Mary A. Hogan completed his Ph.D. in Demography and Public Health from the University of Texas at San Antonio in conjunction with the University of Texas School of Public Health. She recently accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Administration at Texas State University. She has 15 years of senior executive management experience in health care with a recent focus in a bariatric surgery practice. She has presented and published over 20 papers with a predominant focus on obesity, food and nutrition, and associative behaviors Mary A. Hogan completed his Ph.D. in Demography and Public Health from the University of Texas at San Antonio in conjunction with the University of Texas School of Public Health. She recently accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the School of Health Administration at Texas State University. She has 15 years of senior executive management experience in health care with a recent focus in a bariatric surgery practice. She has presented and published over 20 papers with a predominant focus on obesity, food and nutrition, and associative behaviors

obesity, food and nutrition, and associative behaviors.