Faculty and staff experts list
Assistant Professor
Health Education and Promotion
College of Health and Human Performance
Phone: 252-328-5995
Email: cofie18@ecu.edu
Website: https://scholars.ecu.edu/display/F71312869
Areas of Expertise: Immigrant health, health disparities, cancer control, chronic diseases, social networks, maternal and child health, migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, digital inclusion and equity, qualitative research, mixed methods
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Brody School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: translational research, immune-checkpoint blockade, surgical oncology, cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, melanoma, breast cancer, immunotherapy, cancer outcome disparities, health disparities, skin cancers, cutaneous malignancies, T cells, Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, immune metabolism, immunosuppression, tumor immunology, clinical trials, collaboration in translational research
Associate Dean for Admissions
Professor of Internal Medicine
Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Department of Internal Medicine
Brody School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: health disparities, health equity, COVID impact on communities of color, pre-med advising, Black males in medicine, impact of “race” in medicine, pipeline programs for medical careers, imposter syndrome, internal medicine, mitigating implicit and explicit bias.
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Director, Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Program
Department of Public Health
Brody School of Medicine
Areas of expertise: cultural and medical anthropology, ethnic and rural health disparities, African American health, race and ethnic relations, professional development anthropology, U.S. public health, global public health
Assistant Professor
Director, BSW Program
Coordinator, Aging Studies Program
School of Social Work
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: Aging, informal caregiving, supportive oncology care, cancer treatment adherence, health disparities, participant-directed services for older adults and families
Associate Professor
Department of Nutrition Science
College of Allied Health Sciences
Areas of expertise: health promotion and disease prevention, geriatric nutrition and healthy aging, global health and community nutrition, community-based nutrition intervention and health promotion programs, health disparities, needs assessment and food insecurity to develop cost-effective intervention strategies