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college of health

dean

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Name

Department

Title

Phone

E-mail

Degrees

Expertise

Research Areas

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applied research

Will give an
on-camera interview?

 Maybe

Name

Mary Kay Meyer

Department

Applied Research, Nutrition and Food Systems

Title

 

Phone

O 266-4034     H 29O 266-2025

E-mail

mk.meyer@usm.edu

Degrees

1986 Virginia Tech

Expertise

Food Service system, quality management, customer service

Research Areas

Areas of management in child nutrition, customer satisfaction in school food service, school environment

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community health

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Joan L. Exline

Department

Community Health

Title

Associate Professor and Assistant to the President – Accreditation, Planning & Articulation

Phone

O 266-6525   H 520-1015

E-mail

Joan.Exline@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Health administration, health policy issues

Research Areas

Uninsured, rural hospitals, health reform

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

No

Name

Charkarra Anderson-Lewis

Department

Community Health

Title

Associate Professor

Phone

O 266-5861   H 268-1807

E-mail

charkarra.andersonlewis@usm.edu

Degrees

MPH, Ph.D.

Expertise

Health education community health, community based cancer prevention and control, health disparities

Research Areas

community based cancer prevention and control

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Agnes W. Hinton

Department

Community Health

Title

Professor

Phone

O 266-5859   H 584-0815

E-mail

agnes.hinton@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D, Dr.P.H., R.D. and L.N.

Expertise

Community health workers, public health, nutrition

Research Areas

Use of community health workers as promoters of wellness


Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Dr. Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim

Department

Community Health

Title

Associate Professor

Phone

O 266-6507 H 264-7327

E-mail

iai@usm.edu

Degrees

MD, MPH, Ph.D.

Expertise

Program Evaluation, Cancer Control and Prevention, Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Research Areas

Outcomes Research, Tobacco Control, Health Risk Behaviors

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hpr

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Dan Drane

Department

HPR

Title

Coordinator of Coaching and Sport Administration, Assistant Professor

Phone

O 266-5379 

E-mail

dan.drane@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Youth Sports, Golf, Golf for people with disabilities

Research Areas

Service Learning-Youth Sports-Golf and the Environment Gambling on sport-Sport Celebrities as Endosers

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Maybe

Name

Gregor Kay

Department

HPR

Title

 

Phone

O 266-6223   H 579-9016

E-mail

gregor.kay@usm.edu

Degrees

Currently ABD (Ed.D.)

Expertise

Outdoor recreation

Research Areas

Nature-based, educational recreation/recreation administration

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Dennis Phillips

Department

HPR

Title

Associate Professor, Grad Coordinator

Phone

O 266-5578      H 261-5509

E-mail

dennis.phillips@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Sport management, Conference USA and NCAA, faculty athletic representative

Research Areas

Sport management, sport hazing, and sport ethics

 


Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Brent Wolfe

Department

HPR

Title

Associate Professor

Phone

O 266-5651    

E-mail

brent.wolfe@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Teambuilding, Challenge (Ropes) course

Research Areas

Adolescents with emtional and behavioral disorders, challenge courses, and qualitative methods

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Trenton E. Gould

Department

HPR

Title

Director-Athletic Training Education

Phone

O 266-6339    H 29O 266-7795

E-mail

trent.gould@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Athletic Training, Sports Medicine, Human Anatomy

Research Areas

Cognitive psychology with regard to learning, teaching, thinking styles; also basic science line that investigates EMG analyses of muscle fatigue

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Maybe

Name

Taylor J. Marcell

Department

HPR

Title

Assistant Professor/ Assistant Director Collaborative Research

Phone

O 266-5599   

E-mail

Taylor.marcell@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., ATC

Expertise

Clinical Exercise Physiology, Athletic Training and Sports Medicine

Research Areas

Mechanisms involved in age-related loss of muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia), Role of exercise and physical activity on decreasing obesity, diabetes and caroiovascular disease

 

Will give an
on-camera interview?

Yes

Name

Tim Scheett

Department

HPR

Title

Assistant Professor

Phone

O 266-5171   

E-mail

timothy.scheett@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Exercise physiology, thermal physiology, fitness/training, exercise immunology

Research Areas

Exercise-induce immune suppression nutritional ergogevic aids to combat immune suppression, fitness/strength training/muscle damage Atkins diet and immune functions, heat tolerance/exercise/muscle soreness

 

 

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medical technology

Will give an
on-camera interview?

No

Name

Margot Hall

Department

Medical Technology

Title

Professor

Phone

O 266-4912    H   268-2705

E-mail

margot.hall@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Clinical chemistry/biochemistry

Research Areas

Tumor markers/tests-dipstick tests, teaching clinical chemistry

Will give an
on-camera interview?

No

Name

Mary Lux

Department

Medical Technology

Title

Professor

Phone

O 266-4910      H 584-6009

E-mail

mary.lux@usm.edu

Degrees

Ph.D.

Expertise

Clinical microbiology

Research Areas

Microbiology education

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nursing