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Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty

Faculty
Name	Research Interest
Benden, Mark Department Head EOH / Director of the Center for Worker Health / Professor	Worker sedentary behavior and obesity, AI and digital human workers, the built-environment, classroom ergonomics and childhood obesity, medical device development and testing, machine learning for health and furniture design
Brinkmeyer-Langford, Candice Associate Professor	Gene x environment interactions in neurological diseases, Genetic diversity, Environmental exposures contributing to diseases of the central nervous system, Viral-induced neurological conditions, Neurodegenerative diseases
Carrillo, Genny Professor	Vaping and water insecurity
Douphrate, David Associate Professor	Occupational ergonomics, Occupational safety, Agricultural Health, safety Leadership and Management
Gibbs, Shawn Dean	Disrupting the Transmission of Highly Infectious Diseases, such as Ebola Virus Disease and COVID-19 Aeromedical Evacuation and Isolation Worker Training Programs in Infectious Diseases and Disaster Preparedness Industrial Hygiene and Exposure Assessment Personal Protective Equipment Healthcare Associated Infections Agricultural Associated Transmission of Infectious Diseases Global Public Health Education
Johnson, Natalie Associate Professor	Maternal and child health Air pollution Environmental justice Inhalation and respiratory toxicology Asthma
Kim, Jeong Ho (Jay) Associate Professor	Occupational Ergonomics, Biomechanics, Musculoskeletal disorders, Non-invasive assessment tool development, Human vibration
Maddock, Jay Regents Professor	Human behavior and psychological interactions with the natural and built environment. Health & Nature.
McDonald, Thomas Regents Professor	Environmental chemistry, petroleum geochemistry, and general organic chemistry
Ory, Marcia Regents & Distinguished Professor	Aging and Public Health Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Doctor-Older Patient Interactions COVID-19 Status and Impacts Evidence-based Prevention Research Health Equity across Diverse Populations and Settings Health Technology and Patient Empowerment Injury Prevention and Control Opioid Use Disorder, Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Translational and Sustainability Research Women's Health and Aging
Rodriguez, Anabel Assistant Professor	Agricultural working populations, immigrant workers, immigrant health, migrant populations, occupational safety, health and well-being training, education, and program evaluation. Infactious, emerging diseases, vaccine access, equity, utilization, hesitancy, and barriers. Health disparities; access barriers in rural regions.
Sansom, Garett Assistant Professor	Health and sustainability, community health assessment, environmental justice, urban planning, environmental contaminants, community resilience
Sansom, Lindsay Research Assistant Professor	Socio-ecological systems, health and nature, Community Cohesion and Resilience, Water Security Transboundary Cooperation
Virender, Sharma Professor	Synthesis, characterization, and Environmental applications of Metal Single-Atoms Catalysts. Integrated approaches in Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water and Soil. Kinetics and Mechanism of Environmentla Reactions of Low-Valent and High-Valent Metal Species. Chemistry and Applications of Ferrates (VI, V, and IV) (inactivation of virus, bacteria, and toxins in water and air and abatement of emerging contaminants such as antibiotics, estrogens, and toxic metals in water and wastewater).

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty

Faculty
Name	Research Interest
Allgood, Kristi L. Assistant Professor	Structural and Vicarious Racism, Health Disparities/Health Equity, Health Care Quality, Patient Navigation, Testing and Linkage to Care, Police Misconduct, Social Determinants of Health, Legal Epidemiology
Clendenin, Angela Instructional Assistant Professor	Risk Communication, Decision Analysis, Emergency Management/Emergency Communications, Cultural and Social Influences on Communication and Decision Making, Communications Measurement and Assessment
Dixon, Benika Assistant Professor	Environmental Health, Environmental and Climate Justice, Disaster Epidemiology, Community Engagement.
Erickson, Timothy Assistant Professor	Infectious Diseases, Neuroinvasive Diseases, Neurology, Neuroinflammatory Conditions, Rickettsial diseases, Parasitic diseases, Global Health, Zoonotic Diseases
Fischer, Rebecca Assistant Professor	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 and Transparency. Journalology. Alcohol and Drug Prevention. Systems Research.
Han, Daikwon Associate Professor	Spatial Epidemiology, GIS & Spatial Analysis Methods, Environmental Health/Exposure Science, Environmental Justice & Health Disparities, Healthcare Access, Population Studies/Spatial Demography
Han, Gang Associate Professor	Clinical trials. Personalized cancer therapy. Survival analysis. Bayesian methods. Computer experiments.
Howell, Kristen Assistant Professor	Health care transition in sickle cell disease - Cancer survivorship - Mobile health technology
Kalbasi, Shaida Instructional Assistant Professor	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	Environmental Epidemiology Environmental Justice Water Quality Cancer Epidemiology Health Disparities Toxicology
Shaltout, Mahmoud Instructional Associate Professor	Health Inequalities, Socio-environmental Determinants of Health, Obesity, Health awareness, Minority Health, and Urban Health Issues
Shipp, Eva Associate Professor	Injury prevention -Transportation safety -Occupational/agricultural safety and health -Surveillance methods -Record linkage
Taylor, Loni Assistant Professor	Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology of Zoonotic Diseases, Molecular Epidemiology, Global Health, and Translational Animal Models in Public Health
Xu, Xiaohui Department Head Epi/Bio; Associate Professor	Air pollution Epidemiological studies Climate Change on Human Health Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracking Environmental Exposures and Chronic Diseases Community-Engaged Approaches to Environmental Health Research
Zheng, Qi Professor	Estimation of microbial mutation rates Biostatistical education Application of discrete choice models

Health Policy and Management Faculty

Faculty
Name	Research Interest
Andreyeva, Elena Assistant Professor	Spatial nature of healthcare market Health insurance Hospital closures and mergers Effects of policies on healthcare delivery and access among vulnerable populations Social determinants of health
Blackburn, Christine Assistant Professor	Rural health Health access Emergency response services Preparedness and response Marginalized populations
Bolin, Jane Professor	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
Boyce, Matthew Assistant Professor	Health Equity and Disparities, Health Financing, Health Security, Health Systems Strengthening, Urban/rural health
Côté, Murray Associate Professor	Health services delivery with applications to capacity planning, demand forecasting, patient flow, and health system performance. My primary tools are with inferential statistical analysis (especially experimental design), linear and nonlinear optimization, stochastic models, and discrete event simulation.
Ferdinand, Alva Assistant Professor	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
Haeder, Simon Associate Professor	Politics and policies surrounding health access issues, Health access for vulnerable populations, provider networks, school-based health access, regulatory policy making.
Kum, Hye-Chung Associate Professor	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
Linde, Sebastian Associate Professor	Healthcare Pricing and Costs; Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities; Provider Networks and Provider Behavior
Lockman, Alee Assistant Professor	Health politics and public opinion; health communications; rural health access and quality; mental health and substance use policy; public trust in health care, science, and public health
Marthey, Daniel Assistant Professor	State Health Policy, Medicaid, Healthcare Cost and Quality, Access to Care, Healthcare Delivery, Public Programs, Health Disparities
Moats, Jason Professor of Practice	Disaster Management, Training and Development, Technology Acceptance in Public Safety/Public Health
Ohsfeldt, Robert Regents Professor	Heath economics and outcomes research.
Radcliff, Tiffany Associate Dean for Research / Professor	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
Rochford, Hannah Assistant Professor	violence prevention, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child maltreatment, homicide, suicide, firearm violence, policy analysis
Schmit, Cason D. 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	Commercial Health insurance, Affordable Care Act, Healthcare markets, Health Care Organization, Health Care Access, Health Behaviors, Health Policy

Health Behavior Faculty

Faculty
Name	Research Interest
Barry, Adam Department Head/Health Behavior/Professor	Alcohol-related behaviors; Intoxication; Alcohol sales and service; Impaired Driving
Blake, Jamilia Professor	Peer directed aggression, bullying, and victimization of socially marginalized youth; exclusionary school discipline; mental health disparities; school health interventions
Bolick, Barbara Instructional Assistant Professor	Adolescent mental health, Positive Youth Development of underserved youth populations, Adolescent reproductive health
Burdine, James Professor	Measurement of factors influencing community capacity for population health improvement and community health development strategies, particularly community health assessment and health resource centers
Chen, Lei-Shih Associate Professor	Public health genomics (precision public health), cancer prevention and control, tobacco control, health disparities, autism spectrum disorder, disabilities
Chiang, Shawn Assistant Professor	Health communication; cancer prevention and control (e.g., HPV vaccination, tobacco cessation) among priority population; opportunities and challenges in using communication technology (e.g., mhealth, social media) for health behavior
Clark, Heather Director of Public Health Practice / Research Associate Professor	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
Cobb, Corey Assistant Professor	Prevention Science, Mental and Behavioral Health of Hispanic Populations, Scaling Culturally Sensitive Interventions through Ditial Mental Health, Refining Cultural and Psychological Science.
Colwell, Brian Professor	Youth Tobacco Use Youth Vaping Youth Nicotine Cessation Tobacco Use in sub-Saharan Africa Vaccine Hesitancy
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
Kim, Junhyoung Associate Professor	Technology Interventions, Healthy aging and disease prevention, Dementia Prevention, Health Equity, Social Psychology and Behavior Change, Disability Studies
Le, Aurora Associate Professor	Occupational health disparities; occupational justice; psychosocial factors of work; health behavior in workplace settings; community-based participatory research; best practices in adult training and education
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
Montemayor, Benjamin Assistant Professor	Alcohol and drug prevention and intervention; Psychosocial risk factors of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, Mental health, Population and racial/ethnic minority health (including adolescent and young adult at-risk underrepresented sub-populations); Implementing health behavior theories into practice; Reducing risky health behaviors through harm reduction
Owens, Christopher Assistant Professor	HIV prevention; sexual health; LGBTQ health; LGBTQ adolescents; implementation science; mixed-methods
Patterson, Meg Assistant Professor	Social Network Analysis Social Connectedness Addiction Recovery Physical Activity
Prochnow, Tyler Assistant Professor	Physical activity Social Network Analysis Health Equity Mental Health
Sherman, Ledric Associate Professor	Type 2 diabetes self-management among ethnic minority men. Utilization of technology and digital health for chronic illness management among men. Health education and wellness promotion.
Smith, Matthew Associate Professor	Evaluation Translational and applied research Behavior change modification through intervention design Risk assessment and measurement Aging; Chronic disease management; Fall prevention; Social connection
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
Williams, Megan Instructional Assistant Professor	Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual Healthcare Utilization, College Health, Sexual Health Interventions
Yudkin, Joshua Assistant Professor	Chronic and Cardiometabolic Diseases, Global Health, Pediatrics, eHealth, Workforce Wellbeing