Our Team
Jennifer Sharpe Potter, Ph,D., MPH
Senior Vice President for Research
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Principal Investigator – Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy
Francis Lam, Pham.D.
Professor in Pharmacology
Co-Principal Investigator- Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy
Babatunde Oyajobi, MBBS, Ph.D., MBA
Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Co-Principal Investigator – Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy
Irene Chapa, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Recruitment & Science Outreach
Executive Director & Co-Principal Investigator, Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy
Office: 210-567-3941
E-mail: chapai@uthscsa.edu
Olga Coronado
Academic Programs Coordinator – Lead
Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach
Office: 210-567-0380
E-mail: coronadoo@uthscsa.edu
Kristen La Porte
Voelcker Program Coordinator – Lead
Office of Recruitment & Science Outreach
Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy
Office: 210-450-8246
E-mail: laporte@uthscsa.edu
Adriana Avendano
STUROP Program Coordinator – Lead
Office of Recruitment & Science Outreach
Office: 210-567-3587
E-mail: Avendanoa@uthscsa.edu
Amanda Luera
Academic Program Coordinator – Senior
Office of Recruitment & Science Outreach
Office: 210-567-6796