2003-2005 Sph Catalog Amendments

2003-2005 SPH CATALOG

AMENDMENTS

August, 2004

AMENDMENTS TO 2003-2005 SPH CATALOG

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Hector Balcazar, Ph.D. Assistant Dean El Paso Regional Campus, MPH Program

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Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee assists the student in preparing for the qualifying examination and constructs and administers the exam. This committee consists of at least three regular faculty members, including a principal advisor which is assigned during the admission process and two faculty representatives from the minor fields of concentration. The two additional members of the committee are selected by the principal advisor and the student and must agree to serve on the committee. Successful completion of the qualifying examination converts the doctoral student to doctoral candidate.

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Advisory Committee

An advisory committee is assigned during the first semester an MPH student is enrolled. The committee consists of the student, a faculty advisor from the academic unit to which the student was admitted, and an “at large” selection. A student has the option of appointing a third faculty member or a qualified practitioner, approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. During evaluation week at the end of each semester, each MPH student is scheduled to meet with the committee to review academic progress, course selection and thesis development.

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Core Requirements for MPH Students

Management and Policy Sciences:

PH 3620 Principles and Practice of Public Health

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Add Theresa Byrd to the “Members of the Faculty” section

Delete Theresa Byrd from the “Other faculty members” section

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El Paso Regional Campus

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Border Health

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Hector Balcazar

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Admission Process

Applicants to the M.P.H. and Dr. P.H. degree programs apply to one of the six research-teaching practice Modules. Master of Public Health applicants may also apply to one of the four Regional Campuses: Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, or San Antonio. Applicants to the Ph.D. degree programs indicate one of the six basic science oriented Disciplines for review; applicants to the M.S. degree programs may select one of four basic science areas of study. The faculty of the appropriate Module, Discipline, or Regional Campus review each application and all supporting documentation. Their recommendations are presented to the Admissions Committee of the School which is composed of one faculty representative from each Module, Discipline, and Regional Campus and two student representatives. After reviewing the recommendations, the committee may concur with the recommendation or override it. The recommendations from the Admissions Committee of the School are forwarded to the Dean for administrative review and notification of applicants.

Factors believed to contribute to the academic success of students and their subsequent contributions to the knowledge base and practice of public health throughout Texas are considered in each admission action. These criteria, and the material reviewed in evaluating each, include:

• Prior academic preparation (depth, breadth, and performance): application, college transcripts, letters of recommendation;

• Relevant work experience (particularly public health practice in underserved communities): application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Career Goals: application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Motivation: essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation, college transcripts;

• Integrity: essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Community Service: application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Scores on Graduate Record Examination and TOEFL (if required); standardized tests;

• Theses, publications and other scholarly works: supplemental documents provided by applicant.

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While personal interviews are not routinely required, prospective students are welcome to visit the School and discuss their proposed program with faculty and staff.

Address application inquiries to:

Office of the Registrar University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston P.O. Box 20036 Houston, Texas 77225-0036

Direct telephone inquiries to the School of Public Health: 713/500-9032. (8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Central Standard Time)

UTLINK Web Campus Services, http://utlink.uth.tmc.edu, is available for students to use to access their grades, read the bulletin board, apply for admission, request a transcript, register for classes, request a financial aid packet, and check on the status of their application and credentials. The same information can be accessed by dialing 713/500-LINK or, for those not in one of the Houston area codes, 1-800-575-8710.

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Admission Process

Applicants to the M.P.H. and Dr. P.H. degree programs apply to one of the six areas of specialization. Master of Public Health applicants may also apply to one of the four Regional Campuses: Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, or San Antonio. Applicants to the Ph.D. degree programs indicate one of the six basic science oriented Divisions for review; applicants to the M.S. degree programs may select one of four basic science areas of study. The faculty of the appropriate degree program reviews each application and all supporting documentation. Their recommendations are presented to the Admissions Committee of the School which is composed of one faculty representative from each academic unit and two student representatives. After reviewing the faculty recommendations, the committee makes final recommendations that are forwarded to the Dean for administrative review and notification of applicants.

• Prior academic preparation (depth, breadth, and performance): application, college transcripts, letters of recommendation;

• Relevant work experience (particularly public health practice in, or research related to underserved and vulnerable communities): application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Career Goals (especially the intent to practice public health in underserved and vulnerable communities): application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Motivation (describe any special obstacles or challenges that have been overcome to achieve goals thus far): essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation, college transcripts;

• Integrity: essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Community Service (particularly service to diverse communities in need): application, essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation;

• Scores on Graduate Record Examination and TOEFL (if required); standardized tests; 2005-2003 Catalog Amendments 4 August, 2004

• Theses, publications and other scholarly works: supplemental documents provided by applicant.

While personal interviews are not routinely required, prospective students are encouraged to visit the School and discuss their proposed program with faculty and staff.

Address application inquiries to:

Office of the Registrar University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston P.O. Box 20036 Houston, Texas 77225-0036

Direct telephone inquiries to the School of Public Health: 713/500-9032. (8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Central Standard Time)

Course Number Change

Behavioral Sciences - Page 111 (Replaces PH 7490 per Kay Bartholomew)

PH 1435 – Doctoral Seminar in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

Course change

Biological Sciences – Page 120

Formerly PH 3498 a Special Topics course

PH 3115 – Pathology and Public Health, 3 credits - cd Linda Piller, MD, MPH

Pathology and Public Health is designed to introduce students to the pathophysiology of major diseases, with focus on etiology and progression of disease as represented by histologic and anatomic changes. The course looks at 1-2 diseases from most of the major body systems, as well as forensic pathology. Discussion of the epidemiology, prevention and possible interventions round out the review of each disease. This course was developed to aid those who work in public health to better understand the biology and behavior of the health condition they wish to impact. Both a textbook and journal articles are utilized.

Performance objectives: 1. Identify the pathophysiologic processes involved in major diseases, including processes that are common to most. 2. Master vocabulary and terminology critical to utilization of the literature and of clearly understanding the disease process under study. 3. Attain ease and competence in utilizing the medical literature.

Prerequisites: Undergraduate biology or zoology

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Course Changes

Management and Policy Sciences - Page 124

Did read: PH 3812 Comparative International Health Care Systems, 4 credits – ab (even numbered years)

Modified to read: PH 3812 Comparative Healthcare Systems: Policy Challenges and Economic Perspectives, 3 credits – cd (odd numbered years)

Management and Policy Sciences – Page 122

PH 3620 Principles and Practice of Public Health, 3 credits - ef

This course illustrates how the health of populations is promoted and protected by organized public health practice. Students are acquainted with current and evolving concepts and performance of public health practice, are introduced to essential public health services as they are performed in public health agencies, and will learn expectations of the effective and efficient performance of agencies and the competencies required of individual public/community health workers. Representatives from community/public health programs will participate in class presentations along with faculty.

This is a designated core course.

Course Credit Hour Changes

The following courses in Management and Policy Sciences have changed from 4 credit hours to 3 credit hours - Page 124

PH 3910 Introduction to Health Economics

PH 3915 Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Programs

PH 3925 Healthcare Finance

PH 3935 Advanced Health Economics

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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2003–2005 Catalog

Leadership for the Health Challenges of Tomorrow The School of Public Health

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2003 – 2005 Catalog

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097; Telephone number 404-679-4501; URL http://www.sacs.org/) to award certificates and bachelor, master, doctoral and professional degrees.

This catalog is a general information publication only. It is not intended to nor does it contain all regulations that relate to students. The contents of this catalog do not constitute a contract, expressed or implied, between any applicant, student or faculty member and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston of The University of Texas System. UTHSC-H reserves the right to withdraw courses at any time, to change fees or tuition, calendar, curriculum, degree requirements, graduation procedures, and any other requirement affecting students. If such changes occur, they will become effective as determined by the appropriate UTHSC-H or System officials and will apply to both prospective students and those already enrolled.

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Message from the President

Congratulations and welcome to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston! Your decision to pursue a career in the health science arena is a noble one. As our world population continues to grow and age, your contributions to eliminating disease and suffering will be increasingly valued.

Inspired by my own parents who were both physicians, I have pursued a career in the field of cardiology -- caring for patients, teaching students, and conducting research that has led to new discoveries. In recent years there has been an I encourage you to get to know your fellow students explosion of new knowledge that is contributing to and our esteemed faculty – many of whom are a better understanding of the role that genes and internationally known in their fields of endeavor. proteins play in the development of disease. There Become familiar with all components of this diverse is no more exciting or challenging time for health health science center and foster opportunities to professions students than the present. collaborate.

You are now a part of our health science center Each member of our faculty and administration is family. This is the most comprehensive academic committed to creating and maintaining the most medical center in the Southwestern United States, stimulating and nurturing learning environment with six distinct schools devoted to medicine, possible. We wish you the best in your academic dentistry, nursing, public health, biomedical science pursuits and in the health sciences career that lies and health informatics. Additional units are ahead. focused on molecular medicine and psychiatric care. Nowhere in the world can a student find the James T. Willerson, M.D. breadth of programs and opportunities available here on our campus with schools located throughout the world-famous Texas Medical Center. ii The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Welcome …

UTHSC-H offers students a stimulating environment. This is important because we believe that learning and personal and professional growth and development occur best in an environment of excitement, creativity, and discovery. People, scholarship, and service are highly valued at UTHSC-H. The people are the students, faculty, staff, patients and others who comprise our university community and give it uniqueness, diversity and excitement. Scholarship is the foundation of all our activities. Scholarship is about learning or discovering new knowledge and teaching, integrating and applying that knowledge. Service occurs authored by faculty, students and staff, and the as members of the university community apply receipt of the Nobel Prize in Medicine by one of their knowledge and skills to provide advice and our colleagues. insight to care for patients, to prevent disease, and to analyze and set or change public policies We believe in teamwork but value the uniqueness related to education and health care. Our services of individuals. Students learn to work together, are provided at the local, state, national, and inter- and with faculty, drawing strength from the knowl- national levels. edge, skills and contributions of others. At the same time, we value one another, recognizing and We are committed to leadership and quality in all celebrating the talents, creativity and character of that we do to further education, research, patient each member of the team. We believe that every care and community service. That is our mission. individual should be treated fairly and with respect As a result of our commitment, we are rigorous in and dignity. Furthermore, we believe that individuals the recruitment of faculty and students, knowing are most productive and are more responsible and that we will count on their leadership and support accountable when engaged in meaningful work or now and in the future. Simply put, leadership is learning and when they know what is expected of reflected in our appreciation for the contributions them. In this regard, our faculty and others who of others, making decisions based on first hand are in leadership positions strive to provide direc- information, and setting examples worth following. tion and support for their constituents at all times.

Our location and research activities benefit our Our goal is to keep makingmake UTHSC-H an out- education programs. Being in the Texas Medical standing place for those who join us to share many Center and in community hospitals, clinics and positive experiences that will enrich their lives, schools provide learning opportunities not available build on the reputation of our university, and benefit in many academic health centers. Our physical our community. plant includes facilities for education, basic science and clinical research, inpatient and L. Maximilian Buja, M.D. ambulatory health care, student accommodations, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and recreation.

The quality of our faculty and the variety of our educational, research and patient care programs provide unique opportunities for learning. Our university is nationally recognized for its basic science, population, and clinical research programs. UTHSC-H is in the top tier of research institutions in Texas, as measured by funds expended for research, the number of quality publications The School of Public Health iii

Table of Contents

v Board of Regents 58 Community Health Practice vi Administrative Officers 58 Disease Control vii The University of Texas Health Science 59 Health Promotion/Health Education Center at Houston Mission Statement 60 Health Services Organization 1 General Information 61 International and Family Health 1 History of The University of Texas System 62 Occupational and Environmental 1 The University of Texas Health Science Health/Aerospace Medicine Center at Houston 63 Regional Campuses 2 UTHSC-H Addresses 63 The Brownsville Regional Campus 3 Institutional Governance (M.P.H. Only) 3 Standing Committees 64 The Dallas Regional Campus (M.P.H. Only) 3 Development Board 65 The El Paso Regional Campus (M.P.H. Only) 4 Centers, Programs and Institutes 65 The San Antonio Regional Campus 16 Degree Offerings (M.P.H. Only) 17 Accreditation 66 Distance Education 18 Teaching Affiliations 67 Disciplines (M.S. and Ph.D.) 19 Harris County Psychiatric Center 67 Behavioral Sciences (Ph.D. Only) 19 Texas Medical Center 68 Biological Sciences 21 Texas Medical Center Map 70 Biometry/Biostatitics 22 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson 72 Environmental Sciences Cancer Center 74 Epidemiology 23 Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial 76 Management and Policy Sciences Hermann Children’s Hospital (Ph.D. Only) 24 The City of Houston 77 Programs, Centers, and Institutes 27 Student Governance Organization 87 Application Procedures 27 Student Fees Advisory Committee 90 Tuition, Fees, and Enrollment Information 29 Student Services 95 Grading and Conduct Policy 29 Office of the Associate Vice President for 97 Facilities and Resources Academic Affairs 97 Building 29 Registrar 97 Library Facilities and Services 29 Student Financial Aid 98 Educational Media Resources 30 Office of International Affairs 99 Computer Services and Facilities 31 Office of Community and Educational 100 Student Services Outreach 100 Financial Assistance 31 Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity 101 Selection Process 31 Student Health Services 101 Fellowships 32 Student Health Insurance 101 Career Services 32 Student Counseling Service 101 School Organizations 33 Work/Life Program 106 Courses of Instruction 34 Child Development Center 130 Officers of Instruction 34 University Housing 130 School of Public Health Faculty 35 Transportation and Parking 143 University of Texas System Faculty 36 Bookstore Associated with School of Public 37 University Dining and Catering Services Health Programs 37 Recreation Center 146 Adjunct Faculty 38 Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas 153 Geographic Distribution of Alumni Medical Center Library 155 Accredited Schools of Public Health 39 School of Public Health 159 UT-Houston Policy Information for 41 Message from the Dean Students 42 Academic Year — 2001–2002 159 Academic Records and Family Educational 43 Academic Year — 2002–2003 Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 45 Administration 159 AIDS, HIV, HBV, and HCV Infection 46 History 159 Campus Security 47 Mission and Goals 160 Conduct and Discipline 47 Accreditation 160 Disability Accommodations 48 Degree Programs 160 Equal Educational Opportunities 48 Master of Public Health 160 Hazing 49 Core Requirements for MPH Students 160 Immunizations and Health Records 50 Doctor of Public Health 161 Oath of Residence 51 Master of Science 161 Observance of Religious Holy Days 51 Doctor of Philosophy 161 Sexual Assault 56 Matrix 161 Sexual Harassment 56 Modules: Problem Oriented Teaching- 161 Student Government Research Programs (M.P.H. and Dr.P.H.) 162 Substance Abuse 162 Travel by UTHSC-H Students iv The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Board of Regents

Officers Members

Terms Expire February 1, 2005 Charles Miller Chairman Robert A. Estrada Dallas Rita Crocker Clements Vice Chairman W. L. (Woody) Hunt El Paso A.W. (Dub) Riter, Jr. Vice Chairman Charles Miller Houston Raul R. Romero Vice Chairman

Terms Expire February 1, 2007 Francie A. Frederick Executive Secretary Rita Crocker Clements Dallas

Judith Craven Houston

Cyndi Taylor Krier San Antonio

Terms expire February 1, 2009

H. Scott Caven, Jr. Houston

James Richard Huffines Austin

VACANT The School of Public Health v

Administrative Officers

The University of Texas System Mr. Michael J. Jimenez Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Mark G. Yudof, LL.B. Chancellor Ronald Johnson, D.D.S. Vice President for Strategic Affairs James C. Guckian, M.D. Acting Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Carlos Moreno, M.D., M.S.P.H. Affairs Vice President for Community and Educational Outreach Kerry L. Kennedy, B.B.A. Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs C. Gwin Morris, Ph.D. Vice President for Public Affairs Teresa A. Sullivan, Ph.D.. Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Chase Untermeyer Vice President for Government Affairs

R. Palmer Beasley, M.D. The University of Texas Dean Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health

James T. Willerson, M.D. Stanley G. Schultz, M.D. President Interim Dean Medical School Michael D. McKinney, M.D. Senior Executive Vice President and Chief George M. Stancel, Ph.D. Operating Officer Dean Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences L. Maximilian Buja, M.D. Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S. Interim Dean Peter J. Davies, M.D., Ph.D. Dental Branch Executive Vice President for Research Jack W. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. Carlos R. Hamilton, M.D. Interim Dean Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and School of Health Information Sciences Special Advisor to the President Patricia L. Starck, D.S.N. S. Ward Casscells, M.D. Dean Vice President for Biotechnology School of Nursing

Kevin Dillon Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Business Officer

Jerre Iversen Vice President for Development vi The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Mission Statement

Excellence Above All • Provide appropriate and compassionate clinical care and public health expertise The mission of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is to advance the • Address the health needs of the community at health of the people of the State of Texas, the large through educational outreach and service nation, and our global community through educat- ing compassionate health care professionals and • Provide leadership in the scholarship of the bio- innovative scientists and through discovering and medical sciences, the health professions, translating advances in the social and biomedical health care delivery, and health promotion sciences to treat, cure, and prevent disease now and in the future. Our goal is to be the best health science center To fulfill our mission we: in the world.

• Educate health professionals and scientists in a diverse interdisciplinary academic community

• Create and evaluate new knowledge – through basic and applied research – as it relates to disease prevention, treatment and cure The School of Public Health 1

General Information

History of The University of Texas System

The idea of a University of Texas is as old as the State. The Texas Declaration of Independence lists as one of its main indictments against the government of Mexico the fact that “it has failed to establish any public system of education.....” Several early attempts were made to establish a state university, but they were not successful because of the Civil War and subsequent Era of Reconstruction. Establishment of a state university for Texas was provided first by act of the State Legislature in 1881. It provided for the location of the institution by popular vote and for appointment of a Board of Regents to be entrusted with its organization and governance. By results of an election in September 1881, the site of the main university was designated as Austin and Galveston was chosen as the location for the Medical Branch. An undergraduate college and The University of Texas Health law school were established and The University of Science Center at Houston Texas formally opened on September 15, 1883. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Since then numerous campuses, schools, col- Houston (UTHSC-H) was established in late 1972 leges, divisions and branches have been added to to administer and provide for the operation of the The University of Texas System at several loca- several biomedical and health-related units locat- tions throughout the state. The System now ed in the city through the integration and coordi- includes academic campuses in Arlington, Austin, nation of functions and activities. UTHSC-H Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Midland/Odessa (UT presently includes, in order of establishment: Permian Basin), San Antonio, Tyler and Edinburg. 1905 Dental Branch The health science centers are located at Dallas, (originally as the Texas Dental College– Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio. A health joined UTHSC-H) center (hospital) is located in Tyler. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is located 1963 Graduate School of in Houston. Biomedical Sciences 1967 School of Public Health Other components of the System include the Institute of Texas Cultures (at San Antonio), the 1970 Medical School Institute of Humanities in Medicine (UT Medical 1972 School of Nursing Branch, Galveston), the Environmental Science Park near Smithville (UT Cancer Center), the 1973 School of Health Information Sciences Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas 1990 Harris County Psychiatric Center (UT Austin), the McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis (UT Austin), and the Shriners Burn Institute As a component of The University of Texas (in conjunction with UT Medical Branch, System, UTHSC-H is subject to the Rules and Galveston). Regulations of The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System for the Governance of The University of Texas System.

The official name of the institution is The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. It is informally termed UTHSC-H. 2 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Today, UTHSC-H employs more than 4,900 faculty School of Public Health and staff and has over 3,200 students enrolled in (Reuel A. Stallones Building) various health and biomedical disciplines at its 1200 Herman Pressler component schools. Houston, TX 77030-3900

Child Development Center UTHSC-H Addresses* 7900 Cambridge Houston, TX 77054-5500 Dental Branch Jesse Jones HAM-TMC Library 6516 M. D. Anderson Blvd. 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030-3402 Houston, TX 77030 Medical School (John Freeman Building, Harris County Psychiatric Center Medical School Building and Jesse Jones 2800 S. MacGregor Way Library Building) 6431 Fannin Houston, TX 77021 Houston, TX 77030-1503 Houston Recovery Campus Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 4514 Lyons 6655 Travis, Suite 300 Houston, TX 77020 Houston, TX 77030-1312 Institute of Molecular Medicine School of Health Information Sciences 2121 W. Holcombe (University Center Tower) Houston, TX 77030 7000 Fannin, Suite 600 Mental Sciences Institute Houston, TX 77030 1300 Moursund School of Nursing (Houston Main Building) Houston, TX 77030 1100 Holcombe Recreation Center Houston, TX 77030-5401 7779 Knight Road Houston, TX 77054

Speech and Hearing Building 1343 Moursund Houston, TX 77030-3496

UTHSC-H Administrative Offices (University Center Tower) 7000 Fannin Houston, TX 77030

University of Texas Police Department 7777 Knight Road Houston, TX 77054

*Unless otherwise clearly posted or expressed by an authorized official of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H), the various UTHSC-H facilities and locations are open only to persons with legitimate business purposes requiring presence at such facilities and locations (HOOP Policy 2.09 Use of University Facilities, http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/02/2_09.html). UTHSC-H allows only agents of UTHSC-H employees acting within the scope of their employment with the UTHSC-H (the Student InterCouncil, and other registered student, faculty, and staff organizations) to solicit on the grounds, sidewalks, or streets on the UTHSC-H campus or in any building, structure, or facility owned, controlled, or operated by the UTHSC-H (HOOP Policy 2.05 Solicitation on Campus, A medical student and Dr. Hemlata J. Desai, family practice and community medicine, with a small patient at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/plan- Settegast Clinic. ning/pub/hoop/02/2_05.html). The School of Public Health 3

Institutional Governance Physical Safety Committee Radiation Safety Committee Institutional governance at The University of Texas Sexual Harassment Board Health Science Center at Houston is supported by Student InterCouncil a system of councils and standing committees. As Student Services Council a whole, these councils enhance communication University Appointment, Promotion and Tenure both vertically and horizontally within the universi- Committee ty; enable leaders and constituent representatives University Classified Staff Council from each of the major mission areas to partici- Work/Life Council pate in exchange of information and decision making; and incorporate ideas and points of view from a variety of students, faculty and staff in the deci- Development Board sion-making process. Deliberations and recommendations from councils provide assistance to The Development Board of UTHSC-H is composed executive leadership of the university as they of a group of dedicated men and women who make decisions about the university's future and believe in the vision of the university and who give well-being. The Executive Council is responsible their time, influence and resources to actively pro- for advising the President in matters of policy mote the teaching and research programs of the development and administration of UTHSC-H. university. Each Development Board member is a Additional councils are the Academic Council, principal force in supporting the mission of Research Council, Clinical Council, Institutional UTHSC-H, its values and accomplishments. Relations Council, and Administrative Council. Development Board members generally serve A complete guide to UTHSC-H councils can be three-year terms and may be reappointed by the found at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/index/about/ President of UTHSC-H. Selection of new Board council/index.html members is made by the Nominating Committee and approved by the President and the Board. Board meetings are held three times each year Standing Committees with additional meetings called as needed.

Animal Welfare Committee There are three categories of membership: regu- Audit Committee lar, emeritus and life. Currently there are eighty- Awards Committee seven regular members of the Development Chemical Safety Committee Board. Emeritus membership is reserved for those Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects Development Board members who have served as Committee on the Status of Women Chair of the Development Board. Life members are Conflict Resolution Board those distinguished Board members who have Continuing Education Advisory Committee been recognized for their many years of outstand- Core Committee for the Advancement of Women ing service to UTHSC-H. All members serve as Employee Relations General Administration ambassadors for UTHSC-H to the greater Houston Committee community. Executive Council Faculty Development Leave Committee Institutional Biosafety Committee Intellectual Property Committee Interfaculty Council Health Informatics Advisory Committee Learning and Technology Advisory Team Multicultural Affairs Committee Nominating Committee 4 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Centers, Programs and Institutes

Centers, Programs and Institutes Medicine for the Prevent of Human Diseases (IMM) houses five research centers and support A variety of interdisciplinary centers, institutes laboratories, each exploring the genetic and and programs have been created to enrich the molecular aspects of biological processes signifi- primary programs of the schools of UTHSC-H. In cant to explain the basis of human diseases. general, the centers focus on specific service and research efforts while the institutes provide In addition to the present IMM at the Institute of opportunities for special multidisciplinary educa- Biosciences and Technology, a satellite IMM tional projects. These efforts reinforce UTHSC-H’s facility was recently established at the Texas commitment to providing a means through which Heart Institute on the 9th floor of the Denton the health professions may join with each other Cooley Building. This new facility will strengthen and with society to consider health-related issues. our basic science programs, and will build upon the excellence in research already in place. The The centers, programs and institutes are listed additional research space will allow the IMM to below along with their primary school affiliates expand its present research capabilities and and Web URL addresses when available. Inquiries recruit the caliber of scientists capable of con- for more detailed information should be directed ducting research at the leading edge. The physical to the appropriate school. location also supports the institution’s goal of con- tinual partnership (or collaboration) with other institutions in the Medical Center by sharing Institute of Molecular Medicine for space and support services. the Prevention of Human Diseases

UTHSC-H The long-term goals of the IMM are to set the example for research excellence and collabora- Advances in molecular and cell biology have enor- tions locally, nationally, and internationally. mous potential for innovative medical research Scientifically, the IMM is on the verge of a new and the future practice of medicine with more frontier of expansion and collaborations. novel therapies. These approaches have been most successfully used to determine the causes of The Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases infectious disorders and genetic diseases. is leading efforts to identify molecular mecha- However, it is clear that molecular and cell biolo- nisms that contribute to the development of heart gy will play a major role in clarifying the causes of attacks and heart failure. Recently, Dr. Edward T.H. many unsolved problems of modern medicine: Yeh and his colleagues discovered that C-reactive Children participating in CATCH, a heart disease, hypertension, vascular disorders, coordinated school health program protein (CRP), a serum protein that rises during major mental illnesses, and inflammatory and conducted by the Center for Health inflammation and heart disease, could directly immunologic diseases. The Institute of Molecular Promotion and Prevention Research. activate human coronary artery endothelial cells to express adhesion molecules and cytokines. These findings provide a crucial insight into a large body of epidemiological studies showing that CRP, independent from cholesterol, is an important predictor of future cardiovascular events in apparently healthy men and women. The Center’s discovery suggests that CRP is not only a marker of inflammation, but also a direct participant in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Interestingly, several lipid-lowering drugs, such as statins and fibrates, can inhibit the pro-inflammatory effect of CRP. Center scientists have continued to lead an effort to define how CRP-induced inflammation could be regulated in order to prevent the progression of atherosclerosis and its dreaded complications. The School of Public Health 5

The Research Center for Cell Signaling has been examining the role of nitric oxide and cyclic GMP in cellular signaling in vascular biology, inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract and other tissues. The laboratory has obtained the genomic structure of the gene for mouse and human soluble guanylyl cyclase, and has identified the promoters for these genes. In addition, the enzyme has been expressed in large quantities to perform various biochemical studies. It was found that estrogen has an effect on the regulation of the gene. The isoforms of nitric oxide synthase have been characterized and many nitrotyrosine containing proteins that play a role in inflammation and diabetes, as well as a “denitrase” enzyme that modifies nitrotyrosine. The laboratory has also developed a soluble guanylyl cyclase mutant that is constitu- tively active in the absence of nitric oxide. This work has numerous implications and applications in many clinical disorders.

The Research Center for Human Genetics is using modern genomic technologies to unravel the genetic predisposition to the most common chronic diseases, such as heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of sickness and death in the United States. Identifying and characterizing the genes underlying cardiovascular disease susceptibility promis- es to offer new treatment strategies (e.g., drugs) and even prevent their occurrence altogether. The distinct organs. These studies explore the nature, School of Public Health students testing water from a residential well Center uses the latest tools for large scale genom- structure, and function of specific cell membrane at a Houston home. ic and proteomic analyses. In addition, a major receptors and their ligands in modulating the activity of the Center is the statistical and bioinfor- immune and inflammatory responses. In concert matics analysis of large-scale DNA sequence, with the molecular studies, the Center’s scientists gene expression and proteomic data. have engineered mice with specific targeted gene mutations or deletions that are being used in mod- The Research Center for Protein Chemistry serves els of human disease. These animal studies have as a core facility for the structural analysis of pro- facilitated the identification of key gene products teins; the research activities of this center focus that play significant roles in modulating the on three major topics. All these activities relate to immune system, as well as contributing to the the significance of the manipulation of conforma- pathogenesis of human disease. Presently, the tional change of proteins: (1) development of tech- Center’s research efforts are focused on diseases nology for the production of diverse and stable that affect the lung, skin, and kidney. conformational isomers of proteins; (2) elucidation of the mechanisms and pathway(s) of protein fold- Core Facilities: ing and unfolding; and (3) preparation and isola- The Laboratory for Developmental Biology was tion of isomers and derivatives of mouse prion established to help scientists at the IMM and The protein that display structural properties of University of Texas conduct research that requires scrapie prion protein. the production of transgenic and knock-out animal models of human diseases. Genetically-altered The Research Center for Immunology & animals, called transgenic and “knock-out” ani- Autoimmune Diseases is examining the molecular mals, represent invaluable models of human and genetic bases of several different allergic, genetic diseases. In these animals, candidate autoimmune, and infectious diseases involving genes are inserted or deleted in order to study the 6 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

role that specific gene products play in the patho- In addition to providing intellectual and technical genesis of different diseases. assistance to other scientists, the Laboratory for Developmental Biology also conducts original During the last five years, the Laboratory for research in stem cell therapy. The Laboratory’s Developmental Biology has produced over five recent accomplishments include the derivation of hundred new, transgenic and knock-out mouse new, highly effective mouse stem cells and the lines for scientists from the IMM, the University of genetic modification of these cells to emit a green Texas, Baylor College of Medicine and MD light. The modified, glowing stem cells may be Anderson Cancer Center. Some of the animal mod- visually followed when re-implanted into the body els generated at this Core Facility were instrumen- and thus they represent an invaluable tool for tal in the discovery of new genes that have impor- studying the process by which stem cells regener- tant roles in the development of heart disease, ate tissues and organs that have been damaged asthma and cancer, just to name a few. By work- by disease. The Laboratory’s future research ing together with and helping scientists to plans, include the genetic engineering of the stem advance their research, the Core Facility has cells to prevent immune rejection following trans- become an integral and valued component of the plantation into a different organism and the appli- University. cation of the knowledge and experience that was gained by working with the mouse stem cells to Recently, the services of the Laboratory for research with human stem cells. Developmental Biology have expanded to include a Stem Cell Research Core Facility. This is the only Other core facilities available at the IMM include facility in the Texas Medical Center that offers sci- a flow cytometry and cell sorter facility, an auto- entists intellectual and technical assistance in mated DNA sequencing facility, and a BL-3 labora- stem cell research. Mouse stem lines newly tory for work with highly infectious agents. A core derived in the laboratory are available to investi- facility for microarray analysis and proteomics is gators to use in their experiments in order to inte- in the planning phase. These techniques are cur- grate this revolutionary new technology into their rently being used in some of the centers. own research. Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/uth_orgs/imm/

The Center for Academic & Reading Skills

The Center for Academic & Reading Skills (CARS) is a research facility that studies the ways in which reading skills and other academic skills develop in young children, including those who are academically disabled or underachieving. The Center examines the effects of concentrated early reading intervention for the prevention of reading difficulties, including an examination of the effects of different types of reading intervention on reading development. One research study looks at changes in brain activation as a function of reading intervention, using a Magnetic Source Imaging technique. CARS transfers research results into classrooms by disseminating information to school personnel, training teachers and educators, providing and implementing prototypes of new approaches to teacher training, monitoring programs, developing better ways to evaluate student performance and designing prevention programs. CARS’ research is supported mainly by grants from the National Institutes of Child Health The School of Public Health 7

and Development, the Inter-agency Educational The Center for Biosecurity Research Initiative, the Office of Educational Informatics Research Improvement and the Texas Education The Center for Biosecurity Informatics Research Agency. Additional funding sources include the is established by the School of Health Information AT&T Foundation, Meadows Foundation and Sciences, the Center for Biosecurity and Public Houston Endowment. Health Preparedness and Institute for Source: Barbara Foorman, Medical School Biotechnology within the UTHSC-Houston to coordinate research and development of IT infrastruc- Website: http://cars.uth.tmc.edu/index.html tures and technological platforms relevant to bioterrorism preparedness, emergency response and situation awareness (Homeland Security). Center on Aging

This center, established in 1987, advocates inter- The Center will promote collaborative research disciplinary activities, recognizing that the care of and technology development activities in the con- older persons requires the collaborative effort of text of: physicians, nurses, social workers, nutritionists, • Bioterrorism Preparedness (Situation Awareness), physical and occupational therapists and other Emergency Response and Command, Control health professionals. The Center on Aging has and Communication, in City, County, State and taken the lead in responding to the Texas Higher National levels. Education Coordinating Board’s goals of articulat- • Education, Training and Drill for emergency ing programs, coordinating services and sharing response and mass casualty event preparedness, resources among the publicly funded educational using state of the art information technologies institutions that offer gerontology or geriatric pro- • Community Awareness and Public Preparedness grams throughout the state. The primary mission Services of the Center is to initiate, coordinate and facilitate • Biomedical, Clinical and Public Health disciplinary and interdisciplinary aging research, Informatics education, community service and institutional development within UTHSC-H. Primary mission and Objectives of the center are: "To be the pioneering research entity nationwide, Specific interdisciplinary aging-related activities designing and developing the next generation of initiated by the Center include: (1) research proj- public health situation awareness systems and ects that aim at improving the well-being of older emergency response management infrastructure adults and their caregivers; (2) educational pro- for public health preparedness against bioterror- grams in collaboration with other academic insti- ism. The center will promote a multidisciplinary tutions, and community agencies that provide pro- collaboration environment between university fessional development and continuing education; researchers, private enterprises and government (3) community service programs that seek to agencies from public health, nursing, informatics, improve access to accurate age-related informa- and medical domain, to provide the America with tion; (4) a consultation center that provides Aging state of the art technologies, research and devel- Resources, Information, Support and Education opment infrastructures and training, education (ARISE) services to individuals and families who and drill tools for scientists and for community are coping with aging changes and caregiving about bioterrorism and mass casualty events." challenges; and (5) the Long-Term Care (LTC) Ombudsman Program, an advocacy service for This overall mission is supported by three other residents of LTC facilities in Harris County and goals that differentiate this effort from other local their relatives. initiatives: 1. To establish a "Center of Excellence" from a Source: Sharon K. Ostwald, School of Nursing cluster of scientists, faculties, researchers and Website: http://sonser4.nur.uth.tmc.edu/coa/ students of different domains to: a. Identify needs and develop the rationale to deploy new technologies. b.Provide a continuous source of grant support. 8 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Center for Clinical Research & Evidence Based Medicine

The goal of this center is to augment population health – as measured by life expectancy without illness or disability – by promoting clinical research of the highest quality and by advancing the way that this research is applied by physicians in caring for their patients. Faculty of the Center includes 19 colleagues in an array of disciplines – epidemiology, economics, ethics, statistics and behavioral and social sciences – as well as physicians highly experienced in clinical research. The Center has developed a master’s degree program in clinical research and an NIH-supported clinical research curriculum and mentorship program. These programs provide in-depth training in clinical research to fellows and faculty within any department. Mentorship is provided jointly by departmental faculty and center faculty to assist c. Collaborate within an inter-disciplinary pro- mentees in preparing major grant proposals and in gram to translate or transfer technologies obtaining career development awards. The Center from different domains. also provides a Design and Analysis Support 2. Establish an advanced and state-of-the-art Service to assist clinical investigators. The training and learning laboratory to simulate, research of the Center faculty has focused on experiment and study public health and envi- problems in newborns, children or adults that ronmental incidents in a multi-disciplinary envi- cause a major loss of healthy life years. Last year, ronment. center faculty were authors on 105 published 3. Develop technologies relevant to community manuscripts, principal investigators for 17 funded services to enhance vigilance, awareness and grants and investigators for 48 funded grants. public preparedness. Source: Jon Tyson, Medical School

Sources: Parsa Mirhaji, Director, and Jiajie Zhang, Website: http://ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu/neo/cen- Director of Research ter-home.htm Website: http://www.phinformatics.org

Center for Computational Center for Biosecurity & Public Biomedicine Health Preparedness Over the past several years, computational issues The Center for Biosecurity and Public Health for technology-driven biomedical research have Preparedness is a new collaborative endeavor, proliferated. The Center for Computational based in the School of Public Health, that will Biomedicine (CBM) at UTHSC-H’s School of Health bring together the expertise of faculty throughout Information Sciences pursues collaborative, inter- UTHSC-H as well as individuals and organizations disciplinary research and education within the statewide to focus on research, education and broadly defined scientific area of computational training, communication and public information, biomedicine. This new discipline is defined by and emergency resources and policy development in indeed resides upon the interface between the this critically important area for protection of the computational sciences (i.e., signal analysis, data public’s health. mining and computer science in general) and a wide variety of biomedical disciplines including Source: Scott R. Lillibridge, School of Public neuroscience, genomics, cardiology and structur- Health al biology to name a few. Fundamentally, CBM addresses the modeling, acquisition, processing and long-term storage of the ever-increasing vol- ume of biomedical information. The School of Public Health 9

The Center for CBM encourages the development In 2002 the CHPPR had 8,973,165 dollars in external of collaborative relationships among faculty and funding for over 50 research projects focusing on: others around research and education in CBM cancer prevention and control, tobacco use pre- related to the mission of the university. The Center vention and smoking cessation, drug abuse, sexu- for CBM emphasizes the highly interdisciplinary al risk behaviors, asthma management, physical nature of this emerging scientific discipline in activity, alcohol abuse, cardiovascular health in health care and biomedical research. The children, youth health behaviors, diabetes preven- Executive Committee of the Center is composed of tion in children, women's health, injury prevention, representatives from each of the other five comprehensive school health, CD- Rom based UTHSC-H schools. health promotion programs and obesity prevention in youth. Source: Michael Brandt, School of Health Information Sciences Source: Steven H. Kelder, School of Public Health

Website: http://www.shis.uth.tmc.edu/AboutUs/ Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/chprd/ CompBioMed.cfm

The Center for Improving the Center for Health Policy Studies Readiness of Children for Learning & Education The Center for Health Policy Studies provides a focal point for health policy analysis for faculty The Center for Improving the Readiness of and students of the School of Public Health, other Children for Learning & Education (CIRCLE) is UTHSC-H schools and other University of Texas actively involved in numerous research and train- components. Research and technical services ing activities related to the goal of promoting qual- carried out by the Center assist national, state and ity learning environments for young children. The local governments, community organizations, uni- child development faculty colleagues and versities and other entities by constructing factual research and training staff of CIRCLE have devel- information bases, analyzing the effects of alter- oped a large research database on early child- native proposals to solve problems, assessing pro- hood from numerous research programs support- gram impacts and providing expert consultation. ed by the National Institute of Child Health and Development, numerous foundations, as well as Source: Virginia C. Kennedy, School of Public seed grants from UTHSC-H. Translation of the find- Health ings of CIRCLE research have resulted in the development and delivery of several ongoing training and service programs in Texas. Most Center for Health Promotion & recently, a collaboration with the Episcopal Health Prevention Research Charities has resulted in a community-based early The mission of the Center for Health Promotion childhood program with neighborhood mentors, and Prevention Research (CHPPR) is to conduct parents and childcare agencies. Also, through research to develop, evaluate and disseminate funding from the US Department of Education, health promotion and disease prevention pro- Department of Health and Human Services – grams in diverse settings and populations. The Administration for Children & Families, the Texas CHPPR is a CDC Prevention Research Center and Education Agency, the Bank of America and the a World Health Organization Collaborating Center. Meadows Foundation, CIRCLE conducts demon- The CHPPR has formal collaborative agreements stration teacher training projects across Texas with the University of Maastricht in the and the United States. Netherlands and Queensland University of Source: Susan Landry, Medical School Technology in Australia. The CHPPR trains pre- and post-doctoral fellows in behavioral science Website: http://ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu/circle/ cancer prevention and control through funding from the National Cancer Institute. The Center’s Continuing Education Network offers professional Center for Infectious Diseases development for public health practitioners. The Center for Infectious Diseases (CID) was created by the Texas Legislature in 1989. It is housed in the UTHSC-H School of Public Health and con- 10 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

sists of offices and research laboratories. The Source: Brad Goodwin, Center for Laboratory Center’s mission is to address the problems of Animal Medicine & Care emerging infectious diseases in Texas, especially Website: http://nba.uth.tmc.edu HIV-related issues, and to develop fundable and sustaining research programs. Current programs include studies in hepatitis viruses, parasitic infec- Center for Nursing Research tions, traveler’s diarrhea, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, zoonotic diseases and respiratory dis- Developed in 1986, the Center for Nursing eases. Although the research program is of primary Research (CNR) in the School of Nursing is dedi- importance, the Center is also dedicated to educat- cated to advancing nursing science and improving ing and training public health professionals by the evidence-based practice of nursing through involving students and trainees in laboratory support of the School of Nursing. CNR supports research projects. CID members consist of public faculty and students in the development and health and medical researchers brought together implementation of clinical intervention and out- for a multidisciplinary approach to infectious dis- comes research. The CNR staff provides method- ease problems. Center investigators are also ological, statistical and editorial consultations; involved in a number of international studies and supports an extensive proposal review process; collaborations in the US/Mexico border area and at and facilitates the preparation and submission of other non-US sites with the recognition that immi- research proposals for extramural funding and gration and travel have introduced a variety of non- protocol approval forms to institutional review endemic diseases into the state. In this respect, the boards. Other CNR initiatives include a competi- AIDS Research and Control Center located in tive, peer-reviewed intramural grants program, a Mumbai, India, provides an important and valuable faculty research internship, an annual Visiting site for HIV-related studies, such as heterosexual Research Scholar series and faculty development transmission, an increasing problem in the Texas seminars. The CNR also maintains an electronic population. Through a strong program of research Research Bulletin Board. and education, CID scientists are working to find Source: Sandra K. Hanneman, School of Nursing ways in which to identify, control and prevent infectious diseases that threaten the public health. Website: http://sonser4.nur.uth.tmc.edu/research/ Source: Cynthia Chappell, School of Public Health

Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/cid/ Center for Society & Population Health

This center was created to study those factors Center for Laboratory Animal beyond the biological that influence the health of Medicine & Care individuals and populations. Its purpose is to The Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and explore and understand the social, economic, Care (CLAMC) provides laboratory animals and political and cultural determinants of health and support to more than $25 million in biomedical the ways in which society can intervene to research projects. The accredited facilities and improve the health of all citizens. A fundamental programs provide professional veterinary, surgical goal of the Center is to understand the mecha- and animal care services in support of principal nisms by which these different, yet equally impor- investigators’ animal use studies. CLAMC staff tant determinants, interact to influence population includes four veterinarians, seven veterinary tech- health. To achieve this, the Center works to inte- nicians and over 30 animal care and support per- grate the significant theories and methods from sonnel. The physical facilities include vivaria in four various disciplines to develop new synergies for UTHSC-H buildings, a modern experimental surgery deepening the understanding of the fundamental suite and an off-site satellite facility. The CLAMC is causes of health and illness. The Center is a com- an integral part of UTHSC-H’s research and teach- ponent of the School of Public Health, drawing on ing mission and provides the highest standards the resources and knowledge of its faculty, as well possible for ensuring the health and well-being of as those from other schools within the university. laboratory animals used in biomedical research. The Center has active and collaborative relationships with faculty and colleagues from other Houston institutions, notably Rice University and The School of Public Health 11

the Baker Institute for Public Policy, and from experts who supervise protocol design and opera- around the world. tion, manual development, study forms design, randomization and quality-control procedures, Source: M. David Low, School of Public Health data processing, central and remote data entry, Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/csph/ computer software development and maintenance, report generation, analysis and interpretation and fiscal management. The Center has Center for the Study of Emerging & obtained over $250 million in research funding Reemerging Pathogens since its inception.

The Center for the Study of Emerging and Source: Barry R. Davis and Robert J. Hardy, Reemerging Pathogens (CSERP) is a university- School of Public Health based inter-departmental collaborative unit, which Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/ccct/ targets molecular biology, genetics and therapeu- tics of infectious diseases. The scientific goals of CSERP are to determine how microorganisms Gulf States Hemophilia & cause disease, how they resist host defenses and Thrombophilia Center/Pediatric AIDS what microbial targets are crucial for survival in Center the infected host. The long-range goal is to use this information to develop strategies for preventing or The Gulf States Hemophilia and Thrombophilia treating these diseases. Educational activities Center, affiliated with the Medical School, pro- include the Molecular Basis for Infectious vides comprehensive diagnosis and treatment Diseases data club (an interdisciplinary monthly services for children and adults with Hemophilia, seminar with presentations from clinical and basic Thrombophilia, Von Willebrand’s disease and scientists), an annual retreat with nationally recog- other bleeding disorders. These services include nized speakers and poster presentations from medical, nursing, social services, physical thera- schools in the south Texas area, and, co-spon- py, dental, orthopaedic, genetic counseling, psy- sored with the Department of Microbiology and chosocial and laboratory. Molecular Genetics, a new course, Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response. The Center provides An annual outreach clinic is conducted in El Paso graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other and a satellite clinic has been established in trainees with a day-to-day exposure to clinical dis- Galveston. The Center conducts research in the ciplines as well as the basic sciences in order to diagnosis and treatment of congenital coagulation establish a broad-based foundation in bacterial vir- disorders and HIV and its complications. Research ulence and its consequences. Major projects of on the impact of changing health care reimburse- CSERP investigators include enterococcal viru- ment on the provision of services to children with lence, pathogenesis mechanism of B anthracis, rare chronic diseases is conducted on an ongoing antibiotic resistance, lyme disease and syphilis basis. The Center also provides educational ses- projects, microbial genome analysis, host immune sions locally and through the Lone Star Chapter of response, immune evasion by microbes, mycology the National Hemophilia Foundation. research, new antimicrobial targets, cryp- tosporidia and HIV clinical trials. The Pediatric AIDS Center conducts valuable research for the future treatment of HIV disease. Source: Barbara E. Murray, Medical School In addition, this center provides prenatal care, nursing, medical care, social services and HIV counseling and education to HIV-exposed and - Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials infected children (and, perinatally, their mothers) The Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials, estab- at little or no cost. The majority of children and lished in 1971 and located in the School of Public mothers receiving care from the Pediatric AIDS Health, provides individual investigators in biosta- Center are from low-income, ethnically diverse tistics, epidemiology, biological sciences, man- backgrounds. For many, the Center provides the agement and other disciplines with the expertise only source of comprehensive medical and psy- and personnel to coordinate the design, analysis chosocial services. and interpretation of multi-center, randomized, Source: Joan Wasserman, Hemophilia Center/ controlled clinical trials. The Center includes Memorial Hermann Hospital 12 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Website: http://www.hemophiliaregion6.org/ a field office in Starr County, Texas, as part of houston.html efforts to study the major contributions to ill health in the Mexican-American community. Source: Eric Boerwinkle, School of Public Health Houston Biomaterials Research Center Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/hgc/ The mission of the Houston Biomaterials Research Center, established in 1995 and housed at the Human Nutrition Center Dental Branch, is to support and develop research, education and training in biomaterials at The Human Nutrition Center (HNC) was established UTHSC-H. Its members investigate applied and in 1977 to develop a multidisciplinary approach to fundamental biological, clinical, mechanical, the solution of nutrition problems and to contribute chemical and physical properties of biomaterials to the nutrition education of health professionals for dental, orthopaedic, craniofacial and other and the public. The Center serves as a resource for applications. Scientists and advisory board mem- individuals and institutions in the Texas Medical bers affiliated with the Center include faculty from Center with common interests in the relationship of Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, Texas food intake and nutritional health status. A&M University, Texas Heart Institute, UT-San Antonio Dental School, UTHSC-H Dental Because of the emphasis on disease prevention Branch and Medical School, as well as represen- and nutrition education of public and health pro- tatives from the dental industry. The Center sup- fessionals, the Center is located in the School of ports the specialized master’s program in oral bio- Public Health. The Center’s faculty and staff are materials at the Graduate School of Biomedical particularly concerned with local, national and Sciences and continuing dental education pro- international nutritional health issues and with the gram at the Dental Branch. For more information, graduate education of students who plan careers refer to the Center’s website or contact in the fields of public health or community nutri- [email protected]. tion. A Dietetic Internship program is supported by the HNC with accreditation from the American Source: John M. Powers, Dental Branch Dietetic Association. The Center promotes public Website: http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/Biomaterials/ and professional awareness and utilization of the nutritional resources available at the Health Science Center. The faculty and staff are also Human Genetics Center involved in a wide range of educational, research and service activities related to nutritional health Originally organized in 1972, the Human Genetics issues, and maintain cooperative relationships with Center is a research and teaching facility which a number of academic, health and public health aims to better understand the nature and extent of institutions in Houston, the State and throughout man’s burden of hereditary disease and disability. the country. The Center’s staff are actively involved Research interests of the faculty involve the study in the development of methods for assessing the of the mechanisms and forces, which contribute dietary intake of individuals and population groups, to the distribution of genotypes and traits among public health nutrition education and research in individuals, families and populations. the etiology and prevention of disease. Implementation of these interests requires both analytic and laboratory approaches in addition to Source: R. Sue Day, School of Public Health field work in Texas and elsewhere. Currently, Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/hnc/ major efforts are underway in the Center to local- ize and characterize genes contributing to the common chronic diseases including blindness, Institute for Health Policy coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. Faculty in the Center also are actively The Institute for Health Policy is a new UTHSC-H engaged in studying the fundamental evolutionary initiative based in the School of Public Health that mechanisms underlying human genetic variation. will provide leadership for UTHSC-H to develop In order to accomplish these objectives, high and implement research and academic programs through-put DNA typing and analysis are a major in public policy areas related to health. The insti- focus of the Center’s efforts. The Center maintains tute will also guide public policy formation related The School of Public Health 13

to health by applying UTHSC-H research and aca- Neuroscience Research Center demic resources, in collaboration with other Texas The Neuroscience Research Center is engaged in Medical Center institutions in the Houston area interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research in and national organizations, to identify and analyze the neurobehavioral sciences. More than 180 critical health issues leading to proposed recom- faculty members from UTHSC-H schools and mendations or options for health policies. departments engage in multidisciplinary investiga- Source: Guy Parcel, School of Public Health tions of a broad spectrum of issues that compre- hensively address all aspects of the neurosciences Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/hpi/ from the molecular to the clinical. These studies may hold the key to understanding, preventing and treating chronically debilitating neural and behav- Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis ioral disorders, such as dementia resulting from of Inherited Eye Diseases Alzheimer’s disease; mental retardation, learning The Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of and developmental disabilities; mental illnesses; Inherited Eye Diseases was inaugurated on alcoholism and other substance-abuse problems; September 1, 1994, and is a joint project of the and loss of cognitive functions due to factors such Hermann Eye Center, the Medical School as the aging process and head trauma. The Department of Ophthalmology and the Human Neuroscience Research Center publishes a quar- Genetics Center at the School of Public Health. terly newsletter and a monthly news sheet identi- The purpose of the laboratory is to provide genetic fying ongoing research efforts and activities in the testing as a service for patients with inherited eye neurosciences; organizes various neuroscience diseases and for ophthalmologists treating those lectures, including a Distinguished Lectureship patients. At present, the principal diseases tested Series and seminars; sponsors a course in the are inherited forms of retinal degeneration such Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; hosts an as retinitis pigmentosa and macular dystrophy. annual Neuroscience poster session; and fosters The laboratory also conducts research in the the exchange of information and discussion of new molecular causes of inherited eye diseases and initiatives. As the structural foundation of its activ- has a role in training students and faculty in ities, the NRC utilizes the resources of six schools molecular techniques. of UTHSC-H, creating a rich and unique environment for research that spans both the clinical and Source: Stephen Daiger, School of Public Health basic science fields of inquiry. Departments with significant research activities within the Medical School include Neurobiology and Anatomy, Mental Sciences Institute Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and The Mental Sciences Institute was founded in Behavioral Sciences, Ophthalmology and Visual 1961 as the Houston State Psychiatric Institute. Its Sciences, and Integrative Biology and name was changed to the Texas Research Pharmacology. Clinical departments utilize the Institute of Mental Sciences (TRIMS) in 1967, and facilities of Memorial Hermann Hospital, the major in 1985 it became The University of Texas Mental teaching hospital of UTHSC-H Medical School; The Sciences Institute (MSI) in association with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, department of Psychiatry and Behavioral a renowned oncology referral hospital and Sciences at the Medical School. The MSI offers research institution; The Institute for Rehabilitation comprehensive outpatient services to children, and Research; St. Joseph’s Hospital; St. Luke’s adolescents, adults, the elderly, the mentally dis- Hospital, a leading private hospital; The University abled and substance abusers. Besides its clinical of Texas Mental Sciences Institute, a clinical services, MSI also operates a series of research research center offering comprehensive outpa- programs that are highly recognized locally and tient treatment programs; Shriner’s Hospital; the nationally. MSI also houses a comprehensive Harris County Psychiatric Center, a 250-bed psy- psychiatric- and behaviorally-oriented library. chiatric hospital; Texas Children’s Hospital and Lyndon Baines Johnson General Hospital, a full- Source: Pedro Ruiz, Medical School service county hospital. Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/med/ Source: John H. Byrne, Medical School psychiatry/msi/ Website: http://nba19.med.uth.tmc.edu/nrc/ 14 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Office of Women’s Health research on the effects of technology in health care and also houses the major journal in the field, The Office of Women’s Health was formed in 1998 International Journal of Technology Assessment as a Medical School component of UTHSC-H’s in Health Care. Women’s Health Initiative. The office’s four goals are to: promote the enhancement of collective Source: Stanley Reiser, School of Public Health resources and increase visibility for individual efforts in areas of research, clinical care and education related to women’s health; increase finan- Southwest Center for Occupational cial support for cooperative endeavors; serve as a & Environmental Health clearing house for information regarding clinical The Southwest Center for Occupational and services, research initiatives and conferences on Environmental Health (SWCOEH) was first estab- women’s health; and serve as a liaison between lished at the School of Public Health in 1977. Its mis- related programs in the various institutions of sion is to promote health, safety and well-being in UTHSC-H. The office maintains a website, the workplace and the community. The goal of the resource library and database of individuals with Center is to respond to the critical need for well- clinical and basic research interests related to trained occupational and environmental health women’s health. The office has helped to coordi- specialists by providing graduate-level academic nate the preparation of a number of multidiscipli- training and continuing education with an underly- nary grant proposals and has set in place a mech- ing foundation of a state-of-the-art occupational anism for proposal review in the case where only and environmental health research program. It is a one can be submitted. The office sponsors a “mini National Institute for Occupational Safety and medical school” informational series, a newsletter Health-supported Education and Research Center, (Women’s Health Newswatch) and a speakers a National Institutes of Health (Fogarty International bureau that provide health information to the pub- Center) -funded International Environmental and lic. It conducts a summer research program for Occupational Health Research Training Center and, undergraduates and medical students that focus- since 1985, a World Health Organization es on current issues in women’s health research. Collaborating Center in Occupational Health. The office represents the university at state and city-wide conferences on issues related to The Center provides academic training in the core women and publicizes studies that are seeking areas of industrial hygiene, occupational health participants from the community. for nurses, occupational medicine, occupational Source: Loretta F. Roy, Medical School safety engineering, as well as in the special emphasis areas of occupational epidemiology and Website: http://obg.med.uth.tmc.edu/watch/ injury prevention. Interdisciplinary courses and activities are offered to ensure interaction between faculty and students in the core disci- Program on Humanities & plines. SWCOEH maintains an active research Technology in Health Care program. Current domestic research interests and The Program on Humanities and Technology in activities include: a bladder cancer screening and Health Care was established in 1982. Its purpose is education program in the petrochemical industry; to generate interdisciplinary educational and occupational and environmental risk factors for research programs that bridge the gap between asthma; environmental lead poisoning surveil- science and humanities in health care. The pro- lance systems; and health issues of migrant farm gram examines and clarifies the joint influence of workers. International research interests and values, traditions and technologic advances on activities include: health care worker training pro- the practices, institutions and goals of health care. grams in Latin America; development of standard The program’s focus is the ethical and technolog- curricula in international occupational health; ical aspects of health care, and its courses are environmental aspects of diarrheal disease in offered in each of the UTHSC-H schools. Within children; ergonomic standards and applications in the ethics component, presented case rounds Latin America; and worker safety training in the teach about ethical dilemmas, courses on health petrochemical industry. care ethics are presented, and the program joins with Rice University to train graduate students. The Center’s Continuing Education and Outreach The technology component provides teaching and program offers courses annually in Region VI and The School of Public Health 15

internationally to practicing occupational health the Center’s four basic research projects and one professionals, professionals in related disciplines, intensive care unit clinical study investigate how paraprofessionals and technicians in a variety of traumatic stresses cause gut dysfunction and how aspects of occupational and environmental gut dysfunction contributes to MOF. When the health. A hazardous substance training program, Center was established in 1988, it was the first in under the auspices of the Continuing Education the United States to concentrate on the role of the Program, offers training to health and safety pro- gastrointestinal tract in MOF. The Center, which is fessionals in minority colleges and universities. multi-departmental and multi-institutional, is fund- Outreach activities are provided at the local, ed by the National Institutes of Health. This year a regional and international levels, through consul- formal postgraduate research training program tation, clinical services, presentations, community has been added. The Medical School investiga- service and offering of scholarships and pilot tors represent the departments of surgery, inte- project research awards. grative biology and pharmacology, internal medicine, biochemistry and pediatrics as well as Source: George Delclos, School of Public Health academic computing and the Center for Website: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/swcoeh/ Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care. The department of biology at the University of Houston is also part of the Center’s activity. Structural Biology Center Source: Frederick Moore, Medical School Molecular mechanisms in cells are orchestrated Website: http://utsurg.uth.tmc.edu/trauma/ by the cooperative activities of molecular machines built from amino and nucleic acids. Efforts to resolve the molecular architecture and University Clinical Research Center functional design of these molecular machines are essential for an understanding of normal bio- The University Clinical Research Center (UCRC) logical processes as well as the structural basis of provides an optimal setting for controlled clinical disease states. Structural biology is the evolving investigations into the cause, progression, preven- branch of basic science that aims to provide tion, control and care of human disease. detailed three-dimensional structures of molecular Accredited and funded by the National Institutes of machines. The importance of structural biology Health (NIH), the UCRC also serves as an environ- will be amplified as researchers are challenged to ment for training health professionals in clinical identify the structures of proteins encoded by the research. The NIH funds the inpatient/outpatient tens of thousands of human genes. facility and the necessary nursing, dietary and administrative staff. A computer systems manager The Center focuses on excellence in the three and biostatistician are available to assist investiga- primary methods for resolving molecular struc- tors with data management and analysis. Patient tures – nuclear magnetic resonance, electron care expenses directly related to non-industry microscopy and x-ray crystallography. The Center sponsored research are also supported in full by will be a focal point for structural biology research the grant. The UCRC is a discrete unit in Memorial at the Medical School and within the Graduate Hermann Hospital devoted entirely to conducting School of Biomedical Sciences. In this way, the clinical research with both adult and pediatric pop- Center and its faculty provide UTHSC-H with a ulations. Projects may also be conducted outside valuable and much needed resource for research the UCRC with patients requiring care in specialty and training in structural biology. Many collabora- areas such as intensive care units and the nursery. tive projects with UTHSC-H faculty are anticipated In addition, a DNA Sequencing and Genotyping thus significantly enhancing UTHSC-H’s overall Core Laboratory supports genomics-based clinical research enterprise. research in the UCRC. Available to investigators from all disciplines at UTHSC-H, the UCRC encour- Source: John A. Putkey, Medical School ages collaborative research. Source: Joy Lilljedahl, University Clinical Trauma Research Center Research Center

The Medical School’s Trauma Research Center Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/uth_orgs/crc/ interest is in elucidating the pathogenesis of post injury multiple organ failure (MOF). Specifically, 16 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Degrees Offered at The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

School/Program Cert. Bach. Mast. Doc.

Medical School M.D. M.S. in Clinical Research

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences M.S. in Biomedical Sciences (with concentration in Biochemistry, Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Environmental and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Genes and Development, Genetic Counseling, Human and Molecular Genetics, Immunology, Integrative Biology, Medical Physics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Pathology, Neuroscience, Oral Biomaterials, Pharmacology, Physiology, Radiation Biology, Regulatory Biology, Reproductive Biology, Toxicology, Virology and Gene Therapy).

Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences (with concentration in Biochemistry, Biomathematics and Biostatistics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Environmental and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Genes and Development, Human and Molecular Genetics, Immunology, Integrative Biology, Medical Physics, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Molecular Pathology Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Radiation Biology, Regulatory Biology, Reproductive Biology, Toxicology, Virology and Gene Therapy).

Dental Branch D.D.S. M.S.* / Advanced Education Programs * (General Practice Residency (GPR), general dentistry (AEGD), dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery*, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics*, pediatric dentistry*, periodontics*, prosthodontics*, general practice). *Masters degree is optional in these Advanced Education Programs B.S. in Dental Hygiene Dental Hygeine Certificate Program

School of Public Health M.P.H. (in Community Health) M.S. (in Community Health Sciences) Dr.P.H. (in Community Health) Ph.D. (in Community Health Sciences)

School of Nursing B.S.N. M.S.N. D.S.N.

School of Allied Health Sciences M.S. (in Health Informatics) Ph.D. (in Health Informatics) The School of Public Health 17

Accreditation

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is accredited to award certificates and baccalaureate, master, doctoral, and professional degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), which is located at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, Telephone (404)-679-4501, http://www.sacs.org. While SACS accredits the total institution, many of the academic degree programs offered at UTHSC-H also undergo accreditation by specialized accrediting bodies*. They are as follows:

School/Program Degree Accrediting Agency

Medical School M.D. American Medical Association/Association of American Medical Colleges Liaison Committee on Medical Education M.S. (Clinical Research)

Dental Branch** D.D.S. American Dental Association Commission on M.S. Dental Accreditation Advanced Education Dental Hygiene Program Certificate Program B.S. (Dental Hygiene)

Graduate School of M.S. with specialization American Board of Medical Genetics Biomedical Sciences in Genetic Counseling M.S. with specialization American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Medical Physics

School of Public Health M.P.H.† Council on Education for Public Health M.S.† Dr.P.H. Ph.D.

School of Nursing B.S.N. Board of Nurse Examiners and M.S.N. National League for Nursing Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education D.S.N. Nurse Anesthesia Certificate Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs

School of Health M.S. (Health Informatics) Information Sciences Ph.D. (Health Informatics)

* The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is also accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. ** The Dental Branch is also accredited by the Association of Continuing Dental Education. † The Industrial Hygiene curriculum in the MPH and MS degree programs is accredited by the Related Accreditation Commission (RAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) 18 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Teaching Affiliations

UTHSC-H currently has more than 170 formal edu- postdoctoral education and research training in the cational affiliation agreements with other institu- academic areas of medicine, nursing, industrial tions and agencies in the greater Houston area and hygiene, and safety engineering. The program is the state, including a dozen major hospitals, city administered through the Southwest Center for and neighborhood clinics, public schools, and other Occupational Health and Safety, one of 14 centers sites that provide settings for clinical services. officially designated by the National Institute for Primary affiliations include those listed below; a list Occupational Safety and Health. of other affiliations can be found on the pages following. The University of Houston, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, and UTHSC-H have concur- Memorial Hermann Hospital is the primary teach- rent enrollment agreements that allow students ing affiliate of the UTHSC-H Medical School. enrolled in one institution to enroll for support Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Medical courses in another institution. The mechanism for School work toward the goals of exemplary patient payment of tuition and fees vary according to the care, innovative teaching, community service, and individual institution. Consult with the Registrar’s productive research. The Dental Branch operates Office for specific details. general practice, pediatric dentistry, and oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics in conjunction with Faculty from the Graduate School of Biomedical Memorial Hermann Hospital as part of the Sciences teach in science classes at University of advanced dental education programs. A more Houston Downtown (UH-D), and UH-D students do detailed description is given on page 23. special projects in the laboratories of GSBS faculty. Highly qualified senior UH-D students may be Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital is a 300-bed admitted to the GSBS for a combined undergradu- public facility staffed by faculty and residents of the ate/graduate year of study in the M.S./Ph.D. program. UTHSC-H Medical School. The hospital, owned and operated by the Harris County Hospital District, is The Harris County Psychiatric Center/Department medically staffed by Affiliated Medical Services, an of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences affiliations organization formed through an agreement or program agreements include the UTHSC-H between the Medical School and Baylor College of School of Nursing; College of the Mainland (nurs- Medicine. ing); DeBakey High School for Health Professions (preceptorship program); Houston Baptist The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer University (psychology and nursing); Houston Center and UTHSC-H, together with the Texas A&M Community College (Emergency Medical Institute of Biosciences and Technology, collabo- Technician (EMT) and nursing); Lee College (EMT rate extensively in research and education. Many and nursing); Prairie View A&M (nursing); Sam faculty of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have joint Houston State University (music therapy and psy- appointments in most UTHSC-H units, and UTHSC-H chology); San Jacinto College South (nursing); students and residents gain clinical experience at Stephen F. Austin State University (nursing and psy- M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in a variety of med- chology); Texas Southern University (psychology, ical, dental and nursing specialties. A more detailed social work, and health information management); description is given on page 22. Texas Woman’s University (nursing); University of Houston (nursing, psychology, and social work); The Medical School has affiliations with institu- University of Houston-Clear Lake (psychology and tions where residents do rotations, including St. counseling/educational psychology); University of Joseph Hospital, for internal medicine, neurology, Mississippi (occupational therapy); University of obstetrics, orthopedic surgery, radiology, urology; Montreal (psychology); UT-Austin (social work); Harris County Psychiatric Center; Texas Heart UT-El Paso (occupational therapy); and UT Medical Institute, for anesthesiology and cardiology; St. Branch (nursing). Psychology residents from a Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, for internal medicine, variety of institutions are also trained. family practice, neurology, pathology, and surgery; Memorial Hospital Southwest and San Jacinto UTHSC-H has academic affiliations with numerous Methodist Hospital in Baytown, for family medicine; universities in Latin America, Western and Eastern Shriners Hospitals for Children–Houston, for Europe, and Asia that permit interested students to orthopaedics; and Texas Children’s Hospital, for arrange, on an individual basis, periods of study or radiology. research abroad. We recognize that health and biomedical sciences are global in scope and encour- Texas A&M University College of Engineering and age academic exchange with other countries and the School of Public Health offer a consortial pro- cultures. gram in occupational health and safety for pre- and The School of Public Health 19

Harris County Texas Medical Center Psychiatric Center

The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Texas Medical Center is a comprehensive medical Center (UTHCPC) opened in 1990 and is the only complex that was organized in the mid-1940s as a acute care, public psychiatric facility in Harris means for coordinating medical and health educa- County serving persons with debilitating chronic tion, patient care, and related research in a not-for- mental illness. profit setting. Today it stands as a major health care resource that provides extraordinary oppor- UTHCPC is dedicated to excellence and leader- tunities to obtain a broad base of professional ship in the treatment of persons with mental ill- experience. More than 100 permanent buildings ness. It shares the additional unique missions of now occupy more than 700 acres which include 14 The University of Texas Health Science Center at patient care facilities and more than 21 academic Houston of conducting research into the causes institutions. There are 12,227 volunteers who and cures of mental illness, providing education of assist with a wide variety of tasks benefiting the professionals in the care of mental illness and act- Texas Medical Center. ing as a community resource providing outreach to the community. Approximately 69,466 full- and part-time employees work in the Texas Medical Center in member UTHCPC offers a comprehensive program of com- institutions with a combined annual operating munity-based, in-patient, partial hospitalization and budget in excess of $5.4 billion. Texas Medical outpatient diagnostic and treatment services for: Center hospitals contain more than 5,612 licensed • Children and adolescents, ages 3 through 17 beds and 345 bassinets. Over 5.1 million patient with depression, bipolar disease, schizophre- visits were recorded in 2001, the most recent year nia, personality disorders, attention deficit dis- of record. orders and hyperactivity disorder; and • Adults ages 18 and up with bipolar disorders, With more than 28,536 students enrolled in regular depression, schizophrenia, dementia, psy- classes, 2,366 students taking non-short-term chosocial or personality disorders. courses, and 70,568 attending workshops for professional development, the Texas Medical Center UTHCPC’s treatment programs offer individualized includes two medical schools, four nursing treatment plans; individual and group counseling schools, a dental school, two colleges of pharma- and therapy; family participation; discharge plan- cy, a school of public health, a high school for the ning and community follow-up referrals; as well as health professions (with an annual rate of greater a multidisciplinary team approach, including, as than 95 percent of its graduates going on to col- needed, psychiatrists, nurses, residents, psychol- lege), a community college specializing in health ogists, social workers, clinical programming ther- careers training, plus other graduate and post- apists, dietitians and clergy. graduate schools and programs to provide training in the allied health professions. The Houston During FY 2002, UTHCPC served more than 6,100 Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center in-patients and provided more than 7,600 patient- (HAM-TMC) Library, which serves as the accred- days of outpatient and partial hospitalization care. ited library for most of the Texas Medical Center Additionally, more than 600 students received institutions, is also located in the Texas Medical practical experience in the fields of medicine, Center. In addition, research activities of the Texas psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work, Medical Center member institutions totaled $714 pharmacy and activity therapy. million last year and more than $5 billion in the past five years. Community-based outreach programs included the provision of services at Gulf Coast Community A major part of this medical complex is UTHSC-H, Head Start, Wesley Community Center, The which is the largest and most diverse of the edu- Children’s Assessment Center, and The UTHSC-H cational institutions in the Texas Medical Center. Recovery Campus. In addition, the hospital operates a tele-education program offered to nine local school districts and social service agencies providing information about behavioral issues.

Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/uth_orgs/hcpc/ index.html 20 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Legend

Texas Medical Center Map 21 Baylor College of Medicine Ben Taub Research Center; Howard Hughes Medical *The University of Texas Health Science Center Institute at Houston Components [Unless otherwise clearly 22 Baylor College of Medicine Vivian and Bob posted or expressed by an authorized official of Smith Medical Research Building UTHSC-H, the various UTHSC-H facilities and 23 Ben Taub General Hospital locations are open only to persons with legitimate 24 Baylor College of Medicine Jewish business purposes requiring presence at such Institute of Medical Research facilities and locations. (HOOP policy 2.09 Use of 25 TIRR (The Institute of Rehabilitation and University Facilities, updated 10/96)] Research), TIRR LifeBridge 26 *UTHSC-H Dental Branch 1 Texas Medical Center Conference and 27 City of Houston Department of Health and News Center and General Offices Human Services Central Laboratory; 2 Texas A&M University Albert B. Alkek Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Institute of Biosciences and Technology; 28 UTMDACC Center Complex *Institute of Molecular Medicine for the 29 *UTHSC-H Mental Sciences Institute Prevention of Human Diseases 30 University of Houston College of Pharmacy 3 The Houston Main Building; 31 UTMDACC Jesse H. Jones Rotary Houston The UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center International (UTMDACC); *UTHSC-H Information 33 *UTHSC-H School of Public Health Services; *UTHSC-H School of Nursing 35 TECO-Central Heating and Cooling Plant 4 Texas Children’s Hospital 36 Joseph A. Jachimczyk Forensic Science 5 St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital Complex Center School 6 Texas Heart Institute 37 UT Police and Physical Plant Building 7 The Methodist Hospital Complex 38 UTMDACC R.E. “Bob” Smith Research 8 The Institute of Religion Building 9 Texas Woman’s University 39 *UTHSC-H Recreation Center 10 *John Freeman Building 40 *UTHSC-H Child Development Center (UTHSC-H Medical School) 41 *UTHSC-H Harris County Psychiatric 11 Jesse H. Jones Library Building; Houston Center (HCPC) Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical 42 *Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital Center Library Texas Medical Center 43 *University Center Tower (UTHSC-H Executive Offices; Harris County Medical Administration; UTHSC-H School of Health Society; Texas Medical Center Parking Information Sciences) Garage 3; South Central Network of 44 *UTHSC-H University Housing Libraries of Medicine Regional Medical 45 *Operations Center Building Library 46 *UTHSC-H Research Building 12 *UTHSC-H Medical School 47 Houston Medical Center Building; 13 Prairie View A&M University College of *Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nursing 14 Hermann Professional Building 15 Hermann Hospital Cullen Pavilion 16 Hermann Hospital Jones Pavilion and Hermann Children’s Hospital 17 Hermann Hospital (Administration) Robertson Pavilion 18 Ben Taub General Hospital Garage 19 Baylor College of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Center for Biomedical Education and Research 20 Baylor College of Medicine (Administration); Roy and Lillie Cullen Building; M.D. Anderson Hall; and Jesse H. Jones Hall The School of Public Health 21

UT-Houston and Texas Medical Center Map . 22 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer M. D. Anderson’s large research program is sup- Center ranks as one of the world’s most respected ported by external grants and contracts totaling and productive centers devoted exclusively to $178 million in FY 2002 alone. In addition to cancer patient care, research, education and pre- research conducted in laboratories in the Houston vention. It was among the original three federally complex, studies focusing on the environmental designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. causes of cancer are under way at M. D. Anderson’s Science Park in Bastrop County. Since the first patient was registered in 1944, Another unit of the Science Park is devoted to the approximately 525,000 people have turned to M. D. supply and production of research animals for Anderson for diagnosis and treatment. The major- many institutions in Texas. ity of patients have been Texans. Many patients benefit from the multidisciplinary team approach Strong educational programs are offered annually to treatment that was developed by M. D. Anderson to more than 2,900 trainees in medicine, science, and now sets the standard for cancer care around nursing, pharmacy and many allied health special- the world. Surgeons, medical oncologists, radio- ties. M. D. Anderson also provides public and therapists, prevention specialists and a broad patient education programs focusing on early range of other health professionals provide high detection of cancer and risk reduction that can quality care, including one of the nation’s largest help prevent cancer. program of clinical trials that seeks to improve therapies for all types of cancer. More than 225 graduate students in the UTHSC-H The Houston-based M. D. Anderson facilities are joint MS/PhD program with the UTHSC-H extensive and growing to meet the demand for Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences annually state-of-the-art patient care and research. They undertake their research investigations in Cancer are licensed as a 518-bed hospital (operating Center laboratories under the tutelage of Center about 450), an 11-story outpatient clinic building faculty. The relationship with the UTHSC-H where more than 2,000 visits are recorded daily, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is long- numerous research laboratories, and support standing and quite strong. In recent years there services located in or near the Texas Medical has been a marked increase in collaborative activ- Center. The Alkek Hospital and Clinical Research ities with the UTHSC-H School of Public Health as Building recently opened, providing a new patient the Cancer Center’s prevention efforts have care and research complex. grown.

Numerous Cancer Center faculty serve the Graduate School as thesis advisors, student committee members and on various faculty senate committees, including admissions and curriculum. The MD/PhD program conducted jointly with UTHSC-H Medical School continues to receive Cancer Center monetary support as well as laboratory placement of participants.

Several support activities, such as the Office of International Affairs, and UT Police are joint activities of the Cancer Center and UTHSC-H. The School of Public Health 23

Hermann Hospital and Hermann Children’s Hospital

Memorial Hermann Hospital is a private, not-for- transplant from a living donor, which was per- profit hospital founded as a gift from philanthropist formed in 1992. Memorial Hermann Hospital, in George H. Hermann to the people of the city of affiliation with UTHSC-H Medical School, has long Houston. In 1997, the former Hermann Healthcare been a referral center for treating heart disease. System merged with Memorial Healthcare System The President Bush Center for Cardiovascular to form Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. Health offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial services for the diagnosis, treatment and preven- Hermann Children's are two of 13 hospitals in that tion of cardiac disease. State-of-the-art diagnostic system. imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) and high resolution magnetic Memorial Hermann Hospital first opened its doors resonance imaging (MRI) enables physicians to in 1925 on a then remote tract of land that would diagnose and treat patients before they suffer later become the world-renowned Texas Medical heart attacks or other complications of heart Center. Through the years, in addition to innova- disease. Other specialized services of the tive patient care, the hospital's mission has President Bush Center include diagnostic and expanded to include teaching and medical interventional cardiac catheterization, coronary research, and the hospital itself has grown to and peripheral balloon angioplasty, quantitative encompass four pavilions, including the 12-story coronary angiography, and diagnosis and treat- Hermann Pavilion which opened in the fall of 1999. ment of cardiac arrhythmias.

Today, Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial Each year more than 2,500 babies are welcomed Hermann Children's Hospital serve some 15,000 into the world at Memorial Hermann Hospital. patients and their families per month. The hospi- Specialized expertise available to expectant tals operate more than 650 beds and are staffed by mothers includes special care for women with 2,300 physicians and 3,800 employees. Since 1968, high-risk pregnancies, which account for approxi- the hospitals have served as the primary teaching mately 40 percent of the births each year at hospitals for The UTHSC-H Medical School. As a Memorial Hermann Hospital. teaching hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital offers comprehensive services in surgery, internal Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital is a 150- medicine, ophthalmology, neurology, obstetrics bed hospital that is specifically designed for and and gynecology, as well as many other specialties dedicated to meeting the needs of children from and subspecialties. Memorial Hermann Children's tiny premature infants to adolescents up to age 16. Hospital, offers comprehensive services in pedi- Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital is located atrics including neonatal and pediatric intensive inside Hermann Hospital, enabling it to share in care. Memorial Hermann's renowned level I trauma the medical resources of a full-service, university- center and Life Flight air ambulance program affiliated hospital. serve more than 40,000 patients each year. Premature and ill newborns are cared for in the Memorial Hermann Hospital and Hermann Neonatal Intensive Care unit, which is a level III Children's Hospital are among the busiest kidney nursery. Less critically ill infants are cared for in and liver transplant centers in the country. Over the level II nursery . Children with serious illnesses 100 kidney transplants take place each year at and injuries receive care in our Pediatric Intensive Memorial Hermann Hospital, the first to test and Care Unit while young kidney, heart and liver use the immunosuppressant drug cyclosporine. patients receive specialized care in the Pediatric Initiated in 1991, Memorial Hermann Hospital's Special Care Unit. Liver Transplant Program has become Houston's leading liver transplant program. Among the mile- stones recorded by the Memorial Hermann Liver Transplant Program was Houston's first liver 24 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The City of Houston

The nation’s fourth most populous city was found- Chorus, The Houston Chamber Choir, Houston ed in 1836 by the Allen brothers, John and Early Music, Houston Friends of Music, Houston Augustus. It was named after General Sam Master-works Chorus, Houston Oratorio Society, Houston, the first President of the Republic of Houston Symphony Chamber Players, OrchestraX, Texas and commander of the Texas army which and Palmer Society for the Appreciation of Liturgy won its independence from Mexico. and Music (PSALM).

The early growth of Houston was precipitated by The Houston downtown Theater District consists the rapid development of petroleum refining and of the Wortham Theater Center, built entirely with metal fabricating. The city experienced increasing private donations, which presents opera and bal- economic diversification during the 1960s and 70s let throughout the year; the Alley Theater, one of and became a leading financial, commercial and the country’s three oldest resident theaters; Hobby industrial center, as well as an international ener- Center for the Performing Arts, which houses gy capital during the 1980s and 90s. This econom- Theatre Under the Stars, the Broadway Series, ic diversification includes growth in high technol- and the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre; ogy industries, medical research, health care and and the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing professional services. Houston is home to many Arts, which houses the Houston Symphony and businesses, including corporate headquarters for the Society for the Performing Arts. 21 of the Fortune 500 companies. In addition, many foreign countries and corporations have estab- Stages Repertory Theatre offers southwestern lished a presence in Houston to access North and world premieres, experimental productions of American markets via the city’s excellent distribu- classic works and revivals of American master- tion facilities. Among U.S. ports, the Port of pieces. The Houston Ballet was established as a Houston ranks eighth in the world in terms of ship- professional company in 1969 and presents a sea- ping tonnage and first in the United States in terms son of local and touring performances. of foreign tonnage. The Houston Museum District includes the Houston lies in three counties, Harris, Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, Montgomery and Fort Bend and is the fourth most the Menil Collection, the Museum of Natural populous city in the United States. It has approxi- Science, the Holocaust Museum, the Children’s mately 4.8 million residents with a median age of Museum, and the John P. McGovern Museum of 31.2 years. Within the city limits, the population of Health and Medical Science. The Houston Houston is estimated at nearly 1.9 million with the Museum of Fine Arts houses more than 27,000 greater Houston area containing 4 million inhabi- works from antiquity to the present, the largest tants. In the Houston region, there are 275,000 stu- collection in the Southwest. The Glassell School of dents in 47 colleges, universities, and institutes. Art offers art history and studio classes for adults Houston has the most affordable housing of the 10 and children. The one-acre Lillie and Hugh Roy most populous metropolitan areas and has the Cullen Sculpture Garden was created by Isamu second lowest cost of living among major United Noguchi and contains works by Giacometti, States cities. Matisse and Rodin. The Children’s Museum of Houston features hands-on activities for children. Located downtown, Houston’s 17-block Theater The Museum of Health and Medical Science, District is home to eight performing arts organiza- ranking first in America in numbers of visitors, is tions and more than 12,000 seats. Houston has strongly supported by UTHSC-H and other Texas emerged as a cultural center through its many Medical Center institutions. Students at UTHSC-H quality offerings: The Houston Symphony pres- serve as docents and may participate in design of ents a full season of concerts in Jones Hall and exhibits. free summer concerts in Miller Theatre; the Houston Grand Opera is one of the nation’s five Space Center Houston is a $70-million, Disney- largest opera companies. Theatre Under The designed visitors center for the Johnson Space Stars presents musicals in free summer produc- Center, the focal point for the U.S. manned space- tions and in a winter subscription season. Other flight program and the Space Shuttle; Six Flags major musical groups include Ars Lyrica Houston, Over Texas Astroworld is a 65-acre family amuse- Bach Society, Context, Da Camera, Gilbert & ment park; and the Reliant Astrodome, the first Sullivan Society of Houston, Greater Houston domed stadium. Sports enthusiasts can take The School of Public Health 25

advantage of professional sports action throughout the year with the Houston Astros baseball team, the Houston Rockets (two-time NBA champions) and the Houston Comets (four-time WNBA champions) basketball teams; the Hot Shots, Continental Indoor Soccer League; and the Aeros, International Hockey League. Racing facilities include Sam Houston Race Park for thoroughbred and quarter-horse racing and Gulf Greyhound Park for dog racing. Minute Maid Park is the home of the Houston Astros, while Houston's expansion NFL team, the Texans, are at home in the new Reliant Stadium built next to the Astrodome in Reliant Park. The Rockets and Comets are scheduled to move to a new downtown arena in August 2003. In 2004 Houston will host Super Bowl XXXVIII, the Big 12 Conference football championship game and the Major League Baseball's All Star Game. For personal sports enthusiasts the moderate climate is conducive to a variety of outdoor activities including tennis, golf, water sports, cycling and running.

Adjacent to the medical center is Hermann Park, one of the city’s 331 municipal parks, which features the Houston Zoo, the Houston Garden Center, the Houston Museum of Natural Science, the Burke Baker Planetarium, the Wortham IMAX Theatre, the Miller Outdoor Theatre (free productions), the Japanese Garden, and the Cockrell Butterfly Tower. Hermann Park also includes an 18-hole golf course, 2 miniature golf courses, pad- dle boats, and a hike and bike trail.

The Houston Galleria is a three-story retail/enter- tainment/hotel center and a major attraction for residents and visitors. Galveston Island with its miles of beaches, Moody Gardens (10-story glass Rainforest Pyramid, aquarium, 3-D IMAX theater) and annual Dickens Festival is less than an hour’s drive from Houston.

Website: http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/abouthous- ton/houstonfacts.html

Houston skyline

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Student Government

Student Governance Organization Student Guide

The Student InterCouncil (SIC) is the recognized The Student Connection is an electronic resource forum of student opinion and the primary vehicle document for students and prospective students for student participation in the governance of that describes UTHSC-H and community services, UTHSC-H. The organization comprises represen- and provides an overview of student policies and tatives from each of the six schools and from the accompanying procedures, and information about minority and international student constituencies. the Texas Medical Center area. The Student The SIC contributes to the quality of student life at Connection is located online at the university by participating in the development http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla and implementation of policies and procedures nning/policies/student/index.html affecting students, providing funds to support special projects other student groups, representing For more information about the guide, contact the student interests on external and internal commit- Office of the Associate Vice President for tees, improving communication among the Academic Affairs at (713) 500-3066. schools through the publication of a bimonthly student newsletter, News and Views, and planning and implementing activities that address the special needs of students. The policy regarding student government can be found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla nning/pub/hoop/06/6_06.html and the SIC by-laws can be found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ ut_general/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/app_b/s ic.html Contact the Student InterCouncil at: (713) 500-3118 (leave a message) FAX (713) 500-0318 email: sicgov@ uth.tmc.edu Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/sic

Student Fees Advisory Committee

The Student Fees Advisory Committee was established as an affiliated committee of the Student InterCouncil and is charged with the responsibility of reviewing proposed student services, inciden- tal, laboratory and other fee changes, and making recommendations to the President before submission of new fees to UT System for approval by the Board of Regents. Membership in the Committee consists of two representatives from each of the six UTHSC-H schools and two from the Student InterCouncil. 28 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The School of Public Health 29

Student Services

Office of the Associate Vice Veteran’s Administration counseling and verifica- President for Academic Affairs tion, residence determination and loan verification. The office, in conjunction with the Office of The UTHSC-H Office of the Associate Vice International Affairs, assists foreign students in President for Academic Affairs was established in maintaining their student status. The Registrar’s 1991 to assist in the coordination and management Office is located on the 22nd floor of the University of academic matters, and in the administration of Center Tower, 7000 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77030. selected faculty and student services, interdisciplinary programs and international activities. For further information, contact: Student Services under the auspices of Academic Office of the Registrar Affairs include the Registrar’s Office, Student The University of Texas Health Science Center Counseling, and the Office of International Affairs. at Houston P.O. Box 20036 In student matters, the Office is responsible for 7000 Fannin, Suite 2250 providing leadership and support of students’ Houston, Texas 77225 interests, improving communication between stu- (713) 500-3333 dents and the administration, and facilitating the email: [email protected] development of policies and procedures affecting Website: http://registrar.uth.tmc.edu/ students. The Office works with other institutional and school providers of direct student services, the school governance organizations and the Student Financial Aid Student InterCouncil, which is the primary vehicle for student participation in institutional gover- UTHSC-H has available loan, grant and scholar- nance. The Office provides administrative and ship funds. These funds are awarded based on staff support to the Student InterCouncil such as proven financial need and/or academic excel- publishing and distributing the student newsletter, lence. Additional criteria may also apply. See the and coordinating the Health Care Team school section on criteria for the award of schol- Competition. arships, page 17. Financial aid specialists are available Monday- Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 For more information, contact: p.m. to provide counseling on the financial assis- Office of Academic Affairs tance programs available to students. The Office The University of Texas Health Science Center of Student Financial Aid is located on the 22nd at Houston floor of the University Center Tower, 7000 Fannin, P.O. Box 20036 Houston, Texas 77030. 7000 Fannin, Suite 1700 Houston, Texas 77225 A student subject to selective service registration (713) 500-3066 FAX (713) 500-3069 will be required to file a statement that the student email: [email protected] has registered or is exempt from selective service

Registrar

The UTHSC-H Registrar’s Office was established in March 1981 to provide a central computer- based student record system and the touchtone telephone and web registration activities and other services for schools on this campus. The goals of the office are to provide an effective and efficient application procedure; to direct an accurate, facile registration process; and to provide a computerized applicant, student and alumni record system.

Other services offered by the Registrar’s Office include the issuance of transcripts, Hazelwood Act determination, certification of student status, 30 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

registration in order to be eligible to receive finan- Among the services provided by the office are cial assistance funded by State revenue. application of immigration procedures, personal advice, counseling, and orientation. The Office of Application forms and complete information may International Affairs is located in the University be obtained from: Center Tower, Suite 130. Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with the exception of Office of Student Financial Aid Tuesdays when the office is closed from 9:00 a.m. The University of Texas Health Science Center - 11:00 a.m. at Houston P.O. Box 20036 For further information, contact: 7000 Fannin, Suite 2220 Office of International Affairs Houston, Texas 77225 The University of Texas Health Science Center (713) 500-3860 at Houston Website: http://sfa.uth.tmc.edu P.O. Box 20036 7000 Fannin, Ste. 130 Houston, Texas 77225 Office of International Affairs (713) 500-3176 FAX (713) 500-3189 The Office of International Affairs serves the email: [email protected] needs of non-U.S. citizen faculty, students, fellows and staff at UTHSC-H. This office has the responsibility for developing approaches that respond to Office of Community and the needs of this population, and in that process, Educational Outreach strives to create an atmosphere conducive to The mission of the Office of Community and meaningful intercultural experiences for all stu- Educational Outreach is to establish, promote, and dents, faculty and staff. provide outreach healthcare, educational, recruitment, and research programs benefiting the citi- In compliance with federal, state, and local regu- zens of Texas, and facilitate diversity within the lations as well as institutional policies, all non-U.S. institution. citizens must check-in with the Office of International Affairs prior to beginning their Outreach programs include InterCon (Inter-univer- appointment and/or registering for classes to sity and public schools Connections) and the obtain the appropriate clearance to begin appoint- Texas-Mexico Border Health Services Project. ment and/or studies. InterCon is a network of universities and K-12 schools developed in 1995 as part of the institution’s long-range goal to create and coordinate educational outreach programs to recruit a diverse student population. The Texas-Mexico Border Health Services Project has been in existence for the past 14 years and includes projects that assist the medically underserved communities along the Texas-Mexico Border. This program provides preceptorship opportunities for health care professionals and students who wish to have clinical rotations along the border on the UTHSC-H’s Medical Mobile Clinic, or in the dental residency program.

This office supports a variety of student projects aimed at promoting an interest in science and the health professions among middle, high school and college students, campus-wide events for staff, students, and faculty, educational opportunities for students, and professional development for faculty. The School of Public Health 31

For information about programs and activities, Student Health Services contact: Medical School Health Services (MSHS) provides Office of Community and Educational Outreach health services to all UTHSC-H students. The mis- The University of Texas Health Science Center sion of MSHS is to offer affordable health, well- at Houston ness, and medical care for students and their fam- P.O. Box 20036 ilies. A portion of the student services fee funds 7000 Fannin, Suite 1007 the programs. By additional payment, services Houston, Texas 77225 can be extended to a student’s spouse or children. (713) 500-3196 FAX (713) 500-3363 Website: www.uth.tmc.edu/ceo The health services available for UTHSC-H students include immunizations required for matriculation into and through UTHSC-H, tuberculosis Office of Equal Opportunity and screening, physical assessments, well woman Diversity examinations, flu shots, fit testing for HEPA filter UTHSC-H has committed to enhancing diversity by masks, treatment of minor illnesses, and referrals creating an Office of Equal Opportunity and to specialists. The clinic manages a 24-hour a day Diversity (EO&D) with the central responsibility of hotline for needlesticks and other exposures to ensuring that the University meets its obligations hazardous body fluids. An on-site Class D pharma- as an affirmative equal opportunity employer and cy offers many prescription medications for com- educational institution. To help provide the best mon illnesses and oral contraceptives. The clinic is possible service to students, staff, faculty and vis- staffed by internal medicine/pediatrics physicians. itors, the EO&D office has the responsibility to ensure compliance with federal and state laws by Office visits, routine immunizations (excluding providing a forum for dispute resolution for com- expensive immunizations such as hepatitis B vac- plaints as they relate to discrimination and/or cines) and testing following possible bloodborne harassment; serve as an Americans with exposure while performing educational assign- Disabilities Act (ADA) resource by providing guid- ments are managed free of charge. However, cer- ance and accessibility options for all persons with tain other services require a student to pay for disabilities; and managing diversity by promoting charges incurred unless health insurance is avail- an environment of respect and inclusiveness. able. These may include laboratory tests, radio- logical services, hospitalization and referred con- In addition to managing diversity, this office is sultation, and pharmaceuticals. responsible for assisting each school with issues as they relate to equal opportunity, discrimination Medical School Health Services is located in the and harassment. As the Disability Coordinator, the Hermann Professional Building, Suite 1010. Office Director of EO&D is responsible for assisting the hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed Noon to individual school’s 504 Coordinators (Section 504 1:00 p.m. Appointments are preferred but not of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) with the registra- required. tion of disabilities, academic accommodations within the classroom, accessing special adaptive For more information, contact: computer equipment, providing interpretation Medical School Health Services services, and mediating faculty-student disability The University of Texas Health Science Center related issues. at Houston Hermann Professional Building For additional information, contact: 6410 Fannin, Suite 1010 The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Texas 77030 at Houston (713) 500-5171 FAX (713) 500-0605 P.O. Box 20036 7000 Fannin, Suite 1690 Houston, Texas 77225 (713) 500-3079 Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/eo/ 32 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Student Health Insurance For further information, contact: Auxiliary Enterprises The Board of Regents of The University of Texas The University of Texas Health Science Center System approved mandating health insurance for at Houston students enrolled in the U.T. System health com- 7779 Knight Road ponents, including students previously enrolled. Houston, Texas 77054 The Board of Regents has authorized the assess- (713) 500-8400 FAX (713) 500-8409 ment of a health insurance fee for each semester email: [email protected] to each student who cannot provide evidence of continuing coverage under another approved plan by the 12th class day of the fall and spring semes- Student Counseling Service ters and the 4th class day of the summer semester. Students with coverage outside of the plan should The Student Counseling Service provides for the contact Auxiliary Enterprises at 713/500-8400, mental health needs of all UTHSC-H students. http://ae.uth.tmc.edu or email: student-insur- Services offered include evaluation, short-term [email protected] to provide the information individual counseling or psychotherapy, needed to waive the insurance fee. marital/couples counseling, and referral to other services when indicated. Records are kept confi- In addition, the Board of Regents of The University dential to the extent allowed by law and there is no of Texas System requires all international students fee for service. Individuals who desire or who are holding non-immigrant visas and living in the in need of long-term therapy or of complicated United States to have coverage for repatriation medication management will be referred to the and medical evacuation while enrolled at compo- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral nent institutions of The University of Texas. The Sciences at The University of Texas Medical required health insurance fee assessed by the School. The Student Counseling Service also University includes coverage for repatriation and sponsors outreach and preventive services such medical evacuation. International students with as stress reduction workshops and support coverage outside of the plan can contact Auxiliary groups to enhance adjustment to professional Enterprises at 713/500-8400, http://ae.uth.tmc.edu schools. or email: [email protected] to provide the information needed to waive the insur- The Student Counseling Service is located in Suite ance fee and, if needed, purchase coverage for 1600, University Center Tower Building. The office repatriation and medical evacuation. A student hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 health insurance program is offered to registered p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except students through a private company selected by for university holidays. Referrals are not neces- The University of Texas System office. This plan is sary and students are encouraged to call (713) designed to supplement student health services 500-3113 and set up their own appointment. provided in the Medical School Health Services. In addition, it also assists with expenses not covered For further information or to make an appointment, by the student services fee and those incurred contact: outside that setting such as prescriptions, hospi- Student Counseling Service talization, etc. Students have the option of enrolling The University of Texas Health Science Center their families in this plan at an additional cost. at Houston University Center Tower, Suite 1600 PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: 7000 Fannin 1. If you do not take action by the 12th class day, Houston, Texas 77030 you MUST pay the insurance assessed to you. (713) 500-3113 2. It is YOUR responsibility to confirm that the email: [email protected] insurance charge has been removed from your Website: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/ bill once you have provided proof of insurance. research_acad_aff/scs/index.html You may view your bill online at http://utlink.uth.tmc.edu. 3. Please DO NOT resubmit proof of insurance if your insurance was waived Fall 2002, unless you have changed insurance companies. The School of Public Health 33

Work/Life Program

The UTHSC-H Work/Life Program was created from the Work/Family-Elder Care Task Force Study of 1995-1996 to help the UTHSC-H institutional family of faculty, staff, student, residents, and fellows reconcile the needs of work and personal life so that the Institution’s missions of education, research, and service may be productively and humanely accomplished.

To help students balance the competing demands of school and personal life, the Work/Life Program offers the following programs and policies: • Resource and Referral Service – At no cost, students have access via the University Intranet to information 24 hours a day to over 5,000 daycare and home care providers in Houston and in the 17 surrounding area counties for ages ranging from 0 to 14 years. The ance school life with personal life. Programs database (http://www.childcareresource.com) can be tailored to different areas. Contact the provides detailed information such as: tuition Work/Life Program with your request. fees, whether meals are served, child ratio, • UTHSC-H Child Care Center – UTHSC-H has its hours, and more! Students can also use the own Child Development Center in the TMC area Personalized Custom Plus resource and referral located at 7900 Cambridge, (713) 500-8454. (See service with a 25% discount. Packet includes: Child Development Center in this section for assignment of parent to a Family Resource detailed information.) Specialist, in-depth consultation on choosing • Corporate Discount Programs – Students, resi- child care, educational materials individualized dents, and employees are eligible for discounts to the parent's needs, verification that each at several Child and Adult Day Care facilities, as child care provider has an opening for the well as child transportation services. Discounts child(ren), printed detailed information on each are available off registration for emergency child care provider, and referrals to parenting child and elder care services. On-site massage classes and support groups. Call (713) 365-0313 therapy is also available at a discount. (Call the for more information. Work/Life Program or visit the website for a • Lactation Rooms at the School Site – UTHSC-H complete list of participants: supports breast-feeding at the school site, and http://worklife.uth.tmc.edu/Discountpartners.ht rooms are available in most buildings for ml. A UTHSC-H ID is required.) expressing milk. For more information and room • Relocation Program – The Work/Life Program locations, see the Work/Life website. contracts with several companies to provide http://worklife.uth.tmc.edu/BFpolicy.html free relocation assistance for employees, facul- • Work/Life Program – The Work/Life Coordinator ty, and students moving locally, nationally, or for the Program provides administrative support internationally. Please visit for developing and coordinating programs and http://worklife.uth.tmc.edu/resourcereferral.html policies that help the UTHSC-H community for additional information. balance competing work or school and • Center on Aging – Students with aging parents personal life demands. For more information, may receive helpful information from this cen- visit the Work/Life website, or contact the ter, which is dedicated to initiating, coordinat- Work/Life Coordinator at (713) 500-3013. ing, and facilitating aging education, research, http://worklife.uth.tmc.edu patient care, community service, and institu- • Work/Life Training – Learn at Lunch Programs tional personal development within UTHSC-H. address a variety of life balance issues for all Call (713) 500-3771. ARISE (Aging Resource UTHSC-H faculty, employees, and students. Information Support & Education) provides a Work/Life and Student Counseling Services offer free noon seminars to help students bal- 34 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

broad array of aging-related information, of the Building Blocks Committee, which acts as a referrals, education, counseling, geriatric care support group for the UTCDC. management, and support services. Call (713) 500-8250. The UTCDC program is offered to enhance and balance the child’s social, emotional, intellectual For more information, contact: and physical needs. We look forward to having Work/Life Coordinator you join us and welcome your touring our facility. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston For a tour or further information, contact: 7000 Fannin, Suite 1670 Child Development Center Houston, Texas 77030 The University of Texas Health Science Center (713) 500-3013 at Houston Website: http://worklife.uth.tmc.edu 7900 Cambridge Houston, Texas 77054 (713) 500-8454 Child Development Center Website: http://ae.uth.tmc.edu/cdc/cdc.1.html

UTHSC-H has a quality Child Development Center (UTCDC) for children ages six weeks through University Housing kindergarten, which is located within the University Housing complex at 7900 Cambridge. The UT Housing complex, which was built in 1982, This program is designed to create a safe, whole- is located at 7900 Cambridge approximately one some environment where children enjoy living and mile from the Texas Medical Center. One, two and learning. The educational environment for infants three bedroom furnished or unfurnished apart- is designed to provide visual and auditory stimula- ments are available to students, faculty and tion in an atmosphere of warmth and nurturance. employees of UTHSC-H. The program for toddlers and older children features open learning centers that provide for indi- Each apartment is fully carpeted and features an vidual instructional activities and large and small all-electric kitchen with a frost-free refrigerator, group interaction. All children are encouraged to dishwasher and garbage disposal. Three laundry develop according to their own unique abilities, rooms equipped with coin-operated washers and interests and growth rate. dryers are available.

In addition to being licensed by the State of Texas, The entrance to the complex is controlled by a the UTCDC is nationally accredited by the National 24-hour guard on duty. A Metro bus runs on a Academy of Early Childhood Programs, a division regular schedule between the complex and the of the National Association for the Education of Texas Medical Center for residents of the com- Young Children. The UTCDC program was the first plex. There is also a free UTHSC-H shuttle offered nationally accredited center in the Texas Medical to all UT students, staff and faculty. Center. Each classroom has its own four-year degreed teacher and follows a developmentally Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. appropriate curriculum. The UTCDC is open from Monday through Friday. 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on all holidays observed by UTHSC-H. Send inquiries to: University Housing Parents are encouraged to participate in various The University of Texas Health Science Center projects involving their children and to serve as at Houston liaisons between their home and the UTCDC. 7900 Cambridge Regularly scheduled parent/teacher conferences Houston, Texas 77054 apprise parents of the professional staff’s assess- (713) 500-8444 FAX 500-8448 ment of their child’s growth and development. All Website: http://ae.uth.tmc.edu/housing/index.html parents are invited to participate in the activities The School of Public Health 35

Transportation and Parking

UTHSC-H provides a commuter/circulator shuttle operation for all UTHSC-H students, faculty and staff only. UTHSC-H identification badges are required for access onto the shuttle. The shuttle service is contracted through Coach USA and operates from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday with the exception of official University holidays. During peak operating hours (6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.) the shuttle runs every 30-35 minutes from University Housing. Key shuttle stop locations are: University Housing, Recreation Center, University Center Tower, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, Dental Branch/Mental Science Institute, Medical School, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

If you have any questions regarding shuttle services or route information, please contact the Auxiliary Enterprises Parking/Shuttle Service throughout TMC. Free parking areas for bicycles Office at (713) 500-3405. To obtain a copy of the and motorcycles are located throughout the TMC. UTHSC-H Shuttle Schedule, visit the Parking/Shuttle Service website at Student contract parking is available from the http://ae.uth.tmc.edu/parking/index.html TMC Parking Office located at the TMC Visitor Information Center on the corner of Bertner and In addition to the UTHSC-H Shuttle, the Texas Holcombe. Student parking is available at the Medical Center (TMC) operates a free METRO South Extension Lot and the Smithlands Extension shuttle from its various locations. For more infor- Lot located between Braeswood and Old Spanish mation about METRO/TMC shuttle service, call the Trail. Students with disabilities may obtain decals TMC Parking Office at (713) 791-6161 or METRO for for parking in reserved spaces. In addition, TMC other route information at (713) 635-4000. provides after-hours parking (6:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m.) on the central campus of TMC at a discounted Students should be aware that the streets and rate. For more information on TMC Parking, please roadways adjacent to UTHSC-H facilities are pub- call the TMC Parking Office at (713) 791-6161. If lic roadways and that Vehicle Inspection prac- you need assistance after hours or on weekends, tices (Texas Transportation Code, Section 548.602) you can call UT Police at (713) 500-4357 for an are fully enforced. A peace officer who exhibits a escort service to your vehicle. Identify yourself as badge or other sign of authority may stop a vehicle a UTHSC-H student and give them your location. not displaying an inspection certificate on the You may have to wait 5-10 minutes or more windshield. It is a Class C misdemeanor offense to depending on the availability of the after-hours operate a motor vehicle after the fifth day after the escort. date of expiration of the period designated for inspection for a motor vehicle registered in Texas. Parking at the University Center Tower (UCT) garage located at 7000 Fannin (corner of Fannin & Galen) is restricted to employees and students General Parking Information for occupying the building. However, students are UTHSC-H Students granted complimentary parking for one and a half Due to traffic congestion and on-going construction hours with the student I.D. badge displaying a cur- in the Texas Medical Center (TMC), much of con- rent sticker. The complimentary parking is for stu- tract parking is limited to remote parking locations. dent-related business only (i.e., registrar, financial A shuttle bus or van from the remote locations to the TMC make frequent stops at key locations 36 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

pass. Call METRO Customer Service at (713) 658- 0180 to verify your zone if you are not certain. Once ordered by our office, these can be paid for and picked up at the following locations: UTHSC- H Bookstore, Parking Office, and Dental Branch Bookstore.

Please contact UTHSC-H Parking/ Shuttle Services at (713) 500-3405 or click on http://ae.uth.tmc.edu/parking/index.html for additional information.

Bookstore

The UTHSC-H Bookstore is located on the ground floor of the John H. Freeman Building and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During heavy registration periods, the bookstore will designate late hours.

The bookstore carries required and recommended aid, Bursar’s office, and counseling). When exiting text for all UTHSC-H schools. Medical equipment the parking facility, a valid student ID badge must is discounted in varying amounts. In addition to be shown with current student sticker to the textbooks, the bookstore stocks a large number of garage cashier booth attendant upon exiting. reference books. Books that are not stocked may Parking in excess of the 1-1/2 hour complimentary be special ordered at the cash registers. parking is at the student’s expense. This privilege is extended to enrolled/current students only. The Included among its services, the bookstore offers UCT garage is open Monday through Saturday but the sale of Metro bus passes. In addition, the collection of parking fees is Monday-Friday only. bookstore orders graduation invitations, academic The garage security gates are usually open for regalia and rings. The bookstore also buys used parking access Monday through Thursday 6:00 books daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Fridays 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information about parking and UTHSC-H For further information, contact: operated parking areas, please call the Auxiliary University Bookstore Enterprises Parking/Shuttle Service Office at The University of Texas Health Science Center (713) 500-3405. at Houston John H. Freeman Building Alternative Transportation Options 6431 Fannin Van Pool Info: METRO offers a subsidy per month Houston, TX 77030 in the form of a voucher to METROVan partici- (713) 500-5860 FAX (713) 500-0540 pants. To form or join a van pool, please call Website: http://books.uth.tmc.edu METRO’s Ride Share at (713) 224-RIDE or (713) 739-4981.

METRO RIDE SPONSOR for Bus Passes: The UTHSC-H Parking Services Office serves as the ride sponsor for the University and sells discounted METRO bus passes to employees and students. You can purchase these at local food stores, but you receive a 10% discount if purchased through the University. Please notify our office one month in advance if you desire to purchase a METRO The School of Public Health 37

University Dining and Catering designed for health and fitness, as well as for fun Services and relaxation. Students are encouraged to participate in the Recreational Sports Program, University Dining and Catering Services are locat- Wellness Program, Instructional Program, Youth & ed within two buildings of UTHSC-H. These loca- Family Program, Aquatics and Aerobics Programs. tions are in the basement of the Dental Branch, Recreation Center membership is open to all 6516 M.D. Anderson Blvd., and the foyer area of UTHSC-H faculty, staff, students, families and affil- the School of Public Health Building, 1200 Herman iates, including Texas Medical Center employees. Pressler. A valid ID is required for admittance and at time of purchase of any services offered. Hours of Operation (Excluding University holidays) UTHSC-H students have the option of having their Dental Branch spouse and or child(ren) join the facility by regis- Breakfast: 7:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. tering them through the “optional fee” selection or Lunch: 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. by paying directly at the facility.

School of Public Health The optional fee selection is for spouse, child or Breakfast: 7:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. family. There is no charge for children under 6 Lunch: 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. years of age, and the Family fee covers spouse and unlimited children between ages 6-20, only. Catering services are available for all types of UTHSC-H students do have the privilege of having events, including theme parties. Catering Services “extended family” members join (brother, sister, can be obtained by contacting the Auxiliary mother, father), but this must be handled directly Enterprises Offices at (713) 500-8400. at the facility. To get the best value, we encourage students with children under the age of 16, to han- Vending machines are also available and located dle their family membership fees directly at the throughout the UTHSC-H campus in 19 different facility. This is due to certain age restrictions and locations. areas with limited seasonal use by children under the age of 16.

Recreation Center Facilities and If you do use the optional fee selection, you will Programs need to bring a copy of your fee statement to the facility, to obtain your optional membership. At that The recreation fee entitles a UTHSC-H student to time, Rec Center ID cards will be made for your use the Recreation Center which is located at 7779 spouse/family at the initial cost of $3.00 per card. Knight Road, adjacent to the University Housing Complex. Operating hours of the facility are: 6:00 For further information, please contact: a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. UTHSC-H Recreation Center - 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. The University of Texas Health Science Center on Sunday. The facility will close during major at Houston University holidays, however, it will usually oper- 7779 Knight Road ate on holiday hours, for some of the one day hol- Houston, Texas 77054 idays. These times and days are posted in (713) 500-8420 advance. Website: http://ae.uth.tmc.edu/recreat/index.html

Facilities consist of an outdoor olympic size swimming pool, which is heated in the winter, weight room area, cardiovascular exercise area, aerobic studio, 2 outdoor tennis courts, 2 outdoor basketball courts, locker rooms, 2 outdoor sand volley- ball courts, jogging trail with 20 Fit-Trail stations and multi-purpose athletic fields.

A wide variety of activities and programs are offered on a semester basis. These activities are Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

The Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center (HAM-TMC) Library is a very unique institution. It serves as the accredited library for most Texas Medical Center institutions and is the primary library for The University of Texas Medical School-Houston.

Currently, the Library contains 76,500 square feet of space, and holds over 333,000 volumes including books and 2700 series and journal volumes. Additionally, the Library has subscriptions to over 100 electronic databases and over 4,000 electronic journals. Over fifty public access computers are available to library users for research. Public library computers have Internet access, as well as software products for word processing, spreadsheets, database development and preparation of public presentations. The Library also offers classes in Basic HTML, Endnote, Internet for Medical Research, Navigating Full-text journals, NLM gateway, OVID, PowerPoint, PubMed, and Reference Manager.

Since 1991 the Library has served at the Regional Medical Library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, with responsibility for the library needs of health professionals in the 5 state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. So designated by the National Library of Medicine, there are only eight Regional Medical Libraries in the nation. The School of Public Health 39

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A Message from the Dean of the School of Public Health

Whether you are currently working in public health or are new to the field, a challenge awaits you here at The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health.

Although public health strategies have certainly improved our standards of living, much is left to be done. AIDS, injury, infant mortality, child abuse, substance abuse, heart disease and cancer comprise only a partial listing of pressing public health problems. Public health approaches to health promotion and disease prevention will continue to play an important role in shaping our You will have at your disposal one of the finest health care system of the future. facilities in the world to augment your educational experiences here, including an excellent library, Our school is unique in that faculty and students audiovisual and computer services. work as a team to address complex health issues. We all learn from each other, and motivated I’m confident that you will find the UT-Houston students find the atmosphere not only challenging, School of Public Health a friendly and relaxed but encouraging and supportive. You will also place to study. I look forward to meeting you! have the opportunity to put into practice what you learn in the classroom through special internships and practica.

R. Palmer Beasley, M.D. Dean and Ashbel Smith Professor of Epidemiology 42 The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

Academic Calendar

2003 – 2004

Fall Semester 2003 August 25, 2003 Semester begins December 5, 2003 Classes end; last day to drop a course December 8 – 12, 2003 Exams

Spring Semester 2004 January 12, 2004 Semester begins March 8 – 12, 2004 Spring Break April 30, 2004 Classes end; last day to drop a course May 3 – 7, 2004 Exams

Summer Sessions 2004 May 24, 2004 Session begins

12 Weeks August 13 Classes end; last day to drop a course August 16 – 17, 2004 Exams

Summer Sessions 2004 May 24, 2004 Session begins

First 6 Weeks July 2, 2004 Classes end; last day to drop a course July 6, 2004 Exams

Summer Sessions 2004 July 7, 2004 Session begins

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Academic Calendar

2004 – 2005

Fall Semester 2004 August 30, 2004 Semester begins December 10, 2004 Classes end; last day to drop a course December 13 – 17, 2004 Exams

Spring Semester 2005 January 10, 2005 Semester begins March 7 – 11, 2005 Spring Break April 29, 2005 Classes end; last day to drop a course May 2 – 6, 2005 Exams

Summer Sessions 2005 May 23, 2005 Session begins

12 Weeks August 12, 2005 Classes end; last day to drop a course August 15 – 16, 2005 Exams

Summer Sessions 2005 May 23, 2005 Session begins

First 6 Weeks July 1, 2005 Classes end; last day to drop a course July 5, 2005 Exams

Summer Sessions 2005 July 6, 2005 Session begins

Second 6 Weeks August 15, 2005 Classes end; last day to drop a course August 16, 2005 Exams

Holidays will be announced in the schedule of courses.

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Administrative Officers

R. Palmer Beasley, M.D. John R. Bristol, Ph.D. Dean Interim Assistant Dean, El Paso Regional Campus, M.P.H. Program Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D. Executive Dean Stephanie McFall, Ph.D. Interim Assistant Dean, San Antonio Regional Cynthia L. Chappell, Ph.D. Campus, M.P.H. Program Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Maria E. Fernandez, Ph.D. R. Sue Day, Ph.D. Director of Diversity Office Associate Dean for Research Stephanie M. Tamborello, M.R.E. Gene Schroder, Ph.D. Director of Student Affairs Associate Dean for Outreach Programs Derek Drawhorn, M.C.S. Hardy D. Loe, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. Director, Information Technology Associate Dean for Community Health Christopher Harvey, B.S. David R. Carnahan, M.B.A. Assistant Director, Information Technology Associate Dean for Management Frank F. Velasquez, B.S. Andrew Brown, B.Arch., B.Envir. Design Sciences Director, Research Services Center Associate Dean for Planning and Development Helena VonVille, M.L.S. Mary Ann Smith, Ph.D. Director, Library-Learning Resource Services Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs Sandra Fisbeck Joseph B. McCormick, M.D. Director of Administrative Services Assistant Dean, Brownsville Regional Campus M.P.H. Program Mary Pastore, B.S. Director of Accounting Services Raul Caetano, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Dallas Regional Campus, M.P.H. Melinda Guthrie, B.A., M.A. Program Director of Development 46 The University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center

History

The origins of public health can be traced to two After World War II, the emphasis in community roots, the requirement that a community protect health changed greatly. Chronic diseases dis- itself from the ravages of mass disease, and an placed infections as primary causes of death and altruistic urge to assure at least a minimum oppor- public concern was directed toward personal tunity for a healthy life for underprivileged chil- medical care services and health hazards of the dren. Early practical applications of these roots environment. As the need for a skilled work force were the adoption of formal quarantine regula- continued to grow, new schools of public health tions in the 1300’s by the cities of Ragusa and were established; enrollments were expanded, Venice, and the child health movements of the late and curricula were altered to address the chang- 1800’s. Crowd diseases were an inevitable result ing circumstances. of the growth of cities, and the urban populations In 1947 the Texas State Legislature authorized a were forced to submit helplessly to the cata- School of Public Health within The University of strophic epidemics of smallpox, cholera, plague, Texas System, but the authorization was not and diphtheria until an explosion of knowledge implemented until 1967. In that year, The University during the last half of the nineteenth century of Texas System, supported by many public-spirit- promised relief. The bacteriological era in biomed- ed citizens in Houston and elsewhere in the State, ical research was responsible for the identifica- requested and received an appropriation for the tion of specific microbiological agents of disease School. The first class was admitted in the fall of and the development of the science of immunolo- 1969, occupying rented and borrowed space. gy. Precisely designed preventive procedures Enrollment doubled in the second year and dou- became available and, simultaneously, advances bled again in the third year, testimony to the previ- in engineering made possible the provision of pure ously unfilled need. In response to the need for water, the removal of noxious wastes, and the graduate public health education in other geo- construction of more hygienic dwellings and safer graphic areas of the state, the School of Public working places. Health initiated Regional M.P.H. Programs in San Mass problems and mass solutions cannot be Antonio in 1979, in El Paso in 1992, in Dallas in managed by individual initiatives, so boards of 1998, and in Brownsville in 2001. Strong research health and health departments were created to programs exist at each campus, addressing espe- protect the health of their constituents. By 1910 or cially the health problems of Texas. By the end of thereabouts, the number of health departments in Spring 2003, graduates of the School of Public the United States, and the increasing complexity Health numbered nearly 4000, serving the public in of their responsibilities, generated a need for spe- every phase of community health. cially trained staff - initially physicians, nurses, The School of Public Health is housed in the Reuel and engineers. Educational programs were devel- A. Stallones Building. Dr. Stallones was the found- oped at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ing Dean of the School and served from 1967 until Harvard University, and Johns Hopkins University, 1986. His educational philosophy and his emi- and from these programs evolved the concept of a nence in both epidemiology and graduate public specialized school providing both professional health education were recognized by The and academic curricula in community health and University of Texas Board of Regents when they related fields. named the building in his honor. The School of Public Health 47

Mission and Goals Accreditation

Education — The School’s first responsibility is to The University of Texas School of Public Health is provide the highest quality graduate education in accredited by the Council on Education for Public the theory and practice of public health to present Health. The University of Texas Health Science and future practitioners and teachers. It does so Center at Houston is accredited by the Southern within a framework which values the contributions Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to of all persons and a philosophy based on the award certificates and baccalaureate, master, premise that education is a lifelong process and and doctoral degrees. that the fundamental responsibility for each person’s The M.P.H. degree program satisfies the academic education resides with the individual. Public requirement for certification by the American Health embraces a remarkable variety of skills Board of Preventive Medicine in the areas of requiring persons with many professional and public health, occupational medicine, aerospace academic backgrounds including the physical, medicine, and preventive medicine. (See biological, and behavioral sciences. Public health “Programs, Centers, and Institutes”) is committed to maintaining a broad perspective of health and disease and understanding of the health system. The School must teach the values of public health and explain the orientation and philosophy that establishes unity from this diversity.

Research — Progress requires new knowledge to advance understanding and the search for new knowledge must be nurtured, lest the practice of public health grow sterile and atrophy. The School of Public Health is to serve as a focus of research activities directed toward disease prevention, health promotion, community and environmental health, and the health system.

Community Service — No professional school can long maintain its excellence if it remains isolated from communities in which it exists and the realities and the practicalities of professional practice. Thus, the third component of the mission is to provide service to the community and maintain strong relations with public health practice. This helps to ensure that the teaching and research programs within the School continue to have relevance to the current problems of the community. 48 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Degree Programs

A student enrolled in at least 9 semester credit primary program affiliation. After completing core hours during the Fall or Spring, at least 6 semester courses, students may pursue a generalist M.P.H. credit hours during a twelve-week Summer ses- or a concentration in one of the disciplines. sion, or at least 3 semester credit hours during Community Health Practice each six-week Summer session will be classified as a full-time student. Full-time students general- Disease Control ly carry 12-16 credit hours per semester. A mini- Health Promotion/Health Education mum of three credit hours must be taken in each Health Services Organization semester that a student is enrolled. International and Family Health A course generally consists of a combination of lectures, discussion periods, directed reading, and indi- Occupational and Environmental vidual study and inquiry. Courses are letter-graded Health/Aerospace Medicine or pass/fail. All courses satisfying the M.P.H. core Brownsville Regional Campus, M.P.H. Program requirements are letter-graded. Elective courses Dallas Regional Campus, M.P.H. Program may be letter-graded or pass/fail at the discretion of the instructor. Credits earned at other institutions El Paso Regional Campus, M.P.H. Program prior to enrollment at the School of Public Health San Antonio Regional Campus, M.P.H. Program may not be applied to SPH transcripts. Through reciprocal agreements, however, students enrolled These teaching and research areas are subject to full-time at the School of Public Health may take change to meet the needs of the public health courses for credit at affiliated institutions. community. Please note that the school is essentially a day- The M.P.H. may be completed in one academic time operation and that it is not possible to earn a year of full-time study; however, the majority of degree at night. students take approximately eighteen months to complete the degree. Part-time students should Master of Public Health plan accordingly.

The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree is the Admission Requirements basic professional degree in the field. It is required for many supervisory and managerial 1 The degree of M.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M. from an positions in public health and is recommended for approved school, or many others. 2 A baccalaureate or more advanced degree, in Students will be affiliated with one of the following an appropriate field, from a regionally accredited teaching-research modules listed below; however, university or school, and course selection is not restricted to that module. 3 Previous public health experience or evidence All educational activities within the school are of the potential to contribute significantly to pub- open to all qualified students, regardless of their lic health programs and services, particularly to underserved and vulnerable populations. The new student orientation … applicant may submit copies of reports, articles, recommendations, a career goal statement, or other written material believed to reflect such potential.

4 Graduate Record Exam scores (GRE’s) are required for all M.P.H. applicants. GRE scores will be reviewed by the Admissions Committee as one factor among others. Applicants holding previous doctoral level degrees from accredited U.S. universities may request an exemption from the GRE requirement.See Application Procedures for a list of required application materials and factors considered in the admission decision. The School of Public Health 49

See Application Procedures and Deadline Dates are selected by the principal advisor and the student for a list of required application materials. See and must agree to serve on the committee. Admission Process for factors considered in the Successful completion of the qualifying examina- admission decision. tion converts the doctoral student to doctoral candidate. Degree Requirements 1 Satisfactory completion of a prescribed course Core Requirements for MPH of study of at least one academic year, a mini- Students mum of 36 semester credit hours, and demonstration of a breadth of knowledge in the areas The following courses satisfy the MPH require- basic to public health, and ments for core courses in the Disciplines.

2 Satisfactory completion of a planned, super- Behavioral Sciences: vised, and evaluated Practice experience that includes the application of public health science PH 1110 Social and Behavioral Aspects of and theory, and Community Health

3 Satisfactory completion of a research thesis, PH 1230 Behavioral Aspects of Occupational written in English, that demonstrates a substan- and Environmental Health tial knowledge of community health. With the PH 1235 Social and Behavioral Aspects of approval of the Advisory Committee, a student Physical Activity and Public Health may elect to complete articles of publishable quality consistent with the standards of a peer- PH 1240 Social and Behavioral Aspects of reviewed journal. The number of articles will be International Health subject to the discretion of the Committee. It is PH 7115 Health Promotion Theory and Methods I expected, however, that the final submission to the Office of Student Affairs will contain all sup- Biometry: porting elements of an acceptable thesis. All completed theses will be made available to the PH 1610 Introduction to Biometry public. Environmental Sciences: All courses taken by students count toward their PH 2110 Overview of Environmental Health degree, but no more than a combined total of 6 credit hours of the 36 credit hour minimum may be PH 2115 Introduction to Population & earned for thesis/dissertation research and/or Environmental Assessment Practica. PH 2120 Man’s Impact on the Environment Candidates for a degree must be enrolled during Epidemiology: the semester in which they complete the degree requirements. Students must maintain enrollment in PH 2610 Introduction to Epidemiology the School so that any absence from the program does not exceed two calendar years. Policies and Management and Policy Sciences: procedures regarding re-admission to a degree PH 3610 Administration and Public Health program are addressed in the section, “Grading, Conduct, and Satisfactory Progress Policies”. PH 3615 Introduction to Management and Policy Sciences Advisory Committe PH 3660 Health and Safety Program Management The Advisory Committee assists the student in PH 3720 Social and Economic Determinants preparing for the qualifying examination and con- of Health structs and administers the exam. This committee consists of at least three regular faculty members, PH 3925 Health Care Finance including a principal advisor which is assigned PH 5110 Health Services Delivery and during the admission process and two faculty rep- Performance resentatives from the minor fields of concentration. The two additional members of the committee 50 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Doctor of Public Health 2 Satisfactory completion of a planned, supervised, and evaluated Practice experience that The Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) degree in includes the application of public health science Community Health signifies distinguished scholar- and theory. ly accomplishment in the professional field. It is primarily designed for those who plan careers 3 Satisfactory performance on a qualifying exam- involving professional practice, teaching, or ination deemed by the faculty of the student’s research. The existing major clusters of teaching Qualifying Committee to test breadth and depth and research activities are as follows: of knowledge in public health and a capacity to conceive and conduct independent research in Community Health Practice the field. Disease Control 4 Satisfactory completion of an original research Health Promotion/Health Education dissertation, written in English, that constitutes Health Services Organization a substantial contribution to the body of knowledge in public health. All doctoral students must International and Family Health present their dissertation research in a public Occupational and Environmental Health/ forum at the School prior to graduation. Aerospace Medicine These teaching and research areas are subject to All completed dissertations will be made available change to meet the needs of the public health to the public. community. All courses taken by students count toward their Admission Requirements degree, but no more than a combined total of 6 cred- 1 Prior M.P.H. degree or equivalent preparation it hours of the 36 credit hour minimum may be earned from a regionally accredited university or col- for thesis/dissertation research and/or Practica. lege, and Students must be enrolled during the semester in 2 Outstanding promise for scholarly accomplish- which they take the qualifying examination, and ment and professional leadership or for extend- candidates for a degree must be enrolled during ing public health practice, particularly to under- the semester in which they complete the degree served and vulnerable populations. In addition requirements. to the M.P.H., evidence of promise could include previous or current employment in a public Advisory Committee health or health-related agency or service to such agencies, with supporting letters of recom- The Advisory Committee assists the student in mendation documenting and evaluating the preparing for the qualifying examination and con- applicant’s achievements. The applicant may structs and administers the exam. This committee also submit copies of reports, articles, a career consists of at least three regular faculty members, goal statement, or other written material including a principal advisor who is assigned during believed to reflect such promise, and docu- the admissions process and two faculty representa- ments by the application deadline. tives from the minor fields of concentration. The two additional members of the committee are selected See Application Procedures and Deadline Dates by the principal advisor and the student and must for a list of required application materials and fac- agree to serve on the committee. Successful com- tors considered in the admission decision. pletion of the qualifying examination converts the doctoral student to doctoral candidate. Degree Requirements 1 Satisfactory completion of a prescribed course Dissertation Committee of study of at least one academic year (a mini- A committee of at least three members of the mum of 12 courses comprising at least 36 regular faculty, including a principal advisor, must semester credit hours) in preparation for the agree to guide the candidate’s research. The qualifying examination. advisor and at least two additional members of the regular SPH faculty are recruited by the candidate to constitute the faculty for this committee. A fourth optional member of the committee may be The School of Public Health 51

selected to contribute special expertise to the these fields as an area of concentration and candidate’s research. The optional committee selects one of the others as a minor area of study. member may belong to another academic institu- The majority of M.S. students take at least two tion. The dissertation requirement will be fulfilled years to complete all degree requirements. when the manuscript has been approved and signed by all members of the Dissertation Committee, and a Admission Requirements copy has been filed in the Dean’s office. The com- 1 Prior baccalaureate or more advanced degree, mittee membership must be approved by the in an appropriate field of study, from a regional- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. ly accredited university or college, and

Required Review 2 Submission of application and all supporting documents by the application deadline. Any student who has been admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree (i.e., successful completion See Application Procedures and Deadline Dates of the qualifying examination) is expected to com- for a list of required application materials and fac- plete the degree within three years from the date tors considered in the admission decision. of admission to candidacy. Otherwise, the dissertation committee will review the case at the end of Degree Requirements the three-year period and annually thereafter, and will consider such recommendations as (1) modifi- 1 Satisfactory completion of a prescribed course cations necessary in the research protocol, of study of at least one academic year (a mini- analyses, or interpretations, (2) additional course- mum of 12 courses comprising at least 36 work, or (3) termination of the candidacy. semester credit hours), and Recommendations of the dissertation committee 2 Satisfactory completion of a research thesis, are forwarded to the Dean, who is the final author- written in English, deemed by the faculty to be of ity on all academic matters. excellent quality and to demonstrate an appropriate depth of knowledge in the field of concentration. If approved by the student’s Advisory Master of Science Committee, the thesis may be in the form of one The Master of Science (M.S.) degree in or more articles suitable for publication in a pro- Community Health Sciences is offered with the fessional journal. following fields of concentration: All completed theses will be made available to the Biological Sciences public. Biometry Environmental Sciences All courses taken by students count toward their degree, but no more than a total of 6 credit hours Epidemiology of the 36 credit hour minimum may be earned for thesis research. These are research fields, each with a theory, a body of knowledge, and a set of methods that Candidates for a degree must be enrolled for three define it uniquely. They interrelate substantially, credit hours during the semester in which they however, and constitute much of the broad field of complete the degree requirements. public health. Since preparation in depth in such a multiplicity of fields is manifestly impossible, we Advisory Committee expect the student to concentrate in one or a few areas and gain an understanding of the interrela- A faculty advisor representing the field of concen- tions within the array. Where the requisite skills tration is appointed during the admissions process. are not included in our own faculty, students will During the first semester of enrollment, the student be encouraged to draw upon the resources of will nominate two additional regular faculty mem- other institutions of higher learning in Houston and bers who, with the faculty advisor, will constitute elsewhere. To a large extent the program will be the faculty advisory committee, assist in the selec- arranged by each student in consultation with the faculty advisor to meet the student’s specific educational goals. A student ordinarily elects one of 52 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

tion of a course of study and related academic mat- Degree Requirements ters, and evaluate the student’s academic progress. A fourth member of the committee may be selected 1 Satisfactory completion of a prescribed course to contribute special expertise to the candidate’s of study of at least one academic year (a mini- research. The optional committee member may mum of 12 courses comprising at least 36 belong to another academic institution. The com- semester credit hours) in preparation for the mittee membership must be approved by the qualifying examination, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. 2 Satisfactory performance on a qualifying examination deemed by the faculty of the Advisory Committee to test depth of knowledge in the Doctor of Philosophy major and two minor fields of concentration in The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in the community health sciences, and a capacity Community Health Sciences represents outstand- to conceive and conduct independent research ing scholarly attainment and signifies a capacity in the chosen field, and for independent study. It is primarily a research 3 Satisfactory completion of an original research and teaching degree. Curricula leading to this dissertation, written in English, that makes a degree are offered in the following fields of con- substantial contribution to knowledge in the centration: community health sciences. All doctoral stu- Behavioral Sciences dents must present their dissertation research in a public forum at the school prior to gradua- Biological Sciences tion. All completed dissertations will be made Biometry/Biostatistics available to the public. Environmental Sciences All courses taken by students count toward their Epidemiology degree, but no more than a total of 6 credit hours Management and Policy Sciences of the 36 credit hour minimum may be earned for dissertation research. A student who elects one of these fields of concentration will select two of the other fields as Students must be enrolled during the semester in minor areas of study in preparing for the qualifying which they take the qualifying examination, and examination. candidates for a degree must be enrolled during the semester in which they complete the degree Admission Requirements requirements. 1 Prior master’s or more advanced degree, in an Advisory Committee appropriate field of study, from a regionally accredited university or college, and At least three members of the regular faculty, including a principal advisor and representation 2 Outstanding promise of scholarly accomplish- from faculty members in the minor fields of concen- ment and research capability, and tration must agree to advise the student in prepara- 3 Submission of application and all supporting tion for the qualifying examination and will adminis- documents by the application deadline. ter the examination. The principal advisor is assigned during the admission process. Two addi- See Application Procedures and Deadline Dates tional regular faculty members are selected from the for a list of required application materials and fac- student’s minor fields of concentration. Successful tors considered in the admission decision. completion of the qualifying examination converts the doctoral student to doctoral candidate.

Dissertation Committee A Dissertation Committee of at least three members of the regular faculty, including the advisor, will be recruited by the candidate to provide guidance in a research dissertation emphasizing depth of knowledge in the area of concentration. A fourth The School of Public Health 53

optional member of the committee may be selected to contribute special expertise to the candidate’s research. The optional committee member may belong to another academic institution. The dissertation requirement will be fulfilled when the manuscript has been approved and signed by all members of the Dissertation Committee, and a copy has been filed in the Dean’s office. The committee membership must be approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Required Review Any student who has been admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree (i.e., successful completion of the qualifying examination) is expected to complete the degree within three years from the date of admission to candidacy. Otherwise, the dissertation committee will review the case at the end of the three-year period and annually thereafter, and will consider such recommendations as (1) modifi- cations necessary in the research protocol, analyses, or interpretations, (2) additional course work, or (3) termination of the candidacy. Recommendations of the dissertation committee are forwarded to the Dean, who is the final authority on all academic matters.

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Matrix

In this School, public health is regarded as an M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs are the responsi- interdisciplinary field characterized by a number bility of the faculties in each of the disciplines. The of important issues, e.g., changing patterns of degrees are given in Community Health Sciences, health problems associated with population and but the disciplines identify selected areas of con- socio-demographic trends; preservation of an centration within the broader field. M.S. and Ph.D. environment consistent with human survival; and candidates affiliate with one of the disciplines, but improved organization and availability of health through the matrix structure they are also able to services for all segments of society. We believe participate in a learning community and address that an interdisciplinary, problem-centered field such major issues as population dynamics, degra- requires an academic structure serving that fun- dation of the environment, improving the organiza- damental idea. For that reason, the basic organi- tion and delivery of personal health services, and zational unit of the School is the teaching prevention and control of major diseases. research unit or module: a group of faculty members and graduate students who, together with Taking the Module titles as column headings and supporting professional, technical, and clerical the Discipline titles as row headings (see following personnel, work as a learning community investi- page), the resulting matrix identifies the principal gating an important area of public health concern. teaching and research activities of each member Each of these units has representation from the of the faculty. Faculty assignments within the major disciplines that contribute to community matrix are neither permanent nor mutually exclu- health. The result is a modular matrix of problems sive. Where faculty interests extend beyond these versus disciplines. This structure serves to bring boundaries, the boundaries are considered not to teaching and research together physically, orga- exist. Because much of a student’s program is nizationally, and conceptually, under the common conducted in close cooperation with a faculty umbrella of learning. We believe that this encour- advisor, each prospective applicant should con- ages development of student and faculty capabili- sider carefully the structure of the School and ties and initiatives; promotes studies that are com- indicate in the Application Form, as definitely as prehensive; and encourages close, cooperative possible, where the applicant’s study interests and relations between persons with different discipli- career objectives would be served best. nary backgrounds. A student may fulfill the requirements of M.P.H. or Dr. P.H. degrees in any of The School of Public Health is in the process of the teaching-research units, for each is planned to reorganizing the school’s academic structure. The contain the requisite breadth of faculty interests new organization will more closely resemble a and skills to serve the needs of students interested traditional structure with the major academic in community health. units consisting of Divisions. Divisions will include existing disciplines, modules, and centers grouped to address important public health content areas. The School of Public Health 57

Matrix

M.P.H. and Dr.P.H. Degrees Disciplines Modules: Problem Oriented Teaching/Research Programs

Community Disease Health Health International Occupational and Health Control Promotion/ Services & Family Environmental Practice Health Organization Health Health/ Education Aerospace Medicine

Behavioral Sciences

Biological Sciences

Biometry . Degrees

Environmental Sciences M.S. and Ph.D Epidemiology Health needs and resources of populations; identification Identifying biological, environmental, and behavioral factors Reduction of risk factors and promotion the health Policy analysis and planning; evaluation of health service Identifying the environmental, biological and sociological Chemical, physical, psychological, and biological factors of Management & Policy Sciences Issues: political, social, and economic constraints; planning, implementation, and evaluation of community health programs systems. Issues: and implementing community based programs for prevention control of chronic and infectious disease; reduction morbidity mortality. Issues: populations through intervention; behavioral assessment, policy analysis, and program planning; evaluation. Issues: systems; access to medical care; health care financing. Issues: factors which collectively determine the health and welfare of populations and families in developing as well developed nations. Issues: environmentally and occupationally related disease injury; design, implementation, and evaluation of prevention programs. 58 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Modules

Problem Oriented Teaching-Research Major Research Topics: Programs Collection and Analysis of Community Survey Data (M.P.H. and Dr.P.H.) Community Health Needs Assessment Community Health Services Community Health Practice Community Impact Studies The practical and applied aspects of The Issues: Community Mental Health public health science at the community level are the focus of the teaching and research program of Demographic Analysis the Community Health Practice Module. In Maternal and Child Health and Child Abuse addressing this focus the Module is concerned Obesity with the assessment of health needs of population groups as follows:the determination of resources Public Policy, Planning, and Economic Evaluation required and available for meeting those needs; Social and Health Indicators the identification of political, social, and economic factors that facilitate or impede the use of Strategic Planning in Health Institutions resources; the planning, organization, administra- Stress and Coping tion, and evaluation of health programs in commu- Teenage Pregnancy and Perinatal Care nity and corporate health environments; and the assessment of the effects of social and health Violence Prevention policies and programs at the community level.

In responding to these issues, systematic analysis Disease Control of research questions and the appropriate use of The Issues: A central mission of organizations con- data are emphasized. This program focus requires cerned with public health is, and will continue to knowledge of the disciplines basic to community be, the control of human disease through commu- health (biometry, demography, epidemiology, nity effort. In many nations chronic diseases are social and behavioral sciences, management and the major causes of death and disability. Effective policy sciences, and biological and environmental measures for prevention or control of these dis- sciences). Students enhance their research skills eases have met with limited success, and most of by the examination of community health issues in our resources have been devoted to curative the classroom and through participation in practica strategies. Further, despite great successes that in local or other agencies, and by analysis of exist- have attended infectious disease control activities ing health-related data sources, e.g., population in the last century, serious problems remain, and and housing censuses, vital statistics, administra- there has been a resurgence of these and other tive data compiled by federal, state and local diseases in the more industrialized societies. For health agencies, and ongoing research projects. efficient and effective control of both chronic and infectious diseases, a joint effort from public and Members of the faculty are Blair Justice private health agencies working in the community (Emeritus), Virginia Kennedy, Eun Sul Lee, Hardy is required. A growing consensus in the health Loe, William Mueller, Beth Quill, David P. Smith, community and the government regarding a sys- Michael Swint, and Kim Waller. tematic approach for community solutions, not limited to curative medicine, is urgently needed. Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching or research programs of the Community Health The Disease Control Module faculty provide a Practice Module include: Molly Bray, Frank training program for students to understand the Moore, Jacquelyn Slomka, and Thomas Stock. identification, causation, natural history, and pathological processes of common diseases, and to develop knowledge of community solutions for the prevention and control of disease. In addition to the required Discipline courses in the School, the faculty offer courses in epidemiology, genetics, biology, pathology, microbiology, immunology, water and food safety, prevention of infectious The School of Public Health 59

diseases and chronic diseases, and design and Health Promotion/Health Education analysis of large-scale therapeutic trials or com- Module munity intervention programs. Students interested The Issues: Human behavior and lifestyle present in careers in these areas may pursue a degree important modifiable causes of chronic and infec- program leading to a Master of Public Health tious diseases and trauma, and they are products (M.P.H.) or a Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.). of complex interactions between people and their environments. The environments, both physical Members of the faculty are Palmer Beasley, Eric and social, act on and are acted upon by individu- Boerwinkle, Molly Bray, Cynthia Chappell, Alice als and populations. Chuang, Stephen Daiger, Barry Davis, Jasenka Demirovic, Tommy Douglas, Kay Dunn, Herbert Health promotion embraces interventions to pro- DuPont, Charles Ford, Yun-Xin Fu, Michael mote the health of populations through behavior Hallman, Craig Hanis, Robert Hardy, David Hewett- change and advocacy strategies. The processes Emmett, James Hixson, Lu-Yu Hwang, Zhi-Dong of health education and economic policy and envi- Jiang, Rebecca Langer, Kristy Murray Lillibridge, ronmental change mechanisms are used to bal- Linda Piller, Jan Risser, James Steele (Emeritus), ance personal choice and social responsibility. Guillermo Tortolero Luna, Catherine Troisi, The program of study integrates behavioral and Stephen Waring, and Momiao Xiong. social science theory and intervention methods for health promotion in the community, medical Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching care facilities, schools, and worksites. Studies or research programs in the Disease Control include, program planning and evaluation, survey Module include: Karen Goodman, Carl Hacker, and research and other assessment methods, and Kim Waller. health policy. Students and faculty in the module are expected to undertake teaching/learning, Major Research Topics: research, and service activities in this area con- AIDS sistent with the mission of the School as a whole. Bacterial, Viral, and Parasitic Diseases These include classroom, individual, and field academic experiences, participation in the Cancers research activities of the module, and contact Cardiovascular Disease with operating agencies, organizations, and individuals putting theory into practice. Diarrheal Diseases

Eye Diseases Major research centers affiliated with the module Food Sanitation and Safety are the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, the Texas Prevention Genetic Contribution to Diseases Research Center and the Human Nutrition Center. Hepatitis Immunization and Infection Control Members of the faculty are: L. Kay Bartholomew, Ann Coker, R. Sue Day, Pamela Diamond, Maria Other Chronic Diseases – Diabetes, Obesity, Fernandez, Maria Fernandez-Esquer, Deanna M. Hypertension, Stroke Hoelscher, Blair Justice (Emeritus), Steven H. Sexually-Transmitted Diseases Kelder, Christine Markham, Jeanne B. Martin, Alfred McAlister, Sheryl McCurdy, Patricia Dolan Water Quality Mullen, Nancy Murray, Unto Pallonen, Guy S. Zoonoses Parcel, Ronald J. Peters, Belinda Reininger, Michael Ross, Ross Shegog, Alvin Tarlov, Wendell Taylor, Susan Tortolero, Sally Vernon, Cynthia Warrick, and Mark Williams.

Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching or research programs in the Health Promotion/Health Education Module include: Theresa Byrd, Ralph Frankowski, David Lairson, and Teshia Arambula Solomon, 60 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Faculty of other components of The University of Prevention and Treatment of Texas System who participate on a regular basis SexuallyTransmissible Diseases in the teaching or research programs in the Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Promotion/Health Education Module include: Janet Groff,M.D., Ph.D. (Behavioral Sciences, UT Tuberculosis Control Medical School-Houston). Worksite Health Promotion Programs

Major Research Topics: AIDS/HIV Prevention and Public Education Health Services Organization Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse Prevention The Issues: The provision of health and health care and Treatment services encompasses a variety of problems relating to organization, financing, and distribution. Asthma Prevention in Youth Emphasis in this module is placed on planning, Cancer Prevention and Control managing, and evaluation of health service sys- Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control tems, services, technology assessment, and policy.

Community Empowerment Most students in Health Services Organization find Cost-effectiveness and Cost-benefit Analysis of that it takes 18 months to complete the program. Health Promotion Programs The faculty offer courses related to health eco- Dietary Assessment nomics, decision analysis, health services Diffusion of Health Promotion Programs and research, public health and the legislative process, Policies ethical and legal aspects of public health, survey Education of Patients with Chronic Conditions research, outcomes research, quantitative methods, evaluation research, utilization of health serv- Injury Prevention ices, health administration, organizational Maintenance of Behavior Change research, and social factors influencing health. Maternal and Child Health Issues Members of the faculty are: Lu Ann Aday, Rajesh Nutrition Education Programs Balkrishnan, Charles Begley, Luisa Franzini, Jay Obesity Prevention and Control Glasser, Richard Grimes, Carl Hacker, Asha Kapadia, David Lairson, Stephen Linder, David Low, Physical Activity Measurement Sondip Mathur, Osama Mikhail, Lemuel Moyé, Carl Physical Activity Promotion Programs Phillips, and Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau. School-Based Health Promotion Programs Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching and research programs of the Health Services classes… Organization Module include: Virginia Kennedy, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Beth Quill, Michael Smolensky, Michael Swint, and David Warner.

Faculty of other components of The University of Texas System who participate on a regular basis in the teaching or research programs in the Behavioral Sciences include: Stanley Reiser, M.D. (Dept. of Surgery, UTMedical School-Houston).

Major Research Topics: Decision Making Under Uncertainty Determinants of the Demand for Prevention Services Disparities in Health Care Use and Outcomes Economic Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals The School of Public Health 61

Economic Evaluation of Screening Interventions Economic Evaluation of Substance Abuse/AIDS Prevention Equity of Access to Health and Health Care Evaluation of Emergency Care and Trauma Systems Health Care Services Utilization, Quality, and Outcomes in Chronic Disease Health Care Technology Assessment Health Professions Workforce HIV/AIDS Treatment Costs Impact of Investor Status on Provider Performance student poster session … Mammography Policy Management of Sustainable Organizations populations, developing nations, and vulnerable Obstetric Screening Decisions populations in all nations. The organization and activities of national and international health Physician Behaviors, Payment Mechanisms, and agencies, selected health systems, and other pub- Patient Care lic and private agencies concerned with these Policy Consequences of Society and Health populations are considered in the Module’s aca- Research demic course offerings. Specific diseases and/or programs may be studied, and attention will be Quantifying Uncertainty in Health Research given to issues of language and culture and to the Single-Payer Health Care Systems use of appropriate technology. Specific issues will Social and Economic Determinants of Health be studied as examples of the multi-factorial causes of many of these problems, and methods of International and Family Health potential value in their resolution will be investigated. Attention also will be given to the critical The Issues: The health of populations is predicted role of cultural acceptance of interventions and to by a set of quality-of-life issues which include the use of appropriate technology. income, education, dietary quantity and quality, cultural and sociologic factors, quality of preven- Members of the faculty are: Andrew Brown, Irina tive and therapeutic health care, and access to Cech, Wenyaw Chan, Karen Goodman, Dejian Lai, that care. There are major differences between Sheryl McCurdy, Robert Roberts, Gene Schroder, populations in these indices, each of which offers Beatrice Selwyn, Lowell Sever, Andrea Shelton, a potential for improving the quality-of-life and the and Jacquelyn Slomka. quality-of-health of those populations. Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching The overall well-being of a population is often or research programs in the International and determined by its most vulnerable members, in Family Health Module include: R. Palmer Beasley, most cases by infants and children, the infant mor- Herbert DuPont, Sarah Felknor, Jay Glasser, Lu-Yu tality rate is probably the best single measure. Hwang, Asha Kapadia, Eun Sul Lee, Alfred Moreover, the causes of premature death and dis- McAlister, William Mueller, Michael Ross, and ability of women, children and the elderly in devel- David P. Smith. oped populations have resulted in major governmental interventions being targeted to these vulnerable groups.

This Module examines these and other issues in a search for appropriate and effective methods to promote health and control disease in developing 62 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Major Research Topics: Occupational and Environmental Health/Aerospace Medicine Birth Defects and Their Prevention Demography and Family Planning The Issues: Occupational injuries and illnesses exact a large human and economic toll on adult Environmental Hazards of Developing and child workers in the U.S. and worldwide. Populations Many, if not most, of these adverse health out- Global Public Health comes are preventable. Moreover, a wide variety of chemical, physical, biological, and psychologi- Helicobacter pylori Infections and Cancer cal agents that contribute to disease and injury Health and Disease Conditions in Different are found in the community environment as well Cultural Settings as in the workplace. Work safety and health con- Health Promotion Strategies for Developing trols, environmental problems, and other problems Populations arising from basic exposure issues are continuing public health concerns. Health Survey Methods for Developing Populations Effective prevention of diseases resulting from HIV, AIDS and STDs environmental and/or occupational exposures Infectious Diseases Among Developing requires the coordination of many different Populations skills(physicians, nurses, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, lawyers, audiologists, health physi- International Public Health Education cists, biometricians, epidemiologists, sociologists, Maternal and Child Health Issues safety professionals, employee assistance coun- selors, engineers, and health educators), usually Medical Anthropology through a team approach. Aerospace medicine Occupational Health Issues of Developing represents a specialized application of preventive Populations and occupational medicine principles to aviation, Psychosocial Issues in Adolescent Health space travel, and deepwater diving. Substance Abuse Prevention Members of the faculty are: Benjamin Amick, III, Violence Keith Burau, Arch “Chip” Carson, Irina Cech, Women’s Health George Delclos, Maria Morandi, Mary Ann Smith, Michael Smolensky, Thomas Stock, Elaine Symanski, and Lawrence Whitehead.

Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching or research programs in the Occupational and Environmental Health/Aerospace Medicine Module include: Irina Cech, Ralph Frankowski, field study… and Steven Linder.

Faculty of other components of The University of Texas System who participate on a regular basis in the teaching or research programs in Occupational and Environmental Health/ Aerospace Medicine module include: H. Erle Janssen, Jr., MS (Environmental Health and Safety, UT-Austin), Jeffrey L. Levin, M.D., MSPH (Occupational and Environmental Medicine, UTHSC-Tyler). The School of Public Health 63

Major Research Topics: The unique rapidly growing Hispanic population living along the border has high rates of migration, Adolescent Injuries in the Workplace the highest rates of many important diseases, and Behavioral Aspects of Occupational Health tends to be one of the most underserved popula- Hazardous Waste Management tions in the United States. Among the greatest needs are more and better data on health issues Hazards for Healthcare Workers to guide sound health decisions, particularly in the Industrial Hygiene areas of diabetes, obesity, cancer, infectious dis- Industrial Toxicology ease, teen pregnancy, school health, tuberculosis, and environmental issues particularly for farm Injury Reporting Systems workers. For these areas, we are developing a International Occupational Health health economics perspective and working closely with city, county, state and binational health Noise and Hearing Conservation programs. Establishing a high technology labora- Occupational/Environmental Exposure tory on site allows the application of the most Assessment and Analysis recent techniques to large population studies Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology addressing important public health issues. This we are doing in close collaboration with leading Occupational Health and Cancer experts in Houston and elsewhere. Occupational Health Surveillance Occupational Respiratory Disease Since the Rio Grande River is only a virtual barrier between Texas and Mexico we also work closely Occupational Stress with colleagues in many sectors from Mexico. Persistent Organic Pollutants Recently we have worked with the Ministry of Education to conduct the first Youth Behavior Risk Sampling and Analysis in the Occupational Factor Survey in Matamoros and with others in Environment studies of tuberculosis, cervical cancer, AIDS and Shift Work and Biological Rhythms chronic liver disease. We have recently been Work Organization awarded an NIH grant that provides the support for the creation of a new Hispanic Health Worker Safety Training Research Center, which will provide substantial support for research on a range of Hispanic health issues for undergraduate and graduate students Regional Campuses and faculty.

Hispanic Health Research Center. Collaborative The Brownsville Regional Campus program funded by the National Center on Minority (M.P.H. Only) Health and Health Disparities. This five year, $7.5M development grant establishes a center with sev- The Brownsville Regional Campus was established eral cores, including community outreach, bioin- in 2001 on The University of Texas at Brownsville formatics, training and molecular studies, and sets and Texas Southmost College Campus (UTB/TSC) up research projects covering obesity, diabetes, in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). The cam- cardiovascular diseases and cancers. pus is less than a mile from the Mexico border and is part of the Regional Academic Health Center Members of the Brownsville faculty are Shelton (RAHC), which has two other locations in Harlingen Brown, Susan Fisher-Hoch, Joseph McCormick, and McAllen. This campus confers the Master of Adriana Perez, Belinda Reininger, Blanca Public Health degree program, and is housed in a Restrepo, Maureen Sanderson, Ken Sexton and new 26,000 square foot building in a tropical setting Martha Soledad Vela-Acosta. with classrooms, computer and wet laboratories, offices, and a commons. Our students are highly involved with research and community outreach programs focused on the health problems and their solutions in the border area. 64 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Violence against women Cancer prevention and control Infectious diseases

The Dallas Regional Campus (M.P.H. Only) The Dallas Regional Campus was established in 1998 to offer graduate level courses leading to the Master of Public Health degree. The academic program is carried out in partnership with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The School of Public Health is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and has academic responsibility for the program.

School of Public Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center faculty are located on site and the program offers interactive video courses that are broadcast to and from the various campuses. In addition, institutional members from the Dallas public health community serve in a formal advisory capacity to the program. The program takes advantage of the outstanding educational and research activities that are characteristic of the UTHSC-H and UT Southwestern campuses. Concurrent degree programs are being developed in several areas of study.

The degree program emphasizes the particular health problems of a large metropolitan area such as the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, as well as issues relating to populations and communities in the north Texas and east Texas regions.

Members of the Dallas faculty are: Corinne Major Research topics Aragaki, Raul Caetano, Margaret Caughy, Dan Culica, Lori Fischbach, Mohamed Hussein, Scott Human Papilloma Virus Walters, and Arnold Schecter. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in the LRGV Major Research Topics: Transmission and early diagnosis of tuberculosis Addictions Modeling strategies Development and use of public health Design, conduct and analysis of multicenter information systems studies Diabetes Migrant and seasonal farm worker health Environmental quality control Economic implications of diabetes Genetic Epidemiology Cardiovascular disease in Mexican Americans Health care organization and access to Environmental exposure to toxins health care Nutrition interventions The School of Public Health 65

Health care organization in urban and rural Current faculty members of the UT School of settings Public Health in El Paso are Jack Bristol, Theresa Byrd, Victor Cardenas, Shawn Gibbs, Nuria Hypertension Homedes, Kristina Mena, Zuber Mulla, Melchor Injuries Ortiz and Patrick Tarwater. Management and disposal of toxic materials Major Research Topics: Maternal and child health Cancer prevention/early detection Problems associated with occupational health and industrial hygiene Environmental health Respiratory infectious disease Health promotion interventions Sexually transmitted diseases Infectious and water-borne diseases Surveillance and investigation of public health International health problems Maternal and child health Violence Public health surveillance Risk communication The El Paso Regional Campus STDs and HIV/AIDS (M.P.H. Only) Substance abuse The El Paso Regional Campus was established in 1992 to offer courses at the graduate level leading to the Master of Public Health degree. The inter- The San Antonio Regional Campus ests of the students and faculty in the UT School of (M.P.H. Only) Public Health, El Paso Regional Campus are The San Antonio Regional Campus was estab- directed primarily to border health studies. These lished in 1979 to offer courses at the graduate studies reflect the campus physical location on level leading to the Master of Public Health the U.S.-Mexico border and its characteristic and degree. unique bicultural milieu. The complex public health problems of the border area often require a The teaching program in San Antonio is limited to multidisciplinary approach. a Master of Public Health degree, which includes coursework in the disciplines outlined in the SPH The Program’s success in applying such an matrix, and complies with the accreditation stan- approach is evidenced by the number of joint dards under which the School of Public Health research projects, cooperatively taught classes, operates. The selection of students, monitoring of and involvement in community service activities. degree requirements, graduation, and other administrative matters are handled in the same Much of the research focuses directly on assess- manner as on the main campus using those existing local public health problems, evaluating the ing administrative mechanisms. effectiveness of programs, and developing new approaches to solving these problems. Faculty are The faculty and students of the San Antonio directly involved in assisting public health agen- Regional Campus conduct research emphasizing cies and bringing these experiences into the the public health problems of the San Antonio and classroom in the form of local situations, statistics, South Texas region, such as: respiratory infectious and field experiences. In addition, the program diseases, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, works closely with other educational organiza- diabetes, hypertension, air and water pollution, tions in the region, including UT El Paso, the Pan- health care delivery, bioterrorism and domestic American Health Organization, Texas A & M preparedness, exposure to toxic materials, addic- Agricultural Extension Center, the Escuela de tions, violence, adolescent risk-taking, sexually Salud Publica of the Universidad Autonoma de Cd. transmitted diseases, and occupational health. Juarez, Paso Del Norte Health Foundation, El Paso Diabetes Association, and the Texas Tech University Medical School. 66 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

SPH Distance Education

The UTSPH has a strong commitment to the use of distance education to increase availability of courses and provide robust educational experiences for all students. A variety of communication technology links students and faculty at the four UTSPH regional campuses, located in San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, and Brownsville with the main campus in Houston.

Since Spring 1993, courses have been made available at any UTSPH campus via the interactive videoconference network. Interactive video conferencing allows faculty and students to see and Interactive video… hear each other in real time in a normal classroom experience. The video interactions enhance the educational experience by allowing faculty with Education, research, and technical assistance specific specialties to share their knowledge include the development and maintenance of across UTSPH campuses as guest presenters. In health needs assessments, assurance, policy and this manner, faculty and students from all sites can decision-making, implementation and service participate in courses not offered at their location, delivery systems, and structures. and can share in additional learning experiences through seminars, brown bags, and conferences Members of the San Antonio faculty are: Benjamin that are an important part of graduate education. Bradshaw, John Herbold, Alfonso Holguin, Additionally, some courses make use of internet Shannon Marquez, Stephanie McFall, Frank based technology, such as the Blackboard, web- Moore, Jimmy Perkins, David W. Smith, Teshia based references, and web-conferencing soft- Solomon, William Spears, and David Warner. ware to augment lectures. Many faculty incorporate an online syllabus into their courses. Faculty of other components of The University of Texas System who participate on a regular basis UTSPH also collaborates with the Texas in the teaching or research programs at the San Department of Health (TDH) by periodically trans- Antonio Regional Campus include: Bertram mitting courses directly to their videoconference Roberts, M.D., Dr.P.H., D.T.M.H. (UTHSC-SA). classroom in Austin. The UTSPH-TDH connection has increased communication and collaboration Persons from outside the faculty who participate between the two organizations and provides in the teaching and research programs in San opportunities for students to interact with public Antonio include: Louis Goodman, Ph.D. (Texas health practitioners. Medical Association), and Donald Wilcox (Texas Medical Association). The video conferencing facilities at UTHSC- Houston SPH include a large auditorium, two large Major Research Topics: classrooms, and one conference room. The El Community needs assessments Paso Program has a large classroom with video- conferencing equipment; the Dallas Program Environmental risk management and exposure shares the videoconference classroom with the Geographic information systems UT Southwestern School of Allied Health; and Health behavior of minority populations there are two ITV equipped classrooms in Brownsville and San Antonio. Health of the Mexican-American population Occupational health surveillance and epidemiology Nosocomial infection control United States-Mexico border health problems Veterinary public health The School of Public Health 67

The Disciplines of Public Health (M.S. and Ph.D.)

Behavioral Sciences Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching (Ph.D. Only) or research programs in the Behavioral Sciences include: Stephen Linder and Sally Vernon. The sciences of human behavior are a critical component in the teaching and research pro- Faculty of other components of The University of grams of a school of public health. Many major Texas System who participate on a regular basis in public health problems have their origins and solu- the teaching or research programs in the tions in human behavior and the environment Behavioral Sciences include: Neil Gottlieb, Ph.D. shaping those behaviors. Among these problems (UT-Austin) Janet Groff, M.D., Ph.D. (Behavioral are: health disparities, population growth, degra- Sciences, UTMedical School-H), and Mary dation of the social and physical environment, Velasquez, Ph.D. (Behavioral Sciences, UT Medical lifestyles affecting physical, mental, and social School-H). well-being, lack of availability and access to health care, the delivery of health services, and Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program in inadequacies in social and public health policy. Behavioral Sciences Special Entrance Requirements Individual health problems having their origins in behavior are: misuse of alcohol and other drugs, Minimum Qualification stress, high-risk sexual behaviors, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, accidental and intentional 1 An earned master’s degree or equivalent in a injuries, and failure to utilize health services. behavioral science such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, communications, The distinguishing feature of Behavioral Sciences is or in public health with a significant behavioral that the program of study, the qualifying examina- sciences component; tion, and the dissertation research all focus on some 2 Graduate Record Examination with recommend- social or behavioral aspect of a health problem. ed scores over 1200 (combined verbal and quantitative). Well-qualified students can complete a doctoral program at the School with two required minor Application Procedure fields. Students may take relevant courses at other institutions in The Health Science Center 1 Submission of a writing sample that demon- and in the Houston area for degree credit. In addi- strates competence in written communication tion students can train with Behavioral Sciences for academic work, such as in theses, publica- faculty at one of the four Regional Campuses of tions or other academic materials. The appli- the School of Public Health. cant should be either first or sole author on the submitted writing sample. Members of the faculty are: Lu Ann Aday, 2 At least two letters of recommendation from Benjamin Amick, III, L. Kay Bartholomew, faculty knowledgeable about the submitted aca- Benjamin Bradshaw, Theresa Byrd, Margaret demic work are encouraged. Caughy, Pamela Diamond, Maria Fernandez, Maria Fernandez-Esquer, Bridget Gorman, Blair 3 Acceptance by the Behavioral Sciences faculty, Justice (Emeritus), Steven H. Kelder, Christine with one faculty member who is willing to serve Markham, Alfred McAlister, Sheryl McCurdy, as an advisor. Stephanie McFall, William Mueller, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Nancy Murray, Unto Pallonen, Guy Parcel, Course of Study Ronald J. Peters, Belinda Reininger, Robert Includes completion of an approved program of Roberts, Michael Ross, Ross Shegog, Jacquelyn study, satisfactory performance on a qualifying Slomka, Teshia Arambula Solomon, David P. Smith, examination in Behavioral Sciences and two Alvin Tarlov, Wendell Taylor, Scott Walters Mark minor fields of study, and presentation of a disser- Williams, and adjunct faculty with expertise in tation focusing on social and behavioral aspects specific behavioral sciences. of public health. It is expected that students will 68 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

spend a minimum of two years on the Houston In El Paso, behavioral sciences research has campus completing the majority of coursework in focused on environmental risk perception, mater- preparation for the qualifying exam. nal and child health, cancer prevention and early detection and HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. While the primary course of study is at the Houston The El Paso area offers the opportunity to explore campus, regional campuses of The University of US-Mexico border and Hispanic health issues and Texas School of Public Health in Brownsville, to work closely with Pan American Health Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio offer unique Organization and the US-Mexico Border Health research opportunities. Students can complete Commission, both located in El Paso. In addition, doctoral research in residency at a regional cam- the Paso del Norte Health Foundation and its Center pus or work with Regional Campus faculty as their for Border Health Research fund health promotion primary Dissertation Advisor in Houston. research projects in the area. Many health issues in the region are system level issues, such as lack of Behavioral scientists in the Brownsville regional available and accessible health care, lack of insur- campus are collaborating with researchers ance coverage, and poor health care infrastructure across the other core disciplines to investigate a across the US and Mexican systems. The El Paso multitude of health issues including diabetes, car- campus also offers a concentration in behavioral diovascular disease, cancer, TB, youth risk behav- sciences for M.P.H. students. iors, and human papilloma virus (HPV). The unique opportunities in Brownsville for studying behav- At the San Antonio Regional Campus, Behavioral ioral sciences include examining binational influ- Sciences faculty conduct research in gerontology, ences and nature of behavior among populations cancer, fetal alcohol syndrome, diabetes, and of the Lower Rio Grande Valley and the ability of demography with special focus on the health con- behavioral scientists to jointly plan, implement, cerns of American Indian and Latino populations. and triangulate research findings with molecular The unique opportunities in San Antonio for study- biologists, epidemiologists, health economists, ing behavioral sciences include working on social environmental scientists, and statisticians. action research, empowerment models, and community and individual motivation. Community col- Behavioral scientists in Dallas are engaged in laborations involve several components of The research in four primary areas: substance University of Texas Health Science Center at San abuse/addiction, intimate partner violence (IPV), Antonio, the South Texas Veterans Health Care and maternal and child health. Substance System, local universities and community col- abuse/addiction research includes college student leges, community groups, such as the Edgewood health and substance abuse prevention, motiva- Family Network and Texas Department of Health tional theories of change, mailed and computerized Region VIII. interventions for substance abuse, brief negotiation in medical settings, and religious and spiritual Biological Sciences aspects of behavior change. IPV research includes Most of the major public health problems of popu- studies of multiple ethnic groups and relations to lations have a biological basis. These health prob- substance abuse. Maternal and child health lems include infections and infestations, heart dis- research includes studies of parenting and early ease, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and the childhood development, effects of urban poverty genetic susceptibility to these illnesses. They also on child development, and studies of neighbor- involve the entire life cycle from infant mortality to hoods on the health and well-being of families and diseases of the aged. Accordingly, all public children. Behavioral scientists in Dallas are col- health professionals must have a broad under- laborating with colleagues at UT-Southwestern standing of disease processes and of the effec- and the Dallas metroplex, researchers in Houston, tiveness of interventions in preventing, arresting, as well as researchers at other institutions or correcting those processes. Solutions to these throughout the country. problems will come largely from researchers trained in the appropriate biological sciences.

Students wishing to pursue an academic degree (M.S. and Ph.D.) may concentrate in the Biological Sciences with an emphasis in fields such as popu- The School of Public Health 69

lation genetics, genetic epidemiology, molecular Developmental, nutritional and regulatory biology evolution, infectious diseases, and developmental, nutritional, and regulatory biology. It is the intent of Admission Requirements the Biological Sciences Discipline in the UT-SPH to Requirements for admission to the M.S. program: provide the educational framework for students wishing to acquire breadth or depth of knowledge 1 Transcripts should reflect a strong emphasis in in these fields, and to conduct research advancing the biological sciences. our understanding of the role of the biological sci- 2 The undergraduate GPA should be at least 3.0 on ences in major public health problems. a 4.0 scale.

Members of the Discipline include: Eric 3 The GRE should be at least 1000 (combined Boerwinkle, Molly Bray, Cynthia Chappell, Verbal and Quantitative scores). Stephen Daiger, Tommy Douglas, Susan Fisher- 4 All foreign-educated applicants are expected to Hoch, Yun-Xin Fu, D. Michael Hallman, Craig submit a TOEFL score of at least 565 on paper- Hanis, David Hewett-Emmett, Deanna Hoelscher, based test or 225 on the computer-based test James Hixson, Hideki Innan, Zhi-Don Jiang; (CBT). (It should be noted that this is a minimum George Kerr, Rebecca Langer, Jeanne Martin, score and will not result in automatic admission.) Linda Piller, William J. Schull, Lori Sullivan, Catherine Troisi, Xifeng Wu and Momiao Xiong, 5 Applications should be supported by strong let- and adjunct faculty with expertise in specific bio- ters of recommendation from teachers or logical sciences. employers who can attest to the applicant’s potential for academic scholarship. Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching 6 The application must contain a reasonable and or research programs in the Biological Sciences realistic statement of educational and career include: R. Sue Day, Herbert DuPont, Lu-Yu Hwang, objectives. William Mueller, Jan Risser, and Stephen Waring . 7 The application for admission must be approved Faculty of other components of The University of by the Admissions Committee and the Discipline Texas System who participate on a regular basis faculty who will be responsible for the student’s in the teaching or research programs in the academic program. Biological Sciences include: Christopher I. Amos, 8 An academic program, courses, and other edu- Ph.D. (Epidemiology; UT-MDACC); Gilbert Cote, cational activities appropriate for the applicant’s Ph.D. (Endocrinology, UT-MDACC), Thomas Goka, educational and career objectives must be Ph.D. (UTHSC-H GSBS), Jacqueline Hecht, Ph.D. available (see fields of concentration). (Pediatrics, UTHSC-H-MS), Vicki Huff, Ph.D. (Cancer Genetics, UT-MDACC), Ann M. Killary, 9 At least one of the Discipline’s faculty must Ph.D. (Cancer Genetics, UT- MDACC) , Dianna agree to serve as M.S. Academic Advisor. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D. (Internal Medicine, UTHSC- H-MS), Hope Northrup, M.D. (Pediatrics, UTHSC-H EACH APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ON MS), Subrata Sen, Ph.D., (Molecular Pathology, ITS INDIVIDUAL MERIT. UT-MDACC), Michael J. Siciliano, Ph.D., (Molecular Genetics: UT-MDACC) and Louise Degree Requirements Strong, M.D. (Cancer Genetics, UT- MDACC) . Requirements for awarding of the M.S. degree include:

Master of Science Degree Program 1 Admission to the M.S. program in the Biological Sciences. A M.S. Program in Community Health Sciences is offered by the Discipline of Biological Sciences. 2 Satisfactory completion (as determined by the Fields of concentration include: student’s Advisory Committee) of a prescribed course of study of at least one academic year Population genetics (a minimum of 36 semester credit hours). Genetic epidemiology Molecular evolution Infectious Diseases 70 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

3 Satisfactory completion of a research Thesis 2 A M.S. in one of the Biological Sciences (or the deemed by the student’s Advisory Committee to equivalent) with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 be of excellent quality and to demonstrate an on a 4.0 scale. appropriate depth of knowledge of the field of 3 At least one of the Discipline’s faculty must concentration. agree to serve as Ph.D. Academic Advisor. 4 Candidates for the degree must be enrolled for a minimum of three credit hours during the EACH APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED ON semester in which they complete the degree ITS INDIVIDUAL MERIT. requirements. Degree Requirements Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program William H. Feage, M.D., M.P.H. Requirements for awarding the Ph.D. degree A Ph.D. program in Community Health Sciences is include: offered by the discipline of Biological Sciences. 1 Admission to the Ph.D. program in the Biological Fields of concentration include: Sciences. Population genetics 2 Satisfactory completion (as determined by the Genetic epidemiology student’s Advisory Committee) of a prescribed Molecular evolution course of study of at least one academic year (a minimum of 36 credit hours beyond master’s Infectious Diseases level courses). The actual course requirements, Developmental, nutritional and regulatory biology however, will depend on those set by the Advisory Committee, which will assure that ade- Philip R. Lee, M.D. Admission Requirements quate courses have been taken in the MAJOR (Biological Sciences) and two MINOR fields of Requirements for admission to the program study in the public health sciences. include those stated above for admission to the M.S. program in the Biological Sciences modified 3 Satisfactory completion of a Qualifying as follows: Examination that covers the MAJOR and two MINOR fields of study in the public health sci- 1 The Undergraduate GPA should be at least 3.0 ences. on a 4.0 scale. The GRE should be at least 1200 (combined Verbal and Quantitative scores). 4 Satisfactory completion and presentation of an original research Dissertation that (as determined by the student’s Dissertation Committee) makes a substantial contribution to knowledge Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H. in the Community Health Sciences.

5 Candidates for the degree must be enrolled for a All school Colloquia and Brown Bag Seminar Series … minimum of three credit hours during the semester in which they complete the degree requirements.

Biometry/Biostatistics Biostatistics is the study and development of statistical, mathematical, and computer methods applied to the biological and health sciences. Biostatisticians play a key role in the design, conduct, and analysis of research studies in the areas of health and disease. The Biostatistics curriculum includes courses in applied and theoretical statistics, statistical computing, demography, and operations research. There is ample opportunity for experience in consulting and collaborative research. Alumni of the Biostatistics program are prominent in academia, industry, and government. The School of Public Health 71

The faculty in Biostatistics offer a curriculum leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Community Health Sciences with emphasis in biostatistics.

Members of the faculty are: Sarah Baraniuk, Keith Burau, Wenyaw Chan, Carl de Moor, Barry Davis, Kay Dunn, Charles Ford, Ralph Frankowski, Jay Glasser, Robert Hardy, Mohamed Hussein, Asha Kapadia, Dejian Lai, Eun Sul Lee, Charles McGhee, Lemuel Moyé, Adriana Perez, Melchor Ortiz, David W. Smith, Patrick Tarwater, and adjunct faculty with expertise in specific Biostatistics.

Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching or research programs in Biostatistics include: Elizabeth Baumler, Benjamin Bradshaw, Yun-Xin Fu, and David P. Smith.

Faculty of other components of The University of Texas System who participate on a regular basis in the teaching or research programs in Biostatistics include: Alice Chuang, Ph.D. (Dept. of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences UT Medical School-H).

Master of Science Degree Program The M.S. degree program is ordinarily a two-year full-time program. Training is offered in research design, basic statistical theory, data analysis, computer applications, and statistical consultation. Graduates are expected to have acquired knowledge in at least one minor area selected from the Discipline and Module courses described elsewhere in this catalog. Graduates of the program are expected to have prepared themselves to assume intermediate statistical posts in government, private health agencies, or in health research programs. The Program emphasizes fundamental sta- occupational health monitoring… tistical theory and methods and provides the basis Course of Study for doctoral level Biostatistics studies. Formal instruction is ordinarily offered in the Fall Special Entrance Requirements and Spring semesters. Summer sessions provide opportunities to obtain directed research experi- Students entering the M.S. program should hold ence or field experience with a health agency. an undergraduate degree that emphasizes the Faculty in Biostatistics are involved in research development of strong quantitative skills through investigations in the following areas: head trauma, two years of calculus. Examples would be degree hypertension, clinical trials in the prevention of programs in mathematical, physical, biological, or retinopathy of prematurity, pharmaceutical trials social sciences. Advanced mathematical training in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and knowledge of computer programming are health policy analysis, health planning, health highly desirable. care utilization, risk assessment, alcohol and substance abuse, analysis of national health survey data, and epidemiological studies of cancer and heart disease. 72 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program Biostatistics. The research plan is to culminate in the completion and presentation in written form of The Ph.D. program is ordinarily a three-year, full- an original research project that makes a substan- time program beyond the M.S. degree. Graduates tial contribution to knowledge in Biostatistics. of the program are expected to have prepared themselves to be independent investigators in the Students who are interested in using statistics in development and application of biostatistical analy- applied settings but do not have a strong back- sis to problems of human health and disease. They ground in calculus and linear algebra may consid- are expected to assume senior statistical posts in er applying for admission under the M.P.H. pro- governmental or private health research agencies, gram with a Concentration in Biostatistics. or to follow careers in teaching and research.

Special Entrance Requirements Environmental Sciences Students in the Ph.D. program are required to Contaminants in the air, food, soil, or water may have mathematical training beyond the introduc- increase the risk of disease that affect entire com- tory calculus level, including advanced calculus munities or worker populations. Problems in and linear algebra. They should hold degrees in occupational and environmental health may be areas that emphasize the development of strong exacerbated by population growth and the lack of quantitative skills. Examples are degrees in math- infrastructure required to provide necessary serv- ematical, biomedical, physical, or social sciences. ices, and may cross political boundaries. Students with graduate degrees that are not in Environmental Sciences is the field of study that one of these areas who have the requisite statisti- deals with 1) the identification and characteriza- cal training may be admitted to the Ph.D. program tion of potentially harmful physical, chemical, and with the approval of the faculty; however, they are biological agents in the community and workplace expected to fulfill the course requirements for the environments and the relevant routes of exposure, M.S. degree in Biostatistics or its equivalent dur- 2) the assessment of the effects of such agents on ing their academic program. Students with appro- the environment and human health, and 3) the priate undergraduate degrees are encouraged to development of interventions designed to avert complete the M.S. program prior to entry into the and ameliorate problems associated with environ- Ph.D. degree program. mental or occupational contaminants.

Course of Study The graduate program in the Environmental The course of study includes the course Sciences Discipline offers both the masters and sequences in multivariate analysis, stochastic doctoral degree (M.S. and Ph.D.). It is designed to processes, and linear models. Students also will matriculate trained professionals who have study operations research, demography, or exper- acquired in-depth knowledge in a particular spe- imental design. Course work in two minor fields, cialty area and who possess an understanding of ordinarily selected from Discipline and Module the inherent complexity of environmental prob- descriptions given elsewhere in this catalog, is lems. The discipline features four tracks of study: also required. general environmental sciences, water quality, toxicology, and industrial hygiene and the air envi- At the end of the second year of doctoral study, ronment. Areas of teaching and research empha- students must satisfactorily complete a written sized in the tracks include: indoor and outdoor air comprehensive examination in Biostatistics and quality, chronobiology, occupational health, toxi- the two minor fields. Upon successful completion cology, ground water and surface water hydrology, of the qualifying examination, a doctoral thesis and exposure assessment. committee is appointed. The doctoral candidate will work with this committee to prepare a Curricula offered by this discipline lead to the M.S. research plan that demonstrates the capacity to and Ph.D. degrees in Community Health Sciences conceive and conduct independent research in with emphasis in the chosen specialty of environmental sciences. Students preparing for careers in environmental health management and administration, however, may find the M.P.H. or Dr.P.H. degree more applicable to their objectives. The School of Public Health 73

Students may complement their education in the prior to completion of their M.S. degree. Students environmental sciences by appropriate additional are encouraged to draw upon the resources of coursework at selected local institutions. other institutions of higher learning in the Houston area. Students in the industrial hygiene curriculum Members of the faculty are: Arch “Chip” Carson, must also demonstrate breadth in public health by Irina Cech, Robert Emery, Shawn Gibbs, Marcus completing one core course in behavioral sci- Key (Emeritus), Gwangpyo Ko, Thomas Mackey, ences and another in management and policy sci- Shannon Marquez, Kristina Mena, Maria Morandi, ences. Students may formulate their own Jimmy Perkins, Arnold Schecter, Gene Schroder, research problems or assist the faculty with Ken Sexton, Mary Ann Smith, Michael Smolensky, development of an existing research project. James Steele (Emeritus), Thomas Stock, Elaine Students usually require a minimum of two years Symanski, Soledad Vela Acosta, Lawrence of full-time study to complete the degree require- Whitehead, and adjunct faculty with specific ments, but exceptionally well-prepared candi- expertise in the Environmental Sciences. dates may complete a program in less time.

Faculty of other components of The University of Students must satisfactorily complete a minimum Texas System who participate on a regular basis of 12 courses and 36 credit hours to qualify for in the teaching or research programs in graduation. However, the actual scope and length Environmental Sciences include: David of the program will be determined by the student’s McConkey, Ph.D. (Cancer Cell Biology; MDACC). advisory committee based on the student’s academic objectives and prior experience. With the Persons from outside the faculty who participate exception of individual study courses which are in the teaching and research programs in the substituted for catalog courses, or courses taken Environmental Sciences include: K.C. Donnelly, through selected local affiliated institutions, no Ph.D. (School of Rural Public Health; TAMU). more than eight credit hours of individual study may be included in the minimum hours required Master of Science Degree Program for completion of the program (except in unusual circumstances as determined by the advisory The Discipline of Environmental Sciences offers committee). Students will work with their commit- an M.S. program in Community Health Sciences. It tees to prepare a research plan and conduct inde- offers students the opportunity to prepare them- pendent research leading to the thesis. Students selves for positions in environmental health may enroll for as many thesis courses as desired, research, planning, or service agencies, in either but only six credit hours may be included in the the government or the private sector. In addition, minimum hours required for graduation. the curriculum offers preparation for entrance into the doctoral program. Students are provided the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program opportunity to acquire comprehensive training in the general aspects of environmental sciences The Ph.D. program offers students the opportunity while pursuing detailed training in a chosen spe- to acquire the capability to formulate, develop, cialty within this discipline. Options include air and conduct independent research in some cho- quality, industrial hygiene, toxicology, and water sen area of the Environmental Sciences. quality. Graduates of this program are expected to Graduates are expected to have prepared them- acquire depth of knowledge in at least one minor selves to assume positions in governmental or pri- area selected from the Discipline and Module vate health research and service agencies, or to descriptions given elsewhere in this catalog. The follow careers in teaching and research at the curriculum of the industrial hygiene program is university level. accredited by the Applied Science Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

Course of Study At least one-half of all courses elected for the M.S. degree will be in the area of major concentration. Candidates must also demonstrate an understanding of biostatistics and epidemiology 74 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Course of Study promise of research ability is often demonstrated by a master’s thesis that is of publishable quality. The student’s advisory committee guides the Applicants are encouraged to submit copies of academic phase of the Doctor of Philosophy pro- their theses and/or publications as evidence of gram. It requires the completion of a minimum of research experience. 12 courses and 36 credit hours to ensure comprehensive understanding of the general field of envi- Applicants must have successfully completed ronmental sciences and thorough knowledge of courses in calculus (minimum one semester), the selected area of concentration. Students also chemistry (minimum two semesters, including are expected to elect courses in each of two des- organic chemistry), and biology (minimum two ignated minor disciplines or to demonstrate equiv- semesters). While coursework in Physics is not alent proficiency in these areas by examination. required, it is strongly recommended; knowledge Successful completion of the qualifying examina- of physics is required for the industrial hygiene tion is required before students commence the curriculum. All of the required courses must be research phase of the Doctor of Philosophy completed prior to enrolling in the program. program. This examination assesses the student’s academic proficiency in the environmental sci- The general Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is ences and in the two chosen minor fields of study. required for all domestic and international appli- The doctoral dissertation committee is appointed cants. (Applicants who are currently working by the student in consultation with faculty. The toward or who have earned post-baccalaureate student will work with this committee to prepare a degrees in medicine may submit scores from the research plan that demonstrates the student’s Medical College Admission Test [MCAT]). Only test capacity to conceive and conduct independent scores less than five years old will be accepted. research. The research plan should culminate in Although there is no minimum requirement, a the completion and presentation, in both written combined test score of 1000 for master’s appli- and oral forms, of an original research project that cants and 1200 for doctoral applicants on the verbal substantially contributes to the knowledge base of and quantitative portions of the GRE is preferred. It the environmental sciences. is important that a thoughtful narrative statement of professional and research interests, and goals Special Entrance Requirements – M.S. and Ph.D. be provided. Programs Students applying to the Environmental Sciences Two letters of recommendation are required. master’s program must hold a bachelor’s or higher References solicited from faculty members who can degree in science (typically chemistry, biology, or attest to the applicant’s academic achievements physics), engineering, or medicine from a region- and the potential for success in graduate school are ally accredited university or college. The disci- preferred. While professional experience is viewed pline expects applicants to have earned a mini- as highly beneficial, it is not required. mum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale in the overall undergraduate program, as well as in the basic science Epidemiology courses (chemistry, physics, biology, and mathe- Epidemiology is a fundamental science of public matics). health and preventive medicine with a major focus on the causes and prevention of disease. The Applicants with majors from other disciplines who methods of investigation employed by epidemiolo- satisfy the undergraduate coursework require- gists are applicable to a broad range of problems ments will be considered. In addition to the of human health and disease and afford a rich requirements for admission to the M.S. program variety of experiences from which to approach the stated above, applicants to the Ph.D. program in substantive issues of community health. Methods Environmental Sciences must hold an M.S. degree of epidemiologic research and their applications (or another comparable graduate degree) in a rel- are emphasized in the curricula leading to the evant discipline and show promise of the ability to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. In addition to having spe- conduct research at the doctoral level. Such cific research activities, the epidemiology faculty interact closely with colleagues in government and industry, in clinical institutions of the Texas Medical Center, in community agencies, and with The School of Public Health 75

international organizations to provide a broadly In addition to coursework, satisfactory completion based research and learning environment for stu- of the M.S. degree requires successful completion dents in the School. Faculty members in of a master’s thesis or a project in a form suitable Epidemiology are: Corinne Aragaki, Palmer for publication in a professional journal, which Beasley, Raul Caetano, Victor Cardenas, Ann demonstrates not only an understanding of epi- Coker, R. Sue Day, George Delclos, Jasenka demiology and biostatistics, but also the knowl- Demirovic, Katharine M. Donato, Lori Fischbach, edge and skill required to carry out research relat- Susan Fisher-Hoch, Karen Goodman, John ing to an epidemiologic problem. M.S. students Herbold, Subhash K. Hira, Lu-Yu Hwang, Steven H. may assist with the teaching program, when Kelder, Scott Lillibridge, Joseph McCormick, appropriate, under guidance of the faculty. Zuber Mulla, Jan Risser, Maureen Sanderson, Beatrice Selwyn, Lowell Sever, Andrea Shelton, Doctor of Philosophy Degree Program Susan Tortolero, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Sally The Ph.D. degree is offered to those students with Vernon, Kim Waller, Stephen Waring, and adjunct career interests in teaching or research. Students faculty with specific expertise in Epidemiology. in the program prepare themselves to become independent epidemiologic investigators. Some Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching teaching experience is acquired as well. or research programs in the Behavioral Sciences include, : Ben Amick, Eric Boerwinkle, Herbert Special Entrance Requirements DuPont, Craig Hanis, Patrick Tarwater, and Catherine Troisi. Candidates for the Ph.D. degree should hold an M.S. in Epidemiology or have other accomplish- Master of Science Degree Program ments which indicate similar readiness for doctoral study in Epidemiology. The M.S. degree program in Epidemiology is designed to offer students the opportunity to pre- Course of Study pare themselves for intermediate or higher positions in government or private health agencies, or in Those seeking a Ph.D. degree should anticipate at research projects with an epidemiologic orientation. least a three-year program of study. Upon admission, a faculty advisor is assigned to each student. Special Entrance Requirements The student will select at least three additional faculty members (one other Epidemiology faculty A candidate for this degree should hold a bac- member, and two representing the minor fields of calaureate or professional degree in the biomed- concentration) to serve on the advisory commit- ical, physical, or social sciences or have several tee. This committee will oversee the academic years of practical experience in epidemiologic or program, evaluate the student’s progress, and related work. administer a qualifying examination. The examination is given when the student has completed the Course of Study basic academic preparation and is ready to begin To obtain a basic understanding of epidemiologic work on the doctoral dissertation. The student will principles, concepts, methods, and their applica- ordinarily complete (or will have completed during tions, students will ordinarily complete the epi- the M.S. program) the four semester epidemiology demiology course sequence of four semesters. To course sequence and electives as determined by become familiar with epidemiologic issues and consultation with the advisory committee, and population-based research problems, students must demonstrate adequate understanding of the will select special topics and develop individual other relevant disciplines (see M.S. Course Study). studies in Epidemiology (PH 2998, PH 2999). Ordinarily the student is required to complete at Adequate understanding of the etiology and least 4 courses in each of two designated minor pathogenesis of human diseases or, broadly, their fields. Each minor field will be represented on the natural history and control, may require moderate advisory committee. or advanced preparation in related laboratory or clinical disciplines, demography, behavioral sciences, or environmental sciences. Advanced skills in Biostatistics are needed. 76 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Upon satisfactory completion of the qualifying Course of Study examination, a dissertation committee will be The Management and Policy Sciences program formed. This committee will evaluate the student’s offers interdisciplinary breadth and depth in three doctoral dissertation, which will be a formal inves- areas: (1) economics, (2) management, and (3) pol- tigation constituting a substantial contribution to icy. Breadth is assured by students acquiring the field of epidemiology. essential competencies in the basic public health sciences and in each of the three areas listed Students in the doctoral program assist with the above. Depth is achieved by electing more Epidemiology teaching program under guidance of advanced specialty courses. Students will choose the faculty. a major and two minor concentrations. At least one of the minors must come from another discipline: e.g., Behavioral Sciences, Biological Management and Policy Sciences Sciences, Biometry, Environmental Sciences, or (Ph.D. Only) Epidemiology. A qualifying examination is adminis- The Management and Policy Sciences (MAPS) tered to students when preparation is complete. Discipline provides instruction in the fields of eco- Students will usually take one to two years of nomics, law, management, ethics, and policy coursework beyond the core in preparation for related to the health sector. Students interested in this examination. The actual time required will careers in these areas may pursue advanced depend on a student’s level of preparation before study that leads to original research and culmi- admission and the judgment of the Advisory nates in the award of the Doctor of Philosophy Committee. (Ph.D.) degree in Community Health Science with an emphasis in management and policy sciences. Upon successful completion of the qualifying Members of the MAPS faculty include: Charles examination, a student will recruit a doctoral dis- Begley, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Andrew Brown, H. sertation committee. The student will work with Shelton Brown, Dan Culica, Sarah Felknor, Luisa this committee to prepare a research plan that Franzini, Richard Grimes, Carl Hacker, Nuria demonstrates his or her capacity to conceive and Homedes, Irwin Horwitz, Asha Kapadia, Virginia conduct independent research in economics, Kennedy, David Lairson, Stephen Linder, Hardy management, or the policy sciences. The Loe, David Low, Sondip Mathur, Osama Mikhail, research plan should culminate in the completion, Frank Moore, Carl Phillips, Beth Quill, Pauline and presentation in written form, of an original Vaillancourt Rosenau, William Spears, Michael research project. Swint, Cynthia Warrick, and adjunct faculty with specific expertise in Management and Policy Sciences.

Other SPH faculty who participate in the teaching or research programs in Management and Policy Sciences include: Lu Ann Aday, Jay Glasser, and David Warner.

Special Entrance Requirements Admission to the Ph.D. program in MAPS requires a post-baccalaureate degree or equivalent training and experience in the social sciences, policy, law, management, or public health. Applicants with backgrounds in more than one relevant subject will be favored. The program also requires advanced knowledge of quantitative methods, so applicants with strong math and/or statistics backgrounds are also desirable. The School of Public Health 77

Programs, Centers, and Institutes

Programs M.P.H. is taken between the third and fourth medical school years. Public health practica, elec- The Community-Based Public Health Program tives, and other enrichments are offered as part of the rest of the medical school curriculum. The School of Public Health collaborates with community agencies and organizations in its The usual application procedures should be fol- teaching and research activities. Its purpose is to lowed at the School of Public Health, in consulta- ensure that community health concepts and expe- tion with the Medical School faculty curriculum riences are included in the instructional, research, advisor. and service components of the School’s academic programs. Contact Hardy D. Loe, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. The Associate Dean for Community Health and the program staff maintain liaisons with a number of public and private community organizations from Residency Program in Occupational which they solicit internships and other practice and Environmental Medicine experiences. These opportunities are publicized to both faculty and students, and a web site provides This program has been approved since 1977 by the information on the opportunities to each SPH cam- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical pus. More than 200 internship and project oppor- Education and offers residency training in prepa- tunities are maintained at any given time. ration for certification by the American Board of Preventive Medicine/Occupational Medicine. The Specialty internship locations have included the residency consists of a 2 year plan of study (aca- Texas Legislature, Richmond College (London), demic and practicum years). A combined internal CDC, NIH, US Dept. of Health and Human Services medicine/occupational medicine (4 year) track is – Health Resources Services Administration, the also available, and co-directed with the City of New York Dept. of Health, and other institu- Department of Medicine at Baylor College of tions. The Program assists with development, con- Medicine. Applicants must have an M.D. or D.O. duct, monitoring, and evaluation of the internship degree and have completed a minimum of one program and evaluates the practica experience of year (PGY1) of clinical training in an accredited each participant on a semester basis. program.

In addition, the Community Based Public Health Program Director Program works with a statewide Advisory Board Arch “Chip” Carson, M.D., Ph.D. which provides both the opportunity to incorporate new ideas into the teaching and research activities of the School, and also to generate new JD/MPH Program activities related to common interests. Students interested in health law and policy may study concurrently for a Master of Public Health Director degree from the School and a Doctor of Hardy D. Loe, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. Jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center. Students following the program must be admitted separately to each institution and must MD/MPH Program meet the requirements of each institution for its Two options exist for pursuing the MD/MPH respective degree. Admission to one program Program. The simplest is enrollment for the M.P.H. does not assure admission to the other. before entry or following graduation from medical school. Selection by students of electives in pub- Where possible and appropriate the student’s lic health as part of their medical curriculum sup- coursework at the two institutions should be coor- plements this option. This option is available in dinated to provide a curriculum that integrates law Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas. with the sciences of public health. Students admitted to both institutions may transfer credits Medical students at The University of Texas between institutions for appropriate coursework. Health Science Center at Houston may apply for the 5 year integrated MD/MPH Program. The 78 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Prior approval is required, and the procedures of Students must meet admission, graduation, and the institution receiving the academic credits tuition requirements of BOTH institutions. Both must be followed. degree programs require completion of specific courses and acquisition of specific competencies, Typically, a student in this program will develop a but each will give academic credit for a limited thesis dealing with a legal issue affecting the pub- number of courses completed at the other institu- lic’s health. This thesis should demonstrate the tion. A total of 84 semester credit hours are student’s mastery of the analytical methods used required for completion of both degree programs. in public health and how these methods assist The development of specific academic programs, with the development of public health policy. and scheduling of specific courses, field work, and practica for individual students is guided by Contact Advisory committees which include faculty from Carl Hacker, Ph.D., J.D. both institutions.

Contact MSN/MPH Program Michael Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Students wishing to pursue concurrent M.S.N. and M.P.H. degrees may apply to the coordinated RD/MPH, RD/MS, RD/DrPH, RD/PhD program available through the School of Public Health and the School of Nursing (SON). Those This combined program offers the opportunity to interested in the program must be admitted sepa- pursue a dietetic internship in conjunction with a rately to each school and must meet the admis- graduate degree in public health. Individuals with sion and degree requirements of each school. a background in nutrition and dietetics and a Students admitted to the coordinated program, degree or certificate from a didactic program in however, can meet the requirements of both dietetics are eligible to apply. degree programs with fewer credit hours than if the degrees were earned separately and may sub- Separate applications are required for each pro- mit a single thesis. Students enrolled in this program, and admission to the internship program is gram will emphasize public health skills at SPH, contingent upon admission to the School of Public clinical skills at the SON, and the combining of Health. Applications for Fall admission to the these skills through courses that are jointly taught School of Public Health must be received by by faculty from both schools. Students who are January 14th of the year of admission; applica- contemplating entering the concurrent program tions for the Dietetic Internship must be received are strongly encouraged to seek advisement by February 14th. before making their applications. The Dietetic Internship Program is fully accredited Contact by the American Dietetic Association and partici- Richard Grimes, Ph.D. pates in their national matching program. The Dietetic Internship Program provides more than 1000 supervised practice hours in four major areas MSW/MPH Program of dietetics: Community Nutrition, Food Service Systems Management, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Public health and social work professionals have and Specialty Practice. Students accepted into much in common. Both deal with complex and the program are placed in affiliations within the mutually reinforcing health and social problems, Texas Medical Center and throughout the city of and with their assessment, prevention, and reduc- Houston and Harris County. tion in individuals and populations. The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston and Director of Dietetic Internship the University of Houston Graduate School of Jeanne B. Martin, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.D.A., L.D. Social Work have developed a concurrent M.S.W./M.P.H. degree program to address these concerns. The School of Public Health 79

Valley Border Health Services Project Research on emerging public health and safety issues to provide analysis, evaluation, and tech- Established in 1988 as a component of the Center nology solutions for homeland security health for Health Policy Studies, the project serves as a threats that imperil our citizens and those who focal point for research, analysis, planning and must respond to preserve their health. The Center policy development related to health services and also strives to translate new ideas into effective health status along the U.S./Mexico border, partic- solutions that address state-based health security ularly the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Project faculty needs. and students, in collaboration with other UTHSC-H institutions and Valley representatives, develop Community Service to provide expertise for plan- and implement innovative strategies to expand ning, training exercises, executive leadership, access to health services and enhance communi- public health, and hospital preparedness in both ty health. domestic and international settings.

Director: Frank I. Moore, Ph.D. Director: Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D. Associate Director: Virginia C. Kennedy, Ph.D. Associate Director of Academic Programs: John Herbold, DVM, M.P.H., Ph.D. Associate Director of Research: Stephen Waring, Centers DVM, Ph.D. Associate Director of Outreach and Service: Robert Emery, Dr.P.H. Center for Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness

The UTSPH Center for Biosecurity and Public Center for Health Policy Studies Health Preparedness is located within the School of Public Health of The University of Texas Health The mission of the Center for Health Policy Studies Science Center at Houston. The mission of this is to provide a focal point for public health policy Center is to educate the frontline public health analysis and public health systems research for workforce, medical and emergency responders, faculty and students of the School of Public key leaders, and other professionals to respond to Health, other UTHSC-Houston schools, and other threats such as bioterrorism, and other emergen- components of the University of Texas System. cies that affect our communities. The Center responds to the unique challenges in Texas The goals of the center are to serve as a resource through its regional campuses, including three for the educational program of the School by (1) sites along the critical US-Mexico Border and fully integrating students into the Center’s through its urban campuses located in San research and technical assistance activities and Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. Nationally, the (2) contributing significantly to the management Center works with academic institutions, govern- and policy sciences and community health prac- mental agencies, relief organizations, and foreign tice curriculum in the School. The Center’s goal is ministries of health to promote our health security also to conduct research and provide technical program objectives. The Center for Biosecurity assistance to national, state and local govern- and Public Health Preparedness is organized into ments, community organizations, universities and three main cores to conduct its programs: other entities by constructing factual information bases, analyzing the effects of alternative propos- Training and Education to provide an integrated als to solve problems, assessing program impacts, forum to bring critical community responders and providing expert consultation. together under the philosophy of “training together to respond together.” This endeavor includes Research areas of the Center include: both short-term targeted programs of instruction, • Episcopal Health Charities Community as well as longer term opportunities for more spe- Health Information System cialized education culminating in Masters and Doctoral degrees. 80 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

• Knowledge management and clinical The CHPPR has funding from the National Cancer practice guideline implementation Institute to train pre- and post-doctoral fellows in • Public health infrastructure and public behavioral science cancer prevention and control. health systems performance Since 1988 the Center faculty have supported the • Functional job analysis of Primary care Health Promotion/Health Education teaching pro- • Nursing stressors and turnover gram that offers the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degrees at the School of Director: Frank I. Moore, Ph.D. Public Health. Associate Director: Virginia C. Kennedy, Ph.D. Research activities of the CHPPR are supported by project-specific grants, contracts, and coopera- The Centers for Health Promotion tive agreements from public and private sources, and Prevention Research and by philanthropic contributions. In 2002 the CHPPR maintained a professional and support In 2000 the Center for Health Promotion and staff of more than 160, and had more than $9 mil- Prevention Research (CHPPR) (established in lion in external funding for over 50 research proj- 1981) and the Texas Prevention Research Center ects focusing on: (formerly the Southwest Center for Prevention • Asthma management in children and Research established in 1986) merged. The mis- adults; sion of the CHPPR is to conduct research to devel- • Breast, cervical, colon, prostate, and skin op, evaluate, and disseminate health promotion cancer prevention and control; and disease prevention programs in diverse set- • Cardiovascular health in children; tings and populations. To achieve this mission the • CD-ROM based health promotion programs; Center conducts survey research, methodological • Dental health; studies, program evaluations, research syntheses, • Drug abuse; dissemination studies, and policy research. The • Injury prevention; CHPPR provides the UT System with a focal point • Nutrition in children; for the development and testing of programs and • Physical activity in children and women; methods to assist public and private sector organ- • Prevention of alcohol-exposed pregnan- izations in broad scale prevention of lifestyle- cies; related diseases, disabilities, and causes of pre- • Prevention of sexual risk behaviors, HIV, mature death. and STDs; • Tobacco use prevention and smoking The CHPPR is a CDC Prevention Research Center cessation; with the theme “From Healthy Children to Healthy • Women’s health; and Adults.” Through the Prevention Research Center • Youth health behaviors. Program the CHPPR is partnering with community advisors, school districts, education agencies, Project offices have been established at UT-Austin and health departments; and offering professional (1984), UT-San Antonio (1985), El Paso (1994), and development for public health practitioners Brownsville (2000) leading to increased collabora- through the Continuing Education Network. tion with faculties of other campuses of the UT System and the Texas Department of Health in Since 1986 the CHPPR has been designated a Austin. World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center and is currently one of only two health pro- Web site: http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/chppr motion research centers in the Americas to hold the designation. International collaborations Center for Health Promotion and Prevention include the training of international fellows, and Research Director: Steven H. Kelder, M.PH., Ph.D. collaborations with other universities and WHO Human Nutrition Center Director: Deanna M. Centers. The CHPPR has formal collaborative Hoelscher, R.D., Ph.D. agreements with the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, Queensland University of CDC Texas Regional Prevention Center Director: Technology in Australia, and University of Oslo, Susan Tortolero, Ph.D. Norway. The School of Public Health 81

Associate Directors: L. Kay Bartholomew, Ed.D., The Center for Infectious Diseases M.P.H., Intervention and (CID) Education The UTSPH CID’s mission is to address public Sue Sifford, Administration health concerns of the citizens of our state by pro- Program Directors viding infrastructure and administrative support for multidisciplinary and coordinated research, Patricia Dolan Mullen, Dr. P.H., Pre- and Post- teaching and community service programs; to fos- Doctoral Training ter epidemiological and biomedical research and Michael W. Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H., International training in infectious diseases; to encourage inter- Programs national collaborative research efforts addressing infectious disease problems of mutual concern.

Center for Health Services Research The CID is dedicated to the control and prevention of existing, emerging,and re-emerging diseases of The mission of the Center for Health Services public health importance by bringing together the Research (CHSR) is to conduct research and pro- biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. vide technical assistance and training in the organization, financing, and outcomes of health Research areas of the Center include: services, systems, and policies. The Center focus- • Cryptosporidium and other parasitic infec- es on the development and application of health tions of healthy and HIV-infected individuals services research methods in the design and eval- • Epidemiology and microbial etiology of diar- uation of individually targeted healthcare and rheal diseases community-based public health. Major objectives • Transmission of Hepatitits B and C virus in are to: (1) clarify the costs and benefits of health different populations promotion, protection, prevention, treatment, and • Human Papilloma Virus infection rehabilitation services; (2) identify and evaluate • Infectious diseases among drug abusers financing and service delivery initiatives to better • Epidemiology of respiratory infections serve uninsured, low-income populations; and, (3) • Emerging zoonotic diseases – Chagas’ dis- identify and evaluate relevant federal, state, and ease local health policy related to these issues. • Sexually transmitted diseases • Border health Research areas of the Center include: • HIV infection in India • Economics of breast and cervical cancer prevention Although the research program is of primary • Cost-effectiveness of ocular herpes importance, the Center is also dedicated to edu- treatments cating and training public health professionals by • Race/ethnicity disparities in health status involving students and trainees in laboratory and health care use research projects. CID investigators consist of • Use and impact of trauma systems and public health and medical researchers brought emergency services together for a multidisciplinary approach to infec- • Economics of treatment of low birth weight tious disease problems. Center investigators are babies also involved in a number of international studies • Rural economic development and commu- and collaborations in the US/Mexico border area nity health and at other international sites with the recogni- • Economics of environmental health tion that migration of humans and animals and • Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention travel in both directions has introduced a variety • Evaluation of disease management proof non-endemic diseases into the US. Further, grams problems in other countries provide important and valuable opportunities to study infections that are Co-Directors: Charles E. Begley, Ph.D. of growing interest to US citizens. David R. Lairson, Ph.D. Director: Herbert L. DuPont, M.D. 82 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The Center for Society and • Minority health Population Health • Cardiovascular disease • Health and inequalities The mission of the Center for Society and • Cost studies Population Health is to work towards a complete understanding of the social ecology of health and Director: M. David Low, M.D., Ph.D. to disseminate and apply this knowledge in ways that will enhance the health of people in Texas and throughout the world. The Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials (CCCT) The Center is committed to assisting US and other national policy-makers by joining with similar insti- The Center was established in 1971 by members of tutes and centers in Europe and the Americas: to the Biometry faculty. Its primary function is to pro- collaborate in research on the socially-determined vide individual investigators with the expertise causes of disease; to create a comprehensive the- and personnel to coordinate the design, perform- ory of the social ecology of health; to develop ance, analysis, and interpretation of results of working models of the critical interactions among multi-center randomized controlled clinical trials. social and environmental factors that influence To accomplish its objectives, the CCCT has assem- health; to develop community partnerships to guide bled individuals with expertise in biostatistics, epi- and implement new policy and practice interven- demiology, trial management, quality control mon- tions on reducing health disparities. itoring, study forms design, manual data processing, central and remote data entry, computer soft- Research areas of the Center include: ware development and maintenance, word pro- • Social determinants of health cessing, and fiscal management. To date the CCCT • Health and context has served as the Coordinating Center for eleven • Education and health national and international multi-center clinical tri- • Health and policy als, including Antihypertension and Lipid lowering • Health and human spirit program to prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). • Sacred Vocation Project • Occupational injury prevention Research areas of the Center include: • Occupational and environmental health • Hypertension – detection, treatment and • Occupational health services outcomes • Bioterrorism • Hypercholesterolemia – detection, treat- • Neighborhood effects on health ment, and outcomes • Genetics of hypertension • Cost-effectiveness of treatment of hyper-

“Toxic Tour of Texas” exhibit tension and hypercholesterolemia • Heart failure – detection and validation • Long-term natural history of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) • Effects of cryotherapy in refractive error in threshold ROP patients • Contract sensitivity in eyes with threshold ROP • Long-term opthalomological outcomes in premature infants with threshold ROP • Screening for ROP • Health related quality of life in children who were premature

Co-Directors: Barry R. Davis, M.D., Ph.D. Robert J. Hardy, Ph.D. The School of Public Health 83

The Human Genetics Center • Genetics and hypertension • Molecular evolution The mission of the Human Genetics Center is to • Computational genomics understand the genetic etiology of the common • Gene family evolution chronic diseases including: cardiovascular disease, • Molecular genetics of common human diabetes, autoimmune disease and various vision diseases disorders. This objective is pursued and accom- • Population genetics theory plished in multiple human populations. • Statistical methods for DNA sequence Understanding the genetics of these diseases analyses involves (1) locating and characterizing genes • Statistical and computational methods in underlying the common chronic diseases, (2) char- human disease acterizing the extent and utility of DNA variation • Cardiovascular disease within and among populations and determining how • Diabetes these patterns of variation evolved in both time and • Diabetic retinopathy space, and (3) establishing the impact of gene vari- • Molecular typing ation on the health of individuals, families and popu- • Retinal pathophysiology lations. It is the vision of the Human Genetics Center • Quantitative genetics to be the world’s preeminent research unit focusing on the genetics of common chronic disease. Director: Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D.

The goals of the Center are to train genetic investigators in molecular and cellular biology and the The Human Nutrition Center management, use and analysis of familial and population-oriented data; provide educational and The Human Nutrition Center was established in research opportunities for doctoral students and 1977 to develop a multidisciplinary approach to the post-doctoral fellows through employment on solution of nutrition problems, and to contribute to externally derived research funds; understand the the nutrition education of health professionals and contributions of genetic factors to those common the public. The Center serves as a resource for diseases that account for most of the mortality in individuals and institutions with common interests the public health context; understand the forces in the relationship of food intake and nutritional that influence the patterns of naturally occurring status and health. A major activity of the Center is variation in the human genome, and how those pat- the facilitation of communication and collabora- terns can be exploited to understand human dis- tion among nutritional scientists in each of the ease; continue to expand our base of research health professional schools in the UTHSC-H and through closer interdisciplinary collaboration with the Texas Medical Center. other research groups in the Texas Medical Center, in particular those located in the Health Science Annual Fred Annegars Bike Trek Center’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine; and to seek external support to maintain the state-of-the-art laboratory and computing equipment which is essential to our research.

Research areas of the Center include: • Genetics of cardiovascular disease • Genome variation • Bioinformatics • Genetic epidemiology • Genetics of obesity • Genes and mutations causing retinal diseases • Immunology and Genetics • Computational biology • Genetics of diabetes • Genetics of longitudinal change in CVD risk factors 84 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Because of the emphasis on disease prevention The Southwest Center for and nutrition education of the public as well as Occupational and Environmental health professionals, the Center is located in the Health (SWCOEH) School of Public Health. Faculty and staff of the The mission of the SWCOEH is to promote health, Center are particularly concerned with community, safety, and well-being in the workplace and the national, and international nutritional health community. The goal of the Center is to respond to issues, and with the graduate education of stu- the critical need for well-trained occupational and dents who plan careers in the fields of public environmental health specialists by providing health or community nutrition. A Dietetic Internship graduate-level academic training and continuing program is supported by the HNC with accredita- education with an underlying foundation of a tion from the American Dietetic Association. state-of-the-art occupational and environmental health research program. The Center faculty are The Center promotes public and professional involved with degree programs in occupational awareness and utilization of the nutritional medicine, occupational health for nurses, industri- resources available at the Health Science Center. al hygiene, occupational safety, occupational epi- The faculty and staff are also involved in a wide demiology, and occupational injury prevention. range of educational, research and service activi- Emphasizing a multi-disciplinary approach, these ties related to nutritional health issues, and main- degree programs are interfaced with the associat- tain cooperative relationships with a number of ed disciplines of toxicology, epidemiology, biome- academic, health, and public health institutions try, occupational ergonomics, and the environ- within Houston, and throughout the state and the mental, management, and behavioral sciences. country. The staff of the Center is actively involved in the development of techniques and methods for The SWCOEH includes two major training pro- assessing the dietary intake of individuals and grams – the NIOSH funded Education and population groups, public health nutrition educa- Research Center and NIH funded International tion, and research in the etiology and prevention Research Training Program. of disease. 1 The Education and Research Center (ERC), Research areas of the Center include: established in 1977 is one of 16 centers in the • Overweight and obesity of school children United States officially designated by the in Texas National Institute for Occupational Safety and • Osteoporosis prevention among middle Health (NIOSH) as a regional Education and school girls Research Center (ERC). The ERC’s educational • Hispanic community nutrition and physical and outreach programs serve the five-state activity intervention in Texas region of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, • Helicobacter pylori infection among and New Mexico. Along with assisting other Hispanic infants and mothers academic institutions to develop their occupa- • Nutrition and second primary head and tional health and safety training capabilities, the neck tumors ERC works closely with industry and labor on • Border health nutritional issues issues of safety and health hazards in the work- • Dietary assessment methods place. An active Continuing Education Program • Development of nutritional databases and provides courses for occupational and environ- software mental health professionals. Additional interna- • Vitamin and mineral supplementation and tional and consultative activities provide oppor- risk of disease tunities for research and service within the con- • Alternative nutritional treatments – herbals text of the global community. • Diet and cancer etiology, prevention and Research areas of the Center over the past cou- treatment ple of years have included: occupational asthma; • Diet and cardiovascular disease prevention environmental exposures and childhood asthma; • Dietetic training for public health occupational bladder cancer; childhood lead professionals poisoning; migrant farm worker epidemiology; • Diet and health promotion PBB contamination; international aspects of occupational health; workplace ergonomics; and Director: Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D. occupational hazards of health care workers. The School of Public Health 85

The specific programs within the ERC, and their Presently, the International Research Training Directors are as follows: Program at The University of Texas is coordinating these efforts through collaboration with key edu- a Occupational Medicine/Occupational and cational and/or governmental institutions in Environmental Medicine Residency Program: Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain Arch “Chip” Carson, M.D., Ph.D. and Venezuela. b Industrial Hygiene Program: Lawrence Whitehead, M.P.H., Ph.D., C.I.H. Director: George L. Delclos, M.D., M.P.H.

c Occupational Health Nursing Program: Co-Director: Sarah A. Felknor, Dr.P.H., M.S. Thomas Mackey, Ph.D., RNC.

d Occupational Epidemiology Program: Scott Lillibridge, M.D. Collaborating Centers

e Occupational Injury Prevention Program: World Health Organization Collaborating Center Benjamin Amick III, Ph.D. for Health Promotion Research and f Continuing Education Program: Ms. Julie Development. Schmitz. In 2000 the Center for Health Promotion and g Pilot Projects Research Training Program: Prevention Research (CHPPR) (established in Maria Morandi, Ph.D. 1981) and the Texas Prevention Research Center (formerly the Southwest Center for Prevention 2 The International Research Training Program in Research established in 1986) merged. The mis- Occupational and Environmental Health, found- sion of the CHPPR is to conduct research to devel- ed in 1995, is a collaboration between the op, evaluate, and disseminate health promotion Southwest Center for Occupational and and disease prevention programs in diverse set- Environmental Health of The UT School of Public tings and populations. To achieve this mission the Health and the Department of Industrial Center conducts survey research, methodological Engineering of the University of Houston. It is studies, program evaluations, research syntheses, funded through a generous grant from the dissemination studies, and policy research. The Fogarty International Center of the National CHPPR provides the UT System with a focal point Institutes of Health. Its mission is to contribute for the development and testing of programs and to capacity-building of Latin American research methods to assist public and private sector organ- scientists, teachers, and professionals in the izations in broad scale prevention of lifestyle- fields of occupational and environmental epi- related diseases, disabilities, and causes of pre- demiology, industrial hygiene, ergonomics and mature death. safety engineering. The program accomplishes this mission by providing support for: In 1986, the Center for Health Promotion Research a Long-term academic and research prepara- and Development was designated to provide con- tion, through graduate education at our United sultation, technical assistance and training as a States campuses for Latin American students World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating interested in research training in occupation- Center. Service provision is coordinated by the al and environmental health, with particular Pan American Health Organization and its region- emphasis on the areas of occupational and al Health Promotion Program. Global activities are environmental epidemiology, environmental coordinated by the WHO Division of Chronic sciences (industrial hygiene and toxicology), Disease Prevention, the Global Program on AIDS, and industrial ergonomics and safety; the Program on Tobacco or Health and other units as needed. b Project-based research training and public health practice; Center faculty have led numerous WHO working c Targeted short courses and workshops in sessions with participants from many different various Latin American countries; nations and helped organize global teleconfer- ences through WHO partnerships in Almaty, d Institutional research infrastructure develop- Kazakhstan, Beijing, China and Geneva, ment and dissemination of scientific Switzerland. Ongoing programs for technical information. 86 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

assistance and scientific exchange are carried tures, program development and evaluation, and out with the National Public Health Institute in short term research activities in the following Finland, the University of Maastricht in the countries: Argentina, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Queensland University of Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Technology in Australia, and the School of Public Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Surinam, Taiwan, Health in Cali, Colombia. The Center houses a and Venezuela. In addition, training assistance group of five to ten scholars from different coun- through the Occupational Medicine Residency tries who are enrolled in courses ranging from Program has been provided to physicians from the two-week orientations to M.P.H., Dr.P.H., and Ph.D. following countries: Bahrain, Colombia, Egypt, degree programs in Health Promotion/Health Indonesia, Iraq, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Education and Behavioral Sciences. The WHO Pakistan, Spain, and Taiwan. Bilingual faculty from Center is currently exploring possible links with the SWCOEH provide assistance to the Pan other Latin American centers. American Health Organization (PAHO) and WHO by coordinating and directing international sym- Although the areas of research and action for posia and workshops and by participating in occu- which the Center provides leadership are as pational health research projects. diverse as the global scope of disease and injury, they share a base of theory from the social and Director: George Delclos, M.D., M.P.H. behavioral sciences and have common settings in schools, health centers and community agencies. Associate Director: Sarah Felknor, Dr.P.H. Current prevention research at the Center is concerned with cardiovascular disease, cancer, vio- lent and unintentional injury, addictions and sexu- Institutes ally transmitted diseases. Behavioral studies involve nutrition, tobacco and alcohol use, physical and sexual activity, cancer screening, prenatal Institute for Health Policy care, and aggression. The social and behavioral The Institute for Health Policy (IHP), located in The change methods investigated by the Center University of Texas School of Public Health include patient counseling in primary care, group (UTSPH), will provide leadership for The University education, mass communication, community of Texas Health Science Center at Houston organization and public policies such as taxation. (UTHSC-H) to address key issues in health policy that are particularly relevant for the people of Director: Guy Parcel, Ph.D. Texas and Texas policy makers. A planning and program development year is in process for 2003, Director for International Programs; Michael W. with academic activities beginning in 2004, and full Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H. operation by 2005. The IHP will contribute to public policy formation in Texas related to health by The WHO Collaborating Center for applying the research and academic resources of Occupational Health the university to identify and analyze critical The Center was established in 1985 under terms of health issues leading to proposed options for reference that emphasize the School’s expertise in health policies and to information on these issues occupational epidemiology, exposure assessment that can be communicated to the public. and program development, implementation, and evaluation. The priority areas of the Center include: occupational and environmental epidemiology, occupational hazards of health care workers, respiratory diseases, ergonomic evaluations and exposure assessment. The Center is housed in the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) and provides advisory services in the development of occupational health programs and applied epidemiology. To date, internationally coordinated assistance has been provided through short courses and lec- The School of Public Health 87

Application Procedures and Deadline Dates

Please be advised that students enrolling in the 3 A $30.00 non-refundable application fee. School of Public Health are expected to have a 4 Official transcripts covering all periods of post computer or, at minimum, access to one. Software secondary enrollment in accredited institutions needs are dependent on academic fields and of higher education. Applicants should request career goals. Hardware specifications depend on the institution to send official (original) tran- a variety of factors including software needs, scripts directly to the Office of the Registrar. speed, and capacity. In general, students will need word-processing, spreadsheets, data base Graduates of Texas colleges and universities management, statistics, and access to the should request that transcripts be sent in elec- Internet. Computers that use Windows®-based tronic format. Copies of official transcripts sent by operating systems are strongly recommended. the applicant are not considered official. Those with questions may call Computer Transcripts must include both grades and credit Services (713/500-9060, 8am-5pm, CST, Monday- hours. Foreign graduates whose academic institu- Friday) for assistance. tions cannot send official transcripts (marks sheets) should call the Office of the Registrar for Completed applications, with all supporting docu- instructions (713-500-3361). The School prefers a ments, must be received by: grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

5 Letters of recommendation from at least two February 1 for Fall Semester persons who are qualified to evaluate the appli- August 1 for Spring Semester cant’s academic or professional performance, as well as ability, motivation, and character. There are no rolling admissions. Applicants will be Academic letters of reference are preferred. notified by mail of the Admission Committee’s deci- Letters should be on official letterhead. sion within 90 days of the application deadline. 6 Applicants who are nationals of countries where English is not the parent language are required to submit scores from the Test of Application and Its Procedures English as Foreign Language (TOEFL). (See the Persons wishing to enroll in the School of Public application form for current requirements.) A Health should submit the following to the Office of minimum score of 565 on the paper-based test or the Registrar: 225 on the new, computer-based test (CBT) is required for admission to the School. 1 A completed application form. Applicants Information and application booklets may be should describe their interests in public health obtained from any university admissions office in the essay/goal statement section of the appli- or by writing to the Office of the Registrar at the cation form. The essay should cover career address given below. goals in relation to the focus on module or discipline of choice as well as any experience relating Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit the to the health field, research, community service, following: and leadership positions. Experience in these areas may include work, internship, or volunteer Graduate Record Exam scores (GRE’s) are settings. Applicants may include a description of required for all M.P.H. applicants. Some Modules work or other significant life experiences that and Disciplines require GRE scores for Dr.P.H., relate to motivation, qualifications, or academic M.S., and Ph.D. applicants. (See application form record. This essay/goal statement is central to for current requirements.) GRE’s will be reviewed the admission decision and is read by the facul- by the Admissions Committee as one factor among ty. (Each applicant will be reviewed by only one others. Applicants holding previous doctoral level module or discipline.) degrees from accredited U.S. universities may 2 The requirements for admission also include request an exemption from the GRE requirement. evidence of proficiency in basic mathematical or other quantitative skills, documented through transcripts, publications, or statement as to how this proficiency was achieved, or will be achieved, prior to enrollment. 88 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

a Satisfactory scores obtained on the aptitude each admission action. These criteria, and the test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). material reviewed in evaluating each, include: A combined GRE score (quantitative and verbal • Prior academic preparation (depth, breadth, and sections) below 1000 at the master’s level or performance): application, college transcripts, below 1200 at the doctoral level is generally not letters of recommendation; competitive. This test is given at many universities across the United States and in many for- • Relevant work experience (particularly public health eign cities. Information and application booklets practice in underserved communities): application, may be obtained from any university admissions essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation; office or by writing to the Office of the Registrar • Career Goals: application, essay/goal statement, at the address given below. Only scores letters of recommendation; received directly from Educational Testing • Motivation: essay/goal statement, letters of rec- Service (ETS) will be considered official. The ommendation, college transcripts; GRE is but one of several factors considered in aggregate during the admission process. • Integrity: essay/goal statement, letters of recommendation; b Any published papers, reports, or other materials that you believe may provide information on your • Community Service: application, essay/goal capability and performance. Several programs statement, letters of recommendation; require a writing sample (See application form). • Scores on Graduate Record Examination and NOTE: Please send copies only. We will not be TOEFL (if required); standardized tests; responsible for returning this material. • Theses, publications and other scholarly works: supplemental documents provided by applicant. Admission Process While personal interviews are not routinely Applicants to the M.P.H. and Dr. P.H. degree pro- required, prospective students are welcome to grams apply to one of the six research-teaching visit the School and discuss their proposed pro- practice Modules. Master of Public Health appli- gram with faculty and staff. cants may also apply to one of the four Regional Campuses: Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, or San Address application inquiries to: Antonio. Applicants to the Ph.D. degree programs indicate one of the six basic science oriented Office of the Registrar Disciplines for review; applicants to the M.S. University of Texas Health Science Center at degree programs may select one of four basic sci- Houston ence areas of study. The faculty of the appropriate P.O. Box 20036 Module, Discipline, or Regional Campus review Houston, Texas 77225-0036 each application and all supporting documenta- Direct telephone inquiries to the School of Public tion. Their recommendations are presented to the Health: 713/500-9032. Admissions Committee of the School which is (8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Central Standard Time) composed of one faculty representative from each Module, Discipline, and Regional Campus and two UTLINK Web Campus Services, student representatives. After reviewing the rec- http://utlink.uth.tmc.edu, is available for students ommendations, the committee may concur with to use to access their grades, read the bulletin the recommendation or override it. The recom- board, apply for admission, request a transcript, mendations from the Admissions Committee of the register for classes, request a financial aid pack- School are forwarded to the Dean for administra- et, and check on the status of their application and tive review and notification of applicants. credentials. The same information can be Factors believed to contribute to the academic success of students and their subsequent contributions to the knowledge base and practice of public health throughout Texas are considered in The School of Public Health 89

accessed by dialing 713/500-LINK or, for those not in one of the Houston area codes, 1-800-575-8710.

Fresh Start In 1993, the Texas Legislature passed a bill regarding an academic fresh start. The following paragraphs describe options pursuant to this law. A Texas resident may apply for admission to and enroll as an undergraduate student under Texas Education Code 51.931, Right to an Academic Fresh Start. If an applicant elects to seek admission under this section, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston shall not consider academic course credits or grades earned by the applicant 10 or more years prior to the start- ing date of the semester in which the applicant seeks to enroll. An applicant who applies under this section and is admitted as a student may not receive any course credit for courses undertaken 10 or more years prior to enrollment.

If a student who enrolls under this section com- pletes a prescribed course of study, earns a baccalaureate degree, and applies for admission to a postgraduate or professional program, the institution, in considering the applicant for admission into the postgraduate or professional program, shall consider only the grade point average of the applicant established by the course work completed after enrollment under this section, along with any other criteria the institution uses in evaluating applicants for admission. 90 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Tuition, Fees, and Enrollment

Beginning 2003-04 resident tuition is $46 per Tuition Waiver semester credit hour. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board determines non-resident Texas law provides for the waiver of tuition and/or tuition. The 2003-04 non resident rate is $282 per fees for students under certain conditions, such semester credit hour. as certain veterans, certain deaf and blind students, students in foster or other residential care, In addition, UTHSC-H will assess a $46 per semes- eligible educational aides, and certain high school ter credit hour charge of designated tuition for graduates on Aid to Families with Dependent deferred maintenance. (Graduate differential Children (AFDC). For specific information, contact tuition will be $30 per semester credit hour for res- the Office of the Registrar. idents and $75 per semester credit hour for non- residents). Pursuant to Texas Education Code, Section 54.0513, a portion of tuition is now desig- Texas Residence Requirements nated for capital renewal, deferred maintenance In general, residence in Texas for tuition purposes and bond retirement for the construction of new for an individual over 18 years of age is estab- buildings. Tuition and fees are subject to change lished if the individual has been gainfully according to the action of the Texas State employed within the state for a 12-month period Legislature of the University of Texas System immediately preceding registration in The Board of Regents to be effective when enacted. University. An individual who registers in The University before having resided in Texas for 12 Tuition for all students registered only for thesis months will be classified as a nonresident. An credit, that is the final credit hour requirement for individual who has come to the state primarily for the degree in progress, is the same as the semes- the purpose of education will be classified as a ter credit hour rate listed above. non-resident.

Texas law provides for the waiver of tuition and/or Further information on residency is available on fees for students under certain conditions, such the Registrar’s Office website at: http://www.reg- as veterans, deaf and blind students, students in istrar.uth.tmc.edu. foster or other residential care, educational aides, and high school graduates on Temporary assis- Students may consult section 54.052 of the Texas tance for needy families (TANF). Certain exemp- Education Code and the “Rules and Regulations tions exist for children of veterans killed in action, for Determining Residence Status” published by children of POWs or MIAs, and children of dis- the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. abled firemen and peace officers. For specific See the following websites for more information: information, contact the Registrar's Office. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/juris/tec.html Tuition – Summer Sessions http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/pdf/0183.pdf 2003-2005

Beginning 2003-2004 Texas resident tuition rate is Special Resident Tuition $46 per semester credit hour. Non-resident tuition, designated tuition and differential tuition will be Although classified as non-residents, students assessed as described above for the Fall and falling within certain categories may be given the Spring semesters. If students register for addition- privilege of paying resident tuition. These cate- al courses during the second summer term, tuition gories include: and fees will be automatically adjusted. 1 Employment of students as teaching or graduate research assistants in state institutions of higher education in which they are enrolled at least half-time in a degree-related position;

2 Employment of spouses or parents (student must be a dependent child) in state institutions of higher education in faculty positions that are at least half-time on a regular monthly salary basis; The School of Public Health 91

3 Students who are enrolled and have been 5 A student who fails to provide full payment of awarded a competitive scholarship of at least tuition and fees, including late fees assessed by $1000 for the academic year that is awarded by The University, when the payments are due, is a scholarship committee officially recognized by subject to one or more of the following actions UTHSC-H; at The University’s option:

4 Students participating in programs approved as a Prohibited from registration until full payment part of the Academic Common Market is made: coordinator in their home state, Section 160.07. b No release of degree and/or official transcript: Texas Education Code. Requires approval by both The Texas Higher Education Coordinating c Subject to all penalties and action authorized Board of the Texas College and University by law. System and the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System. Refund of Tuition and Fees 5 Students who are in the military, spouses of persons in the military and children of persons in 1 Refunds shall be made of tuition and compulso- the military who have been assigned to duty ry fees (less non-refundable fees) shall be made within the State of Texas. to students withdrawing completely from the institution during a Fall or Spring semester according to the following withdrawal schedule. Tuition and Fees Payment Policy a prior to first class day (from which a $15 1 Payment of tuition and fees is due no later than matriculation fee shall be assessed) 100% the end of the registration period. b during the first 5 class days 80% 2 Students who have checks returned for insuffi- c during the second 5 class days 70% cient funds will be charged a $25.00 fee. Those students whose registration is cancelled because d during the third 5 class days 50% of non-payment or issuing a non-sufficient funds e during the fourth 5 class days 25% check will not be reinstated for the term. f after the fourth 5 class days None 3 Students who have fees billed to a sponsor are financially responsible for any fees determined Refunds of tuition and compulsory fees (less non- to be uncollectible by the Accounting Office refundable fees) shall be made to students with- from the sponsor. Furthermore, extended delays drawing completely from the institution during a in collection of receivables from sponsors will Summer term according to the following with- require the student to make the uncollected drawal schedule: payment. Student payments will be refunded upon receipt of payment from the sponsor. a prior to first class day (from which a $15 matriculation fee shall be assessed) 100% 4 Payment of tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters may be paid through the fol- b during the first, second, or third class day 80% lowing alternatives: (1) full payment of tuition c during the fourth, fifth, or sixth class day 50% and fees in advance of the beginning of the semester, or (2) one-half payment of tuition and d seventh day of class and thereafter None fees in advance of the beginning of the semester and separate one-fourth payments prior to Refund of tuition and fees paid by a sponsor, the start of the sixth and eleventh class weeks. donor, or scholarship will be made to the payer Although a student may select the installment rather than directly to the withdrawing student. payment plan, certain fees must be paid in full in the initial payment. A non-refundable fee of $15 The University shall terminate student services will be applicable to initial payments. A $10 and privileges, such as health services, library charge will be assessed subsequent delinquent privileges, and facilities usage when a student installment payment. A non-refundable late fee withdraws from the institution. ($15.00) is charged to a student who pays after the last day of regular registration. Refunds are based on the first day of the term, not on the first day of class. Refunds are based on the 92 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

day the student drops the class in UTLINK or the Information Technology See Compulsory Fees day the student’s withdrawal or dismissal notifica- Fee tion arrives in the Registrar’s Office. Lab Fee (per course) See Compulsory Fees

All policies regarding the payment or refunding of Liability Insurance See Compulsory Fees tuition, fees, and charges are approved by the (per year) Board of Regents of The University of Texas Library Resources Fee See Compulsory Fees System and comply with applicable state statutes. (per semester) If a person desires clarification of any matter relating to payment or refund of such charges Parking See Voluntary Fees should contact the Registrar’s Office. Other Expenses See Compulsory Fees Student Services Fee See Compulsory Fees Refunds Under Installment Transcript Fee See Voluntary Fees Payment Plans (per Transcript) Dropping courses or withdrawing from The University does not relieve a student of the responsibility for unpaid financial obligations to Compulsory Fees The University. Students enrolled in an installment Application Fee: Any student submitting an appli- payment plan will be required to continue making cation to the School for consideration must also payments until the non-refundable portion of their submit a non-refundable $30.00 application fee. account is paid in full. Refunds or credits are This fee is assessed to cover the cost of process- based on the percentage of tuition and fees ing the application. charged, not on the percentage of tuition and fees paid. Contact the Registrar’s Office for more infor- Graduation Fee: A graduation fee of $40, payable mation. at registration for the final semester, is payable at registration for the student’s final semester. This A student who withdraws from an institution of fee covers expenses associated with graduation higher education because the student is called to but does not cover rental of the cap and gown. active military service is entitled to a refund (or This fee is charged whether or not the student other available options) as required under the attends graduation. Texas Education Code, Subsection 54.006(f).

Health Insurance: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System mandates health insur- Fees ance for students enrolled in the U.T. System Certain compulsory and voluntary fees should be health components, including students enrolled anticipated at the School of Public Health. prior to the adoption of the requirement. The Compulsory fees are required of all students. Board of Regents has authorized the assessment Voluntary fees are not required, but the students of a health insurance fee for each semester to may elect to subscribe to any of the services list- each student who cannot provide evidence of ed under the voluntary fees. All fees are subject to continuing coverage under another approved plan change. by the fourth class day.

Students with coverage outside of the plan may Fees and Charges contact Auxiliary Enterprises at (713) 500-8400, http://ae.uth.tmc.edu or email: student-insur- Academic Regalia Rental See Voluntary Fees [email protected] to provide the information needed to waive the insurance fee. Application Fee See Compulsory Fees Insurance charges for the 2003-04 year will be (Non-refundable) $277 for the fall semester, $303 for the spring Computer Resource Fee See Compulsory Fees semester, and $135 for the summer. Details about coverage may be found at: http://ae.uth.tmc/insur- Graduation Fee See Compulsory Fees ance.htm. Health Insurance See Compulsory Fees The School of Public Health 93

Information Technology Fee: An information tech- Number of nology fee of $20 is assessed each semester to Semester Fall or Spring Summer students. This fee is assessed to cover the cost for Hours Taken Semester Sessions providing student Internet access, email 1 $64.30 $31.19 accounts, and “help desk” support and other related support. 2 73.56 37.17 3 82.86 43.26 Lab Fee: The clinical/lab fee is assessed to students enrolled in courses with a clinical and/or lab 4 92.14 49.36 component. This fee is assessed to cover the cost 5 101.42 55.44 of clinical/lab supplies. Clinical/lab fees vary from $8.00-$30.00 per each course with a clinical/lab 6 110.70 61.53 component. 7 119.99 67.61

Late Registration Fee: Any student who registers 8 129.26 73.70 during late registration will be assessed a $15 late 9 or more 138.54 79.80 fee for processing.

Liability Insurance: All SPH students will be Voluntary Fees required to pay the UTHSC-H liability insurance fee regardless of other coverage the student may Academic Regalia Rental: The charge for rental of have. At the time of registration SPH students will regalia (cap and gown) is approximately $40.00 for be assessed an insurance fee at a rate of $14.50 undergraduate students, $65.00 for master’s stu- per year. Students who enroll mid year will be dents and $70.00 for doctoral students. charged a prorated amount. Liability insurance fees are non-refundable and are subject to Parking Fee: Contract parking is available to change. students throughout the Texas Medical Center. Prices vary per parking lot and per hour. 1 Library Resources Fee: All SPH students are Complimentary parking for 1 /2 hours is available at required to pay a library resources fee of $35.00 the University Center Tower (UCT) Parking Garage per semester. The fee provides access to the for students conducting business in one of the resources of the SPH library. student services offices.

Student Services Fee: The student services fee, The student must present a valid student ID card required of all students, is assessed per semester and a parking ticket at the UCT exit booth. credit hour up to a maximum charge of $138.54 per fall and spring semesters and $79.80 for the sum- Transcript Fees: Transcripts are available, at a fee mer term. The fee provides for student activities, of $5.00 per transcript, upon WRITTEN request of outpatient care by UT Medical School Health the STUDENT or by accessing UTLINK Web at Services, counseling, shuttle services and recre- http://UTLINK.uth.tmc.edu. ational facilities. Optional family coverage is available. The schedule of fees is stated as follows: No transcripts will be issued showing only a portion of the student’s academic record.

Students who owe debts to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston may have their official transcripts withheld until the debts are paid.

Transcript Request Forms are available from the Office of the Registrar, in the University Center Tower, Suite 2250, or at: http://UTLINK.uth.tmc.edu. 94 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Name Change

The student’s full, legal name will be used on all permanent academic records. The purpose of this policy is to effect a consistent use of the full, legal name on a) the permanent academic record, b) certifications, and c) diplomas. The full, legal name will be initially obtained via the application for admission.

The student is responsible for notifying the Registrar’s Office of any name change after admission and must submit supporting documentation for the name change.

Address Change: A change of address may be submitted through the by accessing the UTLINK web site at http://UTLINK.uth.tmc.edu. Address change forms are also available at the Registrar’s Office, bills and financial aid checks will be mailed to the current address on file with the Registrar. The student is responsible for notifying the Registrar’s Office of any address change after admission. The UTHSC SPH can not be held responsible if a student fails to receive a communication (including a legal notice) due to an out- dated address.

In addition, e-mail accounts constitute a major mode of communication between students and faculty and/or administration; consequently students are responsible for reading messages and maintaining the e-mail account. The School of Public Health 95

Grading, Conduct, and Satisfactory Progress Policies

Grades Academic probation provides a structure within which the faculty of the Student Advisory Letter grades (A, B, C, or F) are given for all M.P.H. Committee can address issues and problems core courses. Elective courses may be letter- related to the student’s academic performance. graded or pass/fail (P or F) at the discretion of the For letter-graded courses, a student may be instructor. A grade point average (GPA) will be placed on academic probation if he/she has calculated from all letter-graded courses. An earned one or more “F”s, two or more “C”s, or INCOMPLETE will revert to an “F” if the course- multiple “W”s within one or more semesters. For work is not completed after one semester. A “W” PASS/FAIL courses, a student may be placed on grade is assigned when a student withdraws from academic probation if he/she has exhibited “mar- a course. Students may withdraw from courses ginal performance” in two or more courses or has through the last class day of the term. earned one or more “F”s, or multiple “W”s within one or more semesters. Once a student has been placed on probationary status, the Advisor will Academic Conflict Resolution schedule a meeting of the Student Advisory Individual faculty members retain primary respon- Committee to discuss the problem(s) and will sibility for grading and evaluations. The faculty design a plan and timetable for remediation. Once member’s judgment is final unless compelling evi- the student has met the terms of the recommen- dence suggests unfair discrimination, differential dation, the Advisor will document the progress via treatment, or mistake. In attempting to resolve any memorandum to the Associate Dean for Academic student grievance regarding academic matters, it Affairs, and the student will be returned to good is the obligation of the student first to make a seri- academic standing. ous effort to resolve the matter with the faculty member with whom the grievance originated. If Students who are veterans, and who fail to the student and faculty member cannot resolve achieve satisfactory progress at the end of this the matter, the student may elect to file an probationary semester, will be reported to the Academic Grievance through the Director of Department of Veterans Affairs as making unsatis- Student Affairs. The Director will forward the factory progress. grievance to the Academic Affairs Committee for facilitation of the grievance process. A termination of degree process may be instituted for students who are consistently performing The academic grievance procedure is described below standards. A recommendation for termina- in the Student Handbook, copies of which are tion of the degree program may be proposed by available from the Office of Student Affairs and the faculty of the Student Advisory Committee if online at http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/. any of the following conditions arise: • A student refuses to accept the advice and guidance of the Student Advisory Committee in matters of remediation of academic probation. Satisfactory Progress • A student who has been placed on academic probation does not respond adequately or in a Satisfactory progress is evaluated on an individual timely manner to the recommendations agreed basis by a student’s Advisor and Committee mem- upon by the Student Advisory Committee. bers. Evaluation week is scheduled at the end of • A student has repeated failures documented in each semester. any type of course, including thesis or dissertation work. Committees review each student’s coursework for • Academic probation is invoked a second time. purposes of assisting them to achieve their maxi- • A student does not demonstrate satisfactory mum potential and to assess their progress progress in thesis or dissertation work as deter- toward academic goals. mined by the Thesis/Dissertation Advisory Committee. This overall evaluation of knowledge and performance allows the Committee to determine which Students who have been terminated for unsatis- students have progressed satisfactorily and which factory progress may be evaluated for readmis- should be placed on academic probation. sion at the discretion of their advisor and evaluation committee members. Readmission to the 96 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

degree program should follow the general read- course work and identifying areas in which addi- mission policies. Students seeking readmission tional courses should be taken to bring the candi- should contact the Assistant Dean for Academic date up to current proficiency. Readmission to a Affairs for details regarding necessary application degree program requires evaluation and approval documents and procedures. of application by the School’s Admission Committee.

Long Term Absences Students seeking readmission to the school should contact the Assistant Dean for Academic The Admissions Committee considers readmission Affairs for details regarding necessary application of students after absences from the School for a documents and procedures. duration of two or more calendar years. If readmission is offered by the School, the candidate’s must identify an advisor who will agree to assume Required Review responsibility for reviewing the student’s previous

Any student who has been admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree (i.e., successful completion of the qualifying examination) is expected to com- graduation … plete the degree within three years from the date of admission to candidacy; otherwise, the dissertation committee will review the case at the end of the three-year period and will consider such recommendations as: (1) the meeting of any new requirements which may have been adopted in the interim, (2) additional coursework, or (3) termination of the candidacy. If the degree program is continued, the academic progress of the student will be reviewed by the Dissertation Committee on a regular basis. Recommendations of the dissertation committee are forwarded to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

Student Conduct and Discipline

Students are responsible for knowing and observing the University regulations concerning student conduct and discipline as set forth in the UTHSC-H Handbook of Operating Procedures, Section 6.03. Copies of the Handbook of Operating Procedures (http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pl anning/pub/hoop/index.html) and the Regents’ Rules and Regulations are available in the Dean’s Office, the HAMTMC Library, and on line at http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules. The School of Public Health 97

Facilities and Resources

Building basis. While we are one of five libraries in the Texas Medical Center (TMC), we are the only The ten-story School of Public Health building was resource with significant national and internation- designed to implement and enhance the organiza- al vital statistics and census data. We also have tion of its educational and research activities. The in-depth collections in epidemiology, biometry, problem-oriented teaching-research programs environmental sciences, health survey methods, are arranged so that offices, research space, health policy, health promotion and specific classrooms, and laboratories are in close proxim- research areas such as HIV/AIDS. We share these ity for the use of students and faculty associated resources with the users of all the TMC libraries. with the program.

Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium All facilities and locations of UTHSC-H and UTHSC-H SPH are intended for the exclusive use The Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium of active students, faculty, staff and registered (THSLC) was formed to develop cooperative pro- alumni and for purposes consistent with educa- grams that improve access to biomedical informational program(s) and recognized activities. tion in participating institutions. The six library members of THSLC are: UT School of Public Health Library (SPH) Library Facilities and Services Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Role and Collection Scope Center Library (TMC) The Mission of the SPH Library is to provide pri- M.D. Anderson Research Medical Library (MDA) mary information support services for the educa- UT Dental Branch Library (TDB) tion, research and community health services programs of the UTHSC-H School of Public Health UT Psychiatry Library (UTP) faculty, students, and staff. The print collection of UTMB Moody Medical Library (TMB) the School of Public Health Library is composed of approximately 71,000 book and journal volumes, of The holdings of the six Consortium libraries have which 39,000 are unique titles, and over 300 cur- been combined into a single online Library rent print journal subscriptions. Management System and public access catalog developed by Endeavor Information Systems and Because access to resources is critical regard- implemented in March 2003. The integrated online less of time or place, the SPH Library has made a catalog of THSLC contains more than 300,000 book concerted effort to subscribe to or purchase as and journal titles and 790,000 individual volumes. many full text online journals, databases, and The SPH faculty and students have borrower’s books as possible. Electronic access, whether the privileges at all of the libraries listed above. user is on campus or working remotely, is readily Cooperative library agreements also provide our available to the online catalog, over 65 databases, users with privileges at the Fondren Library of and over 24,000 journals, newspapers, and maga- Rice University, the M.D. Anderson Library of the zines. To aid users in locating online data and University of Houston main campus, and the authoritative information resources, the Library’s Houston Public Libraries. Web pages include a series which focus on topics specific to public health. Electronic reference assistance is also available simply by clicking on the “Ask A Librarian” link which can be found on any SPH Library Web page. A response is generally sent out within just a few hours.

Students, staff, and faculty can improve their database search skills by taking short non-credit hands-on classes that are offered each semester in a computer classroom. Individual instruction within the Library is provided either on a walk-in basis or by appointment. Extended literature search assistance is provided on an as-needed 98 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Internet Access and Specialized Resources tium, of which the SPH Library is a member, multiple aggregator databases have been added. The SPH Library’s focused support for the special- These greatly enhance access not only to current ized academic and research programs of the full text journals but also to archival collections of school is evidenced in the selection of key public online titles such as BMJ and the American health information resources, full text journals and Journal of Public Health. electronic databases available through the School of Public Health’s Library web page: In addition to the wealth of resources provided by http//www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/library. the THSLC, the TexShare consortium, and database the SPH Library subscribes to directly, the From this site users can access databases sup- University of Texas system libraries, working porting the wide variety of research seen at the cooperatively under the leadership of UT Austin, School of Public Health. Subject-specific data- have created the UT System Digital Library which bases include: MEDLINE and PubMed (National offers electronic journals and databases to all of Library of Medicine), PsycINFO (the American the UT campuses. The UT System Digital Library Psychological Association), Current Index to has become a model program that other library Statistics (American Statistical Association), systems throughout the country now emulate. Environment Abstracts through Environmental Agreements with major publishers such as Universe (Lexis-Nexis), the NBER Working Papers Elsevier, Nature, ISI, and Kluwer have resulted in (National Bureau of Economic Research), and the access to a far more diverse collection of elec- Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and tronic resources than was possible through indi- Safety’s CCINFOweb. vidual library agreements. As with our other electronic resources, all SPH faculty, students, and The SPH Library has expanded the database col- staff can access these resources from home, their lection to include: assistance for students with campus office, or the SPH Library. classroom presentations (The AccuNet™ /AP® Multimedia Archive); improved access to vital We are privileged to have experienced and knowl- behavioral sciences journals (PsycARTICLES); edgeable staff who are pleased to assist all facul- access to newspapers from around the world and ty, students, and staff in determining which servic- major law review journals (Academic Universe); es will best meet their information needs and in access to Congressional documents from the acquiring materials for them by the fastest possi- 1980’s forward (Congressional Universe); and a ble means. site license to a Web-based citation manager program (RefWorks). Through the TexShare consor- Educational Media Resources

Educational Media Resources (EMR) provides faculty and students at the School of Public Health, graduation … and other schools in the Health Science Center, with consultation and technical support for classroom and distance education activities. These services include: • Multimedia production • Visual design • Interactive media • Web-based design • Web course development • Instructional design • Video production • Distance Education via interactive television/video conferencing The School of Public Health 99

In addition to coordinating interactive television Because student computer skills vary from novice classes among campuses, EMR offers faculty to expert, we rely heavily on input from students to expertise in a variety of technologies that provide determine course topics. students access to course content through the Internet. EMR can help faculty: Computer Resources Available • Formulate a design and framework for course Information Technology Services maintains a content computer lab, a graduate assistant led user clinic, • Organize course content and navigate and a classroom for students and staff. The class- through it room and lab are open during all the hours the School is open. • Develop a management strategy for projects • Identify needed resources The computer lab provides student access to Intel Pentium-personal computer stations running • Assess technical and delivery options and Microsoft Windows 2000. All of these machines issues are connected to the SPH local area network giv- ing students access to a variety of services EMR also provides extensive support for video and including: library journal access, electronic mail, graphic research productions. Our staff assist fac- and the Internet. Printing is available in the class- ulty and students in appropriate choices of media room for ten cents per page. Students may pur- and methods of presentation for teaching and for chase a print card at the Copy Services window in reporting research findings, such as: the Basement. • Graphics and photography for displays, brochures, journal articles, poster sessions, The following is a partial list of the software pack- reports, advertising, and promotional materials ages that are available in the microcomputer lab: • Computer and hard copy slides, graphs, trans- Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, parencies, and displays Minitab, SPSS, SAS, STATA, S-Plus, Sudan, QSR, Merge, Nudist, and MLWin. In addition, tutorials • Videotaping and editing for documentaries, are available for many of the software products. promos, PSAs, and educational videos All software in the microcomputer labs in copy- • Audio-visual equipment for check-out righted and is licensed to the school by the manu- facturers for use only on the lab computers. Any attempt to make copies of this software for use on Computer Services and Facilities another computer is a violation of the license agreements. UTSPH Information Technology Services (ITS) provides software and hardware support for stu- The computer classroom has 21 workstations and dents, staff, and faculty of UTSPH. The department a ceiling mounted projection system that is avail- supports education and instruction necessary for able for demonstrations and instruction. The class- its effective use. ITS strives to help students and room may be reserved for classes and meetings. staff make appropriate use of computer technology as an aid to scientific inquiry in all educational and research activities.

ITS provides instruction in computer use through classes, seminars and individual instruction. New computer technology, which is useful in public health teaching, research and practice, is contin- ually sought and made available to our students and staff. Each semester Information Technology Services offers a number of short computer courses. These courses teach basic skills required to work with the available software packages. 100 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Student Services

Financial Assistance interest in community health assessment and applications, reflected by a written statement of The School administers funds to support a limited goals and/or an appropriate thesis topic. Based on number of traineeships and employment opportu- academic merit and extreme need. nities. Traineeships and part-time jobs are assigned according to merit, need, and field of Texas Water Pollution Control Endowed specialization. Applicants who desire support Scholarship should submit an Application for Financial Eligibility: Continuing Environmental student who Assistance. This form is available on line at has an undergraduate degree in engineering or http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/sservices/ natural sciences and is pursuing a Master’s students_finassist.htm. Traineeships are usually degree and career in Environmental Science, allocated during the summer for the following aca- based on academic merit. demic year. Each applicant will be notified at the Roger Florky Memorial Scholarship Fund earliest possible date. Eligibility: Occupational Health or Industrial Hygiene student. Based on academic merit and Traineeships— Traineeships consist of a monthly need, and student should partially support his/her stipend and are restricted to United States citi- education through employment. zens, or foreign nationals having in their posses- sion a visa permitting permanent residence in the Richard K. Severs Memorial Scholarship Fund United States. Traineeships may be granted to full- Eligibility: Continuing Environmental Sciences stu- time and part-time Public Health masters and doc- dent, based solely on academic merit toral level students. Trainees are expected to per- Leslie A. Chambers Memorial Scholarship Fund form only such work as would be an integral part Eligibility: Continuing Environmental Sciences stu- of their training program. dent, based solely on academic merit

Scholarships — The School of Public Health has Ronald J. Lorimor Memorial Scholarship limited loan and scholarship funds. These funds Eligibility: Student pursuing a Ph.D. in Behavioral may be available based on proven financial need Sciences, based on academic merit and need. and/or academic excellence, and are awarded by Application must be accompanied by two letters the SPH Financial Aid Committee. In most cases of recommendation. students do not apply for these funds, but are J. Fred Annegers Memorial Scholarship selected as awardees as a result of faculty nomi- Eligibility: Beginning or continuing Epidemiology nations and/or written justifications. Scholarships student; based solely on academic merit. that may be available based on funding are listed below: M. Stewart West Memorial Scholarship Eligibility: Continuing Biometry student who has Reuel A. Stallones Endowed Scholarship Fund completed a minimum of one semester, has back- Eligibility: Continuing SPH student. Based solely ground training and potential for excellence in the on academic merit. field of Biometry, and is affiliated with the Biometry Jack Killian Memorial Endowed Scholarship Discipline. Based on academic merit and need. Eligibility: Student in Cytogenetics, Genetic Richard D. Remington Scholarship Toxicology, or Occupational Medicine, in that Eligibility: Continuing Biometry student who has order, based on merit and need. completed a minimum of one semester. Based Lawrence E. Lamb Endowed Scholarship Fund solely on academic merit. Application must be Eligibility: Students pursuing Dr.P.H. degrees in accompanied by two letters of recommendation. Health Promotion/Health Education or Health Marcus M. Key Scholarship Services Organization, based on academic merit. Eligibility: Continuing student who has completed Susan Sampson Memorial Endowed Fund a minimum of one semester, or a new student with Eligibility: M.P.H. Student who has completed at exceptional background, training, and potential for least two semesters and who demonstrates an excellence in the field of Occupational Health. Based solely on merit. Application must be accompanied by two letters of recommendation. The School of Public Health 101

Adam and Lauren Strauss Endowed Scholarship Career Services Fund The UTSPH Career Services assists students and Eligibility: Awarded to a continuing student, based alumni to identify employment positions, and also on academic merit and need. offers advice and assistance with resume prepa- Guy and Alissa McDaniels Memorial Scholarship ration and the development of related skills nec- Eligibility: Continuing student who has completed essary for attaining satisfactory careers in public a minimum of one semester and has background, health. In keeping with the general philosophy of training, and potential for excellence in oncology the School as a resource center, the Career research or infectious diseases. Based on aca- Services maintains on site a directory of public demic merit and need. health agencies, the names and addresses of public health facilities, a list of SPH part-time positions available to enrolled students, and a file of Selection Process current local and national position vacancy descriptions. Career Services is also accessible Awards of traineeships and scholarships are made online at http//www.sph.uth.tmc.edu. by the SPH Financial Aid Committee which is composed of five faculty members and a student repre- A summary of the UTSPH Career Services office sentative. Students may apply for traineeships, but responsibilities is presented during orientation nominations for scholarships are normally made by week. The office, which is located on the second the faculty. Each March a memorandum of solicita- floor, east wing, in the Student Affairs section, is tion of nominees is sent to the appropriate Module, open Monday to Thursday from 8:00 a.m. until 5 Discipline or Regional Campus (depending on the p.m., and on Friday from 8:00 until noon. There is donor’s intent), with a request for nominations and no charge for Career Services. written justifications that meet the stated criteria for each respective scholarship. In awarding scholarships the Financial Aid Committee consid- School Organizations ers the following as appropriate to achieve the donor’s scholarship intent: The School of Public Health Student Association has a three-fold purpose: To promote the mutual- • Faculty recommendations ly supportive two-way communication within and • Academic performance between the student body, faculty, staff, and • Financial need administration at the school and institutional levels, to improve the quality of student life through a • Research interests variety of social activities, and to foster opportuni- • Other professional and personal achievements ty for student involvement in special events and to promote service to the community at large. Four Traineeship awards are based on student needs officers and three Student InterCouncil and continued academic progress. The Health Representatives are elected by the student body Science Center’s Financial Aid Office may provide at large. Three other committee chairs are elected information supporting the student financial need by their individual committee members. statement. Each Regional Campus is responsible for electing its own officers and appointing a representative to Fellowships the Houston-based Executive Board. Meetings are open to the student body. Issues and students’ A limited number of fellowships are available concerns may be brought to any representative through the research centers of the School. for presentation at the SPHSA meetings. A Application for these fellowships is made directly General Assembly is held once per semester to to the centers. Selection criteria include those listed above, and the recipients are chosen by the faculty in the centers. 102 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

keep the student body abreast of issues that affect The office also provides financial aid information them. The SPHSA is responsible for designating specific to underrepresented or minority interests, student representatives to the following School exposure to our many culturally-diverse student committees: organizations, such as Hispanic Health Coaltion and African American Health Coaltion, and spon- SPH Dean’s Advisory Council — 4 students sorship of a Minority Advisory Council (MAC). The Academic Affairs Committee — 2 students MAC is made up of alumni, faculty, staff, and students who have expressed an interest in serving Admissions Committee — 2 students as members of a minority support group. Financial Aid Committee — 1 student The UTSPH office of Diversity Programs is located Student Intercouncil — 3 students on the second floor of the School of Public Health (RAS E 229). Diversity Programs Director, Diversity Programs: Maria E. Fernandez, Ph.D. At The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health, we are committed to creating and Sponsor, Minority Advisory Council: Cynthia encouraging a campus community in which diver- Warrick, Ph.D. sity is a fundamental value. To this end, the SPH Diversity Program is committed to increasing recruitment of a diverse student population that might otherwise be underrepresented among the rapidly growing categories of Public Health professionals.

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The ten-story, two hundred thousand square foot School of Public Health building affords generous space for individual student study carrels, lounges on every floor, and outstanding library, computer, and research laboratory facilities. The school is located in a park setting and is close to a number of recreational facilities which are available to students. Among these are a swimming pool, jogging track, racquetball courts, tennis courts, and a gymnasium.

The School of Public Health Alumni tion network, and provide support for Association (SPHAA) was formed in isolated public health practitioners. 1986 to allow alumni to maintain contact Activities include reunions and forums with classmates and faculty, communi- on current public health issues, publica- cate research findings and problem tion of a newsletter, assistance with stu- solutions to graduates and current student recruiting activities, and participa- dents, create an employment information in school accreditation procedures. The School of Public Health 105

Courses of Instruction

Fall Semester Letter codes a, b, c, d, e, f indicate the Semester/Session in which courses are offered. For example: a course offered in the first portion of the Fall ab semester. b course offered in the second portion of the Fall 15 semester. weeks ab course offered for the full Fall semester.

UT System regulations generally equate course credits with class hours per week per semester. Courses carrying 4 credits meet 4 hours per week Spring Semester for a full semester. Two credit courses may meet 4 hours per week for a half semester, or two hours per week for a full semester. cd Availability of courses is contingent upon sufficient registration. 15 weeks The courses described in the following section are organized by discipline and module and are offered on a regular basis. The School also offers individual study courses and a wide variety of Special Topics courses which vary by semester Summer Semester and are designed to respond to current public health issues as well as to specific areas of faculty and student interest. The entire list of course e f offerings is included in the registration material ef distributed each semester. 6 6 12 weeks weeks weeks 106 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Behavioral Sciences ods, and techniques of its practitioners. The course will cover the underpinnings of qualitative The Behavioral Sciences faculty offer courses research, some of the major qualitative research that can be taken for the core Behavioral Science traditions, methods of data collection used in the competency credit for M.P.H. students (designat- conduct of qualitative inquiries, and preliminary ed as a core course), social and behavioral theo- analysis of narrative or text data. The course is ry courses, research methods courses, courses divided into three components. Part I provides the on ethics in research and public health and students with a broad overview of qualitative social and behavioral science content area research traditions and techniques as they begin courses. to conceptualize and design their own research project. Part II is designed to be experiential. PH 1110 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Specific aspects of the conduct of fieldwork will Community Health be covered in the course while students, working Mueller, Caughy1, McFall2, Solomon2 3 credits, ab, either in small groups or independently, carry out cd a field-based research project. Part III covers This course focuses on health problems and qualitative analysis and presents the students health issues having a major social or behavioral with the opportunity to learn preliminary coding component and is intended for the student with lit- and axial coding techniques. Project and method- tle or no background in the behavioral sciences. ological practice reports, based on the fieldwork The problems considered in this course will vary experience, are required in this course. from year to year, but include topics such as the misuse of alcohol and other drugs, accidental and PH 1119 Inductive Inquiry intentional injuries, and barriers to the utilization Williams, 3 credits, cd and availability of medical care because these are Inductive Inquiry has a dual purpose. First, the particularly related to attitudes, behavior and life class is intended to familiarize the student with the styles. The implications of the various conceptual philosophy of scientific inquiry as it is applied to approaches for policy formulation, measurement, both deductive and inductive research. To monitoring, and control strategies are explored. accomplish this purpose, the initial section of This course is also offered at the Dallas1 and San Inductive Inquiry is an exploration of the philoso- Antonio2 Regional Campuses. phy of science as applied to deductive and inductive inquiry. In this section of the class, students This is a designated core course. will study, then compare and contrast the mean- ings of observation, measurement, and explana- PH 1115 Health Survey Research Design tion, among other concepts, as these are used in Aday, 3 credits, ef inductive and deductive inquiry. From this section, This course presents the methods for designing the student will have the opportunity to gain a crit- and conducting health surveys. Emphasis is ical understanding of the differences and similari- placed on problem conceptualization, measure- ties between the two scientific methods and the ment, and questionnaire design in the context of a contributions each can make to scientific knowl- total survey design framework. Examples of face- edge. Second, the class is intended to critically to-face, telephone, and mail surveys are present- examine the principles of inductive inquiry from ed. Readings, assignments, and class lectures the perspective of practitioners working in the and discussions are intended to facilitate the areas of health promotion and disease prevention preparation of a survey research prospectus and research. To accomplish this, students will have questionnaire. the opportunity to examine and analyze methods most commonly used in health promotion and dis- Prerequisites: PH 1610 and PH 2610 or equivalent. ease prevention research. As part of this section of the class, students will critique examples of PH 1118 Introduction to Qualitative Research qualitative research that they have identified in Methods the literature. Critiques will be presented to the McCurdy, 4 credits, ab class for discussion and further assessment. In This course is designed to familiarize students addition, students will have the opportunity to who have little or no experience in conducting apply their knowledge of qualitative design and qualitative research with the perspectives, meth- The School of Public Health 107

inductive methods by developing and writing a linking research questions to data structure and research plan. modifying that structure as needed to address those questions. In general students will have the Prerequisities: PH 1118 or consent of instructor. opportunity to learn to deal with many of the problems and challenges associated with the use of PH 1120 Introduction to Program Evaluation the numerous secondary data sources available Mullen, 3 credits, ab to public health and behavioral sciences researchers. The class will be held in the com- This course introduces students to the theory and puter lab and will include a mixture of lecture, application of program evaluation, emphasizing a demonstrations, and practice. range of evaluation goals and designs. Class exercises, discussions, and lectures focus on practical Prerequisites: Basic research methods and statis- tools for conducting evaluations. Case studies are tics or permission of the instructor used to illustrate common problems and solutions in the design and conduct of evaluations in field PH 1130 Measurement Theory settings. Each student prepares a proposal for an The Faculty in Behavioral Sciences, 3 credits, cd evaluation study on a program or policy. This course introduces the student to basic Prerequisites: PH 2610 and PH 1610 or consent of aspects of psychometric theory with an emphasis instructor. on the development of valid and reliable question- naires. The course will cover classical test theory, PH 1121 Program Evaluation II generalizability theory, common scaling methods, Mullen, and other Behavioral Sciences faculty, 3 and Item Response Theory (IRT). The course for- credits, cd mat will be a combination of lectures, class discussions, computer labs, and assignments. This seminar continues the examination of methods and applications of program evaluation begun Prerequisites: PH 1725, PH 1726 and PH 1120. in Introduction to Program Evaluation (PH 1120). Class assignments emphasize critiques of propos- PH 1132 Latent Variable Models and Factor als, evaluation reports, and systematic reviews of Analysis evaluation studies and case studies illustrating Diamond, 3 credits, ab common problems in field evaluation. This course will offer the student an opportunity to Prerequisites: PH 1120 or equivalent course. develop the skills and understanding necessary to appropriately use and apply several statistical PH 1125 The Principles and Practice of Data techniques related to the general area known as Management in Behavioral Sciences Latent Variable Analysis. The course will cover Research both Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Diamond, 3 credits, cd. Analysis, Path Analysis, Structural Equation This course is designed to provide the student Modeling, and Latent Growth Curve Modeling. with the skills required to manipulate data from Students will have the opportunity to learn to test various sources in order to address the many dif- the factorial validity of a measuring instrument ferent types of research questions that arise in (questionnaire or test); test for invariant factorial behavioral sciences research. We will use the structure of a measuring instrument (i.e., assess- SPSS statistical program in this class, but the ing the validity of the measuring instrument for logic and procedures that will be covered are two different populations); test the validity of a directly transferable to other major statistical causal structure; analyzing dichotomous and poly- packages. We will cover such basic principles as tomous variables. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining careful documentation, data cleaning understanding the relationship of latent variable and error checking, merging and adding files from models to other multivariate techniques. The multiple sources, extracting strategic records course will focus on the application of these meth- from complex file structures, and accessing data ods in public health and on understanding from sources such as the internet, administrative research studies that use these methods. The stu- data bases, mainframe “flat files” and relational dent will have the opportunity to become familiar data bases. The course will be “hands-on” and with different programs developed to assess students will have the opportunity to gain practice 108 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

these types of models. The course format will be a PH 1237 Medical Sociology combination of lectures, class discussions, com- Gorman, 3 credits, ab puter labs, and assignments. This cross listed course will provide an overview Prerequisites: PH 1725 and PH 1726; completion of of health in the United States and abroad from a an applied multivariate statistics course is strong- sociological perspective. In broad terms, this ly encouraged. course will explore the relationship between social factors and health, illness, and mortality. PH 1225 Contemporary Social and Cultural Topics include the stratification of health by Theory race/ethnicity, gender, and social class; the role of Linder, 2 credits, cd stress and social support; environmental context and illness; lifestyle and behavioral risks (smoking, This course will introduce students to a variety of drinking, drugs, and sexual behavior); STD's and post-classical social theorists and to the “cultural HIV/AIDS; and cross-national comparisons of turn” in social theory. Different schools of thought health and patterns of disease. and representative theorists will be chosen for each semester, ranging from critical theorists, Cross-listed with Soci 345 at Rice University. such as Adorno and Habermas, and French (post) structuralists, such as Barthes and Foucault, to PH 1238 Inequality and Health Across the Life American (post) Marxists, such as Jameson and Course Butler. Emphasis will be placed upon understand- Gorman, 3 credits, cd ing the selected theoretical perspectives and This course focuses on the relationship between attending to how they construct public health health and social inequality at multiple points concepts, expertise and modes of intervention. across the life course – in utero, early childhood, Applications to student research will also be adolescence, adulthood, and old age. Three forms featured. of inequality, and their importance for health, are examined in-depth: socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, PH 1230 Social and Behavioral Aspects of and gender. In addition to reading scholarly works, Occupational and Environmental Health students will present critiques of these works to Amick, Krause, 3 credits, ab the class on a regular basis, focusing on (a) This course covers the role of social and behav- whether the research questions posed by the ioral science theories in explaining and under- authors have been answered, and (b) what policy standing the causes of occupational and environ- implications can be drawn from the work. mental health problems and in how to design Students will also spend the semester developing intervention strategies to resolve problems. a research proposal that examines a topic related Students will have the opportunity to learn how to to social inequality and health. use social and behavioral science theories and Cross-listed with Soci 460 at Rice University. methods to solve occupational safety and health and environmental health problems. The course PH 1239 Theories of Child and Adolescent also covers how EAP programs work as well as Development the role of workers compensation in occupational Murray, 3 credits, cd health. This course will introduce students to develop- This is a designated core course. mental theorists and developmental theories, with particular reference to their influence on health PH 1235 Social and Behavioral Aspects of promotion, education, and parenting. The course Physical Activity and Public Health consists of introductions to prominent develop- Taylor, 3 credits, cd mental theorists and their work, including Freud, The purpose of this course is to present, review, Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Bronfenbrenner, and discuss the extensive scientific literature on Bandura, Bowlby, Kohlberg and Jessor. health-related physical activity. The course covers behavioral science theories, physical activity PH 1240 Social and Behavioral Aspects of research, and public health interventions to pro- International Health mote physical activity. McAlister, Byrd, 3 credits, cd This is a designated core course The School of Public Health 109

In this course case studies are used to illustrate PH 1320 Ethics in Health Care principles and methods for international coopera- Slomka, Reiser, 3 credits, ab tion in research and action. Students learn about This course is a systematic overview of major eth- theories and concepts that can be usefully applied ical issues in health care and policy, from a public to the design and implementation of international health perspective. Students will learn to recog- health promotion programs. The course covers nize the primary features of an ethical problem in the application of social and behavioral sciences health care; become familiar with the language to the prevention of infectious diseases, non-com- and discourse of health care ethics; recognize and municable diseases and violence; with case stud- analyze the social and policy dimensions of ethical ies from Mexico, Colombia, Finland, Russia, Africa dilemmas in health care; and formulate a process and Asia. for preventing and/or resolving ethical conflicts. This course is offered by ITV and is a designated core course. PH 1325 Research Ethics for Public Health Slomka, 3 credits, cd PH 1250 Genital, Sexual and Reproductive This course presents a survey of ethical issues in Public Health health care research with implications for future Ross, 3 credits, ab public health investigators. In addition to topical This course integrates the basic biology and epi- areas and the history of research ethics, case- demiology, behavioral science, and health promo- based discussions will deal with foundational con- tion interventions, of genital and reproductive cepts such as ethical issues in study design and aspects of public health. The course will cover methods; informed consent; oversight issues and bacterial and viral sexually transmissible diseases the responsibilities of investigators in protecting (including HIV), cancers of the genital and repro- human subjects. Course participants will become ductive system in men and women, contraception familiar with moral issues in research and develop and abortion, sexual dysfunction, sexual violence, an ethical framework for planning and conducting and the sexual behaviors associated with public investigations health problems (with emphasis on cultural and social variation). The emphasis of this course will PH 1330 Writing for the Behavioral Sciences be on the design and analysis of health promotion Williams, 3 credits, cd approaches to sexual, genital and reproductive The goal of the course is to provide the student public health problems given their biology and epi- with the basic writing skills needed to write a demiology, and their policy implications. competent scientific proposal or a manuscript that Each student will prepare and present a proposal clearly presents the information needed to com- for an evaluation study. municate study design and/or research findings. The course begins where all good writing begins, Prerequisites: PH 2610 and PH 1610 or consent of with words. Using words correctly and precisely instructor. is the first step in good scientific writing. In short, this means knowing the meaning of words in the PH 1315 Spiritual Aspects of Health abstract and understanding how words are used Mueller, 3 credits, ef when scientists use them. Words convey mean- An increasing body of literature has addressed the ing. Writing sentences is the second skill present- effects of a spiritual or religious life on physical ed. Sentences convey messages. The sentence and mental health. This literature will be explored building skills we will examine are communicating from the perspectives of the many disciplines that the core message of a sentence, avoiding noun have contributed to it: Sociology, psychology, clusters, simplifying sentences, and building par- behavioral epidemiology, anthropology, nursing, allel sentences. The course progresses from sen- psychiatry, parapsychology, physics, psychophys- tences to paragraphs. Building well-crafted para- iology, and theology. Emphasis will be given to the graphs that clearly and precisely present ideas is conceptualization of belief, practice and experi- absolutely essentially for communicating about ence with ultimate questions and concerns in peo- science. Science, even the simplest experiment, is ples’ lives, and the role of these concepts in pre- a complex exercise involving a number of related vention of illness and promotion of health. ideas. Stringing these ideas together so that they mean something involves writing good para- 110 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

graphs. Paragraphs convey complete ideas. PH 1420 Research Design and Analysis in Presenting ideas in a meaningful way also Behavioral Sciences I involves organizing ideas so that related ideas are Diamond, Williams, Amick, 3 credits, ab presented in a related order. Using these basic This course will focus on linking research ques- skills, we will examine the parts of a research tions common in behavioral sciences research to manuscript, essentials of the text, and presenting appropriate analytic methods. It will focus on the supporting information. philosophy of science, paradigms of inquiry, analytic methods that are appropriate for assessing PH 1350 Multicultural Populations and Public group differences and those that are used for Health Research assessing relationships and making predictions. Fernandez-Esquer, 3 credits, ab There will be an emphasis on the ability to under- This course explores social identities critical to stand the benefits and limitations of particular contemporary U.S. society. research designs to answer specific questions, reading and understanding scientific journal arti- The course emphasizes the intersection of public cles that make use of these methods, appropriate health and social sciences research and how they use of statistical software for conducting these inform an understanding of social identity and/or analyses, interpretation of the output from this soft- culture of groups who have sub-optimal access to ware and presenting results from analyses both health care. Commonalities and differences orally and in written form in a professional manner. among these groups will be discussed throughout the semester. Prerequisites: PH 1610, PH 1725, or the equivalent.

PH 1410 Addictive Behavior PH 1421 Research Design and Analysis in Walters, 3 credits, ab Behavioral Sciences II Diamond, Williams, Amick, 3 credits, cd This course examines the societal, family, and individual problems related to addictive behavior Part II will expand on the material covered in Part I associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and will extend the focus to analyses that assess (licit and illicit) and other substances. The identifi- measurement reliability, validity and latent struc- cation, etiology, treatment and prevention of such ture; methods that can be used to group either peo- behavior is also studied, with emphasis on public ple or objects; and procedures that assess change health applications. over time. There will be an emphasis on reading and understanding scientific journal articles that This course is offered by ITV from the Dallas make use of these methods, appropriate use of sta- Regional Campus. tistical software for conducting the analyses, interpretation of the output from this software and pre- PH 1415 Transtheoretical Model of Behavior senting results from analyses both orally and in Change written form in a professional manner. Velasquez, 3 credits, ef Prerequisites: PH 1420. This course offers a critical presentation of the three dimensions of the Transtheoretical Model of PH 1430 Evidence-Based Public Health Behavior Change: the stages of change, the Mullen, 3 credits, cd processes of change, and the levels of change. Current applications of the Transtheoretical Model This course introduces the methods of systematic to public health concerns such as alcohol prob- review and meta-analysis, including formulating lems, smoking cessation, mammography, exercise, questions, criteria for relevance and rigor in diet and STD/HIV prevention will be discussed and selecting primary studies, search strategies, cod- evaluated. Particular emphasis will be placed on ing protocols, tables and other formats for pre- developing interventions using the Transtheoretical senting data, qualitative and quantitative repre- Model. Students will be introduced to Motivational sentations of effect sizes from individual primary Interviewing as a means of facilitating movement studies; and analyses of groups of studies to esti- through the stages of change. As part of the evalu- mate an average effect size and to explain varia- ation criteria, students will be required to produce a tion. The course also introduces students to the brief (10 page) proposal in which they apply the methods and products of the U.S. (Clinical) Transtheoretical model to their own areas of Preventive Services Task Force and Evidence- research and/or interest. The School of Public Health 111

based Practice Centers and to the newer U.S. PH 1640 Demography and Public Health Community Preventive Services Task Force. Lee, Smith, 3 credits, ab cd Prerequisites: PH 1610 and PH 2610 or equivalent This course provides an introduction to demogra- courses phy and emphasis on the use of demographic materials and methods for planning, policy analy- PH 1498 Special Topics in Behavioral Sciences sis, and evaluative research in public health. The Faculty in Behavioral Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab Topics include sources and quality of data from cd ef census, surveys, and vital and other registration systems; concepts and measures of population Topics vary from semester to semester, providing SAS, MINITAB, and dBASE III and will have the the opportunity for intensive study of selected opportunity to gain experience in setting up and social and behavioral science topics or specific analyzing small sets of data on microcomputers as methods of analysis in the field of public health. well as large data sets on the VAX. Examples and Topics include: problems in statistical analysis, reporting, and Collective Violence: Peace Conflict and Public computing will be taken from actual clinical trials, Health (course offered by ITV) and longitudinal and cross-sectional studies. Various approaches to each problem will be Coping Processes and Health Outcomes examined and compared using multiple software Issues in Gerontology packages and custom FORTRAN programs developed during the course. Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Prerequisites: PH 1721 or consent of instructor. Psychosocial Interventions in Complex Emergencies WorldwideSociety and Health PH 1720 Introduction to Public Health Research Stress and the Biopsychosocial Bases of Health Computing Burau, 4 credits, ab Tobacco Control (course offered by ITV) This course introduces the use of computers in PH 1499 Individual Study in Behavioral Sciences public health research. Emphasis will be on con- The Faculty in Behavioral Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab cepts of research data processing. Topics include cd ef microcomputers, operating systems, file management, data entry, and the use of statistical pack- A plan of study is devised for each participating ages for data analysis. student and supervised by a member of the behavioral sciences faculty. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: PH 1610 or consent of instructor.

PH 1721 Statistical Programming I Biometry/Biostatistics Burau, Ford, 4 credits, ab

PH1610 Introduction to Biostatistics This course will introduce the student to statistical The Faculty in Biometry, 4 credits, ab cd computing. No previous computing experience is necessary. Topics covered will include hardware Designed for students with little or no previous devices, data storage media, and language types. coursework in mathematics or statistics. Topics Data entry, forms design, and data coding will be include research ethics, study design, data introduced. Computer-specific job control lan- description, elements of probability, distribution of guage will be covered to familiarize the student random variables, applications of the binomial and with operating systems. FORTRAN will be used to normal distributions, estimation and confidence demonstrate the concepts of data types, file intervals, hypothesis testing, contingency tables, organization, file structure, record format sequen- regression, and analysis of variance. Additional tial programming logic, and mass storage topics include introduction to statistical computing input/output. FORTRAN statement types will be and data management, distribution free statistical used to demonstrate data-type specification, methods, demographic measures, and life tables. assignment, input/output, branching, iteration, and This is a designated core course. subprograms. 112 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PH 1722 Statistical Programming II PH 1730 Statistical Methods in Epidemiological Burau, Ford, 4 credits, cd Research Hardy, 4 credits, cd This course is a continuation of PH 1721, Statistical Programming I. Topics include issues in This course introduces the statistical methods data collections, processing, analysis, and report- used in epidemiological investigations. Topics ing for various types of studies. Students will be include the identification of sources of bias, inci- introduced to Key Word command calls that are dence and prevalence rates, measures of associ- used in computer software packages such as con- ation in contingency tables, retrospective and trol studies, mass screening for disease, stan- prospective study designs, confidence intervals dardization of rates, meta analysis, life table meth- for the odds ratio, combining sets of data using the ods, regression analysis with survival time data, Mantel-Haenszel Test, techniques for combining and logistic regression. evidence from 2x2 contingency tables, matched control studies; standardized rates; lifetables; Cox Prerequisites: PH 1610 or consent of instructor. regression; and logistic regression.

PH 1725 Intermediate Biostatistical Methods I Prerequisites: PH 1610 or equivalent. The Faculty in Biometry, 4 credits, ab PH 1745 Sampling Techniques for Health This course is designed for students whose future Surveys work will require extensive data analysis in Lee, 4 credits, ab research problems of public health and the biological sciences. Topics include measurement prob- This course introduces the principles and current lems, descriptive statistics, graphics, sampling practices of survey sampling with health-related distributions, hypotheses testing, comparison of applications. Topics include basic concepts and samples, non-parametric methods, and applica- practical issues in statistical sampling; design and tions. Basic design issues are discussed as are analysis for common sample designs, including ethical considerations in design and analysis. simple random sampling, stratified random sam- Computer applications are included. Illustrations pling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, and and applications are selected from module multistage sampling; and analytic issues concern- research programs. ing the use of complex survey data such as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. PH1725 must be followed by PH1726 for the intermediate Biostatistics course sequence to be Prerequisites: PH 1726 or consent of instructor. applied to any biostatistics course requirement. The completion of PH1725 by itself does not meet PH 1820 Applied Statistical Analysis any degree requirement. Moyé, 4 credits, a Prerequisites: Working knowledge of college This course covers the analysis of actual research algebra or consent of instructor. data, using statistical software packages, including SAS in particular. The proper interpretation PH 1726 Intermediate Biostatistical Methods II and use of output from the packages is empha- The Faculty in Biometry, 4 credits, cd sized for the general linear model, and includes the analysis of variance, regression analysis, and This course is a continuation of PH 1725. Topics the analysis of covariance. Additional topics include single and multiple regression, correlation include optimal design and alpha allocation in theory, one and two way classifications for attrib- clinical trials. Intended primarily for M.S. students utes and measurements, analysis of discrete data, specializing in Biometry and doctoral students and introduction of factorial experiments. minoring in Biometry. Computer applications are included. Illustrations and applications are selected from module Prerequisites: PH 1726 or consent of instructor. research programs. PH 1821 Statistical Methodology in Clinical Prerequisites: PH 1725 or consent of instructor. Trials Moyé, 4 credits, cd This course covers the use of current and contro- versial statistical methodolgy in the design, exe- The School of Public Health 113

cution, and analysis of modern clinical trials. medical sciences. This course is designed prima- Some of the topics include the á priori alpha error rily for students specializing in Biometry. rate allocation in both independent and dependent Prerequisites: Working knowledge of differential clinical trial settings, the use of difference equa- and integral calculus. tions to model patient follow-up losses, and the incorporation of Brownian motion in interim moni- PH 1911 Statistical Theory of Biometry II toring procedures. The course is intended primarily The Faculty in Biometry, 4 credits, cd for M.S. Biometry students and doctoral students minoring in biostatistics. This course is a continuation of PH 1910. Topics include: statistical hypothesis tests, LR tests, Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Bayes tests, noncentral distribution and power, selected non-parametric tests, sufficiency, com- PH 1830 Logistic Regression pleteness, exponential family, and the multivariate Davis, 4 credits, ab normal distribution. Theoretical results are applied This course presents the theory and applications of to research problems in public health and biomed- logistic regression. Topics include the logistic ical sciences. regression model, sampling methods, model build- Prerequisites: PH 1910 or consent of instructor. ing strategies, assessing model fit, conditional logistic regression for matched analyses, polychotomous PH 1915 Linear Models I logistic regression, and Poisson regression. Chan, 4 credits, ab (even numbered years) Prerequisites: PH 1730 or consent of instructor. This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of linear statistical models for students with prepa- PH 1831 Survival Analysis ration in statistical theory and methods. Using Davis, 4 credits, cd matrix algebra, distributions of quadratic forms are This course presents the theory and applications presented and used to develop the general linear of survival analysis. Topics include censoring, model for multi-factor data. Topics include estima- parametric and nonparametric models, hypothesis tion and hypothesis testing in the full rank model, testing, proportional hazards model with fixed and estimability and statistical inference in the less time-varying covariates, model building strate- than full rank model. Theory and computation are gies, and assessing model fit. emphasized. This course is intended primarily for students specializing in Biometry. Prerequisites: PH 1830 or consent of instructor Prerequisites: PH 1911 or consent of instructor. PH 1855 Distribution-Free Methods Lai, 3 credits, cd (even numbered years) PH 1916 Linear Models II Chan, 4 credits, cd (even numbered years) This course introduces the theory and applications of distribution-free (non-parametric) statisti- This course introduces a unified theoretical and cal methods. Topics include properties of distribu- conceptual framework for many of the most com- tion functions, K-S tests, runs tests, rank sum monly used statistical methods: simple and multi- tests, non-parametric analysis of variance, rank ple regression, t-tests and analysis of variance correlation, contingency table analysis, and distri- and covariance, logistic regression, log-linear bution-free confidence intervals. models and several other analytic methods. The topics include components and inference of a Prerequisites: PH 1726 or consent of instructor generalized linear model, binomial regression, Poisson regression, methods of handling over dis- PH 1910 Statistical Theory of Biometry I persion, quasi-likelihood functions and diagnos- The Faculty in Biometry, 4 credits, ab tics for GLM. Computational methods will be Topics include probability theory, distributions of emphasized. This course is intended for students discrete and continuous random variables, mathe- specializing in Biometry. matical expectation, moments and moment gener- Prerequisites: PH 1911, knowledge of PH 1915 and ating functions, distribution of transformed vari- computational skills. ables, limiting distributions, and estimation. Theoretical results are applied to selected research problems in public health and the bio- 114 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PH 1918 General Linear Mixed Models PH 1951 Stochastic Processes in Biostatistics II Chan, 4 credits, cd Chan, 4 credits, cd (odd numbered years) This course presents extensions of general and This course is a continuation of PH 1950. It covers generalized linear models to the General Linear mathematical models of competing risks of death, Mixed Model (GLMM). Such models are in evalu- application of life table methods to medical follow- ating correlated data which may arise from hierar- up studies, survival analysis with covariates, ill- chical designs, such as longitudinal studies or ness/ death processes, and compartmental mod- sample surveys. Major topics include: mixed lin- els. ear models for continuous, binomial, and count Prerequisites: PH 1950. data; maximum likelihood estimation; generalized estimating equations; REML, EM algorithm; cur- PH 1960 Time Series Analysis rent general and specialized software (SAS PROC Lai, 4 credits, ab (odd numbered years) MIXED, MLwIN, GEE); and readings from current statistical literature. This course is intended for The uses, descriptions, and analyses of time students with a background in linear models, but series models are covered. Methods are devel- students with at least eight credit hours in oped for fitting models to time series data, and Biometry beyond PH 1726 may enroll with the con- using the fitted models for forecasting future val- sent of the instructors. ues of the series, as well as for adjusting con- comitant variables to control future values of the Prerequisites: PH 1916 or consent of instructors. series. The course also covers spectral and cross spectral methods for analyzing time series data, PH 1920 Analysis of Categorical Data by Linear and sampling distributions of model parameters Models and of future forecasts. Univariate models are Lai, 4 credits, ab (even numbered years) generalized to the case where more than one This course covers approaches of weighted least observation is taken at each time period. squares and maximum likelihood applied to the Prerequisites: A course in theoretical statistics or analysis of contingency tables. It emphasizes the consent of instructor. formulation of hypotheses and hypothesis testing. Special topics include the analysis of repeated PH 1970 Multivariate Analysis I measures and the analysis of data from complex Ford, 4 credits, ab (even numbered years) sample surveys. Computer programs from BMDP and SAS are used in the analysis of the data. This This course is an introduction to the theory and course is intended for students specializing in applications of multivariate analysis emphasizing Biometry. geometric development and interpretation. Topics include perpendicular projections, generalized Prerequisites: PH 1911 or consent of instructor. matrix inverses, the spectral theorem, multivariate densities, moments and characteristic functions, PH 1950 Stochastic Processes in Biostatistics I principal components, and the multinormal distri- Chan, 4 credits, ab (odd numbered years) bution with associated derived distributions. This course covers the application of stochastic Prerequisites: PH 1910 and PH 1911 or equivalent processes to problems in the biological and health courses in mathematical statistics. sciences. Topics include mathematical models of population growth including the Poisson process, PH 1971 Multivariate Analysis II birth and death processes, survival distribution, Ford, 4 credits, cd (odd numbered years) logistic law of population growth, predator-prey model, and growth of competing species. This course is a continuation of PH 1970. Topics Statistical theory of life table functions including include the Wishart distribution, Jacobians and distribution theory and estimation of life table content, and hypotheses tests on mean vectors functions are also covered. and dispersion matrices. Additional topics include the multivariate general linear model, principal Prerequisites: A thorough knowledge of calculus components, factor analysis, clustering tech- and PH 1911 niques, discrimination and classification, asymp- totic estimation and distribution theory. The School of Public Health 115

Applications are selected from public health and occupational health, radiation, noise, and solid the biomedical sciences. and hazardous waste. Prerequisites: PH 1970. The course is primarily designed for M.P.H. students wishing to satisfy the core requirement in PH 1998 Special Topics in Biometry Environmental Sciences or as an introductory The Faculty in Biometry, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef course for students interested in gaining an understanding of environmental health. Selected topics provide intensive coverage of bio- metric theory and applications. Topics vary from This is a designated core course. semester to semester. Previous topics have included: PH 2115 Introduction to Population & Environmental Assessment Advanced Statistical Theory Hacker, 3 credits, ab Bioassay In this course the student will be introduced to the Current Topics Seminar environmental factors that affect the health of a community and to how human populations inter- Demographic Analysis for Small Areas act with and adapt to them. Students will learn Design of Experiments how to use demographic data, vital statistics, and measurements of the physical environment to Introduction to Spatial Statistics assess health risks and health status. Students Operations Research: A Decision Making will engage in projects that require locating envi- Process ronmental, demographic, and health data from libraries, the internet, health department records Sequential Analysis and from on-site measurements of environmental Statistical Consulting conditions. They will integrate and analyze these data with a geographic information system. Also, Statistics in Medical Research the students will be introduced to a heuristic that Theoretical Concepts in Statistics with can be used by their institutions to assess and Applications to Public Health guide environmental action. This is a designated core course. PH 1999 Individual Study in Biometry The Faculty in Biometry, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef PH 2120 Man’s Impact on the Environment A plan of study is determined for each participat- Schroder, 3 credits, ab ing student and supervised by a member of the This course is designed as an introductory course Biostatistics faculty. In general, courses of individ- for students undertaking a graduate program in ual study are not recommended unless a student public health. Successful completion of this has completed the appropriate introductory course will meet the core requirements in envi- courses in biostatistics or presents evidence of ronmental health for M.P.H. students. The major experience in the field of biostatistics. May be course goals are to develop a general awareness repeated for credit. of how the man-made and natural ecosystem interact to affect health and the quality of life, Environmental Sciences review relevant principles from the natural sciences, and discuss issues influencing the solu- PH 2110 Overview of Environmental Health tions to environmental health problems. This will The Faculty in Environmental Sciences, 3 credits, cd be accomplished through lectures, videos, class discussions, group activities, written assignments, This course is a survey of the major areas of envi- and examinations. ronmental health and provides students with an understanding of hazards in the environment, the This course is also available by ITV and is a desig- effects of environmental contaminants on health, nated core course. and various approaches to address major environmental health problems. Areas of emphasis are population dynamics, global environmental health problems, toxicology, food, air and water quality, 116 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PH 2125 Medical Geography effects of low doses of radiation delivered to large Cech, Smolensky, 3 credits, ab populations. Radiation doses stemming from various occupation exposures are also discussed. This course is organized to teach students the techniques of spatial and temporal analyses that Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. are crucial for the conduct of studies in environmental science, epidemiology, and other fields of PH 2170 Methods for Exposure Assessment public health. The course consists of formal lec- Symanski, 4 credits, ab tures, computer laboratory exercises, and student This course examines qualitative and quantitative projects. Class lectures address the methods of methods to evaluate exposures to occupational and medical geography, disease patterns and clusters, environmental contaminants. Particular emphasis environmental and occupational toxicology, focuses on statistical techniques for describing demography, data sources and reliability, water- sources of variability and identifying important borne and airborne diseases, animal and insect determinants of exposure. This course also vector diseases, environmental and biological explores implications of variability on the design of cycles, and software programs to graph and ana- sampling strategies, the evaluation of compliance lyze spatial and temporal trends. with exposure limits, the assessment of exposure- Prerequisites: Basic computer skills, biostatistics, response relations, and the classification of popu- epidemiology, animal/human biology. Consent of lations in epidemiologic studies. Students apply instructor required. models presented formally in class to occupational and environmental exposure data sets. PH 2150 Air Environment Prerequisites: PH 2610, PH 1725, PH 1726, and one Stock, 3 credits, ab graduate-level course in environmental sciences; This course provides an overview of air pollution, consent of instructor. including sources, influencing factors, effects, regulations, surveillance methods, control tech- PH 2165 Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis niques and standards, and the criteria upon which The faculty in Environmental Sciences, 3 credits, cd they are based. Both outdoor ambient air and This basic course in genetic toxicology includes (nonoccupational) indoor air quality will be concurrent research involving environmental mutage- sidered. Special emphasis will be placed on nesis and carcinogenesis. Topics include: short- human health effects and the determinants of term test systems (DNA damage in vitro, bacterial, human exposure. and cellular mutagenesis), metabolic activation/deactivation of genotoxins, chromosomal PH 2155 Environmental Sampling and Analysis damage, epidemiological and public health Stock, 4 credits, cd aspects of cancer, biomarkers and occupational This course covers the theoretical bases and exposure to genotoxins, and effects of genotoxins practical application of sampling techniques and on reproduction. analytical methods used in the quantitative deter- Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. mination of chemical air contaminants, ionizing radiation, and noise in the workplace and commu- PH 2175 Toxicology I: Principles of Toxicology nity environments. Emphasis will be on spectro- scopic, chromatographic, and other modern Smith, 5 credits, ab instrumental methods. Laboratory exercises will Basic principles of toxicology and their applica- be included. tions to the understanding of xenobiotic-induced target organ toxicity will be presented in this PH 2160 Environmental Radioactivity and course. Topics covered include toxicant disposi- Radiation tion, mechanisms of toxicity and target organ Emery, 4 credits, ab responses to toxic agents. A broad overview of This course describes the natural and artificial various classes of toxic agents will be presented sources of environmental radioactivity and radia- in the context of their exposure routes, disposition, tion, mechanisms of transports and uptake, meth- toxicologic sequelae, and mechanisms of toxicity. ods of measurement, methods of estimation of This course is designed to provide a foundation for individual and population doses, and presumed The School of Public Health 117

understanding the complex interactions between toxicants and challenges, and administration-time toxicants and biologic systems. (rhythm) determinants of the safety and efficiency of medications. The course involves vigorous dis- Prerequisites: Biology and chemistry (organic); cussions and projects that include the collection physiology, biochemistry desirable; consent of and analysis of time series data by dedicated soft- instructor. ware programs. The course should be of special interest to students with interests in occupational PH 2176 Cellular and Molecular Toxicology and industrial medicine, environmental science, Smith, McConkey, 3 credits, cd (odd numbered toxicology, human and animal ecology, and/or epi- years) demiology. This is an advanced doctoral level toxicology Prerequisites: Human biology, computer skills, course that covers cellular and molecular mecha- consent of instructor. nisms of toxicity. Course material is taken from the most current literature in toxicology and the basic PH 2220 Ground Water Supply Protection sciences. Cech, 3 credits, cd (even numbered years) Prerequisites: PH 2175, or course equivalent; bio- Students are offered the opportunity to learn chemistry and cell biology preferred; and consent about water environments and health effects. The of instructor. course focuses on the impact of polluted ground water sources on human health and ground water PH 2177 Toxicology II: Toxic Agents and the supply protection strategies. Topics include Environment groundwater movement in aquifers; land Smith, 1 credit, cd use/ground water relationships; natural and man- Guided readings will provide the basis for in-class made sources of ground water contamination; laws discussions on current topics in toxicology. Class pertinent to ground water; and diseases associated activities will be based on discussions of current with polluted groundwater. The course involves mechanisms of toxicity as they relate to the under- field work and a project. Students are expected to standing of environmentally induced disease. learn to estimate hazards of leachate contamination associated with land disposal of waste. Prerequisites: PH 2175; consent of instructor. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. PH 2180 Medical and Public Health Chronobiology PH 2225 Surface Water Hydrology Smolensky, 3 credits, cd Cech, 3 credits, cd (odd numbered years) Homeostasis, or constancy, is a major construct of environmental science, industrial hygiene, occu- This course explores fundamental hydrological pational medicine, epidemiology, and other public principles concerning surface water. The empha- health disciplines. The concept of homeostasis is sis is on the impact of unavailable, variable, or pol- assumed in the design of most epidemiologic luted sources of water on human health. The investigations and in the establishment of environ- course involves field training in stream flow meas- mental and industrial exposure standards. The urements, and a project from which students are course explores biological timekeeping and bio- expected to learn to estimate water resources, logical rhythms in health and disease in human availability, and suitability for various community beings and other life forms. It addresses the uses. Special topics of interest include, among impact of environment factors on 24-hour, men- others, state-required computer techniques for strual, and annual endogenous rhythms and func- flood hazard assessment (HEC); Texas water-relat- tions and time patterns in the occurrence and ed issues; water-related health problems on the symptom intensity of human diseases. It distin- U.S.-Mexico border; trihalomethane, and health guishes between time patterns in disease as a risk issues. direct expression of endogenous rhythms versus Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. those triggered by cyclic environmental factors. The course covers the biological responses and health consequences of shift schedules, rhythms in the susceptibility/resistance of humans and other life forms to industrial and environmental 118 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PH 2230 Field Hydrology Risk Assessment and Environmental Health Cech, Smolensky, 4 credits, ef Seminar on Airborne Particulate Matter and The major objective of the field hydrology course Health is to teach the field and laboratory skills required Seminar in Toxicology by environmental scientists to properly assess and monitor the surface water quality of hydrolog- Solid and Hazardous Waste Management ical systems utilized as public water supplies. The course involves Friday afternoon classroom and PH 2499 Individual Study in Environmental laboratory sessions and Saturday field trips to Sciences conduct water-quality determinations and moni- The Faculty in Environmental Sciences, 1-4 cred- toring of public water supply reservoirs. Field sam- its, ab cd ef pling locations will be chosen from among several A plan of study determined for each participating public water supply reservoirs located in the student and supervised by a member of the Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties. Field Environmental Sciences faculty. May be repeated exercises will concentrate on the fundamentals of for credit. surface water sampling. This will include, but will not be limited to, identification of sampling locations, preparation and use of water sampling Epidemiology equipment, water sample collection and handling, quality control techniques, and measurement of PH 2610 Introduction to Epidemiology water quality parameters. Laboratory and class- The Faculty in Epidemiology, 4 credits, ab, cd room sessions will concentrate on the care and This course introduces students to principles and use of water chemistry equipment plus the meth- concepts in epidemiology through lectures, dis- ods of data analysis and interpretation. cussion groups, assigned readings, and exercises. Prerequisites: College chemistry, computer skills, Students are given the opportunity to acquire an or consent of instructor. understanding of these principles and concepts, the vocabulary of epidemiology, methods of epi- PH 2498 Special Topics in Environmental demiologic investigation, and the design, interpre- Sciences tation, and evaluation of epidemiologic research. The Faculty in Environmental Sciences, 1-4 cred- This is a designated core course. its, ab cd ef

Topics will vary from semester to semester to pro- PH 2615 Field Epidemiology vide intensive study of selected environmental The Faculty in Epidemiology, 4 credits, cd factors, or specific methods of analysis, evalua- This course focuses on the principles and activi- tion, or control. Previous topics have included: ties necessary to carry out information collection, Biological Problems of Water Pollution data processing and analysis in epidemiology. Once a research project is proposed, it must be Bioremediation and Biodegradation implemented and managed in an ethical manner Contemporary Topics in Toxicology consistent with the principles of the scientific method. This course addresses the practical Environmental Law aspects of epidemiologic research, that is, “how Environmental Exposure Assessment you get it done”. Systems theory, epidemiologic methods, principles of survey research, opera- Environmental Physiology tions research methods, and computer uses in Exposure Assessment using Biological Measures research will be covered. Students choose an epi- of Exposure demiologic problem to investigate. A series of exercises are completed that address each Risk Analysis aspect of field work and lead to completion of the final product for the class, which is the development of an epidemiologic field Manual of Procedures. Prerequisites: PH 2610 or equivalent. The School of Public Health 119

PH 2710 Advanced Epidemiologic Methods I PH 2720 Epidemiologic Proposal Development The Faculty in Epidemiology, 4 credits, ab Vernon, 3 credits, cd, ef This course covers advanced concepts in epi- The course defines the components of a scientific demiologic methods with an emphasis on obser- proposal, utilizing the National Institutes of vational studies. Topics include causal inference, Health’s (NIH) guidelines for the development of measures of disease frequency, measures of research grant applications. Proposals must be association, study design, precision and validity in for an epidemiologic study. Students have the epidemiologic studies, introduction to stratified opportunity to learn how to develop each section analysis, concepts of interaction and interpreta- of a proposal through lecture materials, reviewing tion of epidemiologic study results. and discussing examples of successful and unsuccessful proposals, and finally the prepara- Prerequisites: PH 2610, PH 1725, and PH 1726 or tion of their own research proposal. The course equivalent. concludes with a mock NIH study section, in which students serve as reviewers for their col- PH 2711 Advanced Epidemiologic Methods II league’s proposals. The Faculty in Epidemiology, 4 credits, cd Prerequisites: PH2610, PH1725 and PH 1726, or This course covers multivariable analysis of epi- consent of instructor. demiologic data, including evaluation of effect measure modification and adjustment for con- PH 2740 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology founding, with practical applications using data and Prevention from a variety of study designs. The course pro- Demirovic, 3 credits, cd vides an opportunity to learn the basic elements of epidemiologic data analysis and usually offers an This course focuses on epidemiologic, public opportunity to undertake data analysis using the health, preventive, and clinical aspects of leading following methods: stratified analysis, logistic cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Topics to be pre- regression, proportional hazards modeling, sented and discussed include pathophysiology of Poisson regression, and meta-analysis. leading CVD, CVD survey methods, national and international trends in CVD mortality and morbidi- Prerequisites: PH 2710. ty and their public health implications, risk factor concept and major population-based epidemio- PH 2712 Experimental Methods in Epidemiology logic studies of CVD in the U.S. and elsewhere, The Faculty in Epidemiology, 4 credits, cd CVD risk factors (blood pressure, lipids, cigarette The central objective of this course is to enable smoking, physical activity, coagulation factors, students to evaluate and interpret evidence con- nutrition, obesity, genetic, psychosocial, and cerning preventive or therapeutic measures, emerging new risk factors), major strategies in especially those recommended for public health prevention of CVD, design, implementation, and application. It concerns principles and methods of evaluation of community-based CVD prevention experimental studies in epidemiology and public programs, identification of major target groups for health, from simple clinical trials to prevention tri- preventive interventions, secondary prevention of als in multiple communities. Applications in CVD and summary of major CVD clinical trials. diverse areas, including cardiovascular diseases, Instruction will be in the form of lecture presenta- cancer, dental health, and others are addressed. A tions, reading assignments, exercises, discus- standard text and selected readings concerning sions, and individual consultations. specific experimental studies and related topics Prerequisites; PH 2610 or consent of instructor are used. Students participate actively in a seminar format, critique published reports, and under- PH 2998 Special Topics in Epidemiology take a collaborative project to develop a research The Faculty in Epidemiology, 1-4, ab cd ef protocol for an experimental study. Special Topics in Epidemiology are offered by one Prerequisites: PH 2710 or consent of instructor. or more members of the epidemiology faculty, and vary each semester. Previous topics have included: Cancer Epidemiology Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology 120 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Causal Thinking which the issues are introduced and developed within the framework of a specific age category. Child and Adolescent Mental Health An overview of some nutrition intervention pro- Diet and Chronic Disease grams and topics will be given but, in general, nutrition intervention programs will not be dis- Environmental Epidemiology cussed extensively in this course. Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Disease This course is offered by ITV. Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases PH 3240 Public Health Nutrition Practice Injury Epidemiology Hoelscher, Martin, 3 credits, cd Nutritional Epidemiology This course presents an overview of the roles, Pathology responsibilities, skills and career opportunities of the public health nutritionist. Topics include identi- Perinatal Epidemiology fication of community problems, needs, and Maternal and Child Health resources; planning/administration of nutrition programs and services; evaluation of program effects; Social Epidemiology and development of skills in the areas of nutrition Rapid Assessment Methods in Public Health education and communication. Applications of national dietary goals to various population groups Work Organization Epidemiology will be presented. Practical experiences from local and state agencies will be covered. PH 2999 Individual Study in Epidemiology The Faculty in Epidemiology, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; undergraduate course in genetics required; biochemistry rec- A plan of study is determined for each participat- ommended. ing student and supervised by a member of the epidemiology faculty. In general, courses of indi- PH 3245 Advances in Medical Nutrition Therapy vidual study are not recommended unless a stu- Martin, Ukpe, 4 credits, ab dent has completed the introductory course or presents evidence of experience in the field of An advanced course focusing on the assessment epidemiology. May be repeated for credit. and nutritional management of persons with conditions requiring medical nutrition therapy in general medicine (diabetes, cardiovascular, gastroin- Biological Sciences testinal) and critical care (surgery, renal, oncology, enteral and parenteral nutrition), hospice and PH 3110 Introduction to Human Biology home health care. Specialized nutritional needs Faculty in Biological Sciences, 3 credits, ab cd and principles of clinical management are cov- This course is designed to provide basic informa- ered. Grades are based on competency examination on human biology for students who need tions and other assignments. strengthening in biology. Course topics will Prerequisites: Approval of instructor. include concepts in biochemistry and cell biology, human anatomy, physiology and nutrition, the PH 3247 Advances in Specialty Nutrition immune response, and genetics and evolution. Practice The lectures will be presented by the Biological Martin, 1 credit, cd Sciences faculty. An advanced course which provides the student This course if offered by ITV and is a designated exposure to selected areas of specialty dietetics core course. through lectures from practicing dietetic specialists, projects, and in - class presentations. Review PH 3235 Public Health Nutrition for the Registration Examination for Dietitians will Hoelscher, 3 credits, ab also be included. Open only to dietetic interns This course primarily will deal with the nutrition concurrently assigned to the Specialty Supervised issues that affect the public health of developed Practice Rotation. countries, specifically the United States. Topics will be presented using a life cycle approach in The School of Public Health 121

PH 3310 Genetics and Human Disease PH 3320 Population Genetics Hanis, Boerwinkle, 3 credits, ab Fu, 2 credits, cd This course introduces principles and methods of This course will discuss the principles of popula- human genetic analysis with special reference to tion genetics and statistical methods for analyzing the contribution of genes to our burden of disease. genetic samples of individuals from one or more Although molecular, biochemical and mor- populations. Students will learn not only classical phogenic processes controlled by genes will be theory of population genetics, but also a modern briefly surveyed, the aim is to describe the analyt- approach known as coalescent theory which is ical processes whereby genetic mechanisms are the cornerstone for analyzing DNA sequence inferred and genes located on chromosomes. samples from populations. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; general Prerequisites: Genetics and statistics, and con- genetics and statistics required. sent of instructor.

PH 3312 Molecular and Genetic Basis of PH 3326 Evolution of DNA and Protein Obesity Sequences Bray, 3 credits, cd Hewett-Emmett, Innan, Fu, 3 credits, ab (odd numbered years) This course focuses on the physiological factors underlying obesity as well as the genetic basis of The course will provide basic principles for under- body size regulation and feeding behavior. Course standing factors that govern the evolution of DNA topics include energy metabolism, adipose tissue and protein sequences. Students will learn about development, gene structure and function, basic the formation and evolution of multigene families, genetic principles, satiety signaling, animal mod- and other evolutionary phenomena. They will also els of obesity, treatments for obesity, and obesity be introduced to statistical methods and computer as it relates to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, programs for analyzing DNA and protein and cancer. sequence data. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor: PH 3110 or Prerequisites: Consent of instructor undergraduate course in biochemistry or biology. Cross-listed with UTHSC GSBS GS110103

PH 3315 Molecular and Cellular Approaches to PH 3330 Human DNA Variation Human Genetics Daiger, Sullivan, 2 credits, cd (odd numbered years) Hixson, Huff, Sen, 3 credits, cd Review of genetic variation in human DNA: related This course introduces the student to human bio- terms and concepts, methods for detecting varia- chemical, molecular, and somatic cell genetics, tion including Southern blotting and PCR, types of relating them to classical and newer cytogenetics DNA variation including disease causing muta- approaches. Discussions will emphasize the tions, methods for analyzing variation, and appli- molecular characterization of genotype and its cations including linkage mapping and genetic relation to the human phenotype in health and dis- counseling. ease. Prerequisites: General genetics and biochemistry PH 3318 Introduction to Genomics and or consent of instructor; PH 3310 and PH 3315 rec- Bioinformatics ommended. Xiong, Fu, White, 2 credits, ab PH 3335 Statistical Genetics This course will introduce some fundamental Fu, 2 credits, ab (even numbered years) approaches and statistical/computational methods commonly used in genomics data analysis. The Statistical procedures of estimating genetic topics include sequence alignment, homology parameters and testing hypotheses and aspects of search in public databases, phylogeny reconstruc- population genetics are discussed. The topics cov- tion, gene mapping and micro-array data analysis. ered include segregation analysis, test of genetic linkage, estimation of gene frequencies, genetics Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. of quantitative characters, inheritance of complex characters, paternity test, and genetic counseling. 122 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Prerequisites: Calculus, statistics, and consent of Anthropological Analysis in Human Ecology instructor. Anthropological Methods in Human Ecology

PH 3340 Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Biological Predictors of Health Status Disease Current Topics in Emerging Infections Hanis, 2 credits, cd Foundations of Modern Human Genetics This course will serve to expose students to the evidence and logic involved in inferring the contri- Human Adaptability bution of genetic mechanisms to those diseases of Introduction to Biochemistry public health importance. Emphasis will be on developing a framework for assessing the impact Microarrays and Functional Genomics of genes on common disease, but will not include Prions and Prion DiseasesSocial and Biological detailed methodological developments or statisti- Research Methods in Human Biology cal techniques. The format will be a weekly 2 hour session in which a single disease will be exam- PH 3499 Individual Study in Biological Sciences ined. In this way students will be exposed to a The Faculty in Biological Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab broad spectrum of diseases and see the similari- cd ef ties of the problems inherent to each and also the uniqueness of each. Sessions will be comprised of A plan of study is determined for each participating lecture and discussion. student and supervised by a member of the Biological Sciences faculty. May be repeated for PH 3348 Current Topics in Human & Molecular credit. Genetics Hewett-Emmett, Douglas, 1 credit, ab cd Management and Policy Sciences Research presentations by students and Texas Medical Center faculty carrying out research in PH 3610 Administration and Public Health the area of human and molecular genetics. The Faculty in Management and Policy Sciences, Registered students not presenting their research 3 credits, ab cd will write review papers on one of the topics cov- Culica1, 3 credits, cd ered during the semester. This course covers the elements and effective Prerequisities: Consent of instructor practice of management and administration. It includes the investigation of organizational envi- Cross-listed with UTHSC-H GSBS GS110631. ronments, strategic decision-making and control, policy and program development, and selected PH 3350 Seminar in Genetics and Population aspects of behavior in organizations. Biology Human Genetics Center Faculty, 1 credit, ab cd This course is also offered at the Dallas1 Regional Campus and is a designated core course. Presentation of analysis of individual topics or research. PH 3615 Introduction to Management and Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Policy Sciences The Faculty in Management and Policy Sciences, PH 3498 Special Topics in Biological Sciences 3 credits, ab cd The Faculty in Biological Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab This course surveys theory and practice in the cd ef management and policy sciences applied to the Topics vary from semester to semester to provide field of public health. Topics include: public health intensive study of selected problems, issues, and in the US health system/ legal bases of public methods which are of interest to the members of health; public policy institutions and decision mak- the discipline. The format will be lecture or group ing processes; methods of policy analysis, public discussion as appropriate. Previous topics have sector institutions, management and decision included: making; and private sector health care institutions, management and decision making. This is a designated core course. The School of Public Health 123

PH 3660 Health and Safety Program dents interested in the topic. The objectives of the Management Social and Economic Determinants of Health Felknor, Emery, 4 credits, cd course are: Drawing on concepts from sociology, political sci- • To explore the social, cultural, and economic ence, and anthropology, this course is designed to factors that influence the health of populations provide students with the opportunity to master • To identify systematic variation in these social, the analytical tools necessary to understand and cultural, and economic factors and how these function efficiently within organizations. The are reflected in health disparities among popu- course will include exposure to management the- lation groups ory and its application to current health and safety programs. Using real world health and safety • To explore the pathways by which social, cul- based examples, students will be challenged to tural, and economic conditions affect individual apply the concepts presented in this class to risk factors and human behavior and biology anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control a vari- • To assess social and economic policies and ety of managerial problems. Students will have their influence on the health of population ample opportunity to participate in class discus- groups. sions, simulations and group exercises. Guest lec- 1This course is also offered at the Brownsville turers from a wide array of health and safety man- Regional Campus (ef only) and is a designated agement settings add dimension to the course core course. material presented. This course is designed for students in the Occupational Health and Industrial PH 3730 Econometrics in Public Health Hygiene programs, or for those students with a Franzini, 3 cr, ab strong interest in the area of health and safety program management. This course has two learning objectives: 1. to develop skill in quantitative methods for the analy- This is a designated core course. sis of complex models; 2. to be able to understand and critically evaluate public health research PH 3710 Health Planning using econometric methods. Loe, Mikhail, 3 credits, cd Prerequisites: Intermediate biometry or similar A comprehensive survey of health planning in the statistical background. United States at area wide, state, and institutional levels is presented. Generic health planning prin- PH 3750 Organizational Psychology ciples are emphasized through discussion of Moore1, 4 credits, ef health planning theory and by utilizing specific health planning programs that have occurred his- Selected topics from the field of organizational torically in the public and private sectors. Their psychology are explored using an experiential application to both community and strategic plan- learning model as the vehicle. Emphasis is on ning are included. Useful fundamental methods increasing interpersonal skills and competencies and techniques are described and demonstrated central to supervisory and managerial roles. Three in brief. Conceptual, political, and technical prob- levels of analysis (i.e., intrapersonal, interpersonal lems are identified and discussed. and organizational) are considered in each behavioral simulation. Individualized performance con- PH 3720 Social Determinants of Health tracts are negotiated to provide the basis for eval- Franzini, Amick, Low 3 credits, cd, Brown1, 3 credits, ef uation. This course introduces the concept of health of 1This course is offered at the San Antonio Regional populations and studies the reason for health dis- Campus only. parities between countries and between socioeconomic and racial/ethnic groups within coun- PH 3810 Health Policy in the United States tries. It takes an approach to health that identifies Rosenau, 3 credits, cd ef the social factors (such as inequalities in income and opportunities and racial/ethnic disparities) The purpose of this course is to provide an that influence the health of populations. The overview of health policy in the U.S. Attention will course presents an overview of these concepts, be given to: (1) the principal institutions, processes, and is intended as the introductory course for stu- and ideas shaping health policy at the Federal level, 124 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

(2) political, economic, and legal perspectives on This course covers the theory of microeconomic health policy questions, and (3) the historical and analysis and its application to health and health intellectual context of recent policy developments. services. It emphasizes the use of theory to understand problems of organization, delivery, and PH 3812 Comparative International Health Care financing of health services; discrepancies in Systems health levels among members of society; and the Swint, Rosenau, Low, 4 credits, ab (even num- choices available to society regarding these issues. bered years) PH 3915 Methods for the Economic Evaluation This course is a doctoral seminar format in which of Health Programs we examine economic, political, and other perti- Lairson, Swint, 4 credits, ab nent aspects of the health care systems of industrialized countries, in an effort to better under- This course introduces the concepts and methods stand the range of options available for health for the economic analysis of health care decision care reform efforts. In the past the course has alternatives. Topics will include cost-benefit, cost covered the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia, the effectiveness and cost-utility analyses, and other U.K., the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia, France, methods of decision analysis. It emphasizes the Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Chile, and application of these methods to the evaluation of Costa Rica. alternative health programs.

PH 3815 Health Policy Analysis PH 3925 Health Care Finance Begley, 3 credits, cd Mikhail, 4 credits, ab This course introduces both qualitative and quan- This course offers students the opportunity to titative methods for analyzing public health policy. improve their understanding and use of financial Multiple approaches to inquiry and argument that concepts and principles in the health care indus- are relevant to decision making in political set- try. Managerial and financial accounting, as well tings will be covered. Emphasis will be on the con- as financial analysis and strategic planning, are text of public policy-making and its bearing on the covered. Financial management under prospec- conduct and fate of analyses. Applications to var- tive payment and capitation systems, as well as ious public health problems will be presented. product costing and pricing, will be emphasized. This is a designated core course. PH 3825 Public Health Law Hacker, 3 credits, cd PH 3935 Advanced Health Economics Public Health law defines the extent to which the Begley, Franzini, Lairson, Swint, 4 credits, ab (odd state can interfere with private interests when numbered years) protecting the health of the population. In this This course focuses on the applications of micro- course students will study, through constitutional economic analysis to questions dealing with the and statutory analysis, how the balance between production of health, the demand for health serv- these interests is determined. Because adminis- ices, the production and supply of health services, trative agencies are used extensively to regulate market equilibrium, social health insurance, and matters that affect the public health, students will government regulation of health sector activities. examine the legal characteristics of these governmental entities. The use of the common law to Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. establish public health policy and remedies for pubic health problems will be considered. PH 3998 Special Topics in Management and Policy Sciences PH 3910 Introduction to Health Economics The Faculty in Management and Policy Sciences, Lairson, Swint, 4 credits, cd 1-4 credits, ab cd ef Topics vary from semester to semester and provide in depth study of various public health issues. Previous topics have included: The School of Public Health 125

Administrative Law Management and Policy Sciences faculty. May be repeated for credit. Competition and the Health System Also available at the Brownsville, Dallas El Paso, Contemporary Issues in Management and San Antonio regional campuses. Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Diversity in the Modern Organization Community Health Practice Econometrics in Public Health PH 4410 Health Program Planning, Epidemiology and the Law Implementation and Evaluation The Faculty in Community Health Practice, Epidemiology-based Decision Making 4 credits, cd Fundamentals of Population Health This course is designed for students who expect Health Care Reform in the U. S. their work experience to include development or management of interventions at the program level. Health Policy, Society, and Population Health In satisfying course objectives, students will have Law and the Elderly the opportunity to improve their understanding of the theoretical basis for meeting health needs of Medical Outcomes Assessment populations through organized programs. In addi- Mental Health and the Law tion, they will have the opportunity to learn technical skills and the use of essential techniques in Organizational Behavior planning, implementation and evaluation of health Organizational Management and Theory programs. Course methods include presentation and discussion of program concepts and tech- Organizing for Safety in High-Hazard Industries niques, illustration of programs through a series of Public Health Leadership case presentations and guest speakers, and group exercises by members of the class. Politics of Community Health

Qualitative Policy Analysis PH 4498 Special Topics in Community Health Practice *Texas Health Policy The Faculty in Community Health Practice, 1-4 The New Public Health credits, ab cd ef Topics vary from semester to semester and pro- *offered by ITV vide in depth study of community health issues. The Dallas Faculty in Management and Policy Previous topics have included: Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef Community Mental Health Topics vary from semester to semester and pro- Drugs and Society vide in depth study of various public health issues. Previous topics have included: Economic Evaluation of Health Programs Legal Issues in Public Health Health Program Planning and Implementation MAPS Seminar Obesity and Public Health Outcomes Research Principles and Practice of Public Health Planning for Community Health PH 4499 Individual Study in Community Health Practice PH 3999 Individual Study in Management and The Faculty in Community Health Practice, 1-4 Policy Sciences credits, ab cd ef The Faculty in Management and Policy Sciences, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef A plan of study is devised for each participating student and supervised by a member of the A plan of study is developed for each participating Community Health Practice faculty. May be student and supervised by a member of the repeated for credit. 126 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Emerging Infectious Diseases Disease Control Emerging Zoonotic Diseases PH 4610 Disease: Natural History, Prevention, Epidemiology and Control of Cardiovascular Control Disease Jiang, Piller, 3 credits, ab Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Disease This course deals with the biologic bases of infectious and chronic diseases. Primary emphasis will Ethnicity and Health Care be on disease processes such as inflammation, Food Sanitation healing, immunity, and the mechanisms of neopla- sia and atherosclerosis. Hospital Infection Control Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Immunization Programs Infectious Disease Laboratory Topics PH 4715 Public Health Microbiology I Langer, Chappell, 3 credits, ab Institutional Sanitation Programs This course offers a survey of parasitic and Parasitology selected viral diseases of public health impor- Quality Control in the Community Laboratory tance. Current issues regarding the control, intervention, and prevention strategies for these infec- Vaccinology tions are discussed. The course is designed for individuals with a basic science background who PH 4999 Individual Study in Disease Control have not received previous formal training in The Faculty in Disease Control, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef human parasitology. A plan of study is determined for each participating student and supervised by a member of the Disease PH 4716 Public Health Microbiology II Control faculty. May be repeated for credit. The Faculty in Disease Control, 3 credits, cd This course offers a survey of bacteriologic diseases of public health importance. Current issues Health Services Organization regarding the control, intervention, and prevention strategies of these infections are discussed. The PH 5110 Health Services Delivery and course is designed for individuals with a basic sci- Performance ence background who have not received previous The Faculty in Health Services Organization, 4 formal training in human bacteriology. credits, cd This course reviews the major policy issues in PH 4725 Immunology health care services delivery in the United States Douglas, Chappell, 3 credits, cd and introduces students to fields of inquiry con- This course covers the essential concepts of cerned with analysis and evaluation of the health human immune responses and their relevance to care system. The issues of effectiveness, efficien- disease control and prevention. The course is cy, and equity of health care are explored as indi- designed for individuals with a basic science cators of system performance. Basic analytical background who have not received previous for- concepts and methodologies used in health policy mal training in immunology. analysis and program evaluation are introduced. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. This is a designated core course in Management and Policy Sciences. PH 4998 Special Topics in Disease Control The Faculty in Disease Control, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef PH 5210 Technology and Health Care: Private Choices and Public Policies Topics vary from semester to semester. Previous Glasser, Reiser, 3 credits, cd topics have included: This course explores the generation of technolo- Community Disease Control Programs gy, its transformation into workable innovations, Current Topics in Disease Control and the process and problems of adequately evaluating its benefits and limits before it diffuses into The School of Public Health 127

clinical practice. It will examine the interposition PH 5499 Individual Study in Health Services of technology between health professionals and Organization patients and how it influences their relationships, The Faculty in Health Services Organization, 1-4 and the choices made at the bedside; the use and credits, ab cd ef effects of quantitative methods and procedures in A plan of study is devised for each participating the application of technology; the influence of student and supervised by a member of the Health technology on the organization of health services; Services Organization faculty. May be repeated the interaction of government, insurers, and tech- for credit. nology; and the ethical and legal dilemmas of attempting to allocate a growing array of technological advances within the constraints of fiscal International and Family Health resources. PH 5610 International Health Prerequisites: Consent of instructors. Smith, 3 credits, cd

PH 5215 Health Care Outcomes and Quality Explores the processes of economic development Research and underdevelopment, the various public health Balkrishnan, 3 credits, ab issues that arise in the international setting, and the agencies that deal with them. The focus is on This course introduces students to measurement the developing nations. and evaluation issues associated with patient- centered outcomes and quality of care studies, an PH 5613 International and Family Health increasingly important component of present-day Seminar health services research. The focus will be appli- Convener of International and Family Health, 1 cation of measurements, rather than development. credit, ab cd Topics that will be covered in this class include development of the outcomes framework, out- This weekly seminar is offered in both Spring and comes measures, risk adjustment of health out- Fall semesters. Topics are presented by faculty, comes, technical and practical issues with meas- students and Visiting Professors, and vary urement and estimation, and empirical examples depending on current events, special experi- of health care outcomes research. Outcome and ences, and competencies. quality measures that will be covered include generic and condition-specific health status PH 5615 Highlights in the History of Public measures, satisfaction, patient trust , and patient Health adherence. Kerr, 4 credits, ab This course reviews some of the major events, PH 5490 Seminar of Health Services Research individuals, and agencies, which contributed to Aday, 3 credits, ef the development of the Public Health sciences This course is a doctoral-level seminar on the and related professions. Appreciation of how past concepts, methods and problem areas addressed societies responded to public health challenges by health services research as a field of inquiry. can provide insight into how current and future The focus of the course is the development and challenges might be managed. critique of dissertation-level health services research proposal. PH 5710 Pregnancy and Perinatal Health Selwyn, 3 credits, ab Prerequisites: Doctoral students near or post- qualifying exams. This course explores the major issues related to current day pregnancy and perinatal health. Basic PH 5498 Special Topics in Health Services review will be provided in anatomy and physiology Organization relevant to reproduction and childbearing, and The Faculty in Health Services Organization, 1-4 detailed discussion will cover the epidemiology, credits, ab cd ef medical care, and public health issues of selected problems during pregnancy, the perinatal period, Topics vary from semester to semester to provide and the inter-pregnancy period. Students will intensive study of specific aspects of health serv- make an oral presentation on a selected topic. ices in the community. 128 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

PH 5711 Current Child Health Issues Students are introduced to basic concepts of Kerr, 4 credits, cd industrial hygiene and occupational health hazards. Typical industrial conditions which may pro- This course reviews the development of the Child duce work-related disorders and diseases are Health and Welfare Movement, and trends in the studied. Major chemical, physical, and biological current major causes of morbidity and mortality of stresses in the industrial environment are present- children. The primary emphases will be on children ed, and important sources, effects, and evaluation in the U.S., but the historical focus will identify the and control measures are discussed. trends and processes that might be anticipated in the health of children in developing societies. The Prerequisites: Undergraduate biology, chemistry primary objective of the course is to identify and (through organic), and mathematics. prioritize the needs of populations of children for preventive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative servic- PH 6620 IH II: Occupational Health Controls es. For each topic the class will consider the Whitehead, Perkins 3 credits, cd prevalence, incidence, and trends of a specific Principles and practice of control of occupational child health problem; its biological, sociological, health and safety hazards are presented. These and economic costs; options for prevention and include issues of administrative, training, engi- treatment; and cost-effectiveness of interventions. neering, and personal protection controls.

PH 5998 Special Topics in International and Prerequisites: PH 6615. Family Health The Faculty and Students in International and Family PH 6680 Clinical Occupational Medicine Health and visiting Faculty, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef Delclos and the Faculty in Occupational and Environmental Health/Aerospace Medicine, 4 Topics will vary from semester to semester. They credits, cd provide opportunity for intensive study of selected problems related to international health. This course will offer students the opportunity to: familiarize themselves with the clinical practice of, PH 5999 Individual Study in International and and current issues in, occupational medicine; sup- Family Health plement basic knowledge in the clinical presenta- The Faculty in International and Family Health, 1-4 tions of occupational illness and injury, by organ credits, ab cd ef systems; be introduced to systematic approaches to the evaluation and management of work-related A plan of study is determined for each participat- injury and illness. The course is designed for stu- ing student and supervised by a member of the dents interested in occupational medicine practice. International and Family Health faculty. May be repeated for credit. PH 6998 Special Topics in Occupational and Environmental Health/Aerospace Occupational and Environmental Health Medicine The Faculty in Occupational and Environmental PH 6610 Occupational Health Health/Aerospace Medicine, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef Carson, 3-4 credits, cd Topics vary from semester to semester to provide This course introduces the multidisciplinary field intensive study of selected problems, methods, of occupational health through a review of histor- and issues of interest to members of the module. ical perspectives, pertinent legislation, and sur- Previous topics have included: veillance activities. Occupational diseases affect- Fundamentals of Occupational Safety ing the various body systems are presented from the viewpoints of causation and prevention. Health and Safety Program Management Emphasis will be on the importance of taking an Occupational and Environmental Respiratory occupational history, identification of risk factors, Disease and sources of toxicity data. Occupational Health Field Trips PH 6615 IH-I: Fundamentals of Industrial Occupational Health Nursing Hygiene Whitehead, 4 credits, ab Occupational Medicine Practice The School of Public Health 129

Principles of Human Factors Engineering PH 7120 Advanced Methods for Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Seminar in Workplace Safety Programs Sociology of Risk Bartholomew, Fernandez, Markham, Parcel, 4 credits, ab Work Organization Epidemiology The purpose of this course is to integrate and Prerequisites: PH 3610, PH 3710, or consent of extend knowledge of behavioral science theory instructor into planning models for health promotion programs that include conducting a needs assess- PH 6999 Individual Study in Occupational and ment, determining priorities, setting goals, stating Environmental Health/Aerospace objectives, designing interventions and develop- Medicine ing an implementation plan. The teaching methods The Faculty in Occupational and Environmental used in the course will emphasize group process Health/Aerospace Medicine, 1-4 credits, ab cd ef skills through modeling and guided practice A plan of study is determined for each participating applied to the planning process. Case studies of student and supervised by a member of the health promotion program planning from school, Occupational and Environmental Health/Aerospace health care, worksite, and community settings will Medicine faculty. May be repeated for credit. be included. Student evaluations will include written examinations over course content, a written health promotion project plan, and participation in Health Promotion/Health Education class and group assignments

PH 7115 Health Promotion Theory and Methods I Prerequisites: PH 2610 or equivalent, PH 7115, and Reininger, Hoelscher, Byrd, 3 credits, ab PH 7116 or consent of instructor This course introduces students to the application PH 7490 Doctoral Seminar in Health Promotion of selected behavioral science theories and con- and Health Education cepts in health education and health promotion Mullen, Martin, and the Faculty in Health programs directed toward individuals and groups. Promotion/Health Education, 1 credit, ab Concepts emphasized are drawn from the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, trans- Advanced graduate students and faculty discuss theoretical model, and social learning theory with and present current trends in health promotion some attention to numerous additional theories research. and perspectives. Teaching-learning techniques Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. include lecture, demonstration, and problem- based learning case studies. PH 7498 Special Topics in Health Promotion and This course is offered by ITV and is a designated Health Education core course for Behavioral Sciences. The Faculty in Health Promotion/Health Education, 1-4 credits, ab, cd, ef PH 7116 Health Promotion Theory and Methods Topics vary from semester to semester, providing II the opportunity for intensive study of selected Byrd, Reininger 3 credits, cd problems, settings, methods, and research. In this course students are introduced to the application of health education and health promotion PH 7499 Individual Study in Health Promotion intervention theory and methods directed toward and Health Education change in organizations, communities, and govern- The Faculty in Health Promotion/Health Education, ments. Topics include organizational change, mass 1-4 credits, ab, cd, ef media, community organization, diffusion of innova- A written plan of study is devised for each partic- tions, community development, social action, and ipating student and supervised by a member of political action. Students are provided opportunities the Health Promotion/Health Education Module to demonstrate knowledge and gain experience in faculty. applying theory, in designing interventions, and in developing programs of intervention to affect programs, policies, and environmental conditions. 130 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Officers of Instruction

School of Public Health Faculty Research Interests: Self-management of pediatric chronic disease; health education/promotion Lu Ann Aday, Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor intervention. in Public Health and Medicine, Behavioral Sciences. B.S., Texas Tech Univ., 1968; M.S., Elizabeth R. Baumler, Assistant Professor of Purdue Univ., 1970; Ph.D., Purdue, 1973. Biometry (Research). B.S., Mathematics, Texas A Research Interests: Utilization of health services; & M – Commerce; M.S. Mathematics, Texas A&M- equity of access to health care; vulnerable popu- Commerce; Ph.D. Biometry, UT Health Science lations; survey research methods; program evalu- Center, School of Public Health. ation research. Research Interests: Multilevel modeling, youth risk behavior, population health. Benjamin Amick, Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology. B.A., Univ. of R. Palmer Beasley, Ashbel Smith Professor. A.B., Maryland, 1978; B.S., University of Maryland, 1978; Dartmouth College, 1958; M.D., Harvard Medical Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins Univ., 1986. School, 1962; M.S., Univ. of Washington, 1969. Research Interests: Work organization and health; Research Interests: Hepatitis B; hepatocellular social epidemiology; work disability; epidemiology carcinoma; AIDS; infectious disease epidemiology. of musculoskeletal injuries; ergonomics and organizational change. Charles E. Begley, Associate Professor, Management and Policy Sciences. B.S., Northern Corinne C. Aragaki, Assistant Professor, Arizona University, 1969; M.A., The University of Epidemiology (Dallas Regional Campus), Adjunct Texas, 1972; Ph.D., The University of Texas, 1978. Assistant Professor, University of Texas Research Interests: Economic evaluation of health Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. B.S., Univ. policy and programs particularly regarding of California at Irvine, 1985; M.S.P.H., Ph.D., Univ. of Medicaid, Medicare, state and local safety net, California at Los Angeles, 1993, 1997 neurological diseases, and breast cancer. Research Interests: epidemiologic/statistical methods for gene-environment interaction risk estima- Eric Boerwinkle, Professor, Biological Sciences. tion; use of gene expression analysis in molecular Director, Human Genetics Center. Director, epidemiology; hierarchical/multilevel modeling; Research Center for Human Genetics in the cancer epidemiology; genetic epidemiology. Institute of Molecular Medicine. B.S., University of Cincinnati, 1980; M.A., University of Michigan, Rajesh Balkrishnan, Associate Professor, 1984; M.S., University of Michigan, 1985; Ph.D., Management and Policy Sciences. B.S., University University of Michigan, 1985. of Bombay, 1995; M.S., University of North Carolina Research Interests: Human genetics; bioinformat- at Chapel Hill., 1997; Ph.D., University of North ics; DNA variation; coronary heart disease; Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. hypertension. Research Interests: Health Outcomes; Quantitative Health Services Research; Quality of Medical Care; Benjamin S. Bradshaw, Professor, Demography Chronic Disease. (San Antonio Regional Campus). B.A., The Univ. of Texas, 1956; M.A., The Univ. of Texas, 1960; Ph.D., Sarah Baraniuk, Assistant Professor, Brown Univ., 1968. Biostatistics. B.Sc., Mount Saint Vincent Research Interests: Demography; minority popula- University, 1995; M.S., Texas Tech University, 1997, tions; U.S.-Mexico border health issues. Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health 2001. Molly S. Bray, Assistant Professor, Biological Research Interests: Survival Analysis, Missing Sciences. B.S., University of Houston, 1989; M.S., Data, Clinical Trial Methodology. University of Houston, 1991; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1998. L. Kay Bartholomew, Associate Professor of Research Interests: Complex disease genetics; Behavioral Sciences (Research). B.A., Austin obesity; gene-environment interaction; energy College, 1974; M.P.H., The University of Texas, metabolism; genomic variation; genotyping 1978; Ed.D., University of Houston, 1990. methodology; population-based genetic analyses of complex disease data. The School of Public Health 131

John R. Bristol, Professor, Biological Sciences (El Arch “Chip” Carson, Assistant Professor of Paso Regional Campus). B.A., Cornell University, Occupational Medicine (Research). B.S., Univ. of 1961; M.A., Kent State University, 1965; Ph.D., Kent Cincinnati, 1973; M.D., Ohio State Univ., 1990, State University, 1970. Ph.D., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1987. Research Interests: Medical parasitology, host Research Interests: Occupational lung disease; parasite interactions, suppression of immune industrial toxicology; international occupational response, zoonotic diseases. health; occupational health surveillance systems.

H. Shelton Brown, Ill, Assistant Professor, Margaret O. Caughy, Assistant Professor, Economics (Brownsville Regional Campus). B.A., Behavioral Sciences (Dallas Regional Campus). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988; B.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1986; M.Ed., Univ. of M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1992; Ph.D., Maryland, 1989; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1992. Vanderbilt Univ., 1998. Research Interests: Child development; parenting; Research Interests: Health Economics, Urban poverty; maternal and child health; program Economics, Managed care, insurance demand. evaluation.

Keith D. Burau, Associate Professor of Biometry. Irina Cech, Professor, Environmental Health. M.S., B.A., Southwest State University, 1973; M.S., State Univ., Moscow, 1961; Ph.D., The Univ. of University of Minnesota, 1975; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1973. Minnesota, 1980. Research Interests: Water supply development Research Interests: Job exposure matrix develop- and the health risks associated with inadequate ment and applications to epidemiological studies; and polluted sources of domestic water; impact of spatial/temporal analysis in epidemiology; occu- poor hazardous waste management practices on pational exposure analysis; automated ECG/VCG the quality of water supplies; natural radiation in analysis; clinical data systems. domestic water wells.

Theresa L. Byrd, Associate Professor, Behavioral Wenyaw Chan, Associate Professor, Biometry. Sciences (El Paso Regional Campus). B.S.N., B.S., National Central Univ., Taiwan, 1974; M.S., University of Arizona, 1978; M.P.H., University of Ohio State Univ., 1978; M.S., Purdue Univ., 1982; California at Los Angeles, 1986; Dr.P.H., University Ph.D., Ohio State Univ., 1984. of Texas, 1994. Research Interests: Stochastic modeling; longitu- Research Interests: Health promotion and behav- dinal studies. ior change; maternal and child health; community organization and development; border health; can- Cynthia L. Chappell, Professor, Biological cer prevention/early detection. Sciences. B.S., Middle Tennessee State Univ., 1971; M.S., Middle Tennessee State Univ., 1976; Raul Caetano, Professor, Epidemiology (Dallas Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1985. Regional Campus). M.D., School of Medical Research Interests: Parasitology; gastrointestinal Sciences, Rio de Janeiro State Univ., 1969; M.P.H., parasites; immune response to parasites. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1979; Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1983. Ann L. Coker, Associate Professor,; B.A., Auburn Research Interests: Epidemiology of substance University, 1980; M.P.H., UTHSC-H, 1984; Ph.D., abuse; violence; drinking and alcohol-related prob- Epidemiology, University of North Carolina; 1989. lems among US ethnic minority groups; diagnostic Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology, procedures in alcohol abuse and dependence. women’s health, violence prevention and control.

Victor Cardenas, Assistant Professor, Dan V. Culica, Assistant Professor, Management Epidemiology (El Paso Regional Campus). M.D., and Policy Sciences (Dallas Regional Campus). National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1977; B.S., ’St. SAVA’ College (Romania), 1973; M.D., M.P.H., Emory University, 1990; Ph.D. Emory Medical University (Romania), 1980; M.A., University, 1995. University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 1993; Research Interests: Public health surveillance and Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1999. field epidemiology; epidemiology of cancer; infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries. 132 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Research Interests: Medical care organization Research Interests: Epidemiology and prevention (access/utilization, quality of care/outcomes of cardiovascular disease, epidemiology of aging, research, system performance); community/popu- epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease, women's lation health. health issues, ethnic disparities in health and disease. Stephen P. Daiger, Professor, Biological Sciences. B.S., Johns Hopkins, 1965; Ph.D., Stanford Univ., Pamela M. Diamond, Assistant Professor, 1975. Behavioral Sciences. M.A. Texas Woman's Research Interests: Human molecular genetics; University 1986; Ph.D. The University of Texas at human population genetics; medical genetics; Austin, 1992. human gene cloning; linkage mapping; retinitis Research Interests: The interface between crimi- pigmentosa; macular degeneration; inherited retinal justice and mental health policy, psychiatric nal diseases in humans; mutation detection; reti- epidemiology, community reintegration for female nal disease genes RP1 and IMPDH1. offenders, and the use of latent variable models in public health research. Barry R. Davis, Professor, Biometry. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973; Katharine M. Donato, Associate Professor, M.D., Univ. of California, 1977; Sc.M., Brown Univ., Economics. B.S., New York Institute of Technology, 1981; Ph.D., Brown Univ., 1982. 1978; M.S.W., University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Research Interests: Development and applica- 1981; Sociology M.S., State University of New York at tions of statistical methods to clinical trials and Stony Brook, 1984; Sociology Ph.D., State University epidemiology. of New York at Stony Brook, 1988; Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Chicago, 1989. Rena Sue Day, Associate Professor of Research Interests: Demography, Immigration Epidemiology and Nutrition. B.S., Texas Tech Univ., and Social Determinants of Health. 1977; M.Sc.,The Univ. of Texas, 1982; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1988. Tommy C. Douglas, Associate Professor, Research Interests: Epidemiology; nutrition; Biological Sciences. A.B., Princeton Univ., 1969; dietary assessment methodology; obesity, cardio- M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1970; vascular disease; cancer; chronic disease; dietary Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1974. interventions and health promotion; physical Research Interests: Antibody; apolipoprotein; activity; Hispanic populations; children. gene expression; genetics; immunogenetics; immunoglobulin; immunology. George Delclos, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Occupational Medicine. M.D., J. Kay Dunn, Associate Professor of Biometry. University of Barcelona, 1981; M.P.H., The B.S., University of Alabama 1964; M.S. University University of Texas, 1988. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1969; Ph.D. Research Interest: Occupational hazards of University of Texas at Houston, School of Public healthcare workers; occupational and environ- Health 1977. mental respiratory disease; occupational health in Research Interests: Clinical trials; survival analy- developing countries. sis; Stochastic models

Carl A. de Moor, Associate Professor, Biostatistics. Herbert L. DuPont, Mary W. Kelsey Chair and B.S. Biology, San Diego State University, 1986; Director of the Center for Infectious Disease (CID). M.S., Biostatistics, University of Washington, 1992; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1961; M.D., Emory Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of Washington, 1994. University, School of Medicine, 1965. Research Interests: Adaptive Allocation, Bias Research Interests: Worldwide study of the epi- Correction, Longitudinal Analysis. demiology; microbiology; genetic susceptibility, treatment and prevention of acute diarrhea. Jasenka Demirovic, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Research). M.D., University of Sarajevo, 1971; MSc, University of Belgrade, 1976; Ph.D., University of Belgrade, 1985. The School of Public Health 133

Robert J. Emery, Assistant Professor of Research Interests: Virology; Lassa and Ebola Occupational Health (Research). B.A., Univ. of North hemorrhagic fevers; tuberculosis; human Carolina, Wilmington, 1979;, M.S., Univ. of North Papilloma virus; biocontainment; microbiology; Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1989; M.S., East Carolina Univ. molecular epidemiology; public health. , 1991; Dr. P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1997. Charles E. Ford, Associate Professor of Biometry Research Interests: Comprehensive approaches (Research). B.S., Central State College, 1969; M.S., to health and safety; health and safety program The Univ. of Texas, 1981; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, outcome measures; health and safety for special 1986. populations; occupational radiation protection; Research Interests: Management and analysis of hazardous waste management; training. clinical trial data; polychotomous logistic regression analysis; statistical computing; hypertension; Sarah A. Felknor, Assistant Professor of cardiovascular disease. Management and Policy Sciences (Research). B.A., Tufts Univ., 1978; M.S., American Univ. of Ralph F. Frankowski, Professor, Biometry. B.S., Washington, 1988; Dr.P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1997. DePaul Univ., 1957; M.S., DePaul Univ., 1959; Research Interests: Organizational safety climate; M.P.H., Univ. of Michigan, 1962; Ph.D., Univ. of worker training and evaluation; Latin America. Michigan, 1967. Research Interests: Design and analysis of clinical Maria E. Fernandez, Assistant Professor of experiments; traumatic brain injury and cere- Behavioral Sciences (Research). B.A. Univ. of brovascular disease. Maryland, 1989; B.S., Univ. of Maryland, 1989; M.A., Univ. of Maryland, 1992; Ph.D., Univ. of Luisa Franzini, Assistant Professor, Health Policy. Maryland, 1994. B.S., London School of Economics, 1977; M.S., London School of Economics, 1978; Ph.D., London Maria Fernandez-Esquer, Assistant Professor, School of Economics, 1983. Behavioral Sciences. A.A., Marymount College of Research Interests: Health economics and econo- Virginia, 1977; B.A., Loyola Univ.-New Orleans, metrics; social determinants of health; racial/eth- 1979; M.A., Univ. of Arizona, 1986; Ph.D., Univ. of nic health disparities; income inequality; cost Arizona, 1989. effectiveness and cost-utility analysis; cost of Research Interests: AIDS and cancer prevention; medical education. perception of risk; ethnic differences in health beliefs and behaviors. Yun Xin Fu, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences. B.S., Zhongshan Univ., China, 1982; William S. Fields, Professor Emeritus. A.B., Ph.D., Reading Univ., England, 1988. Harvard College, 1934; M.D., Harvard Medical Research Interests: Molecular evolution; popula- School, 1938. tion genetics; statistics; computational biology; mathematical biology. Lori A. Fischbach, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology (Dallas Regional Campus).B.S., Univ. Shawn G. Gibbs, Assistant Professor, of Arizona, 1986. M.P.H., Univ. of California, Los Environmental Sciences (El Paso Regional Campus). Angeles, 1990; Ph.D., Univ. of California, Los B.S., Biology, Ohio State University, 1997; M.S., Angeles, 1997. Environmental Science, University of Cincinnati, Research Interests: Helicobacter pylori; infectious 2002; Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of diseases/ Latin America; cancer; selenium; epi- Cincinnati, 2002. demiology; Meta-analysis; clinical trials. Research Interests: Biofilms and microorganisms in drinking water distribution systems, waste- Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, Professor of Biological water-drinking water cross-connections, micro- Sciences, (Brownsville Regional Campus). bial release from confined animal feeding opera- M.B.B.S., University of London, 1975; M.S., tions, and effects of microorganisms exposure on University of London, 1978; M.D., University of reproductive health in women. London, 1981. 134 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Jay H. Glasser, Professor, Biometry. B.S., Univ. of Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology; genet- Connecticut, 1957; M.S., Columbia Univ., 1960; ics of type 2 diabetes and its complications; Ph.D., North Carolina State Univ., 1967. genomic approaches to identifying genes for com- Research Interests: Health services research; uti- mon diseases. lization analysis; health survey methodology; technology assessment; policy applications. Robert Hardy, Professor, Biometry. B.S., Southeastern Louisiana College, 1962; M.S., Karen J. Goodman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Tulane Univ., 1964; Ph.D., Univ. of California, 1969. Epidemiology. B.A., Univ. of California, 1978; Research Interests: Biometrical methods; statisti- M.P.H., Univ. of California, 1988; M.A., Univ. of cal epidemiology; clinical trials. California, 1989; Ph.D., Univ. of California, 1994. Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology with Ronald B. Harrist, Associate Professor of special interest in international collaborative Biostatistics. B.S., Texas Technological University, research; epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori 1959, M.S., Texas Technological University, 1963, infection in children. Ph.D. Southern Methodist University, 1971. Research Interests: Statistical design and data Bridget K. Gorman, Assistant Professor, analysis for longitudinal studies; Multilevel statis- Behavioral Sciences. B.A., Western Washington tical methods. University, 1994; M.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1996; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State C. Morton Hawkins, Professor Emeritus. B.S., University, 2000. Univ. of Oklahoma, 1960; M.P.H., Univ. of Michigan, Research Interests: social inequality and child 1962; Sc.D., Tulane Univ., 1969. health and development. John R. Herbold, Associate Professor of Richard M. Grimes, Associate Professor, Health Epidemiology (Research) (San Antonio Regional Services Administration. B.B.A., Univ. of Michigan, Campus). B.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1968; D.V.M., 1962; M.B.A., Univ. of Michigan, 1963; Ph.D., Univ. Texas A&M Univ., 1969; M.P.H., Univ. of N. of Missouri, 1972. Carolina, 1973; Ph.D., Ohio State., 1981. Research Interests: AIDS; management of health Research Interests: Epidemiology; environmental care organizations. health; infectious disease; animal-human issues; military medicine. Carl S. Hacker, Associate Professor, Ecology and Health Law. B.S., College of William and Mary, David Hewett-Emmett, Associate Professor, 1963; Ph.D., Rice Univ., 1969; J.D., Univ. of Houston Biological Science. B.A., Univ. of Cambridge, 1968; Law Center, 1987. M.S., Univ. of London, 1969; Ph.D., Univ. of London, Research Interests: Public health law; environ- 1973. mental law; modeling vector populations; effect of Research Interests: Molecular evolution; human pollutants on ecosystems. genetic variation; gene families.

David Michael Hallman, Assistant Professor of James Hixson, Professor, Biological Sciences. Biological Sciences (Research). B.A., The College B.A., University of Texas, 1978; M.S., University of of Charleston, 1977; M.S.P.H., University of South Michigan, 1980; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983. Carolina, 1988; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1994. Research Interests: Molecular genetics of com- Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of chron- mon diseases including cardiovascular disease, ic disease, especially atherosclerotic disease and obesity, and diabetes; SNP discovery and analysis diabetes; genetic analysis of longitudinal data. in population-based studies of common diseases; allelic effects on gene expression and protein Craig L. Hanis, Professor, Biological Sciences. function related to common diseases and meas- B.S., Brigham Young Univ., 1974; M.S., Brigham ured risk factors. Young Univ., 1977; M.A., Univ. of Michigan, 1981; Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1981. Deanna M. Hoelscher, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences. B.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1983; M.A. Univ. of Texas, 1985; Ph.D., Univ. of Texas, 1991. The School of Public Health 135

Research Interests: Child nutrition and physical Zhi-Dong Jiang, Assistant Professor of Biological activity; child obesity; prevention of chronic dis- Science (Research). M.B.B.S., Beijing Medical ease (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, University, 1983; M.P.H., The University of Texas, obesity, osteoporosis); school-based health pro- 1994; Dr. P.H., The University of Texas, 1998. motion programs; assessment of diet and physical Research Interests: Epidemiology of travelers’ activity; gene-diet interactions . diarrhea; genetic factors for acute diarrhea; enteric pathogens. Nuria Homedes, Associate Professor, Management and Policy Sciences (El Paso Regional Campus). D. Blair Justice, Professor Emeritus. B.A., The M.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1979; Univ. of Texas, 1948; M.S., Columbia Univ., 1949; Dr. P. H., The University of Texas, 1990. M.A., Texas Christian Univ., 1963; Ph.D., Rice Univ., Research Interests: Health sector reform; pharma- 1966. ceuticals policies; border health issues. Asha S. Kapadia, Professor, Biometry. B.A., Delhi Irwin B. Horwitz, Assistant Professor, Univ. (India), 1957; M.A., Delhi Univ. (India), 1959; Management, Policy and Community Health. B.S. M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965; Psychology and Political Science, Loyola Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1969. University of Chicago 1987, M.S. Industrial Research Interests: Operations research model- Relations, Loyola University of Chicago 1991, ing of health systems; meta analysis; Bayesian M.B.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign statistics; compartmental modeling; pharmacoki- 1991, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2003. netic modeling. Research Interests: Workers’ compensation, Occupational health trends and costs, Effects of Samuel Karff, Professor of Society and Health managerial and policy interventions on employee (Research). A.B., Gratz College of Jewish Studies, safety, Industrial/organizational psychology. 1949; A.B., Harvard, 1953; MAHL, Hebrew Union College, 1956; DHL, Hebrew Union College, 1961. Mohamed El Mubasher Hussein, Associate Research Interests: The effects of changing Professor, Biometry (Dallas Regional Campus). hospital work environment on patient health and Ph.D. (Biostatistics), University of Pittsburg, PA, well being. 1990; M.A. (Applied Statistics), University of Pittsburg, 1983; M.Sc. (Mathematical Statistics), Steven H. Kelder, Associate Professor of University of Khartoum, Sudan; B.Sc. (Statistics), Epidemiology (Research). B.S., Northern Illinois University of Khartoum, Sudan. Univ., 1981; M.P.H., Univ. of Minnesota, 1988; Ph.D., Research Interests: Statistical Methods in Design, Univ. of Minnesota, 1992. Conduct and Analyses of Clinical Trials; Sequential Research Interests: School health promotion; and Survival Data Analyses. CV/cancer disease prevention; worksite health promotion; smoking cessation; weight loss and Lu-Yu Hwang, Associate Professor, Epidemiology. physical activity; child and adolescent nutritional M.B.B.S., National Taiwan Univ., 1975. intake and exercise behavior; research design; Research Interests: Pediatrics; infectious disease; quantitative methods. perinatal transmission; viral epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; hepatitis virus/liver cancer; Virginia C. Kennedy, Associate Professor, Health HIV/AIDS, HTLV/leukemia; EBV/nasopharyngeal Administration. B.A., Oberlin College, 1965; M.A., cancer; viral oncology. Vanderbilt Univ., 1967; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1972. Hideki Innan, Assistant Professor, Biological Research Interests: Health manpower; access to Sciences. B.S. Kyoto University, Japan 1994; M.S. health care in underserved populations; organiza- Kyoto University, Japan 1996; Ph.D. University of tional effectiveness. Tokyo, Japan, 1999 Research Interests: Population genetics, molecu- George R. Kerr, Professor, Nutrition. M.D., lar evolution Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1955. Research Interests: Maternal-child health needs and services; public health nutrition; developmental biology. 136 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Marcus M. Key, Professor Emeritus. B.A., Research Interests: West Nile Virus, arboviruses, Columbia University, 1949; M.D. College of rabies virus, unexplained encephalitis, emerging Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia, 1952; M.I.H., infectious diseases, zoonoses. Harvard School of Public Health, 1954. Scott R. Lillibridge, Professor of Epidemiology Kathy L.E. Klos, Assistant Professor of Biological (Research) and Director Center Biosecurity and Sciences (Research). B.S., Washington State Public Health Preparedness. B.S., Environmental Univ., 1989; M.S., Washington State Univ., 1995; Sciences, East Tennessee State University, 1977; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1999. M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Research Interests: genetics of complex traits, Health Sciences, F. Edward Hébert School of gene-environment interaction, gene-gene interac- Medicine, 1981. tion, gene networks. Research Interests: Public health preparedness.

Gwang-Pyo Ko, Assistant Professor, Microbiology. Stephen H. Linder, Associate Professor, B.S., Seoul National University, 1992; M.S., Seoul Management and Policy Sciences. B.A., University National University, 1994; M.S., Harvard University, of Massachusetts, 1972; M.A., University of Iowa, 1996; Sc.D., Harvard University, 2000. 1973; Ph.D., University. of Iowa, 1976. Research Interests: environmental microbiology; Research Interests: Policy studies; social theory; respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens; bacte- media studies; climate change and health. riology and virology; microbial risk assessment. Hardy D. Loe, Jr., Associate Professor, Community Dejian Lai, Associate Professor, Biometry. B.S., Health. M.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1955; M.P.H., Univ. Jiangx Univ., China, 1982; M.S., Univ. of Texas, of California, 1967. 1989; Ph.D., Univ. of Texas, 1994. Research Interests: Public health practice; com- Research Interests: Biostatistics; chaos; demog- munity decision-making; health planning; raphy; international & family health; life table; time Community Health Information Systems. series analysis; spatial statistics; statistical methods. M. David Low, Professor, Management and Policy Sciences. M.D., Queen’s University (Canada), David Lairson, Professor, Economics. B.B.A., Univ. 1960; M.S., Queen’s University (Canada), 1962; of Kentucky, 1970; M.A., Univ. of Kentucky, 1971; Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1966. Ph.D., Univ. of Kentucky, 1975. Research Interests: Social ecology of health; eco- Research Interests: Health care economics; economic factors and health; international compara- nomics of health promotion/disease prevention; tive studies of health care systems; health policy economics of health care technology. formation.

Rebecca C. Langer, Assistant Professor of Thomas A. Mackey, Professor of Nursing Biological Sciences (Research). B.S., Univ. of (Clinical). B.S.N., Loyola University, 1974; M.P.H., Arizona, 1994; Ph.D., Univ. of Arizona, 1998. Univ. of Tennessee, 1977; Ph.D., Southern Illinois Research Interests: Cryptosporidium, host-para- Univ., 1988. site interactions. Research Interests: Evaluation of training designed to prevent and manage patient violence; Eun Sul Lee, Professor, Biometry. B.A., Seoul nurse practitioner clinic based practices. National Univ. (Korea), 1957; M.A., Univ. of Kentucky, 1964; Ph.D., North Carolina State Univ., 1969. Christine M. Markham, Assistant Professor of Research Interests: Sample survey design; analy- Behavioral Sciences (Research). B.A., Temple sis of health-related survey data; methodologic University, 1985; M.A. Anthropology, University of issues in mental health surveys; ethnic differen- Pennsylvania, 1990; Ph.D., Behavioral Sciences, tials in health status. The University of Texas at Houston School of Public Health, 2002. Kristy Murray Lillibridge, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Research). B.S. Biomedical Science, Texas A & M University, 1994; B.S. Veterinary Sciences, Texas A & M University, 1995; DVM, Texas A & M University, 1998. The School of Public Health 137

Research Interests: Adolescent and child health, Stephanie L. McFall, Associate Professor, including HIV, STD and pregnancy prevention, Behavioral Sciences (San Antonio Regional substance use prevention, chronic disease man- Campus). B.A. Indiana University, 1973; M.A. agement, influence of parental factors, qualitative University of North Carolina, 1977; Ph.D. University research, outcome and process evaluation. of North Carolina, 1986. Research Interests: social gerontology, cancer Shannon P. Márquez, Assistant Professor, screening and treatment decisions, health of older Environmental Sciences (San Antonio Regional adults, program evaluation. Campus) B.S., Prairie View A&M University, 1992; MEng., Texas A&M University, 1993; Ph.D., Univ. of Kristina D. Mena, Assistant Professor, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1998. Environmental Sciences (El Paso M.P.H. Regional Research interests: waterborne contaminants, Campus). B.A., Franklin College, 1991; M.S.P.H., water quality and treatment, vector control and Univ. of South Florida, 1993; Ph.D. Univ. of Arizona, environmental interventions for water-related dis- 1996. eases, public health engineering, international Research interests: Water quality, food safety, health, rural water and sanitation issues, commu- microbial risk assessment. nity-based participatory research, and environmental justice. Osama Mikhail, Professor of Management and Policy Sciences (Research). B.Sc., American Univ. Jeanne B. Martin, Associate Professor, Biological of Beirut, Lebanon, 1968; M.B.A., Wharton School, Sciences. B.S., Texas Tech University, 1973; M.S., Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1970; M.S., Carnegie- Case Western Reserve University, 1975; Ph.D., The Mellon University, 1972; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University of Texas, 1983. University, 1975. Research Interests: Nutrition and health promotion; Research Interests: Hospital industry structure; dietetic education strategies; eating disorders. strategic planning in hospitals; technology assessment. Alfred L. McAlister, Professor, Behavioral Sciences. B.A., The Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1972; Frank I. Moore, Associate Professor, Health Ph.D., Stanford Univ., 1976. Services Administration (San Antonio Regional Research Interests: Tobacco policy, homicide and Campus). B.A., Oklahoma State Univ., 1960; M.S., homicide prevention, collective violence, advoca- Oklahoma State Univ. 1962; Ph.D., Univ. of cy and mass communication. Oklahoma, 1968. Research Interests: State health policy; health pro- Joseph B. McCormick, James H. Steele Professor fessions supply and requirements; leadership devel- of Epidemiology (Research) and Assistant Dean opment in public health; rural health care delivery. (Brownsville Regional Campus). B.S., Florida Southern College, 1964; M.S., Harvard, 1970;, M.D., Maria T. Morandi, Assistant Professor of Duke University Medical School, 1971. Environmental Sciences (Research). B.S., New Research Interests: Infectious Diseases (particu- York City College, 1978; M.S., New York Univ., 1981; larly viral such as Ebola; Lassa fever: HIV/AIDS), Ph.D., New York Univ., 1985. Health issues in international settings; vaccines; Research Interests: Air pollution; exposure epidemiology and bioterrorism. assessment; modeling; health effects.

Sheryl A. McCurdy, Assistant Professor, Alanna C. Morrison, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, International and Family Biological Sciences (Research). University of Health, Center for Health Promotion and Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BS 1996; University of Prevention Research. B.A., University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center, Graduate Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1985; M.A., University of School of Biomedical Sciences, Ph.D., 2001 Dar es Salaam, 1987; M.Phil., Columbia University, Research Interests: Elucidation of genes involved 1992; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2000. in complex diseases such as cardiovascular dis- Research Interests: Women’s health, underserved ease, hypertension and stroke. Identifying single populations, STIs, HIV/AIDS, drug use, cancer, nucleotide polymorphisms influencing inter-indi- qualitative research, history of medicine, and vidual disease risk, linkage analyses and associa- African studies. tion studies, and development and application of novel statistical methods to evaluate genetic data. 138 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Lemuel A. Moyé, Associate Professor, Biometry. Research Interests: Experimental design; analysis B.A., The John Hopkins Univ., 1974; M.D., Indiana of designed experiments; multiple regression; Univ. School of Medicine, 1978; M.S., Purdue Univ., model building; sampling procedures. 1980; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1987. Research Interests: Bayes methods, continuous Unto Pallonen, Associate Professor of Behavioral time stochastics processes. Sciences (Research). B.A., University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1972; M.M. Soc.Sc., University William H. Mueller, Professor, Behavioral of Helsinki, Finland, 1978; Ph.D., University of Sciences. B.I.D., Syracuse Univ., 1964; Ph.D., The Minnesota, 1986. Univ. of Texas, 1975. Research Interests: School-, clinic-, and commu- Research Interests: Social and Behavioral influ- nity-based smoking prevention and cessation; ences on health; spiritual aspects of health; devel- cancer prevention in adolescents; behavior opment of cardiovascular risk factors in children; change models, computer applications in health human growth and development; obesity and body promotion; health communication. fat distribution. Guy S. Parcel, John P. McGovern Professor. B.S., Zuber D. Mulla, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Indiana Univ., 1965; M.S., Indiana Univ., 1966; (El Paso Regional Campus). B.A. Univ. of Arizona, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Univ., 1974. 1991; M.S.P.H., Univ. of South Florida, 1994; Ph.D., Research Interests: School health promotion; Univ. of South Florida, 2001. child and adolescent health; health behaviors. Research Interests: Infectious diseases epidemiology; outcomes research; clinical epidemiology; Adriana Perez, Assistant Professor of Biometry invasive group A streptococcal infections; out- (Brownsville Regional Campus). B.S., National break investigations. University of Colombia, 1991; M.S., Tulane University, 1994; Ph.D., Tulane University, 1995. Patricia Dolan Mullen, Professor, Behavioral Research Interests: Statistical modeling; sample Sciences. A.B., Univ. of California, 1966; M.L.S., size estimation; analysis of incomplete data; Univ. of California, 1970; M.P.H., Univ. of California, design, conduct and analysis of multicenter clini- 1971; Dr.P.H., Univ. of California, 1975. cal trials; logistic regression analysis; modeling Research Interests: Health promotion for disad- strategies and biostatistics. vantaged women, including incarcerated women; Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change; contra- Jimmy L. Perkins, Professor, Environmental ception and STD/HIV risk reduction; informed deci- Sciences (San Antonio Regional Campus). B.A., sion making for cancer and other screening tests; The University of Texas, 1974; M.S., The University patient education for risk reduction; evaluation of Texas, 1976; Ph.D., The University of Texas, 1981. methods; systematic review and meta-analysis. Research Interests: Chemical exposure assessment; risk communication; risk analysis; dermal Nancy Murray, Assistant Professor of Behavioral exposure; statistical applications. Sciences (Research). B.A., University of Southern California, 1972; M.A., University of Southern Ronald J. Peters, Jr., Assistant Professor of California, 1975; Dr.P.H., University of Texas, 1996. Behavioral Sciences (Research). B.S. Virginia Research Interests: Child and adolescent health Commonwealth Univ., 1991; M.S., Medical College promotion through interventions with parents and of Virginia, 1993; DrPH., Univ. of Texas Houston schools; adolescent smoking cessation; physical Health Science Center, 1998. activity. Research interests: Sexual risk-taking behavior; design and analysis of drug use studies among Milton Z. Nichaman, Professor Emeritus. A.B., youth and incarcerated populations; and cultural Brandeis Univ., 1953; M.D., Tufts Univ., 1957; Sc.D., and economic aspects of health behaviors in Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1964. underserved communities.

Melchor Ortiz, Professor of Biometry (Research). Carl V. Phillips, Assistant Professor, Management (El Paso Regional Campus). B.S., Texas A&I and Policy Sciences. B.A., The Ohio State University, 1970; M.S., Texas A&I University, 1971; University; MPP, John F. Kennedy School of Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1975. Government, Harvard University, 1989; Ph.D., Public Policy, Harvard University, 1995. The School of Public Health 139

Research Interests: Improving health research Research Interests: Cross-cultural research; psy- methodology, policy decision making, ethics, chiatric epidemiology; adolescent mental health; quantifying uncertainty. affective disorders; suicide, sleep disorders, obesity and mental health. Linda Piller, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Research). B.S., University of Houston, Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, Professor, 1975; M.P.H., The University of Texas School of Management and Policy Sciences. B.A., Univ. of Public Health, 1979; M.D., The University of Texas California at Berkeley, 1965; M.A., Univ. of Medical School at Houston, 1986. California at Berkeley, 1966; Ph.D., Univ. of Research Interests: Hypertension; ischemic heart California at Berkeley, 1972; M.P.H., Univ. of disease; coronary heart disease; clinical trials; California at Los Angeles, 1992. cardiovascular clinical trials; endpoint reporting in Research Interests: Public health policy; health clinical trials; safety in clinical trials; congestive system reform in industrialized countries; compar- heart failure; cardiovascular pathology; cervical ative health policy; and the social determinants of pathology; breast pathology. health.

Beth E. Quill, Associate Professor, Management Michael W. Ross, Professor, Behavioral Sciences. and Policy Sciences. Director, Center for B.A. (Honors), Massey University, 1975; M.A., Excellence in Public Health Practice. B.A., Victoria University of Wellington, 1976; Ph.D., Emmanuel College, 1979; M.P.H., The University of University of Melbourne, 1980; Dip, Tertiary Ed., Pittsburgh, 1982. University of New England, 1984; B.S., New York Research Interests: Public health management State University, 1986; M.P.H., University of and practice; organizational change; child health; Adelaide, 1989; M.H.P. Ed., University of New vulnerable populations. South Wales, 1991; Dip. STD, Prince of Songkla University, 1992. Belinda Reininger, Assistant Professor, Research Interests: STDs; HIV/AIDS; drug abuse; Behavioral Sciences (Brownsville Regional community level and correctional STD/HIV pre- Campus). B.S., Univ. of Texas, 1988; M.P.H., Univ. of vention cross-cultural aspects of public health; Texas, 1991; Dr. P.H., Univ. of Texas , 1994. Internet sexuality. Research Interests: Evaluation research; community based health promotion; health disparities. Maureen Sanderson, Associate Professor of Epidemiology (Brownsville Regional Campus). Blanca I. Restrepo, Assistant Professor of B.S., Ohio State Univ., 1979; M.P.H., Univ. of Texas Biological Sciences (Research) (Brownsville School of Public Health, 1984; Ph.D., Univ. of Regional Campus). B.S., Colegio Mayor de Washington, 1996. Antioquia, 1986; Ph.D., University of Texas Health Research Interests: Breast and prostate cancer; Science Center at San Antonio, 1994. maternal and child health; nutrition; violence Research Interests: Tuberculosis; pathogenesis, against women. early disease detection, host immune response, dynamics of transmission in the Texas-Mexico Arnold J. Schecter, Professor, Environmental border. Neurocysticercosis: host-parasite inter- Sciences (Dallas Regional Campus). B.S., Univ. of actions, immune response, granuloma formation. Chicago, 1957; M.D., Howard Univ. Medical School, 1962; M.P.H., Columbia University, 1976. Jan M. Risser, Assistant Professor of Research Interests: Exposure assessment; envi- Epidemiology (Research). B.S., Iowa State Univ., ronmental epidemiology; persistent organic pollu- 1969; M.S., Texas Woman’s Univ., 1988; Ph.D., The tants (POPS), especially dioxins and related com- Univ. of Texas, 1994. pounds; Agent Orange; Dioxins in Vietnam, Research Interests: Sexually transmitted disease Cambodia and Laos; the USA; Russia; Israel and surveillance; syphilis; prevention of HIV; social Palestinian Areas; Germany; China; and Japan.. determinants of health; stroke and hypertension.

Robert E. Roberts, Professor, Behavioral Sciences. B.A., Texas A&M Univ., 1962; B.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1962; M.A., Univ. of Kentucky, 1963; Ph.D., Univ. of Kentucky, 1968. 140 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Gene D. Schroder, Associate Professor, Ecology. Research Interests: Application of instructional B.A., Rice Univ., 1967; M.A., Rice Univ., 1970; Ph.D., and/or decision-support technology in health Univ. of New Mexico, 1974. promotion and disease prevention including pedi- Research Interests: Ecosystem structure and atric asthma management; prevention and cessa- dynamics; environmental contaminating rodent tion of adolescent and young adult tobacco use; ecology. prevention of HIV, STD, and pregnancy in middle school children. William J. Schull, Professor Emeritus. B.S., Marquette Univ., 1946; M.S., Marquette Univ., 1947; Andrea J. Shelton, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State Univ., 1949. Epidemiology. B.A., Howard University, 1976; M.A., University of South. Florida, 1979; Ph.D., University Beatrice J. Selwyn, Associate Professor, of Pittsburgh, 1992. Epidemiology. B.S., Vanderbilt Univ., 1964; M.S., Research interests: Women’s health (osteoporo- Tulane Univ., 1970; Sc.D., Tulane Univ., 1974. sis, hormone replacement, hysterectomy); health Research Interests: Perinatal and pediatric epi- issues of special populations (immigrants, ethnic demiology; international health; health survey minorities, gender variants); domestic violence. methodology; rapid epidemiologic assessment methods; studies of the future of public health. Jacquelyn Slomka, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences. B.S.N., The Ohio State Lowell E. Sever, Professor, Epidemiology. B.A., University, 1972; M.A., University of Michigan, Univ. of Washington, 1966; M.A., Univ. of 1980; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1986. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1968; Ph.D., Univ. of Research Interests: Research ethics; ethics and Washington, 1973. public health; culture and health care. Research Interests: Birth defects; perinatal epidemiology; genetics and public health; occupa- David P. Smith, Associate Professor, Demography. tional and environmental hazards to reproduction. B.A., Univ. of California, 1966; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1979. Ken Sexton, Professor, Environmental Sciences Research Interests: Maternal and child health; (Brownsville Regional Campus). B.S., U.S. Air teen pregnancy; family planning; population Force Academy,1972; M.S., Washington State trends; mortality differentials by ethnicity. University, 1977; M.A., Texas Tech University,1979; Sc.D., Harvard University, 1983; M.B.A., Wharton David W. Smith, Associate Professor, (San Antonio School, University of Pennsylvania, 1994. Regional Campus). AB, Biometry, University of Research Interests: Human exposure analysis; Michigan; M.P.H., University of Michigan, 1973; health risk assessment; environmental risk man- Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981. agement; environmental health policy; business- Research Interests: Outcomes research methods; environment interactions. survey design and analysis, particularly for rare elements such as minorities or diabetics; biosta- Margery W. Shaw, Professor Emeritus. A.B., Univ. tistical methods for health policy; population of Alabama, 1945; M.A., Columbia Univ., 1946; M.D., effects of terrorism and disasters. Univ. of Michigan, 1957; J.D., Univ. of Houston, 1973; D.Sc., Univ. of Evansville, 1977. Mary Ann Smith, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science (Research). B.S., The Univ. Ross Shegog, Assistant Professor of Behavioral of Texas, 1979; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1984. Sciences (Research). B.S., University of Sydney, Research Interests: Biochemical and cellular toxi- 1983; Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics, University cology; mechanisms of nephrotoxicity; in-vitro tox- of Sydney, 1985; M.P.H., University of Texas, 1992; icology; exercise effects on xenobiotic metabo- Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997. lism and toxicology.

Michael H. Smolensky, Professor, Environmental Physiology. B.S., Univ. of Illinois, 1964; M.S., Univ. of Illinois, 1966; Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, 1971. Research Interests: Biological rhythms; shift work; industrial accidents; pharmacology; environmental physiology; health technology. The School of Public Health 141

Teshia G. Arambula Solomon, Assistant Professor, Research Interests: Development of quantitative Behavioral Sciences (San Antonio Regional methods for modeling occupational and environ- Campus). B.S., Central State Univ., 1981; M.S., mental exposures; retrospective exposure Oklahoma State Univ., 1990; Ph.D., The Univ. of assessment for workplace contaminants; investi- Texas, 1998. gation of health effects related to occupational Research Interests: Cancer; Native Americans and environmental exposures. and Hispanics; diabetes; promotoras; empowerment models; social action research. Alvin Tarlov, Professor, Public Health. B.A., Dartmouth College, 1951; M.D., University of William D. Spears, Assistant Professor of Chicago, 1956. Management and Policy Sciences (San Antonio Regional Campus), (Research). B.A., Texas Tech Patrick M. Tarwater, Assistant Professor, University, 1974; M.A., Texas Tech University 1977; Epidemiology (El Paso Regional Campus). B.S., Ph.D., University of Texas, 1991. Texas Tech University, 1990; M.S., Texas Tech Research Interests: Community assessment; com- University, 1992; Ph.D., University of Texas Health munity information systems; community based Science Center at Houston, School of Public participatory action research; demography. Health, 1999. Research interests: Biostatistics, analytic meth- James H. Steele, Professor Emeritus. D.V. M. , ods for longitudinal cohort studies, survival analy- Michigan State Univ., 1941; M.P.H., Harvard Univ., sis, and infectious disease epidemiology. 1942. Wendell Taylor, Associate Professor, Behavioral Thomas H. Stock, Associate Professor, Sciences and Health Promotion. A.B., Grinnell Environmental Sciences. B.S., Villanova Univ., College, 1972; M.S., Eastern Washington Univ., 1968; M.S., Cornell Univ., 1972; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1974; Ph.D., Arizona State Univ., 1984; M.P.H., The 1977; M.P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1979. Univ. of Texas, 1989. Research Interests: Assessment of pollutant expo- Research Interests: Health promotion in adoles- sures; characterization of indoor and outdoor air cents; physical activity determinants and interven- quality; evaluation of air monitoring and industrial tions; and health behaviors in underserved hygiene methods. populations.

Lori S. Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Biological Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, Associate Professor. Sciences (Research). B.A., Johns Hopkins M.D., National University Autonomous of Mexico, University, 1984; Ph.D., The University of California, 1979; M.S., University of Texas Health Science Los Angeles, 1990. Center at Houston School of Public Health, 1986; Research Interests: Medical genetics; inherited Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center retinal degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa; macu- at Houston School of Public Health, 1992. lar degeneration; inherited corneal diseases. Research Interests: prevention and control of gynecologic cancer, HPV and other STD’s in ado- J. Michael Swint, Professor, Health Economics. lescents and young adult women; papsmear and B.A., California State Univ., 1968; M.A., Rice Univ., mammography screening behaviors; contracep- 1970; Ph.D., Rice Univ., 1972. tive practices. Research Interests: Economic evaluation of healthcare interventions, community-based inter- Susan Tortolero, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology. ventions and healthcare policy alternatives. B.S., University of Houston, 1985; M.S., University Healthcare systems. of Texas, 1989; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1994. Research Interests: Adolescence; children; sexual Elaine Symanski, Assistant Professor, risk taking, STDs, pregnancy, substance use, vio- Environmental Sciences. B.S., Western lence, mental health; depression; Hispanics; pre- Washington University, 1981; M.S.P.H., University vention research. of North Carolina, 1992; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1996. 142 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Martha S. Vela Acosta, Assistant Professor of David C. Warner, Professor, Health Economics Environmental Sciences (Brownsville Regional (San Antonio Regional Campus). B.A., Princeton Campus). M.D., Guanajuato Univ., 1986; M.S., Univ., 1963; M.P.A., Syracuse Univ., 1965; Ph.D., Colorado State Univ., 1996; Ph.D., Colorado State Syracuse Univ., 1969. Univ., 1999. Research Interests: Health finances; health eco- Research Interests: Occupational health and safe- nomics; health policy; diabetes policy; border ty; migrant and seasonal farm workers; infectious health; cross border utilization; mental health diseases; industrial hygiene and risk assessment. finance; health planning; national health insurance.

Sally W. Vernon, Professor, Epidemiology and Cynthia Warrick, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences. B.A., Univ. of Oklahoma, Management and Policy Sciences, B.S., 1968; M.A., New York Univ., 1971; Ph.D., The Univ. Pharmacy, Howard University, 1975; M.S., Georgia of Texas, 1980. Institute of Technology, 1994; Ph.D., George Research Interests: cancer prevention and control Mason University, 1999. for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers; Research Interests: Health disparities, cancer informed decision making for medical tests; psy- prevention, community-based research, environ- chosocial issues in cancer genetic testing. mental justice.

Kim Waller, Associate Professor, Epidemiology. Lawrence W. Whitehead, Associate Professor, B.A., Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, 1975; B.S., Environmental Health. B.A., B. Arch., Rice Univ., Univ. of California at San Francisco, 1979; M.P.H., 1971; M.P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1972; M. Arch., Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1986; Ph.D., Univ. of Rice Univ., 1973; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1976. California at Berkeley, 1991. Research Interests: Exposure assessment; occu- Research Interests: preventable risk factors for pational epidemiology; environmental health. birth defects; low birth weight; fetal death; birth defects; screening programs; association of Mark Williams, Associate Professor of Behavioral serum biomarkers (measured early in pregnancy) Sciences (Research). B.G.S., University of Iowa, and pregnancy outcome. Dr. Waller is currently 1976; M.A., University of Nebraska, 1979; Ph.D., working with the National Birth Defects University of Iowa, 1983. Prevention Study. This is a large multi-state case Research Interests: HIV/AIDS prevention; STD control study of 33 different birth defects, funded prevention; antiretroviral medication compliance; by CDC. drug abuse; minority health.

Scott T. Walters, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Robert A. Wise, Professor Emeritus. A.B., Univ. of Sciences (Brownsville Regional Campus). B.A., Kentucky, 1932; M.D., Washington Univ., 1936. Biola University, 1993; M.A., San Diego State University, 1996; Ph.D., University of New Momiao Xiong, Assistant Professor of Biological Mexico,2002. Sciences (Research). B.S., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, Research Interests: College student health and 1980; M.S., Univ. of Georgia, 1990; Ph.D., Univ. of substance abuse prevention, motivational theo- Georgia, 1993. ries of change, mailed and computerized interven- Research Interests: Functional genomics; bioin- tions for substance abuse, brief negotiation in formatics; genetic epidemiology; statistical genet- medical settings, religious and spiritual aspects of ics; pharmacogenetics; population genetics. psychology.

Stephen C. Waring, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Research). B.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1974; M.S., Texas A&M Univ., 1977; D.V.M., Texas A&M Univ., 1980; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas, 1994. Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS/PDC of Guam); zoonotic diseases (emerging zoonoses and agents of bioterrorism); Public Health preparedness; epidemiologic methods. The School of Public Health 143

Faculty of Other Components of The Barry W. Brown, Professor of Biometry (The Univ. University of Texas System of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Associated with School of Public Houston). B.S., Univ., of Chicago, 1959; M.S., Univ. Health Programs of California, 1961; Ph.D., Univ. of California, 1963.

Chul Ahn, Associate Professor of Biometry (The John P. Brown, Professor of Epidemiology (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Houston, Medical School). M.S., Georgia Institute Antonio). B.D.Sc., Univ. of Queensland, 1963; M.S., of Technology, 1982; M.S., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Univ. of Rochester, 1968; Ph.D., Univ. of 1983; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1986. Queensland, 1976.

Christopher I. Amos, Professor of Epidemiology Bruce D. Butler, Professor of Environmental (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Sciences (The University of Texas Health Science at Houston). B.A., Reed College, 1980; M.S., LSU Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., Medical Center, 1985; Ph.D., LSU Medical University of Texas, 1975; Ph.D., University of Center,1988. Texas Medical Branch, 1980.

E. Neely Atkinson, Assoc. Professor of Scott B. Cantor, Associate Professor of Biometry Biomathematics (The Univ. of Texas M.D. (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). B.A., Rice at Houston). B.A., Yale Univ., 1981; S.M., Harvard Univ., 1975; M.A., Rice Univ., 1981; Ph.D., Rice Univ., 1987; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1991. Univ., 1981. Theresa L. Carroll, Professor of Management and Karen Basen-Engquist, Associate Professor of Policy Sciences (The University of Texas Health Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing). Anderson Hospital). B.A., Saint Olaf College, 1982; B.S.N., Mt. Mercy College, 1968; M.N., University Ph.D., The University of Texas, 1989; M.P.H., The of Pittsburgh, 1974; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, University of Texas, 1990. 1982.

Kathleen Becan-McBride, Professor of Occupational Samuel Ward Casscells, III, Professor of Health (The University of Texas Health Science Biological Sciences (The Univ. of Texas Health Center at Houston, Medical School). B.S., University Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.S., of Houston, 1971; M.Ed., University of Houston, 1973; Yale University, 1974; M.D. Harvard Medical Ed.D., University of Houston, 1977. School, 1979.

Melissa L. Bondy, Assistant Professor of Gilbert A. Castro, Professor of Biological Sciences Epidemiology (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Cancer Center at Houston). B.A., University of Houston, Medical School). B.S. Lamar University, Texas, 1975; M.S., University of Texas, 1982; Ph.D., 1961; M.S. University of Arkansas, 1963; Ph.D. University of Texas, 1990. University of Texas Medical Branch, 1966.

Lyle D. Bromeling, Professor of Biometry (The Robert M. Chamberlain, Professor of Behavioral Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Sciences (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Houston). B.A., Texas A & M University, 1960; M.S., Cancer Center at Houston). B.A., Westheimer Texas A & M University, 1963; Ph.D., Texas A & M College, 1964; M.A., University of Missouri, 1967; University, 1966. Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1969.

Christine A. Brosnan, Assistant Professor of Alice Z. Chuang, Associate Professor of Management and Policy Sciences (The University Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology and of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Visual Science, UTHSC-H Medical School. B.B.A., School of Nursing). B.S.N., Georgetown National Chung Hsing Univ., Taiwan, 1981; M.A., University, 1965; M.S.N., UT Medical Branch at York Univ., Ontario, 1983; Ph.D., Univ. of Waterloo, Galveston, 1981; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1996. Ontario, 1988. 144 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Paul M. Cinciripini, Professor of Behavioral Janet Y. Groff, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Sciences (The University of Texas Health Science Cancer Center at Houston). Ph.D., Auburn Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., University, 1978. Southern Illinois Univ., 1976; M.D., The Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, 1980; M.S., Univ. of Lorenzo Cohen, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Missouri, 1986; Ph.D., The Univ. of Texas Health Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Science Center at Houston School of Public Cancer Center at Houston). Ph.D., Uniformed Health, 1997. Services – University of Health Sciences, 1994. Albert E. Gunn, Professor of Management and Frank Cole, Associate Professor of Occupational Policy Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. and Environmental Health (The University of Texas Anderson Cancer Center). B.S. Fordham College, Health Science Center at Houston, School of 1955; LL.B, Fordham Law School, 1958; MB, Nursing). B.S.N., Univ. of Massachusetts, 1981; National University of Ireland, 1967; LRCP, M.R.C.S. M.S.N., Univ. of Virginia, 1983; Ph.D., The Univ. of (England), 1967. Texas-Austin, 1988. Martin H. Hobdell, Professor of International John B. Conway, Professor of Environmental Public Health Dentistry (The University of Texas Sciences (The University of Texas at El Paso). Health Science Center at Houston, Dental Branch). L.R.S.R.C.S., England, 1961; B.D.S., Univ. Joan Engebretson, Associate Professor of of London, 1961; Ph.D., Univ. of London, 1970; M.A., Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas Univ. of Dublin, 1984. Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing). B.S.N., St. Olaf College, 1965; M.S., Texas H. Erle Janssen, Jr., Associate Professor of Woman’s University, 1979; Dr.P.H., University of Occupational Health (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Texas-Houston School of Public Health. Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). B.S., Sam Houston State Univ., 1974; M.S., Texas A & M Univ., Nancy L. Eriksen, Associate Professor of 1976. Management and Policy Sciences (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Medical Philip C. Johnson, Associate Professor of School). B.S., Univ. of Miami, 1981; M.D. Wright Occupational Health (The University of Texas State Univ., 1985. Health Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1975; M.D., Thomas J. Goka, Assistant Professor of Biological Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1979. Sciences (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences) B.S., Univ. of Houston, 1969; M.S., The Sciences; Professor & Director of Experimental Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Graduate Gynecology-Endocrinology, UT MD Anderson School of Biomedical Sciences, 1974;, Ph.D., The Cancer Center, Houston Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. J. Jack Lee, Associate Professor of Biometry (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Deanna E. Grimes, Associate Professor of Center). B.D.S., National Taiwan University, 1982; Management and Policy Sciences (The Univ. of M.S., University of California, 1984; Ph.D., Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of University of California, 1989. Nursing) BSN, Mercy College, 1962; MPH, UTHSCH, SPH, 1975; Dr.P.H., UTHSCH, SPH, 1988; MSN, Julie Lindenberg, Assistant Professor of UTHSCH, SON, 1991. Occupational and Environmental Health (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Ellen Ruth Gritz, Professor of Behavioral Sciences Houston, School of Nursing). B.S., Univ. of (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Delaware, 1983; M.S. Univ. of Texas Health at Houston). B.A., Barnard College, Columbia Science Center at Houston, 1989. University, 1964; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1971. The School of Public Health 145

Camille Lloyd, Professor of Behavioral Sciences Sena Narendran, Associate Professor of (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Management & Policy Sciences The University of Houston, Student Counseling Service). B.S., Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dental Brigham Young Univ., 1973; M.A., Univ. of Arizona, School). D.D.S., University of Ceylon, 1971; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., Univ. of Arizona, 1977. Univ. of London, 1983, Dr. P.H., Univ. of Michigan School of Public Health, (pending). Jordan Lovy, Assistant Professor of Management & Policy Sciences (The University of Texas Health Pablo C. Okhuysen, Associate Professor of Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.S., Biological Sciences (The University of Texas Michigan State Univ., 1984; M.D., Chicago College Health Science Center at Houston, Medical of Osteopathic Medicine, 1988. School). B.S., Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, 1982; M.D., Universidad Autonoma Alex McMahan, Professor of Biometry (The Univ. de Guadalajara, 1988. of Science Center at San Antonio). B.S., Louisiana State Univ., 1966; M.A., Rice Univ., 1968; Ph.D., Rice Sharon K. Ostwald, Professor of Behavioral Univ., 1970. Sciences (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing). B.S., Janet C. Meininger, Professor of Epidemiology Wheaton College, 1964; M.S., University of (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at Minnesota, 1976; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Houston School of Nursing). B.S.N., Saint Louis 1986. Univ., 1967; MSN, Case Western Reserve Univ., 1970; Ph.D., Univ., of North Carolina, 1979. Alexander V. Prokhorov, Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Charles C. Miller, III, Associate Professor of Anderson Cancer Center). M.D., First Moscow Epidemiology (The University of Texas Health Medical Sechenov School, 1979; Ph.D., The USSR Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., Cardiology Research Center, 1988. Texas Christian University, 1983; M.A., Rice University, 1986; Ph.D., The University of Texas Stanley J. Reiser, Professor of Humanities and Health Science Center Houston School of Public Technology and Health Care (The Univ. of Texas Health, 1993. Health Science Center at Houston, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences). A.B., Columbia Univ., 1959; C.S. Miller, III, Assistant Professor of M.D., State Univ. of New York, 1963; M.P.A., Harvard Environmental Sciences. (University of Texas Univ., 1966; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1970. Health Science Center at San Antonio). B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1968; M.S., University of Cielito Reyes-Gibby, Instructor of Behavioral California, Berkeley, 1969; M.D., The University of Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Texas-San Antonio Health Science Center, 1985. Cancer Center). M.S. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Lewis B. Morgenstern, Associate Professor of Nursing, 1994; Ph.D., The University of Texas Epidemiology (The University of Texas Health Health Science Center at Houston, School of Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., Public Health, 1998. Pomona College, 1984; M.D., Univ. of Michigan Medical School,1990. William L. Risser, Professor of Epidemiology (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Virginia A. Moyer, Associate Professor of Houston, Medical School). B.A., Harvard College, Pediatrics (The Univ. of Texas Health Science 1964; M.A., Harvard University, 1968; M.D., Yale Center at Houston, Medical School). B.A., Rice Medical School, 1972; Ph.D., University of Texas, Univ., 1974; M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1977; 1994. M.P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1989. Edward B. Rubenstein, Professor of Management and Policy Sciences (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). B.S., Wilkes College, 1981; M.D., Hahnemann Medical College, 1981. 146 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Terry Satterwhite, Professor of Management & Sharon M. Weinstein, Assistant Professor of Policy Sciences (The University of Texas Health Management & Policy Sciences (The University of Science Center at Houston, Medical School). B.S., Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). Lenior Rhyne College, 1964; M.D., Bowman Gray B.S., Empire State College, 1979; M.D., Albert School of Medicine, 1968. Einstein College of Medicine, 1986.

William E. Seifert, Jr., Assistant Professor of David W. Wetter, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences (The University of Texas Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Health Science Center at Houston, Medical Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). B.A., School: B.S., Marietta College, 1970; M.S., Purdue Whitman College, 1982; M.S., University of Oregon, University, 1973; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1975. 1988; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1993.

Michael Siciliano, Professor of Biological Xifeng Wu, Associate Professor of Epidemiology Sciences (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Cancer Center).M.S., Long Island University, 1962; at Houston). M.D., Shanghai Medical University, Ph.D., New York University, 1970. 1984; M.S. Zhejiang Medical University, 1987; Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Margaret R. Spitz, Associate Professor of Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 1994. Epidemiology (The Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Houston). M.B., B.Ch., Univ. of Stuart O. Zimmerman, Professor of Biometry (The Witwatersrand Medical School (South Africa), Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1966; M.P.H., The Univ. of Texas, 1981. Houston). B.A., Univ. of Chicago, 1954; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1964. Michael P. Stern, Professor of Epidemiology (The Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio). A.B., Harvard Univ., 1959; M.D., Univ. of Adjunct Faculty Pennsylvania, 1963. Antonio Aguirre, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Louise C. Strong, Professor of Biological Sciences Professor of Occupational Ophthalmology; (The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Medical Director and Eye Surgeon, Omega Eye Center at Houston) B.A., University of Texas at Center, Jackson, Tennessee. Austin, 1966; M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, 1970. Richard A. Albanese, A.B., M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Biometry; Chief, Radiation John A. Thomas, Professor of Environmental Sciences, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Sciences (The University of Texas Health Science Brooks AFB, San Antonio. Center at San Antonio). B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1956; M.A., University of Iowa, 1958; Richard C. Allison, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1961. Professor in Environmental Management; Professor in Environmental Management, Univ. of Sandra Upchurch, Assistant Professor of Houston, Clear Lake Campus. Behavioral Sciences (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Ron J. Anderson, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Nursing). B.S.N., Capital University, 1969; M.S., Health Policy; President & Chief Executive Officer, Texas Woman’s University, 1981; Ph.D., Texas Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas. Woman’s University, 1993. Raouf R. Arafat, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Assistant Qingyi Wei, Professor of Epidemiology (The Univ. Professor of Epidemiology, Bureau Chief, Depart. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Of Health and Human Services, City of Houston, Houston). M.D., Nanjing Medical College, China, Communicable Disease Division. 1983; M.Sc., Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, China, 1986; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1991. The School of Public Health 147

Carol M. Ashton, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Jean D. Brender, B.S., R.N., Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Management and Policy Sciences, Professor of Epidemiology; Associate Professor, Director, Health Services Research and Research Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos. Development, VAMC/Baylor, Houston. David P. Buchmueller, Adjunct Professor of the El Thomas Baranowski, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Paso Program; Senior Executive, MMI Companies, Behavioral Sciences, Children’s Nutrition Inc., El Paso. Research Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine. Mark A. Canfield, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Michael F. Barrett, Jr., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., Adjunct Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Program, Texas Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences; Dept. of Health, Austin. Chief Counsel and Staff Director, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Joye M. Carter, B.A., M.D., Adjunct Assistant Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Professor of Biological Sciences; Chief Medical Representatives, Washington, D.C. Examiner, Harris County Medical Examiner’s Dept., Houston, TX. Ian B. Berger, S.B., M.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences; Director, InFOCUS, Tommie G. Cayton, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate College of Optometry, University of Houston. Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Manager, Software Architecture and Design, The Robert Bernstein, B.A., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Psychological Corp., San Antonio. Public Health Administration; Retired. Jerome J. Congleton, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Alok Bhargava, B.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences; Associate Professor of Biometry; Associate Associate Professor, Texas A&M Univ., College Professor, Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Houston. Station.

Faiyaz A. Bhojani, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H., Adjunct Charles F. Contant, Jr., B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine; Assistant Professor of Biometry; Assistant Assistant Director, Medicine & Environmental Professor, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Baylor College Health Dept., Exxon Chemical Americas & Medical of Medicine, Houston. Director, Baytown Olefins Plant, Baytown, Texas. Sharon P. Cooper, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Steven N. Blair, B.A., M.S., P.E.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Professor, Professor of Epidemiology; Director of Texas A & M School of Rural Public Health, Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, The College Station. Cooper Institute, Dallas. Daniel L. Creson, B.A., M.D., M.A. Adjunct Gail M. Blakley, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Occupational Health; Physician’s Assistant, Milby Medical Group, Houston. Karen W. Cullen, Dr.P.H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Assistant Stephen Blanchard, Jr., B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Louis A. DeNino, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Our Lady of the Lake Univ., San Antonio. Assistant Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Health Science Officer, Audie L. Murphy Jeffrey M. Boswell, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Assistant V.A. Medical Center, San Antonio. Professor of Occupational Medicine; Occupational Health Physician, Dow USA, Texas Operations, Freeport, Texas. 148 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Mary des Vignes-Kendrick, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., Robert K. Gabrysch, Adjunct Asst. Professor of Adjunct Professor of Maternal and Child Health; Environmental Sciences; Chief, Houston Director, City of Houston, Dept. of Health and Subdistrict of the Geological Survey, U.S. Dept. of Human Services, Houston. the Interior, Houston.

James T. Downes, Jr., J.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Edmund A. Gehan, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Law; Assistant Professor of Biometry; Director of Biostatistics, County Attorney, Harris County Attorney’s Office, Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Institute, Houston, Texas. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Duncan Earle, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of the El Paso Program; Director, Center for Doris Georgiou, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of InterAmerican and Border Studies, UT El Paso. Behavioral Sciences, Research Associate, Baylor College of Medicine. Elizabeth Edmundson, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences; Associate W. Paul Glezen, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology and Health Epidemiology; Professor, Departments of Education, The University of Texas at Austin. Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Rabih Elsuki, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor or Management and Policy Sciences; HealthCare Harvey Goldstein, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Research Associates, Houston. Biometry; Director of the Multilevel Models Project, Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics and William L. Eschenbacher, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Computing, Institute of Education, Univ. of London. Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences; NIOSH, Morgantown, W VA. Victor H. Gonzalez, B.A., M.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Private Practice, Luis G. Escobedo, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., S.M., Adjunct Valley Retina Institute, McAllen, TX. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, El Paso M.P.H. Program; Medical Epidemiologist, New Louis J. Goodman, B.S., M.P.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Mexico Dept. of Health, Office of Border Health, Assoc. Professor of Medical Economics; Director, Las Cruces, NM. Division of Medical Economics, Texas Medical Association, Austin. Miguel A. Escobedo, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of the El Paso Program; Regional Edward A. Graviss, B.S., M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., Adjunct Director, Texas Department of Health Region 9 & 10, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Associate El Paso. Professor, Section of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. Ekere J. Essien, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences: Hubert G. Green, B.A., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Research Scientist, Research Centers in Minority Professor of Management and Policy Sciences, Institutions Program, College of Pharmacy and Dean and Professor of Health Care Sciences, Health Sciences, Texas Southern Univ., Houston, TX. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Anne C. Freeman, B.A., M.S.P.H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences; Manager, Lindsay I. Griffin, III, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Dallas County Health Department, Dallas, Texas. Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health; Senior Research Scientist with the Texas Gary K. Friedman, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Associate Transportation Institute at Texas A & M University, Professor of Occupational Medicine; President, College Station. Texas Occupational Medicine Institute, Houston. The School of Public Health 149

Jo Anne Grunbaum, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor of Claudia A. Kozinetz, B.A., M.P.H., Ph.D., Adjunct Behavioral Sciences; Health Scientist, Centers for Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Research Disease Control and Prevention, National Center Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health College of Medicine, Houston. Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Atlanta. Howard L. Kusnetz, M.Sc., Adjunct Professor of Occupational Health; Retired. Stanley F. Handel, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology; Private Practice, Radiology and Peter H. Langlois, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Adjunct Neuroradiology. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division, Bureau of John L. Hankinson, B.E.E., M.S.E.E., Ph.D., Adjunct Epidemiology, Texas Dept. of Health. Professor of Occupational Health; Retired as Chief, Clinical Investigations Branch, Div. for Leticia Lantican, Ph.D., R.N., Adjunct Associate Respiratory Disease Studies, NIOSH, Professor of the El Paso Program; Chair & Morgantown, WV. Associate Professor, Nursing Dept., College of Health Sciences, UT El Paso. Kirk C. Harlow, B.S., M.S., Dr. P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Management and Policy Roberta K. Lee, R.N., Dr.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Sciences; Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Injury Prevention; Professor, Community Nursing, Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake. Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis, MO.

Elizabeth A. Heron, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Bruce L. Levin, B.S., M.P.H., Dr. P.H., Adjunct Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Associate Professor of Health Services Chief, Neuropsychology Service, Lackland AFB, TX Administration; Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Policy Analysis, Univ. of South Margo Hilliard, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Assistant Florida, The Florida Mental Health Institute, Professor of Community Health Practice; Senior Tampa. Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, Houston. R. Jeff Lewis, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., M.B.A., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Occupational Health; Staff Cynthia L. Howard, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Epidemiologist at Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Assistant Professor of Ecology; Visiting Assistant Inc., East Millstone, NJ. Professor of Biology, Univ. of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston. Bernard A. Lustig, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Policy D. Christopher Keyes, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Sciences; Academic Director, The Institute of Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences; Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas. Chief, Section of Toxicology, Div. of Emergency Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Michele Malloy, B.A., M.Ed., J.D., Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Environmental Kay T. Kimball, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Law; Senior Corporate Attorney, Legal Professor of Biometry; Assistant Professor of Department, Tenneco, Inc., Houston. Medicine; Design and Analysis Unit, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. John P. McGovern, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Health Promotion/Health Education; President, Marek Kimmel, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of McGovern Foundation, Houston. Biometry; Professor of Statistics and Chairman, Dept. of Statistics, Rice University, Houston. Roy G. McMullen, M.S., Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences; City of Gerjo Kok, M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Houston Dept. of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Sciences; Professor and Chairman of Bureau of Air Quality Control, Houston. the Dept. of Health Education, The University of Limburg, The Netherlands. 150 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Peter Mieszkowski, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Management & Policy Sciences; Professor of Management and Policy Sciences, Cline Professor of Economics & Finance, Rice Commissioner of Health, Texas Department of Univ., Houston. Health.

C. Hunter Montgomery, A.B., M.D., Adjunct Glenna McKay Scharon, B.S.N., M.S., Adjunct Professor of Occupational Medicine; Assoc. Assistant Professor of Occupational Health Medical Director, Exxon Company, USA, Houston. Nursing; Manager, Health Services, Tenneco, Inc., Houston. Katherine J. Moore, B.S.N., M.S., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Occupational Health Lawrence Schulze, Ph.D., P.E., C.P.E., Adjunct Nursing; Supervisor, Medical Dept., Shell Oil Co., Associate Professor of Occupational Health; Deer Park. Director of the Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Core Program, Dept. of Industrial Ralph D. Morris, B.S., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Engineering, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX. Associate Professor of Community Health Practice; Executive Director, Galveston County Michelle G. Shedlin, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Health District, La Marque. Professor of Behavioral Sciences; President, Sociomedical Resource Associates, Inc., Francisco I. Perez, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Westport, CT. Assistant Professor of Occupational Psychology; Clinical Psychologist, Francisco I. Perez, Ph.D., Hasmukh J. Shroff, G.F.A.M., D.I.M., M.D., Adjunct and Associates, P. C., Houston, Texas. Professor of Biological Sciences; Professor and Head, Dermatology and STD, Grant Medical College Dennis M. Perrotta, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Bombay, India. Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Director, Epidemiology Div., Texas Dept. of Health, Austin. Malcolm Skolnick, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Retired. Carolyn F. Phillips, B.M.E., M.C.E., Adjunct Asst. Professor of Industrial Hygiene; Manager of E. O’Brian Smith, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Industrial Hygiene Services, Shell Oil Company, Biometry; Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College Houston. of Medicine, Houston.

Rebecca L. Ramos, M.A., M.P.H., Adjunct Marianna M. Sockrider, M.D., Dr. P.H., Adjunct Professor of the El Paso Program; US-Mexico Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences; Border Health Association, Training and Technical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Baylor Assistance Div., El Paso. College of Medicine.

J. Stephen Robinson, Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Kathleen Staudt, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of the Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences; El Paso Program; Professor of Political Science, Consultant, self-employed, Willis, TX. UT El Paso.

Geoffrey L. Rosenthal, M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Hugh W. Stephens, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology; Pediatric Cardiology, Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. College of Political Sciences, University of Houston.

Eugenio J. Salazar, B.S., M.D., Adjunct Assistant Robert A. Teague, B.A., M.D., Adjunct Assoc. Professor of Occupational Medicine; Regional Professor of Occupational Health; President, Clinical Director, Dow Chemical Co., Freeport, Texas. Respiratory Consultants, Houston.

Subash R. Salunke, M.B.B.S., D.P.H., D.I.H., M.D., James R. Thompson, B.E., M.A., Ph.D., Adjunct Adjunct Associate Professor of Biological Professor of Biometry; Professor, Statistics Dept., Sciences; Director of Health Services, National Rice Univ., Houston. AIDS Control Program, Maharashta, India. The School of Public Health 151

Melissa D. Tonn, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine; Medical Director, Memorial Healthcare System- Worklink, Houston, Texas.

Shan Pou Tsai, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Biometry; Senior Epidemiologist, Shell Oil Co., Houston.

Assefa N. Tulu, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Epidemilogist, Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services, Dallas.

Stephen K. Tyring, M.D., M.P.H, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences; Medical Director, UTMB Center for Clinical Studies, Houston.

Carlos Vallbona, B.A., B.S., M.D., Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine; Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.

Beryl C. Vallejo, Dr.P.H., R.N.; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management and Policy Sciences; Clinical Specialist, CareScience.com.

James M. Vanderploeg, B.S., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Occupational and Aerospace Medicine; General Manager, Krug International, Technology Life Sciences Division, Houston.

Robert O. Youde, B.A., M.P.A. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management & Policy Sciences, San Antonio.

Juan C. Zevallos, M.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Medical Epidemiologist, Center for Border Health Researach, El Paso. The School of Public Health 153

Geographic Distribution of Alumni United States

Alabama 9 Nevada 8

Alaska 1 New Hampshire 2

Arizona 27 New Jersey 22

Arkansas 13 New Mexico 24

California 108 New York 30

Colorado 30 North Carolina 41

Connecticut 11 North Dakota 2

Delaware 3 Ohio 41

District of Columbia 17 Oklahoma 12

Florida 38 Oregon 15

Georgia 59 Pennsylvania 24

Hawaii 5 Puerto Rico 1

Idaho 2 Rhode Island 1

Illinois 31 South Carolina 10

Indiana 16 South Dakota 4

Kansas 6 Tennessee 27

Kentucky 10 Texas 1734

Louisiana 21 Utah 10

Maine 1 Vermont 2

Maryland 69 Virginia 45

Massachusetts 23 Virgin Islands 4

Michigan 22 Washington 28

Minnesota 8 West Virginia 7

Mississippi 6 Wisconsin 8

Missouri 25 Total U.S. Address 2668

Montana 2

Nebraska 3 154 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Geographic Distribution of Alumni Non United States

Australia 3 The Netherlands 3

Austria 1 Nigeria 5

Bahamas 1 Norway 2

Bahrain 1 Pakistan 4

Bangladesh 2 The Philippines 1

Brazil 4 Puerto Rico 1

Canada 14 Peru 1

Chile 1 Qatar 1

China 1 St. Lucia 2

Colombia 2 Samoa 1

Cyprus 1 Saudi Arabia 3

Egypt 3 Scotland 1

England 8 Singapore 1

Finland 1 Spain 6

France 1 Sri Lanka 1

Greece 1 Switzerland 2

Guatemala 1 Syria 1

Hong Kong 1 Taiwan 9

India 1 Tanzania 2

Israel 2 Thailand 3

Italy 1 Venezuela 3

Japan 6 Zimbabwe 2

Kenya 4 Total Graduates 3960

Korea 7 Total U.S. 2668

Lebanon 1 Total Non U.S. 138

Luxemborg 1 Unknown Address 1079

Malaysia 2 Deceased 71

Mexico 9 APO Address 4

Mozambique 1 The School of Public Health 155

US Schools of Public Health and Graduate Public Health Programs Accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health GRADUATE SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH

University of Alabama at Birmingham Columbia University School of Public Health Mailman School of Public Health 1530 Third Ave. South 722 West 168th Street, 14th Floor RPHB 140 New York, NY 10032 Birmingham, AL 35294-0022 (212) 305-3929 (205) 975-7742 http://mailman.hs.columbia.edu www.uab.edu/PublicHealth/ Emory University University of Arizona Rollins School of Public Health Arizona State University 1518 Clifton Rd., NE Northern Arizona University Atlanta, GA 30322 Mel and Enid Zukerman Arizona (404) 727-8720 College of Public Health www.sph.emory.edu 1501 N. Campbell Ave. P.O. Box 245163 George Washington University Tucson, AZ 85724-5163 School of Public Health & Health Services (520) 626-7083 2300 Eye St., NW http://ahsc.arizona.edu/pub-hlth/100.htm/ Washington, DC 20037 (202) 994-5179 Boston University www.gwumc.edu/sphhs School of Public Health 715 Albany St. Harvard University Boston, MA 02118 School of Public Health (617) 638-4640 677 Huntington Ave. http://www.bumc.bu.edu/SPH Boston, MA 02115 (617) 432-1025 University of California, Berkeley www.hsph.harvard.edu School of Public Health 19 Earl Warren Hall University of Illinois at Chicago Berkeley, CA 94720 School of Public Health (510) 642-2082 2121 West Taylor St. http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~sph/ Chicago, IL 60612 (312) 996-6620 University of California, Los Angeles www.uic.edu/sph/ School of Public Health Center for the Health Sciences University of Iowa Box 951772 College of Public Health Los Angeles, CA 90095 200 Hawkins Dr., E22OH1 GH (310) 825-6381 Iowa City, IA 52242 www.ph.ucla.edu (319) 384-5452 www.public-health.uiowa.edu

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 North Wolfe St. Baltimore, MD 21205-2179 (410) 955-3540 www.jhsph.edu 156 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Loma Linda University University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health School of Public Health Loma Linda, CA 92350 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. (909) 558-4578 Fort Worth, TX 76107-2699 www.llu.edu/llu/sph/ (817) 735-2323 www.hsc.unt.edu/education/sph/ University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences Ohio State University 715 North Pleasant St., 108 Arnold House School of Public Health Amherst, MA 01003-9304 College of Medicine and Public Health (413) 545-1303 M-116 Starling Loving Hall, 320 W. 10th Ave. www.umass.edu/SPHHS Columbus, OH 43210-1240 (614) 293-3913 University of Medicine and Dentistry of www.sph.ohio-state.edu New Jersey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey University of Oklahoma New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Public Health School of Public Health PO Box 26901 335 George St., Liberty Plaza, Suite 2200 801 NE 13th St. PO Box 2688 Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5072 New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688 (405) 271-2232 (732) 235-9700 http://w3.ouhsc.edu/coph/ www.sph.umdnj.edu University of Pittsburgh University of Michigan Graduate School of Public Health School of Public Health A-624 Crabtree Hall 109 South Observatory St. 130 De Soto St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (734) 763-5454 (412) 624-3001 www.sph.umich.edu/ http://www.pitt.edu/~gsphhome/

University of Minnesota University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health Graduate School of Public Health Mayo Mail Code 197, 420 Delaware St., SE Medical Sciences Campus Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381 PO Box 365067 (612) 624-6669 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 www.sph.umn.edu (787) 764-5975 http://www.rcm.upr.edu University at Albany, State University of New York Saint Louis University School of Public Health School of Public Health One University Pl. 3545 Lafayette Ave., Suite 300 Rensselaer, NY 12144-3456 St. Louis, MO 63104-1314 (518) 402-0283 (314) 977-8100 www.albany.edu/sph http://publichealth.slu.edu

University of North Carolina, San Diego State University Chapel Hill Graduate School of Public Health School of Public Health San Diego, CA 92182-4162 170 Rosenau Hall, CB # 7400 (619) 594-1255 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400 http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/gsph (919) 966-3215 www.sph.unc.edu/ The School of Public Health 157

University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health 800 Sumter St., 109 Health Sciences Building (#76) Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-5032 www.sph.sc.edu/

University of South Florida College of Public Health 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. (MDC-56) Tampa, FL 33612-3805 (813) 974-6603 http://www.hsc.usf.edu/publichealth/

Texas A & M University System Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health 1266 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-1266 (979) 845-2387 http://tamushsc.tamu.edu/SRPH Preaccreditation

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health PO Box 20186 Houston, TX 77225 (713) 500-9050 www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/

Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 1440 Canal St., Suite 2430 New Orleans, LA 70112-2715 (504) 588-5397 www.sph.tulane.edu

University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine Box 357230 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 543-1144 http://depts.washington.edu/sphcm

Yale University Department of Epidemiology and Public Health School of Medicine PO Box 208034, 60 College St. New Haven, CT 06520-8034 (203) 785-2867 http://info.med.yale.edu/eph/ The School of Public Health 159

UT-Houston Policy Information for Students

The following excerpts and policy descriptions The full text of FERPA, which includes a list of from The University of Texas Health Science directory information that the university may Center at Houston Handbook of Operating release without a written request for non-disclo- Procedures (HOOP) are from selected policies sure, can be found online at that relate to student life at UTHSC-H. Additional http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/ student policies can be found in the HOOP located planning/pub/hoop/app_c/c_6_08.html on the internet at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_gen- note that in some cases, the thesis or dissertation eral/admin_fin/planning/ pub/hoop/index.html or authored by a student must be made available to linked to the university’s Home Page interested members of the community for neces- (http://www.uth.tmc.edu/). sary review and commentary. A copy of FERPA is also maintained and available in the Office of the In an educational community as large as The Registrar. University of Texas System, formal policies and procedures must exist to facilitate the orderly conduct of affairs. The Regents’ Rules and AIDS, HIV, HBV, and HCV Infection Regulations (http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules/ The University of Texas Health Science Center at homepage.html) reflect the general policies and Houston (UTHSC-H) works to help safeguard the rules set forth by the Board of Regents of The health and safety of students, employees, University of Texas System and apply to all institu- patients, and the general public against the con- tions within the UT System. The Regents’ Rules tact and spread of infectious diseases. The and Regulations supersede all official documents UTHSC-H is also sensitive to the needs and rights at UTHSC-H and all policies in these documents of any of its employees or students who have con- must reflect the policies outlined in the Regents’ tracted diseases that might be infectious. In Rules and Regulations. The HOOP implements the recognition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus rules of governance and administrative proce- (HIV), Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), and Hepatitis C dures for UTHSC-H within the guidelines of the Virus (HCV) as serious public health threats, the policies set forth by the Board of Regents. UTHSC-H has adopted policy and procedural steps to both prevent the spread of HIV, HBV, and For additional information on policies specific to HCV infections and to protect the rights and well- individual schools, contact the Student Affairs being of those employees or students who may be Office in your school. infected with HIV and HBV. The full policy, which defines terms and addresses general principles, STUDENTS ARE HELD INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSI- voluntary counseling and testing, work-related BLE FOR READING AND BECOMING FAMILIAR exposure, and educational efforts, can be found WITH UTHSC-H POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/ PROCEDURES. admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/18/18_07.html

Academic Records and Family Campus Security Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) UTHSC-H is committed to a safe and secure learning and working environment. To that end, the uni- The University of Texas Health Science Center at versity strives to assure that its buildings and con- Houston (UTHSC-H) is in compliance with the tents are secure and that members of the univer- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) sity community are properly identified and are of 1974, which protects the privacy of educational given appropriate access to university facilities records and establishes the rights of students to and amenities. Policy 1.06 Campus Security can be access and correct their educational records. The found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_gener- full policy can be found online at al/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/01/1_06.html http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla nning/pub/hoop/06/6_08.html 160 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Conduct and Discipline Any student or potential student who has a com- plaint under this policy should contact the associ- All UTHSC-H students are expected and required ate dean for student affairs in his or her school or to obey federal, state, and local laws; comply with contact the executive vice president for academic the Regents' Rules and Regulations; comply with affairs. The full policy can be found online at UTHSC-H and UT System rules and regulations; http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla comply with directives issued by administrative nning/pub/hoop/06/6_01.html officials of the UTHSC-H or UT System in the course of their authorized duties; and observe standards of conduct appropriate for an academ- Hazing ic institution. Any student who engages in conduct that violates the Regents' Rules and Regulations, Hazing is prohibited by both state law (Sections UTHSC-H or UT System rules, or federal, state, or 37.151 et seq and 51.936, Education Code) and by local laws is subject to discipline whether the the Regents’ Rules and Regulations (Part One, conduct takes place on or off campus and Chapter VI, Section 3.28). The term “hazing” is whether or not civil or criminal penalties are broadly defined by statute to mean any intention- imposed for such conduct. The full policy, which al, knowing, or reckless act, occurring on or off defines unacceptable conduct and sanctions, and the campus of UTHSC-H, that endangers the men- describes the process, can be found online at tal or physical health or safety of a student for the http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating nning/pub/hoop/06/6_03.html with, holding office in, or maintaining membership in any organization whose members are or include students at the university. Hazing with or without Disability Accommodation the consent of the student is prohibited and viola- tions may render both the person inflicting the The University of Texas Health Science Center at hazing and the person submitting to the hazing Houston (UTHSC-H) ensures equal educational subject to criminal prosecution and student disci- opportunity for all disabled individuals who are plinary action by UTHSC-H. (From policy 6.03 otherwise qualified, with or without reasonable Conduct and Discipline, http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ accommodation. ut_general/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/06/6_03. html) If any student has questions about a disability or accommodation, or feels that he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of a disability, Immunizations and Health Records he or she should contact the UTHSC-H Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity or contact the All students registering at The University of Texas Student Affairs office at his/her school. Policies Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) are and procedures regarding disability accommoda- required to furnish an immunization record signed tion can be found online at by a health care provider. Certain exemptions are http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/ allowed from all immunization requirements. The planning/pub/hoop/06/6_02.html UT Medical School Health Services (MSHS) will place an immunization "hold" on each student's record at the time of admission if immunizations Equal Educational Opportunity are incomplete. The hold blocks registration. The MSHS will release all immunization holds after The University of Texas-Health Science Center at proof of immunizations is satisfied. Houston (UTHSC-H) strives to maintain an educational environment that is free from impermissible The full policy, which lists required immunizations discrimination. No person shall be excluded from and procedures for requesting exemptions from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be sub- required immunizations, can be found online at ject to discrimination under any program or activ- http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla ity sponsored or conducted by UTHSC-H or any of nning/pub/hoop/06/6_07.html its component academic entities on any basis prohibited by applicable law, including, but not limited to, race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or disability. The School of Public Health 161

Important information about bacterial meningitis of 1992, the UTHSC-H has created a policy specif- can be found on the Registrar’s website ically to address this important issue. Policy 6.14 (http://registrar.uth.tmc.edu/registrn/bacmeningi- Sexual Assault can be found online at tis.html), and the Certification of Immunization http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla form contains a place for acknowledging receipt nning/pub/hoop/06/6_14.html of this information.

Sexual Harassment Oath of Residence The UTHSC-H distinguishes between, and has dif- Before an individual may register at The University ferent procedures for dealing with, allegations of of Texas Health Science Center at Houston sex discrimination and sexual harassment. Any (UTHSC-H) and pay tuition at the rate provided for student who feels that he or she has been dis- residents of the State of Texas, the individual must criminated against on the basis of his or her sex complete a residence questionnaire and affirm should use the appropriate Grievance process under oath that he or she is entitled to be classi- outlined in the online policy. This policy applies to fied as a resident for the purposes of tuition. The the conduct of all members of the community of full policy can be found online at UTHSC-H including, but not limited to, administra- http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla tors, faculty, staff, students, residents, fellows and nning/pub/hoop/06/6_12.html other trainees, volunteers, vendors, consultants, observers, and visitors. The full policy, which defines sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, Observing Religious Holy Days and consensual relationships and explains the appropriate process for registering complaints, Students who are absent from classes for the can be found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ observance of a religious holy day may take an ut_general/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/02/2_04. examination or complete an assignment sched- html uled for the religious holy day within a reasonable time before or after the absence, as long as the student informs the instructor of each class to be Student Government missed of the planned absence(s) not later than the fifteenth day of the semester. The notification UTHSC-H authorizes the existence of a student must be in writing and may either be delivered by government body that has the jurisdictions and the student personally to each instructor, with powers delegated by the Board of Regents of The receipt of the notification acknowledged and University of Texas System. The student associa- dated by each instructor, or mailed by certified tion of UTHSC-H is the Student InterCouncil (SIC), mail, return receipt requested, to each instructor. which is recognized as a forum for student opinion and is made up of representatives from each of As noted, a student who follows these procedures the six schools with minority and international rep- and is excused from class for a religious holy day resentation. The SIC bylaws can be found online in may not be penalized, but the instructor may the HOOP at respond appropriately if the student fails to satis- http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla factorily complete the assignment or examination. nning/pub/hoop/app_b/sic.html The full policy can be found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla The full student government policy can be found nning/pub/hoop/02/2_37A.html online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/ admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/06/6_06.html and the Statement on Governance can be found at Sexual Assault http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla nning/pub/hoop/app_c/c_4_26.html UTHSC-H seeks to provide a campus environment free from inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature including sexual assault. In accordance with this commitment, and in accordance with the requirements of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act 162 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Substance Abuse - Students Other important policies affecting students are included in the HOOP UTHSC-H is committed to maintaining an environ- (http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pl ment that is free from substance abuse and its pri- anning/pub/hoop/index.html); e.g., Chapter 2 mary concern related to substance abuse among University Citizenship and Chapter 18 Safety and students is prevention and treatment. The institu- Health. Additional student policies are listed tion provides educational programs to inform its below. Students are expected to read and famil- community about the physical and psychological iarize themselves with university policies and problems associated with substance abuse, as procedures. well as pertinent state and federal laws. The UTHSC-H recognizes that substance abuse is a 6.09 Student Employment Appointments treatable condition and, as an institution dedicat- 6.10 Financial Aid ed to health, facilitates the treatment and rehabil- 6.11 Tuition, Fees, and Debt itation of this condition. The full policy can be 6.11A Tuition and Refund found online at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_gener- 6.13 Governance al/admin_fin/planning/pub/hoop/18/18_06.html 6.15 Tax-Free Sales 6.16 Student Services 6.17 Student Publications Travel by UTHSC-H Students

UTHSC-H supports the educational, research and service activities of its students by sponsoring and reimbursing certain travel activities expenditures. The university, however, has special concerns as to how students are asked or permitted to travel on official university business. This policy includes special rules outlined by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System to assure that students who are asked or authorized to travel are aware of university rules on travel, how to seek and obtain approval for travel, how to be reim- bursed for travel expenditures, and safety rules that apply to student travel. The full policy can be found at http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ut_general/admin_fin/pla nning/pub/hoop/06/6_18.html