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Austin Regional Campus

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The Austin Regional Campus was established in 2007 to offer graduate level training in public health to the Austin and central Texas region. The ARC offers a graduate Certificate in Public Health, a 16 hour program of study consisting of five courses covering the core disciplines of public health. The Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree started in fall 2008, the dual Master of Science in Social Work & MPH degree (MSSW-MPH), the Doctor in Public Health (DrPH) in Health Promotion, and the PhD in Epidemiology starts in fall 2009. The Austin Regional Campus offers a general MPH (no formal specialization) and has faculty members with research interests in Child and Adolescent Behavior and Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Prevention, and Public Health Policy. (Vist this website to learn more about these disciplines and visit this website to learn more about careers in public health).  The UT School of Public Health is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and has academic responsibility for the program.

Courses are offered onsite by resident faculty. Interactive video (ITV) courses are also available and originate from and connect all six of the school’s campuses. Students interested in learning more about the Austin regional campus academic programs may e-mail Maria Eva Fernandez, Academic Affairs Coordinator at austinregionalcampus@uth.tmc.edu or dialing 512-482-6176.

 Updates

ARC is now reviewing Fall 2010 MPH/DrPH/PHD/MPH-MSSW applications! The application deadline has also been extended to April 1st, 2010.

ARC Primary Research Areas

  • Adolescent Behavior and Epidemiology
  • Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Public Health Policy

 Affiliated Centers & Institutes

 

News

  Maudie Roberts                                    

 Maudie Roberts knew from an early age that she wanted to
 work in the health care field.
       "My Mom was a medical secretary and I spent a lot of time in her physician's office," says Roberts.
        So Roberts earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Purdue University in Indiana.
        Part of her required course work was a class in community health.
       "When I went to work at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis after I graduated,
 I often thought about how so many severe health issues could have been prevented.

 Says Roberts, "I got to see how the pieces of public health fit together. And I realized that public health is dynamic and complex, and I fell in love with it.".   View story here .

 See other recent faculty and student interviews and ARC newsletters here

 
 

Awards

Stigler, MH. The Young Investigator Award. UT School of Public Health and UT Health Science Center. October 2009, Houston TX.

Hoelscher DM, Kelder S, Springer A. 2010 Translating Research to Policy Award. Active Living Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Some Recent Publications:

Published

Spellman A, Wilinson A, Kelder S. Cognitive Susceptibility to Smoking: Two Paths to Experimenting among Mexican origin youth. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2009 Dec; 18(12): 3459-67. PMID: 19959696.

In Press

Barroso C, Peters RJ, Johnson RJ, Kelder SH, Jefferson T. Beliefs and Perceived Norms Concerning Body Image among African-American and Latino Teenagers. Journal of Health Psychology. In press.