Department of Public Health Education
Robert W. Strack Associate Professor
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P. O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336) 334.3239 (office)
(336) 334-3238 (fax)
rwstrack@uncg.edu
Curriculum Vita
Robert W. Strack, Ph.D. is a social scientist trained in health education and health promotion from the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. His research has been focused on the health and social issues of youth and adolescents. Dr. Strack came to UNCG in the fall of 2001 from the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health where as a faculty member he pursued his research interests in adolescent health, youth development and empowerment, program evaluation and community-based participatory programming and research. His recent research issues include: Photovoice methodology, adolescent tobacco use, program evaluation, adolescent sexual behaviors and pregnancy, after-school youth development, youth residential group home care, and health promotion advocacy and policy. Dr. Strack plans to continue his efforts in cultivating local and national research projects that will work with institutions to foster positive development opportunities and health outcomes for youth.
Dr. Strack has taught courses for the PHE Department in program planning, program evaluation, community assessment, community health interventions, and adolescent health. Currently, Dr. Strack is the Faculty Internship Coordinator for the MPH program.