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Steering Committee

Jay R. Brown
College of Natural Sciences

Director of Public Health, Associate Professor of Instruction, School of Health & Human Sciences

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Alexandra A. Garcia
School of Nursing

Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs, School of Nursing

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Ying Ding
School of Information

Bill and Lewis Suit Professor

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Catherine Cubbin
Steve Hicks School of Social Work

Associate Dean for Research, Steve Hicks School of Social Work

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Deanna Hoelscher
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Professor in Health Promotion and Austin Campus Dean, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences Director

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Debra Umberson
College of Liberal Arts

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS)

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Keryn E. Pasch
College of Education

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education

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Melissa Taylor
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Senior Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships

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Michael S. Mackert
Dell Medical School

Director, Center for Health Communication; Professor, Department of Population Health

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Navkiran “Kiran” K. Shokar
Dell Medical School

Associate Dean for Community Affairs, Dell Medical School; Professor, Department of Population Health

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W. Renee' Acosta
College of Pharmacy

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice

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Robert Town
Department of Economics | College of Liberal Arts

James L. and Nancy Powell Centennial Professor

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Shelley Payne
Department of Molecular Biosciences | College of Natural Sciences

Professor; Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease

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Kristie Loescher
McCombs School of Business

Professor of Instruction

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Jessica Hughes Wagner
University Health Services & Counseling and Mental Health Center

Director, Strategic Initiatives

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Staff

Kyle Murphy
School of Health & Human Sciences

Academic Program Coordinator, UT Public Health Coalition; Institute for Community Health Research

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