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Faculty and Staff Researchers

Our faculty and staff researchers are experts in intervention research, developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to improve practice and society.

Learn more about our researchers, the focus of their research, and their current projects.


David Ansong

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security

Joy Noel Baumgartner

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Sarah E. “Betsy” Bledsoe

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Mimi Chapman

Research Program

  • System- and Service-Level Research

Gina Chowa

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security

Alison Heather Climo

Research Program

  • Older Adults and Long-term Care

Steven Day

Research Program

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being

Allison DeMarco

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Ramona Denby-Brinson

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Dean F. Duncan

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

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Linda Kendall Fields

Research Program

  • Older Adults and Long-term Care

Annamae Todd Giles

Research Program

  • Older Adults and Long-term Care

Trenette Clark Goings

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Rachel Goode

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Will Hall

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Hsun-ta Hsu

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Michael Lambert

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Paul Lanier

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Melissa Lippold

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Brianna Lombardi

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Beth Lowder

Research Program

  • Older Adults and Long-term Care

Rainier Masa

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Allison Metz

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Emily Putnam Hornstein

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Rebecca Rebbe

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Sonyia Richardson

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Cynthia M. Fraga Rizo

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Millicent Robinson

Research Programs

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Ankur Srivastava 

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Joy Stewart 

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Economic Security
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Ginny Strand

Research Programs

  • Child, Youth and Family Well-Being
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Kim Strom

Research Program

  • System- and Service-Level Research

Bridgette Thom

Research Programs

  • Economic Security
  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Tess Thompson

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Tonya Van Deinse

Research Programs

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Sarah Verbiest

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Orrin Ware

Research Programs

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Amy Blank Wilson

Research Program

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health

Lisa de Saxe Zerden

Research Programs

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • System- and Service-Level Research

Sheryl Zimmerman

Research Programs

  • Health, Mental Health, and Behavioral Health
  • Older Adults and Long-Term Care
  • System- and Service-Level Research