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PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

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PATHS-UP Faculty

PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Mark Benden, PhD

  • Workforce Development
    Department Head
    Professor
    Director of the Ergonomics Center
    Texas A&M University
  • Mark Benden, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Saurabh Biswas, PhD

  • Innovation Ecosystem
    Associate Professor of Practice
    Head Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Entrepreneur-in-Residence, TEES Division of Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
    Texas A&M University
  • Saurabh Biswas, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Theodora Chaspari

  • Thrust 4
    Assistant Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Theodora Chaspari Profile
Theresa Chatman

Theresa Chatman

  • Director, Diversity and Inclusion
    Rice University
  • Theresa Chatman Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

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
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD

  • Thrust 4
    Professor and Chair, Kinesiology
    Texas A&M University
  • Nicolaas Deutz, MD, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

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
SamEmaminejad

Sam Emaminejad, PhD

  • Thrust 3
    Associate Professor
    Primary Area: Physical and Wave Electronics
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Sam Emaminejad, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Sherecce Fields, PhD

Thrust 4 Co-lead
Professor
Director of Clinical Training,
Psychological & Brain Sciences 
Texas A&M University

safields@tamu.edu

Sherecce Fields, PhD Profile

PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Omai Garner, PhD

  • Workforce Development & Thrust 1
    UCLA Path and Lab Med
    University of California, Los Angeles
  • Omai Garner, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Melissa A. Grunlan, PhD

  • Thrust 1
    Holder of the Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship in Engineering
    Presidential Impact Fellow
    Texas A&M University
  • Melissa A. Grunlan, PhD Profile
Josh Hutcheson

Josh Hutcheson, PhD

Thrust 1
Assistant Professor
Florida International University

  • Josh Hutcheson, PhD Profile
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Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, PhD

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead
    Assistant Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Hatice Koydemir, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Hye-Chung Kum, PhD

  • Thrust 4
    Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Hye-Chung Kum, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Mark Lawley, PhD

  • Thrust 4
    TEES Research Professor
    Deputy Director of the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems
    Department of Biomedical Engineering (Courtesy Appointment)
    Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Courtesy Appointment)
    Texas A&M University
  • Mark Lawley, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Pao Tai Lin, PhD

  • Thrust 2
    Associate Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Pao Tai Lin, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Samuel Mabbott, PhD

  • Thrust 1
    Assistant Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Samuel Mabbott, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Mike McShane, PhD

  • Thrust 1 Co-Lead
    Professor in Biomedical Engineering
    Director of Graduate Programs
    Texas A&M University
  • Mike McShane, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Bobak Mortazavi, PhD

  • Thrust 4
    Assistant Professor
    Texas A&M University
  • Bobak Mortazavi, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Carolyn Nichol, PhD

  • Workforce Development
    Associate Research Professor
    Director of the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM)
    Education Director for the NSF NanoEnabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Engineering Research Center
    Rice University
  • Carolyn Nichol, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

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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Nezih Pala, PhD

  • Thrust 3
    Professor
    PhD Graduate Program Director
    Florida International University
  • Nezih Pala, PhD Profile

 

PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD

    • Thrust 3 Co-Lead
      Executive Committee
      Associate Professor
      Florida International University
    • Jessica Ramella-Roman, PhD Profile
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PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD

        • Thrust 1 & 2
          Malcolm Gillis University Professor
          Professor of Bioengineering
          Director, Rice 360° Institute for Global Health
          Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
          Rice University
        • Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD

      • Thrust 4 Co-Lead
        Executive Committee
        Department Chair, 
        Earnest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering,
        Director, Scalable Health Labs
        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
        Rice University 

      • Ashutosh Sabharwal, PhD Profile

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PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Farzan Sasangohar, PhD

        • Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
        • Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Hospital
        • Department of Surgery, Institute for Academic Medicine (IAM), Houston Methodist Hospital
        • Affiliated Faculty, Environmental and Occupational Health
        • Faculty Fellow, Center for Remote Health Technologies & Systems
        • Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design
        • Faculty Fellow, NSF Center for Health Organization Transformation (CHOT)
        • Texas A&M University
      • Farzan Sasangohar, PhD Profile
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PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Limei Tian, PhD

    • Thrust 3
      Assistant Professor
      Texas A&M University
    • Limei Tian, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Tomasz Tkaczyk, PhD

    • Thrust 2
      Professor of Bioengineering
      Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      Modern Optical Instrumentation and Bio-imaging Laboratory
      Rice University
    • Tomasz Tkaczyk, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Andres Tremante, PhD

    • Workforce Development
      Professor, Director of the Center for Diversity and Student Success
      Florida International University
    • Andres Tremante, PhD Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD

    • Thrust 3 Co-Lead
      Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
      Professor, Computer Science
      Rice University
    • Ashok Veeraraghavan, PhD Profile
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Peggy Wang, PhD

  • Thrust 3
    Professor
    Florida International University
  • Peggy Wang, PhD Profile
Karan Watson

Karan Watson, PhD

  • Workforce Development Director
  • Regents Professor
  • Texas A&M University
  • Karan Watson, PhD Profile

PATHS-UP Staff

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Chris Finberg 

  • Innovation Director
    Texas A&M University

Chris Finberg Profile

Andrew Green

Andrew Green

    • Vice Chair Year 1
      Florida International University 
    • Andrew Green Profile
PATHS-UP Faculty & Staff

Jim Jackson

  • Finance Director
  • Texas A&M University

Jim Jackson Profile

Kerry Key

Kerry Key

  • Administrative Director
  • Texas A&M University

Kerry Key Profile

Danisha Stern

Danisha Stern 

        • Interim Director of Access and Inclusion
        • Program Specialist III, Access and Inclusion
      • Danisha Stern Profile
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Julieta Vallejos

Julieta Vallejos

  • Diversity and Inclusion Mentor
    Florida International University

Julieta Vallejos Profile

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