Faculty Research
There are four primary focus areas into which much of the research at the College may be grouped:
- Aging and health
- Women’s health
- Biobehavioral Interventions with Infants, Children and Adults
- Public Health and Health policy
The following summarizes the research interests of the College’s research faculty. Click on a faculty member’s name for a more complete profile.
Maureen Curley
maureencurley@ufl.edu
Research Interests: the psychiatric and behavioral disorders of abortion, reproductive loss, PTSD and stress disorders among young women, as well as the development of population-focused behavioral interventions targeted toward these disorders
Focus Area: Biobehavioral interventions
Jennifer Elder
elderjh@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Mental health: parent-child interactions; autism; child behavioral and dietary interventions
Focus Area: Biobehavioral interventions
Ann Horgas
ahorgas@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Aging; pain; dementia; nursing home caregiving
Focus Area: Aging and health
Charlene Krueger
ckrueger@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Learning; heart rate variability; infant development
Focus Areas: Women’s health; biobehavioral interventions
Barbara Lutz
bjlutz@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Community health; disability and rehabilitation
Focus Area: Health policy
Donna Neff
dneff@ufl.edu
Research Interests:: Determinants of nurse and patient outcomes. Nurse workforce and the exploration of organizational effectiveness and relationships with patient outcomes.
Focus Areas: Nurse workforce and nurse and patient outcomes in multiple settings. Survey research and large database analyses.
Beverly Roberts
robertsb@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Exercise from a physical and psychosocial standpoint of elderly adults
Focus Area: Aging and health; elderly adults and exercise
Carmen Rodriguez
rodrics@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Pain management needs of older patients with a speech impairment that limits self-reporting of pain and other critical symptoms during the immediate post-operative period.
Focus area: Aging and health, oncology
Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini
jeannems@ufl.edu
Research Interests: depression among minorities, community-based interventions for minority population and group-treatment among minorities
Focus Areas: Health policy; minority health
Joyce Stechmiller
stechjk@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Nutrition; Immune competence; wound healing; aging
Focus Areas: Aging and health; biobehavioral interventions
Bryan Weber
bweber@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Cancer (prostate); aging; social support
Focus Areas: Aging and health; biobehavioral interventions
Sunny Yoon
yoon@ufl.edu
Research Interests: Complementary and alternative medicine; osteoarthritis; pain; aging
Focus Areas: Aging and health; women’s health; biobehavioral interventions