Faculty Affiliates

Interim PhD Program Director,
Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science
Associate 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

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health and
College of Nursing (Dual Appointment)

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

Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health

beets@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-3003

Research Interests:

• Community-based interventions
• Childhood obesity
• Measurement of Obesogenic Behaviors
• Intervention Design and Evaluation

Professor and Department Chair, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Interim Associate Dean for Research
Arnold School of Public Health

dfriedma@mailbox.sc.edu
803-576-5815

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

Associate Vice President for Student Health and Well-Being and Chief Health Officer
Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health

sfritz@mailbox.sc.edu
803-777-4012

Research Interests:

• Walking as physical activity for older adults
• Physical Activity for individuals with disability

Director, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation
Office of Research
Arnold School of Public Health

gillamps@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 251-2297

Research Interests:

• Evaluation

Health Sciences Distinguished Professor
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
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

Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health

jliu@mailbox.sc.edu
(803) 777-6854

Research Interests:

• Obesity and physical activity in mothers and children
• Health disparities
• Perinatal health
• Women’s health

Associate Professor, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health
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

Associate Professor, Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
Arnold School of Publich Health
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

Associate Professor, Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health
SmartState Endowed Chair and Director, Technology Center to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (TecHealth)

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

Co-Director Smart Start Honors Program, Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science
Assistant Professor, 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

Assistant Professor, Exercise Science / TecHealth
Arnold School of Public Health

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

Professor, Psychology
Department Chair, College of Arts and Sciences

zarrettn@mailbox.sc.edu
803-576-8442

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