College of Health Sciences

Meet Our Faculty

Shortie McKinney, Ph.D., RD, FADA

Dean of College of Health Sciences, Co-Director of Human Assessment Lab
Susan Crocker Houde, Ph.D., ANP-BC

Associate Dean
Karen Devereaux Melillo, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAANP

Professor, Chair, Principal Investigator

Gerontological Nursing
Lisa M. Abdallah, Ph.D, RN

Associate Chair and Associate Professor

Long Term Care, Quality Improvement Initiatives in Nursing Homes, Nurse Practitioner Practice Models in Nursing Homes.
Bryan Buchholz, Ph.D.

Chair, Professor, Director

Occupational Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation
Nicole Champagne, Ed.D.

Department Chair, Associate Professor

Service Learning, Professional Preparation in Health Education
Deirdra Murphy, P.T., D.P.T., M.H.A., M.S.

Chair, Associate Professor, DPT Program Director
Eugene J Rogers, Ph.D., M.S., N.R.C.C., MT(ASCP)

Professor, Chair

Clinical Chemistry, Analytical Biochemistry
Jacqueline S. Dowling, Ph.D., R.N

Associate Professor, Director of Baccalaureate Program
Barbara Mawn, RN, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Ph.D. Program
Jennifer Wilber, MS, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor, Coordinator, RN-BS degree completion option
Thomas Wilson, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.D.N.

Associate Professor, Program Coordinator - Nutritional Sciences

Nutritional Sciences
Alease S. Bruce, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor, Graduate Programs Coordinator

Clinical Immunology, Pathophysiology, Anatomy & Physiology
Nancy Grandbois, M.S. MLS(ASCP)CM

MLS Acting Program Director

Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Clinical Practicum Coordination
Leland Ackerson, ScD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Social Epidemiology; Community Health Education
Renee Barrile, Ph.D.

Lecturer
Dhimiter Bello, Sc.D., MSc

Associate Professor
Dorothy Brewin, Ph.D., CNM

Assistant Professor
Maria Brunette, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Manuel Cifuentes, M.D., Sc.D.

Associate Professor
Sean Collins, PT, ScD, CCS

Associate Professor & Director of Human Assessment Lab
Tanya Coutu, MS, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor
Lea Dodge, M.S., RN

Lecturer
Mindy Dopler-Nelson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences, Endocrinology, Preventive Medicine
Kathleen (Kay) Doyle, Ph.D., M.S., MLS (ASCP) CM

Professor Emeritus

Immunohematology, Pathophysiology, Analytical Biochemistry
Arlee Dulak, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology
Gerard J. Dybel, P.T., Sc.D., G.C.S.

Associate Professor
Michael J. Ellenbecker, Sc.D.

Professor
Heidi Collins Fantasia, Ph.D., RN, WHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Women’s Health
Cynthia M. Ferrara, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Director of Exercise Physiology
Rebecca Foco, Ph.D.

Lecturer

Professional preparation of community health educators; pedagogy in community health education, community-engaged scholarship
Michele K. Fox, PT, DPT, MS, CSCS

Associate Director of Clinical Education

Orthopedic Physical Therapy
May Futrell, Ph.D., FAAN, FGSA

Professor Emeritus

Internationally renowned scholar and educator and a pioneer in the development of the gerontological nurse practitioner program.
Mahdi Garelnabi, M.Sc., MLT, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Clinical Chemistry and Instrumentation
Kenneth Geiser, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
Nancy Goodyear, Ph.D., MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA)

Assistant Professor

Clinical Microbiology, Safe Disinfection
Rebecca Gore, Ph.D.

Statistical Applications Programmer
Keith Hallbourg, PT, DPT, M.S.

Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Education and DPT Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Garry Handelman, Ph.D.

Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Guixin (Susan) He, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Microbiology
Mary Elizabeth Hooker, Ph.D., M.S., MT(ASCP)

Associate Professor

Clinical Hematology, Hemostasis, Laboratory Management and Ethics
Polly Hoppin, Sc.D.

Research Professor, Program Director
Javier Horta, M.M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D.

Lecturer

Organic Chemistry, Physiological Chemistry, Immunology, Medicine
Linda Kahn-D'Angelo, Sc.D., PT

Professor
Robert A. Karasek, Ph.D., M.Sc., MArch

Professor
Valerie King, DNP FNP-BC

Clinical Assistant Professor
Margaret Knight, Ph.D., APRN, BC

Associate Professor

Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Ainat Koren, Ph.D., RN

Associate Professor

Reproductive Health, Pediatrics, & Program Evaluation
David Kriebel, Sc.D.

Professor, Co-Director
A. James Lee, Ph.D., M.A

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator

Health Economics, Health Care Finance & Health Care Information Systems
Charles Levenstein, Ph.D., MSOH

Professor Emeritus
Erika Lewis, Ed.D., PT, CHT

Associate Professor
Pia Markkanen, Sc.D.

Research Professor
Amy McCarron, DNP, FNP-BC

Lecturer

Family preventative care and health promotion, management of chronic disease
Annette McDonough, Ph.D., RN

Assistant Professor

Adult/Pediatrics Critical Care and Trauma
Betty D. Morgan, Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC

Professor Emeritus
JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, P.T., D.P.T.

Lecturer

Physical Therapist
Sandra Mote, M.S., C.S., A.R.N.P.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Teaching Undergraduate and Graduate students to design and lead therapeutic groups. Mental health care promotion.
Rafael Moure-Eraso, Ph.D., C.I.H.

Professor Emeritus
Ted Namm, Ph.D., M.S.

Professor

Anatomy and Physiology, Clinical Genetics
Angela Nannini, FNP, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Health policy, health equity, population health, women’s health across the life span, health-care workforce
Anya Peters, Ph.D., RN, CNE

Assistant Professor

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Nursing
Geoffry Phillips McEnany, Ph.D., APRN, BC

Professor
Laura Punnett, Sc.D.

Professor
Margaret M. Quinn, Sc.D. CIH

Professor
Susan M. Reece, D.N.Sc., C.S., P.N.P.

Professor Emeritus

Health promotion across the lifespan
Cora Roelofs, Sc.D.

Research Faculty
Susan Sama, Sc.D.

Research Professor
Connie J. Seymour, PT, Ph.D., OCS

Associate Professor & Coordinator, Advanced Clinical Practice & Community Partnership
Shellie Simons, Ph.D., RN

Associate Professor
Craig Slatin, Sc.D., MPH.

Professor

Work Environment Policy, Health Education and Policy
Laurie Soroken, M.S., RN CS

Assistant Professor (Clinical Track)
Joel A. Tickner, Sc.D.

Associate Professor

Environmental Health, Chemicals Policy, Pollution Prevention, Risk Assessment
Celeste Tremblay, Ed.D., R.N., C.N.E.

Assistant Professor (Clinical Track)

Clinical expertise is in the areas of nursing administration, critical care, medical/surgical and maternity nursing.
David H. Wegman, M.D., M.P.H.

Emeritus Faculty
Joyce White, DSc., PT

Associate Professor
Michelle Williams

Lecturer

Anatomy & Physiology
Susan Woskie, Ph.D., C.I.H.

Professor

College of Health Sciences

College of Health Sciences

Meet Our Faculty

Shortie McKinney, Ph.D., RD, FADA

Susan Crocker Houde, Ph.D., ANP-BC

Karen Devereaux Melillo, Ph.D., APRN, BC, FAANP

Lisa M. Abdallah, Ph.D, RN

Bryan Buchholz, Ph.D.

Nicole Champagne, Ed.D.

Deirdra Murphy, P.T., D.P.T., M.H.A., M.S.

Eugene J Rogers, Ph.D., M.S., N.R.C.C., MT(ASCP)

Jacqueline S. Dowling, Ph.D., R.N

Barbara Mawn, RN, Ph.D.

Jennifer Wilber, MS, RN

Thomas Wilson, Ph.D., M.P.H., L.D.N.

Alease S. Bruce, Ph.D., M.S.

Nancy Grandbois, M.S. MLS(ASCP)CM

Leland Ackerson, ScD, MPH

Renee Barrile, Ph.D.

Dhimiter Bello, Sc.D., MSc

Dorothy Brewin, Ph.D., CNM

Maria Brunette, Ph.D.

Manuel Cifuentes, M.D., Sc.D.

Sean Collins, PT, ScD, CCS

Tanya Coutu, MS, RN

Lea Dodge, M.S., RN

Mindy Dopler-Nelson, Ph.D.

Kathleen (Kay) Doyle, Ph.D., M.S., MLS (ASCP) CM

Arlee Dulak, Ph.D.

Gerard J. Dybel, P.T., Sc.D., G.C.S.

Michael J. Ellenbecker, Sc.D.

Heidi Collins Fantasia, Ph.D., RN, WHNP-BC

Cynthia M. Ferrara, Ph.D.

Rebecca Foco, Ph.D.

Michele K. Fox, PT, DPT, MS, CSCS

May Futrell, Ph.D., FAAN, FGSA

Mahdi Garelnabi, M.Sc., MLT, Ph.D.

Kenneth Geiser, Ph.D.

Nancy Goodyear, Ph.D., MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA)

Rebecca Gore, Ph.D.

Keith Hallbourg, PT, DPT, M.S.

Garry Handelman, Ph.D.

Guixin (Susan) He, Ph.D.

Mary Elizabeth Hooker, Ph.D., M.S., MT(ASCP)

Polly Hoppin, Sc.D.

Javier Horta, M.M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D.

Linda Kahn-D'Angelo, Sc.D., PT

Robert A. Karasek, Ph.D., M.Sc., MArch

Valerie King, DNP FNP-BC

Margaret Knight, Ph.D., APRN, BC

Ainat Koren, Ph.D., RN

David Kriebel, Sc.D.

A. James Lee, Ph.D., M.A

Charles Levenstein, Ph.D., MSOH

Erika Lewis, Ed.D., PT, CHT

Pia Markkanen, Sc.D.

Amy McCarron, DNP, FNP-BC

Annette McDonough, Ph.D., RN

Betty D. Morgan, Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC

JoAnn Moriarty-Baron, P.T., D.P.T.

Sandra Mote, M.S., C.S., A.R.N.P.

Rafael Moure-Eraso, Ph.D., C.I.H.

Ted Namm, Ph.D., M.S.

Angela Nannini, FNP, Ph.D.

Anya Peters, Ph.D., RN, CNE

Geoffry Phillips McEnany, Ph.D., APRN, BC

Laura Punnett, Sc.D.

Margaret M. Quinn, Sc.D. CIH

Susan M. Reece, D.N.Sc., C.S., P.N.P.

Cora Roelofs, Sc.D.

Susan Sama, Sc.D.

Connie J. Seymour, PT, Ph.D., OCS

Shellie Simons, Ph.D., RN

Craig Slatin, Sc.D., MPH.

Laurie Soroken, M.S., RN CS

Joel A. Tickner, Sc.D.

Celeste Tremblay, Ed.D., R.N., C.N.E.

David H. Wegman, M.D., M.P.H.

Joyce White, DSc., PT

Michelle Williams