Our Team

Research teams at the Center for Outcomes Research (COR) conduct applied research, lead innovation in research design, promote capacity to conduct health outcomes research, and provide national and international leadership in transformations in healthcare delivery and improvements in patient outcomes. In 2019 alone, COR scientists published over 50 papers in leading peer-reviewed journals and were invited by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Congress, and the United Nation’s IAEA as experts on topics such as sepsis recognition and response, the state of telemedicine, and public health research methodology. The COR is uniquely positioned to draw support and direction from the rich clinical environment that characterizes Houston Methodist and to engage multi-disciplinary research faculty and students from TAMU in the fields of health services research, health policy and economics, health systems engineering, architecture, computer science, public health, and architecture. Our interdisciplinary research portfolio focuses on improving the outcomes for patients treated in acute-care settings and throughout the cycle of their care to the ambulatory setting and their communities.

Center Leadership

• Bita Kash, PhD, MBA, FACHE, Director

• Khurram Nasir, MD, Co-Director
• Farhaan Vahidy, PhD, MBBS, MPH, Associate Director

Faculty

• Stephen Jones, MD, Health Informatics Chief
• Terri Menser, PhD, MBA, Scientist
• George Naufal, PhD, Scientist
• Farzan Sasangohar, PhD, Scientist
• Susan Xu, PhD, Biostatistician
• Carol Ashton, MD, MPH, Emeritus
• Nelda Wray, MD, MPH, Emeritus

Staff

• Juha Baek, Graduate Research Fellow
• Lauren Beal, Research Technician
• Osman Khan, Research Database Analyst
• Jacob Kolman, MA, Senior Scientific Writer
• Jennifer Meeks, MS, CCRP, Program Project Manager
• Charlie Nicolas, Senior Applications Analyst
• Marilyn Niravath, Research Database Analyst
• Tariq Nisar, MPH, Biostatistician
• Nwabunie Nwana, Data Scientist
• Adriana Ordonez, PhD, Biostatistician
• Alan Pan, MS, Data Scientist
• Jacob Siahaan, Graduate Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellows

• Isaac Acquah, MBChB, MPH
• Nima Ahmadi, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
• Rita Bosetti, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
• Bridget Simon-Friedt, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow

Affiliate Faculty & Staff

• Edward A. Graviss, PhD, MPH 
• Linda Moore, PhD, RD
• Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, FRCSC
• Joshua T. Swan, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
• Nabil Tariq, MD
• Stephanie Yi, MD

Administrative Staff

• Jennifer Taylor, MBA, Research Administrator
• Megan Taubert, MHA, Program Project Manager