Amick, Benjamin C., PhD
Professor
Research interests: Work organization and health; social epidemiology and health disparities; work stress, labor markets, disability; epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries; ergonomics and organizational change
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1009
Email: benjamin.c.amick@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9496 |
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Beasley, R. Palmer, MD
Ashbel Smith Professor
Research interests: Hepatitis B; hepatocellular carcinoma; AIDS; infectious disease epidemiology
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E743
Email: r.p.beasley@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9014 |
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Belkind-Gerson, Jaime, MD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology NTR
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W704
Email: jaime.belkind-gerson@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9374 |
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Boerwinkle, Eric , PhD
Professor and Director, Division of Epidemiology and Kozmetsky Family Chair in Human Genetics
Research interests: Human genetics; bioinformatics; DNA variation; coronary heart disease; hypertension
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E447
Email: eric.boerwinkle@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9816 |
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Bressler, Jan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Disease control, epidemiology, molecular genetics, genetic epidemiology
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E503
Email: jan.bressler@uth.tmc.edu |
Phone: (713) 500-9919 |
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Brown, Eric, PhD
Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease
Research interests: Immunology; infectious disease; mechanisms of immune evasion; vaccine development
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E719
Email: eric.l.brown@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9355 |
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Caetano, Raul , MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Regional Dean, Dallas Regional Campus
Research interests: Epidemiology of substance abuse; violence; drinking and alcohol-related problems among US ethnic minority groups; diagnostic procedures in alcohol abuse and dependence
Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112C
Email: raul.caetano@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (214) 648-1080 |
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Cardenas, Victor , MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Public health surveillance and field epidemiology; epidemiology of cancer; infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and injuries
Campus: El Paso — Office: 097 110F
Email: victor.cardenas@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (915) 747-8503 |
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Cech, Irina M., PhD
Professor
Research interests: Environmental health, policy and regulatory process; GIS, water quality, contamination and hazardous waste management; chemical and biological factors related to birth defects; international health
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E1005
Email: irina.cech@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9227 |
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Chappell, Cynthia L., PhD
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Research interests: Parasitology; gastrointestinal parasites; immune response to parasites
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W118A
Email: cynthia.l.chappell@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9026 |
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Cooper, Sharon P., PhD
Professor and Regional Dean, San Antonio Region Campus
Research interests: Occupational injury, surveillance of injury and illnesses in farm workers, working adolescents
Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 208
Email: sharon.p.cooper@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (210) 562-5508 |
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Daiger, Stephen P., PhD
Thomas Stull Matney, PhD Professor in Environmental and Genetics Sciences
Research interests: Human molecular genetics; human population genetics; medical genetics; human gene cloning; linkage mapping; retinitis pigmentosa; macular degeneration; inherited retinal diseases in humans; mutation detection; retinal disease genes RP1 and IMPDH1.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W522
Email: stephen.p.daiger@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9829 |
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Day, R. Sue , PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Research interests: Epidemiology; nutrition; dietary assessment methodology; obesity, cardiovascular disease; cancer; chronic disease; dietary interventions and health promotion; physical activity; Hispanic populations; children
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W916
Email: rena.s.day@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9317 |
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Delclos, George P., MD
Professor
Research interests: Occupational hazards of healthcare workers; occupational and environmental respiratory disease; international aspects of occupational health
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W1018
Email: george.delclos@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9459 |
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Douglas, Tommy C., PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Antibody; apolipoprotein; gene expression; genetics; immunogenetics; immunoglobulin; immunology
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W632
Email: tommy.c.douglas@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9830 |
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Du, Xianglin L., MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Clinical Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and cancer; health services and outcomes research; claims-based healthcare studies
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E631
Email: xianglin.l.du@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9956 |
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DuPont, Herbert L., MD
Professor of Infectious Diseases and Director, Center for Infectious Diseases
Research interests: Worldwide study of the epidemiology; microbiology; genetic susceptibility, treatment and prevention of acute diarrhea
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E729
Email: herbert.l.dupont@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9366 |
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Fisher-Hoch, Susan P., MD
Professor of Epidemiology
Research interests: Virology; Lassa and Ebola hemorrhagic fevers; tuberculosis; human Papilloma virus; biocontainment; microbiology; molecular epidemiology
Campus: Brownsville — Office: RAC N2.202E
Email: susan.p.fisher-hoch@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (956) 882-5167 |
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Fu, Yun-Xin , PhD
Betty Wheless Trotter Professor
Research interests: Biostatistics; bioinformatics; molecular evolution; population genetics and computational biology
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E541
Email: yunxin.fu@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9813 |
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Hallman, D. Michael, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Research interests: Genetic epidemiology of chronic disease, especially atherosclerotic disease and diabetes; genetic analysis of longitudinal data.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E431
Email: d.michael.hallman@uth.tmc.edu |
Phone: (713) 500-9893 |
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Hanis, Craig L., PhD
Professor
Research interests: Genetic epidemiology; genetics of type 2 diabetes and its complications; genomic approaches to identifying genes for common diseases.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E423
Email: craig.l.hanis@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9807 |
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Hardy, Robert J., PhD
Allan King Professor in Public Health, Division of Biostatistics
Research interests: Biometrical methods; statistical epidemiology; clinical trials
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E805
Email: robert.j.hardy@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9524 |
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Herbold, John R., DVM, PhD
Associate Prof. of Epidemiology and Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
Research interests: Epidemiology; environmental health; infectious disease; animal-human issues; military medicine.
Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 215
Email: john.r.herbold@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9420 |
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Hewett-Emmett, David , PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Molecular evolution; human genetic variation; gene families.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E517
Email: david.hewett-emmett@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9835 |
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Hixson, James E., PhD
Professor
Research interests: Molecular genetics of common diseases including cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes; SNP discovery and analysis in population-based studies of common diseases; allelic effects on gene expression and protein function related to common diseases and measured risk factors.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W422
Email: james.e.hixson@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9834 |
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Hoelscher, Deanna M., PhD
Professor and Director, Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living
Research interests: Design, implementation and evaluation of nutrition and physical activity programs for children, school foodservice personnel, and minority populations, prevention of chronic diseases; evaluation of legislative policies; development and evaluation of dietary and physical activity assessment methods; epidemiologic studies of child nutrition, physical activity and behavioral risk factors; diet-gene interactions
Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 211
Email: deanna.m.hoelscher@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (512) 482-6168 |
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Hwang, Lu-Yu , MD
Professor
Research interests: Pediatrics; infectious disease; perinatal transmission; viral epidemiology; cancer epidemiology; hepatitis virus/liver cancer; HIV/AIDS, HTLV/leukemia; EBV/nasopharyngeal cancer; viral oncology.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E717
Email: lu-yu.hwang@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9382 |
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Jiang, Zhi-Dong , MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases
Research interests: Epidemiology of travelers’ diarrhea; genetic factors for acute diarrhea; enteric pathogens
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E741
Email: zhi-dong.jiang@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9371 |
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Kelder, Steven H., PhD
Beth Toby Grossman Professor
Research interests: Epidemiology of child and adolescent health, design and evaluation of school health promotion programs, particular emphasis on obesity, diet, physical activity, and substance use
Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 212
Email: steven.h.kelder@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (512) 482-6169 |
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Kohl III, Harold, PhD
Professor
Research interests: Epidemiology of physical activity, development of physical activity national guidelines; physical activity for chronic disease prevention
Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 209
Email: harold.w.kohl@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (512) 482-6167 |
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Liu, Xiaoming, PhD
Asst Prof of Human Genetics
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E529
Email: xiaoming.liu@uth.tmc.edu |
Phone: (713) 500-9820 |
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Maxwell, Taylor J., PhD
Assistant Professor
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E531
Email: taylor.j.maxwell@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9896 |
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McCormick, Joseph B., MD
James H. Steele Professor and Regional Dean, Brownsville Regional Campus
Research interests: Infectious Diseases (particularly viral such as Ebola; Lassa fever: HIV/AIDS), Health issues in international settings; vaccines; epidemiology and bioterrorism.
Campus: Brownsville — Office: RAC N2.202B
Email: joseph.b.mccormick@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (956) 882-5166 |
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Morrison, Alanna C., PhD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Research interests: Elucidation of genes involved in complex diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke. Identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms influencing inter-individual disease risk, linkage analyses and association studies, and development and application of novel statistical methods to evaluate genetic data
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E419
Email: alanna.c.morrison@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9913 |
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Mubasher, Mohamed E., PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Statistical methods in design, conduct and analyses of clinical trials; sequential and survival data analyses
Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.106C
Email: mohamed.e.mubasher@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (214) 648-1041 |
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Murray, Kristy O., DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: West Nile Virus, arboviruses, rabies virus, unexplained encephalitis, emerging infectious diseases, zoonoses.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS W334
Email: kristy.o.murray@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9358 |
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Nettleton, Jennifer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Nutrition and cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Food/nutrient synergy and dietary patterns; Environmental and genetic modification of diet effects; Clinical dietary interventions for cardiovascular/chronic disease prevention; Dietary assessment methodology
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E641
Email: jennifer.a.nettleton@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9367 |
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Peskin, Melissa Fleschler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Research interests: Child and adolescent health, specifically in HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention, violence, bullying, cyberbullying; intervention development and program evaluation
Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2658
Email: melissa.f.peskin@uth.tmc.edu |
Phone: (713) 500-9759 |
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Piller, Linda B., MD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Research interests: Hypertension; ischemic heart disease; coronary heart disease; clinical trials; cardiovascular clinical trials; endpoint reporting in clinical trials; safety in clinical trials; congestive heart failure; cardiovascular pathology; cervical pathology; breast pathology.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E819
Email: linda.b.piller@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9507 |
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Pompeii, Lisa, PhD
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Research interests: Occupational epidemiology, injury epidemiology, pregnancy health and work, health disparities
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E617
Email: lisa.pompeii@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9474 |
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Rahbar, Mohammad Hossein, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research interests: Statistical and Study Design Issues in Epidemiology; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Global Health; Environmental Health with a focus on Toxic and Heavy Metals; Gene-Environment Interactions in relation to Autism; Medical Informatics; Analytic Issues in Multicenter Studies; Data Mining; Sequential Procedures; Clinical Trials; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Survival Analysis
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E627
Email: mohammad.h.rahbar@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9166 |
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Restrepo, Blanca I., Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Tuberculosis; pathogenesis, early disease detection, host immune response, dynamics of transmission in the Texas-Mexico border. Neurocysticercosis: host-parasite interactions, immune response, granuloma formation.
Campus: Brownsville — Office: RAC N2.202D
Email: blanca.i.restrepo@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (956) 882-5172 |
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Risser, Jan M.H., PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Research interests: Sexually transmitted disease surveillance; syphilis; prevention of HIV; social determinants of health; stroke and hypertension.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E607
Email: jan.m.risser@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9386 |
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Rodin, Andrei S., PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Genetic epidemiology; computational biology; bioinformatics; data mining; artificial intelligence; machine learning; molecular evolution and phylogenetics
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E523
Email: andrei.s.rodin@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9845 |
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Ross, Michael W., PhD
Professor
Research interests: STDs; HIV/AIDS; drug abuse; community level and correctional STD/HIV prevention cross-cultural aspects of public health; internet sexuality
Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2622
Email: michael.w.ross@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9652 |
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Sayyar Roudsari, Bahman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Epidemiology of alcoholism, health care, injury, trauma.
Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.112B
Email: bahman.sayyar.roudsari@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (214) 648-1054 |
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Selwyn, Beatrice J., ScD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Perinatal and pediatric epidemiology; international health; health survey methodology; rapid epidemiologic assessment methods; studies of the future of public health
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E913
Email: beatrice.j.selwyn@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9272 |
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Sharma, Shreela V., PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Behavioral epidemiology with a focus on nutrition and physical activity; obesity prevention with an emphasis on early childhood especially in low-income, minority populations; obesity prevention in India.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E603
Email: shreela.v.sharma@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9344 |
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Shipp, Eva M., PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Occupational injury / illness among agricultural and adolescent workers, back injury, vulnerable populations
Campus: San Antonio — Office: SPH 211
Email: eva.m.shipp@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (210) 562-5524 |
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Shuval, Kerem, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Physical activity epidemiology and promotion, lifestyle modification, primary care, community-based research, evidence-based medicine and public health, program evaluation
Campus: Dallas — Office: 00V V8.106E
Email: kerem.shuval@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (214) 648-1094 |
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Stigler, Melissa, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Child and adolescent health, global/international health, with special emphasis on India; tobacco prevention and cessation; obesity prevention; behavioral epidemiology
Campus: Austin — Office: TCB 214
Email: melissa.h.stigler@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (512) 482-6173 |
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Symanski, Elaine , PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Development of quantitative methods for modeling occupational and environmental exposures; retrospective exposure assessment for workplace contaminants; investigation of health effects related to occupational and environmental exposures
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E643
Email: elaine.symanski@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9238 |
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Tazi, Loubna, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research interests: Tuberculosis; Transmission dynamics; Drug resistant tuberculosis; Population genetics; Human susceptibility to tuberculosis; Evolution of infectious diseases (HIV, Malaria, Gonorrhea).
Campus: Brownsville — Office: RAC N2.202F
Email: loubna.tazi@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (956) 882-5163 |
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Tortolero, Susan R., PhD
Associate Professorand Director CHPPR
Research interests: Adolescence; children; sexual risk taking, STDs, pregnancy, substance use, violence mental health; depression; Hispanics; prevention research
Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2080
Email: susan.tortolero@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9634 |
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Vernon, Sally W., PhD
Blair Justice, PhD Prof. in Mind-Body Medicine and Pub Hlth and Dir, Div of Hlth Promo and Beh Sci
Research interests: Cancer prevention and control for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers; informed decision making for prostate cancer testing; psychosocial issues in cancer genetic testing; measurement of psychosocial constructs; reliability and validity of self-report cancer screening behaviors
Campus: Houston — Office: UCT 2560
Email: sally.w.vernon@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9760 |
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Volcik, Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor of Human Genetics
Research interests: Human genetics; genetics of common diseases; gene-environment interaction; cardiovascular disease.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E407
Email: kelly.a.volcik@uth.tmc.edu |
Phone: (713) 500-9891 |
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Waller, Kim , PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Preventable risk factors for birth defects; low birth weight; fetal death; birth defects; screening programs; association of serum biomarkers (measured early in pregnancy) and pregnancy outcome.
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E619
Email: kim.waller@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9155 |
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Xiong, Momiao , PhD
Associate Professor
Research interests: Computational systems biology; functional genomics; bioinformatics; genetic epidemiology; statistical genetics; pharmacogenetics; population genetics
Campus: Houston — Office: RAS E439
Email: momiao.xiong@uth.tmc.edu | 
Phone: (713) 500-9894 |
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