Bryan Bayles, PhD
Email: baylesb@uthscsa.edu
Phone: 210-567-7821
Faculty/Administrative Position: Instructor/Researcher, Assistant Director of Center for Integrative Health
Interests: Medical Anthropolog; Cross-Cultural studies of complementary and alternative medicine with an emphasis on mind-body healing (mediation, prayer & ritual); Indigenous Mayan and Mexican American herbalism and midwifery.
PhD: Anthropology, University of Missouri - Columbia
Selected Awards:
2002 |
Team Spirit Award, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Workgroup, Texas Dept. of Health |
1997 |
President, Anthropology Students Association, University of Missouri - Columbia |
1994 |
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Texas - Austin |
1993 |
Academic Competitive Scholarship, Dept. of Art & Art History, University of Texas - Austin |
Selected publications:
- Fornos, L; Mika, V; Bayles, B.; Serrano A.; Jimenez, R.; Villarreal, R. (2005) Why Don’t they Reach Out? A Qualitative Study of Mexican American Adolescent Depression. Journal of School Health Vol. 75, No. 5
- Bayles, B. Engaging the Field of Integrative Medicine. Anthropology News2004. 45(1).
- Bayles, B. Infant Mortality, in Health Disparities in Texas: An Epidemiologic Review of Priority Health Outcomes. Texas Department of Health. March 2002 ;53-59.