THRC Affiliate Directory
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Dr. Sidney T AndersonAndersonSidneyAssociate ProfessorEmail: sidney.anderson@txstate.eduOffice: MCOY 424Phone: (512) 245-7428THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsMarketing Analytics, Health & Wellness Marketing, and Marketing Strategy
Dr. Lesli M Biediger-FriedmanBiediger-FriedmanLesliAssociate ProfessorEmail: lbfnutrition@txstate.eduOffice: FCS 101Phone: (512) 245-7059THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsCommunity and Public Health Nutrition
Food and Nutrition Security
Maternal and Child Health/ Nutrition
Senior Nutrition
The Built Environment
Nutrition + Technology
Dr. Nathaniel Dede-BamfoDede-BamfoNathanielGIS Services SpecialistEmail: nd1115@txstate.eduOffice: ALK 105 APhone: (512) 245-3216THRC Affiliate since 2019
Dr. Elizabeth K EgerEgerElizabethAssistant ProfessorEmail: eger@txstate.eduOffice: CENT 205Phone: (512) 245-7823THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsOrganizational CommunicationView Full Research Interests for Dr. Elizabeth K Eger
Difference and Intersectionality
Work-Life and Health Communication
LGBTQ+ Work and Health
Transgender and Queer Communication
Ethnography and Qualitative Inquiry
Organizational Identity and Identification
Rhetorical Criticism and Critical Media Studies
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Dr. Tahir EkinEkinTahirAssociate ProfessorEmail: tahirekin@txstate.eduOffice: MCOY 451Phone: (512) 245-3297THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsStochastic modeling, Bayesian statistics, stochastic optimization, resource allocation, health care fraud assessment , operations and portfolio management, Bayesian data mining, simulation
Dr. Barbara A HewittHewittBarbaraAssociate ProfessorEmail: bh05@txstate.eduOffice: Nursing Building 204Phone: (512) 716-2843THRC Affiliate since 2019
Dr. Cassandra M JohnsonJohnsonCassandraAssistant ProfessorOffice: FCS 279Phone: (512) 245-9196THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsSocioeconomic inequalities in nutrition; food access; food insecurity; food choices; food parenting; behavioral nutrition interventions/programs; rural health; family systems; community based participatory research; promotora/e models; research methodology, including theory and measurement.
Dr. Maureen Keeley-VassbergKeeley-VassbergMaureenProfessorEmail: maureen.keeley@txstate.eduOffice: CENT 205Phone: (512) 245-3133THRC Affiliate since 2020
Research InterestsDr. Keeley is considered on of the leading experts in the area family communication at the End-of-Life. Her focus for over two decades has been to explore "Final Conversations" (i.e., all verbal and nonverbal messages from the time of a terminal diagnosis until the moment of death) from the family members...View Full Research Interests for Dr. Maureen Keeley-Vassberg
Dr. Scott KruseKruseClemensSchool Director - ProfessorEmail: scottkruse@txstate.eduOffice: ENC 250Phone: (512) 245-3494THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsManagement and Adoption of Health information technology, Patient portals, Medical Informatics, Telemedicine, Adoption factors of electronic health records, Adoption factors of computerized provider order entry, Barriers to adoption of electronic health records, Barriers to adoption of computerized provider...View Full Research Interests for Dr. Scott Kruse
Dr. Karen LewisLewisKarenAssociate ProfessorEmail: karen.lewis@txstate.eduOffice: CENT 401BPhone: (512) 245-6391THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsDr. Lewis' research interests focus on the specificity of interactions between biological macromolecules, in particular the protein-protein and protein-RNA assemblies that regulate translation. One of the Lewis Lab’s major projects is to characterize the structure and functions of the RNA-binding protein...View Full Research Interests for Dr. Karen Lewis
Dr. Yongmei LuLuYongmeiChair - ProfessorEmail: yl10@txstate.eduOffice: ELA 139Phone: (512) 245-8704THRC Affiliate since 2019
Dr. Lidia E NunoNunoLidiaAssociate ProfessorEmail: lidia.nuno@txstate.eduOffice: HINE 108Phone: (512) 245-3345THRC Affiliate since 2022
Research InterestsPolicing, Gangs, Immigration
Dr. Eduardo PerezPerezEduardoAssociate ProfessorEmail: eduardopr@txstate.eduOffice: IGRM 4001FPhone: (512) 245-1826THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research Interests- Applications of operations research in service systems (healthcare, public health, homeland security, renewable energy, humanitarian logistics).View Full Research Interests for Dr. Eduardo Perez
- Development of theory, methodology, and algorithms to support decisions under uncertainty and in the presence of large amounts of data.
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Dr. Manu PokharelPokharelManusheelaAssistant ProfessorEmail: manu.pokharel@txstate.eduOffice: CENT 205Phone: (512) 245-2165THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsHealth Communication, Cancer Communication, Visuals, Emotion, Skin Cancer, Health Campaigns
Dr. Steven W Rayburn IIRayburnStevenAssociate ProfessorEmail: steven.rayburn@txstate.eduOffice: MCOY 424Phone: (512) 245-7428THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsOrganizational Frontline Research
Strategic Service Interactions
Work Design
Service Design
Healthcare Services
Subsistence Marketplace Entrepreneurship
Transformative Service Research
Dr. Aimee K RoundtreeRoundtreeAimeeProfessorEmail: akr@txstate.eduOffice: FH 313Phone: (512) 245-2317THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsDr. Aimee Kendall Roundtree investigates research and STEM communication, rhetoric, and ethics, including science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. In particular, her work interrogates points of translation and transaction between experts, policymakers, organizations, and the public,...View Full Research Interests for Dr. Aimee K Roundtree
Dr. Lucas J RusnakRusnakLucasAssistant ProfessorEmail: lucas.rusnak@txstate.eduOffice: MCS 573Phone: (512) 245-3429THRC Affiliate since 2019
Dr. Ram ShanmugamShanmugamRamProfessorEmail: shanmugam@txstate.eduOffice: ENC 262Phone: (512) 245-9772THRC Affiliate since 2020
Research InterestsHe has been active researcher in the topics of healthcare, engineering, applied science, data envelopment, patterns of earthquake, and anthropology.
Dr. Paula Stigler GranadosStigler GranadosPaulaProgram FacultyEmail: psgranados@txstate.eduOffice: ENC 250Phone: (512) 245-3494THRC Affiliate since 2019
Research InterestsVulnerable Populations
Chagas Disease
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Tobacco Waste and the Environment
Access to Healthcare
Neglected Tropical Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Dr. Lu WangWangLuAssistant ProfessorEmail: lu.wang@txstate.eduOffice: CMAL 211Phone: (512) 245-3409THRC Affiliate since 2022
Dr. Jie ZhuZhuJieAssistant ProfessorEmail: j_z151@txstate.eduOffice: FCS 101Phone: (512) 245-2135THRC Affiliate since 2020
Research InterestsDr. Zhu’s research focuses on exploring how diet patterns/nutrients (especially one-carbon metabolism nutrients) and gene interactions affect human chronic diseases risk, and understanding inter-individual differences in nutrients metabolism through a systems biology approach which incorporates various...View Full Research Interests for Dr. Jie Zhu
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