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COHPA Research Clusters

Listed below are focus areas of research in the college and participating researchers in each area. Each group of researchers is referred to as a "research cluster."

Programs abbreviations:
CJ=Criminal Justice, CSD=Communication Sciences and Disorders, HMI=Health Management Informatics, HP=Health Professions, PA=Public Administration, PAF=Public Affairs, SW=Social Work

Child Health

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

SW

Ana Leon

leon@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3195

Child welfare

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Child health

SW

Mary Van Hook

mvanhook@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6456

Family policy

SW

Shawn Lawrence

slawrenc@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5621

Child health


Community Health Centers Evaluation

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Judy Ortiz

jortiz@aol.com

Evaluation research

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Performance improvement

PA

Xiao Hu Wang

xwang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5714

Performance improvement research

SW

Shawn Lawrence

slawrenc@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5621


Crime and Correction Services

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Ken Adams

kenadams@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3679

Correction service research

CJ

K. Michael Reynolds

kreynolds@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2943

Crime information sharing

CJ

Eugene Paoline

epaoline@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-

Policing research

SW

John Ronnau

jronnau@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2114

Correction services research

CJ

Robert Langworthy

rlangwor@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5929

Crime informatics

CJ

Mark Lanier

lanier@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6040

Prison health


Domestic Violence

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

SW

Eileen Abel

eabel@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3967

Child abuse

SW

Jane Allgood

jallgood@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6452

Child abuse


Geriatric and Long-Term Care

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

LTC

PAF

Jackie Zhang

nizhang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3344

LTC

PAF

Kenneth Adams

kenadams@mail.ucf.edu

Elder abuse

SW

Denise Gammonley

dgammonl@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2215

Gerontology

HMI

Lynn Unruh

lunruh@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-4237

Health services administration


Health Informatics

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Health informatics

PAF

Jackie Zhang

nizhang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3344

Informatics

PAF

Sam Marathe

ssmarathemd@gmail.com

Medical informatics

HP

David Segal

dsegal@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6167

Simulation

HMI

Bernardo  Ramirez

bramirez@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2000

Health-care informatics


Health Services and Policy

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Medical technology innovation

PAF

Jackie Zhang

nizhang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3344

Health insurance

HMI

Bernardo Ramirez

bramirez@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2000

International health

HMI

Timothy Rotarius

trotariu@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3762

Health insurance

HMI

Aaron Liberman

aliberma@mail.ucf.ed

407-823-3264

Health insurance

PA

Xiao Hu Wang

xwang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5714

Policy research

SW

Jane Allgood

jallgood@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6452

Health-care financing and policy


Homeland Security, Emergency Management and Disaster Research

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

CJ

Mike Reynolds

kreynolds@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2943

IT and data sharing

CJ

Pamala Griset

griset@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6061

Terrorism

HMI

Myron Fottler

fottler@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5531

Bioterrorism and health care

HMI

Aaron Liberman

aliberma@mail.ucf.ed

407-823-3264

Bioterrorism and hospital management

PA

Naim Kapucu

nkapucu@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6096

Terrorism and disaster management

PA

Tom Bryer

tbryer@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-0410

Disaster management


Minority Health and Disparity in Health Care

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

Public Affairs

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Preventive interventions

HMI Dawn Oetjen doeetjen@mail.ucf.edu 407-823-3729 Minority health
HMI Antonio  Trijillo atrujillo@mail.ucf.edu 407-823-4238 Disparity in health care

Patient Safety

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Outcomes evaluation

HMI

Lynn Unruh

lunruh@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-4237

Health Services Administration


Preventative Health

Program

Name

E-mail

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Syndromic surveillance modeling

HP

Jesus Rico-Sanz

jricosan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-0330

Preventive health

HP

Ted Angelopoulos

tangelop@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-0364

Preventive health and lifestyle medicine

HP

Bernardo Ramirez

bramirez@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-2000

International health


Veterans' Health

Program

Name

Email Address

Phone

Research Area

PAF

Thomas Wan

twan@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3678

Gulf War Syndrome
and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

PAF

Jackie Zhang

nizhang@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3344

Veterans' health services

PAF

Kenneth Adams

kenadams@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3679

Veterans’ family relations

PAF

Lawrence Martin

martinl@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-5731

Veterans’ family adjustment

CSD

Kenyatta Rivers

krivers@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-4828

Traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation

SW

John Bricout

jbricout@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-6167

Traumatic brain injury and disability

SW

Eileen Abel

eabel@mail.ucf.edu

407-823-3967

Family adjustment