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Leadership Team

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Directors

Leadership Team

Gerard L. Coté, PhD

  • Director, PATHS-UP

    Executive Committee
  • Director, Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
  • Holder of the James J. Cain Professorship I
  • Texas A&M University

Gerard L. Coté, PhD Profile

Leadership Team

Dino Di Carlo, PhD

  • Deputy Director, PATHS-UP, and Thrust 1 Co-Lead

    Executive Committee

    Professor of Bioengineering

    University of California, Los Angeles

Dino Di Carlo, PhD Profile

Executive Committee

Leadership Team

Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD

  • Thrust 3 Co-Lead

    Executive Committee

    Associate Professor

    Florida International University

Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD Profile

Leadership Team

Aydogan Ozcan, PhD

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead

    Executive Committee

    Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor

    University of California, Los Angeles

Aydogan Ozcan, PhD Profile

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  • Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD

    • Thrust 4 Co-Lead

      Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

    • Founder, WARP
    • Rice University

    Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD Profile

Workforce Development

Karan Watson

Karan Watson, PhD

  • Workforce Development Director
  • Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • Texas A&M University

Karan Watson, PhD Profile

Innovation

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Chris Finberg 

  • Innovation Director
  • Texas A&M University

Chris Finberg Profile

Administration

Kerry Key

Kerry Key

  • Administrative Director
  • Texas A&M University

Kerry Key Profile

Leadership Team

Jim Jackson

  • Finance Director
  • Texas A&M University

Jim Jackson Profile

Thrust 1 Leaders

Dino Di Carlo

Dino Di Carlo, PhD

  • Deputy Director, PATHS-UP, and Thrust 1 Co-Lead

    Professor of Bioengineering

    University of California, Los Angeles

Dino Di Carlo, PhD Profile

Mike McShane

Mike McShane, PhD

  • Thrust 1 Co-Lead

    Professor in Biomedical Engineering

    Director of Graduate Programs

    Texas A&M University

Mike McShane, PhD Profile

Thrust 2 Leaders

Ozcan Aydogan

Aydogan Ozcan, PhD

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead

    Executive Committee

    Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor

    University of California, Los Angeles

Aydogan Ozcan, PhD Profile

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Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, PhD

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead

    Assistant Professor

    Texas A&M University

Hatice Koydemir, PhD Profile

Thrust 3 Leaders

Jessica Ramella-Roman

Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD

  • Thrust 3 Co-Lead
  • Executive Committee

    Associate Professor

    Florida International University

Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD Profile

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Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD

  • Thrust 3 Co-Lead

    Executive Committee

    Department Chair, 
    Earnest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering

    Director, Scalable Health Labs

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Rice University 

  • Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD Profile

Thrust 4 Leaders

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Farzan Sasangohar, PhD

  • Thrust 4 Co-lead
  • Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering 
  • Mike and Sugar Barnes Fellowship II, Industrial & Systems Engineering,
  • Assistant Professor, Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Hospital. 
  • Texas A&M University
  • Farzan Sasangohar, PhD Profile
Ashutosh Sabharwal

Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD

  • Thrust 4 Co-Lead
  • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Founder, WARP
  • Rice University

Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD Profile

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