Food and Nutrition

Adise, Shana

Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | shana.adise@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Assessment and Evaluation; Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality; Cognition; Education and Learning; Experimental Methods; Food & Nutrition; Genetics and Epigenetics; Geographic Information Systems; Infant and Child Development; Infant and Maternal Health; Mental Illness and Disorders; Neuroscience; Obesity; Physical Health and Well-being; Psychophysiology; STEM; Substance Use and Addiction

Gallo, Sina

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
website | sina.gallo@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Food & Nutrition, Infant and Maternal Health

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Geier, Charles

Associate Dean for Research & William P. Flatt Professor, Human Development and Family Science
website | Charles.Geier@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Cognition, Computational Methods, Diversity, Emotion, Experimental Methods, Food & Nutrition, Mental Health, Mental Illness and Disorders, Networks, Neuroscience, Obesity, Physical Health and Well-being, Psychophysiology, Risk Behaviors, Substance Use and Addiction, Youth, Adolescence, and Emerging Adulthood

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Mu, Lan

Professor, Geography
website | mulan@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Bias, Discrimination, and Inequality, Computational Methods, Environment and Ecosystems, Food & Nutrition, Geographic Information Systems, Mental Health, Physical Health and Well-being, STEM

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Lu, Peng

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
website | penglu@uga.edu

Research Interests include: Communication, Education and Learning, Emotion, Environment and Ecosystems, Experimental Methods, Food & Nutrition, Higher Education, STEM

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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

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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

Thompson, Jennifer Jo

Senior Research Scientist, Crop & Soil Sciences
website | jjthomp@uga.edu

Research Interests include food systems, social justice, policy outcomes, risk perception, and sustainable food