Bethany Johnson, M.A., is interested in historical and contemporary understandings of science, medicine and health, mediated through the lenses of race, class and gender. Focusing on the intersection of gender and health, Johnson examines processes and constructions of the medical gaze and the various inequalities this gaze perpetuates in American society across time.
Crystal Piper is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She is a trained health services researcher, and her interests in health disparities have been shaped over the past 15 years, and are guided by her belief that quality health care is a right and not a privilege.
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.
Dave Sperry has been the director of UNC Charlotte's Venture Outdoor Leadership program for more than six years. He has worked with internationally recognized outdoor leadership organizations, such as Outward Bound. He has also served as a faculty member in outdoor education degree programs for more than 20 years.
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.
Didier Dréau earned a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Cell Biology from Rennes I University (Rennes, France), a Master of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology from Blaise Pascal University (Clermont-Ferrand, France), and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology with emphasis on immunology from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique (ENSA) de Rennes (France).
Hannah Peach is a lecturer in the Psychology Department. She is interested in the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral antecedents and consequences of poor sleep. Her research examines predictors of poor sleep, such as attitudes and sleep hygiene, as well as the impact of sleep on health and behavior.
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.
Larissa Huber, Ph.D., studied anthropology and mathematics as an undergraduate. Her interests in both of these fields led her to pursue graduate degrees in Epidemiology. She completed a Master of Science in Epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Doctorate n Epidemiology at Emory University. Huber's research interests focus on reproductive epidemiology.
M. Lori Thomas is the director of research and faculty engagement at the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, where she also serves as director for the Institute for Social Capital. Dr. Thomas is an associate professor of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services.
