We're training the next generation of public health leaders through collaborative research, education and community engagement.
The Texas A&M School of Public Health offers a variety of degree programs that empower our students to improve population health both domestically and globally. Our innovative curriculum offers relevant practical skills with a collaborative learning structure across students, faculty and disciplines.
Highly accomplished researchers and distinguished scholars are instrumental in producing graduates who are amply prepared for the realities of an evolving health care landscape. Get to know the dedicated faculty who support our mission.
Selina Stasi, DrPH, MPH, has partnered with community organizations to provide assistance in fulfilling their missions, while giving her students the opportunity to give back. The organizations Stasi partners with provide an array of experiences for her students, who get a chance to see some of the concepts from the course unfold in the real world.
Krystal Flores, DrPH, MPH, wasn’t always destined to be a professor in Public Health. A course in border health, and a desire to serve as a mentor for first-generation students, however, led her to change directions. Now, Flores is using funding from the Texas A&M Higher Education Center at McAllen to help prepare future students in her Applications of Public Health class as they develop and implement two local public health interventions in partnership with local stakeholders in the Rio Grande Valley.
An ergonomic engineer by trade, Mark Benden, PhD, associate professor at the School of Public Health, is always on the lookout for the latest and greatest innovative solutions to solve some of the most complex public health issues.
Ten years ago, Benden developed workstations that allow productivity while combating sedentary lifestyles–and so the idea of stand-biased desks was born.
Few can claim to be among the very best in both research and teaching, but Regents Professor Thomas McDonald, PhD, has been recognized as a top leader in both. McDonald’s latest award recognizes his transformational teaching.
Biostatistics is a crucial part of public health research and practice. Qi Zheng, PhD has identified methods and examples to improve biostatistics education, including for students with limited mathematical backgrounds.
Jeff Hatala, PhD, professor at the School of Public Health, works to address transportation issues for vulnerable populations lacking access to health care.
She teaches in the college’s Forensic Nursing Program, which offers a master’s degree in forensic nursing and a graduate certificate in forensic health care.
Our award winning public health curriculum diversifies education. The new integrated program changes the way master’s students think, focusing on populations at the outset while also solving real problems.
Our students have the privilege of working closely with one another throughout their undergraduate and graduate education, feeling supported by both their professors and their peers. We build strong community and professional networks, and assist students in the realization of their public health career potential and goals.
Education abroad opportunities are a high-impact experience provided to students by an amazing group of faculty members. These international experience challenge you to think different and grow as a person, a student, and a public health professional.
Rhonda Rahn, PhD Associate Dean for Academic Affairs rrahn@tamu.edu
Kerry Noack, PhD Director of Academic Advancement noack@tamu.edu
Patty Luna Arvizu, MA Director of Academic Technology pluna@tamu.edu
Casey Schumacher, MS Director of Curriculum Development cschumacher@tamu.edu
