Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford

Our Team

Lorraine Reitzel, Ph.D. 

Professor 

Isabel Martinez Leal, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

 

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Maggie Britton, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

 

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Ammar Siddiqi, Freshman

Rice University Biosciences, Spanish, and Social Policy Analysis Major

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Anastasia Rogova, Ph.D. 

Postdoctoral Fellow

 

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Brian Carter, JD

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Midhat Jafry, Senior

Biology and Liberal Studies Major 

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Noor Shabaneh, Sophomore

Biomedical Sciences Major 

Recent Mentees... Where are they now? 

 

Valentina Maza Santibanez, undergrad mentee, Baylor University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology PhD student 

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Vijay Nitturi, undergrad mentee, Baylor College of Medicine (MD) student

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Sahar Eshtehardi, graduate mentee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Psychology, Boston Children's Hospital Intern

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Matthew Taing, undergrad mentee, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School (MD) student

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Sean Reuven, undergrad mentee, University of Houston School of Medicine (MD) student

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Seyed (Ali) Khalifi, graduate mentee,
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (MD) student

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Surya Chinamuthevi, undergrad mentee,
Texas A&M College of Medicine (MD) student

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Yash Harkara, undergrad mentee, University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) student

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Pooja Agrawal, high school and undergrad mentee, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, School of Medicine (MD) student

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Kathy Le, post-bacc mentee, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (MD) student

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Chisom (Odoh) Iwandu, postdoc mentee, University of North Texas Department of Health and Public Service tenure track Assistant Professor

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Adolfo G. Cuevas, graduate mentee, Tufts University Department of Community Health tenure track Gerald R. Gill Assistant Professor of Race, Culture and Society