Directory of Expertise in Women's Health
This list of over 75 faculty summarizes the breadth of work being conducted in women's health at UTMB. Contact Don Dietiker, x74918, to request a listing in this directory.
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Cara Geary, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Investigating the role of gentle ventilation on neonatal outcomes; updating current Neonatology Clinical Database with an interface to the upcoming electronic medical record; investigating approaches to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Contact: 409-772-2815; cageary@utmb.edu
Pawel Goluszko, MD, PhD
Lecturer, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Cellular microbiology; bacterial invasion.
Contact: 409-772-7585; pgoluszk@utmb.edu
Bin Gong, MD, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow; Instructor
Department of Pathology
Research Interests:Fetal basis of dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm; Hyperthermia-induced upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in cardiac tissue; Cardiac preconditioning with infrared laser irradiation heating
Contact: 409-772-8199; bigong@utmb.edu
James Goodwin, MD
George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Medicine; Director of Sealy Center on Aging
Research Interests: Patterns of cancer care in the elderly; barriers to health care delivery in the elderly; predictors of physical functioning and health in older populations.
Contact: 409-747-1987; jsgoodwi@utmb.edu
James Grady, DrPH
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health; Senior Biostatistician, Office of Biostatistics; Statistician, General Clinical Research Center.
Research Interests: Studies involving longitudinal and correlated data, general linear models, clinical trials and meta-analysis.
Contact: 409-772-5276; jgrady@utmb.edu
Gary Hankins, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Chief, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine.
Research Interests: Clinical outcome studies; multiple facets of operative obstetrics; large animal physiology; acute effects of amniotic fluid embolism; uteroplacental blood flow dynamics; pathophysiology and genesis of amniotic fluid embolism; maternal/fetal pharmacology and pharmaco dynamics; placental perfusion.
Contact: 409-772-1957; ghankins@utmb.edu
Alice Hill, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
Research Interests: Feeding and nutrition of preterm infants.
Contact: 409-772-8251; ahill@utmb.edu
Caroline W.S. Jansen, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health Sciences
Research Interests: Musculoskeletal injuries, overuse syndromes, clinical research, tendon injuries, measurement, rehabilitation; rehabilitation of patients after breast cancer treatment.
Contact: 409-772-3068; cjansen@utmb.edu
Yow-Jiun (Jennifer) Jeng, PhD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Research Interests: Lysophospholipid and reproduction
Contact: 409-772-2220; yjeng@utmb.edu
Gary Kesling, PhD, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Surgery
Research Interests: Clinical preventive medicine; intra- and interpersonal violence; regionalized systems of trauma; clinical informatics; and individual, marriage and family psychotherapy, palliative and end of life care.
Contact: 409-747-7345; gkesling@utmb.edu
Tuenchit Khamapirad, M.D.
Associate Professor, Radiology
Research Interests: Radiological, clinical and histophological correlation of benign intraductal papilloma of the breast; early markers for breast cancer risks; soybean diet and breast density.
Contact: 409747-0932; tukhamap@utmb.edu
Ruth Levine, MD
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests: Identification and management of anxiety disorders and major depression; Prevalence of major depressive symptoms in medical students; Anxiety disorders in women who are pregnant and postpartum; Efficacy of various medications in patients with panic disorder; social anxiety disorder; generalized anxiety disorder; posttraumatic stress disorder; major depressive disorder; and dysthymia; Educational program evaluation; Methods of assessment and remediation in psychiatry clerkships.
Contact: 409-747-9667; rlevine@utmb.edu
Lee-Jane Lu, PhD
Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health-Environmental Toxicology
Research Interests: Phytoestrogens; estrogen receptors; breast cancer.
Contact: 409-772-1730; llu@utmb.edu
Kyriakos Markides, PhD
Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging; Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health; Director, Division of Sociomedical Sciences; Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Research Interests: Longitudinal studies of Mexican-American elderly health care; depression; aging; social epidemiology; medical sociology; behavioral/social factors; demography; Hispanics.
Contact: 409-772-2551; kmarkide@utmb.edu
Maria-Adelaide Micci, PhD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology
Research Interests: Development of stem cell therapy for the treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by loss or malfunction of enteric neurons.
Contact: 409-747-3085; mmicci@UTMB.edu
Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Structural basis for allergenicity and environmental induction of plant allergens.
Contact: 409-772-3832; tmidoro@utmb.edu
Gregg Milligan, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Research Interests: Herpes simplex; and vaccine and other preventive measures against genital infection.
Contact: 409-747-8145; gnmillig@utmb.edu
Deanna Meyler, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Research Interests: Chicanas/os in American society; gender in the radical environmental movement; health concordance between married couples.
Contact: (409) 772-2551; demeyler@utmb.edu
Glenn V. Ostir, PhD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine - Geriatrics
Research interests: The association between positive emotion and recovery in function for older adults
Contact: 409-747-1880; gostir@utmb.edu
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, School Allied Health Sciences; Associate Director, Sealy Center on Aging
Research Interests: Outcomes related to functional disabilities; rehabilitation research; and rehabilitation outcomes.
Contact: 409-747-1635; kottenba@utmb.edu
