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CENTER FOR HEALTH BEHAVIORS RESEARCH

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INTERIM CO-DIRECTORS

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Alex DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D. , home
Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Jeff Stein, Ph.D. , home
Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Health Behaviors Research

Our founder

Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D.

(b. 1956, d. 2024)

Warren Bickel, Ph.D., 1956-2024

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FACULTY

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Roberta Freitas-Lemos, Ph.D. , home
Assistant Professor
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Brittany Howell, Ph.D. , home
Associate Professor
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Wynn Legon, Ph.D. , home
Assistant Professor
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Sora Shin, Ph.D. , home
Assistant Professor

FELLOWS

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Sheryl Ball, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech
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Kim Baskette, Ph.D., CHES , redirect
Assistant Professor, Radford University Carilion
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Julia Basso, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Andrew Behnke, M.D. , redirect
Section Chief, Endocrinology, Carilion Clinic
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Allison Bowersock, Ph.D. , redirect
Faculty, Department of Basic Science Education, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Isabel Bradburn, Ph.D. , redirect
Research Director, Child Development Center for Learning and Research, Virginia Tech
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Susan Chen, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech
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Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. , home
Professor
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George Davis, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech
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Brenda Davy, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Kevin Davy, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Tiffany Drape, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture, Leadership, and Community Education Virginia Tech
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John Epling, M.D. , redirect
Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Emily Evans-Hoeker, M.D. , redirect
Section Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology, Carilion Clinic
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Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. , home
Virginia Tech Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology and Executive Director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Madlyn Frisard, Ph.D. , redirect
Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
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Elizabeth R. Gilbert, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech
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Deborah Good, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
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Robert Grange, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Mark H. Greenawald, M.D. , redirect
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs & Professional Development, Carilion Clinic Family Medicine
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Samantha Harden, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Valisa Hedrick, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Shirley Holland , redirect
Vice President, Planning and Community Development, Carilion Clinic
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Kathy Hosig, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Public Health Practice and Research, Virginia Tech
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Michael Patrick Jeremiah, M.D. , redirect
Senior Medical Director of Population Health, Carilion Clinic
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Young Ju, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Anita Kablinger, M.D. , redirect
Psychiatry, Clinical Trials Research Director, Carilion Clinic
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Benjamin Katz, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech
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Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech
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Natalie Klawonn, M.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
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Vivica Kraak, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Kristen Chang, MS, RDN, CSSD , redirect
Instructor, Director of Nutrition and Dietetics, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Stephen M. LaConte, Ph.D. , home
Professor
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Dongmin Liu, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Scott, McCrickard, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Virginia Tech
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Ryan McMillan, Ph.D. , redirect
Research Scientist, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Sarah Henrickson Parker, Ph.D. , home
Research Associate Professor
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Elizabeth Polk, M.D. , redirect
Family Medicine, Carilion Clinic
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Monica Ponder, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech
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Carlin Rafie, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Karen Roberto, Ph.D. , redirect
Executive Director, Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, Virginia Tech
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Michelle Rockwell, Ph.D., RD, CSSD , redirect
Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Rick Rudd, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Community Viability Chair of Excellence, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education, Virginia Tech
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Arnold (David) Salzberg, M.D. , redirect
Director of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Carilion Clinic
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Sudipta Sarangi, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor and Department Head, Economics, Virginia Tech
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Tina Savla, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech
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Richard W. Seidel, Ph.D. , redirect
Director of Research, Carilion Clinic Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
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Elena Serrano, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech
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Amanda C. Stewart, Ph.D. , redirect
Associate Professor, Food Science and Technology, Virginia Tech
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Karen Stewart, Ph.D., L.C.P. , redirect
Carilion Clinic Department of Surgery
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Pamela Teaster, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Human Development, and Director, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Tech
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Richard Winett, Ph.D. , redirect
Professor, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech
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Bin Xu, Ph.D. , redirect
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Virginia Tech
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Wen You, Ph.D. , redirect
Adjunct Professor, Agriculture and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech

RESEARCH
PERSONNEL

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Chesley Ammermann , bio
Research Coordinator
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Hailey Snyder , bio
Research Coordinator