Our Team

| Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|
| Amelie G. Ramirez, M.P.H., Dr.PH. PHS Department Chair and Professor IHPR Director | ramirezag@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6500 210-562-6545 |
| Rosalie P. Aguilar, MS IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior | aguilarr2@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6528 210-562-6528 |
| Suzerain Arcaute Grants & Contracts Specialist – Senior | arcaute@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6522 |
| Tenoch (Aztec) Aztecatl Video Producer | aztecatl@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6549 |
| Alex F. Bokov, Ph.D. PHS Faculty Instructor | bokov@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-4106 210-567-0921 |
| Stacy Cantu-Pawlik, M.P.H. IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior | cantus1@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-5536 210-562-6545 |
| Patricia Chalela, M.P.H., Dr.P.H. IHPR Assistant Professor, Research | chalela@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6513 210-562-6545 |
| Yidong Chen, Ph.D. PHS Professor | cheny8@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-9163 210-562-9039 |
| Byeongyeob Choi, Ph.D. PHS Assistant Professor | choib@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0854 210-567-0921 |
| Cliff E. Despres, BJ IHPR Communications Manager | despres@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6517 210-562-6545 |
| Armida Flores, BA IHPR Health Educator | floresa8@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6548 210-562-6545 |
| Helen L. Foster, MSN, RN Clinical Research Informatics Specialist | fosterh@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1917 210-567-0836 |
| Fernando Gallardo PHS Desktop Support Specialist – Senior | gallardof3@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1219 210-450-1379 |
| Alexandrina Ganea PHS Database Analyst Programmer – Intermediate | ganea@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1837 210-450-1379 |
| Dolores Garcia Health Educator | garciad26@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-6516 210-560-8985 |
| Jonathan A.L. Gelfond, M.D., Ph.D. PHS Associate Professor | gelfondjal@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0851 210-567-0921 |
| Robert Geller PHS IT Project Manager – Intermediate | geller@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1471 210-450-1379 |
| Martin W. Goros PHS Biostatistician – Senior | goros@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-1034 210-567-0921 |
| Bianca Gutierrez Student Associate | gutierrezb5@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6500 |
| Brian S. Hernandez PHS Biostatistician – Intermediate | hernandezbs@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0917 210-567-0921 |
| Jayandra J. Himali Associate Professor | himali@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8437 |
| John J. Hough PHS Faculty Associate | hough@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1823 210-450-1379 |
| Daniel C. Hughes, Ph.D. IHPR Assistant ProfessorResearch | hughesdc@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6505 210-562-6545 |
| Xuequi Jian Assistant Professor/Research | jian@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8757 |
| Rebecca Jones, PhD Faculty Associate | jonesr13@uthscsa.edu | 210 562 6501 |
| Angelika Lapetoda Research Area Specialist – Associate | lapetoda@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6546 |
| Lenea Bland Larralde PHS Administrative Assistant - Senior | blandl@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0836 210-567-0841 |
| Qianqian Liu PHS Biostatistician – Associate | liuq4@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0836 210-567-0921 |
| Dorothy A. Long Parma, M.D., M.P.H. IHPR Assistant Professor, Research | longparma@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6524 210-562-6545 |
| Muayad Maallah PHS Clinical Informatics Specialist | maallah@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0836 |
| Daniel MacCarthy PHS Statistician – Intermediate | maccarthyd@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0921 |
| Joshua McCormack Communications Specialist | mccormack@uthscsa.edu | 210-567 0836 |
| Tracy McGee, BBA Accountant-Intermediate | mcgeet@uthscsa.edu | 210 562 6533 |
| Amanda M. Merck, M.P.H. IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior | merck@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-6525 210-562-6545 |
| Joel E. Michalek, Ph.D. PHS Professor | michalekj@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0886 210-562-0921 |
| Anna Moreno Assistant to the Chair - Senior | morenoa3@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0792 210-562-6505 210-562-6545 |
| Edgar Munoz, MS IHPR Statistician – Senior | munoze@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6511 210-562-6545 |
| Cynthia Ortiz PHS Senior Manager, Information Systems Operations | ortizc3@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1859 210-450-1379 |
| Daniel Pena PHS Software Engineer – Senior | penad4@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1042 210-450-1379 |
| Lissa A. Persson PHS Application System Programmer System Analyst – Senior | persson@uthscsa.edu | 210-824-2937 |
| Nisha Rao Udayakumar PHS Software Developer – Intermediate | raoudayakuma@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-5827 210-450-1379 |
| Sonia Rincon-Sanchez Community Health Worker | rinconsanche@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8202 |
| Bill Sanns PHS Director of Operations Faculty Specialist | sanns@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-1470 210-450-1379 |
| Claudia L. Satizabal Barrera Assistant Professor/Research | satizabal@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8417 |
| Susanne Schmidt, Ph.D. PHS Assistant Professor, Research | schmidts4@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0905 210-567-0921 |
| Dimpy P. Shah, M.D., Ph.D PHS Assistant Professor | shahdp@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6503 210-567-0921 |
| Pramod Sukumaran IHPR Research Area Specialist – Senior | sukumaran@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-5539 210-562-6545 |
| Maria E. Valdez Community Health Worker | valdezm7@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8208 |
| Harriet Van Loggerenberg Research Coordinator | vanloggerenb@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6502 |
| Rebecca G. Vega PHS Finance and Administration Manager | vegarg@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0828 210-567-0921 |
| Chen-Pin Wang, Ph.D. PHS Associate Professor | wangc3@uthscsa.edu | 210-617-5300 ext. 13819 210-567-4432 |
| Xiaojing Wang Assistant Professor, Research | wangx11@uthscsa.edu | 210-450-8438 210-567-0921 |
| Zhu Wang, Ph.D. PHS Associate Professor | wangz1@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0836 210-567-0874 |
| Julia Weis Communications Specialist | weisj@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-6585 |
| Shenghui Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Master of Medicine PHS Assistant Professor | wus@uthscsa.edu | 956-523-7402 956-523-7411 |
| Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D. PHS Assistant Professor | zhengs3@uthscsa.edu | 210-562-9028 210-567-9014 |
| Meredith Zozus, PhD, CCDM Professor and Division Chief, Director Clinical Research Informatics | zozus@uthscsa.edu | 210-567-0861 210-567-0836 |
UT Health San Antonio
Department of Population Health Science
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78229
MSC 7933
Anna Moreno
Assistant to the Chair
