CHPPR Faculty
| Bartholomew, L. Kay, EdD Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Educational Programs Research interests: Self-management of pediatric chronic disease; health education/promotion intervention Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W238Email: leona.k.bartholomew@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9630 |
| Baumler, Elizabeth G., PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Research interests: Multilevel modeling; youth risk behavior; population health Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2632Email: elizabeth.r.baumler@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9684 |
| Byrd, Theresa L., DrPH Associate Professor Research interests: Health promotion and behavior change; maternal and child health; community organization and development; border health; cancer prevention/early detection Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 110IEmail: theresa.l.byrd@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (915) 747-8504 |
| Chen, Chin-Hsing, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor Research interests: Evaluation of health promotion/education programs; etiology of obesity, smoking, and other health behaviors and its associated risk/protective factors; longitudinal methods; multi-level analysis and hierarchical linear modeling; growth curve/growth mixture modeling; Bayesian methods, intervention time series analysis; spatial statistical analysis Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2514Email: chin-hsing.chen@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9766 |
| Diamond, Pamela M., PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Interface between criminal justice and mental health policy, psychiatric epidemiology, community reintegration for female offenders, and the use of latent variable models in public health research Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2614Email: pamela.m.diamond@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9979 |
| Escobar-Chaves, Soledad Liliana, DrPH Assistant Professor of Hlth Promotion & Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Development, implementation/evaluation of school-based/family/community- based health promotion related to media; violence; sexual risk behavior; obesity Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2657Email: soledad.l.escobar-chaves@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9637 |
| Fernandez, Maria E., PhD Assistant Professor & Director of Diversity Programs Research interests: Cancer control, Hispanic populations, informed decision-making health promotion planning and evaluation, health informatics, health communications Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2558Email: maria.e.fernandez@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9626 |
| Fernandez-Esquer, Maria E., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: AIDS and cancer prevention; perception of risk; ethnic differences in health beliefs and behaviors Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2518Email: maria.e.fernandez-esquer@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9657 |
| Franzini, Luisa , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Health economics and econometrics; economic and social determinants of health; racial/ethnic health disparities and minority health; income inequality; cost effectiveness and cost-utility analysis; cost of medical education Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E923Email: luisa.franzini@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9487 |
| Markham, Christine , PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Adolescent and child health, including HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention, substance use prevention, chronic disease management, influence of parental factors, qualitative research, outcome and process evaluation Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2616Email: christine.markham@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9646 |
| McAlister, Alfred L., PhD Professor Research interests: Tobacco policy, violence prevention, peace and conflict, health disparities, advocacy and mass communication, international health Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 206Email: alfred.l.mcalister@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6163 |
| McCurdy, Sheryl A., PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: STDs; HIV/AIDS; substance abuse, women’s health, violence, underserved populations, health disparities, qualitative research, global health studies Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2520Email: sheryl.a.mccurdy@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9633 |
| Mullen, Patricia Dolan, DrPH Professor Research interests: Health promotion for disadvantaged or incarcerated women; transtheoretical model of behavior change; contraception and STD/HIV risk reduction; informed decision making for cancer and other screening tests; patient education; evaluation methods; systematic review and meta-analysis Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2522Email: patricia.d.mullen@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9658 |
| Pallonen, Unto E., PhD Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: School, clinic, and community-based smoking prevention and cessation; cancer prevention in adolescents; behavior change models, computer applications in health promotion; health communication Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2532Email: unto.e.pallonen@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9660 |
| Parcel, Guy S., PhD Dean & John P. McGovern Professor in Health Promotion & M. David Low Chair in Public Health Research interests: School health promotion; child and adolescent health; health behaviors Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W114AEmail: guy.s.parcel@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9052 |
| Peskin, Melissa Fleschler, PhD Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Child and adolescent health, specifically in HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention, violence, bullying, cyberbullying; intervention development and program evaluation Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2658Email: melissa.f.peskin@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9759 |
| Peters, Ronald J., DrPH Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Sexual risk-taking behavior; design and analysis of drug use studies among youth and incarcerated populations; and cultural and economic aspects of health behaviors in underserved communities Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2618Email: ronald.j.peters@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9642 |
| Reininger, Belinda M., DrPH Assistant Professor Research interests: Evaluation research; community based health promotion; health disparities Campus: Brownsville — Office: RAC N1.202EEmail: belinda.m.reininger@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (956) 882-5161 |
| Ross, Michael W., PhD Professor Research interests: STDs; HIV/AIDS; drug abuse; community level and correctional STD/HIV prevention cross-cultural aspects of public health; internet sexuality Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2622Email: michael.w.ross@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9652 |
| Shegog, Ross , PhD Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Application of instructional and/or decision-support technology in health promotion and disease prevention including pediatric asthma management; prevention and cessation of adolescent and young adult tobacco use; prevention of HIV, STD, and pregnancy in middle school children Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2668Email: ross.shegog@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9677 |
| Taylor, Wendell , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Health promotion; CVD risk factors in children; Physical activity in children; Cancer prevention in underserved populations Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2670Email: wendell.c.taylor@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9635 |
| Tortolero, Susan R., PhD Associate Professor & Director CHPPR Research interests: Adolescence; children; sexual risk taking, STDs, pregnancy, substance use, violence mental health; depression; Hispanics; prevention research Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2080Email: susan.tortolero@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9634 |
| Vernon, Sally W., PhD Blair Justice, PhD Professorship in Mind-Body Medicine & Pub Hlth & Dir, Div of Hlth Promo & Beh Sci Research interests: Cancer prevention and control for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers; informed decision making for prostate cancer testing; psychosocial issues in cancer genetic testing; measurement of psychosocial constructs; reliability and validity of self-report cancer screening behaviors Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2560Email: sally.w.vernon@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9760 |
| Williams, Mark L., PhD Professor Research interests: HIV/AIDS prevention; STD prevention; antiretroviral medication compliance; drug abuse; minority health Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2516Email: mark.l.williams@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9674 |

