Experts by Expertise: Obesity

For help reaching an expert on deadline, please contact UB's media relations team at 716-645-6969 or ub-news@buffalo.edu.

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11/8/21
Stephanie Anzman-Frasca
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Expertise: childhood obesity, children’s eating habits, infant and child behavior and development
Contact: Stephanie Anzman-Frasca can be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu.
8/16/21
Paresh Dandona

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Expertise: diabetes; obesity; endocrinology; insulin, testosterone and other hormone treatments; anti-inflammatory agents
Phone: Dandona can be contacted through Ellen Goldbaum in UB Media Relations at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu
Email: dandona.diabetes@gmail.com
12/19/18
Myles S. Faith

Professor of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

Expertise: childhood obesity, children’s eating habits, family health
Phone: 716-645-1124
Email: mfaith@buffalo.edu
1/25/22
Lucia A. Leone

Associate Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior

Expertise: food access, mobile produce markets, WIC, obesity prevention, physical activity

Phone: 716-829-6953
Email: lucialeo@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Charles Lindsey

Associate Professor of Marketing

Expertise: consumer behavior, advertising, marketing strategy and research, brand loyalty, serving and package sizes

Contact: Charles Lindsey can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
8/16/21
Kathryn Medler
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Expertise: taste, taste cells, senses, peripheral nervous system, neuronal signaling
Phone: 716-645-4947
Email: kmedler@buffalo.edu
8/17/21
Teresa Quattrin

Senior Associate Dean for Research Integration

Expertise: childhood diabetes; family-based obesity treatment; clinical translational research and trials, with a focus on diversity and inclusion
Phone: 716-323-0170
Email: quattrin@buffalo.edu
12/26/18
Samina Raja
Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Expertise: food access, food systems planning, food and urban planning, local government food policy

Phone: 716-829-5881
Email: sraja@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Jennifer L. Temple
Professor of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, and Community Health and Health Behavior
Expertise: caffeine use among kids, energy drinks, obesity

Phone: 716-829-5593
Email: jltemple@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Panayotis (Peter) K. Thanos

Senior Research Scientist at the Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions

Expertise: addiction; reward pathways in the brain; addictive disorders including drug abuse, alcoholism and obesity
Phone: 716-881-7520
Email: pthanos@ria.buffalo.edu
12/7/16
Xiaozhong Wen
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Expertise: diet and health in infants and young children, origins of obesity, smoking cessation during pregnancy
Phone: 716-829-6811
Email: xiaozhon@buffalo.edu