Members

Alina Ashelman

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
aaashelm@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Cultural determinants of health and illness, Stigma, Cultural sociology, Natural language processing methods

Jenna Bednarski

Clinical Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
jbednars@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Military Children and Families

Arun Bhunia

Professor of Food Microbiology
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
bhunia@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Listeria monocytogenes, Pregnancy related complications, Probiotics, Gut health, Host-pathogen interaction

Jennifer Brown

Associate Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
jenniferbrown@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Substance use, Infectious diseases, Sexual/reproductive health

David Cappelleri

Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
dcappell@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Medical robots and devices

Julia Chester

Professor and Associate Department Head
Department of Psychological Sciences
jcheste@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Animal models, Psychiatric disorders, Mental health, Pain

Stacey Connaughton

Professor and Director of the Purdue Policy Research Institute
Brian Lamb School of Communication
sconnaug@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Political violence prevention in conflict-prone regions of the world (i.e., Africa), Intersections of health and violence on vulnerable populations such as women.

Abigail Cox

Associate Professor

Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Director, Histology Research Laboratory

adcox@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Role of sex hormones on laryngeal health, Animal models

Tzu-Wen Cross

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Nutrition Science

tlcross@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Gut microbiome, Nutrition, Menopause, Metabolic dysfunction, Reproductive health

Ulrike Dydak

Professor

School of Health Sciences
Director, Purdue Life Science MRI Facility
Associate Director, Women's Global Health Institute

udydak@purdue.edu

Keywords:
MRI, Neuroimaging, Neurotoxicity, Metabolism, Sex Differences

Christina Ferreira

Metabolomics Analyst
Bindley Bioscience Center
cferrei@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Small molecule biomarker discovery, Multiomics, Spatial metabolomics and lipidomics, Mass spectrometry

Marxa L. Figueiredo

Associate Professor
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
mlfiguei@purdue.edu

Keywords:

New anti-inflammatory therapeutics and approaches

Rainer Fischer

Research Professor
Department of Comparative Pathobiology
fische70@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Jennifer Freeman

Professor
School of Health Sciences
Assistant Vice President for Research Development
jfreema@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Environmental and molecular toxicology, Neurotoxicity, Neurodegenerative disease, Zebrafish, Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)

Tim Gavin

Professor and Department Head

Department of Health and Kinesiology

gavin1@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Skeletal muscle, Vasculature, Exercise, Physiology

Nandhini Giri

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Graphics Technology

Purdue Polytechnic Institute

girin@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Cross-cultural research, Game-based learning, Contemplative technology design

Craig Goergen

Leslie A. Geddes Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

cgoergen@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Imaging, Cardiovascular, Biomechanics, Animal models, Ultrasound

Zachary Hass

Assistant Professor

School of Nursing
zhass@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Long-term care, Health outcomes, Quantitative evaluation, Applied statistics

Rong Huang

Evanson-McCoy Professor

Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

huang-r@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Inhibitors, Molecular Mechanism, Methyltransferases and acetyltransferases, Novel and targeted epigenetic drugs

Sooyeon Jeong

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science

sooyeonj@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Human-AI/robot interaction, Relational AI for health and wellbeing, Personalized healthcare

Danielle Kane

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

kane71@purdue.edu

Keywords:

China, Migrant workers, Reproductive health, Family influence

Bridgette Kelleher

Associate Professor

Department of Psychological Sciences
Director, Purdue Autism Research Center

bkelleher@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Caregiver mental health, Telehealth, Rare disease, Neurodevelopmental conditions

Wendy Kline

Professor and Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine

Department of History
Director of Medical Humanities Certificate Program

wkline@purdue.edu

Keywords:

History of women's health, Gynecology

Kimberly Kinzig

Professor, Interim Head

Department of Psychological Sciences

kkinzig@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Obesity, Eating disorders, Stress, Cognition

Ann Kirchmaier

Associate Professor

Department of Biochemistry

akirchma@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Epigenetics, DNA Replication, DNA Repair, Chromatin Biology, Cancer

Fiona Kolbinger

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering

fkolbing@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Clinical Artificial Intelligence, Surgical Oncology, Data Science, Cancer Prevention and Early Detection

Wendy Koss

Assistant Research Professor
Director of Purdue Animal Behavior Core
Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience

wkoss@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Alzheimer's Disease, Estrogens, Androgens, Progestagens, Sex differences

Nasreen Lalani

Assistant Professor

School of Nursing

lalanin@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Rural family caregiving, Self care, Resilience, Spirituality, Wellbeing, Palliative and End of life Care

Jianing Li

Associate Professor

Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

jianing-li@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Computer Aided Drug Design, Multiscale Modelling, Biophysics

Tonglei Li

Allen Chao Chair and Professor

Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy

tonglei@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Drug discovery and development, AI/ML/DL, Computational chemistry, Modeling and simulation

Stephen Lindemann

Associate Professor
Department of Food Science
Courtesy Appointment, Department of Biological Sciences
lindemann@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Gut microbiome, Dietary fiber, Gut-brain axis, Inflammation, Metabolism

Dianne Little

Associate Professor
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
little33@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Tendon, Osteoarthritis, Psychosocial Stress, Comorbidity, Pre-clinical model

Julie Liu

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
julieliu@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Surgical glues

Georgia Malandraki

Professor
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
malandraki@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Swallowing disorders, Dysphagia, Neuroscience, Telehealth

Seema Mattoo

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
smattoo@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Cell signaling, Post-translational modifications, Fic proteins, AMPylation

Ashley Meredith

Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Department of Pharmacy Practice
ahmeredith@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Pharmacist, Contraception, Community health worker, Equity

Cindy Nakatsu

Professor
Department of Agronomy
cnakatsu@purdue.edu

Keywords:

Professor and Interim Associate Head for Academic Programs
School of Health Sciences
hnie@purdue.edu

Keywords:
Nuclear and radiation instrumentation development, X-ray fluorescence and neutron activation analysis, Synchrotron x-ray techniques, Metals and trace element, Neurodegeneration