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UMD-PRC Faculty

UMD Prevention Research Center to Focus on LGBTQ Mental Health with new $3.75M from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bradley Boekeloo, PhD

UMD-PRC Director, Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

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Evelyn King-Marshall, PhD

Deputy Director, Assistant Research Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

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Jessica Fish, PhD

Deputy Director of Research and Evaluation, Associate Professor of Family Science

Elizabeth Aparicio, faculty member of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Elizabeth Aparicio, PhD

Deputy Director of Clinical Training and Intervention, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

Richard Shin

Richard Shin, PhD

Core Research Investigator, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

Mia Smith-Bynum, faculty member of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Mia Smith-Bynum, PhD

Core Research Investigator, Professor of Family Science

Rodman Turpin, faculty member of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Rodman Turpin, PhD

Core Research Investigator, Assistant Professor of Global and Community Health (at George Mason)

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Shanéa Thomas, PhD

LGBTQ+ Training Specialist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Behavioral and Community Health and Family Science

Min Qi Wang, faculty member of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Min Qi Wang, PhD

Evaluation Lead, Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

Typhanye Dyer, faculty member of School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Typhanye Vielka Dyer, PhD

Community Advisory Board Chair, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 

Affiliate Faculty

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Cynthia Baur, PhD

Endowed Chair and Director, Horowitz Center for Health Litearacy, Professor of Behavioral and Community Health

Jie Chen, faculty member of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland

Jie Chen, PhD

Professor and Chair, Health Policy and Management

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Sylvia Quinton, JD

Faculty Researcher, Behavioral and Community Health

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Ethan Mereish

Associate Professor in Psychology, Director of the Lavender Lab

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Jessica Magidson, PhD

Associate Professor in Psychology, Director of the Center for Substance Use and Health Research 

Research Assistants and Trainees

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Jordan Aquino, MPH

UMD-PRC Graduate Research Assistant

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James McGraw, MS

UMD-PRC Graduate Research Assistant

Natasha Williams, Graduate Research Assistant of School of Public Health from the University of Maryland

Natasha Williams, MS

Graduate Student Affiliate

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Shachar Gazit-Rosenthal

Research Assistant 

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Nick Warnick, MS

Community Advisory Board Administrative Assistant

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M. Bishop, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Affiliate

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Pond Ezra, MS

Graduate Student Affiliate

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Samantha Moran, MSW

Graduate Student Affiliate

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Carter Carter, BS

Graduate Student Affiliate

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Lauryn Dunkwu, BS

Graduate Student Affiliate

Dr. Barbara Curbow, was professor and chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland from 2013-2019.  Dr. Curbow’s research interests fall within these general areas: cancer prevention and control, medical treatment decision making, health disparities, and health communication. 

Dr. Robert S. Gold was the founding dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health and is professor emeritus in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health. Dr. Gold holds a PhD from the University of Oregon and a Dr.P.H. from the University of Texas School of Public Health. He has 50 years of experience in academia and public health, with most work involved with the application of information technologies to public health.

Regi Corbie graduated from the UMD Couple and Family Therapy Masters Program. He worked on several affiliated projects and helped support the implementation of our SGDLC randomized controlled trial. He is currently a practicing mental health care provider in the DMV area. 

David Hawthorne is a graduate student in Behavioral and Community Health and was a UMD-PRC graduate research assistant from 2019-2023. David helped support several projects, including our SGDLC randomized control trial and the development and delivery of the virtual simulated client evaluator. 

Madeline Pheasant is a PhD student in Criminology and Criminal Justice at UMD. She helped support data collection and cleaning during our SGDLC randomized controlled trial. 

M Pease is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park. M support center communication and social media from 2019-2023.

John Salerno obtained his PhD in Behavioral & Community Health and is currently a Provost's Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Lecturer at the Columbia University School of Social Work.  He was an active researcher with the UMD-PRC as a graduate student and founded the LGBTQ+ Students and Allies in Public Health student group.