Healthy Weight Research Center Affiliated Faculty
At the University of Minnesota, researchers from a wide range of fields (nutrition, epidemiology, public policy, food science, computer science, economics, biostatstics, psychology, medicine, and more) are internationally known for rigorous research in developing and evaluating innovative strategies to promote healthy body weight. Faculty involved in healthy weight research at the U of M include:
Emilyn U. Alejandro, PhD—Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Katherine Arlinghaus, MS, RD, LD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD—Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity, School of Kinesiology
Megan Bensignor, MD, MSHP—Department of Pediatrics
Jerica Berge, PhD, MPH—Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Carolyn Bramante, MD, MPH—General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical School
Lisa Chow, MD—Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Ellen W. Demerath, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Ryan Demmer, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Donald Dengel, PhD—Exercise Physiology, School of Kinesiology
Neer Dutta, DO—Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical School
Yingling Fan, PhD—Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Gail Ferguson, PhD—Institute of Child Development
Angela Fertig, PhD—Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Simone French, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD—School of Nursing
Zan Gao, PhD—Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity, School of Kinesiology
Sarah Gollust, PhD—Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health
Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, MPH—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Melissa Horning, PhD, RN, PHN—School of Nursing
Robert Jeffery, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Abigail Johnson, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Catherine Kotz, PhD—Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
Alicia Kunin-Batson, PhD—Department of Pediatrics, Medical School
Mindy Kurzer, PhD—Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Melissa N. Laska, PhD, RD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Jiwoo Lee, PhD, RN—School of Nursing
Beth Lewis, PhD—Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity, School of Kinesiology
Jennifer A. Linde, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Traci L. Mann, PhD—Department of Psychology
Susan M Mason, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Toben F. Nelson, ScD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Theresa L. Osypuk, SD, SM—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Mark A. Pereira, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Carol Peterson, PhD—Department of Psychiatry
Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, PhD—Department of Applied Economics
Emily M. Pisetsky, PhD, LP, PMH-C – Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Marla M. Reicks, PhD—Department of Food Science and Nutrition
Alexander J. Rothman, PhD—Department of Psychology
Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Shalamar D. Sibley, MD, MPH—Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism, Department of Medicine
Steven Stovitz, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Rachel Widome, PhD, MHS—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Julian Wolfson, PhD—Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Ivan H.C. Wu, PhD—Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health
Marco Yzer, PhD—School of Journalism and Mass Communication
If you are a healthy weight researcher at the University of Minnesota and would like to be added as an affiliated faculty, please contact the U of M HWRC at 612-626-8570 or hwrc@umn.edu.