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HEAL Lab Director
ana.cleveland@unt.edu 

Address:
UNT Discovery Park Campus
3940 N. Elm St., RoomD208A
Denton, TX 76207

Director of HEAL 

Dr. Ana Cleveland
Dr. Ana Cleveland
Regents Professor and Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor
Director, Health Informatics Programs, Department of Information Science
Affiliated Faculty, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science.
Ana.Cleveland@unt.edu

Faculty Members

Dr. Bishnu Sarkar
Dr. Bishnu Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Department of Information Science
bishnu.sarker@unt.edu
Dr. Heejun Kim
Dr. Heejun Kim
Associate Professor, Department of Information Science
Heejun.Kim@unt.edu
Dr. Mutlu Mete
Dr. Mutlu Mete
Associate Professor, Department of Information Science
mutlu.mete@unt.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Haihua Chen
Dr. Haihua Chen
Assistant Professor, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science
Haihua.chen@unt.edu 
Dr. Sharad Sharma
Dr. Sharad Sharma
Associate Dean for Research, COI
Sinha Endowed Professor, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science.
Director of the Data Visualization and eXtended Reality (DVXR)
sharad.sharma@unt.edu
Dr. Tozammel Hossain
Dr. Tozammel Hossain
Assistant Professor, Anuradha and Vikas Sinha Department of Data Science
tozammel.hossain@unt.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Angela Alvarado
Dr. Angela Alvarado
Adjunct Faculty, Health Informatics Programs
Administrator, Gentiva Hospice
angela.alvarado@gentivahs.com
Dr. Craig Drayden
Dr. Craig Drayden
Adjunct Faculty, Health Informatics Programs
craigdrayden@my.unt.edu
Dr. James Spence
Dr. James Spence
Adjunct Faculty, Health Informatics Programs
Manager, Pharmacy Quality Improvement and Analytics
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
jmspence@mdanderson.org
Uma Sarder
Uma Sarder
Adjunct Faculty, Health Informatics Programs
Uma.Sarder@unt.edu

Collaborators

Dr. Jodi Philbrick
Dr. Jodi Philbrick
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science
University of Kentucky
jodi.philbrick@uky.edu
Dr. Junhua Ding
Dr. Junhua Ding
Dean & Professor, Wyoming Excellence Chair
School of Computing
University of Wyoming
junhua.ding@uwyo.edu
Dr. Tonychris Nnaka
Dr. Tonychris Nnaka
Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor, College of Nursing
UNT Health at Fort Worth
tonychris.nnaka@unthsc.edu

Doctoral Students

Darvischi Stefan
Darvischi Stefan
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Senior Clinical Analyst, Northside Hospital
stefan.darvischi@yahoo.com
Hripsime Mantecon
Hripsime Mantecon
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Fall 2024 - Present
hripsimemantecon@my.unt.edu
Ian Abeyta
Ian Abeyta
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Fall 2023 - Present
ianabeyta@my.unt.edu
Dr. Raja Avinash Potula
Dr. Raja Avinash Potula
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Spring 2026- Present
Rajaavinashpotula@my.unt.edu
Sultan Alanazi
Sultan Alanazi
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Fall 2023 - Present
sultanalanazi3@my.unt.edu
Sumer Hawamdeh
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Quest Diagnostics
Sumerhawamdeh@my.unt.edu
Urmi Saha
Urmi Saha
Department of Information Science
Health Informatics Concentration
Fall 2026- Present
UrmiSaha@my.unt.edu

Graduate Research Assistants

Dr Ayushma Tuladhar
Dr Ayushma Tuladhar
Masters in Health Informatics
Department of Information Science
Patient Coordinator, Round Groove Family Dentistry, Dallas
ayushmatuladhar@my.unt.edu
Yashwini Sai Durga Karumuri
Yashwini Sai Durga Karumuri
Masters in Health Informatics
Department of Information Science
Fall 2025 - Spring 2027
yashwinisaidurgakarumuri@my.unt.edu
Yogesh Palikhe
Yogesh Palikhe
Masters in Health Informatics
Department of Information Science
Fall 2025 - Present
YogeshPalikhe@my.unt.edu