The San Antonio Regional Campus of The University of Texas School of Public Health is located near the campus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and offers graduate level courses leading to the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degrees.
The program includes coursework in the disciplines of Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Disease Control, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, and Management, Policy and Community Health. The interests of the students and faculty have been primarily in community health problems, disease control, administration, environmental health, occupational health, and veterinary public health, but other special fields may be emphasized within the limits of the resources available and the special skills of the full-time and adjunct faculty.
The San Antonio Regional Campus is strategically located to study the community health problems of the military, of urban and rural South Texas, and the Texas-Mexico border.
News
Awards:
“Model Estimates of Death Rates from Repeated Sample Surveys," by Benjamin Bradshaw and David Smith was presented in October at the Southern Demographic Association annual meeting and won the E. Walter Terrie Best Paper Award in Applied Demography.
Publications:
Langabeer JR, DelliFraine JL, Tyson S, Emert JM, Herbold J, Assessing Public Health Preparedness in Texas Local Health Departments, Texas Public Health Journal 61(4):58-63, 2009.
Emery RJ, Sprau DD, Morecook RC, Herbold JR, Risk Communication Considerations for Volunteer Surge Capacity Disaster Response Organizations, Texas Public Health Journal 61(4):25-29, 2009.
Calcote JC, Gaddis KB, Phipps JA, Herbold JR, Syndromic Surveillance in Texas: a Brief Overview of Current Activities, Texas Public Health Journal 61(4):22-24, 2009.
Herbold J, Introduction to Public Health Preparedness (Guest Editorial), Texas Public Health Journal 61(4):15-18, 2009.
In Press Publications:
Barrientos-Gutiérrez T, Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D . Exposición involuntaria a humo de tabaco ambiental en bares y restaurantes: prevalencia, efectos a la salud y medidas de control. In: Kumate Rodríguez J and Medina-Mora Icaza ME (editors). Tabaquismo en México: ¿Cómo evitar 60.000 muertes prematuras cada año? [Smoking in Mexico: How to avoid 60,000 premature deaths each year?]. México: El Colegio Nacional. In Press
Whitworth K, Shipp EM, COOPER SP, Del Junco DJ. Symptoms of neurotoxicity and injury among adolescent farmworkers in Starr County, Texas. Accepted, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. In Press
Presentations:
Perkins, J. with Heilbrun, L., Symanski, E., Coker, A., Eggleston, K., “A Study to Evaluate the Health Effects of Air Pollution in Bexar County with a Focus on Local Coal and Gas Fired Power Plants” to CPS Energy San Antonio, Texas. December, 2009.
Urrutia-Rojas, X. with Coggin, C., Marshall, K., Munguia, G., “Documented and undocumented immigrant men's potential access to health care” at the APHA 137th Annual Meeting & Exposition Philadelphia, PA. November 7-11, 2009.
Urrutia-Rojas, X. with Young, R., Webb, A., Mauk, E., Calderon, P., Lackan, N., Wilson, F., Pitts, Y., Azarte-Abdulfattah, E., “FITFUTURE© Childhood Obesity Impact Project A Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention to Reduce Overweight in Elementary School Students” at the Third Annual Southern Obesity Summit (SOS) Austin, Texas. October, 2009.
Cooper SP, Shipp EM, del Junco DJ, Cooper CJ, Levin JL, Bautista LE, Ponder S. 2009. Migrant Adolescent WorkLife Study. NIOSH Invitational Intra/Extramural Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Safety and Health Workshop. Cincinnati, OH. August 11-12.
