
Center Members
Full Members
- Cheryl Walker PhD (PI; GC-CPEH Director), Professor and Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Elaine Symanski PhD (GC-CPEH Deputy Director; IHSFC Director), Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health; Epidemiology and Population Sciences
- Bill Ameredes PhD, Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Internal Medicine
- Fida Bacha MD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine Medicine, Pediatrics-Nutrition
- Eric Boerwinkle PhD, Dean, Professor and Associate Director, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
- Shelly Buffington PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD, Sr. Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
- Cristian Coarfa PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Bingning Dong PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine-Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Kyle P. Eagen PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Xia Gao PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine,Pediatrics-Nutrition
- Richard Finnell PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Daniel Gorelick PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Craig Hanis, PhD, Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
- Drew Helmer, MD, MS, Baylor College of Medicine; Deputy Director, Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety
- Courtney Hodges PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Kristi Hoffman PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular Virology and Microbiology
- Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology
- M. Firoze Khan PhD, Professor and Vice-Chair of Research, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Pathology
- Farrah Kheradmand MD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine-Pulmonary
- Katherine Yudeh King MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics-Infectious Disease
- Thomas Kosten, MD, Waggoner Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Immunology, Neuroscience and Psychology
- Fernanda Laezza MD, PhD, Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Stephen Linder PhD, Professor and Director, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Institute for Health Policy
- Amy Lynn McGuire, JD, PhD, Leon Jaworski Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy
- Bhagavatula Moorthy PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics
- Alanna Morrison PhD, Professor and Chair, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
- Bert O’Malley MD, Professor and Chair, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Thomas Northrup, Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Family and Community Medicine
- Joseph Petrosino PhD, Professor, Interim Chair and Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular Virology and Microbiology
- Nagireddy Putluri PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Mohammad Rahbar PhD, Professor, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
- Lauren Richardson, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Basic Science and Translational Research
- David Sheikh-Hamad, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine-Nephrology
- Lanlan Shen, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics
- Lawrence Sowers PhD, Professor and Chair, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Elise Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Bioethics & Health Humanities
- Zheng Sun PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine; Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Aaron Thrift PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine and Gastroenterology Section
- Robert Waterland PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics – Nutrition
- Kristina Whitworth PhD, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Sciences
- Casey Wright PhD, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Xueying Zhang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Center for Precision Environmental Health
- Chao He, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine – Pulmonary
- Jeremy Schraw, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Pediatrics-Oncology
Associate Members
- Lea Steele PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Neuropsychiatry -Behavioral Neuroscience
- Abiodun Oluyomi PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine – Environmental Health Service
- John Prochaska PhD, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Preventive Medicine & Community Health
- Lance M. Hallberg, PhD, Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Enrico R. Barrozo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Affiliate Members
- Kenneth Ramos, MD, PhD, Professor and Director,Texas A&M University, Translational Medical Sciences
- Michael Mancini PhD, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Daniel Kraushaar, PhD, Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Genomic and RNA Profiling Core
- William Russell PhD, Associate Professor and Director, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Anna Malovannaya PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Biochemistry
- Christopher Ward PhD, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Haiping Hao, PhD, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
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