Principal Investigator of Lab and Team: Lorraine R. Reitzel, PhD, FAAHB, FSRNT
Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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

Maggie Britton, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Ammar Siddiqi, Freshman
Rice University Biosciences, Spanish, and Social Policy Analysis Major

Anastasia Rogova, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Brian Carter, JD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Midhat Jafry, Senior
Biology and Liberal Studies Major

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
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