Family Medicine
RESEARCH FOCUS
Steven E. Keller, PhD, Director
Professor of Family
Medicine and Psychiatry
skeller@umdnj.edu
Susan LD Rovi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
rovisl@umdnj.edu
Ping-Hsin Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
chenpi@umdnj.edu
Marielos Vega, RN, BSN
Research Nurse
vegama@umdnj.edu
Niem-Tzu "Rebecca" Chen, M.S., M.Ed
Research Coordinator
chennr@umdnj.edu
The Department has identified the following four principal research areas to better target funding and collaboration opportunities...
Cancer
Breast, cervical, colorectal, tar wars, cancer prevention
Family Violence
Intimate partner violence/risk factors, child-adult abuse and
neglect, domestic violence in primary care settings, use of diagnostic codes,
legal impact issues, sexual harassment
Obesity
Psychosocial factors, prevention issues, childhood obesity,
genetic markets(leptin), pharmacological approaches, relationship to TV watching,
stages of behavioral change, relationship to fast food consumption, relationship
to breast cancer diagnosis
Medical Education
Empathy(medical students), EBM, human sexuality curriculum,
breast cancer training for FP residents and attendings, stress(medical students),
quality improvement in ambulatory teaching, predoctoral and residency training,
test reliability and validity, cultural competency, "perceived" benefits
of community services, lifestyle behaviors of medical students, evaluating students'
attitudes towards patient's use of complementary and alternative therapies,
correlating students' attitudes, their own personal use of CAM therapies to
their approach to patients who seek their advice