NameEmailTelephone
Amelie G. Ramirez, M.P.H., Dr.PH.
PHS Department Chair and Professor
IHPR Director
ramirezag@uthscsa.edu210-562-6500

210-562-6545
Rosalie P. Aguilar, MS

IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior
aguilarr2@uthscsa.edu210-562-6528

210-562-6528
Suzerain Arcaute

Grants & Contracts Specialist – Senior
arcaute@uthscsa.edu210-562-6522
Tenoch (Aztec) Aztecatl

Video Producer
aztecatl@uthscsa.edu210-562-6549
Alex F. Bokov, Ph.D.

PHS Faculty Instructor
bokov@uthscsa.edu210-562-4106

210-567-0921
Stacy Cantu-Pawlik, M.P.H.

IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior
cantus1@uthscsa.edu210-562-5536

210-562-6545
Patricia Chalela, M.P.H., Dr.P.H.

IHPR Assistant Professor, Research
chalela@uthscsa.edu210-562-6513

210-562-6545
Yidong Chen, Ph.D.

PHS Professor
 cheny8@uthscsa.edu210-562-9163

210-562-9039
Byeongyeob Choi, Ph.D.

PHS Assistant Professor
choib@uthscsa.edu210-567-0854

210-567-0921
Cliff E. Despres, BJ

IHPR Communications Manager
despres@uthscsa.edu210-562-6517

210-562-6545
Armida Flores, BA

IHPR Health Educator
floresa8@uthscsa.edu210-562-6548

210-562-6545
Helen L. Foster, MSN, RN

Clinical Research Informatics Specialist
fosterh@uthscsa.edu210-450-1917

210-567-0836
Fernando Gallardo

PHS Desktop Support Specialist – Senior
gallardof3@uthscsa.edu210-450-1219

210-450-1379
Alexandrina Ganea

PHS Database Analyst Programmer – Intermediate
ganea@uthscsa.edu210-450-1837

210-450-1379
Dolores Garcia

Health Educator
garciad26@uthscsa.edu210-567-6516

210-560-8985
Jonathan A.L. Gelfond, M.D., Ph.D.

PHS Associate Professor
gelfondjal@uthscsa.edu210-567-0851

210-567-0921
Robert Geller

PHS IT Project Manager – Intermediate
geller@uthscsa.edu210-450-1471

210-450-1379
Martin W. Goros

PHS Biostatistician – Senior
goros@uthscsa.edu210-567-1034

210-567-0921
Bianca Gutierrez

Student Associate
gutierrezb5@uthscsa.edu210-562-6500
Brian S. Hernandez

PHS Biostatistician – Intermediate
hernandezbs@uthscsa.edu210-567-0917

210-567-0921
Jayandra J. Himali

Associate Professor
himali@uthscsa.edu210-450-8437
John J. Hough

PHS Faculty Associate
hough@uthscsa.edu210-450-1823

210-450-1379
Daniel C. Hughes, Ph.D.

IHPR Assistant ProfessorResearch
hughesdc@uthscsa.edu210-562-6505

210-562-6545
Xuequi Jian

Assistant Professor/Research
jian@uthscsa.edu210-450-8757
Rebecca Jones, PhD

Faculty Associate
jonesr13@uthscsa.edu210 562 6501
Angelika Lapetoda

Research Area Specialist – Associate
lapetoda@uthscsa.edu210-562-6546
Lenea Bland Larralde

PHS Administrative Assistant - Senior
blandl@uthscsa.edu210-567-0836

210-567-0841
Qianqian Liu

PHS Biostatistician – Associate
liuq4@uthscsa.edu210-567-0836

210-567-0921
Dorothy A. Long Parma, M.D., M.P.H.

IHPR Assistant Professor, Research
longparma@uthscsa.edu210-562-6524

210-562-6545
Muayad Maallah

PHS Clinical Informatics Specialist
maallah@uthscsa.edu210-567-0836
Daniel MacCarthy

PHS Statistician – Intermediate
maccarthyd@uthscsa.edu210-567-0921
Joshua McCormack

Communications Specialist
mccormack@uthscsa.edu210-567 0836
Tracy McGee, BBA

Accountant-Intermediate
mcgeet@uthscsa.edu210 562 6533
Amanda M. Merck, M.P.H.

IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior
merck@uthscsa.edu210-567-6525

210-562-6545
Joel E. Michalek, Ph.D.

PHS Professor
michalekj@uthscsa.edu210-567-0886

210-562-0921
Anna Moreno

Assistant to the Chair - Senior
morenoa3@uthscsa.edu210-567-0792

210-562-6505

210-562-6545
Edgar Munoz, MS

IHPR Statistician – Senior
munoze@uthscsa.edu210-562-6511

210-562-6545
Cynthia Ortiz

PHS Senior Manager, Information Systems Operations
ortizc3@uthscsa.edu210-450-1859

210-450-1379
Daniel Pena

PHS Software Engineer – Senior
penad4@uthscsa.edu210-450-1042

210-450-1379
Lissa A. Persson

PHS Application System Programmer

System Analyst – Senior
persson@uthscsa.edu210-824-2937
Nisha Rao Udayakumar 

PHS Software Developer – Intermediate
raoudayakuma@uthscsa.edu210-450-5827

210-450-1379
Sonia Rincon-Sanchez

Community Health Worker
rinconsanche@uthscsa.edu210-450-8202
Bill Sanns

PHS Director of Operations

Faculty Specialist
sanns@uthscsa.edu210-450-1470

210-450-1379
Claudia L. Satizabal Barrera

Assistant Professor/Research
satizabal@uthscsa.edu210-450-8417
Susanne Schmidt, Ph.D.

PHS Assistant Professor, Research
schmidts4@uthscsa.edu210-567-0905

210-567-0921
Dimpy P. Shah, M.D., Ph.D

PHS Assistant Professor
shahdp@uthscsa.edu210-562-6503

210-567-0921
Pramod Sukumaran

IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior
sukumaran@uthscsa.edu210-562-5539

210-562-6545
Maria E. Valdez

Community Health Worker
valdezm7@uthscsa.edu210-450-8208
Harriet Van Loggerenberg

Research Coordinator
vanloggerenb@uthscsa.edu210-562-6502
Rebecca G. Vega

PHS Finance and Administration Manager
vegarg@uthscsa.edu210-567-0828

210-567-0921
Chen-Pin Wang, Ph.D.

PHS Associate Professor
wangc3@uthscsa.edu210-617-5300 ext. 13819

210-567-4432
Xiaojing Wang

Assistant Professor, Research
wangx11@uthscsa.edu210-450-8438

210-567-0921
Zhu Wang, Ph.D.

PHS Associate Professor
wangz1@uthscsa.edu210-567-0836

210-567-0874
Julia Weis

Communications Specialist
weisj@uthscsa.edu210-562-6585
Shenghui Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Master of Medicine

PHS Assistant Professor
wus@uthscsa.edu956-523-7402

956-523-7411
Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D.

PHS Assistant Professor
zhengs3@uthscsa.edu210-562-9028

210-567-9014
Meredith Zozus, PhD, CCDM

Professor and Division Chief, Director Clinical Research Informatics
zozus@uthscsa.edu210-567-0861

210-567-0836

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