Faculty and Staff
Director
Whitney Garney, PhD
979.436.9765
wrgarney@tamu.edu
Core Faculty
Jim Burdine, DrPH
979.436.9320
jnburdine@tamu.edu
Heather Clark, DrPH, MSPH
979.436.9363
hrclark@tamu.edu
Junhyoung Kim, PhD, CTRS
979.436.9372
kim9@tamu.edu
Marcia Ory, PhD, MPH
979.436.9368
mory@tamu.edu
Matthew Lee Smith, PhD, MPH
979.436.9518
matthew.smith@tamu.edu
Staff
Brittany Badillo, MS
Program Coordinator
Adam Bradley, MPH
Program Coordinator
Keri Carpenter, MPH, RDN, LDN, CHES
Assistant Director
Catherine Catanach, BA
Assistant Director
Brenda Gonzales, MPH
Assistant Manager, NCHWTC
Analisa Jackson, BS
Program Assistant
Chung Lin (Novelle) Kew, PhD, CRC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Derek Lemons, MS
Senior Data Analyst
Dinorah Martinez, CHWI, CHW
Training Specialist, NCHWTC
Sara Mendez, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Research Scientist
Ninfa Peña-Purcell, PhD, MCHES
Research Scientist
Paula Saldana, CHWI, CHW
Program Coordinator, NCHWTC
Elfreda Samman, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Research Scientist
Anton Soriano
Program Aide