91猎奇

Structure

• The Pharis Fellowship Program is a full-time research experience completed over a 10-week period during the summer. Summer Dates: May 26 - July 31.
• Fellows will receive a $6,000 program stipend paid in three installments.
• The program is offered in a 50/50 hybrid format.
  • Fellows must be able to attend face-to-face three days each week at the UH Main Campus during the day (9am-5pm). Face-to-Face days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
  • Fellows will also participate in online seminars, meetings, and working sessions during the rest of the week. We use Microsoft Teams as our primary online platform.
• Participation in the Pharis Fellowship is not compatible with additional outside employment of any type. Participation in summer coursework is also generally incompatible, but students interested in the Pharis Fellowship are encouraged to discuss extenuating circumstances with the program committee.

Products

The overarching goal of the program is for each fellow to conceptualize a research project and develop it as far as they are able during the 10-week program. A key feature of the Pharis Fellowship is the freedom fellows have to self-direct thier work within broad areas related to the application of data science to the non-medical drivers of health. Through partnerships with UH research centers, local governments, and local Houston area organizations, fellows have access to public large-scale and restricted use datasets on a variety of topics including healthcare, education, criminal justice, and the environment. 

Fellows are expected to produce at least two scholarly publications or presentations for external audiences based on work conducted during the program. The two required products are (1) a complete draft of a poster suitable for submission to the UH Undergraduate Research Day, and (2) a presentation as part of the Engaged Data Science Summer Symposium panel at the end of the program.

In addition, students will prepare and submit intermediate products (e.g., conceptual model, project prospectus) and make a series of short informal presentations (e.g., lightning talks) for internal audiences.

Much of the activity (50% or more) takes place independently or in small teams of students working on the same or similar projects, and scheduling for this work is flexible.

To support and guide this work, fellows will attend 15-20 hours of organized meetings, seminars, and working sessions each week. Time spent in structured meetings is higher during the early weeks of the program. Examples of structured program activities include:

Activity	Timing	Description
Organizational Meetings	1-hour meetings ~2-3 times/week	Organizational meetings to make announcements, discuss scheduling, share general feedback and discussion.
Seminars	1-hour meetings ~2-3 times/week	Guest speakers on various topics (e.g., projects, datasets, community initiatives, analysis techniques, visualization tools).
Skill Courses	3 hours/week Weeks 1-5	Courses on technical skills offered through the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute.
Reading Discussions	1 hour/week	Student-led small group discussions on topics of interest to the group.
SURF Seminars	1 hour/week	Seminars offered by the SURF program on general research and academic career topics.
One-on-one meetings	1-hour/week & more as needed	One-on-one meetings with mentors.
Project Sessions	~4 hours/week	Small group working sessions with project group members and/or fellows working on similar topics.
Weekly Symposium	~3 hours/week	Internal project presentations and feedback sessions.

• All undergraduate students at the 91猎奇 are eligible to apply regardless of major/college affiliation and class.
• Priority consideration will be given to students in the Data & Society minor.
• Applicants should not have other summer employment commitments.
• The application deadline for the summer 2026 program is Friday, March 6, 2026.
• Selection decisions will be announced in April 2026.

George S. Pharis III (Trey) is a 91猎奇 alumnus (Philosophy 鈥�11) and worked as an information technology staff member in the UH Honors College until his passing in 2017. Trey was involved in the initial discussions and planning for the DASH program and had a particular interest in graph theory, which has helped to shape past and current DASH (now Pharis) projects. As a poet, musician, and writer with interests ranging from social justice to number theory, Trey exemplified the intellectual curiosity and open worldview we hope to inspire in our students.

2025 Pharis Fellows

Srivarshini Achanta	Celeste Cabrales	Bao Duy Nguyen	Morgan Harper
Saarangi Kaimal	Arjun Karnani	Ricardo Leyba	Jyothylakshmi Manoj
Afra Nawar	Weidy Rodriguez Castro	Maria Siddeeque	Madeeha Siddeeque
Melody Tran	Tatiana Tsasa	Divya Valipe	Eshal Warsi

 

2024 Pharis Fellows

Nikhila Achanta	Aihanuwa Ale-Opinion	Hebah Amjad	Joey Hernandez
Rex Kidd	Rosemarie Le	Netra Nagoor	David Odejimi
Rida Shaikh	Yasmin Soltani	Morgan Turner	Elaine Vo

 

2023 Pharis Fellows

Salma Abbady	Oreoluwa Adejuwon	Nawar Ahmed	Zeba Bhanji
Abigail Burns	Salik Faisal	Claire Gregory	Mariyah Kazim
Carlos Mendieta	Carolyn Ngo	Johana Villanueva	Daniel Viray

 

2022 Pharis Fellows

Janelle Bauske	Cade Coligan	Alpha Garcia	Justin George
Boi Ha	Noah Harrison	Neha Joshi	Vivienne Pham
Anna So	Sobia Syed	Olivia Tran	Loorysa Ulysse
Samiha Zaman	Mielad Ziaee

 

2021 Pharis Fellows

Lucinda Ba	Abby Chopra	Jacob Higdon	Aleen Jacob
Montinice Jordan	Margaret Kamholz	Randy Martinez	Dwija Parikh
Kala Pham	Ada Sison	Hannah Wolken

 

2020 Pharis Fellows

Ariel Abudu	Kayla Baham	Rishi Chitturi	Joshua Garcia
Maham Gardezi	Cameron Green	Anjali James	Ashley Jimenez
Claire Juhas	C. Griffin Litwin	Sakina Mandviwala	Sondos Moursy
Saloni Patel	Madhumitha Periyasamy	Daniel Phu	Salar Sanati
Nabeela Siddeeque	Sameer Sidiq	Gundeep Singh	Elaine Tran
Pichvyda Tuy	Manushi Vatani	Brandon Warner