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Meryl Alappattu
Research Assistant Professor
Meryl Alappattu's research interests include chronic pain, pelvic pain, rehabilitation and women's health.
meryl@ufl.edu
352-273-9661
Chronic Pain
Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
Pelvic Pain
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation
Afsar Ali
Research Associate Professor
Afsar Ali researches disease spillover from environment to humans and how to mitigate cholera and diarrheal diseases.
aali@epi.ufl.edu
352-273-7984
Diarrheal Disease
Cholera
Algal Blooms
Flesh Eating Bacteria
Environmental Disasters
Benjamin Anderson
Assistant Professor
Benjamin Anderson's expertise includes pathogen discovery and the use of novel virus surveillance techniques.
ander88@ufl.edu
352-273-9572
Pathogen Discovery
Virology
Respiratory Viruses
Public Health
One Health
Jennifer Applebaum
Assistant Professor
Jennifer Applebaum is an expert on pet ownership and the resulting health and well-being/welfare implications of the human-pet dyad.
jennyapplebaum@ufl.edu
978-317-9061
Companion Animals
One Health
Pet Ownership
Pets
Pet Owners
Mark Bishop
Associate Professor and Director
Mark Bishop is an associate professor and the director of the doctor of physical therapy program.
bish@ufl.edu
352-273-6112
Joint-Biased Manual Therapy
Musculoskeletal Pain
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Patient Expectations
Pain Rehabilitation
Tracy Centanni
Associate Professor
Tracy Centanni studies the neural and genetic correlates of reading acquisition, risk factors for dyslexia, and neural plasticity.
tracy.centanni@phhp.ufl.edu
357-294-8675
Neural Plasticity
Dyslexia
Auditory and Visual Perception
Brain Basis of Reading Acquisition
Genetic Factors for Dyslexia
Robert Cook
Professor/M.D.
Dr. Robert Cook is a professor within the Department of Epidemiology focusing on preventative health care.
cookrl@ufl.edu
352-273-5869
Primary Care Medicine
Alcohol Consumption
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV Infection
Stigma
Santanu Datta
Associate Professor
Santanu Datta's current research is focused in the areas of lung cancer screening, smoking cessation and adolescent vaping.
santanu.datta@ufl.edu
352-273-6074
shared decision making for lung cancer screening
Smoking Cessation Interventions
Health Economics
Vaping tax policy
Brittney Dixon
Assistant Professor/Director
As a social and behavioral scientist, Brittney Dixon researches underserved populations, with an emphasis on health disparities.
brittneyndixon@ufl.edu
352-273-6068
Community-Engaged Research
Chronic Conditions
Health Equity
Health Disparities
Social Determinants of Health
David Fuller
Professor
David Fuller is a professor in the department of physical therapy who directs a research laboratory in the McKnight Brain Institute.
dfuller@phhp.ufl.edu
351-273-6634
Motor Neurons
Pompe Disease
Spinal Cord
Breathing
Respiratory Muscles
