Charles W. Mathias, Ph.D., is the director of the Texas Consortium for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health, a grant-funded initiative based in the Baker Institute’s Center for Health and Biosciences. Mathias brings over 20 years of experience leading state and federal public health research programs. Most recently, he worked as a professor and director for impact and innovation within the School of Nursing at UT Health San Antonio. He has also served as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy fellow in Washington, D.C. 

Mathias holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Indiana University and master’s and doctoral degrees in applied biopsychology from the University of New Orleans.

Contact at charles.mathias@rice.edu or 713-348-2737.