GSEC Member Roster
GRADUATE STUDENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBER ROSTER
Ashish Kapoor, PhD, Institute of Molecular Medicine – Chair
William Margolin, Ph.D., Microbiology & Infectious
Diseases – Co-Chair
Alejandro Aballay, Ph.D. – Dean, M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Kevin Morano, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Chief
Academic Officer, ad interim – Ex officio
Alejandro Aballay, PharmD, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences – Ex officio
John H. Byrne, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Research – Ex officio
Program Directors
Kartik Venkatachalam, Ph.D., Neuroscience
Kristin Eckel-Mahan, Ph.D., Molecular and Translational
Biology
William Margolin, Ph.D., Microbiology & Infectious
Diseases
Rachel Miller, Ph.D., Genetics and Epigenetics
Term Expires 2025
Kendra S. Carmon, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine –
Chair
Anna Konovalova, Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Xin Ge, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
Vihang A. Narkar, Ph.D., Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
Term Expires 2026
Bo Hu, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Ashish Kapoor, PhD, Institute of Molecular Medicine
Callie Kwartler, PhD, Internal Medicine
Term Expires 2027
Shuning Huang, Ph.D., Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Eunhee Kim, Ph.D., Neurosurgery
Andrea Stavoe, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Anatomy
Cheryl Varghese, Ph.D., Pediatrics
Sidney Wang, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
Student Members
Cara Guernsey, Molecular and Translational Biology,
Therapeutics and Pharmacology
Ya Xiang (Sophia) Huang, Molecular and Translational
Biology
Samantha Hitt, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Jellisa Ewan, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Genetics
and Epigenetics
Phillip Urbanczyk, Neuroscience
Paula Bender, Neuroscience
Anna DeBruine, Therapeutics and Pharmacology
Heather Tsong, Genetics and Epigenetics, Neuroscience
Program Manager
Kimberly Campbell
Office:(713)500-5605, MSB 7.024