Michael & Susan Dell Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
Overview
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living provides post-doctoral fellowship training opportunities throughout the year through project-funded post-doctoral fellowship positions. These position opportunities are funded from various funding agencies to work on projects housed at the Center. Post-docs work with their project PIs and are also mentored by Center faculty.
Available Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities:
- Post-doctoral opportunities are currently available through the National Cancer Institute, please visit The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health website.
- Project-funded post-doctoral fellowship positions may be available through Center projects listed here. Please contact the project PI for possible opportunities.
Current Post-Doctoral Fellows
Stephanie Clendennen, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Project Director
UTHealth School of Public Health
Current Project: Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance Study (TATAMS)
Yuzi Zhang, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UTHealth School of Public Health
Current Projects: Texas Research-to-Policy Collaboration (TX RPC Project) Project; Safe TRavel Environment Evaluation in Texas Schools (STREETS)
Bara Bataineh, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UTHealth School of Public Health
Current Projects: Social Media, Acculturation, and E-cigarette Use Among Mexican-American College Students in Texas (Project VAMOS)
Shelby Flores-Thorpe, PhD, MEd, CHES
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
UTHealth School of Public Health
Current Projects: Texas Research-to-Policy Collaboration (TX RPC Project) Project
Past Michael & Susan Dell Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Onyinye Omega-Njemnobi, MBBS, MPH
Current Position: Project Manager of CATCH My Breath and Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies - Dale Mantey, PhD, MPH
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Health Promotion & Behavioral Science at UTHealth School of Public Health Austin Campus - Courtney Byrd-Williams, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Health Promotion & Behavioral Sciences, UTHealth School of Public Health Austin Campus - Katie Janda, PhD, MPH
- Leigh Ann Ganzar, DrPH, MPH
- Christine Jovanovic, PhD, MPH
- Allison Winters Massie, DrPH
- Allison Marshall, PhD, MPH, MSSW
- Jacob Szeszulski, PhD
- Blanche Greene-Cramer, DrPH, MPH
- Maria Romo-Palafox, PhD, RD
- Casey Durand, PhD, MPH
- Ethan Hunt, PhD, MPH (2021-2022)*
- Kevin Lanza, PhD, MCRP (2019-2021)*
- Katie Elder, PhD (2017-2018)*
- Deborah Salvo Dominguez, PhD (2015-2016)*
- Abiodun (Abi) Oluyomi, PhD (2011-2014) *
*The Michael & Susan Dell Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program was administered in 2011-2022 through funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, part of The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth) Houston School of Public Health in Austin. The purpose of this fellowship program was to serve as a research traineeship for post-doctoral fellows interested in nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and/or tobacco prevention research. The program provided funding for one full-time post-doctoral fellow to study in residence at the Center for one year, with the option of additional years of funding based on performance and fund availability. The goal of the post-doctoral fellowship program was to train future experts in nutrition, physical activity, obesity, and/or tobacco prevention research so the fellow is prepared to successfully become an independent investigator. The Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program was previously led by Drs. Deanna Hoelscher, Steve Kelder, and Harold Kohl.
