Principal Investigators
Our Team
Our talented team members, and a lot of teamwork, make it all happen at Influents Innovations.
Principal Investigators
Judy Andrews, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
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Administration
- Expertise & Professional Interests
- Etiology of substance use
- Substance use prevention
- Tobacco cessation
- Etiology of at-risk sexual behaviors
Dr. Andrews has a strong background in methodology and statistics. Her interests include development of prevention programs using an iterative approach that incorporates evaluation of components, longitudinal data analysis, and integrative data analysis
B. Grace Bullock, Ph.D.
Research Scientist and Board Member
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Administration
Expertise & Professional Interests
- Interventions to reduce stress and promote health
- Mind-body intervention across the lifespan
- Curriculum design, development, training & evaluation
- Development of observational, mixed methods and quantitative assessment strategies
Gulcan Cil
Health Economist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Data analysis
- Statistical modeling
- Administrative data sets
- Policy evaluation
- Cost effectiveness analysis
- Substance use
- Maternal and child health
- Environmental health
Camille Cioffl, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Substance use disorders
- Psychopathology
- Pregnancy
- Parenting
- Implementation Science
Brian G. Danaher, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- eHealth intervention design and evaluation
- Behavioral self-management strategies
- Interventions for depression and tobacco cessation
Betsy Davis
Research Scientist
Edward G Feil, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist and Secretary Board of Directors
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Digital health
- Incorporating internet technology to deliver evidence-based interventions to hard-to-reach populations
- Parent & teacher training
- Pediatric dental health
- Depression treatment
Holly Hops
Senior Research Scientist
Jeremy Jones, Ph.D., NCSP
Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Evidence-based parenting interventions
- Fathering interventions
- Social and emotional development
- Family-school partnerships
- Implementation science
- eHealth interventions
- Substance use prevention
Jessie Marquez
Senior Program Designer and Developer
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Community engagement
- Developing multimedia & technology to deliver evidence-based interventions
- Writing, producing & directing for English and Spanish language audiences
Jessie uses her background in language and the arts to help translate evidence-based interventions into meaningful learning experiences. Her goal is to increase access to behavioral interventions that improve health outcomes.
John Seeley, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist and Chair, Board of Directors
Herb Severson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Tobacco cessation and prevention
- Mindfulness research & applications for substance abuse treatment
- e-cigarettes and vaping
- Web delivery of health promotion programs
- Assessment & treatment for behavior disorders in children
Jason Small
Research Scientist
Dana K. Smith, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Treatment of delinquency and co-occuring problems
- Substance use treatment
- Smoking cessation
Dr. Smith’s research has focused primarily on the development and treatment of adolescent offending and co occurring disorders. She has developed and tested the use of treatment interventions and mobile apps for adolescents with co-occurring delinquency, substance use and trauma exposure, and has co-led additional related juvenile justice and child welfare studies.
David R. Smith, Ph.D.
CEO, Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Digital health
- Innovation
- Voice-first interfaces
- STEM education and data literacy
Dr. Smith is a cognitive scientist with over 20 years experience as a strategist working at the intersection of technology, human behavior, and business innovation at Fortune 50 companies, small businesses, and research institutions. During his career, he has held senior leadership roles in research and development, design, marketing, and IT and has served in the Innovation Corps program at NIH.
Keith Smolkowski, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Student social and academic behavior
- Ethnic, racial, and gender disparities in schools’ discipline and academic practices
- Academic instruction in literacy and mathematics
- Design and snalysis of clustered trials
Patricia Vadasy, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Early reading development and interventions
- Vocabulary learning and instruction
- Alphabet knowledge development and instruction
- Literacy and language interventions for English learners
Mark Van Ryzin, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Child development
- Peer relations
- Prevention science
- Family systems
- Educational psychology
Erika Westling, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
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Expertise & Professional Interests
- Substance use, especially focusing on tobacco and marijuana
- Adolescents
- Early adulthood
- Ecological momentary assessments
- Pubertal maturation
Erika has a broad interest in health behaviors throughout the lifespan. Recently she began studying adolescence and young adulthood as vulnerable periods for substance use with potential lifelong implications. Her current research focus is on the use of e-cigarettes and marijuana by youth, as they have become increasingly popular and accessible.