Disease

Daniel Andrew Janies

Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics and Co-director of the Center for Computational Intelligence to Predict Public Health Risks (CIPHER)

704-687-1742

djanies@uncc.edu

In 2012, Daniel Janies joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics. Janies serves as the co-Director of Computational Intelligence to Predict Health and Environmental Risks (CIPHER). He has also served as director of the Ribarsky Center for Visual Analytics.

David E. Verrill

Director of Exercise Physiology Laboratory

704-687-0869

dverrill@uncc.edu

David Verrill, a lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, has been at UNC Charlotte for seven years and is the past-president of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association and the North Carolina Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association.

Disease

Health

Body Composition

Cancer Rehabilitation

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Exercise Physiology

Patient Outcomes

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Weight Training for Cardiac and Pulmonary Patients

Jan Warren-Findlow

Associate Professor and MPH Program Director

704-687-7908

jwarren1@uncc.edu

Jan Warren-Findlow is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She is a public health gerontologist with expertise in chronic disease self-management and social, psychological and behavioral factors that influence chronic disease outcomes.

Disease

Health

Chronic Disease Management

High Blood Pressure

Hypertension

Minority and Vulnerable Populations

Public Health

Jeanette M Bennett

Associate Professor, Psychological Science

704-687-1966

jbenne70@uncc.edu

Jeanette Bennett is an experimental health psychologist whose research focuses on the biopsychosociological antecedents of stress-related chronic disease. She seeks to understand the physiological mechanisms that cause chronic diseases and how individual differences affect and how stress management interventions can holistically improve health and well-being.

Behavior

Biology

Disease

Altnerative/Complementary Therapy

Biobehavioral Health

Biological Basis of Behavior

Chronic Disease

Stress

Well-Being

Kausik Chakrabarti

Assistant Professor

704-687-1882

k.chakrabarti@uncc.edu

Kausik Chakrabarti is an assistant professor of Biological Sciences. His expertise is in the interdisciplinary areas of Genomics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of RNA-mediated regulation of gene expression in human pathogens, such as parasites and viruses.

RNA molecular biology

therapeutics

Melinda Forthofer

Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

704-687-5682

forthofer@uncc.edu

Melinda Forthofer, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences in the College of Health and Human Services. Prior to UNC Charlotte,Forthofer was on the fUniversity of South Florida faculty (1996-2006) and at the University of South Carolina (2006-16).

Health Behavior Change

Physical Activity

Public Health

Social Determinants of Health

Social Networks