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

Kelly Wilson PhD, MCHES
979.436.0151
kwilson@tamu.edu
Staff

Brittany Badillo, MS
Project Manager

Catherine Catanach, BA
Associate Director, Operations and Finance

Clarissa Corse

Christi Esquivel, PhD
Project Director

Caitlin Holden, PhD
Project Director

LaRhesa Johnson

Kari Krueger

Tracy LaTourette
Center Manager

Blanca Macareno

Dinorah Martinez, CHWI, CHW
Training Specialist, NCHWTC

Sara Mendez, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Research Scientist

Meagan Miller, MPH
Research Associate

Katelyn Murphy

Wah Wah Myint, DrPH
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ninfa Peña-Purcell, PhD, MCHES
Senior Research Scientist

Jennifer Ramirez-Chavarria, MPH
Program Manager, NCHWTC

Paula Saldana, CHWI, CHW
Lead Instructor, NCHWTC

Felicia York, PhD
Program Coordinator