Current GDP Participants

Flannery, Jessica
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2026-2028 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: fMRI with ecological behavior tracking, neurocognitive mechanisms, substance use and other health-related behaviors

Haight, Sarah
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2026-2028 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Chronic Disease; Geographic Info Systems; Infant and Maternal Health; Marriage, Family and Close Relationships

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Li, Niying
Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
2025-2027 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Diparities in access to new Alzheimers therapies, and Health disparities

Liao, Mengqi
Assistant Professor, Advertising and PR
2026-2028 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Human-AI interaction; media psychology; conversational AI; AI hallucination; dark patterns; responsible AI design

Richards, Dylan
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2026-2028 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Assessment; Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination and Equality; Chronic Disease; Diversity; Emotion; Exercise; Experimental Methods; Mental Illness; Substance Use; Social Psychology

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Sanders, Ashley
Assistant Professor, Psychology
2025-2027 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Socioeconomic inequity, Childhood stressors, Adaptive skills, Neurodevelopment, Neuroimaging, and Public health policies

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Shin, Eunhae
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
2025-2027 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Health economics, Health policy, Healthcare delivery, and Health services research

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Wang, Leah
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
2025-2027 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Technology-enabled interventions, Health disparities, Youth behavior, and Early development

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Zapata, Lorenzo
Assistant Professor, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy
2025-2027 GDP Participant, Owens Institute for Behavioral Research
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Research Interests: Cancer care, Data methods, Health services research, Survey data, and Care delivery