Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Faculty

Amick, Benjamin C., PhD Professor Research interests: Work organization and health; social epidemiology and health disparities; work stress, labor markets, disability; epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries; ergonomics and organizational change Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1009 Email: benjamin.c.amick@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9496

Burau, Keith D., PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistics Research interests: Job exposure matrix development and applications to epidemiological studies; spatial/temporal analysis in epidemiology; occupational exposure analysis; automated ECG/VCG analysis; clinical data systems Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1042 Email: keith.d.burau@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9472

Cech, Irina M., PhD Professor Research interests: Environmental health, policy and regulatory process; GIS, water quality, contamination and hazardous waste management; chemical and biological factors related to birth defects; international health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1005 Email: irina.cech@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9227

Chappell, Cynthia L., PhD Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Research interests: Parasitology; gastrointestinal parasites; immune response to parasites Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W118A Email: cynthia.l.chappell@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9026

Cooper, Sharon P., PhD Professor and Regional Dean, San Antonio Region Campus Research interests: Occupational injury, surveillance of injury and illnesses in farm workers, working adolescents Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 208 Email: sharon.p.cooper@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5508

Delclos, George P., MD Professor Research interests: Occupational hazards of healthcare workers; occupational and environmental respiratory disease; international aspects of occupational health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1018 Email: george.delclos@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9459

Douglas, Tommy C., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Antibody; apolipoprotein; gene expression; genetics; immunogenetics; immunoglobulin; immunology Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W632 Email: tommy.c.douglas@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9830

DuPont, Herbert L., MD Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director, Center for Infectious Diseases Research interests: Worldwide study of the epidemiology; microbiology; genetic susceptibility, treatment and prevention of acute diarrhea Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E729 Email: herbert.l.dupont@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9366

Emery, Robert John, DrPH Associate Professor of Occupational Health Research interests: Comprehensive approaches to health and safety; health and safety program outcome measures; health and safety for special populations; occupational radiation protection; hazardous waste management; emergency preparedness and response, training Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1022 Email: robert.j.emery@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9469

Felknor, Sarah A., DrPH Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness Research interests: Occupational health and safety management; workplace risk assessment; injury surveillance systems; organizational safety climate; worker safety training; program evaluation; public health systems in Latin America Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1028 Email: sarah.a.felknor@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9464

Frankowski, Ralph F., PhD Professor Research interests: Design and analysis of clinical experiments; traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1008 Email: ralph.f.frankowski@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9320

Gimeno, David, PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Occupational and social epidemiology, work organization, social inequalities, multilevel statistical models, work disability Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 217 Email: david.gimeno@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5511

Hacker, Carl S., PhD, JD Associate Professor Research interests: Public health law; environmental law; Behavior of environmentally sustainable organizations; modeling vector populations; effect of pollutants on ecosystems Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W312 Email: carl.s.hacker@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9185

Herbold, John R., DVM, PhD Associate Prof. of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness Research interests: Epidemiology; environmental health; infectious disease; animal-human issues; military medicine. Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 215 Email: john.r.herbold@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9420

Hewett-Emmett, David , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Molecular evolution; human genetic variation; gene families. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E517 Email: david.hewett-emmett@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9835

Hixson, James E., PhD Professor Research interests: Molecular genetics of common diseases including cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes; SNP discovery and analysis in population-based studies of common diseases; allelic effects on gene expression and protein function related to common diseases and measured risk factors. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W422 Email: james.e.hixson@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9834

Jiang, Zhi-Dong , MD, PhD Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases Research interests: Epidemiology of travelers’ diarrhea; genetic factors for acute diarrhea; enteric pathogens Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E741 Email: zhi-dong.jiang@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9371

Linder, Stephen H., PhD Professor and Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy Research interests: Policy studies; social theory; media studies; climate change and health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1023 Email: stephen.h.linder@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9494

Mackey, Thomas A., PhD Professor of Nursing Research interests: Quality improvement and changes in diabetic patient outcomes in an academic nurse practitioner primary care practice and manage patient violence; nurse practitioner clinic based practices Campus: Houston — Office: Email: thomas.a.mackey@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-3250

Mena, Kristina , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Water quality, food safety, microbial risk assessment Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 110B Email: kristina.d.mena@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (915) 747-8514

Perkins, Jimmy L., PhD Professor Research interests: Chemical exposure assessment; risk communication; risk analysis; dermal exposure; statistical applications Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 210 Email: jimmy.l.perkins@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5502

Pompeii, Lisa, PhD Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Research interests: Occupational epidemiology, injury epidemiology, pregnancy health and work, health disparities Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E617 Email: lisa.pompeii@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9474

Schecter, Arnold J., MD, MPH Professor Research interests: Exposure assessment; environmental epidemiology; persistent organic pollutants (POPS), especially dioxins and related compounds and also brominated flame retardants; Agent Orange; Dioxins in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; the USA; Russia; Israel and Palestinian Areas; Germany; China; and Japan Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112E Email: arnold.j.schecter@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (214) 648-1096

Schroder, Gene D., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Ecosystem structure and dynamics; environmental contaminating rodent ecology Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W224 Email: gene.d.schroder@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9224

Sexton, Ken, ScD, MBA Professor and Director, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Research interests: Human exposure analysis; health risk assessment; environmental risk management; environmental health policy; business environment interactions Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1033 Email: ken.sexton@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9460

Shipp, Eva M., PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Occupational injury / illness among agricultural and adolescent workers, back injury, vulnerable populations Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 211 Email: eva.m.shipp@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5524

Smith, Mary Ann, PhD Assistant Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs Research interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of nephrotoxicity; in-vitro toxicology; environmental justice Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W214 Email: mary.a.smith@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9236

Stock, Thomas H., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Assessment of community and occupational pollutant exposures; characterization of major determinants of indoor and outdoor air quality; evaluation of air monitoring and industrial hygiene methods Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W622 Email: thomas.h.stock@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9279

Symanski, Elaine , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Development of quantitative methods for modeling occupational and environmental exposures; retrospective exposure assessment for workplace contaminants; investigation of health effects related to occupational and environmental exposures Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E643 Email: elaine.symanski@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9238

Waller, Kim , PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Preventable risk factors for birth defects; low birth weight; fetal death; birth defects; screening programs; association of serum biomarkers (measured early in pregnancy) and pregnancy outcome. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E619 Email: kim.waller@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9155

Whitehead, Lawrence W., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Exposure assessment; occupational epidemiology; environmental health, industrial noise Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1016 Email: lawrence.whitehead@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9458

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