First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
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
Christina,Seeger,Assistant Professor Pharmacy-HSC Librarian,"With an extensive background in pharmacy and teaching, Christina serves as library liaison to the Texas A&M Health Science Center - Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, and the School of Nursing. She is a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA) and hold the rank of distinguished member in the Academy of Health Information Professionals She is also a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), where she contributes to the AACP List of Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education and the Core Journals List. Christina spent nearly 10 years serving the Feik School of Pharmacy at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio prior to returning to MSL in 2019.",Assistant Professor,University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1ab41bb2
Richard,Street,Professor,,Faculty Fellow||Professor,Center for Health Systems and Design,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4a965e69
Peng,Lu,Postdoctoral Research Associate,"Peng Lu, Ph.D is a post-doctoral researcher in the Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications. Her primary research interests lie in the field of measuring psychological dimensions in agricultural education and communications. Lu's primary research areas include consumer evaluation of food innovations, cross-cultural comparison, and using novel measurement approaches (eye tracking, continuous response measurement, psychophysiology) to examine how individuals process information. She has extensive experience in conducting statistical analysis, including regression, meta-analysis and structural equation modeling.",Postdoctoral Research Associate,"Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications",https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n68cba94b
Julie,Thompson,Assistant Professor of Special Education,"Julie L. Thompson, PhD, BCBA-D, is an Assistant Professor of Special Education, Dr. Deanna and Thomas Yates Faculty Fellow, Behavioral Learning INterventions in Children (BLINC) Lab Director and Affiliated Faculty Member of the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University. Julie's work as a classroom teacher for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) gave her insight into the layered complexities of providing adequate education to individuals with ASD in public schools. Julie's personal research examines explicit instruction procedures to teach academic and language skills to minoritized and underserved children with autism spectrum disorder and extensive support needs at home and in public school settings. Through her leadership in the BLINC lab she also guides and supports lab members to engage in applied behavioral research to improve learning interventions for all children. Julie has been PI on four externally funded awards totaling $2,224,370 and Co-PI three externally funded awards totaling $23,600,000. Currently she is principal investigator on one research project: ""Teaching, Autism, and Practitioner Preparation (Project TAPP)"" funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Julie has 22 peer-reviewed publications, 54 peer-reviewed presentations, and has chaired or co-chaired 9 doctoral students.",Assistant Professor,Educational Psychology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n939296a5
J. Birdie,Ganz,Professor,"My research focuses on the use of technology to improve social-communication deficits in people with autism spectrum and other developmental disabilities, and improving access to high-quality naturalistic intervention for traditionally underserved and minoritized students.",,,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd5f4b13b
Shawn,Chiang,Assistant Professor,"Dr. Shawn Chiang is a social behavioral scientist focusing on reducing health disparity in cancer control related health behaviors through translational digital health & communication science. Dr. Chiang utilizes both quantitative and qualitative research designs, and employs a variety of analysis methods to answer research questions. He views the digital media environment as a social determinant of health and engage with community members to understand their barriers, and design culturally responsive behavioral and communication interventions so they can attain the opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
To date, the primary aims of his research are 1) to enhance the understanding of the individual, interpersonal, and social determinants of health that can contribute to behavioral change, particularly related to cancer prevention, 2) to understand opportunities and challenges for using new communication technologies for health behaviors, and 3) to develop and evaluate novel, theoretically-grounded methods and products that make use of communication technologies.",Assistant Professor,Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndae83d99
Michelle,Yeoman,Lecturer,My main research interests are in medical narratives and storytelling.,Lecturer,Biology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndb7eb0b4