People

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

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]
• Associate Director - Jaison Hampson, MBBS, MPH, CRRP | [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 | [email protected] 
• Research Coordinator - Julia Shenkman, MPH | [email protected]
• Research Coordinator - Lizette Gutierrez, MPH, CHES | [email protected] 
• Research Coordinator - Jeanette Curtain | [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 - Thomas Millett, MPH | [email protected] 
• Graduate Research Assistant - Hugo Sanchez-Blas | [email protected]
• Graduate Research Assistant - Elysia Chandler | [email protected]