Shannon Guillot-Wright, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health at UTHealth's School of Public Health and Director of the PEOPLE Centered Lab. Her program of research focuses on occupational health equity, environmental justice, and the use of evidence in policymaking, with an emphasis on structural violence and social justice. Her research is grounded in ethnographic and participatory methods, including photovoice and digital storytelling.

Rosandra Daywalker, MD, an occupational medicine physician and PhD candidate in Total Worker Health® at UTHealth School of Public Health leads data analysis for our Lab and assists with clinical operations of our Docside Clinic(TM).

Dr. Caroline Ferguson is a seafood justice scholar who works with seafood communities to understand and address food sovereignty, equitable fisheries management, environmental degradation, and resistance to the dominant global food system. She is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford and a Science Communications Fellow at UTHealth’s PEOPLE Centered Lab. She is also the producer and host of Surf & Turf: a seafood justice podcast, which features interviews with U.S. fishermen and their families, seafood labor organizers, investigative reporters, seafood small business and non-profit leaders, and justice advocates across the seafood system.

Bibiana Toro Figueira, MPH graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with her BS and University of Texas Medical Branch with her MPH. She founded the St. Vincent's Spanish Speaking Outreach program and coordinates their Heart Failure Clinic in Galveston, TX. She leads and manages our Lab's outreach efforts, including our Docside Clinics.

Rebecca Klaff, MPH is a graduate of UTHealth SPH and George Washington University. Previously, she worked in the Health Equity Research Group as well as in the US House of Representatives. Rebecca will be leading one of our Docside Clinic initiatives and coordinating our firearm policy research project.

Nhu Nguyen is a first-year MPH student at UTHealth School of Public Health, specializing in Industrial Hygiene. She obtained her BA in Biology from the University of North Texas. After working for a few years in the healthcare and revenue cycle management industry, she decided to return to school and aspires to be a Certified Industrial Hygienist.

CucHuyen Roberts is a certified Community Health Worker in TX and has been a Vietnamese Interpreter for over 17 years. She has participated in local, national, and international governmental organizations and has worked with the PEOPLE Centered Lab since 2021, interpreting interviews and translating documents to ensure our populations have access to resources in their native languages.

Cuc Hoa Trieu is a graduate from Texas Chiropractic College in Houston and is a certified Community Health Worker in TX. She has worked as an interpreter for Vietnamese populations for over 15 years. Using her fluency in both English and Vietnamese, Cuc Hoa has dedicated her skills to helping the many Vietnamese speaking people of her community.

Leonard Wang is an MD-MPH student at the University of Texas Medical Branch studying the intersection of healthcare management and health disparities. He is also a Fulbright Scholar in London and will be attending Cambridge for his MBA in the fall of 2026. He leads the funding & coordination of yearly flu kits for our Docside Clinic(TM).

Erica Lin is a junior at Rice University on the premedical track with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Medical Humanities. She is from Myanmar and moved to the US two years ago for college. She is interested in learning more about health policy and health equity among disadvantaged communities. She is very excited to work at the PEOPLE Centered Lab and hopes to gain a deeper understanding of the social determinants of health and their impact. In her free time she enjoys horseback riding and spending time with her dachshund puppy!

Saami Baig is a student at Rice University majoring in social policy analysis and is strongly committed to public service and advocacy. He has over three years of experience as a gun violence prevention advocate and serves as the chair of the Harris County Safe Schools Commission, where he works to enhance safety and equity in local schools. Saami is passionate about implementing data-driven solutions to reduce gun violence and address its root causes. Through his leadership and education, he aims to create lasting, systemic change that prioritizes community well-being and student safety.

Each year, our Lab hosts one high school intern to work on a project. If you’re interested in learning more, email Dr. Guillot-Wright at shannon.p.guillotwright@uth.tmc.edu.