Experts on public health
Emmanuel O. Agu
- Professor Computer Science
Professor Agu's research interests are in the areas of computer graphics, mobile computing, and wireless networks. He is especially interested in research into how to use a smartphone as a platform to deliver better healthcare. In collaboration with
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Kristen Billiar
- Professor Biomedical Engineering
Professor Billiar studies the mechanisms by which mechanical forces regulate the development and healing of connective tissues and the pathogenesis of disease is becoming one of the foremost problems at the intersection of biomechanics and cell biology.
Lane T. Harrison
- Associate Professor Computer Science
Professor Harrison's research quantifies and models how people interpret, use, and create data visualizations. Harrison says "because people are beginning to rely on visualizations to make high-impact, even life-critical decisions in areas like health and
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Angela C Incollingo Rodriguez
- Associate Professor Social Science & Policy Studies
Professor Rodriguez's research program uses a biopsychosocial approach to study health and health behaviors. She conducts research at the intersection of social phenomena (such as weight stigma), biomarkers (such as the stress hormone cortisol), and
Tsitsi Masvawure
- Assistant Professor The Global School
Professor Masvawure is a medical anthropologist, global health researcher and feminist scholar, whose research focuses on issues of gender, sexuality and health. She has a primary interest in the HIV pandemic and has done research on HIV prevention andmast...
Karen Kashmanian Oates
- Professor Biology & Biotechnology
Karen Kashmanian Oates is a professor of biology and biotechnology and directs WPI’s master of science in global health program. She previously was Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences and deputy director for undergraduate education at the National
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Elke A. Rundensteiner
- Professor, Computer Science, Program Head, Data Science Computer Science
Professor Rundensteiner's research focuses on how to make use of data and information in an effective manner, towards achieving goals in business, scientific discovery, and digital health. With the inter-connectivity of the internet, the availability of
Sarah Eliza Stanlick
- Associate Dean, Global School The Global School
Sarah Stanlick's research interests include vulnerable populations, health and human rights, global and local citizenship, and technology's impact on empowerment and capacity to build community. It is also of note, she assisted the US Ambassador to the
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Elisabeth Anne Stoddard
- Associate Professor of Teaching The Global School
Professor Stoddard is a human-environment geographer who is interested in the intersection of nature, society, and social justice. She looks at the ways in which farmed animal production can create environmental hazards and injustice for local
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Sarah Strauss
- Professor The Global School
Professor Strauss offers a wide array of expertise in health-related aspects of human interaction with the environment. She has studied climate change and sustainability issues focusing on perception and behavior related to understandings of environmental
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Diane M. Strong
- Professor & Department Head The Business School
Professor Strong focuses on how business, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations can best use computing technologies, such as database systems, electronic health records systems, and mobile apps. She is currently part of two National Science Foundation
Pamela Weathers
- Professor Biology & Biotechnology
Professor Weather's studies the production in planta (within the plant) of artemisinin and its other therapeutically active phytochemicals for their efficacy in treating malaria and other artemisinin-susceptible diseases. Her research has shown that