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 E1009Email: benjamin.c.amick@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9496 |
| Balcazar, Hector, PhD Professor and Regional Dean, El Paso Regional Campus Research interests: Latino health, Hispanic paradox, acculturation, family variables and health outcomes, development of culturally-competent Latino community outreach programs, use of lay health workers, health disparities and border health Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 100CEmail: hector.g.balcazar@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (915) 747-8507 |
| 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 N1.202DEmail: cristina.s.barroso@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (956) 882-5180 |
| 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 |
| Caughy, Margaret O., ScD Associate Professor Research interests: Child development; parenting; poverty; maternal and child health; program evaluation Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112AEmail: margaret.o.caughy@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (214) 648-1052 |
| Chen, Chin-Hsing, PhD 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 |
| Day, R. Sue , PhD Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research Research interests: Epidemiology; nutrition; dietary assessment methodology; obesity, cardiovascular disease; cancer; chronic disease; dietary interventions and health promotion; physical activity; Hispanic populations; children Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W916Email: rena.s.day@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9317 |
| 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 |
| Evans, Alexandra, PhD Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Child and adolescent health promotion through interventions with parents and schools; obesity prevention Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 208Email: alexandra.e.evans@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6172 |
| 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 |
| Hedberg, Ann-Marie , DrPH Visiting Assistant Professor Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W908 Email: ann-marie.hedberg@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9347 |
| Hoelscher, Deanna M., PhD Professor & Director, Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living Research interests: Design, implementation and evaluation of nutrition and physical activity programs for children, school foodservice personnel, and minority populations, prevention of chronic diseases; evaluation of legislative policies; development and evaluation of dietary and physical activity assessment methods; epidemiologic studies of child nutrition, physical activity and behavioral risk factors; diet-gene interactions Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 211Email: deanna.m.hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6168 |
| Kelder, Steven H., PhD Beth Toby Grossman Professor Research interests: Epidemiology of child and adolescent health, design and evaluation of school health promotion programs, particular emphasis on obesity, diet, physical activity, and substance use Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 212Email: steven.h.kelder@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6169 |
| Linder, Stephen H., PhD Professor & Associate Director, Institute for Health Policy Research interests: Policy studies; social theory; media studies; climate change and health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1023Email: 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 |
| 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 |
| McFall, Stephanie L., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Social gerontology, cancer screening and treatment decisions, health of older adults, program evaluation Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 209Email: stephanie.l.mcfall@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (210) 562-5503 |
| 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 |
| Murray, Nancy, DrPH Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Child and adolescent health promotion through interventions with parents and schools; adolescent smoking cessation; physical activity Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W920Email: nancy.g.murray@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9333 |
| Nichols, Donna, MSEd Community Health Specialist Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 220H Email: donna.c.nichols@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6181 |
| 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 |
| Perry, Cheryl, PhD Professor and Regional Dean, Austin Regional Campus and Rockwell Chair in Society and Health Research interests: Design, development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs for children and adolescents. In particular, smoking and alcohol use prevention, healthy eating and physical activity; school-based, peer, family, and community programs Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 210Email: cheryl.l.perry@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6166 |
| 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 |
| Roberts, Robert E., PhD Professor Research interests: Cross-cultural research; psychiatric epidemiology; adolescent mental health; affective disorders; suicide, sleep disorders, obesity and mental health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1017Email: robert.e.roberts@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9291 |
| 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 |
| Slomka, Jacquelyn , PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Research ethics; ethics and public health; culture and health care, health care of older adults Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2530Email: jacquelyn.slomka@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (713) 500-9984 |
| Springer, Andrew E., DrPH Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Adolescent health promotion, physical activity, childhood obesity prevention, socio-ecological influences of health behavior, epidemiology of child and adolescent health behaviors in Latin America Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 213Email: andrew.e.springer@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6165 |
| Stigler, Melissa, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Child and adolescent health, global/international health, with special emphasis on India; tobacco prevention and cessation; obesity prevention; behavioral epidemiology Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 214Email: melissa.h.stigler@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (512) 482-6173 |
| 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 |
| Vaeth, Patrice, DrPH Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Research interests: Ethnic and gender disparities in health; the social and behavioral determinants of chronic disease Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.106FEmail: patrice.a.vaeth@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (214) 648-0740 |
| 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 |
| Walters, Scott T., PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: College student health and substance abuse prevention, motivational theories of change, mailed and computerized interventions for substance abuse, brief negotiation in medical settings, religious and spiritual aspects of psychology Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112NEmail: scott.t.walters@uth.tmc.edu | Phone: (214) 648-1519 |
| 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 |

