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Health & Medicine


Dr. Patricia Barrington
BSPH Program Director and Instructor, Movement Sciences and Health

Dr. Crystal Bennett
Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, School of Nursing


Dr. Achraf Cohen
Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. Ludmila Cosio-Lima
Professor, Movement Sciences and Health

Dr. Denice Curtis
Associate Professor, Public Health

Dr. Kimberly Day
Assistant Professor, Psychology



Dr. April Glenn
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Outreach Services Coordinator, Counseling and Psychological Services

Mary Jo Hardin
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Counseling and Psychological Services

Dr. Steven Kass
Professor, Psychology


Dr. Youngil Lee
Associate Professor, Movement Sciences and Health


Dr. Andrea Nelson
Clinical Assistant Professor and Dean's Fellow for High Impact Practices, Health Sciences and Administration

Dr. Vanessa Rainey
Associate Professor, Psychology

Dr. Rob Rotunda
Professor, Psychology

Dr. April Schantz
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Dr. Sherry Schneider
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Dr. Jeffrey Simpson
Assistant Professor, Movement Sciences and Health

Dr. Cynthia Smith-Peters
Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, School of Nursing

Dr. Ashok Srinivasan
William Nystul Eminent Scholar Chair, Computer Science




Dr. Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka
Assistant Professor, Public Health

Dr. Jill Van Der Like
Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice, School of Nursing

Dr. Debra Vinci
Associate Professor, Movement Sciences and Health
