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Brownsville Faculty
Barroso, Cristina S., DrPH
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Physical activity; nutrition; genetic epidemiology of chronic diseases (gene-environment interactions; design and analysis of school-based health promotion interventions; use of mass media to promote health promotion interventions; health disparities
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N1.202D
Email:
cristina.s.barroso@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5180
Fisher-Hoch, Susan P., MD
Professor of Epidemiology
Research interests:
Virology; Lassa and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers; tuberculosis; human Papilloma virus; biocontainment; microbiology; molecular epidemiology
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N2.202E
Email:
susan.p.fisher-hoch@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5167
McCormick, Joseph B., MD
James H. Steele Professor and Regional Dean, Brownsville Regional Campus
Research interests:
Infectious Diseases (particularly viral such as Ebola; Lassa fever: HIV/AIDS), Health issues in international settings; vaccines; epidemiology and bioterrorism.
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N2.202B
Email:
joseph.b.mccormick@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5166
Reininger, Belinda M., DrPH
Associate Professor
Research interests:
Evaluation research; community based health promotion; health disparities
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N1.202E
Email:
belinda.m.reininger@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5161
Restrepo, Blanca I., PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Tuberculosis; pathogenesis, early disease detection, host immune response, dynamics of transmission in the Texas-Mexico border. Neurocysticercosis: host-parasite interactions, immune response, granuloma formation.
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N2.202D
Email:
blanca.i.restrepo@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5172
Vela Acosta, Martha S., MD
Assistant Professor
Research interests:
Occupational health and safety; migrant and seasonal farmworkers; border health; hearing loss; training evaluation; industrial hygiene and risk assessment
Campus:
Brownsville —
Office:
RAC N1.202H
Email:
martha.s.vela.acosta@uth.tmc.edu
Phone:
(956) 882-5163