Makella Coudray, PhD, MPH, CPH

Biography & Research:  BIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH: Makella Coudray, PhD, MPH, CPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Population Health Sciences at…

Leanna Papp, Ph.D.

Dr. Leanna J. Papp is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Population Health Sciences and is a core member of the Violence Against Women Faculty…

Omar Martinez, JD, MPH, MS

Education, Training, & Research:  Specialties:  Research Interests:  Biography:  Professor Omar Martinez earned a Master’s in Public Health and a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University-Bloomington, followed…

Karina Villalba, PhD, MPH

Email:  Karina.Villalba@ucf.edu Education, Training, & Research:  Specialties:  Research Interests:  Dr. Villalba’s research examines the therapeutic potential of cannabis and cannabinoids in mental health and substance use…

Elena Cyrus, PhD, MPH

Dr. Elena Cyrus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida. She is an infectious…

Eric Schrimshaw, PhD

Dr. Eric Schrimshaw has his Ph.D. in Social & Personality Psychology and a Masters in Psychology from the City University of New York. He began…

Julia Soulakova, Ph.D.

Julia Soulakova is an expert biostatistician with a faculty appointment at the Population Health Sciences. Her research program involves bringing her expertise in statistical modeling…

Lindsay Taliaferro, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.

Dr. Lindsay Taliaferro received her Ph.D. in Health Behavior from the University of Florida in 2009. She then completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Healthy…

Robin Hines, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Robert (Robin) Hines is a cancer epidemiologist and cancer health services researcher. He received his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama at…