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Affiliates

Name	Title	Area	Research Interest
Acton, Gayle gayle.acton@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Principal Investigator (PI)	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion & self care in older adults
Adams, Mary Lou mladams@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor, CHPR Pilot Study PI & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Breast cancer screening/prevention in African-American women.
Angel, Jacqueline jangel@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Consultant	LBJ School of Public Affairs	Research methods, gender roles, culturally sensitive research methods and instruments
Angel, Ronald rangel@mail.la.utexas.edu	Professor, CHPR Underserved & Diverse Populations Co-Director & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Sociology	Health issues of Hispanic populations, particularly elderly
Barrera, Aida abarrera@uts.cc.utexas.edu	Graduate Student & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Educational Administration	Community Activist, Hispanic health issues
Bartholomew, John john.bart@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator	Kinesiology & Health Education	Exercise in older Mexican-American women
Becker, Heather heatherbecker@mail.utexas.edu	Research Scientist, CHPR Pilot Studies PI and Co-Investigator, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	School of Nursing	Research methodology, program evaluations, and health promotion for people with disabilities.
Bewsey, Steve steve.bewsey@lifeworksweb.org	Director of Housing and Homeless Services & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Lifeworks	Service provider – homeless persons
Brown, Carolyn cmbrown@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator	Pharmacy	Religiosity, time orientation, decision-making and their relationship to medication adherence in ethnically diverse samples. Hypertension & African Americans
Brown, Sharon   sabrown@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion / disease prevention in diabetic Mexican Americans
Busch, Noel nbusch@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	UT Austin, School of Social Work	Violence against women and children; social and public policy; social justice; international social work education, training and practice; and adoption and child welfare issues
Carter, Patricia pcarter@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion and disease prevention in family caregivers; current research focus is the relationship between chronic sleep deprivation and depressive symptoms in cancer caregivers; Sleep disturbances and depression in caregivers of cancer
Choi, Namkee nchoi@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	School of Social Work	Social Policy for older persons (Social Security and Supplemental Security Income); social gerontology (long-term care; service utilization; minority aging); program evaluation
Clark, Angela apclark@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion/interventions for persons with heart failure
Clingerman, Evelyn emclinge@yahoo.com	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion among underserved people living with chronic health conditions
Coyle, Edward coyle@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	Kinesiology & Health Education	Exercise physiology. Metabolism. Nutrition.
De la Garza, Denise denisede@mail.utexas.edu	Director of Interdisciplinary Training	Education	Health promotion for persons with disabilities
Delgado, Evelyn evelyn.delgado@dshs.state.tx.us	Asst. Commissioner for Family and Community Health & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Texas Dept. of State Health Services	Hispanic expert in family and community health
Dormire, Sharon sdormire@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Health promotion during menopause
Dumas, Shelly s.dumas@mail.utexas.edu	Training Director	Education	Health promotion for persons with disabilities
Edmundson-Drane, Elizabeth edmundson@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	Kinesiology & Health Education	Adolescent and young adult health issues, particularly related to sexuality, substance use (including tobacco), cancer prevention, evaluation of health promotion interventions
Erlinger, Thomas terlinger@seton.org	Director for Clinical Research Development & CHPR Advisory Council Member	UT Medical Branch	Cardiovascular epidemiology
Escamilla, Anna aescamilla@mail.utexas.edu	Training Coordinator	Education	Health promotion for persons with disabilities
Fredland, Nina nfredland@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	To increase understanding related to youth violence, including bullying and dating violence, and how such exposures/experiences affect physical, mental and behavioral health outcomes
Freeland-Graves, Jeanne jtg@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	Human Ecology	Nutritional needs of women from a biochemical perspective
Frisbie, William frisbie@prc.utexas.edu	Professor	Sociology	Race/ethnic differentials in mortality among infants and adults, with emphasis on Mexican Americans. Maternal and child heath. Determinants and consequences of program participation with focus on prenatal care and WIC. Immigrant issues
Garcia, Alexandra agarcia@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Diabetes symptoms of Mexican Americans
Gordon, Edmund T. etgordon@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Vice President, Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement	Anthropology	African-American anthropology, economic anthropology, maritime anthropology, ethnicity and social stratification
Gottlieb, Nell ngottlieb@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator	Kinesiology & Health Education	Disease prevention interventions in community settings
Guidry, Jeff j-guidry@hlkn.tamu.edu	Associate Professor, Texas A&M University & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Health & Kinesiology	Researcher with expertise in preventive behaviors in rural and minority populations
Haley, Andreana haley@psy.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Psychology	Aging, cognition, cognitive impairment, metabolic syndrome, neuropsychological assessment, neuroimaging (MRI, fMRI, MRS)
Harmon, E. Glynn gharmon@ischool.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	School of Information	Health Informatics Education; information support for telehealth and e-health. Health promotion and disease prevention consumer information. Evaluation of web health information. Evidence-based approaches to health care. Alternative, complementary & integrative approaches
Harris, Joyce joyceharris@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Speech and Hearing Center, College of Communication	Health literacy. Cognitive aging (reminiscence and memory). Language disorders
Harrison, Tracie tharrison@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Holistic & Adult Health Nursing	Aging with disabilities; specifically the intersection between age related change and functional impairment and how that affects social role performance and subsequent health outcomes in women
Harrist, Ronald B. rharrist@utsph.sph.uth.tmc.edu	Biometrist, & Coordinator, Center for Clinical Trials	School of Public Health, UT Houston Health Science Center	Analysis of intervention studies outcomes
Hawkins, Ray Hawkins@psy.utexas.edu	Lecturer	Psychology	General area of psychotherapy treatment, outcome effectiveness evaluation, specifically the interactions between personality dimensions and cognitive-behavioral interventions; also the study of addictive behaviors and their relationship to family of origin and psychological variables
Haynes, Mike mike@lonestarparalysis.org	Executive Director, Brain & Spinal Center of Central Texas & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Lone Star Paralysis Association	Adaptive fitness expert
Hendrickson, Sherry shendrickson@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Underserved, Spanish-speaking populations, reducing childhood injury and improving parental home safety behaviors
Herrera, Ruth Ann rahfnp@yahoo.com	Clinic Manager, Wallace Mallory Clinic & CHPR Advisory Council Member	El Buen Samaritano	Service provider to low-income persons in the community
Hill, Loretta	CHPR Advisory Council Member		African American Diabetic Educator, community liaison
Holahan, Carole c.holahan@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Kinesiology & Health Education	Health promotion & self care in older adults
Holahan, Charles J. holahan@psy.utexas.edu	Professor	Psychology	Stress and coping process. Recent research has examined adaptive strategies for coping with cardiovascular illness (with Carole K. Holahan), and adaptive coping strategies among caregivers of medically ill children
Holleran-Steiker, Lori lorikay@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	School of Social Work	Substance abuse prevention. Culturally grounded social work practice (especially ethnic identity of Mexican American youth). Social work with groups.
Horner, Sharon s.horner@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Families and childhood asthma
Hudson, Scott Hudsv@mail.utexas.edu	Instructor in Clinical Nursing	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems
Hummer, Robert rhummer@prc.utexas.edu	Professor & Chair	Sociology	Health disparities among Americans, focusing specifically on racial and ethnic groups
Im, Eun-Ok eim@mail.nur.utexas.edu	La Quinta Motor Inns Inc. Centennial Professor in Nursing & CHPR Theory, Research Methods & Technology Core Co-Director	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Women's health in menopause, cancer pain management
Ivy, John johnivy@mail.utexas.edu	Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Kinesiology & Health Education and Chair	Kinesiology & Health Education	Interested in the regulation of glucose uptake in skeletal muscle and the mechanisms by which exercise training prevents and alleviates insulin resistance and type II diabetes. Acute and chronic effects of exercise on muscle metabolism
Jensen, Jody JLJ@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI & Co-Investigator	Kinesiology & Health Education	Biomechanical and neurophysiological factors that influence skill acquisition in infants and children and motor performance declines in older adults. Current projects include the development of muscle force regulation abilities in children as an underlying mechanism supporting the development of motor skills, and age-related changes in the postural control of aging adults
Johnson, Regina rjohnson@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Substance use, domestic violence
Johnsrud, Michael johnsrud@mail.utexas.edu	Research Associate & Associate Director, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies	College of Pharmacy	Currently conducting research in economic and policy issues related to prescription drug use within the Texas Medicaid program
Jones, Barbara L. barbarajones@mail.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	School of Social Work	Pediatric palliative and end of life care, grief and loss, childhood cancer survivors, hope and resiliency, spirituality and international social work
Jones, Joni L. jonijones@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & Director, Center for African & African American Studies	Theater & Dance	Performance scholarship that focuses on identity, ethnography, Yoruba-based performance aesthetics, Black Feminisms and Theatre for Social Change
Kim, Su Yeongprojectfamily@gmail.com	Assistant Professor	Human Ecology	Health disparities in Chinese and Mexican immigrant families, with a focus on acculturation and parenting
Kimball, Kay	Biometrist	Baylor School of Medicine	Statistics
Lewis, Carol carolmarie@mail.utexas.edu	Research Associate	School of Social Work	Women’s Health, services to victims of violence, program evaluation, and cultural diversity
Limón, José limonada@mail.utexas.edu	Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor in American & English Literature, Director, Center for Mexican American Studies & CHPR Advisory Council Member	English	Interests include cultural studies, Chicano literature, anthropology and literature, Mexicans in the United States, U.S. - Mexico cultural relations, critical theory, and folklore and popular culture
Loukas, Alexandra alexandra.loukas@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	Kinesiology & Health Education	Socioemotional development of children and adolescents, particularly the development of aggression and substance use/abuse
Mackert,  Michael mackert@mail.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Advertising	Telemedicine, telecommunication technology, health communication, health literacy and online communities
McDougall, Graham gmcdougall@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Professor, CHPR Dissemination Core Director, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Cognitive interventions in older adults; Memory improvement in at risk elders
Meininger, Janet janet.c.meininger@uth.tmc.edu	Lee & Joseph D. Jamail Distinguished Professor, UT Health Science Center Houston & CHPR Advisory Council Member Nursing Systems		Researcher in adolescents and cardiovascular and minority health
Meraviglia, Martha mmeraviglia@mail.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Minority research promotion. Spirituality and cancer.
Meston, Cynthia meston@psy.utexas.edu	Professor	Psychology	Sexual psychophysiology, sexual dysfunction, relation between sexual abuse and sexual function, and the influence of acculturation on sexuality
Morris, Marian mmorris@mail.nur.utexas.edu	CHPR Assistant Director	School of Nursing	International public health, reproductive health, women's health
Nosek, Margaret mnosek@bcm.tmc.edu	Professor, Director, Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, & CHPR Pilot Study Consultant	Baylor College of Medicine	Women with disabilities
Oxner, Pete pete.oxner@ci.austin.tx.us	CHPR Multicultural Advisory Panel	Austin/Travis County Dept of Health & Human Services	Planning and epidemiology
Padilla, Yolanda ypadilla@mail.utexas.edu	Professor, CHPR Pilot Study PI, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Social Work	Social inequality; Latin American & gay & lesbian populations
Parker, Randall r.parker@mail.utexas.edu	Melissa Elizabeth Stuart Centennial Professor in Education	Special Education	Research and teaching is in the field of rehabilitation counseling. Special interests in psychosocial adjustment to disability, work and disability and psychological and vocational assessment of people with disabilities
Penticuff, Joy joy@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	Family Health Nursing	Ethical issues in health care with focus in neonatal intensive care; Parent professional collaboration in NICU decisions. Bioethics. Neonatal intensive care. High-risk infant developmental outcomes.
Peterson, Fred   Fpeterson@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor	Kinesiology & Health Education	Teach health literacy and adolescent risk taking behavior. Especially interested in changing how school teachers are traditionally prepared to become school health educators. Have developed a new paradigm for teacher preparation: Child & Adolescent Health Logic Framework.
Pomeroy, Elizabeth bpomeroy@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	School of Social Work	AIDS. The effectiveness of psychosocial group interventions for PLWHs. Psychosocial research of childhood cancer survivors and their families. Mental health interventions for persons with chronic illnesses
Pullum, Thomas tom.pullum@mail.utexas.edu	Professor	Sociology	Fertility and family planning in developing countries; estimating the number of persons in need of drug treatment services.
Rew, Lynn ellerew@mail.utexas.edu	Denton & Louise Cooley & Family Centennial Professor in Nursing, CHPR Underserved & Diverse Populations Core Director, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Vulnerability and help seeking behaviors of homeless Hispanic adolescents
Ritter, Gretchen ritter@mail.utexas.edu	Professor and Director, Center for Women’s & Gender Studies, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Government	American politics, constitutional development, and gender politics from a historical and theoretical perspective
Rountree, Michele mrountree@mail.utexas.edu	Assistant Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	School of Social Work	Core research focus is in the area of health disparities in relation to socio-political, cultural and structural factors. Specific, narrowed inquiry is in the investigation of mental health and health associated with the intersection between intimate partner abuse (IPA) and the heightened risk for HIV/AIDS, in addition to the examination of development and evaluation of evidence-based HIV/AIDS interventions and prevention strategies tailored to women and communities of color
Seay, Penelope pseay@mail.utexas.edu	Project Director, Texas Center for Disability Studies & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Texas University Affiliated Program, College of Education	Improvement in health care services for people with disabilities
Shanmugam, Ram ram.shanmugam@txstate.edu	Professor, Texas State University & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Health Services Research	Statistical consultant to CHPR
Spence, Richard rtspence@mail.utexas.edu	Research Pofessor	Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work	Substance abuse; performance management; treatment services; technology transfer
Spirduso, Waneen spirduso@mail.utexas.edu	Oscar & Anne Mauzy Regents Professor for Educational Research and Development, CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Kinesiology & Health Education	Relationship of physical activity to cognitive ability and aging
Staiger, Janet jstaiger@uts.cc.utexas.edu	William P. Hobby Centennial Professor in Communication & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Radio, Television and Film	Poststructural and postfeminist approaches to authorial studies, historiographical practices in media studies, slasher films, and emotions and genres, as well as continuing interests in reception studies, gender and sexuality studies
Steinhardt, Mary A. marysteinhardt@mail.utexas.edu	Distinguished Teaching Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI & Co-Investigator	Kinesiology & Health Education	Mind-body health reflecting a person-centered approach to wellness and resiliency; and the relationship of individual behavioral dispositions to job-related characteristics and work-related outcomes.
Stice, Eric stice@psy.utexas.edu	Adjunct Associate Professor & Senior Research Fellow	Psychology	Program of research focuses on understanding the etiologic processes that give rise to adolescent psychopathology, including eating disorders, obesity, depression, and substance abuse, and seeks to develop prevention programs for these problems
Stout, Patricia pstout@mail.utexas.edu	John P. McGovern Regents Professor in Health and Medical Science Communication, CHPR Pilot Study Co-Investigator, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Advertising	Research focuses on viewer response to persuasive messages and advertising, with particular attention to individuals' emotional response to advertising and health-promotion messages; the role of social marketing and the effectiveness of health communication; media and mental illness stigma; trust and credibility relevant to direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) for prescription medicines and the role of media in ameliorating mental illness stigma
Stuifbergen, Alexa astuifbergen@mail.utexas.edu	Interim Dean, School of Nursing, CHPR Director & Administrative Core Director, CHPR Pilot Studies Co-Investigator & Consultant, CHPR Advisory Council Member	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Health promotion and quality of life in chronic illness and in women with multiple sclerosis
Tanaka, Hirofumi htanaka@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Kinesiology & Health Education	Influence of age and lifestyle modifications (particularly physical activity) on cardiovascular function and disease risk, masters athletes and athletic performance, physiology of swimming
Timmerman, Gayle gtimmerman@mail.utexas.edu	Associate Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Holistic Adult Health Nursing	Dieting and binge eating in women and research methodology
Tyler, Diane dtyler@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & CHPR Pilot Study PI	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Health promotion & risk reduction areas of physical activity & weight management. Implementing clinical preventive services. Assessment of certification as an indicator of competence in nursing practice.
Umberson, Debra umberson@mail.la.utexas.edu	Professor	Sociology	Sociology of mental health, social relationships, medical sociology, gender, aging and the life course, and death and dying
VanderMeulen, Elizabethevandermeulen@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Clinical Placement Coordinator, Field Trainer & Analyst	School of Nursing	Women's Health
Velasquez, Mary velasquez@mail.utexas.edu	Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Director, Center for Social Work Research Director. Health Behavior Research & Training Institute	School of Social Work	Development and implementation of interventions using the Transtheoretical Model of Change and Motivational Interviewing, health behavior interventions including HIV prevention, prenatal health, alcohol and other substance abuse, smoking cessation, and prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Walker, Lorraine lwalker@mail.nur.utexas.edu	Luci B. Johnson Centennial Professor in Nursing, CHPR Associate Director, CHPR Theory, Research Methods & Technology Core Director, & CHPR Advisory Council Member	Family & Public Health Nursing & Nursing Systems	Health promotion of childbearing-aged women, psychosocial dimensions of parenting and health in the childbearing years
Warner, David C. david.warner@mail.utexas.edu	Professor of Public Affairs & Wilbur J. Cohen Fellow in Health and Social Policy	LBJ School of Public Affairs	Economics, health policy, and health finance, Latin America, Mexico, nonprofit management
Wilcox, Richard wilcoxrich@mail.utexas.edu	Professor & James T. Doluisio Centennial Fellow, Assistant Dean for Admissions for College of Pharmacy	Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology	Structure-activity relationships for drugs to treat psychiatric and neurological disease and the craving to psychostimulants and ethanol. Cellular and molecular consequences of short-term agonist treatment. Develop improved models for testing pharmacological theory and to provide translation of neurobiological research to public.