Mad About Public Health
Mad About Public Health is a series that looks at the health of populations from varying creative and innovative perspectives.
Jay E. Maddock, PhD, FAAHB
Jay E. Maddock, PhD is the former Dean of the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University. He is internationally recognized for his research in social ecological approaches to increasing physical activity. He has served as principal investigator on over $18 million in extramural funding and authored over 100 scientific articles. [Full Bio]
Read all columns in this series:
- Snacks After Youth Sports Add More Calories Than Kids Burning While Playing, Study Says
- Working with Industry to Promote Public Health
- Are Health Professional Worksites Promoting Well-being?
- Why Some Doctors Are Prescribing a Day in the Park or a Walk on the Beach for Good Health
- Is it Time to Host an Unconference?
- Making the Most of Scientific Conferences
Check out Dr. Maddock’s Previous Series, The Dean’s Perspective:
- Should We Be Teaching a Public Health Diet?
- Can Public Health and Planetary Health Coexist?
- Genius, Creativity, and Healthy Aging
- Summer Reading List
- Life Lessons from the Ambassador to Roberto
- Creating a Writing Habit
- Professional Networking in the Digital Age
- Using Improv to Improve Public Health
- Sugar Free January and the Modeling of Health Behaviors
- Zen and the Art of Tenure and Promotion
- Getting Back to Nature
- How Can Schools of Public Health Provide Surge Capacity?
- Change
- Gemutlichkeit
- Skills for Public Health Graduates
- New Measures of Academic Impact
- Health in the South
- The Value of a Global Experience
- Make a Public Health Resolution
- Creating a National Dialogue Around Public Health Issues
- The Executive-in-Residence: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
- Can Public Health Be the New Psychology?