Curricula Vitae in Families in Society, Institute

Name	Personal Focus	Summary
Dr. Nathaniel Bell Associate Professor	trauma systems, geographic information science, social epidemiology	Dr. Bell's research program intersects the fields of GIScience, social epidemiology, and injury epidemiology. His current research focuses on the measurement of functional outcomes and quality of life after major trauma, exploring frameworks for classifying outcomes of trauma care and the design and application of GIS-based tools for health services studies relevant to injury.
Dr. Sarah J. Gareau Research Assistant Professor	Maternal & Child Health, Health Equity, Health Services & Policy	Sarah Gareau, DrPH, MCHES is a Research Assistant Professor and the Maternal and Child Health and Health Equity Evaluation Projects Team Lead at the University of South Carolina’s Institute of Families in Society (UofSC IFS). Her research and policy work centers around reducing maternal morbidity among communities of opportunity, as well as improving outcomes and access to healthcare for the uninsured.
Dr. Ana Lopez-DeFede Research Professor	State health care policy; Public health insurance programs (Medicaid and Medicare), Access to health care among vulnerable populations, Social and Cultural Determinants of Health Status	Dr. Lopez-De Fede currently directs interdisciplinary research dedicated to exploring the links between health, place, and family well-being. Her publications and professional interest are in health care systems change, Medicaid financing of health care, service delivery to rural and minority communities, immigrant health issues, maternal and child health (birth outcomes), behavioral health (mental and substance use), and the social and cultural determinants of health.
Dr. Cheri Shapiro Research Associate Professor	evidence based parenting interventions, prevention, child and family	Dr. Cheri Shapiro received her Ph.D. in Psychology (1991) from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. She has worked to direct large intervention studies as well as psychological services in both community and university settings. Dr. Shapiro is primarily interested in parenting and prevention of a wide range of negative outcomes for youth, including maltreatment, delinquency, and obesity. In addition, she is interested in dissemination of evidence-based parenting and family interventions.