Faculty & Staff
David W. Wetter, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Health Disparities Research
Projects:
- Quit and Win
- Project HEALTH
- Cuidate
- Por Nuestra Salud
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for Research on Minority Health
Projects:
- Symptoms, Symptom Management and End-of-Life Care in Latino Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Cancer
- The African American Nutrition for Life Project (A NU LIFE)
- The Asian American Health Needs Assessment project (AsANA)
- The Prostate Outreach Project (POP)
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Demonstration Project
- EXPORT Project, Bridging the Gap: Addressing Environmental Health Through Science
- The Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study
- The PIPELINE Scientific Training Program
- The Science Centered Inquiry-Based Educational Activities in Collaborating Elementary Classrooms (SCIENCE) Project
- The Health Disparities Summer Workshop and Fall Course
Harry R. Gibbs, M.D.
Vice President for Institutional Diversity
Department of Health Disparities Research
Jennifer Irvin Vidrine, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Project:
- Project INFORM (RO1) (Literacy and Smoking Risk Communications)
- Ask-Advise-Connect (R18) (Dissemination of a Smoking Quitline to the Underserved)
Janice A. Allen Chilton, Dr.P.H., M.A., M.P.H.
Instructor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Projects:
- African American and West African Women's Health Project
- STELLAR Minority Inclusion Project
- EXPORT Project, Bridging the Gap: Addressing Environmental Health Through Science
- The Women’s Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study
María A. Hernández-Valero, Dr.P.H.
Instructor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Project:
- Prevalence of Environmental and Genetic Risk Factors for Gastric Cancer in a Population of Mexican-American Children Residing in Texas
Carlos A. Mazas, Ph.D.
Instructor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Project:
Lorna Haughton McNeill, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Project:
- African American Cancer Prevention Project: Establishing a Cohort to Investigate Health Disparities
- Peer-Support Motivational Interviewing PA Intervention for African American Women
- Perceptions of School, Recreation, and Transportation Environments Among African American Families in Public Housing - II
- Social, Contextual and Environmental Determinants of Physical Activity in Sedentary Minority Adults
Lorraine R. Reitzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Disparities Research
Project: