Robert E. Roush EdD, MPH

Robert E. Roush A native of Baytown, Texas, Bob earned an Associate of Arts degree from Lee College in his hometown, then took his baccalaureate and master’s degrees from Sam Houston State University in physical education and biology. Following two years as a secondary school physical education teacher, he earned a doctorate in education at the University of Houston. In 1969, he was one of 20 persons named as an Office of Education Fellow, spending the next year in Washington, D.C., as a special assistant to the then-Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and U.S. Commissioner of Education.

Robert E. Roush From his position in Washington, Dr. Roush was awarded a U.S. Regional Medical Program Fellowship at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. Upon completion of his second post-doctoral fellowship in 1971, he was recruited to Baylor College of Medicine as the founding director of the Center for Allied Health Professions.

Robert E. Roush In 1979, Dr. Roush earned a master of public health degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Since 1985, he has directed the Texas Consortium Geriatrics Education Center, a statewide organization that has trained over 75,000 Texas health professionals in geriatrics.