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

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