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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)

Project Roster

Beach Exposure And Child HEalth Study (BEACHES)

39 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Co-Principal Investigator

Alesia Ferguson
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Alesia Ferguson
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences - College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Kristina Mena
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Project Data Point of Contact

Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Outreach Point of Contact

Maribeth Gidley
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Rosalia Guerrero
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health

Research Scientist

Maribeth Gidley
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Rosalia Guerrero
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health
Naresh Kumar
University of Miami
Department of Public Health Sciences
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Patrick Tarwater
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Epidemiology
Patrick Tarwater
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science

Post-Doc

Ashok Dwivedi
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety

Research Staff

Lonnie Jones
Galveston Island Community Research Advisory Committee
Casassandra Mkwanazi
Galveston Island Community Research Advisory Committee
Pauline Williams
Galveston Island Community Research Advisory Committee
Junfei Xia
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Data Team

Alesia Ferguson
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences - College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Alesia Ferguson
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Kristina Mena
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Outreach Team

Alesia Ferguson
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences - College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Alesia Ferguson
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
Maribeth Gidley
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Rosalia Guerrero
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health
Kristina Mena
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Helena Solo-Gabriele
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

GoMRI Scholar

Tanu Altomare-Uppal
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Larissa Montas
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Tanu Altomare-Uppal
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health
Larissa Montas
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Foluke Adelabu
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Technology Management
Lindsey Clark
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences - College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Courtney Del Donno
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences - College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Esther Ehindero
North Carolina A&T State University
Department of Technology Management
Hanna Perone
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Graham Reid
University of Houston - Downtown
Department of Urban Education
Yazmin Trujillo
University of Houston - Downtown
Department of Urban Education
Junfei Xia
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Hekai Zhang
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Undergraduate Student

Anthony Bonacolta
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
David Cohen
University of Miami
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jonathan Genesee
University of Houston - Downtown
College of Sciences & Technology
Mai Ha
University of Houston - Downtown
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Devon Hood
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Department of Biology
Mitchell Hurtado
University of Miami
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Danni Mackler
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Kyra Rattler
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Alexander Richardson
University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
Matthew Roca
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Leslie Rojas
University of Houston - Downtown
College of Sciences & Technology
Lara Tomenchok
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Lara Tomenchok
University of Miami
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Taylor Tumbleson
University of Houston - Downtown
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Jaspaul Uppal
University of Houston - Downtown
Department of Urban Education
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org