Master of Public Health 

offered by The University of Arizona Global Campus

Dr. Charles P. Holmes is a Full Professor and serves as Chair of the Master of Public Health program and the Chair of the Institutional Review Board (I.R.B.) at the University of Arizona Global Campus. He obtained his Ph.D. in Community Health and a Master of Science in Public Health (M.S.P.H.) from the University of Illinois. Before his graduate work, Dr. Holmes earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Illinois University in the field of Biology. Dr. Holmes has been a collegiate instructor in public health and health education, both online and in-person, for over a decade. He spent his first six years with the University of Illinois in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health. In Colorado, he has worked with Columbia College, Metropolitan State University, and the University of Denver, where he remains an evening lecturer on advanced research writing and design. Dr. Holmes joined U.A.G.C. in July 2013 and teaches courses ranging from the Introduction to Health Education course (HPR 231) all the way to the M.P.H. Capstone (MPH 699).

Dr. Chris Tex is an Associate Faculty member in the Master of Public Health Program at the University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC). He obtained his PhD in Public Health with a specialization in Epidemiology from Walden University and a Master of Public Health from the Medical College of Ohio. Before his graduate work, Dr. Tex earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Findlay in the field of Biology. Dr. Tex has participated in indoor air quality studies focusing on smoking within Ohio restaurants. This led to a no smoking ordinance being implemented in two metropolitan cities. Following this, he began working as a Birth Defects and Newborn Screening Epidemiologist for the Arizona Department of Health Services. He has also worked as a Program Director for a Medical Laboratory Technology program, as well as in clinical laboratories analyzing biological specimens.