Faculty Affiliates

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