MCDTR Members: all

Minal R. Patel, PhD, M.P.H

Minal R. Patel, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Socioeconomic barriers and concerns with chronic disease self-management, management of multiple chronic conditions, patient-clinician behavior, education, and communication, self-management tools
Karen Peterson, DSc

Karen Peterson, DSc

Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor of Nutritional Sciences Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Biosocial and environmental influences, design and evaluation of population-based interventions

Gretchen A. Piatt, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetes, health care delivery, behavioral and psychological aspects of diabetes prevention and management, community interventions

John D. Piette, PhD, MS

Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Areas of Expertise:
Chronic disease management, self-management support, telehealth, mobile health
Kenneth Resnicow, PhD

Kenneth Resnicow, PhD

Irwin M. Rosenstock Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Pediatric obesity, use of technology to deliver health messages, motivational interviewing for prevention & management of chronic disease

Joshua D. Stein, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic retinopathy, health services research, cost-effectiveness analyses
Deborah Tate Ph.D.

Deborah Tate, PhD

Professor of Health Behavior and Professor of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina
Director, Communication for Health Applications and Interventions (CHAI) Core
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetes, eHealth/mHealth, weight loss intervention

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