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PHIRE Leadership
PHIRE Leadership
Vignesh Subbian, PhD
Vignesh Subbian, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Systems & Industrial Engineering
PHIRE Program Co-Director
Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH
Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
PHIRE Program Co-Director
Meet the PHIRE Scholars
Meet the PHIRE Scholars
2026 Cohort
2026 Cohort
College of Science
Evan Rivera, Biochemistry
Syndey Swanson, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Marlee Fenton, Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
Grace Holmgren, Bioinformatics
Sarhana Shrestha, Bioinformatics
College of Pharmacy
Nick Kaplan, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Garrett Kuch, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Logan Good, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Engineering
California Nunes, Biomedical Engineering
Christina Dooley, Biomedical Engineering
2025 Cohort
2025 Cohort
College of Science
Arturo Tovar Jr., Biology
Sedona O'Hearn, Statistics & Data Science
Marla Rivas Pacheco, Neuroscience
Erick Yoakum, Bioinformatics
College of Pharmacy
Jeremy Purdy, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Engineering
Danieal Rivera Castelo, Software Engineering
Cristobal Angeles Toscano, Biomedical Engineering
Kusuma Teluguntla, Biomedical Engineering
College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
Natalia Grazda-Valdez, Veterinary Science
Mahriza Pinon Manriquez, Microbiology
2024 Cohort
2024 Cohort
College of Science
Jake Shaw, Biochemistry + Molecular & Cellular Biology
Isabella Irby, Molecular & Cellular Biology
Waldo Guzman Barrientos, Computer Science + Molecular & Cellular Biology
Ryenne Belt, Biochemistry
Sam Ellis, Biochemistry
Brandon Steven Rodriguez, Neuroscience
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Juliana Panhorst, Public Health
College of Engineering
Alvaro Alejandro Cruz Perez, Biomedical Engineering
College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences
Cassandra Montano Arellano, Environmental Science
Jessica Jasmine Cruz, Veterinary Science
Emeral Norzagaray, Microbiology
2023 Cohort
2023 Cohort
College of Science
Dylan Hermosillo, Bioinformatics
Katelyn Hackworth, Psychological Science
Katelen Tellez, Computer Science & Psychological Science
Ash Maxwell, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Medicine - Tucson
Abby Whitlock, Physiology
School of Information
Eddie Ekpoh, Information Science
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Kiran Patel, Public Health
Nicole Duran, Public Health
Elissa Ornelas, Public Health
College of Nursing
Emma Brack, Nursing
College of Engineering
Caitlin Ruhland, Biomedical Engineering
Meet the Faculty Mentors
Meet the Faculty Mentors
College of Agriculture, Life & Enviromental Sciences
Fiona McCarthy, PhD, Department of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Liliana Salvador, PhD, Department of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Malak Tfaily, PhD, Department of Environmental Science
Haiquan Li, PhD, Department of Biosystems Engineering
Richard Simpson, PhD, School of Nutritional Sciences & Wellness
College of Engineering
Elizabeth Hutchinson, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Swarna Ganesh, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ted Trouard, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Alex McGhee, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vignesh Subbian, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
College of Science
George Sutphin, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Karina Gutiérrez García, PhD, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Sabrina McNew PhD, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Megha Padi, PhD, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
Michael Taylor, PhD, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Daniel Taylor, PhD, Department of Psychology
Jean-Marc Fellous, PhD, Department of Psychology
College of Medicine - Tucson
Anna Morenz, MD, MPH, Department of Medicine
Jennifer Andrews, PhD, Department of Pediatrics
Jared Churko, PhD, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Francesca Vitali, PhD, Department of Neurology
Elise Erickson, PhD, CNM, Department of Physiology
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Heidi Brown, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Marc Verhougstraete, PhD, Department of Community, Environment & Policy
Kate Ellingson, PhD, Department of Community, Environment & Policy
Yann Klimentidis, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Tomas Nuño, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Xiaoxiao Sun, PhD, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
College of Information Science
Steven Bethard, PhD
Eller College of Management
Gondy Leroy, PhD, Department of Management Information Systems
College of Nursing
Sheila Gephart, PhD, RN
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Jason Karnes, PhD, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science
Travis Wheeler, PhD, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science
Kenry, PhD, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
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