Editorial board

Editor in Chief:

Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, MS, MPH, School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Newark & New Brunswick, NJ  [email protected]
Subject Areas: LGBTQ Health; Men’s Health; Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV/AIDS, HPV & Other Sexually Transmitted Infections;  Drug Use and Abuse; Methamphetamine; Mental Health; Urban Public Health; Resilience; Health and Human Development; Psychometrics; Applied Statistics; Biostatistics

Deputy Editor:

Kristen D. Krause, PhD, MPH,School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Newark & New Brunswick, NJ,  [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Resilience; Aging; HIV/AIDS; LGBTQ Health; Mental Health; Neurocognitive Health, Health Disparities

Student Editor:

Nicholas Acuna, MPH, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Cancer Prevention & Control; Epidemiology; Health Disparities


Senior Associate Editors:

Saul Gabriel Alamilla, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., Los Angeles County Probation Department, Systems Accountability Bureau, Research Unit, Southern Regional Justice Center,  [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Inequality, neighborhoods, disparities, substance use and misuse, syndemics, measurement, longitudinal data analysis methods, and program evaluation

Timothy Anderson, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Emotion and Health; HIV; Psychosocial Treatments; Common Factors; Interpersonal Influences of Treatment; Therapist Effects; Culture

Odysseas Androutsos, PhD, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Thessaly, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Nutrition; Dietetics; Obesity; Diabetes; Clinical Nutrition

Rachel A. Annunziato, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Adherence; Adolescence; Health Care Transitions; Health Behaviors; Pediatrics; Quality of Life

Kristoffer S. Berlin, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, TN, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Pediatric Psychology; Type 1 Diabetes; Obesity; Children; Adolescents; Early childhood; Families; Structural Equation Modeling; Quantitative Methods; Health Disparities 

Kenneth Ray Butler, Jr., PhD, MS, Gertrude C. Ford Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Inflammation; Modifiable Risk Factors; Behavior Modification; Hypertension; Diabetes; Health Disparities

Miguel Angel Cano PhD, MPH, MS, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX,  [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Alcohol; Depression; Stress and Coping; Racism and Ethnic Discrimination; Adolescent Health; Hispanic/Latino Health; Health Inequities

Chih-Chia (JJ) Chen, Department of Kinesology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, US, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Motor Development and Movement; Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition; Adapted Physical Activity; Psychology of Physical Activity, Exercise and Cognition

Ashley H. Clawson, Ph.D., Center for the Study of Tobacco, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Pediatric Psychology; Nicotine and Cannabis Exposure; Health Disparities and Equity; Child, Adolescent, Young Adult, and Family Health; Asthma

Matthew Robert Cribbet, PhD, Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama,  [email protected]
Subject Areas: Sleep; Cardiovascular Disease Risk; Stress; Insomnia; Psychophysiology; Cellular Aging

Vasileia Digidiki, PhD, FXB, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Human Trafficking; Child Protection; Migration; Victim Blaming; Sexual Exploitation; Forced Displacement; Repatriation; Deportation; Demand; Client; Awareness

Ramani Durvasala, PhD, (Emerita)College of Natural and Social Sciences, The California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Women's Health; Eating Disorders; Personality Disorder; Psychopathology; Social Media; Health Disparity; Social Class; HIV/AIDS; Substance Use and Abuse

Jairo N. Fuertes, PhD, Gordon F Derner School of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY,  [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Physician-Patient Working Alliance; Patient-Centered Care; Social Support; Adherence; Satisfaction

Angela Fong, PhD, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan; Cancer Control and Population Sciences Division, Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, [email protected] 
Subject Areas:  Physical activity; Exercise; Health Promotion; Women's Cancers; Qualitative Research; Interventions; Psychosocial Aspects of Cancer Survivorship and Health; Health Disparities

Kelly Green, PA-C, MPH, MS, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies Public Benefit Corporation (MAPSPBC), [email protected]
Subject Areas: Psychedelic Research; Infectious Disease; Neurodegenerative Disease; Aging; LGBTQIA+

Christine M. Gunn, PhD, MA, Geisel School of Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Cancer; Cancer Screening; Decision-Making; Health Disparities; Health Literacy; Health Communication; Health Care Utilization

Laura L. Hayman, PhD, MSN, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Obesity; Primary Prevention; Health Behaviors; Health Promotion; CVD Risk Reduction; Children and Adolescents; Life Course Development 

Razak M. Gyasi, AdvDipEdu., BA (Hons), LTDP., M.Phil., Ph.D., PD., Aging and Development Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, and National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, [email protected] / [email protected]
Subject Areas: Aging epidemiology; Socio-environmental gerontology; Geography of aging; Lifestyle & sleep health, Nutrition & muscle health; Medical gerontology; Health policy & Preventive medicine

Timothy Heckman, PhD, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS; Telemedicine; Gerontology; Rural Health; Access to Care; Quality of Life; Coping with Chronic Stressors

Bernadette Davantes Heckman, PhD, University of Georgia,  [email protected]
Subject Areas: Chronic Pain/Headaches; HIV/AIDS; Health Disparities/Multiculturalism; Mindfulness-Based Interventions; Drug Use and Abuse; Psychotherapy; Health-Related Outcomes

Sue C. Jacobs, PhD, College of Education, Health and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions; Mindfulness and Relaxation Response; Older Adults. Geriatrics; Aging; LGBTQ; Women; American Indian; Ethics; Rural; Cardiovascular Disease; Stress

Jessica Jaiswal PhD, MPH, Department of Health Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL,  [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV Biomedical Prevention and Treatment; LGBTQ health; Substance Use; Opioid Use Disorders; Medication-Assisted Treatment (Methadone); Medical Mistrust; Racism and Health; Qualitative Research; Mixed Methods

Maria Kantzanou, MD, PhD, MSc, Department of Microbiology, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, [email protected] 
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis; Molecular Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Public Health; Preventive Medicine; Health Services

Ilia N. Karatsoreos, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,  [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Behavioral neuroscience, circadian rhythms/sleep, stress, metabolism/obesity, neuroendocrinocogy, depression/anxiety, neuroimmune, ageing/development, neuropeptides, and sex differences

Jacob Kariuki, PhD, School of Nursing, Emory Univesity, Atlanta, GA, [email protected]
Subject Areas : Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction; Risk Assessment; Physical Activity; Health Disparities; Cost-Effectiveness; Global Health

Mirjam-Colette Kempf, MPH, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Health Behavior, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology University of Alabama at Birmingham,  [email protected]
Subject Areas: Women living with HIV; Psychosocial and Structural Barriers to Care and HIV Testing; Health Disparities; Telemedicine; Community-based Participatory Research

Mark W. Ketterer, Ph.D., Honorary (Emeritus) Senior Bioscientific Staff, C/L Psychiatry, Henry Ford Sciences Center, & Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University Detroit, MI, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Healthcare Reform; Clinical Trials; Behavioral Cardiology; Acute Medical Care Consultation/Liaison Practice; Somatopsychological Disorders

David M. Kietrys, PT, PhD, FCPP, School of Health Professions, Rutgers University, [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV, HIV disease, HIV/AIDS, HIV-related peripheral neuropathy, disability, chronic pain, physical therapyy

Sun Kim, PhD, APRN-BC, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Smoking; Smoking Cessation Intervention; Nicotine Dependence; Electronic Devices of Nicotine Delivery System; Acculturation; Psychometric Testing

George Koulierakis, Ph.D., Department of Public Health Policy, University of West Attica [email protected] 
Subject Areas: Health Psychology, Psychosocial Determinants of Health Behaviours, Models of behavior change, Behavioral Economics, Health Literacy

PhuongThao D. Le, PhD, MPH, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,  [email protected] 
Subject Areas:  Human Trafficking; Commercial Sexual Exploitation; Migration, Global Health; Women's Health;  Child and Adolescent Health; Mental Health; Trauma’ Psychosocial Research; Community-based Participatory Research; Mixed Method; Implementation Science

Nicholas A. Livingston, Ph.D., National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: LGBTQ+ Health; Substance Use Disorder; Comorbidity; Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD); Technology-Based Intervention; Minority Stress; Applied Statistics

Hala Madanat, PhD, MS, San Diego State University, Division of Research and Innovation; [email protected]
Subject Areas: Intervention, Obesity Prevention, Health Disparities, Community-based, COVID-19 community response

Adana A.M. Llanos, PhD, MPH, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Cancer Epidemiology; Molecular Epidemiology; Cancer Prevention and Control; Cancer Survivorship; Health Inequities; Sociobiologic Mechanisms in Breast Cancer; Women’s Health; Racial and Ethnic Minority Health

Jamie Musler, LPD, ATC, Bouve College of Health Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Exercise; Nutrition; Health; Sports Medicine; Youth Sports Safety; Law and Public Policy in Sports; Risk Management and Liability in Sports Medicine; Medical Simulation 

Joseph J. Palamar, PhD, MPH, Langone School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Drugs Use and Abuse; Drug-Related Stigma; Sexual Behavior; Stigma; Applied Statistics; Psychometrics; Adolescents; Young Adults

Jennifer A. Pellowski, PhD, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS; Women's Health; Food Insecurity; Global Health; Physical Activity; Implementation Science

Hollie A. Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Lifestyle Intervention; Obesity Treatment; Dietary Intake; Physical Activity

Lisa Renzi-Hammond, Ph.D., Institute of Gerontology, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior; Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience; College of Public Health; University of Georgia, Athens, GA, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Aging; Cognitive Health; Neuroscience; Rural Health; Nutrition; Cognitive Training; Neurodegenerative Disease Prevention; Vision Health

Diane Rigassio Radler, PhD, RD, School of Health Professions; School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
[email protected]
Subject Area s: Nutritional Sciences; Nutrition Therapy; Nutrition Assessment; Diet Food and Nutrition; Oral Health; Body Weight Change; Weight Management; Dietary Supplements

Aleksandra M. Rogowska, Ph.D., Institute of Psychology, University of Opole, Opole, Poland, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Health Psychology; Individual Differences; Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport; Substance Use; University Students; Well-Being

Kelley Strohacker, PhD, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Behavior Modification; Exercise Testing and Prescription; Exercise-Related Affective Responses; Periodization

Carol Strong, MPH, Ph.D., Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV Prevention; Mental Health; Substance Use; Adolescent Health; Quantitative Analysis; Sexualized Drug Use

Christopher B. Stults, PhD, Department of Psychology, Baruch College, City University of New York [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Counseling; Marriage And Family Therapy; Intimate Partner Violence; Relationship Dynamics; LGBTQ Health; Mental Health; Psychopathology; Sexual Risk; Drug Use and Abuse

Sumihiro Suzuki, PhD, MS, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Rush University Medical Center,  [email protected] 
Subject Areas: Biostatistics; Quantitative Methods; Study Design; Clinical Trials

Parisa Tehranifar, DrPH, Mailman School of Public Health University Medical Center, New York, NY
Subject Areas: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention; Health Disparities; Immigrant Health; Racial/Ethnic Minority Health; Women’s Health

Erika L. Thompson, PhD, MPH, University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio, TX,  [email protected]
Subject Areas: HPV; Vaccination; Contraception; Women's Health

Jennifer Tsui, PhD , Department of Population & Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA , [email protected]
Subject Areas: Health Services Research; HPV; Cancer Outcomes; Health Equity; Racial and Ethnic Minority Health

Jason Van Allen, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Pediatric Psychology; Obesity; Type 1 Diabetes; Sleep Disorders; Children; Adolescents; Rural Health; Positive Psychology; Hope

Andreas Vilhelmsson, PhD, MPH Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Public Health; Scoping Review; Nudging; Behavioral Economics; Medicalization, Environmental Medicine; Vaccines

Olivia A. Wackowski, PhD, MPH, Rutgers University, School of Public Health, Center for Tobacco Studies, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Tobacco Control; Tobacco Marketing; Tobacco Regulatory Science; Communication; Risk perceptions; e-Cigarettes; Smokeless Tobacco; Health Communication; Risk Perceptions/Risk Communication; Marketing/Advertising; Content Analysis; Qualitative Research

Katarzyna Wyka, PhD, City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College, New York, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Latent Variable Modeling; Psychometrics; Study Design and Statistical Methods in Mental Health; Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Ali M. Yurasek, PhD, University of Florida [email protected]
Subject Areas: Alcohol; Cannabis; Behavioral Economics; Brief Interventions; Adolescents; Young Adults

Tara Riva Zolnikov, PhD, MS, National University College of Professional Studies, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Global Health; Culture; Human Development; Environmental Health; Public Health; Africa

Adam Hege, PhD, MPH, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Beaver College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC,  [email protected] 
Subject Areas:  Occupational Health Disparities; Rural Health; Social Determinants of Health; Health Equity; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Community Engagement and Community-Based Research

Bola Lukman Solanke, PhD, MS, Department of Demography and Social Statistics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Multilevel Modeling; Fertility; Contraception; Public Health; Gender and Society; Social Determinants of Health

Brittany Mathes Winnicki, PhD,VA Boston Healthcare System, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Addiction; Compulsive Behaviors; Trauma; Social Relationships; Mental Health; Intervention

Byron D. Brooks, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Health Psychology; Chronic Health Conditiona; Sexual and Gender Minority Health; Health Disparities; Mental Health; Positive Psychology; Stigma

Cara Herbitter, PhD, MPH, VA Boston Healthcare System; Boston University School of Medicine, [email protected]
Subject Areas: S exual Minority Health; Gender Minority Health, PTSD, Qualitative Research, Relationship Diversity (e.g., consensual non-monogamy), Alternative Sexual Practices (e.g., kink)

Claire P. Dunphy, MA, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Mental Health; Treatment Adherence; Transplant Psychology; Behavioral Interventions

Dina Goldstein Silverman, PhD, HSPP, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Obesity; Health Disparities; Clinical Practice; Pre-Surgical Evaluations; Miscarriage; Stillbirth and Early Neonatal Loss; Women's Health Psychology

Dokyoung Sophia You, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Pain; Life Adversity; PTSD; Stress Hormones; Opioid Misuse; Substance Use Disorder; Treatment Targets

Eleanor Rivera, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Chronic Kidney Disease; Chronic Disease Self-Management; Treatment Adherence; Illness Perceptions; Patent-Centered Outcomes; Multimorbidity; Older Adults

Irit Bluvstein, PhD, Herczeg Institute on Aging and The Nursing Department, Tel Aviv University, Israel, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Mindfulness; Post-Traumatic Growth; Aging; Well-Being; Health Professionals; Sensitive Research

Patrick J. Kelly, MPH, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI , [email protected]
Subject Areas: LGBTQ Health; HIV/AIDS; Drug Use and Abuse; Harm Reduction; Stigma; Access to Care; Qualitative Methods

Krishna Kiran Kota, PhD, MS, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  HIV Prevention; Psychosocial Factors and HIV risk; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Social Determinants of Health; Health Disparities

Haruka Minami, Ph.D.,Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Smoking Cessation; Substance Use; Health Disparities; Mental Health; Electronic Cigarettes; Ecological Momentary Assessment

Kristen E. Riley, PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Cancer Prevention; Health Behavior Change; Smoking Cessation; Insomnia; Primary Care Mental Health Integration; Dissemination & Implementation Science

Leah M. Adams, PhD, Department of Psychology and Women & Gender Studies Program, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  HIV/AIDS; Chronic Pain; Adaptation to Illness/Injury; Quantitative Methods; Racial/Ethnic Minority Health; Women's Health

M. Graça Pereira, PhD, Psychology Research Center (ClPsu), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Portugal, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Chronic Illness; Health Promotion; Medical Family Therapy; Mind Body Medicine; Integrative Health Care

Marcel de Dios, PhD, MS, Department of Psychological, Health, and Learning Sciences, College of Education, University of Houston, Houston, TX, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Tobacco; Opioids; Marijuana; Health Disparities; Latinos; Young Adults

Natasha L. Burke, PhD, Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Obesity; Eating Disorders; Racial/Ethnic and Economically Disadvantaged Populations; Intersectionality; Health Disparities and Health Equity; Pediatrics and Emerging Adults

Ni Gao, PhD, Department of Psychiatry Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, School of Health Professions, Rutgers University, Blackwood, NJ, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Vocational Rehabilitation; Psychiatric Disabilities; Serious Mental Illness; Educational/Employment Gaps of People with Mental Illness; Supported Employment/Education of People with Mental Illness

Ollie Ganz, DrPH, MSPH, Rutgers Center for Tobacco Studies, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Department of Health Behavior, Society and Policy, Rutgers School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, [email protected]
Subject Areas: Tobacco; Cigarettes; Smoking; Tobacco Marketing; Mass Media Campaigns; Health Disparities

Prabin Shrestha, MA, MPH, MPA, MA, PGDCP, Central Department of Population Studies (CDPS), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Public Health; Health System; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Psychology; Mental Health; Behavioral Sciences

Ronica N. Rooks, PhD, Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, [email protected]
Subject Areas:  Social Determinants of Health; Chronic Conditions; Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; Socioeconomic Status Health Disparities; Aging & Gerontology; Pedagogy

Sara Elizabeth Wallach, MPH, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, [email protected]
Subject Areas: HIV Prevention; Harm Reduction; Health Equity; Evaluation

Updated 24-04-2024