Senior Researchers
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Associate Dean for Research
Email: RHakkak@uams.edu
Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology
Email: SRAtcherson@uams.edu
Department of Physical Therapy
Email: JLVincenzo@uams.edu
Junior and Rising Researchers
Department of Physical Therapy
Email: CWalter@uams.edu
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
Email: LTJansen@uams.edu
College of Health Professions Faculty Research Interests
This is a list of faculty members and their current research topics of interest. This list was last updated September 2020
| Name | Department | Role | Areas of Expertise/Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Long, Ed.D. | College of Health Professions Dean's Office | Dean, Professor | Accreditation; Assessment; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Oral Health Disparities and Community Health |
| Tina Maddox, Ph.D., RD, LD | College of Health Professions Dean's Office | Associate Dean, Associate Professor | Interprofessional Education; Program Assessment; Higher Education; Nutrition Challenges in Children With Special Health Care Needs |
| Laura Smith-Olinde, Ph.D., CCC-A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Department Chair, Professor | Psychoacoustics; Education of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists |
| Stacey Mahurin, M.S., CCC-SLP/A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Clinical Instructor | Literacy; Child Speech and Lanugage; Clinical Education of Speech-Language Pathologists; Education Assessment |
| Shana Williamson, M.S., CCC-SLP | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Instructor | Evaluation and Treatment of Adults With Acquired Brain Injury; Improving Treatment Outcomes in People With Aphasia; Effectiveness of Treatment Protocols Using Teletherapy With Aphasic Clients; Clinical Education in Speech-Language Pathology Programs |
| Barbara Jones, M.S., CCC-SLP | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Clinical Instructor | Autism; Social Communication; Apraxia; Clinical Education Methods |
| Charia Hall, Au.D., CCC-A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Assistant Professor | Pediatric and School-Based Audiology; Central Auditory Processing Disorders |
| Dana Moser, Ph.D., CCC-SLP | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Associate Professor | Aphasia Treatment and Recovery; Brain Plasticity; Neuromodulation; Translational Neuroscience; Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders; Live Participation Post-Stoke |
| Bryson Howard Au.D., CCC-A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Assistant Professor | Hearing Aids; Tinnitus and Hyperacusis; VEMPS; Biostatistics; Clinical Biochemistry; Rural Health Issues |
| Charity Avery MCD, CCC-SLP | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Clinical Instructor | Autism, Augmentative / Alternative Communication; Child Speech and Language; Clinical Education of Speech-Language Pathologists |
| Jayme Pultro, Au.D., CCC-A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Assistant Professor | Amplification; Evaluation and Treatment of Vestibular Disorders; Deaf Culture; Business and Professional Aspects of Clinical Audiology; Service-Delivery Models; Hearing Conservation and Industrial / Forensic Audiology |
| Gregory Robinson, Ph.D. | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Associate Professor | Multicultural / Multilingual Issues; LGBTQ+ Issues; Speech Sound Disorders; Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in Children; Voice Therapy / Child Language Disorders; Counseling Ethics |
| Samuel Atcherson, Ph.D., CCC-A | Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology | Professor | Acoustics and Communication With Face Coverings; Auditory and Vestibular Electrophysilogy; Audiologic (Re)habilitatation; Central Auditory Processing Disorders; Hearing Assistive Technology; Heath Literacy |
| Catherine Smith, M.Ed., CT (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Program Director and Assistant Professor | Laboratory Education Methods; Critical Thinking Skills Analysis; Oral Cancer / HPV Relationship; Rural Health Care; Cancer Epidemiology; Cancer Genetics; Leadership |
| Claire Tucker, Ed.D., RDH | Department of Dental Hygiene | Department Chair, Associate Professor | Competency-Based Education; Community Dental Health |
| Catherine Warren, M.Ed., RDH | Department of Dental Hygiene | Associate Professor | Radiography |
| Mandi Bauer, B.S., RDH | Department of Dental Hygiene | Instructor | Community Dental Health |
| Bridget Fitzhugh, B.S., RDH | Department of Dental Hygiene | Instructor | Myofunctional Therapy |
| Layla Simmons, M.Ed., RDCS, RDMS | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Associate Professor | Interprofessional Education; Echocardiography Advancements; Health Literacy; Education Technology; Social Determinates of Health; Health Disparities |
| Megan Lane, B.S., MHA, RT(R)(CT)RDMS, RVT | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Instructor | Interprofessional Education; Program Assessment; Higher Education; Nutrition Challenges in Children With Special Health Care Needs |
| Reza Hakkak, Ph.D. | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Associate Dean of Research, Department Chair, Professor | Diet and Cancer Prevention or Promotion; Obesity and Cancer; Diet and Liver Steatosis; Obesity and Liver Steatosis |
| Lisa T. Jansen, Ph.D. | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Assistant Professor | Obesity and Disease Prevention |
| Wei Li, Ph.D. | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Assistant Professor | Immunomodulatory Role of Nutrition; Effect of Nutritional Imbalances on Etiology of Diseases Through Inflammation |
| Joshua Phelps, Ph.D. | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Associate Professor | Community Nutrition; Nutrition Education; Behavior Change; Food Access |
| Courtney Fose, M.S., RD, LD, CNSC | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Instructor | Enteral Nutrition Support; Parenteral Nutrition Support; Refeeding Syndrome |
| Lesley Jones, M.S., RD, LD | Department of Dietetics and Nutrition | Instructor | Clinical Dietetics; Education of the Dietetic Student |
| Noelle Danylchuk, M.S., CGC | Department of Genetic Counseling | Department Chair, Assistant Professor | Training Genetic Counseling Students; Telegenetics / Clinical Supervision; Prenatal and Pediatrics Genetics; Ethical Issues Related to Genetic Counseling and Testing |
| Tiffany Lepard Tassin, M.S., CGC | Department of Genetic Counseling | Assistant Professor | FASD; IPE and Multidisciplinary Care; Patient Advocacy; Heath Disparities; Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing (Especially in Adoption) |
| Alexandrea Wadley, M.M.Sc., CGC | Department of Genetic Counseling | Assistant Professor | Cancer Genetics; Genetics Education; Exploring Access and Improving Genetic Counseling Services; Patient Consent and Disclosure of Genetic Test Results |
| Lori Williamson Dean, M.S., CGC | Department of Genetic Counseling | Assistant Professor | Integrated Medicine (CAM) Approach to Managing Genetic Conditions / Coping With Genetic Conditions; Medically Underserved Populations (With Regard to Accessing Genetics Services): Marshallese, American Indian, Hispanic, African American; Rural Health / Health Disparities / Access to Genetics Services |
| Nathan H. Johnson, Ph.D., MASCP, MT(ASCP)DLM, SC, SLS, FACHE | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Department Chair and Associate Professor | Insecticide Toxicology Metal Toxicology Laboratory Management Health Care Finance Biostatistics Clinical Biochemistry Rural Health Issues |
| Cherika Robertson, M. Ed., MLS (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Assistant Professor | Advocacy for the Laboratory Profession; Improving Availability of Qualified Laboratory Professionals to Fill Position Vacancies, Especially in Rural Areas; Improved Learning Outcomes for MLS Students (Increase BOC Scores for Hematology and Blood Bank); Improve Resources for Faculty Professional / Care Development |
| Rebecca Bird, MMOAS, MT(ASCP) | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Assistant Professor | Educational Methodology Research; Leadership; Resiliency; Laboratory Management; Laboratory Practices / Workflow; Continuous Process Improvement (Lean / Six Sigma) |
| Jason Key, M. Ed., MLS (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Assistant Professor | Laboratory Eduction Methods; Rural Health Care Issues |
| Ellis McVoy, B.S., MLS (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Instructor | Laboratory Education Methods; Predictive Models |
| Lindsey Clark, MPH, MLS (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Associate Professor | Molecular Laboratory Methods; Clinical Micro; Laboratory Safety |
| Lindsey Gilbert, MPH, MLS (ASCP)CM | Department of Laboratory Sciences | Associate Professor | Laboratory Education Methods; Microbiology |
| Arthur Maune, M.Ed. | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Program Director and Assistant Professor | Education in Professional / Health Programs / Nuclear Medicine |
| Summer Khairi, MBA | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Assistant Professor | Education in Professional / Health Programs / Nuclear Medicine |
| John Jefferson, PT, Ph.D., OCS, COMT | Department of Physical Therapy | Department Chair, Professor | Chronic Back and Neck Pain; Rehabilitation of Orthopaedic and Sports Injuries; Instructional Design in Health Professions; Admissions Factors for Academic and Clinical Success |
| Angel Holland, PT, DPT, Ed.D., GCS | Department of Physical Therapy | Associate Professor | Student Wellness; Teaching Generation Y; Faculty Development; Effective Feedback to Students |
| Liz Garcia, DPT, NCS | Department of Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | Neurorehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury; Rehabilitation Technologies; Concussion and Vestibular Disorders |
| Ruth Ross, PT, DPT, OCS | Department of Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | Functional Assessment in the Clinical Setting; Teaching Functional Assessment; Feedback and Student Clinical Performance; Chronic MSK Pain |
| Laurel Sexton, PT, DPT, WCS | Department of Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | Women's Health; Conservative Management of Incontinence; Interventions to Promote Academic Success; Rehabilitation of Back and Neck Pain |
| Jennifer Vincenzo, PT, MPH, Ph.D., GCS | Department of Physical Therapy | Associate Professor | Balance and Falls in Older Adults; Multifactorial Fall Prevention; Exercise and Aging; Mobility in Adults With Neurological Conditions |
| Chris Walter, DPT, Ph.D. | Department of Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | Motor Learning in Older Adults; Motor Skill Transfer; Rehabilitation and Health Disparities; Physical Activity in Minority Populations |
| Melissa Clark, Pharm.D., MPH | Department of Physician Assistant Studies | Assistant Professor | 12th Street Health and Wellness Center Student-Run Free Clinics; Interprofessional Education; Faculty Development |
| Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D. | Department of Physician Assistant Studies | Associate Professor | Active Learning and Educational Models; Human Gross Anatomy and Neurobiology; Brain Imaging Modalities; Student and Faculty Wellness |
| Ashley McCrary, MPAS, PA-C | Department of Physician Assistant Studies | Assistant Professor | Clinical Preceptor Education / Training; Clinical Education; Active Learning Strategies |
| Lachan Siebenmorgan, MPAS, PA-C | Department of Physician Assistant Studies | Assistant Professor | Active Learning Techniques; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Health Education of the Community |
| Amber Teigen, M.M.Sc., PA-C | Department of Physician Assistant Studies | Assistant Professor | Mindfulness; Student, Faculty and Provider Burnout and Wellness / Resilience; Integrative Medicine; Interprofessional Education and Collaboration |
| Lisa Rhoden, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(M)(ARRT), CNMT | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Program Director and Assistant Professor | Interprofessional Education; Mammography; Distance Education |
| John Callaway, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(ARRT) | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Assistant Professor | Radiography; Distance Education |
| Leslie Spurlock,M.Ed., R.T.(R)(MR)(ARRT) | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Assistant Professor | Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Education in Radiography |
| Deziree Arnett, M.Ed., R.T.(R)(CI)(ARRT) | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Clinical Instructor | Cardiac Cath Radiography; Distance Education |
| Emily Sparkman, B.S., R.T.(R)(VI)(ARRT) | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Instructor | Interventional Radiography; Health Administration |
| Tessa Ramsey, B.S., R.T.(R)(MR)(ARRT) | Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences | Instructor | Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Computed Tomography |
| Tom Jones, M.Ed., RRT, CPFT | Department of Respiratory Care | Department Chair, Assistant Professor | Program Accreditation; Curriculum Development; Degree Advancement Programs |
| Ava Caradine, DHA, MPH, RRT-NP, AE-C | Department of Respiratory Care | Assistant Professor | Palliative Care and Health Professions; Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Care; Asthma |
| Tonya Cook, M.Ed., RRT | Department of Respiratory Care | Assistant Professor | Interprofessional Education; EBM in Critical Cardiopulmonary Care; Active Learning |
| Theresa Gramlich, M.S., RRT, CPFT | Department of Respiratory Care | Associate Professor | Clinical Simulation; Pulmonary Critical Care; Education Technology |