Center for Population Health Faculty Fellows

Haider Raad, Ph.D.

Dr. Haider Raad is a faculty in the Physics Department where he oversees the Engineering program and serves as the director of the Wearable Electronics Research Center (XWERC). 

Dr. Raad's project seeks to develop and test a wearable electronic device to prevent against airborne viruses, such as SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19). This device would both limit the need for disposable masks and make protection against airborne and droplet-borne viruses more effective and convenient for the general public. 

For more information about this project, please contact Dr. Raad at raadh@xavier.edu or check out his biography.

Hanne Driscoll, M.A. 

Hanne Driscoll is a Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student at Xavier University, estimated to graduate in May of 2026. She has a variety of interests, some of which include working with teens and young adults, population health, health psychology, and the integration of behavioral and medical health services.

For more information about this project, please contact Hanne at driscollh@xavier.edu

Nicholas L. Salsman, Ph.D., ABPP

Dr. Salsman is a professor of psychology at Xavier University where he has worked since 2007. He is the director of the Xavier University Psychological Services Center and runs the Xavier University Dialectical Therapy (DBT) program. Dr. Salsman is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Society for Clinical Psychology. Dr. Salsman received his BA from Transylvania University in Lexington, KY and his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Louisville. Then he went on to complete an internship at the adult and child psychiatry departments of Vanderbilt University. He also served as a postdoctoral fellow and research associate for Dr. Marsha Lineham at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington from 2005-2007. He is a clinical psychologist licensed in the state of Ohio. He is board certified in clinical psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification certified clinician.

Dr. Salsman's is piloting an App with the Center for Population Health to detect depression and suicide. The results of this study will help to combat the increasing rise in mental health.

For more information about this project, please contact Dr. Salsman at salsmann@xavier.edu.