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Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Brownsville Campus: BBRHB 1.101
Edinburg Campus: EHABW 2.206
Email: healthandbiomedicalsciences@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-882-7383 (Brownsville campus) 956-665-5269 (Edinburg campus)
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Biomedical Science - BMED

Name

Email

Number/ Location

Dr. Saraswathy Nair

Department Chair
Associate Professor

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Saras Nair

Saraswathy.nair@utrgv.edu

956-882-5108

BBRHB 1.103

Dr. Maria Castañeda

Lecturer II

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Maria Castaneda

Maria.castaneda@utrgv.edu

956-882-4191

BBRHB 1.124

Dr. Sue Anne Chew

Assistant Professor

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Sue Anne Chew

Sueanne.chew@utrgv.edu

956-882-6518

BBRHB 2.112

Dr. Alexander Kazansky

Associate Professor

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Alexander Kazansky

Alexander.kazansky@utrgv.edu

956-882-5780

BBRHB 1.122

Dr. Michael Lehker

Professor (Dean)

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Michael Lehker

Michael.lehker@utrgv.edu

956-665-2626
956-882-7960

EHABW 2.230A
BBRHB 2.104

Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Juarez

Assistant Professor

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Alejandro Lopez-Juarez
alejandro.lopezjuarez1@utrgv.edu

956-882-7667

BBRHB 1.123

Dr. Lorena Lopez

Lecturer I

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Lorena Lopez

Lorena.lopez@utrgv.edu

956-882-4191

BBRHB 1.124

Dr. Hongxing Lu

Lecturer I

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Hongxing Lu

Hongxing.lu@utrgv.edu

956-882-8828

BBRHB 1.113

Dr. Hugo Rodriguez

Clinical Associate Professor

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Hugo Rodriguez

Hugo.rodriguez@utrgv.edu

956-882-5046

BLHSB 1.412

Dr. Upal Roy

Assistant Professor

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Upal Roy

upal.roy@utrgv.edu

956-882-5731

BBRHB 2.115

Dr. Andrea Schwarzbach

Associate Professor

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Andrea Schwarzbach

Andrea.schwarzbach@utrgv.edu

956-882-5057

BBRHB 1.121

Dr. Erich Wittmer
Lecturer I

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Erich Wittmer

erich.wittmer@utrgv.edu

BLHSB 1.410 

956-882-7156

Dr. Chun Xu

Associate Professor

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Independent Research IV as the keystone for BMED students at UTRGV

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Chun Xu

chun.xu@utrgv.edu

956-882-4193

BBRHB 1.120

Dr. Masoud Zarei

Associate Professor

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Masoud Zarei

Masoud.zarei@utrgv.edu

956-882-5027

BBRHB 2.116



Biomedical Science – Bachelor of Applied Technology

Name/ Title

Email

Number/ Location

Ms. Kim Garcia

Associate Chair
Lecturer III and
Program Director

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Kim Garcia

kim.garcia@utrgv.edu

956-665-4781
956-882-7183

EHABW 2.226A
BBRHB 2.744

Ms. Melissa Gonzalez 

Part-Time Lecturer

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Melissa Gonzalez

melissa.gonzalez10@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

EHABW 2.206

Ms. Judith Guetzow

Lecturer I

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judith.guetzow@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

EHABW 2.206

Ms. Maria Rosas-Castro

Part-Time Lecturer

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maria.rosascastro@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

EHABW 2.206

Ms. Cherity Ysquierdo

Lecturer II

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Cherity Ysquierdo

cherity.ysquierdo@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

BLHSB 2.744



Clinical Lab Science

Name/ Title

Email

Number/ Location

Ms. Sandie Tijerina

Associate Professor
and Program Director

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Sandra Tijerina

sandra.tijerina@utrgv.edu

956-665-2296

EHABW 2.206A

Ms. Maria Aguirre

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Maria Aguirre

maria.aguirre@utrgv.edu

956-882-7183

BLHSB 2.744

Ms. Beverly Briones

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Beverly Briones

beverly.briones01@utrgv.edu

956-665-2641

EHABW 1.102D

Dr. Rob Gilkerson

Associate Professor

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robert.gilkerson@utrgv.edu

956-665-7037

ESCNE 2.352

Ms. Daniela Gill

Clinical Assistant Professor

Daniela Gill

daniela.gill01@utrgv.edu

 EHABW 2.310

Dr. George Ndeta

Assistant Professor

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george.ndeta@utrgv.edu

956-665-2297

EHABW 2.302

Ms. Cristal Villarreal

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Cristal Villarreal

cristal.villarreal01@utrgv.edu

956-665-7319

EHABW 2.312


BS in Nutritional Sciences

Name/ Title

Email

Number/ Location

Ms. Norma Beardwood

Clinical Associate Professor

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norma beardwood

norma.beardwoodroper @utrgv.edu

956-665-3524  

EHABW 2.226

Dr. Jameela Banu

Associate Professor /
Program Director

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Jameela Banu

jameela.banu @utrgv.edu

956-665-3222  

EHABW 2.102C

Lisa Salinas, Ph.D.

Part-time Lecturer

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Lisa Salinsa

lisa.salinas@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

EHABW 2.206

Ms. Rachel Villarreal

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Rachel Villarreal

rachel.villarreal@utrgv.edu

956-665-3221  

EHABW 2.102



MS in Health Science

Name/ Title

Email

Number/ Location

Dr. Elizabeth Adamson

Part-time Lecturer

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elizabeth.adamson@utrgv.edu

956-665-5269

EHABW 2.206

Dr. Tracia Forman

Assistant Professor

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Tracia

tracia.forman@utrgv.edu

956-882-7162

BLHSB 2.724

Dr. Suad Ghaddar

Assistant Professor

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Suad Ghaddar

suad.ghaddar@utrgv.edu

956-665-7937

EHABW 2.150

Dr. Ava Miller

Lecturer I

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Ava Miller
ava.miller@utrgv.edu

956-882-5086

BLHSB 2.722

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