Health Promotion and Behavior


Su-I Hou

Associate Professor, HPB Undergraduate Coordinator
shou@uga.edu

309 Ramsey Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.8206 (voice)
706.542.4956 (fax)

Educational Background

  • MPH, School of Public Health, University of Texas School, Houston
  • DrPH, School of Public Health, University of Texas School, Houston


Research Interests

  • HIV/AIDS preventive research (among late adolescents & young adults, ethnic minority groups, and older adults)
  • Cancer screening education and prevention (cervical, colorectal, and ovarian cancers)
  • International Health (particularly the Asian population)
  • Survey instrument development and validation
  • Intervention Mapping (IM)
  • Evaluation of health programs
  • Research & Grants
  • Publications

Professional Affiliations



Honors and Awards

  • Inaugural Service-Learning Senior Scholar for Curriculum Initiatives. (2007-2008). Office of Service-Learning, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
  • Selected Service-Learning Fellow Participant, 9th Annual Summer Service-Learning Institute (advanced track), Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (2006).
  • Selected Minority Investigator participant, 2006 NCI Behavioral Research Program, “Minority Investigators Workshop on Behavioral Methodology”. National Cancer Institutes (2006) .
  • Sarah H. Moss Fellowship Award (2005-2006) for junior faculty career development, OISD / UGA. Visiting scholar and research collaboration at National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  • Faculty Recognition of Great Contribution to Student Career Development (2004-2005), The UGA Career Service Center, Athens, GA.
  • Selected as one of the top poster abstracts at the 19th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (2005), Atlanta, GA.
  • Lilly Teaching Fellow Award (2004-2005), Office of instructional Support & Development (OISD), The University of Georgia (UGA).
  • Sarah H. Moss Fellowship Award (2003-2004) for junior faculty career development, OIDS / UGA. Training at the 2003 Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan.
  • Institute of Behavior Research (IBR) Mentoring Program Award (2003-2004), The University of Georgia.
  • Excellent Health Promotion Program Recognition (2004) by National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Center for Diseases Control, Atlanta, GA.
  • Selected as one of the College’s Scholars of Influence as a Rising Scholar in the COE annual magazine (EDUCATION 2004), College of Education, UGA.




Curriculum Vitae