University of Texas at El Paso Academic Catalog

Academic Catalog

Public Health Sciences

Chair

Maria Duarte-Gardea 
Contact Information: moduarte@utep.edu; 915-747-7252 
Education: BS, Autonomous University of Chihuahua; MS, Autonomous University of Chihuahua; MS, New Mexico State University; Ph D, New Mexico State University 
Research Interests: nutrition, chronic disease prevention

Professor

Maria Duarte-Gardea
Contact Information: moduarte@utep.edu; 915-747-7252
Education: BS, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua; MS, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua; MS, New Mexico State University; Ph D, New Mexico State University

Thenral Mangadu
Contact Information: tdmangadu@utep.edu; 915-747-8516
Education: MPH, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Associate Professor

Jeannie Concha
Contact Information: jeannie@utep.edu; 915-747-8308
Education: BS, The University of Texas at El Paso; MPH, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston School of Public Health; Ph D, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Gabriel Ibarra-Mejia
Contact Information: gabmejia@utep.edu; 915-747-7270
Education: MD, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez; Occupational Medicine specialist, Secretaria de Educación Pública; MS, Lulea Tekniska Universitet; Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso; Post-doctorate, The University of Texas at El Paso

Julia Lechuga
Contact Information: julialec@utep.edu; 915-747-7221
Education: Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP); Postdoctorate, Medical College of Wisconsin

Oralia Loza
Contact Information: oloza@utep.edu; 915-747-7232
Education: BS, U.C. Santa Barbara; MA, U.C. Santa Barbara; Ph D, U.C. San Diego & San Diego State University

Emre Umucu
Contact Information: eumucu@utep.edu; 915-747-7275
Education: MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ph D, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Ximena Burgos Monzon
Contact Information: xburgos@utep.edu; 915-747-8548
Education: Ph D, The University of Texas at El Paso

Cynthia Wittenburg
Contact Information: cwittenburg@utep.edu; 915-747-7237
Education: BS, The University of Texas at El Paso; MS, Univeristy of New Mexico; DrPH (Doctorate in Public Health), The University of Texas Health Science Center Houston

The University of Texas at El Paso
Department of Public Health Sciences
Health Sciences and Nursing Building
500 W. University Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79968

Email: dlicerio@utep.edu
Phone: 915.747.8396

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