Staff

Assol Kavtorina, MA
Program Manager – Research
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Barbara Lewis
Administrative Assistant
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Diamond Smith, BS
Marketing & Communications Coordinator UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Joynita Willis
Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Charmaine Wilson Martin, M.S.
Director, Institute Administrative Services
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Melika Abrahams, RN, BSN, CPN
Cerebrovascular Nurse, Pediatric Stroke Program
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Ariana Aquino, IMG (international Medical Graduate)
Research Coordinator II
Stroke Prevention Research at the UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Susan Atwood, PT, DPT
Senior Physical Therapist
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Antoinette W. Bernal-Tent
Research Coordinator I Center for the Treatment of Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Pediatrics | Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

Seth Boren
Research Assistant II
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Jordan Broussard
Research Coordinator I | Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston

Anna Clearman, OTR, MOT, CLT
Occupational Therapist
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Gabretta Cooksey
Program Manager
UTHealth Houston

Caitlin Farrington
Research Assistant
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Catherine Gonzales
Programmer Analyst I
UTHealth Houston

Tia Lal
Data Control Analyst, PhD Candidate in Biostatistics
UTHealth Houston

Prasen Marella, M.B.B.S, MPH
Research Coordinator II
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Francis Nkansah
Data Control Analyst
UTHealth Houston

Deondra Pattum
Community Outreach Specialist

Maria Poblete
Research Coordinator II, Clinical Trials Program | Center for the Treatment of Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Pediatrics | Division of Child & Adolescent Neurology at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School

Faris Shaker
Research Assistant I
UTHealth Houston

Heather Smith, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS
Speech-Language Pathologist | Research Coordinator
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Spencer Solberg, BS
Research Assistant I UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Emily Stevens, MOT, OTR, CSRS
Occupational Therapist
Research Coordinator
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Chad Tremont
Program Manager, StrokeNet, UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Ruth Yanes Bengoa, MPH Student in Healthcare Management
Clinical Research Coordinator
UTHealth Houston Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases