The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston is offering a Ph.D. program in Preventive Medicine and Community Health with a concentration in Sociomedical Sciences. The program is designed to provide students with the opportunity for careers in research and teaching in the rapidly growing fields of social and behavioral health sciences and preventive medicine. Emphases include the promotion of health, determinants of illness, the delivery of health services, and the recovery process. Faculty members have backgrounds in medical sociology, anthropology, psychology, gerontology, epidemiology, biometry, demography, pediatrics, family medicine, behavioral medicine, psychiatry, health education, program evaluation, and family therapy. Program facilities are located in a complex of medical, nursing, allied health and graduate schools, with opportunities for community and clinical research.