Amanda Suresly presents at the 2023 Public Health Conference of Iowa
Selfie of Dr. Natoshia Askelson and research team on a hike
Board members at a Fueling the Future meeting

Our Team

PRC-RH Leadership

Dr. Rima Afifi

Rima Afifi, PhD:  Director, Dissemination & Translation Co-Lead,  PI Center, Professor, Community & Behavioral Health

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Heidi Haines, MS: Deputy Director, Evaluation Lead

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Dr. Mark Vander Weg, Co-PI Core Research Project, Dissemination & Translation Co-Lead,  Professor and Head Community & Behavioral Health

Dr. Aaron Seaman

Aaron Seaman, PhD: Co-PI Core Research Project, Assistant Professor Internal Medicine

PRC-RH Investigators & Staff

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Shannon Lea Watkins, PhD: Investigator, Assistant Professor, Community & Behavioral Health

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Daniel Sewell, PhD: Investigator, Associate Professor, Biostatistics

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Paul Gilbert, PhD, ScM: Investigator, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Community & Behavioral Health

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Joanna Krajewski, PhD, MPH: Communication Lead, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Director, Online MA in Strategic Communications, School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Loulwa Soweid

Loulwa Soweid, MPH: Qualitative Analyst, Core Research Project, Community & Behavioral Health

PRC-RH Students

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Samuella Boadi, PhD Candidate Biostatistics

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Kamrul Hsan, PhD Candidate, Community & Behavioral Health

Amanda Suresly

Amanda Sursely, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology

Special Interest Projects Principle Investigators

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Natoshia Askelson, PhD: PI UI CPCRN, Co-PI ARISe, Associate Professor, Community & Behavioral Health

Dr. Aaron Scherer wearing a blue shirt  smiling

Aaron Scherer, PhD: Co-PI ARISe, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

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Martha Sajatovic, MD: Co-PI MEW (2019-2014), Professor, Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University

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Mark Granner, MD: Co-PI MEW (2019-2024), Clinical Professor of Neurology