Department of Surgery Faculty
Michelle Price, PhD, M.Ed.
Assistant Professor
Administrator, Department of Surgery
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UT School of Public Health
Division: Administration
Email: pricema@uthscsa.edu
Education:
2007 - PhD, Behavioral Sciences (Biostatistics, Management & Policy minors), University of Texas - School of Public Health
1995 - Master of Education, Suma cum Laude, Counseling Psychology, University of Houston
Postgraduate training:
2002 - Certificate, Principles & Practices of Injury Prevention, Johns Hopkins University Summer Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health
2002 - Certificate, Epidemiological Data Analyses & Social Epidemiology, The University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Graduate Summer Session
2002 - Certificate, Summer Institute for Leadership & Stewardship, University of Texas - San Antonio Bridging Our Communities Program
2002-2003 - Certificate, Nonprofit Management Program (8 months), University of Texas - San Antonio Bridging Our Communities Program
Research interests: alcohol-related injury and community-based injury prevention research, particularly among Hispanic underserved populations. Additionally, I am interested in policy analysis related to injury prevention (such as DWI statutes, alcohol screening programs, underage drinking, etc.). From a theoretical perspective, I am investigating the application of social learning and the transtheoretical model of behavior change to injury prevention strategies.
Clinical interests: Effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in emergency or trauma settings
Publications:
Cohn SM, Price MA, Villarreal CL.
Trauma
and surgical critical care workforce in the United States: a severe surgeon shortage appears imminent.
J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Oct;209(4):446-452.e4. Epub 2009 Aug 20.
Cohn SM, Price MA, Stewart RM, Corneille MG, Myers JG, McCarthy J, Jonas RB, Hargis SM, Dent DL. Surgical Critical Care and Private Practice Surgeons: A Different World Out There! J.AmCollSurg, 2008 Mar;206(3):419-425. Epub 2007 Dec 11.
Cohn SM, Price MA, Stewart RM, Pruitt BA Jr, Dent DL. Perceptions and attitudes of critical care training and careers amount United States surgical residents: Who wants to be a surgical intensivist? American Surgeon. 2007;73:433-437.
Cohn SM, Price MA, Stewart RM, Michalek JE, Dent DL, McFarland MJ, Pruitt BA. A Crisis in the Delivery of Care to Patients with Brain Injuries in South Texas. J Trauma; 2007;62:951-963.
Salazar CI, Firestone JM, Price MA, Villarreal R, Guerra C, Harris RJ. Evaluation of an underage drinking and driving prevention program. American J Health Studies 2006; 21:1-2; 49-56.
Mika VS, Kelly PJ, Price MA, Franquiz M, Villarreal R The ABC's of Health Literacy. PubMed Journal of Family & Community Health. 28(4):351-7, 2005 Oct-Dec.
Fornos LB, Price MA, Moreno M, Guerra C, Villarreal R, Stewart RM (2004) DWI/die Underage Drinking and Impaired Driving Prevention Program: The Teachers' Guide & Student Workbook. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Price MA, Salazar CI, Muñoz CL, Owen SV (2004) A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Shattered Dreams Program. (Technical Report) University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Price MA, Guerra C, Munoz CL, Salazar CI (Eds.). (2004) Shattered Dreams: A Guide for Program Planners (2nd ed.). University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center.
Presentations:
20th Century Milestones in Clinical Research (PowerPoint)
Biosketch: Dr. Price holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and master's in counseling from the University of Houston. In 2007, she completed her doctoral degree in behavioral sciences at the University of Texas - School of Public Health. She has completed postgraduate training in injury prevention, epidemiology, nonprofit management, and social marketing. She joined UTHSCSA in 1998 and served as the Director of the South Texas Injury Prevention and Research Center from 2002-2005. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery and serves as the administrator for the department.
Awards:
2008, San Antonio Business Journal's '40 Under 40 Rising Stars'
The Society for Public Health Education and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Student Fellowship in Injury Prevention 2005
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Excellence in Service Award, 2000
Professional societies:
Society for Public Health Education
Society for Research Administrators
National Council of University Research Administrators
UTHSCSA Women's Faculty Association
American Public Health Association
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
