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William Sorensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of New Orleans, 2003
M.S.P.H., Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, 1994
M.A., Teacher's College of Columbia University, 1988
B.A., St. John's College, 1982
Professional and Personal Interests
I have been an epidemiologist at the Louisiana Office of Public Health (HIV/AIDS) and more recently for the City of Houston, in foodborne disease investigations. I have published in the areas of sexual health and/or global health, particularly in Latin American populations, and I currently serve on the Board of Associate Editors for the American Journal of Health Education. My personal interests include hiking, camping, spending time with my family and reading.
Courses Taught
- Epidemiology
- Biometric methods
- Biometry
- Research Design
- Human Diseases
Current Research (updated Oct 2006)
- Assessing attitudes towards global collaboration and cultural competency in HIV/STD workshops for Mexican nurses.
- Prevalence and intensity of geohelminth infections in school children from the Izabal region, Guatemala.
- Evaluation of the implementation of a Global Health course in a university setting.
- Designing and assessing cultural competency workshops for health professionals dealing with Diabetes patients.
- Baseline cholesterol screening information from NE Texas migrant workers program.
- Psychosocial developmental factors relating to obesity among northeast Texas adolescents.
Published Papers
Anderson P. & Sorensen W. Drinking more than normal in order to make it easier to have sex with someone: A race, gender, class analysis. Journal of Race, Gender, and Class. Submitted.
Sorensen W., Anderson P., Speaker R., Menacho S. & Vilches. JE. Heterosexual STI/HIV risk assessment among Bolivian truck drivers using mixed methodology. International Electronic Journal of Health Education. In Press.
Sorensen W., Anderson, P., Speaker R. & Vilches JE. Assessment of condom use among Bolivian truck drivers through the lens of social cognitive theory. Health Promotion International. In Press.
Sorensen W., Lopez L. & Anderson P. (2001). Latino AIDS immigrants in the Western Gulf states: A different population and a need for innovative prevention strategies. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 13(1), 1-19.
Anderson P., Sorensen W. (1999). Male and female differences in reports of women’s heterosexual aggression, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 28(3), 243-253.
Sorensen W., Park H. & Corson K. (1999). The relationship between educational background and decline to death in a sample of Louisiana male AIDS cases, International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10, 195-198.
Welch K., Mock N., Sorensen B. & Netrebenko O. (1996). Health and nutrition in children under 2 years of age in three areas of the Russian Federation. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 74(6), 605-612.
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