LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE 
Programmatic area leader: Danielle Downs, PhD

Bartok, Cynthia J., Ph.D., R.D.
Associate Director, Center for Childhood Obesity
Penn State University

Belue, Rhonda, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy & Administration
Health & Human Development
Penn State University

Birch, Leann, Ph.D.,A.B., A.M.
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies;
Professor of Nutritional Sciences; Director,
Center for Childhood Obesity Research
College of Health and Human Development
Penn State University

Brown, J. Lynne, Ph.D., R.D.
Professor of Food Science
Penn State University

Budd, Geraldine M. Ph.D., R.N., C.R.N.P.
Assistant Dean and Associate Professor
Harrisburg Campus Nurse Practitioner Program
Widener University Harrisburg

Cavanaugh, Erica W., MS, MHS
Active Communities Coordinator,
Penn State Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
Penn State College of Medicine

Downs, Danielle, PhD
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Director of the Exercise Psychology Laboratory
Penn State University

Elavsky, Steriani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology
Penn State University

Francis, Lori A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health & Human Development
Penn State University

Gerin, William, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Medicine
Penn State University

Gold, Carol Hancock, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Gerontology Center, Department of Human Development & Family Studies
Penn State University

Jensen, Gordon L., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Nutritional Sciences
Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Klees, Lynn Parker, R.D., M.S., CDE
Nutrition
Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C.

Loken, Eric, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Penn State College of Health and Human Development

Miller, Carla, Ph.D., RD
Associate Professor of Human Nutrition
Ohio State University

Norgren, Ralph, Ph.D.
Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine

Paul, Ian M., M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Parker Klees, Lynn
Clinical Dietitian/Certified Diabetes Education
Penn State University

Patterson, Jill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Development
Penn State University

Peters, Kathryn,M.S.
tudy Coordinator, Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Penn State University

Rolls, Barbara J., Ph.D.
Helen A. Guthrie Chair and Professor of Nutritional Sciences,
Health and Human Development
Penn State University

Sciamanna, Chris N., M.D., M.P.H.
Cheif, Division of General Internal Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine

Singh, Ravi, M.D.
Resident in Internal Medicine/Ophthalmology
Penn State College of Medicine

Smith, Carol A., DSN, CRNP
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
College of Health and Human Development
Penn State University

Topper, Allison, MS
Executive Director, Penn State Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
Penn State College of Medicine

Ulbrecht, Jan, M.B., B.S.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine,
Co-Director PSIDO
Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C.

Webb, Chanty, R.N., B.S.N.
Minority Recruitment Nurse Specialist
General Clinical Research Center
Penn State College of Medicine

Wray, Linda A., PhD
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Penn State University

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