Who we are

If your address was one of the randomly selected households to receive our letter in the mail, one of our friendly field interviewers below may be by to answer any questions you or your study partner may have about participating.

Local staff

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Irma Mireles

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Madelyn Malvitz

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Noemi Ybarra

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Nelda Garcia

Project Manager

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Mercedes Fonseca

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Chris Janca

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Carmen Ortiz

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Study Leadership

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Lewis Morgenstern, MD

Principal Investigator

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Darin Zahuranec, MD, MS

Co-Investigator

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Emily Briceno-Abreu, PhD

Co-Investigator

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Xavier Gonzales, PhD MSPH

Co-Investigator & Faculty at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

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Steven Heeringa, PhD

Co-Investigator

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Kenneth Langa, MD PhD

Co-Investigator

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Deborah Levine, MD MPH

Co-Investigator

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Roshanak Mehdipanah, PhD

Co-Investigator

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Kristina Slusser

Database Manager

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Wen Chang

Data analyst

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Lisa Lewandowski-Romps

Data analyst