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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. 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.

 

ARC Primary Research Areas

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

 Affiliated Centers & Institutes

 

News

 

Alfred
Recent interview by Lee Kelly, "Where My Degree Takes Me: A Profile of Alfred McAlister, PhD" link 
Here is a short excerpt from the interview:

In eastern Finland's rural towns of Illomantsi and Joensuu, the winter temperatures dip to 45

degrees below zero. There, for 15 years, Alfred McAlister, PhD, stayed months at a time,

helping lead a pioneering community health promotion project.

The North Karelia Project successfully reduced heart attack rates by more than 70 percent.

 

See the new quarterly Austin Regional Campus newsletter.

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

Perez A, Roberts RE, Sanderson M, Reininger B, Aguirre-Flores MI. Disturbed sleep among adolescents living in 2 communities on the Texas-Mexico border, 2000-2003. Prev Chronic Dis; 2010; 7(2):11.

Fisher-Hoch S, Rentfro A, Salinas JJ, Perez A, Brown HS, Reininger BM, Restrepo BI, Gaines W, Hossain MM, Rahbar MH, Hanis CM, McCormick JB. Socioeconomic status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron County, Texas. Prev Chronic Dis

In Press

Brown, HS. Comparing Batsmen Across Different Eras: The Ends of the Distribution Justifying the Means. Economic Analysis & Policy. In press.

Springer AE, McQueen A, Quintenilla G. Arrivillage M, Ross M. Reliability and validity of the Student Perceptions of School Cohesion Scale in a sample of Salvadoran secondary school students. BMC International Health and Human Rights, In press.