MEET THE TEAM
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Bettina Beech, DrPH, MPH, FAHA
Principal Investigator
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HEALTH–RCMI Principal Investigator
Chief Population Health Officer | Founder, UH Population Health
Clinical Professor of Population Health
Ezemenari Obasi, PhD
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HEALTH-RCMI Founder,
Vice President for Research & Innovation
Division of Research
& Innovation
Wayne State University
Fatima A. Merchant, PhD
Director
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Professor and Chair of Computer Engineering
Technology and Computational Health Informatics,
University of Houston
Stacey Gorniak, PhD, FAHA
Director
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Associate Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston
Chakema Carmack, PhD
Director
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Department of Psychological,
Health, & Learning Sciences
University of Houston
Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD
Behavioral Science Research Project
Director
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Professor of Psychology; Director, Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory and Substance Use Treatment Clinic,
University of Houston
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Michael Businelle, PhD
Behavioral Science Research Project
Director
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Associate Professor of Family
and Preventive Medicine; Leader
of the OTRC mHealth Core,
University of Oklahoma
Ashika Brinkley, PhD, MPH
Health Initiative
Research Director
Tzuan A. Chen, PhD
Senior Biostatistician and Program Evaluator
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Arlette Chavez
Program Manager
Safiya Friday
Program Director
Taylor Jones
Program Manager
OUR SUPPORT TEAM
Damien Kelly, EdD
Community Education and Outreach Coordinator
Alison Medley
Communications Manager
Kristen Morrison
Director of Community Education & Outreach
Pablo Panta
Community Education and Outreach Coordinator
Natalie Shipula
Sr. Graphics Designer