School of Public Health
Administrative Officers
Dean - Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH
Senior Associate Dean for Research - Tiffany A. Radcliff, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs - Rhonda Rahn, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs - Tamika Gilreath, PhD
Assistant Dean for Accountability and Strategic Initiatives - Eric Wilson, PhD
Assistant Dean for Business Affairs - Stephen Bockelmann
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services - Erin Schneider, MPH
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Student Services - Donald J. Curtis, Jr., PhD
General Statement
Founded in 1998 as the first public health school in the nation with a focus on rural and underserved communities, the School of Public Health developed into a nationally ranked, fully accredited public health academic, research, and service program.
Offering classes at the College Station campus as well as other Texas locations through distance education, the school provides a bachelors program and graduate level programs including two master's degrees (Master of Public Health and Master of Health Administration) in several public health disciplines: epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, occupational safety and health, health administration, policy and management, and health promotion and community health sciences. The school also offers a Doctor of Public Health with concentrations in epidemiology, environmental health, and health promotion and community health sciences, and a Doctor of Philosophy in health services research.
The school provides an excellent forum for tomorrow’s public health leaders to engage in a learning environment that builds on a wide array of research strengths and scholarly inquiry of a stellar faculty (eight of whom have received the prestigious designations of Regents Professors and one Distinguished Professor). Further, the research and practice links established by the faculty provide an extensive diversity of opportunities for students to work closely with professionals in applied public health settings.
Providing a forum for future public health leaders, the school builds an array of research strengths and practice skills for rural and urban settings.
History
The School of Public Health is the first of its kind in the nation. The Texas Legislature established the school in 1995 as part of a rural health initiative to better address rural health needs in the state. After receiving degree-granting authority for the Master of Public Health degree in April 1998 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the School of Rural Public Health welcomed its inaugural class in September 1998.
In 2014, the School of Public Health welcomed its first students into the brand-new Bachelor of Science in Public Health program, the first program of its kind in the state affiliated with a fully accredited School of Public Health. With a mission to serve the public health needs of the entire state, the undergraduate program is based on a philosophy of health promotion and disease prevention to improve the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities in the State of Texas and beyond. Graduates of the BSPH program will be able to assess factors influencing health in populations as well as plan, design, implement and successfully manage effective healthcare programs and interventions as well as be well-positioned for careers in medicine, nursing and other allied health professions.
School of Public Health - Undergraduate Office
147 Reynolds Medical Sciences Building
College Station, TX 77843
(979) 436-9463
https://public-health.tamu.edu
Abdellatif, Hoda, Clinical Associate Professor
Public Health Sciences
BDS, University of Alexandria, Egypt, 1979
DrPH, University of Michigan, 1987
Aborahma, Dana, Clinical Faculty
Public Health Sciences
DDS, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, 2021
Ahenda, Petronella, Instructional Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
MS, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2012
Allgood, Kristi, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 2021
Andreyeva, Elena, Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Georgia State University, 2016
Baetge, Claire, Instructional Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2014
Barry, Adam, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2007
Benden, Mark E, Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2006
Blake, Jamilia, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, University of Georgia, 2007
Bokelmann, Annamarie D, Instructional Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
MS, Texas A&M University, 1999
Bolin, Jane L, Regents Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Pennsylvania State University, 2002
Buckley Jr, John J, Professor of the Practice
Health Policy & Management
MBA, George Washington University, 1969
Burdine, James N, Professor
Health Behavior
DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1979
Carrillo, Genny, Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Tulane University, 1993
Carrino, Gerard E, Instructional Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 2005
Chen, Lei-Shih, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2007
Cizmas, Leslie H, Instructional Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2003
Clark, Heather, Research Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
DrPH, Texas A&M University, 2014
Clendenin, Angela G, Instructional Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2017
Colwell, Gregory B, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Indiana University at Bloomington, 1992
Cote, Murray J, Associate Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1996
DeLeon, Joy, Instructional Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
Dixon, Benika, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
DrPH, Texas A&M University, 2020
Douphrate, David, Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Colorado State Univeristy, 2008
PHD, Colorado State University, 2008
Durham, Jared, Clinical Assistant Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, Texas A&M Health Science Center, 1995
Erickson, Timothy, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, 2019
PHD, University of Texas, HSC, 2019
Fehr, Sara, Instructional Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, University of Cincinnati, 2015
Ferdinand, Alva O, Associate Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, University of Alabama Birmingham, 2013
Fischer, Rebecca Susann Bryson, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, The University of Texas, 2014
Flores, Krystal, Instructional Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
DrPH, Texas A&M University, 2019
Garney, Whitney, Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2015
Gibbs, Shawn, Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, University of Cincinnati, 2002
Gilreath, Tamika, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Goodson, Patricia, Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Gorman, Dennis M, Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Essex, 1988
Griffith, Jennifer M, Instructional Professor
Health Policy & Management
DrPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
Haeder, Simon, Associate Professor
Health Policy & Management
Han, Daikwon, Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Buffalo, 2003
Han, Gang, Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, The Ohio State University, 2008
Hanik, Bruce, Instructional Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2011
Hong, Liang, Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, University of Tennessee, 2015
PHD, University of Iowa, 2004
Howell, Kristen, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Memphis School of Public Health, 2021
Johnson, Natalie M, Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2010
Kalbasi, Shaida, Instructional Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2015
Kim, Jeong Ho, Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, University of Washington, 2012
Kirkland, Stephanie, Instructional Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
Kum, Hye Chung, Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
Langford, Candice, Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2006
Lin, Szu-Hsuan, Instructional Associate Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2015
Ma, Ping, Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2013
Maddock, Jason E, Regents Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, University of Rhode Island, 1999
Marthey, Daniel, Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, University of Maryland, 2022
McDonald, Thomas J, Regents Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1988
McNeill, Elisa, Instructional Full Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2010
Mier, Nelda, Instructional Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, University of New Mexico, 2002
Montemayor, Benjamin, Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, University of Kentucky, 2020
Noureldin, Amal Ahmed K, Clinical Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, Cairo University, 1993
Obeidat, Raghad, Clinical Faculty
Public Health Sciences
BDS, Jordan University of Science and Technology Faculty of Dentistry, 2008
Ohsfeldt, Robert L, Regents Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, University of Houston, 1983
Ory, Marcia G, University Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Purdue University, 1976
Owens, Christopher, Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Indiana University-Bloomington, 2020
Patel, Simmi, Clinical Assistant Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2001
Patterson, Megan, Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2016
Pickens, Adam W, Instructional Associate Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, Texas Tech University, 2008
Prochnow, Tyler, Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Baylor University, 2021
Radcliff, Tiffany A, Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, 2000
Rahn, Rhonda, Instructional Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2014
Rodriguez, Anabel, Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2019
Roh, Taehyun, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Iowa, 2016
Sansom, Garett T, Assistant Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
DrPH, Texas A&M University, 2016
Schmit, Cason D, Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
JD, Arizona State University, 2012
Shaltout, Mahmoud, Instructional Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Salford, 2015
Sharma, Virender K, University Distinguished Professor
Environmental & Occptnl Hlth
PHD, University of Miami, 1989
Sherman, Ledric, Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2013
Shipp, Eva, Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2023
PHD, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2005
Smith, Matthew, Associate Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2008
Stasi, Selina M, Instructional Assistant Professor
Health Behavior
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2018
Tarwater, Patrick, Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, The University of Texas Health Science Center, 1999
Taylor, Loni, Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
DVM, Univ of Missouri CVM, 2008
DVM, University of Missouri, 2008
Timothe, Peggy, Associate Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, New York University, 1994
Ukert, Benjamin, Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Georgia State University, 2016
Veasey, Karl, Clinical Assistant Professor
Public Health Sciences
DDS, TX A&M College of Dentistry, 2019
Washburn, David J, Assistant Professor
Health Policy & Management
PHD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2011
Xu, Xiaohui, Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
Zhang, Bangning, Instructional Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, Texas A&M University, College Station, 2023
Zheng, Qi, Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1993