First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Kayla,Cline,Clinical Assistant Professor,,Clinical Assistant Professor,Accounting,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n004b46f3
Peter,Murano,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor,Nutrition,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n01908cad
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
Raymond,Carroll,Distinguished Professor,,Distinguished Professor,Statistics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n032647a0
Hongwei,Zhao,Professor,,Professor,Epidemiology and Biostatistics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0698bd50
Jose,Hernandez,Assistant Professor,Licensed pharmacist and a health services research investigator. Specialization in the field of drug information and administrative claims data.,Assistant Professor,Pharmaceutical Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n093c7c57
Nancy,Fahrenwald,Professor and Dean,"As a board certified advanced public health nurse, Dr. Fahrenwald has worked in collaboration with local, state, regional and national organizations and groups to translate research evidence into sustainable programs that support tobacco cessation and prevention, improve access to primary health care, and impact chronic disease prevention and control. She has led or provided consultation to 30 funded research or training projects. Her extensive experience with multiple federal agencies focuses on rural health care access and the needs of underserved populations, especially organ and tissue donation education for American Indians.",Dean||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0cb1b858
Felix,Mormann,Professor,"My research explores the legal, policy, and financial challenges along the path to a sustainable energy economy. My scholarship draws on and engages with multiple literatures, including the literatures on environmental law, regulatory theory, law and economics, corporate law, technology innovation, tax law, and, more recently, federalism.",Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||School of Law||College of Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n13379c81
Susan,Rodiek,Associate Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Associate Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Architecture,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n18272581
Benjamin,Neuman,Professor,,Professor,Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n193ea580
Jongwha,Chang,Associate Professor,"As a health outcome researcher, and applied statistician, my research generally focuses on examining issues related to effectiveness of medical care delivery and health outcomes in chronic disease and cancer. My research work in this context has examined diverse topics related to economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals, risk adjustment of health outcomes, quality of primary care, medication and patient safety, applied statistical methodology in health services evaluation, and patient-centered outcomes evaluation.",Associate Professor,Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1a7beafe
Stratos,Pistikopoulos,Professor,"The objective of my research programme is to develop fundamental theory and optimization based methodologies and computational tools that enable process engineers to analyze, design and evaluate process manufacturing systems which are economically attractive, energy efficient and environmentally benign, while at the same time exhibit good performance characteristics like flexibility, controllability, robustness, reliability and safety.",Director||Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1aaac28f
Blanca,Lupiani,Professor,"Research in my laboratory focuses on better understanding the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of Marek's disease virus, a chicken oncogenic alphaherpesvirus. We study gene function using biochemical techniques and by introducing mutations into the viral genome. The knowledge obtained from these studies is used to develop vaccines to control this critical poultry pathogen. In addition, we are investigating the use of Marek's disease vaccines as viral vectors to control other viral diseases of poultry.",Professor,Veterinary Pathobiology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n255741f6
Charles,Hall,Professor,,Professor,Horticultural Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n263e1c5b
Marcia,Ory,Regents and Distinguished Professor,"Her primary administrative role is serving as Founding Director of the University-wide Center for Population Health and Aging.
She also serves as Associate Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and Initiatives at the Health Science Center. As Founding Director of the Texas A&M Center for Population Health and Aging, she is working with an interdisciplinary cross-campus group to develop innovative research projects across public health, medicine, architecture, engineering and computer sciences that reframe healthy aging as the new normal.
She has been a primary investigator on multiple local, state and federally funded grants to implement and evaluate evidence-based interventions for promoting healthy lifestyle changes in midlife and older ages. As the National Program Director for Active for Life, she documented the success of behaviorally-based exercise programs for increasing physical activity in Americans 50 and older. She has also served as the national evaluator for the National Study of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program and has directed prevention and management of diabetes program evaluations, including the development and testing of a patient education DIOSK for providing education to low-literacy persons with diabetes. She has directed the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services adaptation and evaluation of the Texercise Program and overseen the local implementation and evaluation of the evidence-based Fit and Strong! program. Further, she has been an active member of the Texas Falls Prevention Coalition (now the Texas Active for Life Coalition) since its inception and has specialized expertise in evaluation of community-based fall prevention programs for vulnerable older adults, including A Matter of Balance, Otago, and Stepping On.",Regents and Distinguished Professor,Environmental and Occupational Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2ac12e4d
Jane,Bolin,Professor,"Dr. Jane Bolin, BSN, JD PhD currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing, Professor and Director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Public Health. Since her promotion to Full Professor in 2013, Dr. Bolin has served
as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on nine (9) grants or contracts, (see CV), and has been solely or jointly responsible for over $10,559,325.00 million dollars in federal, state, and foundation funding to the TAMHSC and the School of Public Health. Dr. Bolin is also lead PI of the national Rural Healthy People 2020 publication which has been disseminated
nationally and has brought substantial recognition to the School of Public Health, such as invited presentations at ASPPH, NRHA, APHA, and multiple state conferences. Over the past 5 years Dr. Bolin has authored or co-authored
25 peer reviewed articles, edited a book, co-authored six (6) book chapters, given 11 invited scientific presentations and participated as author in 22 poster presentations and supported several graduate students. As with most researchers, national and state funding opportunities drive much of my research. My research at A&M is based on two - three core interests, 1) law, ethics, compliance & regulation; 2) chronic disease management, and; 3) rural and underserved populations. When I joined the faculty ranks at Texas A&M, I was invited to join the Southwest Rural Health Research Center on a HRSA-FORHP funded center project ""Chronic Disease Management in Rural Areas"". Since assuming responsibility for the Southwest Rural Health Research Center in 2008 I have worked diligently to maintain funding and also to serve as Chief Editor and publisher of Rural Healthy People 2020.",Professor||Professor||Regents Professor,Health Policy and Management||School of Nursing||School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2baa5804
Kelly,Wilson,Professor and Associate Dean for Research,"I have a broad background in health education, with specific training and expertise in school and adolescent health issues and a focus in workforce training, professional development, and continuing education. My research includes program implementation effects, including the impacts on youth and adolescents as well as the workforce delivering the programs. As PI or Co-Investigator on several externally funded grants, I have laid the ground work to better understand health education post-secondary training relevant to the school-based educators and administrators, and by establishing strong ties with school entities (schools and districts) that will make it possible to recruit and track participants over time as documented in the following publications. I've successfully administered projects (e.g. staffing, research protections, budget), collaborated with others and produced several peer-reviewed publications related to school health and professional development. As a result of these previous experiences, I am aware of the importance of frequent communication among project members and of constructing a realistic research plan, timeline, and budget.",Professor,School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n31bd0a7a
Luis,Tedeschi,Professor,"Dr. Tedeschi conducts research on energy and nutrient requirements of grazing and feedlot animals, growth biology and bioenergetics, chemical composition and kinetics of fermentation of feeds, modeling and simulation of decision support systems, and evaluation of models (http://nutritionmodels.tamu.edu). He has collaborated with several researchers overseas to develop models for small ruminants (sheep and goats). He utilizes System Dynamics concepts applied to nutrition.",Associate Professor||Professor,Animal Science||Nutrition,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n387904d6
Patricia,Thornton,Professor,,Professor,Sociology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3d5d1283
Jeryl,Mumpower,Professor and Head,,Professor and Head,Public Service and Administration,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n45cf9263
Kenneth,Ramos,Professor and Executive Director,,Professor of Medicine||Professor and Executive Director||Executive Committee||Associate Vice President for Research||Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Services,The Texas A&M University System||Institute of Biosciences and Technology||Global Institute for Hispanic Health||School of Medicine||Health Science Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n47de353a
Richard,Street,Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4a965e69
Thomas,Saving,Distinguished Professor,,Distinguished Professor,Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n58e1f258
Lixian,Zhong,Assistant Professor,"is an Assistant Professor of Rangel College of Pharmacy. Her research interest lies at the intersection of science, medicine and economics to assess clinical, economic and humanistic values of medical interventions and she conducts research on the costs and outcomes associated with pharmaceutical products.
She has conducted research using clinical trial data, real world data, large survey data and economic modeling to study cost-effectiveness of new interventions for cancer and neurological diseases. Since joining Texas A&M University as an assistant professor at the College of Pharmacy in 2015, she is conducting research in: evaluating utilization, costs and outcomes associated with medications and other health care services in patients with chronic diseases, health disparity, cost-effectiveness of new interventions, drug pricing and reimbursement.
She holds a Ph.D in Pharmacology and an M.A. in Economics from Duke University. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship training in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes research from University of California, San Francisco. She has conducted research in academic, international organization and industry settings.",Assistant Professor,Pharmaceutical Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5b3c0e66
Robert,Ohsfeldt,Professor,,Professor,Health Policy and Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5e5370a7
Tiffany,Radcliff,Professor,,Professor||Associate Dean for Research,Health Policy and Management||School of Public Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n657927d1
Robert,Ahdieh,Dean,,Dean,School of Law,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n65ba994c
Matthew,Smith,Associate Professor,"Recognizing health status is influenced by a vast and interconnected set of determinants, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith has devoted his career to create synergistic partnerships and initiatives to encourage positive lifestyles and reduce rates of preventable morbidity and mortality. He has earned a national reputation as a falls expert and evaluator of evidence-based programs for older adults. His involvement in local, state, and national evaluation initiatives have been integral to foster understanding about the reach, adoption, implementation, effectiveness, and maintenance of different evidence-based programs targeting key populations in a variety of community, school, workplace, and healthcare sectors. Dr. Smith's evaluation efforts have been funded by organizations including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Administration on Aging (AoA), National Council on Aging (NCOA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).",Associate Professor,Environmental and Occupational Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n67700ccd
Jay,Porter,Professor,"My research focuses on analog and RF electronics, instrumentation and measurement, virtual instrumentation development, mixed signal integrated circuit test and characterization, and magnetic resonance imaging. Our laboratory's mission is to develop virtual instrumentation-based solutions for complex instrumentation and measurement problems targeted at industrial and research applications.","Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Professor, Joint",Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Multidisciplinary Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n68e1247a
Chanam,Lee,Professor,"Dr. Lee's research focuses on linking the built environment with public health outcomes. Her expertise is in 'active living research,' a transdisciplinary area of research that deals with environmental and policy approaches toward promoting physical activity.
Dr. Lee's contributions to this relatively new area of scholarship is significant in: (a) developing methodological and theoretical foundations, (b) bringing attention to high-risk populations, and (c) translating research into tools/guides to facilitate evidence-based policy/design interventions.",Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6d51b108
Kunhee,Choi,Associate Professor,,"Associate Research Scientist, Flexible Pavements||Associate Professor",Construction Science||Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI),https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7cbdac07
Michael,Soileau,Movement Disorder Neurologist,,Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Education,Medical Education,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7d11ac1e
Lewis,Ntaimo,Professor,"Dr. Ntaimo's research interests are in stochastic programming, systems modeling and engineering processes, and discrete event modeling and simulation. Applications of interest include wildfire planning, healthcare, wind energy, and homeland security.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7ead4771
Martial,Ndeffo,Assistant Professor,"My research uses transdisciplinary modeling approaches to address public health challenges for a wide range of infectious diseases. A focus of my research has been to develop data-driven models to 1) understand and predict epidemiological risk, patterns, and burden of infectious diseases, 2) identify and evaluate optimal strategies for disease control and prevention, and 3) perform economic analyses of public health intervention measures for preventing or curtailing disease outbreaks. Such research is paramount for informing public health policy for infectious diseases prevention and control and ultimately saving lives.",Assistant Professor,Veterinary Integrative Biosciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7f958dd8
Paula,Shireman,Professor,"Dr. Shireman is a Professor in the TAMU School of Medicine. She is board certified in vascular surgery, general surgery, wound care and clinical informatics. She is the PI of a pilot clinical trial with the College of Engineering on establishing artificial intelligence algorithms to monitor activities of daily living (ADL) in elderly subjects. Potential applications include aging in place, improved monitoring in healthcare/assisted living institutions and remote monitoring.
She is the PI of an NIH multicenter U01 grant developing predictive models for surgical outcomes including frailty and social risk factors. The goal is to use data to transform health care, influence federal policy and design financially sustainable care pathways improving outcomes for frail and low socioeconomic status patients. Her interests include predictive modeling, machine learning and simulation. She was a member of the MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measure Clinical Subcommittee to develop measures for Peripheral Vascular Disease Management and Chair of the Clinical Subcommittee Workgroup for Hemodialysis Access Creation.","Professor||Professor, Primary Care & Rural Medicine",Medical Physiology||School of Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7fcb580a
Harvey,Scott,Professor,"Dr. H. Morgan Scott is a graduate veterinarian holding a PhD in epidemiology and post-doctoral training in public health. In addition to private veterinary practice, he has worked in both government (food safety surveillance) and academic settings. He is currently professor of epidemiology in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Texas A&M University. He was recruited to Texas A&M University in 2014 as part of the Texas A&M University System Chancellor's Research Initiative and the University President's Initiative on One Health and Infectious Diseases. He relocated from Kansas State University, where he previously held the E.J. Frick Professorship in Veterinary Medicine. Much of his research emphasis has been on studying factors impacting antimicrobial resistance among commensal and pathogenic enteric bacteria in food animal production systems, with a program spanning the realm from the molecular to the sociological. In particular, he is interested in applying both epidemiological and ecological approaches to quantify the emergence, propagation, dissemination, and persistence of resistant enteric bacterial strains in integrated populations of animals, their food products, and humans. Using this knowledge, he hopes to identify opportunities to prevent and intervene against resistance among enteric pathogens in animal agriculture; preferably, by developing readily adoptable and cost-effective management practices suited to modern animal and food production systems.",Professor,Veterinary Pathobiology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8499539d
Alex,Keene,Professor and Department Head,,Professor and Department Head,Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8650c3cf
Hongcai,Zhou,Professor,"Research topics: Energy Storage for Transportation, Supramolecular Chemistry, Hydrogen and Methane Storage, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Clean-Energy-Related Separation, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Mesh-Adjustable Molecular Sieves, Mesoporous Materials, Biomimetic Synthesis.","Professor, Affiliated Faculty||Faculty Affiliate",Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8c5a2ac9
Sunil,Chirayath,Associate Professor,,Faculty affiliate||Associate Professor,Nuclear Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8d2e4e67
Ariun,Ishdorj,Associate Professor,"My current areas of research include demand analysis, food consumption and issues related to well-being and nutrition-related health outcomes of individuals participating in food assistance programs in both developed and developing countries.","Associate Professor||Regional Director, Asia and Eurasia",Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8e77cf9c
Bruce,Mccarl,Distinguished Professor,"Dr. McCarl's recent research efforts have largely involved policy analysis (mainly in climate change, climate change mitigation, water economics, and biosecurity) as well as the proper application of quantitative methods to such analyses. He teaches graduate courses in applied mathematical programming and applied risk analysis. He was part of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.",Faculty Affiliate||Distinguished Professor,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9596bd48
Michael,Morrisey,Professor Emeritus,"Research interests focus health insurance, the effects of legislation and regulation in health and health care, outcomes research, and hospital economics. The third edition of his graduate textbook, Health Insurance, was published by Health Administration Press in 2020. He is the author of six other books, and more than 180 peer-reviewed papers on health economics and health policy.",Professor Emeritus,Health Policy and Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9bc7c04c
Patrick,Stover,Vice Chancellor and Dean,,Professor||Vice Chancellor and Dean,College of Agriculture and Life Sciences||Nutrition,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na2e4838e
Oral,Capps,Executive Professor,"Dr. Capps is a demand and price analyst, with particular expertise in econometric modeling and forecasting methods. Applied research areas include analyses of expenditure patterns of pre-prepared foods and foods eaten away from home, analyses of health and nutrition issues, and uses of scanner-derived information for managerial decision-making. In addition, he specializes in unilateral price effects of mergers and acquisitions as well as evaluations of agricultural checkoff programs.",Executive Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na2ff7d9f
Neal,Newman,Professor,"My research focuses on securities, securities-related issues, and accounting topics.",Professor,School of Law,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na816b841
Alexandru,Hening,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Mathematics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na9319713
Fredrick,Mccurdy,Clinical Professor,,Clinical Professor,School of Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naf44d6f1
Kenneth,Meier,Distinguished Professor,,Distinguished Professor,Political Science,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb1d7a363
Wayne,Wylie,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor,Kinesiology and Sport Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbefe6c43
Roderic,Pettigrew,Dean,,Professor||Dean,School of Engineering Medicine||School of Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc4d62617
Marvellous,Akinlotan,Clinical Assistant Professor,"Dr. Marvellous Akinlotan is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Health Services Research in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Texas A&M University School of Dentistry. She has a diverse educational, research, and teaching background in the fields of dentistry, health policy and management, and health services research. Dr. Akinlotan has extensively studied the factors driving emergency department visits and hospitalizations for non-traumatic dental and ambulatory care sensitive conditions. Her areas of research are healthcare reform, policy evaluation, social determinants of health, access to care and health disparities. Dr. Akinlotan holds a dental degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, and a PhD in Health Services Research from Texas A&M University.",Clinical Assistant Professor,Pediatric Dentistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc564962b
Amirali,Zandinejad,Associate Professor and Director,,Associate Professor and Director,General Dentistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncb65e81e
Steven,Wright,Professor,"My research focuses on magnetic resonance imaging, particularly instrumentation and methodology. I also have research interests in antenna theory - numerical methods, and phased arrays electromagnetics.",Professor,Electrical and Computer Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd4e8f968
Sarah,Hamer,Professor,,Professor,Veterinary Integrative Biosciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndc2c4e3e
Christine,Budke,Professor,,Professor and interim Head,Veterinary Integrative Biosciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndf6eb879
Ping,Ma,Assistant Professor,"My research interest focuses on reducing health disparities in social and environmental determinants of health among vulnerable populations using a mixed methodology. Specifically, my research focuses on examining how individual socioeconomic status, psycho-social factors, behavioral, neighborhood environmental factors, and access to health services influence the physical and mental health in underserved populations and communities (e.g., maternal women, children, racial/ethnic minorities). In addition, I am also interested in developing innovative health behavioral interventions (e.g., smoking cessation) using smart phone and ecological momentary assessment (EMA) method.",Assistant Professor,Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne8625ad7
Hatice,Ceylan Koydemir,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Biomedical Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfa4d71de
Murray,Cote,Associate Professor,"My research interests focus on the management of healthcare operations, including patient flow, capacity planning and management, demand forecasting, nurse staffing and scheduling.",Associate Professor,Health Policy and Management,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfbfd1b5e
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