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 Martin Lajous
MD, ScD
Multiple Principal Investigator
 Karla Unger-Saldaña
MD, DSc
Multiple Principal Investigator
 María 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

Co-Investigators

  • Michael Potter, MD, University of California San Francisco
  • Bijal Bala, MBBS, PhD, UTHealth Houston
  • Samiran Ghosh, PhD, UTHealth Houston
  • Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, MD, MSc, PhD, National Cancer Institute of Mexico
  • Lara Savas, PhD, UTHealth Houston
  • Timothy Walker, PhD, UTHealth Houston
  • Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, MD, DSc, Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • Leticia Torres-Ibarra, ScD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico*
  • Paloma Muñoz MSc, PhD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico* 

Research Staff

  • Priscilla Espinosa Tamez, MD - Graduate Research Assistant, University of California San Francisco*
  • Hugo Sanchez Blas, MBBS - Graduate Research Assistant, UTHealth Houston*
  • Alma Cruz, MPH - Qualitative Researcher, National Cancer Institute of Mexico
  • José Fernando Macías González, BME, MsC - Biostatistician, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico 
  • Audrey Alexandra Cano Bárcenas - Fieldwork Coordinator
  • Karen Michelle González Chiu - Research Assistant

Support Staff

  • Christine Allen, MA, MPH - Lead Coordinator, UTHealth Houston
  • Anais Mendiola, MPH – Research Coordinator, UTHealth Houston
  • Alejandra Rodriguez Atristain, MPH - Project Coordinator, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP)
  • Erik McKenny - Communications Specialist, UTHealth Houston

*Junior Mentees