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ReACH Assistant/ Associate/Professor Opening

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ReACH Coordinator Position

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ReACH Director, Dr. Barbara J. Turner featured on Texas Public Radio's Texas Standard

On Friday, March 31st, Dr. Barbara J. Turner, the Director of the Center for Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) will be featured on the Texas Public Radio show Texas Standard to discuss a recently published study that looks at how much the Hispanic community knows about chronic pain. Dr. Turner and her team conducted a population-based survey representing 8.8 million Hispanic residents of five Southwestern states who did not have chronic pain. The data from this study reveal serious gaps in knowledge about chronic pain including misunderstanding about relying on narcotics to treat the disease. This is the first study to reveal poor knowledge about chronic pain in a large population of Americans and reinforces the urgency of launching a broad-based educational campaign about chronic pain and its care.

ReACH Scholars

Anthony Scott, MA, PhD

Anthony Scott, MA, PhD Professor/Clinical has worked at UTHSCSA Department of Pediatrics for 20 years.

Maureen Simmonds, PhD., PT

Maureen Simmonds, PhD., PT, Dr. Simmonds is currently Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Research Professor at the AT Still Research Institute. Dr. Simmonds trained as a physiotherapist at Wolverhampton School of Physiotherapy in the UK.

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN

Kathleen R. Stevens RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN is Founding Director of the Center for Excellence, the Academic Center for Evidence-based Practice (ACE); since 2000, she has garnered $12 million to support efforts that advance evidence-based quality improvement through research, education, and practice.

Barbara S. Taylor, MD, MS

Dr. Barbara Taylor is an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and the Assistant Dean for the MD/MPH Program at UT Health San Antonio with co-appointments at the UTHealth School of Public Health and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, PhD

Alfredo Tirado-Ramos, PhD, is the founder and Chief of the Clinical Informatics Research Division of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA).

Melissa Valerio, PhD,MPH

Melissa Valerio, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science at the UT School of Public Health, San Antonio Regional Campus.

Paula Winkler, MEd

Paula Winkler, MEd received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Tech University and her Masters of Education degree from Southern Methodist University. She has over 30 years of experience developing linkages between academic programs to community based health promotion/disease prevention initiatives.

Zenong Yin, PhD

Dr. Zenong Yin is the Loretta J. Lowak Clarke Distinguished Professor in Health and Kinesiology in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at the University of Texas at San Antonio.