Mark your calendars! The next Front Porch Club Meeting is February 21st at 4:30 pm. Join us in person or connect by Zoom. We hope to see you there!
Sandra Burge, PhD is a social scientist and professor with tenure in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Health San Antonio. For 25 years, Dr. Burge has taught behavioral science to family medicine residents, focusing on doctor-patient communication, patient-centered care, and motivating healthy behaviors. Her research interests include prevention of family violence, substance abuse, and practice-based research in primary care. She is founder and Director of the Residency Research Network of Texas (RRNeT), a group of ten family medicine residency programs located in nine cities, including two on the Texas-Mexico border. She is also the Director of the UTHSCSA Resource Center for Practice-based Research Networks in the Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science, which provides infrastructure support for six practice-based research networks.
family violence; substance abuse; health behavior change; practice-based research in primary care.