Principal Investigator: Lorraine R. Reitzel, PhD, FAAHB, FSRNT
Department of Psychological, Health & Learning Sciences
University of Houston
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford
Our Team


Isabel Martinez Leal, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences

Maggie Britton, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences

Ammar Siddiqi, Freshman
Biosciences/Spanish/Social Policy Analysis/Health Sciences Bachelor's degree candidate
Rice University

Ashley Taylor, B.S., M.Ed.
Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Candidate

Sahar Eshtehardi, B.S., M.S., M.Ed.
Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Candidate

Brian Carter, JD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Midhat Jafry, Senior
Biology and Liberal Studies Major

Anastasia Rogova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Haleem A. Brown, M.S.
Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Candidate

Jayda Martinez, B.S.
MPH candidate, UT School of Public Health

Recent Mentees... Where are they now?
Valentina Maza Santibanez, undergrad mentee, Baylor University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology PhD student
Vijay Nitturi, undergrad mentee, Baylor College of Medicine (MD) student
Sahar Eshtehardi, graduate mentee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Psychology, Boston Children's Hospital Intern
Matthew Taing, undergrad mentee, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School (MD) student
Sean Reuven, undergrad mentee, University of Houston School of Medicine (MD) student
Seyed (Ali) Khalifi, graduate mentee,
Paul L. Foster School of Medicine (MD) student
Surya Chinamuthevi, undergrad mentee,
Texas A&M College of Medicine (MD) student
Yash Harkara, undergrad mentee, University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) student
Pooja Agrawal, high school and undergrad mentee, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, School of Medicine (MD) student
Kathy Le, post-bacc mentee, Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (MD) student
Chisom (Odoh) Iwandu, postdoc mentee, University of North Texas Department of Health and Public Service tenure track Assistant Professor
Adolfo G. Cuevas, graduate mentee, Tufts University Department of Community Health tenure track Gerald R. Gill Assistant Professor of Race, Culture and Society