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| Degrees | B.A. Biological Sciences - 1972 D.D.S. Dentistry - 1976 Ph.D. Health Care Decision Analysis - 1989 |
| Bio | Prior to beginning his position at the School of Public Health, Dr. Fos held administrative positions in institutions of higher learning. He served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) from June 2008 until April 2011. Additionally, he held the academic rank of Professor of Health Sciences at UT Tyler, and was the holder of holder of the Sam A. Lindsey Endowed Chair which is awarded to a recognized scholar in an academic discipline that is of strategic importance to the University. He began his position at UT Tyler after serving for four years as Dean of the College of Health at The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss) for four years. As Dean at Southern Miss, he had the responsibility for undergraduate and graduate programs in the School of Nursing, the School of Social Work, the School of Human Performance and Recreation, the Department of Community Health, the Department of Medical Technology, the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, and the Department of Nutrition and Food Systems. At Southern Miss Dr. Fos led a College of more than 3,100 students and 335 full-time and part-time faculty and staff. He managed a $25.5M annual budget, which included $16M of external grant funding. During his time at Southern Miss funding from external grants and contracts in his college increased 400%, from less than $4M to $16M. Dr. Fos has also held positions at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Tulane University. He spent 17 years at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical as a professor, program director, research center director, and assistant dean. Dr. Fos has experience in public health practice, having served as Senior Deputy to the State Health officer and Chief Science Officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health from January 2003 until June 2004. Dr. Fos currently holds an Adjunct Professor appointment at the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Health Related Professions, and is a Visiting Scholar at the Medical University of South Carolina, College of Health Professions. In addition to his current position, Dr. Fos has held tenured faculty positions at the Tulane University, The University of Texas at Tyler, The University of Southern Mississippi, and University of Nevada Las Vegas. Dr. Fos received a Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.) degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry, a Ph.D. in Health Care Decision Analysis from Tulane University Graduate School, and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Health Systems Management from Tulane University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. His undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences is from the University of New Orleans. Prior to beginning his career in academics and public health practice, Dr. Fos practiced general dentistry for ten years in the Metropolitan New Orleans area. Dr. Fos has been honored by receiving recognition for teaching and scholarship. At Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine he has received the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Executive Education Programs Outstanding Faculty Award. He has received the Tulane University Health Sciences Center Senior Vice-President’s Teaching Scholar Award. He was inducted into the Society of Teaching Scholars. Tulane University’s President recognized Dr. Fos on two occasions with the Presidential Senior Faculty Teaching Award in a Graduate Program or Professional School and the Presidential Dissertation Director Award in a Graduate Program or Professional School. Dr. Fos has participated in more than $6.5M of externally funded research projects. He has written more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and technical reports in state, regional, national, and international scholarly journals. He has written several book chapters and three books related to public health and health care administration. He has made more than 50 peer-reviewed and invited presentations at state, regional, national, and international meetings. Dr. Fos has been very active in community service. He currently serves on the National Center for Spectator Sport Safety and Security Advisory Board. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of St. Luke’s Episcopal Health Charities, the Tyler Texas P-16 Council Executive Board, and the Mississippi Tobacco Prevention Advisory Council. |
| Research Interests | Health status, health disparities, health-related quality of life, patient satisfaction, Access to health care, applied artificial intelligence, negotiation, clinical effectiveness, Spectator sport safety and security, statistical process control, quality of public health services, Data mining and outcomes research. |
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| Committees & Administrative Responsibilities | Member, CEPH Steering Committee Chair, HPSM Admissions Committee Member, SPH Strategic Planning Committee |
| Selected Publications | Lee JE, Fos PJ, Zuniga MA, Lee JS, and Amy BW, “Relationship of cataract symptoms of pre-operative patients and vision-related quality of life,”, Quality of Life Research 14(8):1845-53, Oct. 2005. Fos, PJ and Fine, DJ., Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations, 2nd edition, Jossey-Bass, A John Wiley Imprint, San Francisco , June 2005. Connick CM, Fos PJ, and Barsley RJ, Women’s oral health in a special needs population. In Women’s Oral Health, eds. D. Studen-Pavlovich and D. N. Ranalli, Dental Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia , July 2001. Fos, PJ, Epidemiology Foundations: The Science of Public Health., Jossey-Bass, A John Wiley Imprint, San Francisco , December 2010. Honore’ PA, Fos PJ, Wang X, and Moonesinghe R, “The effects on population health status using dedicated property taxes to fund local public health agencies”, BMC Public Health, accepted , 2011. Hall SA, Fos PJ, Marciani LM, and Zhang L, “Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) application in evaluating protective security measures for major sport events”, International Journal of Sport Management 12(2): 191-207, 2010. Zuniga MA, Carrillo-Zuniga G, Seol YH, and Fos PJ, “Multi-criteria assessment of county public health capability disparities”, Journal of Health and Human Service Administration Vol. 32, No.2., 2009. Honore’ PA, Fos PJ, Smith T, Riley M, Kramarz K, "Decision science: a scientific approach to enhance public health budgeting", Journal of Public Health Practice and Management Vol. 32, No. 23, 2009. Miller CW, James NT, Fos PJ, Zhang L, Wall P, and Welch C, “Health status, physical disability and obesity among adult Mississippians with chronic joint symptoms or doctor-diagnosed arthritis: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003.”, Preventing Chronic Disease 5(3), 2008. Zhang L, Fos PJ, Johnson WD, Zuniga MA, Kamali V, and Kittle T, “Body mass index and health-related quality of life in elementary school children: a pilot study.”, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 6:7, 2008. Lee JE, Fos PJ, Lee JS, and Ward WA, “Utilization of the emergency room: impact of geographic access., Geospatial Health Volume 2, 2007. Fos PJ, Kamali V, and Zuniga MA, “Disparity in death rate trends: implications for public health management.”, Journal of Public Administration and Management 12 (2), 2007. Fos PJ, Lee JE, Lee JH, Zuniga MA, and Amy BW, “The role of quality improvement in disease management: a state-wide tuberculosis control success story.”, Journal of Public Health Practice and Management 11(3):223-227, 2005. Fos, PJ, McNeill KM, Amy BW, " Terrorism coordination: a state-level perspective," In Community preparedness and response to terrorism [volume l]: the terrorist theat fot our communities,, JJ Johnson, GR Ledlow, and WJ Jones, eds., Greenwood Publishing Group, Westport., CT , 2005. Slezewski, ML, Ranalli, DN, Close, JM, and Fos, PJ, "Validity and usability of a predictive index for sports-related dental injuries.", Pediatric Dent 26 (2): 197, 2004. Fos PJ, Miller DL, Amy BW, and Zuniga MA, " Combining the benefits of decision science and financial analysis in public health managment: a country-specific budgeting and planning model,", Journal of Public Health Practice and Management 10(5):409-415, 2004. Lei Z, Penman A, Haydel C, Sutton V, Kamali V, and Fos P.J, “The spatial analysis of CVD mortality in a tri-county area of Mississippi.”, Preventing Chronic Disease Vol 1: No. 2, 2004. Fos, PJ and Hutchinson, L., The state of rural oral health. Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, In Rural Healthy People, 2010: A Companion to Healthy People 2010, Volume I , 2003. Fos, PJ and Hutchinson, L., The state of rural oral health. Southwest Rural Health Research Center, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, . In Rural Healthy People, 2010: A Companion to Healthy People 2010, Volume II , 2003. Lee JE, Fos PJ, Zúniga, MA, Kastl PR, and Sung JH, “Health-related quality of life of cataract patients: cross-cultural comparisons of utility and psychometric measures.”, Ophthalmic Epidemiology 10(3):177-191, 2003. Wong, YW, Fos PJ, Petry FE, “Combining the performance strengths of the logistic regression and neural network models: a medical outcomes approach.”, The Scientific World 3456-476, 2003. Breault JL, Goodall CR, Fos PJ, “Data mining a diabetic data warehouse: age is key predictor for bad glycemic control.”, Family Medicine 34(7):542, 2002. Breault JL, Goodall CR, Fos PJ, “Data mining a diabetic data warehouse”, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 26 (1-2):37-54, 2002. Lee JE, Fos PJ, Zúniga, MA, Kastl PR, and Sung JH, “Assessing health-related quality of life in cataract patients: the relationship between utility and health-related quality of life measurement", Quality of Life Research 9:1127-1135, 2001. Fos PJ, Pinkham JR, and Ranalli DN, Prediction of Sports-related Dental Traumatic Injuries. In Advances in Sports Dentistry, ed. D. N. Ranalli, Dental Clinics of North America, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia , 2000. Fos, PJ and Fine, Dj, Designing Health Care for Populations: Applied Epidemiology in Health Care Administration, Jossey-Bass, A John Wiley Imprint, San Francisco , 2000. Wong YW, Fos PJ, and Petry FE, “Combining the development of logistic regression and artificial neural network models: a strategy to take advantage of their relative strengths. Proceedings of the American Medical Informatics Association Symposium", , 1999. Zúniga, MA, Carrillo-Jimenez, GT, Fos PJ, Gandek B and Medina-Moreno, MC, “Evaluaciòn del estado de salud con la Encuesta SF-36: resultados preliminares de su uso en México", Salud Pública de México Vol. 14, No. 2, 110-118, 1999. Fos, PJ and Zúniga, MA, Assessment of primary health care access status: an analytic technique for decision making", Health Care Management Science 2(4):229-238, 1999. Miller VL, Rice JC, DeVoe M, and Fos PJ, “An analysis of program and family costs of case managed care for technology-dependent infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Journal of Pediatric Nursing Vol. 13, No. 4, 244-251, 1998. Fos PJ, Fine DJ and Zúniga MA, “Managerial epidemiology in the health administration curriculum", Journal of Health Administration Education Vol. 16, No. 1, 1-11, 1998. Butcher AH, Fos PJ, Zúniga MA and Panne, G, “Racial variation in cesarean sections rates: analysis of Medicaid data in Louisiana,”, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 3(2):41-48, 1997. Anzalone DA, Anzalone, FL and Fos PJ, “High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol: determining hygenic factors for intervention,”, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 37(7):856-861, 1995. Fos PJ and Petry FE, "Expert systems in the health administration curriculum", Journal of Health Administration Education, 13(3):421-436, 1995. Clerkin D, Fos PJ and Petry FE, "A decision support system for hospital bed assignment,", Hospital and Health Services Administration 40(3):386-400, 1995. Shook G and Fos PJ, An environmental health weighted value tree for use in locating and assessing disaster relief and refugee camps.", Journal of Environmental Health 55(3):21-24, 1993. Fos PJ, A method of teaching negotiation skill", Journal of Health Administration Education 9(3):289-305, 1991. Fos PJ and McLin CL, " The rish of falling in the elderly: a subjective approach", Medical Decision Making 10(3): 195-200, 1990. Alemi F, Fos PJ and LaCorte WS, " A demonstration of methods for studying negotiations between physicians and health care managers.", Decision Sciences 21(3):663-641, 1990. Hankins RW and Fos PJ, "Objective for a system of health care delivery for HIV-infected people.", Socio-economic Planning Sciences 23(4): 181-193, 1989. |