More New Faculty

Fall 2005

In the fall of 2005, the department added two faculty members who are offering a range of new quantitative courses for graduate students.

JeeWon Cheong comes to us from the State University of New York, Albany, where she was an assistant professor. She earned her doctorate in social psychology at Arizona State University. Her research interests include the application of statistical techniques to data concerning health-related risk behaviors, such as substance abuse.

Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal obtained her PhD in human development and social policy from Northwestern University and formerly worked for the Children’s Defense Fund. Her research focuses on social policies affecting the lives of young children and families. JeeWon and Elizabeth are sharing responsibility for the Statistical Analysis 1 and 2 graduate course sequence this year.

January 2005

Eric Donny graduated from the Pitt doctoral program in Health Psychology in 1999. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship and served as an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine before returning to Pittsburgh. Eric's research includes the use of animal and human laboratory models of addiction to study the factors affecting development of drug use and dependence.