Su-I Hou, DrPH, CPH, MCHES, RN, CDP, FACHE
Global Faculty Member
Su-I Hou, Dr.P.H., is a professor and the health-specialization liaison for the interdisciplinary PhD program in Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, FL. She served as the Founding Director of UCF’s School of Global Health Management and Informatics, and has also been the Founding Director of UCF’s Taiwan Study Abroad Program on Asian Culture, Healthcare, & Aging Society. Hou is a current Fulbright Specialist (2019-2024) and has been invited to conduct mixed-methods research (MMR) training workshops at multiple universities overseas.
Hou has taught a variety of research and competency-based courses, including Mixed Methods Research, Research Methods, Policy & Program Evaluation, Program Development & Implementation; Community Health; Epidemiology; Human Ecology of Health & Illness; Cancer Communication; Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention; HIV Needs Assessment; Doctoral Seminars; Asian Culture & Health; Public Health & Aging, etc. Prior to become a university faculty member, Hou had considerable practical and administrative experience in health care and community settings, serving as the founding director of the Community Health Department at one of the major teaching hospitals in Taiwan.
Hou has been very active in the Chinese-American communities, serving as the 2013-2014 president for the Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association in Southeastern United States (CAPASUS), and continuing to serve on its executive board. She has close professional ties with Taiwan and China and has been frequently invited by their government agencies, major national universities, and industrial partners to give keynotes and training workshops.
Prior to joining UCF in 2015, Hou was a key founding faculty member of the College of Public Health, and founding director of the Taiwan Public Health Study Abroad Program at the University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, GA. She served as an associate editor (2009-2015) for Health Promotion Practice, the Society of Public Health Education's official journal devoted to the practical application of health promotion and education. Hou is a recognized scholar of service learning by the Community-Campus Partnership for Health and was also an inaugural service-learning senior scholar and a recipient of the Service-Learning Research Excellence Award at UGA. Dr. Hou has published over 120+ peer-reviewed journal articles, presented over 240+ papers at national and international conferences, and given over 100+ invited international presentations, workshops, or seminars.