Jack Tsai
Professor NTR and Regional Campus Dean
Management, Policy & Community Health
210/276-9022
One Technology Center
7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX 78229
About
Dr. Tsai currently serves as Regional Dean and Professor of Public Health at UTHealth. He also serves as Research Director for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine where he previously served on the faculty for a decade before coming to UTHealth. He has received federally funded grants and published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to homelessness, severe mental illness, trauma, and health disparities. He has held leadership positions in the American Psychological Association and the American Public Health Association, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, and npj Mental Health Research. Dr. Tsai is Taiwanese American and has lived in various parts of the country as well as abroad. He currently spends time living in Houston and San Antonio, and is actively involved in both communities.
Center Affiliation
Center for Health Systems Research, Policy, and Practice
Research Interests
- Behavioral/Mental Health
- Clinical Trials
- Epidemiology
- Health Education/Behavioral Sciences
- Health Services/Outcomes Research
- Social Determinants of Health
- Substance Use