Blaine Parrish, Ph.D., M.A.

Blaine Parrish is Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy.

In his decanal position, Dr. Parrish helps to advance the academic, professional, and personal development of SPHHS students, directing services through the Admission and Recruitment Office, the Student Records Office, and the Academic Advising and Career Development Office. Like all Deans here, he serves in a halftime capacity, while also devoting himself to teaching and scholarship. Dr. Parrish is also vice chair for finance and administration in the Department of Health Policy, where he has an appointment as assistant professor. An expert in the field of leadership, organization, and management, Dr. Parrish’s scholarly interests focus on community-based organizations that provide public health services to vulnerable and underserved populations. He joined SPHHS in 2002 as program manager at the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, which is affiliated with the Department of Prevention and Community Health. The Forum is a public-private partnership that facilitates discussion on emerging issues in HIV clinical research and works to transfer research results into care. In earlier positions, Dr. Parrish served as a public health analyst in the HIV/AIDS Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), where he provided guidance to community organizations seeking to enhance primary medical services for HIV-infected individuals. He was twice awarded a Special Citation from the HRSA Administrator, for his work both in developing a community dental partnership and for mapping the Ryan White CARE Act funds. Dr. Parrish has also been executive director of AIDS Resources of Rural Texas, the largest rural-based AIDS service organization in the United States.

Bachelor of Arts (Education), University of Central Oklahoma, 1986 Master of Arts (Humanities), University of Texas at Arlington, 1995 Doctor of Philosophy (Organization and Management), Cappella University, School of Business, 2008

PubH 208: Management Approches to Public Health, Capstone course PubH 281: Advanced Health Policy Analysis, Department of Health Policy

Dr. Parrish is involved with a number of program evaluations, including the HIV counseling, testing and referral program of Transgender Health Empowerment and the Carl Vogel Center’s online outreach program to young men who have sex with men. Other grant-funded activities include efforts to integrate HIV prevention and testing services into routine medical care and examining the feasibility of implementing client eligibility determination practices in Ryan White grantee programs.

Dr. Parrish serves on the board of Rainbow Families DC and is a member of the Global India Fund Advisory Committee. He has also been a member of the national advisory committee of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, chair of the HIV Service Delivery Agency Council in Fort Worth, and advisor to a number of other HIV-related public and private sector organizations.