The Research Affiliate Program is a networking and outreach program designed to foster research collaborations among faculty, staff and students interested in gambling issues. Affiliates meet monthly and have initiated studies examining the etiology of gambling addiction, assessing the social impact of gambling on individuals and communities, among others. To date, more than 65 faculty, staff and students have applied for affiliate status.
Faculty and staff from all schools of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and other University System of Maryland campuses are eligible to be affiliates of the Center. Other interested parties are invited to apply for affiliation.
Status as a research affiliate confers access to a network in which junior and senior affiliated faculty members share, mentor and collaborate on research studies of myriad aspects of gambling. Affiliates have access to the Research Program on Gambling's Free State Data Warehouse to perform secondary data analysis projects or to provide pilot data for grant applications.
To apply for affiliation, please send your request and CV to Tsion Girmay, Clinical Research Specialist, at tgirmay@som.umaryland.edu.
Current Research Affiliates
| Name | Title | Department | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Albrecht | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Tameka Alestock | Clinical Research Specialist | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Ahmad Al-Hadidi | Clinical Research Specialist | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Afrouz Anderson | National Institutes of Health | NIH | |
| Amelia Arria | Associate Professor | Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health | UMCP |
| Marie Bailey-Kloch | Health Programs Manager | School of Social Work | UMB |
| Surjeet Baidwan | Assistant Professor | Coppin State University | CSU |
| Tamara Alisa Barovskaia | Clinical Research Assistant | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Ivonne Berges | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Gail Betz | Research Education and Outreach Librarian | Health Sciences and Human Services Library | UMB |
| Kimblerly Caldeira | Senior Faculty Specialist | Behavioral and Community Health | UMCP |
| Kathryn Carr | Director of Operations | Center on Young Adult Health and Development | UMCP |
| Laura Castellon | Clinical Research Assistant | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Yuching Cheng | Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Fatima Chowdhry | Staff Scientist | Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics | NI CHD |
| Jessica Miller Clouser | Research Associate | Health, Behavior & Society | UK |
| Anna Cohen | Clinical Assistant Professor | School of Social Work | UMB |
| John Cole | Associate Professor | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Eugenia Conolly | Director, Statewide Projects Office | Division of Population Based Behavioral Health | Maryland Behavioral Health Administration |
| Ann Cotton | Director | Schaefer Center for Public Policy | UB |
| Reese Crispen | Clinical Research Specialist | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Athena Cymrot | Law Fellow | School of Law | UMB |
| Brendan Day | Doctoral Student | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Patricia Dischinger | Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Nancy Ellish | Associate Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Sunghee Flores | Program Administrator | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| John Flunker | Research Analyst | Health, Behavior & Society | UK |
| Kevin E. O'Grady | Associate Professor | Department of Psychology | UMCP |
| Amir Gandibakhche | Senior Investigator | Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics | NI CHD |
| Polymnia Georgiou | Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Tsion Girmay | Clinical Research Specialist | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Todd Gould | Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Lynn M. Grattan | Associate Professor | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Don Haynes | Associate Professor | School of Public and International Affairs | UB |
| Seth Himelhoch | Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Shiu Ho | Database Engineer | National Study Center | UMB |
| Kathleen Hoke | Professor | School of Law | UMB |
| Ardenia Holland | Health Educator | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Samir Jafri | Assistant Professor | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Lily Jarman-Reisch | Development Officer | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Hyun-Jin Jun | Graduate Student | School of Social Work | UMB |
| Ryan Jollie | Research Coordinator | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria | Senior Research Analyst | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Nancy Knight | Associate Professor | Department of Radiation Oncology | UMB |
| Wendy Lane | Associate Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Yuanyuan Liang | Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Sweta Maheshwari | Law Fellow | School of Law | UMB |
| Deb Medoff | Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Christopher Meenan | Director of Clinical Informatics | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Istvan Merchentaler | Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Haley Miles-McLean | Graduate Student | Department of Psychology | UMBC |
| Braxton Mitchell | Professor | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Eleanor Neijstrom | Clinical Research Assistant | Department of Neurology | UMB |
| Denise Orwig | Faculty | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Tamar Pair | Accounting Manager | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Kathleen Palmer | Nurse Coordinator | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Jigar Patel | Clinical Assistant Professor | Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine | UMB |
| Geoffrey Rosenthal | Professor | Department of Medicine | UMB |
| Paul Sacco | Associate Professor | School of Social Work | UMB |
| Gordon Smith | Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Diane Marie St. George | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Krystal Swasey | Doctoral Student | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| Robert Wachbroit | Associate Professor | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |
| William Wells | Research Associate | Schaefer Center for Public Policy | UB |
| Christopher Welsh | Associate Professor | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Owen White | Professor | Institute for Genome Sciences | UMB |
| Rob White | Clinical Assistant Professor | Department of Psychiatry | UMB |
| Teresa Yates | Director of Business Operations, CTRIC | Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health | UMB |