C. Ed Hsu 許介文 副教授 Associate Professor of the University of Texas School of
Biomedical Informatics (SBMI) and School of Public Health (SPH) is specialized in Public
Health Informatics. He serves as Director of the UT Laboratory of Preventive Health
Informatics and SpaTial Analysis. He coordinates UT Houston MPH/PhD, MPH/MS dual-degree
programs and a joint graduate certificate program in Public Health Informatics co-offered
by UT SBMI and SPH. He holds adjunct faculty appointments with University of Maryland
System, MD. He is an affiliated faculty mentor with Rice University Keck Center's
biomedical pre/post doctoral fellowship program funded by National Library of Medicine,
and the Pre/post doctoral program of UTSPH, funded by the CPRIT. Formerly he served on
the faculty of the University of Maryland SPH at College Park, MD responsible for public
health informatics teaching and research programs. His research focuses on applying
informatics solutions, including spatial and temporal methods, geographic information
systems, epidemiology and survey/focus group techniques in the research of health
disparities, minority health, and public health preparedness and responses. He completed
several federal, state, and county funded projects, and co-authored more than 30
peer-reviewed papers on the use of informatics methods in reducing health disparities,
and enhancing public health preparedness and response. He published internationally and
nationally in these subject areas. Professor Hsu is alumnus of the University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, where he received graduate training in health
management and policy sciences, health services research, and health informatics. He
completed undergraduate training in preventive medicine from Medical College of Fujen
Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition to having academic backgrounds, he had
prior experiences serving as a legislative aide, drill sergeant in Army artillery, and a
Braille instructor in the Commission for the Blind for visually-impaired community.
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