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
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
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
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 E1033 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
Lai, Dejian , PhD Professor Research interests: Biostatistics; chaos; demography; global health; life table; time series analysis; nonparametric methods; spatial statistics; statistical methods Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1006 Email: dejian.lai@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (713) 500-9270
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
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
Sayyar Roudsari, Bahman, PhD Assistant Professor Research interests: Epidemiology of alcoholism, health care, injury, trauma. Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112B Email: bahman.sayyar.roudsari@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (214) 648-1054
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
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: Email: ken.sexton@uth.tmc.edu	Phone: (956) 882-5165
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
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