SPH Student Association
2009-2010 Executive Board

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Name: Preeti Zanwar 
Hometown: Houston, Tx
Birthday: August 29
Program: PhD
Other Degrees: MPH (Epidemiology) In Progress 
Undergrad College: University of Houston, BS, Biology
Email: Preeti.C.Zanwar@uth.tmc.edu
SPH Mailbox: 771

Public Health Career Aspiration: Several areas of public health interest me, including biological and non-biological determinants of health and their subsequent statistical analysis, health policy, and management. I hope to use my background, education and training to make meaningful contributions to the economics, epidemiology, policy and management of public health programs and interventions.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Name: Sofia de Achaval
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birthday: December 31
Program: PhD Epidemiology
Other Degrees: BS Biology
Undergrad College : Texas A&M
Email: Sofia.de.Achaval@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: 

ADMINISTRATIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR

Name: Amelia Ubesie
Hometown: Houston, Tx
Birthday: April 29
Program: MPH
Other Degrees: BS Human Development and Family Science
Undergrad College: University of Texas at Austin
E-mail: amelia.e.ubesie@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: I hope to obtain my MPH degree and become active in the health policy area of public health.  I wish to reach the population on a larger scale by making changes in policies that affect our nation.  I also wish to work with health on a global scale by helping instill a more stable and sustainable system of health in under-developed countries.

ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR

Name: Toke Omiwade
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Birthday: March15
Program: MPH, Epidemiology
Other Degrees: BS Biochemistry
Undergrad College: Abilene Christian University
E-mail: Oluwatoke.omiwade@uth.tmc.edu
 

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ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR

Name: Siddharth Karanth
Hometown: Bangalore, India
Birthday: 
Program: MPH, Epidemiology
Other Degrees: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Undergrad College: Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
E-mail: Siddharth.Karanth@uth.tmc.edu
SPH Mailbox: 341

Public Health Career Aspiration: Health care research

FINANCIAL DIRECTOR 

Name: Position open, please contact us if you want it.
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STUDENT CONCERNS REPRESENTATIVE 

Name: Crystal Stafford
Hometown:  Houston, Tx
Birthday:  
Program: DrPH Management and Policy
Other Degrees: MPH, Health Education
Undergrad College: 
E-mail: Crystal.l.stafford@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration:

ACADEMIC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE  

Name: Stefan Malhotra
Hometown: Houston, Tx
Birthday: May 12
Program: MPH Environmental and Occupational
Other Degrees: BS Biology (Ecology)
Undergrad College: University of Texas at Austin
E-mail: sanjay.s.malhotra@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: To work on Environmental Policy in the public sector

PRACTICE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE 

Name: Dennis Li
Hometown: Chicago, IL/Southlake, TX
Birthday: October 17
Program: MPH HPBS
Other Degrees:
Undergrad College: Rice University
E-mail: dennis.h.li@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration:  I aspire to be a public health researcher, practitioner, and educator, and I aim to someday teach higher-level education as either tenure-track or adjunct faculty.

STUDENT INTERCOUNCIL (SIC) REPRESENTATIVE 

Name: Matthew Potter
Hometown: Tulsa, OK
Birthday: June 19
Program: MPH, Management, Policy, and Community Health - Dietetic Internship
Other Degrees: BS in nutrition and food science
Undergrad College: Auburn University
E-mail:  matthew.b.potter@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: I aspire to work at eradicating world hunger and help in granting everybody access to purified water and nourishing food.

STUDENT INTERCOUNCIL (SIC) REPRESENTATIVE 

Name: Sarah Michel
Hometown: Austin, Tx
Birthday: 
Program: MPH, Management, Policy, and Community Health
Other Degrees: Bachelors of Journalism
Undergrad College: University of Texas at Austin
E-mail:  Sarah.h.michel@tmc.uth.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: Health Journalist

RESEARCH COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE  

Name: Sofia de Achaval
Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birthday: December 31
Program: PhD Epidemiology
Other Degrees: BS Biology
Undergrad College : Texas A&M
Email: Sofia.de.Achaval@uth.tmc.edu

Public Health Career Aspiration: 

ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISOR 

Name: Dr. Mary Ann Smith
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E-mail:  Mary.A.Smith@uth.tmc.edu
Office: RAS W214
Office number: 713-500-9236

FACULTY ADVISOR 

Name: Dr. Carl Hacker
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E-mail: Carl.S.Hacker@uth.tmc.edu
Office: RAS W312
Office number: 713-500-9185