Laura Uribarri
Associate Professor Non-Tenure Instruction
Management, Policy & Community Health
915/975-8520
About
Laura M. Uribarri serves as an Associate Professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in El Paso. She is part of the Management, Policy, and Community Health Department and contributes to the growth and development of the MPH-Healthcare Management program. Her research interests are in environmental health and transboundary natural resource policy with a focus on air quality. Previously, Laura served as Assistant Dean for the College of Business at the University of Texas at El Paso. She oversaw corporate partnerships, co-curricular opportunities for students, and outreach initiatives. Under her program leadership, the UTEP MBA expanded its Accelerated MBA and launched the Executive MBA. The program garnered numerous national recognitions, including the Example of Excelencia designation. She also helped develop the College’s highly successful corporate academies. Before joining UTEP, Laura served as Vice President of Government Relations for the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, where she managed the Team El Paso state and federal legislative agenda. She then served as Assistant to El Paso Mayor Joe Wardy, acting as liaison to sixteen departments in a strong mayor form of government. She managed the Mayor's intergovernmental advocacy efforts and bi-national relations. Subsequently, Laura served as El Paso Electric’s Senior Government Affairs Representative from her post in Austin, Texas. She managed a team of external lobbyists in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington D.C. In this role, she worked with executive leadership to develop and drive a multi-state and federal legislative agenda. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations with honors from Stanford University and holds a Master of Public Affairs Degree from the LBJ School at UT Austin. As a working professional, wife, and mother of two, Laura earned a Master of Arts in History and a Ph.D. in Borderlands History from The University of Texas at El Paso.
Research Interests
- Border Health
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Management and Health Policy