About Us
Affiliate Research Scientists
Christopher Rice, PhD MSW
Dr. Rice is retired from the faculty at the School of Social Work at Florida International University (FIU). At FIU, Dr. Rice collaborated with Dr. Mario De La Rosa to establish the Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA). At the School of Social Work, he taught graduate and doctoral students, served on and chaired doctoral committees in areas of social welfare, health services, and substance misuse. Earlier at The Center of Alcohol and Addiction Studies in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, Dr. Rice was an investigator in Project MATCH, a multisite RCT of treatments for alcoholics, as well as mentor of post-doctoral fellows in the Centers training program. Recently, Dr. Rice has collaborated with Dr. Guitele Rahill and Dr. Manisha Joshi on publications based on their research work in Haiti. Dr. Rice has experience with designs and analytic approaches for quantitative and qualitative research.
Reetu Sharma Sogani, PhD MSW
Dr. Reetu Sogani is a health and social care leader, educator and an innovator with over 16 years of international experience in advancing policy, standards, research, academic and community engagement projects in Canada, India, and the Middle East. Currently, she is associated with the International Business University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She earned her PhD in Public Health from the University of Oxford. Her work focuses on health system transformation, healthy aging, and social determinants of health.
Cherelle Carrington, PhD LCSW
Dr. Cherelle Carrington is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University. Dr. Carrington has experience working with couples, children, and families and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the states of West Virginia and Florida. Her research interests include evaluating treatment for female survivors of intimate partner violence with a focus on African American (AA) women, recognizing the historical, economic, social, and cultural context in which AA women live.
Subadra Panchanadeswaran, PhD MPhil MSW
Dr. Panchanadeswaran is a social worker and is currently a Professor at the Adelphi University School of Social Work. She teaches Human Behavior Theory and Social Work Research, and Quantitative Research Methodology to graduate and doctoral social work students. Her research examines the intersections of violence against women, HIV/AIDS, and substance use among sex workers, substance-using populations, and immigrant women.
Abraham Salinas-Miranda, MD PhD MPH
Dr. Salinas is Assistant Professor (Research Track) at the ÐÜèAVÃâ·Ñ College of Public Health, and he serves as Director of the Harrell Center for the Study of Family Violence. Dr. Salinas is also the Associate Director of the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Education, Science, and Practice. His research has addressed multiple aspects of maternal and child health and family violence including adverse childhood experiences, intimate partner violence, youth violence, child maltreatment prevention programs, biopsychosocial model of substance use, national trends of adverse pregnancy outcomes, quality of life in pregnancy and postpartum, community-based participatory research, pre-conceptual care, care of the newborn, and the training of medical and public health providers.
