Back row, left to right: Shawn D. Whiteman, Ulrike Dydak,Sugato Chakravarty, Donald Lynam, Laura Sands
Front row, left to right: Dorothy Teegarden, Ananthanarayan (Ravi) Krishnan, Darlene Sedlock, Xinran Lehto, Qing Jiang
The College of Health and Human Sciences Research Advisory Council was established to help promote and enhance HHS research efforts. The Council seeks to identify and discuss potential barriers to research taking place in the college and to provide guidance in the following areas:
- Implementation of the research portion of the HHS strategic plan; set specific goals and action plans
- Identify and help develop mechanisms to promote increased funding
- Promote faculty by encouraging and reviewing awards
- Increase visibility of the college, including identifying cores of strength
- Identify and help develop mechanisms to promote increased collaboration
- Identify and pursue funding for shared equipment needs
- Review HHS and University services available to faculty for research
- Identify potential cluster hires with a core in the college
The Council represents perspectives from across the college and is comprised of outstanding HHS researchers. Council members were selected by their respective academic unit head.
- Sugato Chakravarty, professor of consumer science
- Ulrike Dydak, assistant professor of health sciences
- Qing Jiang, associate professor of nutrition science
- Ananthanarayan (Ravi) Krishnan, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences
- Xinran Lehto, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management
- Donald Lynam, professor of psychological sciences and director of clinical training
- Laura Sands, Katherine Birck Professor of Nursing
- Darlene Sedlock, associate professor of health and kinesiology
- Dorothy Teegarden, HHS associate dean for research and professor of nutrition science
- Shawn D. Whiteman, associate professor of human development and family studies
For more information about the College of Health and Human Sciences Research Advisory Council, please contact Dorothy Teegarden.