Health Promotion and Behavior


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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)
  • eHealth promotion/communication (particularly among middle- & older-age adults)
  • Survey instrument development and validation
  • Intervention Mapping (IM)
  • Evaluation of health programs
  • Service-learning & community based participatory research
  • Research & Grants
  • Publications

Professional Affiliations



Honors and Awards

  • 2008-2009 Selected Georgia District 6910 representative for Group Study Exchange (GSE) selected District 6910 representative (May-June, 2009). Professional exchange and enhancement in South Korea, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Evanston, IL.
  • UGA Nominee, 2009 Thomas Ehrlich Engaged Faculty Award, Campus Compact.
  • CPH Nominee, 2009 Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Award. The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC).
  • 2008-2009 Fulbright Scholar Research Award (alternate candidate). Attitudes, beliefs, and utilizations towards e-health communication and preventive health service among middle-aged worksite employees in Taiwan. Council of International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Washington, D.C
  • 2008 HIIT’s Chair Emeritus Awards, HIIT SPIG, APHA.
  • Nominee (2008), Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award, Gerontology Health Section, American Public Health Association (APHA), Washington, D.C.  
  • Writing Fellow (2008-2009). Center for Teaching & Learning, UGA, Athens, GA.  
  • Service-Learning Senior Scholar for Research (2008-2009). Office of Service-Learning (OSL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
  • Inaugural Service-Learning Senior Scholar for Curriculum Initiatives. (2007-2008). Office of 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