Faculty and Staff in the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State

Faculty

Frank M. Ahern, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Professor-in-Charge of the Undergraduate Program, Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: f4a@psu.edu

Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Head, Department of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: aou@psu.edu

Sonia A. Cavigelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: s-cavigelli@psu.edu

Lori A. Francis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Center for Human Development and Family Research in Diverse Contexts.
E-mail: lfrancis@psu.edu

John W. Graham, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development & Family Studies
E-mail: jgraham@psu.edu

Jennifer E. Graham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: jeg32@psu.edu

Douglas A. Granger, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies
E-mail: dag11@psu.edu

Byron C. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health; Professor in Charge of the Graduate Program
E-mail: bcj1@psu.edu

Gary  King, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: gxk14@psu.edu

Laura Cousino Klein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: lxk18@psu.edu

Patricia Bartholow Koch, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: p3k@psu.edu

Bin  Xie, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Hamovitch Research Center School of Social Work, University of Southern California; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: bxie@usc.edu

Roger  J. McCarter, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: rjm28@psu.edu

Gerald E. McClearn, Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Professor of Health and Human Development and Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: gm1@psu.edu

Stephen A. Petrill, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: sap27@psu.edu

Elizabeth J. Susman, Ph.D.
Jean Phillips Shibley Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: ejs5@psu.edu

Robert  Turrisi, Ph.D.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Prevention Research Center
E-mail: rjt13@psu.edu

Jan S. Ulbrecht, M.B., B.S.
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine
E-mail: jsu1@psu.edu

David J. Vandenbergh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health; Research Associate, The Center for Development and Health Genetics; Neuroscience Faculty, The Neuroscience Institute, The Huck Institutes for the Life Sciences
E-mail: djv4@psu.edu

George P. Vogler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Developmental and Health Genetics; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: gpv1@psu.edu

Sheila G. West, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: sgw2@psu.edu

Bin  Xie, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Hamovitch Research Center School of Social Work, University of Southern California; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: bxie@usc.edu

Linda Ann Wray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: law30@psu.edu

Susannah Heyer Barsom, Ph.D.
Instructor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: shb2@psu.edu

Michele  Stine, Ph.D.
Instructor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: mms153@psu.edu

Daniel L. Treviño, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: dantrevino@psu.edu

Courtesy and Joint Appointments

John L. Beard, Ph.D.
Professor of Nutrition Science
E-mail: jbeard@psu.edu

Stig  Berg, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Gerontology, Jönköping, Sweden; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: stig.berg@hhj.hj.se

Lorah D. Dorn, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati.
E-mail: lorah.dorn@cchmc.org

Pennifer  Erickson, Ph.D.
E-mail:

Debra A. Heller, Ph.D.
Senior Health Care Consultant, First Health Services/The PACE Program
E-mail: daheller@fhsc.com

Boo  Johansson, Ph.D.
Professor of Geropsychology, Department of Psychology, Göteborg; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: Boo.Johansson@psy.gu.se

Boose A. Malmberg, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher, Institute of Gerontology, Jönköping, Sweden; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: bo.malmberg@hhj.hj.se

Karl M. Newell, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, College of Health & Human Develop; Professor of Biobehavioral Health & Kinesiology
E-mail: kmn1@psu.edu

Barbara J. Rolls, Ph.D.
Holder of Guthrie Chair in Nutrition and Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: bjr4@psu.edu

Edward A. Smith, D.P.H.
Associate Professor and Director of Evaluation Research, Prevention Research Center
E-mail: eas8@psu.edu

Joseph  Stitt, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory; Materials Research Institute and Center for Nanoscale Science;
E-mail: jstitt@psu.edu

Bin  Xie, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor Hamovitch Research Center School of Social Work, University of Southern California; Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: bxie@usc.edu

Commonwealth Campus Faculty

Lori J. Bechtel, Ph.D.
Chancellor of Penn State Altoona, Professor of Biobehavioral Health
E-mail: ljb3@psu.edu

Annette L. Caruso, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State Ogontz Campus
E-mail: alc2@psu.edu