Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) is a multidisciplinary academic department in the Brown University School of Public Health. Over 50 BSS faculty members are actively engaged in research and teaching to understand the behavioral and social determinants of public health problems and to develop interventions to change behaviors and improve social contexts related to public health. BSS faculty conduct collaborative research with a substantive focus on behavioral health issues such as alcohol and other drug abuse; smoking and tobacco use; obesity, nutrition, and physical activity; HIV and sexually transmitted infections; and health disparities and culture.
The Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences offers courses of study leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences. BSS faculty also teach and advise Brown undergraduates and train and mentor postdoctoral research fellows.
Affiliations
Faculty Administrative Positions
Carey, Kate BDirector of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Haass-Koffler, Carolina LDirector of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hughto, Jaclyn WhiteVice Chair of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sacheck, JenniferChair of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Saloner, BrendanAssociate Director of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sun, ShufangAssociate Director of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tovar, AlisonDirector of the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity
Zelaya, David GAssociate Director of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Faculty Positions
Agénor, MadinaAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ahluwalia, Jasjit SinghProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Andes, Karen LAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Aston, Elizabeth RAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Barnett, Nancy PProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Benitez, Tanya JAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Benz, MadelineAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Berey, BenjaminAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Biello, Katie BrooksProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Bock, Beth CProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Bohlen, Lauren ConnellAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Borsari, Brian EAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Braun, ToscaAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Brewer, JudsonProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Bulled, NicolaAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Carey, Kate BProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Carey, MichaelProfessor Emeritus of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Cassidy, RachelAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Chan, Philip AProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Cioe, Patricia AAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Colby, Suzanne M.Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dankwah, Akosua BClinical Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Darling, Katherine ElizabethAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
DiBello, Angelo MAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
DiClemente, Kira RoseAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dulin, AkilahAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dunsiger, Shira IAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Elwy, Anashua Rani GhoseProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Epstein, Lynn CClinical Professor Emerita of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Friedhoff, StefanieAssociate Professor of the Practice of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gans, Kim MAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gaudiano, Brandon AProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gladstone, Tracy R.GAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Grigsby, DianaAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gunn, Rachel LAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Guthrie, Kate MProfessor Emerita of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Haass-Koffler, Carolina LAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Haikalis, MichelleAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Harrison, Abigail DProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Headrick, GabbyAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Holland, PatriciaAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Hughto, Jaclyn WhiteProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Janssen, TimAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kahler, Christopher WProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kaplan, Deanna MAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Khanna, AdityaAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Koerbel, LynnAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kuo, Caroline CAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Langdon, KirstenAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Leggio, LorenzoAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Loucks, Eric BProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Magill, MollyProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Marcus, Bess HProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Meisel, Matthew KAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Merrill, Jennifer EProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Metrik, JaneProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Micalizzi, Lauren GAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Miller, Mary ElizabethAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Miranda, RobertProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Monnig, Mollie AAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Monteiro, Lois AProfessor Emerita of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Monti, Peter MDonald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Murphy, Cara MAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Murphy, MatthewAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Niles, MeredithProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nunn, Amy SAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pellowski, Jennifer AAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pielech, MelissaAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Proulx, JeffreyAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rakowski, WilliamProfessor Emeritus of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ranney, Megan LAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Risica, Patricia MAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rogers, Michelle LAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rohsenow, Damaris JaneProfessor Emerita of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rojo-Wissar, Darlynn MarieAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Research)
Rosales, RobertAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Rosen, Rochelle KProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sacheck, JenniferProvost's Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sarker, MalabikaAshwin Pannalal Kothari Professor of the Practice of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Singh, PrernaAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Skeels, Sarah EAdjunct Instructor in Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sokolovsky, Alexander WAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Stahl, Robert SAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Stein, LyndaAdjunct Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Stroud, LauraProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Sun, ShufangAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Swift, Robert MProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tidey, JenniferProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Tovar, AlisonAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Treloar Padovano, HayleyAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Vadiveloo, MayaAdjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
von Ash, TaylaAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
White, Tara LAdjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Williams, David MProfessor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Wray, Tyler BAssociate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Zelaya, David GAssistant Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Zink, ThereseClinical Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences