Meet the Team at The Institute for Health Disparities

Institute for Health Disparities

Dr. Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D.

Vice President for Minority Health and Health Disparities, Institute for Health Disparities
Founding Director, Texas Center for Health Disparities (U54 – Specialized Center of Excellence)
Regents Professor
Principal Investigator, National Research Mentoring Network
Principal Investigator, Texas CEAL Consortium
Principal Investigator, AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center – Administration/Leadership Core
jamboor.vishwanatha@unthsc.edu

Dr. Harlan P. Jones, Ph.D.

Director, Institute for Health Disparities
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics
harlan.jones@unthsc.edu

Dr. Riyaz M. Basha, Ph.D.

Professor – Pediatrics, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Partner Faculty, Co-Investigator to Institute for Health Disparities & TCHD (U54)
riyaz.basha@unthsc.edu

Pat Baker

Senior Administrative Coordinator
Institute for Health Disparities
pat.baker@unthsc.edu

Laura Gonzalez

Senior Administrative Coordinator
Institute for Health Disparities
Specialized Center of Excellence – Texas Center for Health Disparities (U54)
laura.gonzalez@unthsc.edu

Damaris Javier, M.A.

Associate Director for Research Training Programs
Institute for Health Disparities
Co-Investigator
National Research Mentoring Network- Resource Center
damaris.javier@unthsc.edu

Laura Rivera

Financial Analyst
Institute for Health Disparities
laura.river@unthsc.edu

Texas CEAL Team

Palak Desai, MPH, CPH

Project Coordinator
Texas CEAL (Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID – 19)
palak.desai@unthsc.edu

Nitasha Siddique

Project Coordinator
Texas CEAL (Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID – 19)
nitasha.siddique@unthsc.edu

National Research Mentoring Network Team

Luz Henriquez

Senior Administrative Coordinator
National Research Mentoring Network
luz.henriquez@unthsc.edu

Alexis Short

Communications Manager
National Research Mentoring Network
alexis.short@unthsc.edu

AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center Team

Dr. Usha Sambamoorthi, Associate Dean, Professor

MPI
AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center
usha.sambamoorthi@unthsc.edu

Lavanya Vishwanatha

Monica Castillo

Program Manager, Grants & Contracts
AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center
monica.castillo2@unthsc.edu

Daniel Kapuku, BSPH, MHA

Project Coordinator
AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center
daniel.kapuku@unthsc.edu

Michael Tran

Project Coordinator
AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center
Michael.Tran@unthsc.edu

Jennifer Gadnai

Administrative Coordinator
AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center
jennifer.gadnai@unthsc.edu

Institute for Health Disparities

3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, EAD 205
Fort Worth, Texas  76107

Phone:  817-735-0642