Our Team

Leadership

• Lorna H. McNeill, Ph.D.
  Director, Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research
  Chair, Health Disparities Research
• Cassandra Harris, M.S., MCHES® 
  Program Director, Community Engagement & Research Partnerships, Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research
• Lynne H. Nguyen, M.P.H.
  Program Director, Education and Training, Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research
• Leonetta Thompson MBA, CHES®
  Program Director, Center for Community-Engaged Translational Research

Staff

• Loren Bryant, M.S., MBA
  Program Director
• Chelsea Carrier
  Sr. Research Data Coordinator
• Sin Ying Chan, M.P.H.
  Health Education Specialist
• Marlene Martinez
  Research Care Coordinator
• Ericka Pomares, LMSW
  Sr. Health Education Specialist
• Mecolla Rambo, MBA
  Program Manager
• Crystal Roberson, M.P.H.
  Program Director
• Sophia Russell, M.P.H.
  Program Coordinator
• Berta Salazar-Smith
  Health Education Specialist
• Tanya Shaw
  Data Manager
• Patricia Villanueva, CHES® 
  Research Care Coordinator

Advisory Committee

• Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D.
  Professor, Behavioral Science
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  
• Abenaa Brewster, M.D.
  Professor, Clinical Cancer Prevention
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  
• Lewis Foxhall, M.D.
  Vice President, Health Policy
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  
• Carrie Cameron, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Epidemiology
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Robert Volk, Ph.D.
  Professor, Health Service Research
  MD Anderson Cancer Center
  
• Ann Barnes, M.D.
  Chief Medical Officer
  Legacy Community Health Services
• Michael Salazar-Martinez
  Director of Program Planning & Grant Development
  Baker-Ripley
• Shao-Chee Sim, Ph.D.
  Vice President for Applied Research
  Episcopal Health Foundation