VCBH Faculty and Collaborators

Faculty and Collaborators

Administration
Name	Title	Information	Phone
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD	VCBH Director Virginia H. Donaldson Professor of Translational Science Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science PI/Director, COBRE PI/Director, TCORS Co-PI/Director, NIH/NIDA T32 Research Training Program	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio
Elias Klemperer, PhD	VCBH Associate Director Assistant Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-656-1641
Susan Enos	Program Specialist	Email	802-656-9615
Danielle Ziller	Center Administrator	Email	802-656-9600
Chris Pung	Research Coordinator	Email	802-656-1187

Faculty
Name	Title	Information	Phone
Tom Ahern, PhD, MPH	Associate Professor Department of Surgery Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV
Rob Althoff, MD, PhD	Chair of Psychiatry and Associate Professor Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-656-1070
Ira Bernstein, MD	John Van Sicklen Maeck Professor and Chair Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Bernstein Lab	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-847-5112
Bader Chaarani, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry	Email \| PubMed \| CV
Sulamunn "Sully" Coleman, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry	Email \| PubMed \| CV
Kim Dittus, MD, PhD	Associate Professor Department of Medicine Clinical Director, Oncology Rehab Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-656-5470
Kirk Dombrowski, PhD	Vice President for Research University of Vermont	Email \| CV \| Bio	802-656-2918
Tyler Erath, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio
Hugh P. Garavan, PhD	Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science Director, Neuroimaging Research Vermont (NERVE) Lab	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-656-9618
Sarah H. Heil, PhD	Professor of Psychiatry Associate Director, TCORS Co-PI/Director, NIH/NIDA T32 Research Training Program Associate Director, UVM Center on Rural Addiction (CORA)	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-656-8712
Amy Hughes Lansing, PhD	Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Psychological Science, and Pediatrics Director, Accessible & Personalized Interventions for Child Health Outcomes Lab (APRICOTS Lab) Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio
Sherrie Khadanga, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine Assistant Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Cardiologist, UVM Medical Center Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-847-2700
Heidi Melbostad, PhD	Research Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry CEO, Mountain Community Health	Email \| PubMed \| CV
Katherine Menson, DO	Assistant Professor Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-847-1158
Kelly Peck, PhD	Assistant Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science PET Study Lab Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-656-9610
Julie Phillips, MD	Associate Professor Obstetrics-Gynecology & Maternal Fetal Medicine Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-847-0813
Alexandra Potter, PhD	Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Science	Email \| PubMed \| CV	802-847-6955
Richard A. Rawson, PhD	Professor Department of Psychiatry Co-Director, Collaboration/Dissemination Core Senior Advisor, Best Practices Core, UVM CORA	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio
Stacey C. Sigmon, PhD	Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science Director, COBRE Behavioral Economics Core Co-Director, COBRE Collaboration/Dissemination Core TCORS Project PI Director, UVM Center on Rural Addiction (UVM CORA)	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-656-9987
Brian Sprague, PhD	Professor Department of Surgery Director, Vermont Breast Cancer Surveillance System Registry PI, Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium VCBH Senior Epidemiologist Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio	802-656-4112
Eric Thrailkill, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Psychological Science Former VCBH COBRE Project Leader	Email \| PubMed \| CV \| Bio

**Biostatisticians**
Name	Title	Information	Phone
Gary J. Badger, MS	Biostatistician	Email	802-656-2526
Mike DeSarno, MS	Biostatistician	Email	802-656-2587
Joan Skelly, MS	Biostatistician	Email	802-656-0618

**COBRE External Advisory Committee Members**
Name	Affiliation	Information
Rick Bevins, PhD	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Email \| PubMed
Leonard Epstein PhD	University at Buffalo	Email \| PubMed
Jack Henningfield, PhD	Pinney Associates	Email \| PubMed
Jennifer Tidey, PhD Chair	Brown University	Email \| PubMed

**VCBH External Consultants and Research Collaborators**
Name	Affiliation	Information
Dustin Lee, PhD	Johns Hopkins University	Email \| PubMed
Donald Shepard, PhD	Brandeis University	Email \| PubMed
Eric Slade, PhD	Johns Hopkins University	Email \| PubMed
Jennifer Tidey, PhD	Brown University	Email \| PubMed

**COBRE Internal Advisory Committee**
Name	Affiliation	Information
Mark E. Bouton, PhD	UVM Department of Psychology	Email \| PubMed
Christopher S. Francklyn, PhD	UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Vermont Biomedical Research Network	Email \| PubMed
Charles G. Irvin, PhD	UVM Department of Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics	Email \| PubMed
Polly E. Parsons, MD	UVM Department of Medicine	Email \| PubMed
Patricia A. Prelock, PhD	UVM Provost and Senior Vice President	Email \| PubMed

COBRE Community Advisory Committee
Name	Affiliation	Information
John R. Brooklyn, MD Family and Addiction Medicine	Community Health Centers of Burlington	Email
Megan Detweiler, BSN, RN, CARN Director of Nursing	Chittenden Clinic/Howard Center	Email
Mark Levine, MD Commissioner	Vermont Department of Health	Email
Rhonda Williams, MS Chronic Disease Prevention Chief	Vermont Department of Health	Email

Vermont Center on Behavior and Health

Faculty and Collaborators