First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Whitney,Garney,Associate Professor,"My expertise is in community-based research and evaluation, with an emphasis in ecological and systems approaches to public health problems. research has examined community-based approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention, teenage pregnancy prevention, maternal and child health, smoking cessation, access to mental health services, and physical activity in rural communities.",Assistant Professor||Associate Professor,Kinesiology and Sport Management||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n019e4b92
James,Burdine,Regents Professor,"Community Health Development is a domain at the intersection of Community Development, Health Promotion, and Public Health. As Founding Director and Co-PI of the Center for Community Health Development my research interests focus on learning how to more effectively increase community problem-solving capacity. Using the Partnership Approach, a socio-ecological framework and social determinants of health perspective, our projects examine factors influencing population health status and intervention strategies to improve health status and access to care. A key component of these activities are community health status assessments both as a data collection tool and community organizing focal point.","Professor||Founding Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Community Health Development",Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n245f9b44
Jamilia,Blake,Professor,,"Professor||Director, Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research",School of Public Health||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n29fa4c31
Benjamin,Montemayor,Visiting Assistant Professor,"Dr. Montemayor is a health behavior social scientist, with a background in alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) research and quantitative research methodology. Dr. Montemayor's research spans a variety of ATOD content areas involving the assessments of substance using behaviors (i.e., alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other drugs), including polysubstance use, and associated risk factors (e.g. cultural and social norms, motives, perceived risks). Specifically, his interests include the utility of prevention and intervention programming in ATOD use among adolescent and young adult at-risk minority populations and underrepresented sub-groups through tailored and relevant programming. Dr. Montemayor likes to utilize a harm reduction approach in ATOD use programming to mitigate the ways ATOD use impacts those from unrepresented backgrounds, and he incorporates theory to help explain and predict the future use of alcohol and other drugs. For example, his research looking at age-of-onset, Greek affiliation, and classification in college has helped collaborators revamp their intervention approach and content to fit the needs and behaviors of the student body. Additionally, his theoretical research has helped provide evidence-based, theoretically driven changes and approaches in addressing campus ATOD challenges.
Dr. Montemayor is experienced in all stages of ATOD use programming, including the development and implementation of both individual and group ATOD use intervention programs at numerous University's Health and Wellness Departments. Dr. Montemayor has experience in leading both individual and group focused ATOD intervention programs, including Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), a harm-reduction, preventive intervention evidence-based approach to reducing alcohol use among college students who are active alcohol drinkers and who are at risk for alcohol-related problems.",Visiting Assistant Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n343b77a8
Tiffany,Radcliff,Professor,,Professor||Associate Dean for Research,Health Policy and Management||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n657927d1
Shawn,Gibbs,Dean,"Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH, is Dean of the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. Shawn has over a hundred articles in industrial hygiene and environmental exposure assessment, focusing on disrupting transmission of highly infectious diseases. He is a Member of USEPA Board of Scientific Counselors for Homeland Security. He was a U.S. Faculty Fulbright Scholar to Egypt and has been PI of three Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Programs (Egypt and Libya). His research has helped to determine national policies, procedure, and best practices for response to Ebola virus disease, COVID-19, and other highly infectious diseases. Shawn has held roles in organizations, such as National Ebola Training and Education Center, Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, NIOSH funded Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, and Director of Research for the CDC/DHHS funded Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Shawn is heavily involved in national worker training programs in Hazardous Materials Disaster Preparedness Training and Hazardous Waste Worker Training. He is a national leader in the research, training, and policy related to national and international responses to highly infectious disease outbreaks, including developing procedures for aeromedical evacuation isolation.",Dean||Dean,School of Public Health||Health Science Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n959e5ca4
Ledric,Sherman,Associate Professor,"Dr. Ledric Sherman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior at the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. Dr. Sherman's research interests are focused on Type 2 diabetes self-management, Men's health, technology use to manage chronic illnesses, and health education and wellness promotion. Dr. Sherman's research agenda has two distinct lines of work. The first line is centered on reducing chronic disease disparities, pointedly type 2 diabetes, among ethnic minority men. This work seeks to inform the knowledge base regarding health disparities, particularly in type 2 diabetes prevention and management among populations and communities adversely impacted by health disparities. The second line of inquiry examines the intersection of race, gender, and geography. Dr. Sherman enjoys teaching and mentoring students to help prepare them for the next chapter in their in lives, both professionally and personally. Dr. Sherman has taught undergraduate courses in Environmental Health, Grant Writing, Healthy Lifestyles, Contemporary Issues for Community Health Interns and Introduction to Health Disparities and Diversity. He has taught graduate courses in Health Program Planning and Health Education Ethics for both masters and doctoral students.",Associate Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9fa4f4d2
Sara,Fehr,Clinical Associate Professor,"Sara K. Fehr is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior in the School of Public Health. She earned her PhD in Health Education from the University of Cincinnati with a cognate emphasis in Women's Health and Human Sexuality in 2015. Dr. Fehr currently teaches undergraduate Introduction to the Discipline, Women's Health, and Human Sexuality. Her research interests include the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, intimate partner violence and sexual assault. In addition to being CHES certified, Dr. Fehr is also a certified facilitator for the Green Dot and STAND Up programs, which utilize education, social marketing, and action planning in an effort to reduce power-based personal violence on the A&M campus. She is also a certified sexual assault survivor advocate and works as a volunteer for the local sexual assault resource center.",Clinical Associate Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nafeae3e4
Qian,Ji,Clinical Assistant Professor,"Dr. Qian Ji earned her PhD in Health Education in the Department of Health and Kinesiology from Texas A&M University. She currently teaches health courses in the Department of Health Behavior such as Human Diseases, Consumer Health, Worksite Health Promotion, Introduction to Health Disparities and Diversity, and other courses both face-to-face and online. Her research interests include stress management, expressive writing, learning productivity, emotional health, and overall well-being. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at state, national, and international conferences. She is a professional member of SOPHE, APHA, and TAA, and a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). Dr. Ji is also the co-director of Promoting Outstanding Writing for Excellence in Research (POWER). She offers POWER academic writing workshops and studio across the A&M campus, national, and international academic conferences.",Clinical Assistant Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb3ea6510
Ellisa Lisako,McKyer,Professor & Chancellor's EDGES Fellow,"Dr. McKyer is an expert in 1) community-based participatory approaches, 2) social and structural determinants of health disparities & inequities - especially for racial/ethnic minorities, and 3) professional and organizational preparation for climate and diversity among health professions.",Professor||Senior Associate Dean||Professor (Joint),Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences||School of Public Health||Humanities in Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbca92840
Tyler,Prochnow,Assistant Professor,"I am passionate about understanding the role social connections and interactions play in health behaviors. This passion has led to a research focus on social network analysis and health behavior. More specifically, I have focused my research on the social aspects of physical activity among children and families. Because of this focus, I am versed in social network analysis, systematic observation, intervention development and implementation, as well as rural and minority health.","Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior",School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd2f64732
Susan,Carpender,Director,,Director,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nda020ca9
Mark,Benden,Professor and Head,,Professor and Department Head Environmental & Occupational Health||Director||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Ergonomics Center||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf26a74d0
Tamika,Gilreath,Professor,,Associate Director||Professor||Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs,Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research||School of Public Health||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf486de0f
Christopher,Owens,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Owens (he/him/his) is a health behavior scientist with specific training and expertise in rural HIV prevention and care, rural LGBTQ adolescent and adult health, and LGBTQ adolescent HIV prevention. His research takes a socioecological perspective where he examines how intrapersonal (e.g., attitudes, skills), interpersonal (e.g., parents, primary care providers, mental health providers), organizational (e.g., health care organizations and systems), and communal (e.g., culture, policies) factors influence the health promotion and health disparities of rural HIV outcomes and rural LGBTQ health outcomes. He is particularly interested in HIV prevention, HIV care, depression and anxiety, and loneliness and social connection outcomes among LGBTQ adolescent and adult populations living in rural areas. In addition to taking a socioecological perspective, Dr. Owens has training and is interested in implementation science, where he investigates how health care organizations and providers can better adopt, implement, and sustain HIV preventive and care evidence-based practices. Dr. Owens has training in mixed method and qualitative study designs.",Assistant Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf591ac3c
Heather,Clark,Research Assistant Professor,"Dr. Heather Clark served as led the evaluation of the Center for Community Health Development while it was a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded Prevention Research Center, and spent a decade evaluating community capacity building efforts, assisting in conducting community health assessments, designing evaluations for community-based partnerships and public health programs, and served as evaluator and co-investigator on a variety of other research and contract projects. Her research interests include program evaluation, community organizing and capacity building, and the evaluation of community based partnerships, specifically the use of interorganizational network analysis to examine growth in the partnerships. She serves as Co-Principal Investigator on two state-wide evaluation projects and have been a co-investigator on numerous supplemental grants and contracts, including assessment, evaluation, and other public health projects.",Research Assistant Professor,School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfd556d31