The Institute is a shared resource that serves as a scientific hub where researchers with common interests can exchange ideas, develop collaborations among a domestic and international network of scientists. The Institute’s laboratories and administrative infrastructure is located at UCI, but its affiliated scientists operate in a post-geographic network, wherever in the world they need to be to achieve their research objectives and hail from academic institutions around the world.
Faculty Affiliates
Christopher Heaney, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dorothée Out, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Leiden University
Gerald Giesbrecht, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Heidemarie Laurent, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Marcus Taylor, PhD.
Principal Investigator and Director, Behavioral Sciences Lab
Naval Health Research Center
Sara Johnson, PhD.
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Frances Chen, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Georgia State University
Sonja Entringer, PhD.
Professor of Medical Psychology
Charité University Medicine Berlin
Claudia Buss, PhD.
Professor of Medical Psychology
Charité University Medicine Berlin
Christine Heim, PhD.
Professor (W3) and Director of Institute of Medical Psychology
Charité University Medicine Berlin
Diana Fishbein, PhD.
Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
The Pennsylvania State University
Peter G. Roma, PhD.
Senior Scientist and Director, Behavioral Health & Performance Laboratory
NASA Johnson Space Center
Lance Miller, PhD.
Sr. Director of Animal Welfare Research
Brookfield Zoo
Sarah Szanton, PhD., CRNP, FAAN
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing & Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Laura Payne, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Darpan Patel, PhD.
Assistant Professor/Research and Interim Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lisa Cleveland, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Frank Puga, PhD.
Assistant Professor/Research
School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
M. Danet Lapiz Bluhm, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Thao Ha, PhD.
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona State University
Olga Kornienko, PhD.
Assistant Research Professor
Arizona State University
Kristin Voegtline, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Crystal Bryce, PhD.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Arizona State University
Todd Lucas, PhD.
Associate Professor
Michigan State University
Aric A. Prather, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Tamara Afifi, PhD.
Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
David Puts, PhD.
Associate Professor
Penn State University
Aaron J. Fisher, PhD.
Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Leah C. Hibel, PhD.
Associate Professor
University of California, Davis
Jamila K. Stockman, PhD., MPH
Associate Professor & Director, Disparities Core, Center for AIDS Research
University of California, San Diego
Jitske Tiemensma, PhD.
Assistant Professor & Director, PNE Lab
University of California, Merced
Rina Das Eiden, PhD.
Senior Research Scientist
Research Institute on Addictions
Maggie O’Haire, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
Bushra Sabri, PhD., MSW
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Stephanie Cook, DrPH.
Assistant Professor
NYU College of Global Public Health
Ellen Yeung, PhD.
Assistant Professor
George Washington University
Lisa Berlin, PhD.
Professor
University of Maryland School of Social Work
Marcelo Freire, DDS, PhD, DMedSc
Associate Professor
J. Craig Venter Institute