Arthur “Tim” Garson, Jr. is clinical professor of health systems and population health sciences at the University of Houston’s Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, and an adjunct professor of management, policy and community health at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, Texas. He is the former provost of the University of Virginia and has taught or lectured on all seven continents. He is the author of 595 publications, including 10 books. He lives in Houston.