Yuh-Fong Hong
PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Graduate Studies
Before he obtained the PhD degree in Science Education from The University of Texas at Austin in 2005, Dr. Hong joined Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston to provide instructional designs for its first online nursing degree program. He also has three years of doctoral training in Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and earned an MS degree in Biology at Pittsburg State University in Kansas. In 2013, Hong received a Certificate in Applied Health Informatics from the UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics.
Hong teaches a variety of courses in informatics, education and research at bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Ph.D
2005
University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Biological Science, Lincoln, Nebraska
PhD.c
1997
Pittsburg State University, Department of Biology, Pittsburg, KS
M.S
1994
Kaohsiung Medical University, Department of Medical Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
B.S
1991
Clinical/Research Focus
Dr. Hong’s research interests focus on teaching and learning in nursing/health education and applications of health informatics in nursing education, research and practice. In addition, he is interested in applications of innovation technology in nursing education, research and practice, especially in implementation, assessment, and evaluation.
