Markham Appointed Chair of the Department Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
As of March 16Th, 2022, Christine Markham, PhD, has officially been appointed as Chair of theDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences在UthealthSchool of Public Health。自2019年以来担任临时椅子之后，迪恩·埃里克·鲍威克尔（Dean Eric Boerwinkle）博士确定了Markham作为担任领导职务的最合格的候选人。
“Markham博士更普遍地是我们学校和Uthealth的宝贵资产。通过她的领导，我有信心健康促进和行为科学系将成长，并继续成功地教育未来的公共卫生领导者，并迈出重要的步骤，以改善人口的健康并促进所有人的健康公平。我祝贺Markham博士对Uthealth公共卫生学院的辛勤工作和奉献精神表示赞赏，并期待她和部门继续成功。” Boerwinkle说。
Markham拥有30多年的发展，实施，评估和传播儿童和青少年健康促进干预措施的经验，为她最新的领导力任命带来了在促进和建立大学任务的各个方面的最新领导任命。
“我很高兴有机会继续发展我们的部门，并支持我们教职员工，学生和员工的杰出成就。”万人说。
Markham’s research and academic work has focused on child and adolescent health promotion, developing and evaluating multilevel interventions in adolescent sexual health, childhood obesity prevention, and chronic disease management. Her studies have been conducted in multiple urban and rural settings with diverse populations, including Hispanic, African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, and HIV-positive youth. Much of her research focuses on the use of technology to increase the reach and implementation of evidence-based interventions, including her work with the research initiative “这是你的游戏，保持真实”.
她是教科书“计划健康促进计划：干预映射方法，第四版”的合着者，并在干预映射中教授研究生级课程和研讨会。她获得了坦普尔大学人类学的本科学位，宾夕法尼亚大学的人类学硕士学位，随后是她的博士学位。在Uthealth公共卫生学院的行为科学中。
Markham最近还被选为在美国疾病控制与预防/卫生资源和服务管理局咨询委员会（CHAC）的艾滋病毒，病毒性肝炎和性病预防和治疗中的服务。