Faculty Research Interests
Environmental & Occupational Health 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 |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics 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 |
| 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
| Name | Research Interest |
|---|---|
|
Andreyeva, Elena |
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 |
Health Equity and Disparities, Health Financing, Health Security, Health Systems Strengthening, Urban/rural health |
|
Côté, Murray |
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 |
| 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
| 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 |
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 |