IN-REACH MENTORING PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Joan Breuer-McHam, Ph.D.
Informatics Coordinator
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Dermatology, MDA Unit 434, FC 10.3055, Houston, TX 77030
jbreuer@mdanderson.org
Type of employment: Dermatology and HIV research
Field of expertise: Immunology
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Joya Chandra, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Unit 853, UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030
jchandra@mdanderson.org
Field of expertise: Cancer Biology
In-programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Janet E. Davis, Ph.D.
Principle Scientist
R.W. Johnson PRI, 1000 Route 202, Box 300; Raritan, New Jersey 08869
JDAVIS@prius.jnj.com
Type of employment: Pharmaceutical Industry
Field of expertise: Immunology / Signal Transduction
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Chris Friedrich, M.D, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Medical Genetics, Deptartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS 39216-4505
cfriedrich@prevmed.umsmed.edu
Type of employment: Academia / Participant in clinical trials
Field of expertise: Adult-onset genetic disorders
In-Reach program: E-mail Mentor

Hector D. Garcia, Ph.D.
NASA Toxicologist
Wyle Laboratories, 1290 Hercules Dr., Suite 120, Houston, TX 77058
hector.garcia2@jsc.nasa.gov
Type of employment: Toxicologist
Field of expertise: Risk Assessment
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Thomas Gegeny, M.S., ELS
The Center for AIDS, 1407 Hawthorne, Houston, TX 77006
tom@centerforaids.org Type of employment: Editor, writer, and website manager
Field of expertise: HIV / AIDS treatment, research information, and advocacy In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Maureen E. Goode, Ph.D.
Education Coordinator for Scientific Publications
Department of Scientific Publications, UTMDACC 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 234, Houston TX 77030
mgoode@mdanderson.org
Type of employment: Scientific Editor
Field of expertise: Scientific and medical writing and publishing In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Julie Sanford Hanna, Ph.D.
Director Clinical Cytogenetics
Sacred Heart Medical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, 101 E. 8th Ave., P.O. Box 2555, Spokane, WA 99220
Hannaj@shmc.org Type of employment: Clinical diagnostics at a non-profit hospital
Field of expertise: Cytogenetics / laboratory diagnostics
In-Reach program: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Suneeta Mahagaokar, Ph.D.
DABT Staff Toxicologist
Pennzoil Quaker State Co., P.O. Box 2967, Houston, TX 77252
Suneeta.Mahagaokar@pzlqs.com
Type of employment: Corporate Toxicologist
Field of expertise: Toxicology
In-Reach program: E-Mail Mentor

Jeannette Mowery, Ph.D.
Program Director
Biotecnology Lab Technicial Program, Madison Area Technocal College, 3550 Anderson St., Madison, WI 53704
jmowery@matcmadison.edu
Type of employment: Academic
Field of expertise: Biotechnology methodology
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Ted Mullins, Ph.D.
Director of BioProduction
American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110
tmullins@atcc.org
Type of employment: Industsrial Management, Biotechnology
Field of expertise: Biotechnology Production and Process Development
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Jennifer Newcomb Fernandez, Ph.D.
Protocol Writer
US Oncology, Inc., 16825 Northchase, Suite 1300, Houston, TX 77060
jennifer.fernandez@usoncology.com Type of employment: Protocol writer for clinical trials
Field of expertise: Neuroscience, oncology, and scientific writing
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Peter Seferian, Ph.D.
Lexicon Genetics, Inc., 880 Research Forest Dr., The Woodlands, TX 77381-1160
Pseferian@lexgen.com
Type of employment: Patent agent
Field of expertise: Biotechnology / Genetics
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; E-Mail Mentor

Ben Thomas, Ph.D.
Senior Managing Scientist, Health Sciences Group, Exponent, 10899 Kinghurst, Suite 245
Houston, TX 77099
Telephone: 281.983.4022
E-mail: bthomas@exponent.com
Type of employment: Health and Environmental Consultant
Field of expertise: Pathology / Toxicology
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Seema Untawale, Ph.D.
5250 Brindisi Ct., #1, Middleton, WI 52562
untawale@uwalumni.com
Type of employment: Technical writer
Field of expertise: Pathology
In-Reach program: Alumni Career Advisory Network

Brenda Whaley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Houston Baptist University, 7502 Fondren Rd., Houston, TX 77074
bwhaley@hbu.edu
Type of employment: Academician at an undergraduate liberal arts college
Field of expertise: Pharmacology
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Barbara Williams, Ph.D.
DeBakey High School for Health Professions, 3100 Shenandoah, Houston, TX BWILLI14@houstonisd.org
Type of employment: Chemistry and Biology Teacher
Field of expertise: Protein Biochemistry and Regulatory Biology
In-Reach programs: Alumni Career Advisory Network; Job Shadow Program; E-Mail Mentor

Weiming Xia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Harvard Institute of Medicine, HIM616, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
wxia@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Type of employment: Academician at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Field of expertise: Neuroscience
In-Reach program: E-Mail Mentor