C. Ed Hsu, PhD, MPH 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 is director of UTHealth Preventive Health Informatics and Spatial
Analysis Lab. 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 is adjunct professor with three schools of the University System of Maryland. On
research he is affiliated with GCC/Keck Center's biomedical fellowship program (Rice
U) funded by National Library of Medicine, pre-doctoral training program in
Gene-Environment Interaction of the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for
the Prevention of Human Diseases (UT-IMM) supported by Burroughs Wellcome Fund, UTHealth
Center for Emergency Research funded by the CDC and the Pre/post doctoral program (UTSPH)
funded by the CPRIT Texas legislature. Formerly he served FTE on the faculty of
University of Maryland at College Park responsible for public health informatics teaching
and research programs. He serves on federal, national non-for-profit and state advisory
committees and study sections to advise health programs and policy developments. His
research focuses on applying informatics solutions, including spatial and temporal
methods, geographic information systems, epidemiology and qualitative techniques in the
improvement of health disparities, minority health, and public health preparedness and
responses. He completed several federal, state, and county funded programs, and
co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed research papers on the use of informatics methods
in reducing health disparities, and enhancing public health preparedness and response. He
published nationally and internationally in these subject areas. Hsu is a regular
contributor to national and local media on public health information issues. He is an
alum of the University of Texas where he was trained in health management and policy,
health informatics, and health services research. He completed undergraduate training in
preventive medicine from Medical College of Fujen Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan.
Before attending college he was enlisted and served as drill sergeant (cpl, artillery).
As a former student veteran himself and the first generation in his family to go to
college he has been committed, for the past 15 years, to working with adult learners,
non-traditional students, students in uniformed service and veterans, and those from
underserved communities who are motivated to improve their life chances through
completion of higher education. In addition to having academic backgrounds, he had policy
experiences serving as a legislative aide, and gained disability policy experience
serving as staff for the Int'l Commission for the Blind for visually-impaired
community.
Peer-Review Journal Articles
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Media Communication on Public Health Informatics
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