Sheryl A. McCurdy, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Department
Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
STDs; HIV/AIDS; substance abuse, women’s health, violence, underserved populations, health disparities, qualitative research, global health studies
Contact
[email protected]
Phone: +1 (713) 500-9633
Current Projects
Harris Saves
Harris SAVES (SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence Survey) was a research project developed to better understand the prevalence and transmission of COVID-19 in Harris County, Texas.
Housing for Opioid MAT Expanded Services (Project HOMES)
Through Project HOMES, UTHealth collaborates with multiple community partners to open and evaluate 13 recovery residences throughout Texas for persons using medication assisted treatment (MAT) as part of their recovery plan.
Recent News
Natural Disaster Policy Grant
UTHealth School of Public Health Drs. Eric Jones and Sheryl McCurdy, along with colleagues at Rice University and Texas Southern University, are conducting a Hurricane Harvey social network analysis to determine how the various entities, including organizations involved in law enforcement, public health, flood management, emergency management, housing and disaster relief, interacted. Their work will help identify ways to improve the flow of information across the region, reduce duplication of efforts and support vulnerable populations.
Study investigates family decision making after Hurricane Harvey
Researchers with UTHealth School of Public Health’s Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research and Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health are studying how families affected by Hurricane Harvey make decisions as they move forward with the recovery process.
McCurdy presents at WHO seminar in Switzerland
Sheryl McCurdy, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, gave a presentation at a World Health Organization seminar in Geneva, Switzerland, titled “Ethics, Access to Treatment and Substance Abuse: a Case Study of Heroin in Tanzania.”
Desperate Addicts Inject Others' Blood | The New York Times
Sheryl A. McCurdy, a professor of public health at the University of Texas in Houston, first described the practice five years ago in a brief letter to The British Medical Journal and recently published a study of it in the journal Addiction.
