Interim Assistant Chair of Criminal Justice and Social Work & Professor

Interim Assistant Chair of Criminal Justice and Social Work & Professor

University of Houston-Downtown

Dr. Heather Honoré Goltz is an oncology social worker, health educator, and sex therapist with over 15 years of experience developing and implementing clinical and psychosocial interventions for patients, caregivers, and couples impacted by complex medical and behavioral health conditions. She has earned degrees in biology (BS, Northwestern State University), social work and curriculum/instruction (MSW and MEd, University of Houston), health education and public health (PhD and MPH-Epidemiology, Texas A&M University). She completed post-doctoral fellowships in health services research and urology from the Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and Baylor College of Medicine, respectively, prior to her course of study in the University of Michigan’s Sexual Health Certificate Program sex therapy track. Dr. Goltz is a long-term member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW), the American Public Health Association (APHA), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). She is the current Co-Chair of the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network’s Survivorship Working Group and the current AOSW Education Director. Dr. Goltz has co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles and collaborated on $3 million in research grants funded by ACS, NIH, DOD, and VA, primarily focusing on genitourinary cancer survivorship, cancer disparities, and sexual health.