Faculty
| Begley, Charles E., PhD Professor Research interests: Economic evaluation of health policy and programs particularly regarding Medicaid, Medicare, state and local safety net, neurological diseases, and breast cancer Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E317Email: charles.e.begley@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9179 |
| Bradshaw, Benjamin S., PhD Professor Research interests: Demography; minority populations; U.S.-Mexico border health issues Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 212Email: benjamin.s.bradshaw@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (210) 562-5506 |
| Brown III, Henry S, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Effects of and demand for health insurance; immigrants and minority groups; economic evaluation of public health interventions; productivity costs of chronic illnesses Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 215Email: henry.s.brown@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (512) 482-6174 |
| Carson, Arch I., MD Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine Research interests: Occupational lung disease; industrial toxicology; international occupational health; occupational health surveillance systems Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1030Email: arch.carson@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9465 |
| Du, Xianglin L., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Clinical Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and cancer; health services and outcomes research; claims-based healthcare studies Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E631Email: xianglin.l.du@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9956 |
| Felknor, Sarah A., DrPH Associate Professor & 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 W1028Email: sarah.a.felknor@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9464 |
| 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 |
| Glasser, Jay H., PhD Professor Research interests: Health services research; utilization analysis; health survey methodology; technology assessment; policy applications Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W940Email: jay.h.glasser@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9173 |
| Hacker, Carl S., PhD 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 W312Email: carl.s.hacker@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9185 |
| Homedes, Nuria , MD Associate Professor Research interests: Health sector reform; pharmaceuticals policies; border health issues Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 110AEmail: nuria.homedes@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (915) 747-8508 |
| Horwitz, Irwin, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Workers’ compensation; occupational health trends and costs; effects of managerial and policy interventions on employee safety; industrial/organizational psychology Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E303Email: irwin.horwitz@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9194 |
| Kapadia, Asha S., PhD Professor Research interests: Operations research modeling of health systems; meta analysis; Bayesian statistics; compartmental modeling; pharmacokinetic modeling Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W928Email: asha.s.kapadia@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9180 |
| Krueger, Patrick, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Sociology of health; aging and life-course; social demography and epidemiology; social stratification; family demography; statistical, qualitative, and visual methods Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E907Email: patrick.m.krueger@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9156 |
| Lairson, David R., PhD Professor Research interests: Health care economics; economics of health promotion/disease prevention with special interest in cancer; economic evaluation of health care technology Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E307Email: david.r.lairson@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9176 |
| Langabeer II, James, EdD Associate Professor Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E341 Web: www.HospitalStrategy.com Email: james.r.langabeer@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9190 |
| 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 |
| Lloyd, Linda E., PhD Associate Professor of Community Health & Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Research interests: Public health practice, health disparities, injury prevention, cancer control, women’s health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W118BEmail: linda.e.lloyd@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9163 |
| Mikhail, Osama I., PhD Professor of Management Policy and Community Health Research interests: Hospital industry structure; strategic planning; health care finance; technology assessment Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E315Email: osama.i.mikhail@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9175 |
| Moore, Frank I., PhD Associate Professor Research interests: State health policy; health professions supply and requirements; leadership development in public health; rural health care delivery Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 256Email: frank.i.moore@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (210) 562-5507 |
| Quill, Beth , MPH Associate Professor Research interests: Public health management leadership and practice; organizational change; child health; vulnerable populations Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E909Email: beth.e.quill@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9159 |
| Risser, Jan M.H., PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Research interests: Sexually transmitted disease surveillance; syphilis; prevention of HIV; social determinants of health; stroke and hypertension. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E607Email: jan.m.risser@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9386 |
| Rosenau, Pauline , PhD Professor Research interests: Public health policy; health system reform in industrialized countries; comparative health policy; health system performance; competition; private/public partnerships for health services; pharmacy policy; and the social determinants of health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E915Web: www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/faculty/rosenau Email: pauline.rosenau@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9491 |
| Rowan, Paul, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: The influence of psychological factors upon health care outcomes. Organization of health care systems for detecting and treating psychological difficulties Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E331Email: paul.j.rowan@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9183 |
| Selwyn, Beatrice J., ScD Associate Professor Research interests: Perinatal and pediatric epidemiology; international health; health survey methodology; rapid epidemiologic assessment methods; studies of the future of public health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E913Email: beatrice.j.selwyn@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9272 |
| 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 |
| Swint, J. Michael, PhD George McMillan Fleming Professorship in HlthAdmin & Director, Div of Mgmt, Policy & Comm Hlth Research interests: Economic evaluation of public health and health care interventions and health care policy alternatives; comparative healthcare systems; health care system reform; health and economic development Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E933Email: john.m.swint@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (713) 500-9158 |
| Warner, David C., PhD Professor Research interests: Health finances; health economics; health policy; diabetes policy; border health; cross border utilization; mental health finance; health planning; national health insurance Campus: Austin — Office:Email: david.c.warner@uth.tmc.edu |  Phone: (512) 471-4962 |