Core Faculty & Endowed Chairs
Just as we partner with organizations across our service communities, Humana Institute collaborates with partners across the colleges of the University of Houston. We run a variety of programs at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, Andy & Barabra Gessner College of Nursing, the Graduate College of Social Work, College of Pharmacy and the College of Optometry. View our Endowed Chairs and Faculty Contributors listed below.
Core Faculty
Omolola E. Adepoju, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director of the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute | Clinical Associate Professor
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Summer Chavez, D.O., M.P.H., M.P.M.
Chief of Clinical Strategy
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Cori Grant, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.
Faculty Lead, Community Engagement & Partnerships
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Amber Amspoker, Ph.D.
Chief Biostatistician
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Ben King, Ph.D. M.P.H.
Biostatistics Faculty
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Olutobi Sanuade, Ph.D.
Faculty Lead, Implementation Science
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Shainy Varghese, Ph.D., APRN, CPNP-PC, CGNC
Faculty Lead, Nursing & Clinical Integration
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing
Man Chiu (Sunny) Wong, Ph.D., M.S.
Faculty Lead, Public Policy & Systems
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Hobby School of Public Affairs
Jessica Mantel, J.D., M.P.P.
Faculty Lead, Health Law & Policy
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | University of Houston Law Center
McClain Sampson, Ph.D.
Social Work Faculty Lead
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | UH Graduate College of Social Work
Mahbub Hossain, M.D., Dr.PH
Faculty Lead, Business & Decision Analytics
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | C.T. Bauer College of Business
Tyler Varisco, PharmD, Ph.D.
Faculty Lead, Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Core Staff
Tawanna Cummings, Ph.D.
Program Director
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Angelica Lopez, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Lulu Xu, M.S.
Program Manager 2
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Tonghui Xu, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Sahar Yazdanfard, Ph.D.
Health Informatics Manager
Humana Health System Sciences Institute | Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Endowed Chairs
Arash Bashirullah, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor, UH College of Pharmacy | Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Pharmacy
Jonathan A. McCullers, M.D.
Dean, College of Medicine & Vice President for Health Affairs | Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Medicine
Kathryn Tart, Ed.D., MSN, RN
Founding Dean and Professor, UH Gessner College of Nursing | Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Nursing
Michael D. Twa, O.D., Ph.D., FAAO
Dean, UH College of Optometry | Humana Endowed Dean's Chair of Optometry
Quenette L. Walton, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Doctoral Education, Co-Director, MHERT Center Graduate College of Social Work | Humana Endowed Chair in Social Work