Prevention Science Faculty

List of PS faculty by department/college included on the Graduate Research Opportunities page.

Psychology

Pullman Campus Masha Gartstein Developmental origins of health and disease, temperament/parenting, developmental psychopathology, and cross-cultural differences Tri-Cities Campus (Richland, WA) Paul Strand School readiness and social skills development of children from culturally and linguistically diverse…

Nursing

Spokane Campus Celestina Barbosa-Leiker Psychosocial predictors of substance use, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease; psychometric analyses of health scales; reducing health disparities. Janessa Graves Pediatric injury research; health services research; head injuries in children and…

Education

Pullman Campus Olusola Adesope Director of the Multimedia in Education: Research with Instructional Techniques (MERIT) Lab. Research focuses on the use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to advance evidence-based practices in prevention science and STEM…

Communication

Pullman Campus Erica Austin Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. She focuses on how media literacy…