Health Promotion / Disease Prevention
Research in health promotion and disease prevention is an integral part of the osteopathic philosophy of caring for the whole person. Studies in this area seek to improve health and help avoid developing illness.
As the population of the United States ages, there is an increased need for research to understand and treat diseases that are more common among the elderly. At KCUMB, research in this area is focused on basic mechanisms of cancer and on neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's. Our novel, integrated curriculum offers investigators many opportunities for testing innovative education strategies and implementing the results to the benefit of our students.
Research at KCUMB spans a broad range of interests. Here are some investigators whose work is exciting, interdisciplinary, and aimed at helping physicians and their patients better manage their conditions.
Paul C. Dew, M.D.
Title: Associate ProfessorDepartment: Preventive Medicine
Interests: Maternal and child health, smoking cessation, public health
V. James Guillory, D.O., MPH
Title: Associate Dean, Associate Professor and ChairDepartment: Division of Research and Preventive Medicine
Interests: Evidence-based prevention, infant morbidity and mortality, anemia in children, overweight in children, maternal morbidity during pregnancy, nutritional determinants of disease, health services research related to health-care access, public health ethics, health-care policy
Linda E. May, Ph.D.
Title: Assistant ProfessorDepartment: Anatomy
Interests: Effects of maternal exercise on gestational conditions (i.e. gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes) and on the neonate
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Richard R. Suminski, Ph.D.
Title: Associate ProfessorDepartment: Physiology
Interests: Physical activity promotion in community settings; effects of the environment on physical activity and obesity; physical activity measurement
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