Major Research Areas

Health Services Research and Policy

• Diana Fernandez
  Dr Fernandez is interested in the epidemic of obesity among children and adolescents as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. She is currently examining correlates of gestational weight gain among adolescents as a determinant of post partum weight retention and later obesity among adolescents of upstate New York.

• Joseph Guido
  Lead Analyst Programmer and Statistician for several NCI and NHLBI grants including smoking cessation, diet and drug therapies affecting cholesterol levels, preventive cardiology interventions in patients with CAD and the epidemiology of growth and nutrition in children.

• Scott McIntosh
  Self-help interventions for smoking cessation and behavioral change with various populations.

• Deborah Ossip
  Behavioral medicine, health impact of lifestyle change with particular focus on cigarette smoking, obesity, aging, child/adolescent outcomes measurement, and community intervention.

• Thomas Pearson
  The epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular atherosclerotic disease, with a special interest in the role of nutrition in lipid metabolism and atherogenesis.