Pediatric Population Health Initiative Team
Pediatric Population Health Initiative Leaders
Mary E. Aitken, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor and Chair
Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics
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Dan L Duncan Distinguished University Chair in Pediatrics
Sandra L. McKay, MD, FAAP
Director, Pediatric Population Health Initiative
Associate Professor and Director, Community & General Pediatrics Division
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Associate Professor and Director, Community & General Pediatrics Division
Ashley Gibson, MD, MS
Social Determinants of Health Workgroup Co-chair
Assistant Professor, Child Safety and Integrated Care Division
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Assistant Professor, Child Safety and Integrated Care Division
Yen-Chi L. Le, PhD
Social Determinants of Health Workgroup Co-chair
Executive Director, Innovation & Quality Practice Plan
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Executive Director, Innovation & Quality Practice Plan
Zoabe Hafeez, MD
Social Determinants of Health Sub-workgroup Co-chair
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
Sheela Gavvala, DO, FAAP
Social Determinants of Health Sub-workgroup Co-chair
Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
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Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division
Prajakta Yeragi, MD, FAAP
Nutrition Health Workgroup Co-chair
Assistant Professor, Community & General Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor, Community & General Pediatrics
Monica Kodakandla, MD
Community Resources Workgroup Co-chair
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
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Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Christina W. Fok, MD, JD
Medical-Legal Partnership Workgroup Chair
Assistant Professor, Community & General Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor, Community & General Pediatrics
Christine Markham, PhD
Nutrition Health Workgroup Co-chair
Professor and Chair and Allan King Professorship in Public Health, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
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Professor and Chair and Allan King Professorship in Public Health, Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Heidi M. Hagen McPherson, MPH
Community Resources Workgroup Co-chair
Senior Project Manager & Co-Lead Health Equity Collective, Center for Health Equity, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
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Senior Project Manager & Co-Lead Health Equity Collective, Center for Health Equity, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Marisol Nieves, LCSW, CPST
Injury Prevention Workgroup Lead
Injury Prevention Coordinator
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Injury Prevention Coordinator
Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, PhD, MPH
Physical Activity Workgroup Chair
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences
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Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences
Tiffany Collins, MPH
Senior Program Manager, Pediatric Population Health Initiative
Eresha Bluth, MHA
Violence Prevention Workgroup Lead
Senior Program Manager, Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
Senior Program Manager, Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
Mallika Mathur, PhD, MPH
Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Population Health Initiative