Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research

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Cheryl Attinger, MBA
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Instructor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Person: Academic
William Calo, PhD, JD, MPH
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Associate Professor
- Department of Family and Community Medicine - Associate Professor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
- Penn State Cancer Institute - Interim Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
20072025
Elana Farace, PhD, MA
Person: Academic
19922023
Jonathan Foulds, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Professor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research - Interim Chief
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Professor
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19882025
Thomas Godfrey, MD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Assistant Professor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Person: Academic
20212024
Wenke Hwang, MA, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Associate Professor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Person: Academic
19972024
Bibo Jiang, PhD, MA
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Assistant Professor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Person: Academic
20122025
Michelle LaClair, MPH
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Senior Instructor
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
Person: Academic
20132019
Eugene Lengerich, VMD, MS
Person: Academic
19922025
Douglas Leslie, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Professor and Chair
- Division of Health Services and Behavioral Research
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health - Professor
- Center for Cannabis and Natural Product Pharmaceuticals (CCNPP)
Person: Academic
19992025

86142 Citations
124 h-index
1300 Article
110 Review article
42 Letter
33 Comment/debate
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Access to lactation consult services during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on breastfeeding outcome variables
Maltese, C., Gandhi, C. K., Ramirez, S., Sznajder, K. K. & Hackman, N., Mar 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 3 March, e0318749.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
An atlas of single-cell eQTLs dissects autoimmune disease genes and identifies novel drug classes for treatment
Wang, L., Markus, H., Chen, D., Chen, S., Zhang, F., Gao, S., Khunsriraksakul, C., Chen, F., Olsen, N., Foulke, G., Jiang, B., Carrel, L. & Liu, D., Apr 9 2025, In: Cell Genomics. 5, 4, 100820.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Annual tuberculosis screening in patients on biologics has questionable value
Kist, M. N., Svoboda, R., Maczuga, S., Wang, L., Foulke, G. T. & Helm, M. F., Mar 2025, In: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 92, 3, p. 556-557 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing the Need for Repeat EEG in Pediatric Patients with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy After Anti-Seizure Medication Withdrawal Following Seizure Freedom
Paudel, S., Heebner, M., Mainali, G., Tencer, J. S., Kanwar, R., Martel, K., Kumar, A., Naik, S. C., Pradhan, S., Kandel, P. & Leslie, D., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Child Neurology. 40, 3, p. 200-207 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cost-Effectiveness of Fruquintinib for Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in the USA
Kang, D. W., Lynn, P. B., Wang, L., Zhou, S. & Shen, C., Jan 2025, In: PharmacoEconomics - Open. 9, 1, p. 93-101 9 p., e2250030.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Integrating electronic health records and GWAS summary statistics to predict the progression of autoimmune diseases from preclinical stages
Wang, C., Markus, H., Diwadkar, A. R., Khunsriraksakul, C., Carrel, L., Li, B., Zhong, X., Wang, X., Zhan, X., Foulke, G. T., Olsen, N., Liu, D. & Jiang, B., Dec 2025, In: Nature communications. 16, 1, 180.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Interest in Quitting and Utilizing Quitline Services Among Long-Term E-Cigarette Users
Carrillo, M., Yingst, J., D’Souza, G. C., Dahal, S., Allen, S. I. & Foulds, J., 2025, In: Substance Use and Misuse. 60, 5, p. 715-721 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Birthing People With an Alcohol-related Diagnosis
Roberts, S. C. M., Liu, G. & Terplan, M., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Addiction Medicine. 19, 1, p. 41-46 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Problems accessing pain care, and the adverse outcomes among adults with chronic pain: a cross-sectional survey study
Carrillo, M., Yingst, J., Tuan, W. J., Giampetro, D., Nyland, J. E. & Zgierska, A. E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Pain Management.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Rural Health Research in the 21st Century: One Health Considerations
Lengerich, E. J., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Rural Health. 41, 1, e70015.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Open Access

6 Active
31 Finished

Project 3: Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial of Nicotine Pouches in Smokers
Foulds, J. (PI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
9/30/23 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
Penn State TCORS: Tobacco Product Composition Effects on Toxicity and Addiction
Muscat, J. (PI), Hobkirk, A. (CoPI), Sun, D. (CoPI), Richie, J. (CoPI), Foulds, J. (CoPI), Liao, J. (CoPI) & Spratt, T. (CoPI)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
9/30/23 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
COVID-19, health systems and vulnerable populations: Policies affecting maternal opioid use during pregnancy
Leslie, D. (PI) & Chuang, C. H. (CoPI)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
9/30/22 → 9/29/25
Project: Research project
HPV ECHO: Increasing the adoption of evidence-based communication strategies for HPV vaccination in rural primary care practices
Calo, W. (PI)
National Cancer Institute
8/10/20 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
Electronic Cigarette-derived Oxidants and their Impact on Lung Cancer Development
Foulds, J. (PI), Richie, J. (CoPI) & Bitzer, Z. (CoPI)
National Cancer Institute
6/5/20 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Kraschnewski, J. (PI), Hughes, J. (CoPI), Hwang, W. (CoPI), Sinoway, L. (CoPI) & McCormick, J. (CoPI)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
9/15/16 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
The interplay of behavioral therapies, pharmacological treatments and psychiatric adverse events among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Liu, G. (PI)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
4/1/23 → 3/31/24
Project: Research project
Methods to unveil sex-specific genetic architecture in trans-ancestry meta-analysis
Liu, D. (PI) & Jiang, B. (CoPI)
National Human Genome Research Institute
8/10/22 → 5/31/24
Project: Research project
Identifying Early Markers of Autism Spectrum Disorder Based on Patterns of Medical Symptoms and Healthcare Service
Liu, G. (PI)
National Institute of Mental Health
3/1/20 → 12/31/21
Project: Research project
The effects of state policies on opioid use disorders in pregnant women: prevalence, treatment and outcomes
Leslie, D. (PI)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
9/1/19 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project

2 Oral presentation

Recognizing the Complexity of Organizational Culture Change
Dreibelbis, T. (Speaker), Carmo, S. (Speaker), Anderson, R. (Speaker), Blatt, B. J. (Speaker), Attinger, C. (Speaker) & Dubots, D. (Speaker)
2023
Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Recognizing the Complexity of Organizational Culture Change
Dreibelbis, T. (Speaker), Carmo, S. (Speaker), Anderson, R. (Speaker), Blatt, B. J. (Speaker), Attinger, C. (Speaker) & Dubots, D. (Speaker)
2022
Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation

Basic Science Master Career Mentor Award
Weisman, C. (Recipient), 2020
Prize
Career Citation Milestone Award - D (500) Club
Broach, J. (Recipient), Coates, M. (Recipient), Duffy, C. (Recipient), Gardner, A. (Recipient), Gill, D. (Recipient), Helm, K. (Recipient), Kimball, S. (Recipient), Leslie, D. (Recipient), Lipton, A. (Recipient), Ma, T. (Recipient), Naccarelli, G. (Recipient), Schmitz, K. (Recipient), Siedlecki, C. (Recipient), Stoute, J. (Recipient), Tombran-Tink, J. (Recipient) & Wang, H.-G. (Recipient), 2020
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Hussein, R. (Recipient), Stredny, E. (Recipient), Whitley, M. (Recipient), Mnatsakanyan, N. (Recipient), Raimundo, N. (Recipient), Zarnescu, D. (Recipient), Adams, N. (Recipient), Lanza, M. (Recipient), Kowalczyk, A. (Recipient), Travelute, C. (Recipient), Marco, C. (Recipient), Tondt, J. (Recipient), Anderson, A. (Recipient), Heron, C. (Recipient), Newman, R. (Recipient), Richard, D. (Recipient), Scartozzi, C. (Recipient), Dellasega, C. (Recipient), Akhtar, N. (Recipient), Albano-Aluquin, S. (Recipient), Chisty, A. (Recipient), Crook, T. (Recipient), Federici, E. H. (Recipient), Ingram, D. (Recipient), Lakshmanan, P. (Recipient), Mathew, A. (Recipient), Narayana, S. (Recipient), Prokop, A. (Recipient), Razjouyan, H. (Recipient), Tariq, A. (Recipient), Thompson, B. (Recipient), Thompson, E. (Recipient), Trivedi, N. (Recipient), Van Scoy, L. (Recipient), Wong, J. (Recipient), Allie, S. R. (Recipient), Browning, K. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Mamarabadi, M. (Recipient), Shankar, L. (Recipient), Bowie, E. (Recipient), Petfield, J. (Recipient), Whitaker, M. (Recipient), Aynardi, J. (Recipient), Allen, N. (Recipient), Cunningham, B. (Recipient), Gandhi, C. (Recipient), Jairath, B. (Recipient), Lutzkanin, K. M. (Recipient), Kerris, E. (Recipient), Nelson, A. (Recipient), Shook, J. (Recipient), Proctor, E. A. (Recipient), Raup-Konsavage, W. (Recipient), Romanoski, N. (Recipient), Graziane, J. (Recipient), Llorente, A. (Recipient), Nutting, S. (Recipient), Pinto, C. (Recipient), Yingst, J. (Recipient), Zhou, S. (Recipient), Mahase, S. (Recipient), Brian, P. (Recipient), Goldman, E. (Recipient), Maffie, J. (Recipient), Brahmbhatt, R. (Recipient), Fahy, A. (Recipient), Gish, J. (Recipient), Reed, M. F. (Recipient) & Tomasko, J. (Recipient), 2024
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
McAlevy, M. (Recipient), Bonavia, A. (Recipient), Malhotra, A. (Recipient), Weller, G. E. (Recipient), Waning, D. (Recipient), Lanza, M. (Recipient), Ken, K. (Recipient), McCarver, S. (Recipient), Glasser, J. (Recipient), Schooler, J. (Recipient), Lewis, S. (Recipient), Onks, C. (Recipient), Rao, R. (Recipient), Nickolich, S. (Recipient), Helm, L. (Recipient), Critchfield, L. (Recipient), Myers, K. (Recipient), Green, M. (Recipient), Songdej, N. (Recipient), Narayana, S. (Recipient), Razjouyan, H. (Recipient), Duca, N. (Recipient), Casas, R. (Recipient), Cooper, J. (Recipient), Wright, R. (Recipient), Karasinski, A. (Recipient), Probolus, J. A. (Recipient), Madara, J. (Recipient), Guck, D. (Recipient), Ingram, D. (Recipient), De Obaldia, A. (Recipient), Hussein, R. (Recipient), McGillen, B. (Recipient), Chapman, T. (Recipient), Munyon, R. (Recipient), Kinard, S. R. (Recipient), Banks, S. (Recipient), Genao, I. (Recipient), McShane, M. (Recipient), Allie, S. R. (Recipient), Silberman, Y. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Grogan, J. (Recipient), Nguyen, J. (Recipient), Donato, H. (Recipient), Fox, E. (Recipient), Gniady, J. (Recipient), Oladipo, O. (Recipient), Abendroth, C. (Recipient), Keefer, L. (Recipient), Massare, B. (Recipient), Undar, A. (Recipient), Mondal, P. (Recipient), Mainali, G. (Recipient), Jhaveri, P. (Recipient), Freiberg, A. (Recipient), Levenson, R. (Recipient), Mailman, R. (Recipient), Boodoo, R. (Recipient), Francis, A. (Recipient), Hameed, U. (Recipient), Yadav, S. (Recipient), Calo, W. (Recipient), Pinto, C. (Recipient), Cooper, A. (Recipient), Kulaylat, A. (Recipient), Scow, J. (Recipient), Roberts, J. (Recipient), Winder, J. (Recipient), Aminsharifi, A. (Recipient), Adams, N. (Recipient) & van Riggelen, J. (Recipient), 2023
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Aprile, B. (Recipient), Aumiller, B. B. (Recipient), Berkey, F. (Recipient), Bonavia, A. (Recipient), Booth, J. (Recipient), Brennan, K. (Recipient), Browning, K. (Recipient), Buchkovich, N. (Recipient), Butt, F. K. (Recipient), Carrel, L. (Recipient), Choe, A. (Recipient), Clarke, S. (Recipient), Coleman, M. (Recipient), Dalke, K. (Recipient), Devaraj, T. (Recipient), Duryea, S. (Recipient), Enama, J. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), Finch, E. (Recipient), Fischer, M. (Recipient), Gallo, R. (Recipient), Gavigan, P. (Recipient), Ghaffari, G. (Recipient), Go, P. (Recipient), Grana, J. (Recipient), Greensmith, J. (Recipient), Grogan, J. (Recipient), Hajnal, A. (Recipient), Helm, M. (Recipient), Hempel, N. (Recipient), Imamura, F. (Recipient), Jain, R. (Recipient), Jeganathan, N. (Recipient), Kelle, A. (Recipient), Kumar, A. (Recipient), Kwun, H. J. (Recipient), Lang, C. (Recipient), Lutzkanin, A. (Recipient), Martin, K. (Recipient), McGarrity, T. (Recipient), McHale, K. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Mormando, C. (Recipient), Nguyen, J. (Recipient), Nickolich, M. (Recipient), Ouyang, T. (Recipient), Pachuski, J. (Recipient), Polimera, H. (Recipient), Potochny, E. (Recipient), Rakszawski, K. L. (Recipient), Reyes, L. (Recipient), Sankoorikal, B.-J. (Recipient), Shantz, L. (Recipient), Singh, M. (Recipient), Songdej, N. (Recipient), Spotts, R. (Recipient), Swigart, A. (Recipient), Varner, M. (Recipient), Verma, N. (Recipient), Walter, V. (Recipient), Wang, C.-Y. (Recipient), Warfield, D. (Recipient), Wilson, M. N. (Recipient) & Hussein, R. (Recipient), 2021
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Aber, R. (Recipient), Anderson, A. (Recipient), Aynardi, M. (Recipient), Browning, K. (Recipient), Chen, M. (Recipient), Chu, D. C. (Recipient), Cios, T. (Recipient), Cruz, A. (Recipient), Cruz, J. (Recipient), Dalal, P. (Recipient), Dambro, A. (Recipient), Disori, K. (Recipient), Dodge, D. (Recipient), Duda, L. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), Fotos, J. (Recipient), Fredrick, N. B. (Recipient), Freeman, M. (Recipient), Gordin, V. (Recipient), Graziane, J. (Recipient), Hempel, E. (Recipient), Hennrikus, E. (Recipient), Horwitz, A. (Recipient), Izer, J. (Recipient), Jhaveri, P. (Recipient), Kalantari, A. (Recipient), Karpa, K. (Recipient), Kaur, G. (Recipient), Keil, R. (Recipient), Khalid, M. F. (Recipient), Kimball, S. (Recipient), Knoedler, J. (Recipient), LaClair, M. (Recipient), Lam, C. (Recipient), LaRegina, C. (Recipient), Lighthall, J. (Recipient), Mailman, R. (Recipient), McCormick, J. (Recipient), McGinn, J. (Recipient), McShane, M. (Recipient), Millard, R. (Recipient), Myers, A. (Recipient), Nasir, M. (Recipient), Oh, J. (Recipient), Pathare, A. (Recipient), Peterson, B. (Recipient), Potochny, J. (Recipient), Roberts, S. M. (Recipient), Romanoski, N. (Recipient), Ross, S. (Recipient), Rudnitsky, G. (Recipient), Schade, M. (Recipient), Simmons, Z. (Recipient), Smink, G. (Recipient), Stella, S. (Recipient), Stephens, M. (Recipient), Surapaneni, S. (Recipient), Verbeek, T. (Recipient), Waning, D. (Recipient), Williams, E. (Recipient), Williams, D. (Recipient), Wilson, M. E. (Recipient), Zaorsky, N. (Recipient) & Lutzkanin, A. (Recipient), 2020
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Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Hollins, L. C. (Recipient), Nisnevitch-Savarese, Z. (Recipient), Read, S. (Recipient), Rossi, J. (Recipient), Royo, M. (Recipient), Sarraf, E. (Recipient), Shah, B. (Recipient), Moldovan, G.-L. (Recipient), van Riggelen, J. (Recipient), Shantz, L. (Recipient), Yengo, C. (Recipient), Booth, J. (Recipient), Bates, E. (Recipient), Schuster, A. (Recipient), Clebak, K. (Recipient), Daniels, E. W. (Recipient), Hays, A. (Recipient), Hemerly, N. (Recipient), Thompson, A. (Recipient), George, D. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Acharya, J. (Recipient), De Jesus, S. (Recipient), O'Leary, A. (Recipient), Wright, T. (Recipient), Cantore, W. (Recipient), Pantanelli, S. (Recipient), Millard, R. (Recipient), Updegrove, G. F. (Recipient), Choi, K. (Recipient), Darowish, C. (Recipient), Dooley, A. (Recipient), Hackman, N. (Recipient), Krawiec, C. (Recipient), Oji-Mmuo, C. (Recipient), Ryan, S. (Recipient), Shedlock, A. (Recipient), Tunks, R. (Recipient), Critchfield, L. (Recipient), Bellon, A. (Recipient), Dougherty, K. (Recipient), Lagman, J. (Recipient), Mahgoub, Y. (Recipient), Dreibelbis, T. (Recipient), Richie, J. (Recipient), Wang, L. (Recipient), Methratta, S. (Recipient), Chauvin, N. (Recipient), Deutsch, M. (Recipient), Kulaylat, A. (Recipient), Paulishak, M. (Recipient), Staszak, R. (Recipient) & MacDonald, S. (Recipient), 2022
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Junior Faculty Teaching Award
Chu, D. C. (Recipient) & Yingst, J. (Recipient), 2022
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Outstanding Collaborative Research Team
Bascom, R. (Recipient), Branstetter, S. A. (Recipient), Elias, R. (Recipient), Foulds, J. (Recipient), Goel, R. (Recipient), Hameed, A. (Recipient), Hillemeier, M. M. (Recipient), Kern, T. (Recipient), McHale, S. M. (Recipient), Li, R. (Recipient), Liao, J. (Recipient), Muscat, J. (Recipient), Richie, J. (Recipient), Saunders, E. F. H. (Recipient) & Zhu, J. (Recipient), 2018
Prize
Outstanding Collaborative Research Team
Schmitz, K. (Recipient), Bluethmann, S. (Recipient), Calo, W. (Recipient), Stine, J. (Recipient), Sturgeon, K. (Recipient), Zaorsky, N. (Recipient), Conroy, D. E. (Recipient), Mohamed, A. (Recipient), Pameijer, C. R. (Recipient), Raja-Khan, N. (Recipient), Rao, P. (Recipient), Rogers, C. J. (Recipient), Thomas, G. (Recipient), Veldheer, S. (Recipient) & Vidt, M. (Recipient), 2021
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