Title: Jan M. H. Risser, PhD: Governing Council

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Section/SPIG: Epidemiology

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I am an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Most of my research has involved population-based disease surveillance, including stroke surveillance in the Lower Rio Grande Valley region of Texas and the surveillance of sexually transmitted infection, HIV, and risky sexual behaviors in Houston. Disparities in health, in access to health, and in health-seeking behaviors are obvious for both stroke and sexually transmitted diseases. I hope to address these disparities during the tenure of my position in Epidemiology leadership.