Walking as physical activity for older adults
- Physical Activity for individuals with disability
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Director, Core for Applied Research and Evaluation
gillamps@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 251-2297
Research Interests:
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program
jhebert@sc.edu
(803) 576-5666
Research Interests:
- Dietary and physical activity assessments/ error detection/ modeling
- Relationship between physical activity and dietary behaviors
- Health effects of physical activity and fitness, especially on cancer outcomes
- Physical activity & other health behaviors in relation to circadian rhythms
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities
liese@sc.edu
(803) 777-9414
Research Interests:
- Nutritional epidemiology with focus on dietary patterns, quality indexes
- Food insecurity, disparities in food access issues and their health consequences
- Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in children and adults and disparities in acute and chronic complications of diabetes
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
jliu@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-6854
Research Interests:
- Obesity and physical activity in mothers and children
- Health disparities
- Perinatal health
- Women’s health
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
cmmonroe@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 576-5808
Research Interests:
- Technology-based physical activity promotion
- Social support and social networks to promote activity and manage weight
- Health disparities and physical activity promotion
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Director, Children’s Physical Activity Research Group
rpate@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-2456
Research Interests:
- Physical activity and physical fitness in children
- Health implications of physical activity
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science
cpellegrini@sc.edu
(803) 777-0911
Research Interests:
- Behavioral interventions for populations with mobility limitations
- Obesity and weight management
- Design of technology-supported programs
- Physical activity assessment
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Information Technology
College of Engineering and Computing
bschooley@cec.sc.edu
(803) 777-8223
Research Interests:
- Health and medical informatics
- Software design of health/healthcare applications
- Health information technology development and testing
- mHealth and eHealth
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
thrasher@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-4862
Research Interests:
- Content and effects of mass media and mass media interventions on health behaviors, particularly tobacco
- Policy development and evaluation of effects on health behaviors, particularly tobacco
- Cross-cultural dissemination and implementation research
- Interventions to address health disparities
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Associate Professor and Deputy Director, SmartState Technology Center to Promote Healthy Lifestyles
brie@sc.edu
803-777-3932
Research Interests:
- Emerging technologies to create health behavior changes
- mHealth and eHealth
- Vegetarian and vegan dietary approaches in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases
- Obesity prevention and treatment
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science
weaverrg@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-5605
Research Interests:
- Overweight and obesity treatment and prevention
- Measurement of body composition and related health behaviors and environment
- Process and outcome evaluation of interventions
- Health disparities
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Endowed Chair, SMART STATE Center for Technology Assisted Healthful Lifestyles
westds@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-8826
Research Interests:
- Behavioral obesity treatment, particularly among underserved populations and among individuals with obesity-related comorbid conditions like type 2 diabetes
- Technology assisted behavioral interventions to promote weight control and healthy lifestyle behaviors
- Motivational interviewing
- Health disparities
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing Science, College of Nursing
wrightpamelaj@sc.edu
(803) 777-6039
Research Interests:
- Resistance exercise as therapeutic management for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
- Technology-assisted behavioral interventions to promote exercise
- Health-related quality-of-life among peri-postmenopausal women with PCOS
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science and TecHealth Center
cy11@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-1025
Research Interests:
- Determinants and Consequences of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior
- Mindful-movement Intervention and Healthy Aging
- Mobile Health and Device-based Measures
- Intensive Longitudinal Methods
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Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-2970
Research Interests:
- Child and adolescent obesity prevention and intervention
- Physical activity and dietary behaviors on physical, social-psychological, and achievement-related health and well-being
- The role of school and out-of-school programs in promoting healthy developmental pathways
- Health disparities
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