Faculty Research Interests
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty
| Name | Teaching Area | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Benden, Mark Department Head EOH / Director of the Ergonomics Center / Associate Professor |
Human Factors, Safety Engineering, Process Safety Management, and Ergonomics | Worker sedentary behavior and obesity, healthy aging, the built-environment, classroom ergonomics and childhood obesity, medical device development and testing, artificial intelligence & machine learning for health and furniture design |
| Bokelmann, AnnaMarie Instructional Assistant Professor | Environmental and Occupational Health, Environmental Training Program, Texas A&M University System Texas Engineering Extension Service | |
| Carrillo, Genny Associate Professor |
Border Environmental Health Risk Management and Communication | Public health and US-Mexico Border Health issues with a special interest in interactions of human health and the environment, asthma in school children and home safety and healthy homes |
| Cizmas, Leslie Instructional Assistant Professor |
Basic Environmental Toxicology, MPH Public Health Capstone, Global Health Capstone | Water reuse and sustainability; Occurrence and toxicity of drinking water contaminants; Health effects of complex mixtures; Chemical exposure assessment in underserved communities |
| Johnson, Natalie Associate Professor |
Environmental & Occupational Diseases, Environmental Health & Toxicology, Mechanisms of Disease Prevention | Environmental carcinogens; Environmental health disparities; Exposure to foodborne (aflatoxins) and environmental carcinogens (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons); Chemoprevention; Development of biomarkers of exposure to traffic-related air pollution; Prenatal exposure to air pollution and associated epigenetic changes; Dietary interventions to prevent environmentally-induced asthma; Population-based animal models of allergic airway disease. |
| Maddock, Jay Professor |
Flourish @ TAMU. Health, Wellness, and Physical Activity, DietSocial-Ecological Approaches to Increasing Physical Activity; Nutrition, Tobacco Use, and Global Health. | |
| McDonald, Thomas Regents Professor |
Environmental Measurements/Chemistry | Environmental chemistry, petroleum geochemistry, and general organic chemistry |
| Mendoza-Sanchez, Itza Assistant Professor |
Mathematical and Experimental Models for Assessing Transport; Organics Trapped and absorbed in Soils as a Source Zone of Groundwater Contamination; Water Balance Modeling. Environmental Engineering. Models of Contaminants in Groundwater. Antibiotics in Food Production & Groundwater. Antibiotic Resistance. | |
| Ory, Marcia Regents & Distinguished Professor | Public Health Interventions; Doctoral Seminars; Aging | Aging and Health promotion; Chronic Disease Management; Health Technology; Community Engagement; Translational research. |
| Peres, S. Camille Associate Professor |
Human Factors, Research Methods, Alternative Displays | Biomechanics of Human-computer interactions, Design guidelines for auditory displays, and usability of home health care technology. worker safety, human factors, human systems integration, human systems engineering, ergonomics, procedures, engineering psychology, occupational safety. |
| Pickens, Adam Instructional Assistant Professor |
Occupational Safety; OSHA General Industry 30-hr Certificate; Industrial Hygiene; Occupational Ergonomics/Biomechanics | Ergonomic tool development; Occupational safety screening/tool development, Upper extremity modeling; Manual materials handling, and Occupational biomechanics |
| Sharma, Virender Professor |
Environmental, Physical, Analytical Chemistry | Iron-Based Oxidants (Ferrates and Ferrites), Kinetics and Mechanism of High-Valent Transition Metals, Advanced Oxidation Methods, Solar-Based Photoactive Materials in Water Treatments, Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles, Formation, Fate and Toxicity of Nanoparticles in the Aquatic Environment |
| Smith, Matthew Associate Professor |
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Health Risk Behaviors Across the Life Course; Evidence-based Programming for Older Adults; Program Evaluation; Measurement; Survey Research Methodology |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty
| Name | Teaching Area | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Clendenin, Angela Instructional Assistant Professor |
Science Writing, Risk Communication, Disaster Epidemiology, Leadership | Risk Communication, Decision Analysis, Emergency Management/Emergency Communications, Cultural and Social Influences on Communication and Decision Making, Communications Measurement and Assessment |
| Fischer, Rebecca Assistant Professor |
Epidemiology of Infectious Disease | Zoonotic, Vector-borne, Parasitic, & other Tropical Diseases. Defining Trends & Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. Field Epidemiology and Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment & Response. Outbreak Epidemiology. Global health. |
| Gorman, Dennis Professor |
Research Integrity, Social Epidemiology | Alcohol and drug availability and violence; Alcohol and drug prevention policies; System methodologies; Science and Pseudoscience in public health research. |
| Han, Daikwon Associate Professor |
Introduction to Epidemiology, Spatial Epidemiology, GIS and Public Health | Spatial Epidemiology, GIS & Spatial Analysis Methods, Environmental Health/Exposure Science, Environmental Justice & Health Disparities, Healthcare Access, Population Studies/Spatial Demography |
| Han, Gang Associate Professor |
Statistical Theory, Clinical Trials, Translational Research, Personalized Medicine | Clinical trials. Personalized cancer therapy. Survival analysis. Bayesian methods. Computer experiments. |
| Kalbasi, Shaida Instructional Assistant Professor | Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, Social Epidemiology, Minority Population Epidemiology, Fundamentals of Epidemiology | Health Disparities, Women's Health, Quality of care for Immigrants, and Racial Minorities, Effect of Discrimination and Race Relations on Health outcomes |
| Roh, Taehyun Assistant Professor |
Data Management, Epidemiologic Methods, Global Health, Toxicology | Arsenic and Water pollution of water supplies. Clean Water Access in Rural Populations. Toxicology and Environmental Health. |
| Xu, Xiaohui Department Head Epi/Bio; Associate Professor |
Epidemiological Methods, Exposure Assessment, Environmental Epidemiology | Air pollution epidemiological studies, studying susceptible population to environmental exposures modified by genetics, pre-existing health conditions, and co-exposure to other factors, etc., maternal and child health, environmental exposure assessment, spatial epidemiology |
| Zhao, Hongwei Professor |
Statistical Inference, Linear Regression, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Survival Analysis | Survival analysis and longitudinal data analysis, Quality-adjusted lifetime estimation, and cost-effectiveness analysis conducted with censored data, Problems arising from correlated data from longitudinal studies and multilevel epidemiological studies |
| Zheng, Qi Professor |
Biostatistics | Mathematical Modeling of Biological Processes. Applied Statistical Processes. Application of Computer Algebra. Microbial Mutation Rates & Methods for Analysis. |
Health Policy and Management Faculty
| Name | Teaching Area | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
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Andreyeva, Elena |
Spatial nature of healthcare market, Urban/regional/rural economics, Health insurance, Effects on policies of healthcare delivery, Risky health behaviors | |
| Bolin, Jane Professor |
Health Law and Ethics, Regulatory Compliance, Doctoral Capstone, Directed Study, Management of Human Resources | Health Law and Ethics, Regulatory Compliance, Cancer Screening & Prevention, Diabetes Self-Management, Chronic Disease Management, Interdisciplinary & Translational Research, Rural Health Research, Rural Healthy People 2020 |
| Carrino, Gerard Interim Department Head HPM; Instructional Professor |
Evaluation: Program, Process, Outcomes, Economic; Nonprofit Sector in Health Care; Health Care Philanthropy and the Social Sector; Prematurity, Birth Defects, Infant Mortality; Public Health Finance | |
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Côté, Murray |
Healthcare Operations, Quality, Statistics | Operational Analysis, Health Services Delivery Methods (Tele/Drone), Project Management in Rural Hospitals. Information Asymmetry in Doctor/Patient Encounters |
| Ferdinand, Alva Assistant Professor |
Public Health Law & Ethics | Impact of laws and other policies relative to public health outcomes such as roadwaysafety, obesity, and access to care. Other interests include state and federal regulation of health care and community health development |
| Griffith, Jennifer Associate Dean for Academic Affairs / Associate Professor |
Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response; Intervention Implementation, Management and Evaluation | |
| Hatala, Jeffrey Instructional Associate Professor |
Public health systems and service research; Rural health, health policy, and vulnerable populations; Nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and related conditions; Educational pedagogy, particularly around writing skills in health professions | |
| Kum, Hye-Chung Associate Professor |
Data Science for Health Services Researchers; Health Information Technology; Retrospective Database Analysis for Health Policy and Management | Data science for health care; population informatics; health informatics; health policy research and program evaluation using big data; decision support systems for health policy and management. Machine Learning. |
| Lin, Sherry Instructional Assistant Professor |
Preventive Care Services; Disabilities Research; Vulnerable Populations | |
| Ohsfeldt, Robert Regents Professor |
Introduction to Health Economics; Health Delivery Systems Financing; Directed Study | Cost-Effectiveness and Cost Models; Economics of Health Behavior; Impact of Health Sector Regulation |
| Radcliff, Tiffany Associate Dean for Research / Professor |
Health Economics and research methodology | Health economics, health policy, and health services research. Topical areas of interest have included improving quality of care in long-term care, access to care for rural and other underserved populations, improving care processes and outcomes, and economic evaluation |
| Schmit, Cason D. Research Assistant Professor |
Law as a social determinant of health; Health information technology; Health information exchanges; privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information; public health reporting and surveillance; pharmacist's vaccination authorities | |
| Ukert, Benjamin Assistant Professor |
Affordable Care Act, Commercial Health Insurance, Health Care Organization, Health Care Delivery, Health Behaviors, Health Policy | |
| Washburn, David Assistant Professor |
Strategic Planning and Marketing | Global Health & Health Policy. Health Systems Analysis. Diffusion of Innovations. Decision-Making Behavior. Access to Care. Vulnerable/Invulnerable Behaviors and overcoming barriers. Border Issues. |
Health Behavior Faculty
| Name | Teaching Area | Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Apostolopoulos, Yorghos Associate Professor |
Cardiometabolic and sleep health disparities of commercial transport operators in North America; Cardiometabolic syndemicity of rural racial minorities and low-wage Hispanic immigrants in the U.S.; Cardiometabolic prevention among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations in the European Union; Alcohol misuse prevention among college students and young adults | |
| Barry, Adam Department Head/Health Behavior/Professor |
Alcohol impairment; Alcohol-related behaviors; Population health (student service members/veterans); Population health (college students) | |
| Blake, Jamilia Professor |
Community health; Peer health education; Science and practice of health and well-being; Prevention science | Peer directed aggression, bullying, and victimization of socially marginalized youth; exclusionary school discipline; mental health disparities; school health interventions |
| Burdine, James Professor |
Community Health Development; Community Organization and Assessment; Community Health Status Assessment | Measurement of factors influencing community capacity for population health improvement and community health development strategies, particularly community health needs assessment |
| Chen, Lei-Shih Associate Professor |
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD); Cancer prevention and control; Health disparities; Public health genomics | |
| Clark, Heather Director of Public Health Practice / Research Associate Professor |
Social & Behavioral Health Theory; Grant Writing; Public Health History Seminar | Community capacity building for population health improvement; community partnerships; access to care; rural community health; community health needs assessment; social determinants of health; program evaluation |
| Colwell, Brian Professor |
Social Ecology and Health Behavior; Seminar on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs | Adolescent smoking cessation; school health education; youth smoking prevention; adolescent mental health and substance abuse |
| Fehr, Sara Clinical Associate Professor |
Women’s health; Human sexuality; Intimate partner violence prevention | |
| Flores, Krystal Instructional Assistant Professor |
Maternal and child health; Border health (Rio Grande Valley, Tx); Adolescent pregnancy prevention along the Texas-Mexico border; Health disparities among vulnerable populations (including Latinas, adolescents, and immigrant children) | |
| Garney, Whitney Associate Professor |
Community-based participatory research; Ecological approaches to public health; Interorganizational network analysis; Program evaluation; Public health innovation; Systems approaches to public health | |
| Gilreath, Tamika Professor |
School violence; Gang affiliation; Tobacco use | |
| Goodson, Patricia Professor |
Prevention education; Program evaluation; Reproductive health; Sex education | |
| Jones-McKyer, Ellisa Research Faculty |
Minority health issues and health disparities; Parental influences on child health behaviors and outcomes; Socioecological factors of health behaviors; Publications | |
| Ma, Ping Assistant Professor |
Maternal & Child Health Issues. Health Disparities in Vulnerable Populations. Smoking Cessation. Children's Injury Prevention. | |
| McNeill, Elisa Clinical Professor |
Adolescent health; Pedagogy; Teen pregnancy prevention | |
| Mier, Nelda Instructional Assistant Professor | Chronic Disease Prevention; Quality of Life through Behavioral Change in Mexican Americans of all ages living in Texas-Mexico border region; Physical Activity Among Mexican Americans; Intervention Research to Enhance Physical Activity Patterns; Diabetes Prevention Among Children and Adults in Border Region; Promotoras Model (Community Health Workers) in Border Region |
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| Montemayor, Benjamin Visiting Assistant Professor |
College student health; Introduction to health disparities and diversity; Alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and society; Research methods; Program planning and evaluation | Alcohol and drug prevention and intervention; Population health (adolescent and young adult at-risk underrepresented sub-groups); Implementing health behavior theories into practice; Reducing risky health behaviors through harm reduction |
| Owens, Christopher Assistant Professor |
LGBTQ health; HIV; Health behavior theory; Socioecological factors of health behavior; Program evaluation | Sociological factors of rural HIV prevention and care; Provider-based and implementation science of HIV preventive health care practices; Sociological factors of rural LGBTQ adolescent and adult health |
| Patterson, Meg Assistant Professor |
Addiction and recovery; College student health and wellness; Community health; Interpersonal violence; Physical activity and sedentary behavior; Social network analysis | |
| Prochnow, Tyler Assistant Professor |
Social network analysis; Research methods; Community health; Physical activity measurement and promotion | Social network analysis and social influence on health behaviors and beliefs; Physical activity especially among children and families; Out-of-school programs including summer care; Mental health and social support; Health disparities and policies, systems, and environments in which health equity is pursued |
| Rahn, Rhonda Clinical Associate Professor |
Human sexuality; Human diseases; Peer health education | College student health behaviors; Peer health education; Health educator professional training |
| Sandlin, Michael Clinical Associate Professor |
College student health; CPR/Life Saving care | |
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Sharkey, Joe |
Social and Behavioral Research Methods; Program Evaluation; Mixed-Methods Research; Environment and Policy Assessment | Food access and food choice in underserved areas, food insecurity and hunger, childhood obesity, and effects of structural and individual characteristics on nutrition, physical activity, and health outcomes, promotora empowerment, community-engaged approached to population health |
| Sherman, Ledric Associate Professor |
Health program planning; Health disparities and diversity; Contemporary issues for community health interns; Issues in men’s health and wellness | Diabetes self-management among ethnic minority men; Utilization of technology for chronic illness management among men; Health education and wellness promotion; Men’s health |
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Stasi, Selina Instructional Associate Professor |
Access to and physical activity promotion within underserved communities and communities of color, through community based research, asset mapping, and GIS analysis; Research regarding physician-based physical activity counseling, prescription and referral, and youth engagement and empowerment to combat disparities in physical activity and health; Linkages between community, clinic, and church, and the role public health practitioners play to leverage resources between them all | |
| Wilson, Kelly Associate Professor |
Teen health; Teen pregnancy |