First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Hart,Blanton,Professor,"My primary emphases are (a) health psychology & health communication, (b) social, normative and media influence, (c) attitude change and attitude-behavior modeling, and (d) psychometrics, assessment and research methodology. Much of my current and forthcoming research focuses on social influence processes occurring within immersive virtual reality environments, with a particular emphasis on utilizing virtual gaming worlds to deliver health communications. My applied areas are health-risk prevention, science communication, and implicit and explicit bias assessment and modeling",Professor and Department Head||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0647e950
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
Rafael,Lara-Alecio,Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Professor,Educational Psychology||Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0cbb5fde
Lawrence,Wolinsky,Dean,,Dean||Professor||Faculty Fellow,Periodontics||School of Dentistry||Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0d0247f9
Robert,Brown,Professor,"I am a professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning at the Texas A&M University. I have the privilege of working with a lot of bright and talented students. Through our studies we've come to understand the atmospheric environment in new and often surprising ways. We study how elements in the landscape modify the different components of the microclimate, and how the microclimate affects the thermal comfort of people. By integrating these landscape architects can design environments that modify the microclimate to create thermally comfortable outdoor environments. This is particularly important in the context of global climate change and intensification of urban heat islands.",Faculty Fellow||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0e3856dd
Jodie,Gary,Assistant Professor,"Research Interests: Positive Deviance, Complexity Science, Interprofessional Education (IPE) and TeamSTEPPS(R), Delivery of Patient-Centered Care, Critical Care Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice",Faculty Fellow||Assistant Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n0ecade36
Anthony,Knap,Professor and Director,"Dr. Knap's primary research focuses include oceanography, organic geochemistry, environmental science, atmosphere/ocean interactions, oil pollution and dispersant use, and effects of contaminants on the marine environment. Global climate change is another area of interest, particularly climate instability, business/science interactions, renewable energy, marine derived bio-fuels, ocean genomics, ocean acidification. He was Founder and Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) off Bermuda. He was also the Principal Investigator for 30 years of Hydrostation S, founded in 1954 and the longest continuous time-series in the Ocean, also funded by NSF. He most recently was appointed to the Gulf Research Board of the US National Academy of Sciences.","Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Director, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group||Faculty Fellow",Center for Health Systems and Design||Oceanography||Energy Institute||College of Geosciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n15ee86bc
Daniel,Howard,Professor,Dr. Howard's research interests include the examination of epidemiologic patterns of health outcomes that disproportionately affect African Americans; minority health and health disparities; health policy and health services.,Affiliated Professor||Faculty Fellow||Professor||PPRI Professor and Fellow||Affiliated Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Public Policy Research Institute||Sociology||Africana Studies,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n338db2d5
Vani,Mathur,Assistant Professor,"My work focuses on understanding the sources of disparities in pain, and the specific mechanisms by which social and cultural factors alter pain experience and pain physiology. My research targets the problem of pain disparities from two directions - investigating the different ways social factors may influence one's own pain, and also alter pain perception and empathy for others. To tackle these problems, my lab utilizes behavioral, psychophysical, and neuroimaging methodologies. I am also interested in individual differences in chronic pain and pain modulation, cross-cultural examinations of pain and empathy, and social environmental effects on health broadly defined.",Faculty Fellow||Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Training Faculty,Center for Health Systems and Design||Center for Population Health and Aging||Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience||Psychological and Brain Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n40fc0470
James,Batteas,Professor,"The research in our group is organized around three main projects: nanoscale materials and devices, biological surfaces and interfaces and nanotribology,
with the overarching goal of developing custom engineered surfaces and interfaces. This requires obtaining a fundamental (molecular level) understanding of the underlying chemistry and physics of the systems in question to afford rational approaches to test and develop new technologies. In much of our research we employ a range of scanned probe microscopies such as scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to probe structure and to manipulate materials at the nanoscale.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Faculty Fellow||D. Wayne Goodman Professor of Chemistry,Center for Health Systems and Design||Energy Institute||Chemistry||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n413d1dff
Richard,Street,Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4a965e69
Timothy,Elliott,University Distinguished Professor,"My research has examined adjustment processes among persons living with chronic and disabling health conditions, with particular emphasis on the role of social problem-solving abilities and other factors that predict adjustment following disability.",Faculty Fellow||University Distinguished Professor,Educational Psychology||Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4cbad106
D. Kirk,Hamilton,Professor,Evidence-based design for health facilities
Design for critical care
Relationship of design to measurable organization performance
Area calculation in health facilities,Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Architecture,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5383931e
Jason,Lindo,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6d0a2f7d
Nora,Montalvo-Liendo,Associate Professor,"Research Interests: Minority Populations, Interpersonal Violence, Sexual Violence, Childhood Violence",Associate Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||School of Nursing,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6e364d9b
Gunnar,Schade,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor||Faculty Fellow,Atmospheric Sciences||Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n878b420f
Mary,Meagher,Professor,,"Professor||Faculty Fellow||Claude H. Everett, Jr. ’47 Chair of Liberal Arts||Professor",Center for Health Systems and Design||Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8fa87422
Jeff,Haberl,Professor,"His work emphasizes building energy modeling, statistical modeling, methods for diagnosing operational problems, operator feedback using comparisons of predicted and actual energy use, artificial intelligence, advanced energy usage graphics, prescreening calculations for improving commercial and residential energy audits, public-domain M&V algorithms, computerized solar shading procedures, accuracy tests for HVAC systems, BIM-to-thermal procedures, and procedures for calculating air pollution savings from energy efficiency and renewable energy projects (i.e., SOx, NOx, CO2, PM and Hg).
He is a Co-PI of the Laboratory's Texas Emissions Reduction Program (TERP), along with Mr. Bahman Yazdani, where he provides technical leadership for the code compliance calculator and emissions calculations from energy efficiency and renewable energy. He is a Co-PI for the USEPA's National Center of Excellence on Displaced Emissions Reductions (CEDER), with Dr. Charles Culp and Mr. Bahman Yazdani, which was established in the Spring of 2007 to help the EPA transfer the Texas emissions reductions calculation procedures to other states; a Co-PI for the Laboratory's Continuous Commissioning(R) program for improving energy efficiency in existing buildings; PI and/or Co-PI on numerous ASHRAE Research Projects (RP-827, RP-865, RP-1050, RP-1093, RP-1017, RP-1468); Co-PI on an NSF project for creating physically-based, BIM-to-thermal simulations; PI on the NAS TRB project for benchmarking airport terminal energy use; and the Co-PI of Texas A&M University's 2007 Solar Decathlon Effort, with Pliny Fisk as the PI.
He was the Principal Investigator for the Computer Support and Improved Energy Audit of the Texas LoanSTAR project from 1990 to 2002, a $98.6 million revolving loan for the state of Texas that was the largest first large-scale project in the United States to continuously measure and report energy savings in over 160 building energy conservation retrofits.",Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Architecture,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n97ce0ddc
Sherecce,Fields,Professor,"My research focuses on the trans-disease processes of cognitive and emotional dysregulation and how these factors affect health-risk behaviors in adolescents. Identifying trans-disease processes that contribute to the development or maintenance of multiple diagnostic categories -- that underlie both substance use and obesity -- can enhance the development of interventions that target the underlying process rather than specific symptoms of a single disorder. This not only provides a more efficient approach to treatment, it is particularly relevant to health disparities. I am especially interested in how these trans-disease processes interact with family, social, and psychological factors to increase engagement in health-related risk behaviors, and the development of appropriate prevention and intervention tools that can be used to improve health outcomes in youth. I conceptualize these processes in the context of physical and mental health disparities as they relate to stress, minority status (race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender) and socioeconomic factors (food insecurity).",Faculty Fellow||Professor||Associate Department Head||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9f216306
Joshua,Hicks,Professor,"My research aims to understand how people answer the ""big"" questions in life and how people's answers to those questions influence their attitudes and behavior. Our lab formulates and tests a wide range of hypotheses related to many types of existential concerns focusing on the antecedents and consequences of the experience of meaning in life, authenticity, self-alienation, perceptions of free-will, and mortality awareness.",Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na0f1fa85
Nancy,Dickey,Professor,"I currently serve as executive director of the Rural and Community Health Institute which serves in a consultative role with hospitals and communities across the state of Texas to facilitate best practices in patient safety, enhanced quality of care, and physician excellence. The Institute was created during her time of leadership at the Health Science Center and exemplifies the importance of translating sound policy into practice not only in traditional academic health centers but across the spectrum of practice sites and care delivery.",Executive Director||Professor||Faculty Fellow,A&M Rural and Community Health Institute||Center for Health Systems and Design||Humanities in Medicine,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na188f0a0
Jennifer,Lueck,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Lueck's research tests message effects and effectiveness by integrating strategic health communication principles and psychology. In order to motivate audiences to engage in particular health behaviors, her research aims to better understand the target audience of health messages by investigating attention, biased cognitive and affective processes, and memory of individuals affected by mental illness.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na90f316c
Carly,McCord,Director,"Dr. McCord systematically studies the mental health needs of clients of the Telebehavioral Health program and the communities in which they reside, develops and refines intervention approaches, investigates the effectiveness of interventions, and evaluates satisfaction with services. In both research and practice she is well-versed in underserved populations, training and supervision, positive psychology and strengths-based approaches, and telehealth.",Faculty Fellow||Director of Telebehavioral Care,Center for Health Systems and Design||Psychiatry Bryan College Station Campus,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb0735442
Indra,Reddy,Dean,,Executive Committee||Professor and Founding Dean||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Global Institute for Hispanic Health||Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb62b9d15
Richard,Kreider,Professor,"Director of the Exercise and Sport Nutrition Lab.
We study the role of exercise and nutrition on health, performance, disease and rehabilitation.","Faculty Fellow||Professor and Head||Director||DIrector, Human Clinical Core||Professor",Center for Health Systems and Design||Kinesiology and Sport Management||School of Education and Human Development||The Exercise and Sport Nutrition Laboratory||Nutrition,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbc81b4e0
William,Mcintosh,Professor,Current research of the choices row farmers make regarding soil erosion; the willingness of feedlot operators and dairies to reduced antibiotic use earlier before cattle goes to slaughter; how parents' and children's affects one anothers use of time.,Profesor||Professor||Faculty Fellow||Professor,"Center for Health Systems and Design||Sociology||Nutrition||Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc0988f9a
Farzan,Sasangohar,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Sasangohar's research interests are centered around understanding and improving human decision-making and performance in multi-task, safety-critical work environments using a wide range of analytical techniques and technological innovations such as remote continuous monitoring and connected integrated systems. He is interested and has experience in designing, implementing, and testing systems that improve human-systems performance in socio-technical domains such as healthcare, air-traffic control, command and control, process control, and surface transportation.",Faculty Fellow||Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Fellow||Faculty Fellow||Faculty Fellow||Assistant Professor,"Center for Health Systems and Design||Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy||Center for Health Organization Transformation||Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc16a3cf0
Louis,Tassinary,Professor,"Dr. Tassinary is interested in person perception, environmental psychophysiology, neuroscience, non-invasive physiological recording techniques and historic preservation law.",Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Visualization,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndc4f344f
Sarel,Lavy,Professor,"Dr. Lavy is interested in facility management in the healthcare and education sector, construction engineering, maintenance, performance, life cycle cost techniques, and quantitative methods in facility management.",Faculty Fellow||Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Construction Science||CRS Center for Leadership and Management in the Design and Construction Industry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nde2e561e
Gerianne,Alexander,Professor,My research focuses on the development of human sex differences in social and cognitive behavior; Hormonal influences on typical and atypical behavior across the lifespan; Reproductive endocrinology and behavior.,Faculty Fellow||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nedf89e33
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
Jay,Maddock,Professor,My research focuses on social ecological approaches to increasing physical activity and the effect of spending time in nature on human health.,Professor||Faculty Fellow,Center for Health Systems and Design||Environmental and Occupational Health,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf33a34f7
Gabriel,Eckstein,Professor,"My research interests broadly address water and environmental issues. Most recently, I have been exploring pharmaceutical contamination of fresh water supplies, international bulk water transfers, climate change implications for global water resources, and international law for transboundary ground water resources.",Professor||Faculty Fellow||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Center for Health Systems and Design||Public Service and Administration||Energy Institute||School of Law,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfb6be1a7
James,Varni,Research Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Research Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design||Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfc85d680
Debbie,Thomas,Professor and Interim Dean,,Professor||Chief Academic Officer||Faculty Fellow,Texas A&M University at Galveston||Center for Health Systems and Design||Oceanography,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nffed8fba