Institute Directors
Bijal Balasubramanian, M.B.B.S., PhD
Regional Dean, UTHealth School of Public Health at Dallas; Rockwell Distinguished Chair in Society and Health; Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
María E Fernández, PhD
Vice President of Population Health & Implementation Science; Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor of Public Health & Medicine; Professor, Department of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences; Director, Center for Health Promotion & Prevention Research
Institute Faculty
Justin Benzer, PhD
Professor - Management, Policy, and Community Health
Martin Blakely, MD, MS, MMHC
Professor - McGovern Medical School Department of Pediatric Surgery
Derek Craig, PhD
Assistant Professor - Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Samiran Ghosh, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair - Biostatistics
Eunyoung Kang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Daisy Morales-Campos, PhD
Associate Professor - Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Serena Rodriguez, PhD
Assistant Professor - Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
Stephanie L Silveira, PhD
Assistant Professor
Timothy J Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute Staff
- Chief Business Officer - Amanda S. English, DrPH, MCHES | [email protected]
- Senior Program Manager - LeChieta Williams | [email protected]
- Senior Program Manager - Rikki Ward, MPH | [email protected]
- Program Manager - Donna Lormand, MPH | [email protected]
- Administrative Coordinator - Harshani P. Dharmatilleke | [email protected]
- Research Coordinator - Christine Allen, MPH | [email protected]
- Research Coordinator - Julia Shenkman, MPH | [email protected]
- Research Coordinator - Lizette Gutierrez, MPH, CHES | [email protected]
- Research Coordinator - Mary-Louise E. Millett, MPH | [email protected]
- Research Coordinator - Anais Mendiola, MPH | [email protected]
- Senior Communication Specialist - Erik McKenny | [email protected]
- Senior Research Associate - Elizabeth Obekpa, DrPH | [email protected]
- Research Associate - Sarah Montgomery, MPH | [email protected]
- Graduate Research Assistant - Hugo Sanchez-Blas, MPH | [email protected]
- Graduate Research Assistant - Joe R. Padilla, MPH | [email protected]