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Brownsville Campus’ McCormick
Appointed Chancellor’s Fellow
Epidemiologist Joseph B. McCormick, M.D., dean of The University of Texas School of Public Health’s Brownsville regional campus, has been appointed the first Chancellor’s Fellow in Public Health by University of Texas System Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
Joseph B. McCormick, M.D.
For a one-year term, McCormick will continue to extend his contributions to the field by focusing on System-wide public health education, academic and community relations, and multidisciplinary research, Shine said.
McCormick also is considering a System-wide symposium on public health in early 2006.
“I am very pleased that Dr. McCormick will serve as the Chancellor’s Fellow in Public Health. In this role, he will provide leadership for the development of collaborative activities with other UT components and for linking public health training to the educational programs for other health professions,” said Guy S. Parcel, Ph.D., dean of the UT School of Public Health and the John P. McGovern, M.D., Professor in Health Promotion.
McCormick – who also is the James H. Steele Professor of Epidemiology at the UT School of Public Health – has garnered widespread attention for his international work fighting dangerous viruses, including the Marburg virus in Angola. He served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) in viral hemorrhagic fevers, smallpox eradication and AIDS.
In 1995, McCormick and his wife, Susan Fisher- Hoch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of epidemiology in the UT School of Public Health at Brownsville, coauthored the best-selling book, Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC.
The Chancellor’s Fellow in Public Health is one of four new Chancellor’s Health Fellows positions recently authorized by the UT System Board of Regents. Each fellow will receive a $25,000 academic enhancement fund, which can be used for research and education. Fellows are selected for their expertise and willingness to facilitate System-wide efforts in enhancing achievements in selected areas.
By Melanie Hillis, Public Affairs