Houston Wastewater Epidemiology core team involves an interdisciplinary collaboration of experts from the Houston Health Department, Houston Public Works, and several departments at Rice University. Team members include investigators, expert contributors and advisors, and professional and academic research scientists and engineers who are working to build an advanced wastewater surveillance system for planned responses to viral outbreaks.
Currently, this system is being used to track SARS-CoV-2 infection dynamics across Houston. Plans are being implemented to expand the monitoring system to other targets, such as influenza, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and other pathogens.
Executive Team
Chief Environmental Science Officer and Bureau Chief, Data Science Division, Houston Health Department
Professor in the Practice of Statistics, Rice University
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics, Rice University
Houston Health Department Team
R. Schneider, MS
D. Jennings
K. Sheth, MPH
K. Domakonda
T. Farhad, MS
A. Mulenga, MS
K. Caton, MPH
S. Bhandari, PhD
R. German
Houston Health Department Lab
A. Lawal, PhD
R. Penn, MS
P. Brown
J. Myers
J. Fresquez
V. Morga
Houston Public Works Team
A. Ali
J. Gilleland
C. Living
P. Munive
N. Rahan
M. Siddiqui
D. Chee
R. Hernandez
C. Mallillin
D. Nguyen
Y. Rodriguez
J. Tian
J. Conatto
R. Mills, PE
J. Nguyen
W. Samarneh, PE
P. Zappi, PE
J. Farrell
C. Lepadatu
J. Moor
K. Nguyen
P. Shitabule, PE
Rice University Wastewater Team
E. Lou
L. Bauhs
K. Palmer
R. Carlson-Stadler
W. Rich
P. Kalvapalle
M. Wolken
J. Wu
R. Campos