Education

• University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston School of Public Health, Health Promotion and Education Houston, Texas M.P.H.
• University of Houston Houston, Texas B.S. (Hons)

• Sage Associates, Inc. Houston, Texas 1993 -
  Founder of a community research company for government and non-government organizations. Activities include development and implementation of evaluation plans for special programs, projects, needs assessments, customer service satisfaction and hard to reach populations. Technical assistance and evaluation training. Projects include: Houston Community Planning Group evaluation; Housing for HIV+ women; empowerment programs for people with HIV; recruitment and development of potential providers for disease prevention programs; program and curriculum development for disease prevention; site-based debt counseling programs, and development of a national on-line counseling program. Clients include the City of Houston Health Department, Harris County, AIDS Foundation Houston, Montrose Counseling Center, People With AIDS Coalition, Inc., The Center for AIDS Hope and Remembrance Project, The Houston HIV Regional Resource Group, University of Texas Medical Branch Health Management Organization, Harris County-Ryan White Planning Council.
• St. Joseph Hospital Houston, Texas 1989-1993
  Clinic Manager: Responsible for program development, marketing strategies and implementation, policies and procedures, staff development, and management, budgeting, forecasting and customer service. Programs under this umbrella addressed wellness and disease prevention. Special project: development of community-based education program for diabetes education in minority populations.

• American Indian Physicians Association Conference - 1994
• Texas Department of Health - HIV Service Providers Conference - 1996
• Oklahoma Department of Health HIV/AIDS Conference - 1997
• Texas Department of Health - Texas HIV/STD Conference - 1997 & 1998
• 1998 HIV Prevention Planning Co-Chairs Meeting - 1998
• Continuing the Circle - Native American Health Coalition - 1999
• US Conference on AIDS - 1999
• 2nd National Conference on Correctional Health Care - 1999
• 9th Annual Power Tools for Nonprofits - 2002
• Community Planning Leadership Summit, NY - 2003v

• HIV Risks in a homeless population. International Journal of STD and AIDS, 2000, II: 509-515. Doo Hee Lee, Michael W. Ross, Michael Mizwa, Deborah P. Scott
• Predictors of post-release primary care utilization among HIV-positive prison inmates: A pilot study. AIDS Care. Amy Jo Harzke, Michael W. Ross, Deborah P. Scott
• Outcome of an HIV/AIDS Peer Education Program in Peer Educators and Students in a Correctional Setting. Accepted by AIDS Education and Prevention. Michael W. Ross, Deborah P. Scott, Kelly McCann, Amy Jo Harzke, Mike Kelly.