HPDP Directory

Candice Alick
Research Scholar
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH)

Judit Alvarado
Field Coordinator
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)

Alice Ammerman
Director
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
alice_ammerman@unc.edu
she/her


Brittany Beckelheimer
Research Assistant
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group
babeck@unc.edu
she/her

Regan Burney
Research Project Director of Implementation
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group
reganb@email.unc.edu
she/her




Rachel Cominsky
Communication Strategist and Project Manager
Food, Fitness, and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)
rcominsk@email.unc.edu
she/her


Molly DeMarco
Lead
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)
molly_demarco@unc.edu
she/her


Lindy Draeger
Research Specialist
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
lindy@unc.edu
she/her/hers

Julie Franca
Communication Specialist
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group
jfranca@unc.edu
she/her/hers
Beverly Garcia
Managing Director, Research and Operations
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
beverly_garcia@unc.edu
she/her


Shannon Hales
Data Services Manager
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
halessr@email.unc.edu
she/her/hers

Andrew Harrell
Communications and Program Specialist
Carolina Hunger Initiative
No Kid Hungry NC

Lawrence Johnston
Data Manager
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH) Study

William Kearney
Community Outreach Manager
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)

Thomas Keyserling
Co-Principal Investigator
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH) Study


Seth LaJeunesse
Project Manager
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative

Becky Lee
Project Director
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network Coordinating Center
beckylee@unc.edu
she/her

Jennifer Leeman
Co-Principal Investigator, Core Research Project
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Multiple Principal Investigator
Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina (4CNC)

Alexandra Lightfoot
Director, Community Engagement, Partnerships, and Technical Assistance Core
Director, Training Core
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Isabel Lu
Communications Specialist
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
iisabell@email.unc.edu
she/they

Kiira Lyons
Project Director
Core Research Project
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH) Study
kiira_lyons@med.unc.edu
she/her




Desiree Murray
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
desireew@email.unc.edu
she/her

Caroline Nelson
Health Counselor
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH) Study
scnelson@unc.edu
she/her



Helen Roberts
School Outreach Educator
Carolina Hunger Initiative
No Kid Hungry NC

Christina Rodriguez
Associate Director, Grants and Finance
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
ccrod@unc.edu
she/her

Chanta’l Rose
Planning and Evaluation Lead
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)
crose33@unc.edu
she/they

Gabby Sabrina
Evaluation and Planning Coordinator
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)
gabsta@email.unc.edu
she/her

Carmen Samuel-Hodge
Director, Evaluation Core
Co-Principal Investigator, Core Research Project
Co-Principal Investigator, Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH)
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention


Brett Sheppard
Project Manager
Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)
brett_sheppard@unc.edu
he/him/his

Harlyn Skinner
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Delicious Eating for Life in Southern Homes (DELISH) Study
harlyn.skinner@unc.edu
she/her

Falon Smith
Managing Director of Research Dissemination
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group

Jessica Soldavini
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Research Specialist, No Kid Hungry NC and Carolina Hunger Initiative
jessica6@live.unc.edu
she/her/hers




Maihan Vu
Director of Formative Research
Director, Qualitative Research Unit
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
maihan.vu@unc.edu
she/her/hers

Mary Wangen
Research Associate
Comprehensive Cancer Control Collaborative of North Carolina (4CNC)
wange062@live.unc.edu
she/her

Stephanie Wheeler
Principal Investigator
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) Coordinating Center
stephanie_wheeler@unc.edu
she/her/hers


Heather Wix
Executive Assistant to Alice Ammerman
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
wixemmet@email.unc.edu
she/her/hers


Alexa Young
Research Assistant
Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) Coordinating Center