SERVICE-LEARNING FACULTY FELLOW

♦ Jennifer Horney ♦

PHEB 689: Methods in Field Epidemiology

Beginning in Spring 2015, Dr. Horney will offer a new

course, Methods in Field Epidemiology, which will focus

on teaching applied public health skills such as public

health surveillance and outbreak investigation. In addition

to regular classroom components, a new service-learning

component called EpiAssist will give enrolled students the

opportunity to work with local, regional, and state public

health staff on applied public health projects developed in

partnership with the Texas Department of State Health

Services (DSHS).

The goal of EpiAssist is to provide benefits to students,

community partners, and the School of Public Health,

including the following:

• Improve learning by complementing traditional

classroom teaching;

• Strengthen the relationship between the

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and

DSHS to accomplish mutual goals; and,

• Engage students in the potential of a future career

in applied public health.

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Jennifer received her PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

in 2009, and joined the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Texas

A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health in 2014. She teaches

epidemiology methods and field epidemiology methods. Her research

focuses on linkages between planning and the health impacts of disasters.