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Dr. Jack Fletcher
Jack Fletcher, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, SANDI Project

Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D, is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston. Dr. Fletcher received a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Florida in 1978. He is a Diplomat, American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, American Board of Professional Psychology.

For the past 20 years, Dr. Fletcher has conducted research on the development of reading, language, and other cognitive skills in children. Dr. Fletcher collaborates on several grants on reading and attention, and leads a multi-disciplinary grant on early reading development and intervention. He is part of a four-university consortium of investigators collaborating on a grant on the development of literacy skills in Spanish-speaking and bilingual children. Dr. Fletcher has served on or chaired study sections for federal agencies. He served on the OERI commissioned Rand Reading Study Group, the National Research Council Committee on Scientific Principles in Education Research, and the President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Dr. Fletcher helped the Houston Independent School District to design new models of reading instruction for children with persistent reading disabilities. He consults regularly with districts and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on assessment and special education.

Mailing Address:
The University of Houston
Department of Psychology
2151 W. Holcombe
222 Texas Medical Center Annex
Houston, TX 77204-5053

David Francis
David Francis, Ph.D.
Professor/Chairman of Department of Psychology
Director of the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics
Director, National Research and Development Center for English Language Learners
Co-Director for the Texas Learning and Computation Center

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Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Senior Researcher, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
The University of Houston
Department of Psychology
2151 W. Holcombe
222 Texas Medical Center Annex
Houston, TX 77204-5053

Rosalva McPherson
Rosalva McPherson
Researcher, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
The University of Houston
Department of Psychology
2151 W. Holcombe
222 Texas Medical Center Annex
Houston, TX 77204-5053

Reyna Velazquez
Reyna Velazquez
Researcher, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
The University of Houston
Department of Psychology
2151 W. Holcombe
222 Texas Medical Center Annex
Houston, TX 77204-5053

Catherine Watkins
Researcher, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
The University of Houston
Department of Psychology
2151 W. Holcombe
222 Texas Medical Center Annex
Houston, TX 77204-5053

Maureen Dennis, Ph.D.
Maureen Dennis, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
maureen.dennis@sickkids.ca

Derryn Jewell, Ph.D.
Derryn Jewell, Ph.D.
Research Associate, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
derryn.jewell@sickkids.ca

Bravina Bala
Bravina Bala
Research Assistant, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
bravina.bala@sickkids.ca

Rebekah Nelson
Rebekah Nelson
Research Assistant, SANDI Project

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
rebekah.nelson@sickkids.ca

Sabine Doebel
Research Coordinator

Mailing Address:
Department of Psychology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
sabine.doebel@sickkids.ca

Khader Hasan, Ph.D.
Khader Hasan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Mailing Address:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.100
Houston, Texas 77030
Khader.M.Hasan@uth.tmc.edu http://www.uth.tmc.edu/radiology/faculty/hasan.html

Thomas Eluvathingal, MD
Thomas Eluvathingal, MD
DTI-lab member


Chris Helphen
Chris Helphen
DTI-lab member