Exercise

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Azevedo, Renato Ferreira Leitao

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Gerontology
website | renato.azevedo@uga.edu

Research Interests: Aging and Gerontology, Assessment and Evaluation, Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Cognition, Communication, Computational Methods, Education and Learning, Emotion, Exercise, Experimental Methods, Media, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Physical Health and Well-being, Risk Behaviors, Social Psychology, STEM, Survey Methods

Barany, Deborah

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

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Cooper, Jamie

Professor and Department Head, Kinesiology
website | jamie.cooper@uga.edu

Research Interests include human health and chronic disease risk reduction

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Gay, Jennifer

Associate Professor, Health Promotion & Behavior
website | jlgay@uga.edu

Research Interests include physical activity, social environment, physical environment, and coastal resilience

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Jo, Jeyeon

Assistant Professor, Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors
website | jeyeonjo@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Computational Methods, Exercise, Physical Health and Well-being, Work and Occupations

Lisee, Caroline

Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
website | caroline.lisee@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Chronic Disease, Exercise, Physical Health and Well-being

Lynall, Rob

Professor, Kinesiology
website | rlynall@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation, Cognition, Exercise, Neuroscience

McDowell, Jennifer

Associate Director, OIBR
Professor, Psychology
Distinguished Scholar, Owens Institute of Behavioral Research
website | jemcd@uga.edu

Research Interests include cognition, psychotic disorders, neuroimaging, and eye movement

Modlesky, Christopher

Athletic Association Professor, Kinesiology
website | christopher.modlesky@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Infant and Child Development, Neuroscience

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Noble, Emily

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | emily.noble@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Cognition, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Neuroscience, Obesity, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

Novak, Josh

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | joshua.novak@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Aging and Gerontology; Assessment and Evaluation; Chronic Disease; Communication; Culture; Emotion; Exercise; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Marriage, Family, and Close Relationships; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Psychophysiology; Sexuality and Sexual Identity; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction

Richards, Dylan

Assistant Professor, Psychology
website | dkrichards@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Chronic Disease; Diversity; Emotion; Exercise; Experimental Methods; Food & Nutrition; Group Processes and Intergroup Relations; Identity; Mental Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Obesity; Personality; Physical Health and Well-being; Prevention and Implementation Science; Risk Behaviors; Social Psychology; Substance Use and Addiction; Survey Methods

Song, Suhang

Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Management
website | suhang.song@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Health disparities; Health policy; Health economics; Non-communicable diseases; Cognitive aging

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Tanner, Susan

Associate Professor, Anthropology
website | stanner1@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Chronic Disease, Culture, Ethnography, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Infectious Disease, Physical Health and Well-being, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Survey Methods

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Tate, Allan

Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
website | allan.tate@uga.edu

Research Interests: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Chronic Disease, Computational Methods, Diversity, Environment and Ecosystems, Exercise, Food & Nutrition, Immigration, Infant and Child Development, Infant and Maternal Health, Maltreatment and Trauma, Mental Health, Physical Health and Well-being, Prevention and Implementation Science, Risk Behaviors, Survey Methods, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

Vick, Alfred

Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics, College of Environment and Design
website | ravick@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Environment and Ecosystems, Exercise, Geographic Information Systems, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being

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Yli-Piipari, Sami

Associate Professor, Kinesiology
website | syp@uga.edu

Research Interests include physical activity, fitness, obesity, and motivation