The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health announces Dr. Jocelyn Sargent as its new Research and Evaluation Program Officer. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan, Sargent joins the foundation after working as a program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and associate vice president for diversity and community engagement at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded $900,000 in grants to three Texas community health centers (CHCs) to advance peer support in the delivery of integrated health care.
Dr. Lynda Frost has been named an assistant vice president in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at The University of Texas at Austin.