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Dr. Kathryn Peek

Assistant Vice President, University Health Initiatives
kpeek@uh.edu 
(832) 842-8196

As AVP for University Health Initiatives, Dr. Peek is charged with overseeing health-related education, research, and community outreach. She is also assisting with the development of the UH System Health Academic Master Plan.

Before joining UH in 2009, Peek served as associate professor in the Department of Imaging Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and adjunct associate professor, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University. She has also held faculty and administrative positions at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the University of Houston College of Optometry. A life-long resident of Southeast Texas, Peek holds degrees from Lamar University (B.A., English), the University of Houston (M.S., biology), the University of Houston at Clear Lake (M.A., behavioral sciences), and the University of Texas Health Science Center (Ph.D., biomedical sciences). She is former president of the Association for Women in Science-Gulf Coast/Houston Chapter and has served on the Boards of Directors for several non-profit organizations. In 2002, Peek co-founded and served as first president for the Texas Medical Center Women’s Health Network, an organization of more than 600 local health professionals. She has won numerous teaching awards and lectures extensively about health and education issues through out the country.