Division of Management, Policy and Community Health

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 E317 Email: 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 212 Email: benjamin.s.bradshaw@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5506

Brown III, Henry S, PhD Associate 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 206 Email: henry.s.brown@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (512) 482-6174

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

DelliFraine, Jami, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Healthcare management, organization theory, quality management Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E925 Email: jami.l.dellifraine@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9392

Du, Xianglin L., MD, 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 E631 Email: xianglin.l.du@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9956

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

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 E923 Email: 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 W940 Email: jay.h.glasser@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9173

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

Homedes, Nuria , MD, DrPH Associate Professor Research interests: Health sector reform; pharmaceuticals policies; border health issues Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 110A Email: nuria.homedes@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (915) 747-8508

Horwitz, Irwin, PhD Associate Professor Research interests: Organizational psychology; Medical leadership; Worker safety and health; Workers' compensation data analysis; Strategic human resource practices; Behavioral economics; Child abuse and neglect. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E303 Email: 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 W928 Email: asha.s.kapadia@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9180

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 E307 Email: david.r.lairson@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9176

Langabeer II, James, PhD, EdD, MBA Associate Professor Research interests: Management decision making, Operations strategy, Management science Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E341 Email: james.r.langabeer@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9190

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

Lloyd, Linda E., PhD Associate Professor of Community Health and Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Research interests: Public health practice, health disparities, injury prevention, cancer control, women’s health Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W118B Email: 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 E315 Email: 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 256 Email: frank.i.moore@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (210) 562-5507

Morgan, Robert, PhD Professor Research interests: Measurement in health services research; system policies and patient factors affecting access to care; interactions among health care systems; patient knowledge about health care Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E343 Email: robert.o.morgan@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9187

Quill, Beth , MPH Associate Professor Research interests: Public health management leadership and practice; organizational change; child health; vulnerable populations Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E909 Email: beth.e.quill@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9159

Risser, Jan M.H., PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology Research interests: Sexually transmitted disease surveillance; syphilis; prevention of HIV; social determinants of health; stroke and hypertension. Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E607 Email: 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 E915 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 E331 Email: 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 E913 Email: 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 2530 Email: jacquelyn.slomka@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9984

Swint, J. Michael, PhD George McMillan Fleming Professorship in HlthAdmin and Director, Div of Mgmt, Policy and 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 E933 Email: 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