Affiliates

CHASP: Center for Health and Social Policy

CHASP is a multidisciplinary research center in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. CHASP was created with generous support from the Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs to conduct research, to educate students and practitioners to become future leaders, and to provide a forum for today's foremost policymakers and scholars to debate pressing issues in American health and social policy.

CHPR: Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations

This Center is funded for five years by the National Institute of Nursing Research/National Institutes of Health to promote health promotion and disease prevention research endeavors in underserved populations. This Center thus addresses a major goal of Healthy People 2010: to reduce disparities in health.

CWGS: Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies is a unique interdisciplinary program that offers courses, degrees and organized events each year. The focus of the program is on understanding women’s experiences from a variety of perspectives as well as the role that gender plays in shaping society.

IGERT: Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering

This National Science Foundation-funded IGERT effort is a unique and interdisciplinary graduate program aimed at both fundamental and applied research to better understand and improve indoor environmental quality.

Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Hillary Hart, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow
Phone: 512-471-4635

Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

Marlene Dixon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sport Management Program
Phone: 512-471-1273

Dixie Stanforth, M.S.
Lecturer, Health Promotion and Fitness
Phone: 512-475-9694

Mary Steinhardt, Ph.D.
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Phone: 512-232-3535

Department of Management

Kristie Loescher, M.P.H., D.B.A.
Lecturer
Phone: 512-471-9318

Professional Development and Community Engagement Program

Tommy Darwin, Ph.D.
Director
Phone: 512-232-3632

School of Nursing

Diane Tyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
Phone: 512-471-1273

School of Social Work

Laura Lein, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: 512-471-9248

Yolanda Padilla, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Work and Women’s Studies
Phone: 512-471-6266

School of Pharmacy

Scott Strassels, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: 512-471-5657

University Health Services

Lea Gebhardt, MPH
Health Education Coordinator
Phone: 512-475-8252