Directory of Fellows

Joe Sharkey

Assisant Professor,

Department of Social and Behavioral Health
Texas Healthy Aging Research Network (TxHAN) Center Associate Director
Aging and Health Promotion Program Editor, Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly

Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
B.S., Texas A&M University, 1997
B.A., University of Texas, 1970

Dr. Sharkey's main areas of research include nutritional and functional assessment, nutrition policy and aging, and the influence of environmental factors and lifestyle behaviors on the prevention and self-management of long-term health conditions in older populations.

Joined School of Rural Public Health faculty in 2002.

MS 1266
(979) 458-4268
jrsharkey@srph.tamhsc.edu