We have 11 world-class tenure-track/tenured faculty serve the Health Education Division through teaching, research, and service, bringing decades of experience to Health Education students. It is highly recommended that before you apply for our Ph.D. program, you choose the field you are interested in, identify a potential advisor for your doctoral program, and contact them for more information about their research. You can find more specific information in the table below, or visit: https://hlkn.tamu.edu/divisions/division-health-education/#faculty
| Name | Email Address | Research Interests |
| Yorghos Apostolopoulos
(Associate Professor) |
yaposto@tamu.edu
|
Social epidemiology
Occupational health and safety Health policy |
| Adam Barry
(Professor) |
aebarry@tamu.edu
|
Alcohol Impairment Alcohol-Related Behaviors Population Health (Student Service Members/Veterans) Population Health (College Students) |
| Lei-Shih Chen
(Associate Professor) |
lacechen@tamu.edu
|
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Cancer Prevention and Control Health DisparitiesInternational Health Maternal and Children Health |
| Whitney Garney
(Assistant Professor) |
wrgarney@tamu.edu
|
Community-based participatory research Ecological approaches to public health Program evaluation Public health innovation Social network analysis Systems approaches to public health |
| Tamika Gilreath
(Associate Professor) |
tgilreath@tamu.edu
|
Adolescence
Substance use Mental Health Comorbidity of behavioral health risks Disparities/Vulnerable populations (e.g., Black American, military-connected) Emerging adulthood |
| Patricia Goodson
(Professor) |
pgoodson@tamu.edu
|
Prevention Education Program Evaluation Reproductive Health Sex Education |
| Idethia Harvey
(Associate Professor) |
isharvey@tamu.edu
|
Health Disparities
Smoking cessation |
| Meg Patterson
(Assistant Professor) |
megpatterson@tamu.edu
|
Addiction and recovery College student health and wellness Community heath Interpersonal violence Physical activity and sedentary Behavior Social network analysis |
| Ledric Sherman
(Assistant Professor) |
lsherman@tamu.edu
|
Diabetes Self-Management Health education and wellness promotion Men’s Health Quality & quantity of life among persons living with type 2 diabetes |
| Lisa T. Wigfall
(Assistant Professor) |
lwigfall@tamu.edu
|
Health Communication HIV/AIDS Health Disparities HPV-Related Cancer Health Disparities Implementation Science Systems Integration |
| Kelly Wilson
(Professor) |
kwilson@tamu.edu
|
Service design and innovative program development
Child and adolescent health status & behaviors Teen pregnancy prevention and healthy sexuality Sexuality education training for professionals Pregnant and parenting adolescents |