Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Adolescence/Teens Dieting Diseases Elderly/Gerontology Health Care Organizations	Health Policy and Administration Infectious Diseases Mental/Emotional Health Prescription Drugs Substance Abuse (alcohol, drugs, etc.)	Telemedicine Women's Health zoonotic diseases

Adolescence/Teens

Cheryl Dellasega Ph.D., GNP

Professor, Medicine and Humanities, Humanities, College of Medicine

Expertise

Teen girls' health and relationship issues i.e. eating disorders, bullying; and related family and caregiving issues; adult women and relationship aggression; women family feuds

Contact Information

Email: cdellasega@psu.edu

Phone: 717-531-8778

Website: http://www.cheryldellasega.com/

Dieting

Kristine Clark Ph.D., RD, FACSM

Director, Sports Nutrition, Athletics, Administration

Expertise

Food choices, timing of eating, athletic performance and weight management, nutrition for exercise and sports activity

Contact Information

Email: klc5@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-8107

Website: http://nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu/faculty/profiles.cfm?...

J. Lynne Brown Ph.D.

Associated Professor, Food Science, College of Agricultural Sciences

Expertise

Nutrition and how consumers make decisions about foods and food products

Contact Information

Email: f9a@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-3973

Website: http://www.foodscience.psu.edu/Department/Faculty/br...

Diseases

Ottar Bjornstad Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences

Expertise

Epidemiology, biostatistics, spatial ecology, disease dynamics, measles and influenza

Contact Information

Email: onb1@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-2983

Website: http://www.ento.psu.edu/Personnel/Faculty/bjornstad.htm

Elderly/Gerontology

Daniel Lago Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Women's Studies, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Aging including exercise, nutrition, family caregiving, community aging services, elder abuse, intergenerational programs, memory, nursing home care, and adult development

Contact Information

Email: djl@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949-5524

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/djl/

Donna Fick PhD, APRN-BC, FGSA

Associate Professor, Nursing, College of Health & Human Development

Expertise

Delirium in persons with dementia and inappropriate medication use in older adults, including the inappropriate use of central nervous system active medications in persons with dementia.

Contact Information

Email: dmf21@psu.edu

Phone: 814 865-9325

Website: http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/research/fick.html

Ann M. Kolanowski PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN

Professor of Nursing, Nursing, College of Health & Human Development

Expertise

Complex health care issues with elderly and dementia behavior in the elderly, development of non-pharmacological interventions

Contact Information

Email: amk20@psu.edu

Phone: 814-863-9901

Website: http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/faculty/kolanowski.html

Health Care Organizations

Dennis Scanlon Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Health Policy & Administration, College of Health & Human Development

Expertise

health care economics; interaction of quality measurement, competition in health insurance markets, public and private sector health care purchasing activities; and the impact of information and incentives in health care market

Contact Information

Email: dxs62@psu.edu

Phone: 814-865-1925

Website: http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hpa/faculty/scanlon.html

Health Policy and Administration

Janice L. Dreachslin Ph.D.

Professor, School of Graduate Professional Studies,

Expertise

Strategic Diversity Management; Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care Delivery Organizations; U.S. and International Health Care Policy and Organization

Contact Information

Email: jld13@psu.edu

Phone: (610) 648-3269

Infectious Diseases

John Enck VMD

senior research associate & director Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Veterinary Science, College of Agricultural Sciences

Expertise

disease eradication, regulatory issues in disease outbreaks

Contact Information

Email: jie2@psu.edu

Phone: (814) 863-0837

Website: http://vbs.psu.edu/department-directory/jie2

Mental/Emotional Health

Valerie Stratton Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology, Education, Human Development , & Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona

Expertise

Effect of music on moods and emotions; music imagery; emotional responses to music; role of music in people's lives

Contact Information

Email: vns@psu.edu

Phone: 814 949 5289

Website: http://www.personal.psu.edu/vns/

Prescription Drugs

Dennis Shea Ph.D.

Professor, Health Policy & Administration, College of Health & Human Development

Expertise

Health economics and policy; economics of aging; long-term care; physician services and prescription drugs among elderly; and health insurance and Medicare policy.

Contact Information

Email: dgs4@psu.edu

Phone:

Website: http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hpa/faculty/shea.html

Substance Abuse (alcohol, drugs, etc.)

Charles E. Yesalis Sc.D.

Professor Emeritus, Health Policy & Administration, College of Health & Human Development

Expertise

Non-medical use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AS) and other performance-enhancing drugs and dietary supplements. First to study steroid use among adolescents.