Membership

RHILL Director

Dr. Nicole Adams

Dr. Nicole Adams PhD, RN is an Associate Research Professor at the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE) at Purdue University and the director of the Rural Health Innovation Living Labs (RHILL). She has a background in nursing and health policy and conducts community engaged research with a focus on systems of care, substance use and mental health, and rural communities.

The RHILL creates partnerships between Purdue researchers and rural health providers to bring cutting edge health research to rural communities.

RHILL Faculty

Name	Email	School/Department	College	Expertise
Guang Lin	guanglin@purdue.edu	ADR	College of Science	AI machine learning and digital twins possible project: wearable-sensor AI-based blood glucose prediction
Risa Cromer	risac@purdue.edu	Anthropology	Liberal Arts	medical anthropology reproductive health
Ian Lindsay	ilindsay@purdue.edu	Anthropology	Liberal Arts	GIS and public health
Andrew Flachs		Anthropology	Liberal Arts	qualitative research farmer concerns toxic exposure
Amanda Viele	aveile@purdue.edu	Anthropology	Liberal Arts	maternal and child health
Nan Kong	nkong@purdue.edu	Biomedical Engineering	Engineering	digital health health systems engineering Real-wrold health data analysis
Kevin Otto	kotto@purdue.edu	BME	College of Engineering	Brain-machine interfaces Sensation induced by electrical stimulation of neural tissue Sensory repair and augmentation Neural coding and plasticity
German Posada	gposada@purdue.edu	HDFS	HHS	child devleopment family/parent- early child relationships related to mental health
Elliot Friedman	efriedman@purdue.edu	HDFS	HHS	psychological functioning and health in aging sleep science
Li-Shan Chou	chou194@purdue.edu	Health and Kinesiology	HHS	biomechanics movement and balance realted to nerological and muscoloskeletal disorders and aging
Jeff Haddad	jmhaddad@purdue.edu	Health and Kinesiology	HHS	gait and balance in aging wearable sensors mobility and fall risk
Steve Amireault	samireau@purdue.edu	HK	HHS	phsyical activity and fall prevention
Adams Heavrin	amheavri@purdue.edu	HK	HHS
Natasha Jaiswal	jaiswa19@purdue.edu	HK	HHS	Sarcopenia muscle atrophy and wekaness type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance obesity.
Yu She	shey@purdue.edu	IE	College of Engineering	AI applications in healthcare
Wenzhou Wu	wenzhuowu@purdue.edu	IE	College of Engineering	AI-empowered wearable technologies multimodal wearable sensing and continuous metabolic monitoring
David Cappelleri	dcappell@purdue.edu	ME	College of Engineering	medical devices robotics and automation
Rebeccca Johnson	john1828@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	Peds ER Rural health Spanish public health water safety
Shannon Cook	svcook@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	ER Forensics Oncology Primary/Urgent Care
Julian Gallegos	jlgalleg@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	emergency responders occupational health rural health
Sarah Wallace	walla103@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	Diverse background in nursing global community-focused nursing nursing education
Fabiana C. Dos Santos	fdossant@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	nursing informatics patient-centered care decision support tools
Cynthia Garringer	vogelcj@purdue.edu	Nursing	HHS	SDoH postpardum morbidity
Chelsea Baker	chelseabaker@purdue.edu	Pharmacy	Pharmacy
Ephrem Abebe	eabebe@purdue.edu	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	on patient and family caregiver support in the context of healthcare navigation care coordination and care delivery/self-care management in the home setting
Jasmine Gonzalvo	jgonzalv@purdue.edu	Phatmacy	Pharmacy	medication access/charity CHWs program eval public health health research methods
Jennifer Jabson Tree	jjabsont@purdue.edu	Public Health	HHS	LGBTQ+ health equity sleep concerns cancer survivors
Pengyi Shi	shi178@purdue.edu	Business	Daniels School of Business	operations management predictive modeling
Sooyeon Jeong	sooyeonj@purdue.edu	CS	Science	social/interactive AI agents and robots to enhance people's health and well-being
Patricia Wolf	wolfpm@purdue.edu	Nutrition	HHS	barriers to diet quality GI microbiome and colorectal cancer
Seyi Oderinde	ooderind@purdue.edu	Health Sciences	HHS
Jorge Banda	bandaj@purdue.edu	Public Health	HHS	phsyical activity nutrition obesity
Bhagyashree Katare	bkatare@purdue.edu	Ag Econ	Agriculture	food security health equity healthcare access policy and market effects
Afsan Bhadelia	abhadeli@purdue.edu	Public Health	HHS	Health services and systems VBP chronic diseases self-management of care longevity and aging palliative and EOL care women's health
Margie Snyder	snyderme@purdue.edu	Pharmacy Practice	Pharmacy	optimizing care delivery by community pharmacy teams
Mario Ventresca	mventres@purdue.edu	IE	College of Engineering	computer science/algorithms/IT stuff optimization social networks AI/machine learning mathematical modeling and simulation