People
PHIRE Leadership
Vignesh Subbian, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Systems & Industrial Engineering
PHIRE Program Co-Director
Kacey Ernst, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology
PHIRE Program Co-Director
Meet the PHIRE Scholars
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
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
*Active in the Program
College of Agriculture, Life & Enviromental Sciences
*Bonnie Hurwitz, PhD, Department of Biosystems Engineering
*Fiona McCarthy, Department of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences
*Malak Tfaily, Department of Environmental Science
Haiquan Li, PhD, Department of Biosystems Engineering
College of Engineering
*Elizabeth Hutchinson, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
*Alyssa Ryan, PhD, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering & Mechanics
College of Science
*Elisa Tomat, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
*George Sutphin, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
*Megha Padi, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology
*Michael Taylor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Daniel Taylor, PhD, Department of Psychology
*Jean-Marc Fellous, Department of Psychology
College of Medicine - Tucson
*Jennifer Andrews, PhD, Department of Pediatrics
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Marc Verhougstraete, 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
Eller College of Management
Gondy Leroy, PhD, Department of Management Information Systems
College of Nursing
Sheila Gephart, PhD, RN, Advanced Nursing Practice and Science Division
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Travis Wheeler, PhD, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science
