Faculty Research Interests
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty
| Name / Title | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Benden, Mark Department Head, EOH / Director of the Center for Worker Health / Professor |
Worker sedentary behavior and obesity, AI and digital human workers, the built environment, classroom ergonomics and childhood obesity, medical device development and testing, machine learning for health and furniture design |
| Brinkmeyer-Langford, Candice Associate Professor |
Gene × environment interactions in neurological diseases, genetic diversity, environmental exposures contributing to diseases of the central nervous system, viral-induced neurological conditions, neurodegenerative diseases |
| Carrillo, Genny Professor |
Vaping and water insecurity |
| Douphrate, David Associate Professor |
Occupational ergonomics, occupational safety, agricultural health, safety leadership and management |
| Gibbs, Shawn Dean |
Disrupting the transmission of highly infectious diseases (e.g., Ebola Virus Disease and COVID-19), aeromedical evacuation and isolation, worker training programs in infectious diseases and disaster preparedness, industrial hygiene and exposure assessment, personal protective equipment, healthcare-associated infections, agricultural-associated transmission of infectious diseases, global public health education |
| Johnson, Natalie Associate Professor |
Maternal and child health, air pollution, environmental justice, inhalation and respiratory toxicology, asthma |
| Kim, Jeong Ho (Jay) Associate Professor |
Occupational ergonomics, biomechanics, musculoskeletal disorders, non-invasive assessment tool development, human vibration |
| Lee, Jungjoo (Jay) Assistant Professor |
Digital health & data science, sleep quality management, innovation in aging, applied behavioral health research, preventive health services |
| Maddock, Jay Regents Professor |
Human behavior and psychological interactions with the natural and built environment; health & nature |
| McDonald, Thomas Regents Professor |
Environmental chemistry, petroleum geochemistry, general organic chemistry |
| Ory, Marcia Regents & Distinguished Professor |
Aging and public health, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, doctor–older patient interactions, COVID-19 impacts, evidence-based prevention research, health equity, health technology and patient empowerment, injury prevention and control, opioid use disorder prevention and recovery, translational and sustainability research, women's health and aging |
| Rodriguez, Anabel Assistant Professor |
Agricultural working populations, immigrant workers and health, migrant populations, occupational safety and health, program evaluation, infectious and emerging diseases, vaccine access and equity, hesitancy and barriers, health disparities, access barriers in rural regions |
| Sansom, Garett Assistant Professor |
Health and sustainability, community health assessment, environmental justice, urban planning, environmental contaminants, community resilience |
| Sansom, Lindsay Research Assistant Professor |
Socio-ecological systems, health and nature, community cohesion and resilience, water security, transboundary cooperation |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty
| Name / Title | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Allgood, Kristi L. Assistant Professor |
Structural and vicarious racism, health disparities and health equity, health care quality, patient navigation, testing and linkage to care, police misconduct, social determinants of health, legal epidemiology |
| Chen, Yiqing Assistant Professor |
Stochastic modeling, Bayesian inference, mediation analysis, clinical trial endpoint projection, computational algorithm development, genetic data analyses |
| Clendenin, Angela Instructional Assistant Professor |
Risk communication, decision analysis, emergency management and communications, cultural and social influences on communication and decision making, communications measurement and assessment |
| Dixon, Benika Assistant Professor |
Environmental health, environmental and climate justice, disaster epidemiology, community engagement |
| Erickson, Timothy Assistant Professor |
Infectious diseases, neuroinvasive and neuroinflammatory conditions, rickettsial and parasitic diseases, global health, zoonotic diseases |
| Fischer, Rebecca Assistant Professor |
Zoonotic, vector-borne, parasitic, and other tropical diseases; epidemiology of infectious diseases; field epidemiology and rapid response; outbreak epidemiology; global health |
| Gorman, Dennis Professor |
Research integrity and transparency, journalology, alcohol and drug prevention, systems research |
| Han, Daikwon Associate Professor |
Spatial epidemiology, GIS and spatial analysis methods, environmental exposure science, environmental justice and health disparities, healthcare access, spatial demography |
| Han, Gang Associate Professor |
Clinical trials, personalized cancer therapy, survival analysis, Bayesian methods, computer experiments |
| Howell, Kristen Assistant Professor |
Health care transition in sickle cell disease, cancer survivorship, mobile health technology |
| Kalbasi, Shaida Instructional Associate Professor |
Health disparities, women's health, quality of care for immigrants and racial minorities, effects of discrimination and race relations on health outcomes |
| Roh, Taehyun Assistant Professor |
Environmental epidemiology, environmental justice, water quality, cancer epidemiology, health disparities, toxicology |
| Shaltout, Mahmoud Instructional Associate Professor |
Health inequalities, socio-environmental determinants of health, obesity, health awareness, minority and urban health issues |
| Taylor, Loni Assistant Professor |
Epidemiology of emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, molecular epidemiology, global health, translational animal models in public health |
| Xu, Xiaohui Department Head, Epidemiology & Biostatistics / Associate Professor |
Air pollution, epidemiological studies, climate change and human health, hydraulic fracking, environmental exposures and chronic diseases, community-engaged approaches to environmental health research |
Health Behavior Faculty
| Name / Title | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Barry, Adam Department Head, Health Behavior / Professor |
Alcohol-related behaviors, intoxication, alcohol sales and service, impaired driving |
| Blake, Jamilia Professor |
Peer-directed aggression, bullying and victimization of socially marginalized youth, exclusionary school discipline, mental health disparities, school health interventions |
| Bolick, Barbara Instructional Assistant Professor |
Adolescent mental health, positive youth development among underserved populations, adolescent reproductive health |
| Burdine, James Professor |
Community capacity for population health improvement, community health assessment, and development strategies; health resource centers |
| Chen, Lei-Shih Associate Professor |
Public health genomics (precision public health), cancer prevention and control, tobacco control, health disparities, autism spectrum disorder, disabilities |
| Chiang, Shawn Assistant Professor |
Health communication, cancer prevention and control (HPV vaccination, tobacco cessation) among priority populations, communication technology for health behavior (mHealth, social media) |
| Clark, Heather Director of Public Health Practice / Research Associate Professor |
Community capacity building for population health improvement, community partnerships, access to care, rural community health, community health needs assessment, social determinants of health, program evaluation |
| Cobb, Corey Assistant Professor |
Prevention science, mental and behavioral health of Hispanic populations, culturally sensitive digital mental health interventions, cultural and psychological science |
| Colwell, Brian Professor |
Youth tobacco use and vaping, youth nicotine cessation, tobacco use in sub-Saharan Africa, vaccine hesitancy |
| Flores, Krystal Instructional Associate Professor |
Maternal and child health, border health (Rio Grande Valley, TX), adolescent pregnancy prevention, health disparities among vulnerable populations (Latinas, adolescents, immigrant children) |
| Garney, Whitney Associate Professor |
Community-based participatory research, ecological approaches to public health, interorganizational network analysis, program evaluation, public health innovation, systems approaches to public health |
| Gilreath, Tamika Professor |
School violence, gang affiliation, tobacco use |
| Kim, Junhyoung Associate Professor |
Technology interventions, healthy aging and disease prevention, dementia prevention, health equity, social psychology and behavior change, disability studies |
| Le, Aurora Associate Professor |
Occupational health disparities, occupational justice, psychosocial factors of work, health behavior in workplace settings, community-based participatory research, adult training and education |
| Ma, Ping Assistant Professor |
Maternal and child health, health disparities in vulnerable populations, smoking cessation, child injury prevention |
| McNeill, Elisa Clinical Professor |
Adolescent health, pedagogy, teen pregnancy prevention |
| Montemayor, Benjamin Assistant Professor |
Alcohol and drug prevention and intervention, psychosocial risk factors, mental health, minority and adolescent health, applying health behavior theories to practice, harm reduction approaches |
| Owens, Christopher Assistant Professor |
HIV prevention, sexual health, LGBTQ health, LGBTQ adolescents, implementation science, mixed-methods research |
| Patterson, Meg Assistant Professor |
Social network analysis, social connectedness, addiction recovery, physical activity |
| Prochnow, Tyler Assistant Professor |
Physical activity, social network analysis, health equity, mental health |
| Sherman, Ledric Associate Professor |
Type 2 diabetes self-management among ethnic minority men, digital health and technology use for chronic illness management, health education and wellness promotion |
| Stasi, Selina Instructional Associate Professor |
Physical activity promotion in underserved communities through community-based research, asset mapping, and GIS analysis; physician-based physical activity counseling and youth engagement; linkages between community, clinic, and church to leverage public health resources |
| Williams, Megan Instructional Assistant Professor |
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health, sexual healthcare utilization, college health, sexual health interventions |
| Yudkin, Joshua Assistant Professor |
Chronic and cardiometabolic diseases, global health, pediatrics, eHealth, workforce wellbeing |
Health Policy and Management Faculty
| Name / Title | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Andreyeva, Elena Assistant Professor |
Spatial nature of healthcare markets, health insurance, hospital closures and mergers, effects of policies on healthcare delivery and access among vulnerable populations, social determinants of health |
| Blackburn, Christine Assistant Professor |
Rural health, health access, emergency response services, preparedness and response, marginalized populations |
| Boyce, Matthew Assistant Professor |
Health equity and disparities, health financing, health security, health systems strengthening, urban and rural health |
| Côté, Murray Associate Professor |
Health services delivery with applications to capacity planning, demand forecasting, patient flow, and health system performance; inferential statistical analysis, linear and nonlinear optimization, stochastic models, discrete event simulation |
| Ferdinand, Alva Assistant Professor |
Impact of laws and policies on public health outcomes such as roadway safety, obesity, and access to care; state and federal regulation of healthcare; community health development |
| Kum, Hye-Chung Associate Professor |
Data science for healthcare, population informatics, health informatics, health policy research and program evaluation using big data, decision support systems, machine learning |
| Lin, Sherry Instructional Assistant Professor |
Preventive care services, disabilities research, vulnerable populations |
| Linde, Sebastian Associate Professor |
Healthcare pricing and costs, social determinants of health and disparities, provider networks and provider behavior |
| Lockman, Alee Assistant Professor |
Health politics and public opinion, health communications, rural health access and quality, mental health and substance use policy, public trust in healthcare, science, and public health |
| Marthey, Daniel Assistant Professor |
State health policy, Medicaid, healthcare cost and quality, access to care, healthcare delivery, public programs, health disparities |
| Moats, Jason Professor of Practice |
Disaster management, training and development, technology acceptance in public safety and public health |
| Ohsfeldt, Robert Regents Professor |
Health economics and outcomes research |
| Radcliff, Tiffany Associate Dean for Research / Professor |
Health economics, health policy, and health services research; improving quality of care in long-term care, access for rural and underserved populations, improving care processes and outcomes, economic evaluation |
| Rochford, Hannah Assistant Professor |
Violence prevention, intimate partner and sexual violence, child maltreatment, homicide, suicide, firearm violence, policy analysis |
| Schmit, Cason D. Associate Professor |
Law as a social determinant of health, health information technology and exchanges, privacy and security of health data, public health reporting and surveillance, pharmacists’ vaccination authorities |
| Ukert, Benjamin Assistant Professor |
Commercial health insurance, Affordable Care Act, healthcare markets, healthcare organization and access, health behaviors, health policy |
