Leadership and Program Oversight
Our program has over 30 faculty members with a wide variety of expertise, including but not limited to clinical preventive medicine, public health leadership, infectious disease, and epidemiology.
| Faculty Member | Title | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Howard, MD, MPH | Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD | Physician | Texas Center for Infectious Disease |
| Lisa Cornelius, MD, MPH | Hospital Epidemiologist | Central Texas Veterans Health Care System |
| Courtney Dezendorf, MEd | Director, Office of Practice and Learning | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Ellen Elmore, MD | Physician | City of Austin TB Clinic |
| Kelly Fegan-Bohm, MD, MPH | Medical Director, Community Health Improvement Division | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Brad Fitzwater, MD | Substance Use Medical Director, | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Lewis Foxhall, MD | Vice President for Health Policy, Physician-In-Chief | MD Anderson |
| Cristina Garcia, PhD, MHS | Director of Public Health Research Advancement | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Lisa Glenn, MD | Senior Associate Medical Director | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Min Gu, MD | Family Medicine Physician | Texas Health Action |
| Manda Hall, MD | Deputy Commissioner for Community Health Improvement | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Bethany Hughes, MD | Medical Director | North Texas State Hospital |
| Mary Carol Jennings, MD, MPH | Chief Medical Officer | Sendero Health Plans |
| Annie Kizilbash, MD | Medical Director | Texas Center for Infectious Disease |
| Sandra Lozano, MD, MPH | Public Health Medical Director | Dallas County Health and Human Services |
| Sharon Melville, MD, MPHD | Regional Medical Director - Region 7 (Temple, TX) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Dalia Nessim, MD, MPH, Ph.D. | Occupational and Environmental Health | UT Health Science Center Northeast (Tyler, TX) |
| Ketki Patel, MD, Ph.D., MPH | Director, Environmental Surveillance and Toxicology Branch | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Stephen Pont, MD, MPH | Medical Director, Center for Public Health Policy and Practice | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Emilie Prot, DO, MPH | Associate Program Director, DSHS Regional Medical Director - Region 11 (Harlingen, TX) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Awilda I. Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, COL (USA, RET) | Retired | |
| David Reisman, JD | Chief Ethics Officer | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Gretchen Rodriguez, MPH, CIC | Lead Healthcare-Associated-Infection Epidemiologist | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Holli Sadler, MD | Physician | Central Texas VA |
| Ming Tang, MD | Physician | City of Austin Refugee Health Screening |
| Christopher Webb, PhD | Research Advancement Manager | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Leila Williams, DO | Deputy Chief Medical Officer | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Lana Yamba, MD, MPH | TB Consultant Physician | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |