Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
The University of Georgia
Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Special Education
website | sgdalton@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Communication, Experimental Methods, Neuroscience
Assistant Professor, Sociology
website |peng.huang@uga.edu
Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Computational Methods, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Immigration, Infectious Disease, International Relations, Networks, Survey Methods
Associate Professor, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics
website | lufan@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Education and Learning, Emotion, Gender, Mental Health, Personality, Social Psychology, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Professor, College of Environment and Design
website | kmelcher@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Cognition, Culture, Environment and Ecosystems, Ethnography, Gender, Geographic Information Systems, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Identity, Mental Health, Obesity, Organizations, Physical Health and Well-being, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Prevention and Implementation Science, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood
Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
OIBR Grant Development Program Participant 2025-2027
website | niying.li@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology, Immigration, Policy, Regulation, and Compliance, Survey Methods
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | suhang.song@uga.edu
Research Interests include: Health disparities; Health policy; Health economics; Non-communicable diseases; Cognitive aging
Clinical Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | emerson@uga.edu
Research Interests include aging, social isolation, loneliness among older adults, social engagement for seniors, and minority aging
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
2021-23 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | daniel.jung1@uga.edu
Research Interests include quality of care, long-term care/post-acute care, Medicare/Medicaid policy, unnecessary health care utilization, health disparities, and machine learning methods
Associate Professor, Genetics
website | kaixiong@uga.edu
Research Interests include human genetics, direct to consumer genetic testing, and nutrition
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
website | dbarany@uga.edu
Research Interests include motor control, decision-making, neuroimaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation
