Jeffrey J. Hatala, PhD

Instructional Associate Professor

MPH Program Director

Health Policy & Management
212 Adriance Lab Rd.
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1266
jhatala@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.9489

Education and Training

University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health., Doctor of Philosophy, Health Services Policy & Management, 2013
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Course work toward Graduate Certificate in Public Health, 2007
University of South Carolina, Master of Mass Communication (MMC), 1994
West Virginia University, BA, English (cum laude), 1988

Factors associated with Southern and non-Southern LPHA participation in obesity prevention. Hatala, J. & Fields, T. (2014, June). Southern Medical Journal. 108(5): 283-289.
That, That, But Not That…Using a Cafeteria Plan to Enhance Writing Skills: Fields, T., Hatala, J. Administrative Issues Journal. 4(2):3-11.
Assessing Health Services Organizations’ Perceptions of Students Writing Skills: A Pilot Study. Fields, T., Hatala, J., Nauert, R. Administrative Issues Journal, 4(1):19-29.
Factors Associated with LPHA Participation in Core Public Health Functions Related to Obesity Prevention, 2008. Hatala, J., Probst, J., Byrd, M., Hale, N., Hardin, J. Journal of Management Policy and Practice 14(6):92-106.
The collaboration of not-for-profit hospitals and public health departments to perform community needs assessments that meet PPACA requirements. Fields, T., Johnson, P., & Hatala, J. Journal of Management Policy and Practice 14(5):39-46.
Challenges and Opportunities within a University/Community Partnership: Development of the Soldier Health Promotion to Examine and Reduce Health Disparities (SHPERHD) Project Coordinating Center. Williams EM, Lee MD, Preston G, Williams A, Wigfall LT, Wilkinson L, Hatala J., Hassan R, Glover SH. Military Medicine, 2011 Jul;176(7):757-62.