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Su-I Hou

Health Promotion and Behavior: College of Public Health

Posted in: Faculty

Last updated: Nov 20, 2007 - 11:52:06 AM

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

Member, National Board of Public Health Examiner- Charter Class
Core member, Emory Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) – the Social & Behavior Science Core, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Member, DrPH Subcommittee, Education Committee, Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, D.C.
Member and SOPHE Academic Anchor, The Society for Public Health Education
Member, American Public Health Association
Member, American College of Epidemiology
Member, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Member, The Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States.
Member, The Lambda Beta Chapter-At-Large, Sigma Theta Tau International.

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