| Name |
Title |
Area |
Research
Interest |
| Abel,
Elizabeth eabel@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & Division Chair |
Family
Health Nursing |
Women
with HIV and sexual risk behavior in women |
Acton, Gayle
gayle.acton@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Principal Investigator (PI) |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Health
promotion & self care in older adults |
Adams, Mary
Lou mladams@mail.utexas.edu
|
Assistant
Professor &
CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Family
Health Nursing |
Breast
cancer screening/prevention in African-American women. |
Aguilar, Marian
|
CHPR
Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
|
Factors
related to aging in the Hispanic community. Factors associated with
patterns of informal and formal care services used by Mexican American
elders |
Angel, Jacqueline
jangel@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor, Graduate Advisor, & CHPR Pilot Study Consultant |
LBJ
School of Public Affairs |
Research
methods, gender roles, culturally sensitive research methods and instruments
|
Angel, Ronald
rangel@mail.la.utexas.edu |
Professor
& CHPR Underserved & Diverse Populations Co-Director |
Sociology |
Health
issues of Hispanic populations, particularly elderly |
Avant, Kay
kavant@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor |
Family
Health Nursing |
1)
Previous studies focused on health behaviors and stress among working
parents in U.S., Norway, Australia 2) New study: Psycho-physical markers
of stress and postpartum depression in tri-ethnic first time mothers |
Barnes, Donelle
dmbarnes@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Community
Health & Nursing Systems |
Mental
health and social support needs of refugee populations. |
Bartholomew, John
john.bart@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Exercise
in older Mexican-American women |
Becker, Heather
heatherbecker@mail.utexas.edu |
Research
Scientist & CHPR Pilot Studies PI and Co-Investigator |
School
of Nursing |
Research
methodology, program evaluations, and health promotion for people
with disabilities. |
| Blozis, Shelley
|
Assistant
Professor |
Educational
Psychology, University of California-Davis |
Development
of innovative statistical methods for analysis of longitudinal and
repeated measures data; Methods for the analysis of repeated measures,
longitudinal data and covariance structure. Health education and promotion. |
Brown, Carolyn
cmbrown@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Pharmacy |
Religiosity,
time orientation, decision- making and their relationship to medication
adherence in ethnically diverse samples. Hypertension & African
Americans |
Brown, Sharon
sabrown@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor
& Associate Vice President for Research |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Health
promotion / disease prevention in diabetic Mexican Americans |
Busch,
Noel
nbusch@mail.utexas.edu
|
Assistant
Professor |
UT
Austin, School of Social Work |
|
Carter, Patricia
pcarter@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Health
promotion and disease prevention in family caregivers; current research
focus is the relationship between chronic sleep deprivation and depressive
symptoms in cancer caregivers; Sleep disturbances and depression in
caregivers of cancer |
Chambers, Kathy
kbchambers@mail.utexas.edu |
CHPR
Graduate Research Assistant & Doctoral Candidate |
Family
Health Nursing |
Adolescent
and young women's health promotion issues. Sexual health promotion
in adolescent women. |
Clark, Angela
apclark@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Health
promotion/interventions for persons with heart failure |
Clingerman,
Evelyn
emclinger@yahoo.com
|
Postdoctoral
Fellow
|
UT
Austin
School of Nursing |
Quality
of Life, Migrant and seasonal farm worker, women, chronicity,
acculturation |
Collins,
Chiquita
ccollins@prc.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor
|
UT
Austin
Office of VP & Dean of Graduate Studies
Population Research Center |
Interests
are primarily concentrated on racial inequalities in health with an
emphasis on Africa Americans/Blacks. Other research interests include
urban health and contextual/neighborhood effects on health. |
Coward, Doris
dcoward@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Self
transcendence in breast cancer support groups. Lymphedema treatment
after breast cancer |
Coyle, Edward
coyle@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Exercise
physiology. Metabolism. Nutrition. |
Deacon, Desley
ddeacon@mail.utexas.edu
|
Associate
Professor & CHPR Interdisciplinary Steering Committee |
Women's
Studies |
Women’s
experiences within the broader social context |
Edmundson-Drane, Elizabeth
edmundson@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Adolescent
and young adult health issues, particularly related to sexuality,
substance use (including tobacco), cancer prevention, evaluation of
health promotion interventions |
Fay, Brian
btfay@mail.utexas.edu |
Lecturer |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Biomechanics
of adapted sport, motor control/biomechanics of activities of daily
living and the independent mobility concerns of people with multiple
sclerosis. |
Fouladi, Rachel
rfouladi@mdanderson.org |
Assistant
Professor & Consultant, CHPR Pilot Study |
Behavioral
Statistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Health
promotion & self care in older adults, measurement issues |
Freeland-Graves, Jeanne
jtg@mail.utexas.edu
|
Professor
& CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Human
Ecology |
Nutritional
needs of women from a biochemical perspective |
Frisbie, William
frisbie@prc.utexas.edu |
Professor |
Sociology
|
Race/ethnic
differentials in mortality among infants and adults, with emphasis
on Mexican Americans. Maternal and child heath. Determinants and consequences
of program participation with focus on prenatal care and WIC. Immigrant
issues |
Gilbert, Lucia
lucia@mail.utexas.edu
|
Executive
Vice President & Provost & CHPR Interdisciplinary Steering
Committee |
Women's
Studies |
Women’s
experiences within the broader social context |
Gordon, Dorothy
dgordon@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Community
Health & Nursing Systems |
Health
promotion and rehabilitation. Decision making regarding hormone replacement
therapy in women with disabilities. |
Gordon,
Edmond T.
caaas@uts.utexas.edu
|
Director
The University of Texas at Austin
College of Liberal Arts
|
Center
for African American Studies
|
African-American
anthropology, economic anthropology, maritime
anthropology, ethnicity and social stratification |
Gottlieb, Nell
ngottlieb@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
CHPR Interdisciplinary Steering Committee & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Disease
prevention interventions in community settings |
Grobe, Susan
grobe@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Division Chair, & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Community
Health & Nursing Systems |
Breast
cancer screening/prevention in low-income minority women; automated
analysis of intervention narrative. Community women’s wellness
center. |
Harmon, E.
Glynn
gharmon@gslis.utexas.edu |
Professor |
Library
& Information Science |
Health
Informatics Education; information support for telehealth and e-health.
Health promotion and disease prevention consumer information. Evaluation
of web health information. Evidence-based approaches to health care.
Alternative, complementary & integrative approaches |
Harris, Joyce
joyceharris@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor |
Speech
and Hearing Center, College of Communication |
Health
literacy. Cognitive aging (reminiscence and memory). Language disorders |
Harrist, Ronald
B.
rharrist@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu |
Biometrist,
& Coordinator, Center for Clinical Trials |
School
of Public Health, UT Houston Health Science Center |
Analysis
of intervention studies outcomes |
Hawkins, Ray
Hawkins@psy.utexas.edu |
Director,
Clinical Psychology Training Clinic |
Psychology
|
Psychological
factors that contribute to the development of eating disorders and
obesity |
Hendrickson, Sherry
shendrickson@mail.nur.utexas.edu
|
Assistant
Professor |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Injury
prevention |
Holahan, Charles
J.
holahan@psy.utexas.edu |
Professor
|
Psychology
|
Stress
and coping process. Recent research has examined adaptive strategies
for coping with cardiovascular illness (with Carole K. Holahan), and
adaptive coping strategies among caregivers of medically ill children |
Holahan, Carole
c.holahan@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Health
promotion & self care in older adults |
Holleran, Lori
lorikay@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
School
of Social Work |
Substance
abuse prevention. Culturally grounded social work practice (especially
ethnic identity of Mexican American youth). Social work with groups. |
Horner, Sharon
s.horner@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Family
Health Nursing |
Families
and childhood asthma |
Hudson, Scott
Hudsv@mail.utexas.edu |
Clinical
Prevention Consultant |
Curriculum
& Instruction,
College of Education |
Implementation
of 'Put Prevention into Practice' into clinical settings and community
partnerships |
Hummer, Robert
rhummer@prc.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & Director, Population Research Center |
Sociology |
Health
disparities among Americans, focusing specifically on racial and ethnic
groups |
Ivy, John
johnivy@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor
& Chair |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Interested
in the regulation of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and the mechanisms
by which exercise training prevents and alleviates insulin resistance
and type II diabetes. Acute and chronic effects of exercise on muscle
metabolism |
Jensen, Jody
JLJ@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Biomechanical
and neurophysiological factors that influence skill acquisition in
infants and children and motor performance declines in older adults.
Current projects include the development of muscle force regulation
abilities in children as an underlying mechanism supporting the development
of motor skills, and age-related changes in the postural control of
aging adults |
John, Lauri
ljohn@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Quality
of life in persons with lung cancer |
Johnsrud, Michael
johnsrud@mail.utexas.edu |
Research
Associate & Associate Director of the Center for Pharmacoeconomic
Studies, College of Pharmacy |
Pharmacy
Practice & Administration |
Currently
conducting research in economic and policy issues related to prescription
drug use within the Texas Medicaid program |
Kahn, David
dkahn@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Qualitative
methodology - Suffering and end of life issues. A study of hospice
for cancer patients. Cross-cultural comparison of suffering and loss
in Taiwan & US |
| Kimball, Kay
|
Biometrist |
Baylor
School of Medicine |
Statistics
|
Laffrey, Shirley
slaffrey@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Community
Health & Nursing Systems |
Exercise
in older Mexican-American women |
Lewis, Carol
carolmarie@mail.utexas.edu |
Research
Associate & Associate Director, Center for Social Work Research |
School
of Social Work |
Women’s
Health, services to victims of violence, program evaluation, and cultural
diversity |
Loukas, Alexandra
alexandra.loukas@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Socioemotional
development of children and adolescents, particularly the development
of aggression and substance use/abuse |
McDougall, Graham
gmcdougall@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor, Faculty, Institute of Gerontology & CHPR Dissemination
Core Director |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Cognitive
interventions in older adults; Memory improvement in at risk elders |
McRoy, Ruth
r.mcroy@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor
& CHPR Interdisciplinary Steering Committee |
Center
for Social Work Research |
Adolescent
family life; Research on adolescent family life. Adoption openness
& longitudinal birthmother outcomes. |
May, Kathleen
kmay@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Family
Health Nursing |
Community-based
interventions for prevention and health promotion with culturally
diverse, including homeless and immigrant, populations |
Meraviglia, Martha
mmeraviglia@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Clinical
Nursing |
Minority
research promotion. Spirituality and cancer. |
Meston, Cynthia
meston@psy.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Psychology |
Sexual
psychophysiology, sexual dysfunction, relation between sexual abuse
and sexual function, and the influence of acculturation on sexuality |
Neff,
James
jneff@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Director, Substance Abuse Research
Development Program for Underserved Populations, & CHPR Scientific
Advisory Council |
School
of Social Work |
Minority
mental health and substance abuse, evaluation research, research methods
and statistics |
Nosek, Margaret
mnosek@bcm.tmc.edu |
Professor,
Director, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, & CHPR
Pilot Study Consultant |
Baylor
College of Medicine |
Women
with disabilities |
Oxner, Pete
pete.oxner@ci.austin.tx.us |
CHPR
Multicultural Advisory Panel |
Austin/Travis
County Dept of Health & Human Services
|
Planning
and epidemiology |
Parker, Randall
r.parker@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor |
Special
Education |
Research
and teaching is in the field of rehabilitation counseling. Special
interests in psychosocial adjustment to disability, work and disability
and psychological and vocational assessment of people with disabilities |
Pennebaker, James
pennebaker@psy.utexas.edu |
Professor
& CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Psychology
|
Interpersonal
disclosure processes and health. Cognition and disease susceptibility
(emotional disclosure) |
Penticuff, Joy
joy@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Assistant Dean, & CHPR Scientific Advisory Council |
Family
Health Nursing |
Ethical
issues in health care with focus in neonatal intensive care; Parent
professional collaboration in NICU decisions. Bioethics. Neonatal
intensive care. High-risk infant developmental outcomes. |
Percy, Melanie
mpercy@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Family
Health Nursing |
Improving
mother/child relationships, through parenting competence and resilience
in low-income adolescents & children Resilience in children living
in poverty. Teenage parenting. |
Peterson, Fred
Fpeterson@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Teacher
health literacy and adolescent risk taking behavior. Especially interested
in changing how school teachers are traditionally prepared to become
school health educators. Have developed a new paradigm for teacher
preparation: Child & Adolescent Health Logic Framework. |
Pomeroy, Elizabeth
bpomeroy@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Center
for Social Work Research |
AIDS.
The effectiveness of psychosocial group interventions for PLWHs. Psychosocial
research of childhood cancer survivors and their families. Mental
health interventions for persons with chronic illnesses |
Pullum,
Thomas
tom.pullum@mail.utexas.edu
|
Professor |
UT
Austin
College of Liberal Arts
Sociology |
Fertility
and family planning in developing countries; estimating the
number of persons in need of drug treatment services. |
Rew, Lynn
ellerew@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Graduate Advisor, & Underserved & Diverse Populations Core
Director |
Family
Health Nursing |
Vulnerability
and help seeking behaviors of homeless Hispanic adolescents |
Rimal,
Rajiv
rimal@mail.utexas.edu
|
Assistant
Professor
|
UT
Austin
College of Communication
Department of Communication Studies
|
Health
Communication |
Seay, Penelope
pseay@mail.utexas.edu |
Project
Director-Texas University Affiliated Program |
Education
|
Improvement
in health care services for people with disabilities |
Smith, Michele
Murphy
mmurphysmith@mail.utexas.edu |
Program
Director
|
Curriculum
& Instruction,
College of Education |
Put
Prevention into Practice. Healthcare research & training |
Spirduso, Waneen
spirduso@mail.utexas.edu |
Mauzy
Regents Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Relationship
of physical activity to cognitive ability and aging |
Staiger, Janet
jstaiger@uts.cc.utexas.edu |
WP
Hobby Centennial Professor In Communication and Director, Center for
Women's Studies |
Radio,
Television and Film |
Posstructural
and postfeminist approaches to authorial studies, historiographical
practices in media studies, slasher films, and emotions and genres,
as well as continuing interests in reception studies, gender and sexuality
studies |
Steinhardt, Mary
A.
marysteinhardt@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Co-Investigator |
Kinesiology
& Health Education |
Mind-body
health reflecting a person-centered approach to wellness and resiliency;
and the relationship of individual behavioral dispositions to job-related
characteristics and work-related outcomes. |
Stice, Eric
stice@psy.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Psychology |
Understanding
the etiologic processes that give rise to eating disorders and substance
abuse, and how to prevent these adverse outcomes through targeted
intervention. Etiology of bulimic pathology multimethod investigation.
Eating disorders |
Stout, Patricia
pstout@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
CHPR Dissemination Core Co-Director, & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator |
Advertising |
Viewer
response to persuasive messages and advertising, with particular emphasis
on emotional response. Driving under the influence of alcohol. Childhood
immunizations. HIV. Safe sex practices. |
Stuifbergen, Alexa
astuifbergen@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Associate Dean for Research, CHPR Director, CHPR Administrative Core
Director, & CHPR Pilot Studies Co-Investigator & Consultant |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Health
promotion and quality of life in chronic illness and in women with
multiple sclerosis |
Tanaka, Hirofumi
htanaka@mail.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Professor |
Department
of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education |
Effects
of aging and exercise on the cardiovascular system. Exercise physiology |
Taylor, Kay
ktaylor@mail.utexas.edu |
Instructor |
Clinical
Nursing |
Maternity
nursing. Genetics |
Taylor, Margaret
mtaylor@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Assistant
Profesor |
Clinical
Nursing |
Adolescent
health and risk behavior. Health services research |
Thickston, Patricia
pat.thickston@tdh.state.tx.us |
Director,
Office of Language Services |
Texas
Department of Health |
Coordinate
transition and interpreting for TDH to ensure that TDH clients receive
culturally and linguistically appropriate information and services.
Survey language needs of TDH programs and clients. |
Timmerman, Gayle
gtimmerman@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & Division Chair |
Holistic
Adult Health Nursing |
Dieting
and binge eating in women and research methodology |
Tyler, Diane
dtyler@mail.utexas.edu |
Associate
Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI |
Family
Health Nursing |
Health
promotion & risk reduction areas of physical activity & weight
management. Implementing clinical preventive services. Assessment
of certification as an indicator of competence in nursing practice. |
Umberson, Debra
umberson@mail.la.utexas.edu |
Professor
and Chair |
Sociology |
Gender
and health. Social relationships and health. Stress and health. Psychosocial
epidemiology. |
Vander
Meulen, Elizabeth
ebeth_rn@msn.com
|
Field
Trainer & Analyst |
Dept
of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education |
|
Walker, Lorraine
lwalker-admin@mail.nur.utexas.edu |
Professor,
Assistant Dean, & CHPR Theory & Intervention Methods Core
Director |
Family
Health Nursing and Director, Women's Health Institutional National
Research Service Award Program |
Psychosocial
aspects of reproductive weight gain and health promotion in childbearing
women EdD |
Warner, David
david.warner@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor |
Policy
Research Institute |
Currently
directing a year long policy research project to examine ways to expand
health insurance coverage in Texas. Beginning a recent project to
estimate the cost of cancer in Texas. Portability of Medicare to Mexico.
Public health issues. |
Wilcox, Richard
wilcoxrich@mail.utexas.edu |
Professor
and Doluisio Fellow in Pharmacy, Neuropharmacology Program Head, Institute
of Neuroscience |
Division
of Pharmacology & Toxicology |
Structure-activity
relationships for drugs to treat psychiatric and neurological disease
and the craving to psychostimulants and ethanol. Cellular and molecular
consequences of short-term agonist treatment. Develop improved models
for testing pharmacological theory and to provide translation of neurobiological
research to public. |
