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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Biochemistry

Name	Title	Research Interest
Alan D. Attie, Ph.D.	Professor	Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
Ivan Rayment, Ph.D.	Professor

Genetics

Name	Title	Research Interest
Philip Anderson, Ph.D.	Professor	Gene Transcription/Regulation
Barry S. Ganetzky, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling

Animal Sciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Marion L. Greaser, Ph.D.	Professor	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities

Nutritional Sciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Susan M. Smith, Ph.D.	Professor	Gene Transcription/Regulation

School of Education

Kinesiology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Gary M. Diffee, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities
Lili Ji, Ph.D.	Professor	Oxidative Damage
William G. Schrage, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Biology

College of Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Name	Title	Research Interest
Naomi C. Chesler, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Biology
Kristyn S. Masters, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Biology
Brenda M. Ogle, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Biology

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Name	Title	Research Interest
Eric V. Shusta, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Cardiovascular Genomics

College of Letters and Science

Zoology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Robert Auerbach,Ph.D.	Professor	Angiogenesis

Medical School

Anatomy

Name	Title	Research Interest
Karen Downs, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Cardivascular System Development
Youngsook Lee, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Cardivascular System Development
Gary E. Lyons, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Cardiovascular System Development
James A. Thomson, V.M.D., Ph.D.	Professor	Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine

Anesthesiology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Kirk J. Hogan,MD	Professor	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Biostatistics and Medical Informatics

Name	Title	Research Interest
David L. DeMets, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Marian R. Fisher, Ph.D.	Distinguished Scientist	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Medical Physics

Name	Title	Research Interest
James E. Holden, Ph.D.	Professor
Charles A. Mistretta, Ph.D.	Professor	Imaging
Robert J. Nickles, Ph.D.	Professor	Imaging
Bruce R. Thomadsen, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Blood Vessel Disease
Tomy Varghese, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Imaging

Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Name	Title	Research Interest
Ravi C. Balijepalli,Ph.D.	Assistant Scientist	Heart Failure/Function
Ford Ballantyne, MD	Associate Professor	Cardiovascular Function
Lee Eckhardt, MD	Assistant Professor	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
John D. Folts, Ph.D.	Professor	Vascular Biology
Giorgio Gimelli, MD	Assistant Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Timothy A. Hacker, Ph.D.	Assistant Scientist	Heart Failure/Function
Craig T. January, MD, Ph.D.	Professor	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
Maryl R. Johnson, MD	Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Eugene H. Kaji, MD, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Timothy J. Kamp, MD, Ph.D.	Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Jon Keevil, MD	Associate Professor	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Douglas E. Kopp, MD	Associate Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Jonathan C. Makielski, MD	Professor	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
Patrick E. McBride, MD, M.P.H.	Professor and Associate Dean	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Peter S. Rahko, MD	Associate Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Amish N. Raval, MD	Assistant Professor	Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
Kurt W. Saupe, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Niang-Qing Shi,Ph.D.	Assistant Scientist	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
James H. Stein, MD	Associate Professor	Vascular Biology
Charles K. Stone, MD	Associate Professor	Ischemic Heart Disease
Nancy K. Sweitzer, MD, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Gail L. Underbakke,M.S.	Distinguished Clinical Dietician	Hypertension
Carmen R. Valdivia,MD	Senior Scientist	Heart Failure/Function
Condon R. VanderArk, MD	Associate Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Michael S. VanLysel, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Imaging
Larry F. Whitesell,	Researcher	Transgenic Animals
Matthew R. Wolff, MD	Associate Professor	Heart Failure/Function

Medicine (Clinical Pharmacology)

Name	Title	Research Interest
Theodore L. Goodfriend,MD	Professor	Hypertension

Medicine (Endocrinology)

Name	Title	Research Interest
Yoram Shenker, MD	Associate Professor	Hormonal Effects on Cardiovascular System

Medicine (Hematology)

Name	Title	Research Interest
Peiman Hematti, MD	Assistant Professor	Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
Deane F. Mosher, MD	Professor	Blood Diseases
John P. Sheehan, MD	Associate Professor	Blood Diseases
Eliot C. Williams, MD, Ph.D.	Professor	Blood Diseases

Medicine (Pulmonary)

Name	Title	Research Interest
Keith C. Meyer, MD	Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease

Neurological Surgery

Name	Title	Research Interest
Rao M. Adibhatla, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Stroke/Cerebral Ischemia
Robert J. Dempsey, MD	Professor and Chair	Stroke/Cerebral Ischemia
Dandan Sun, MD, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Stroke/Cerebral Ischemia
Raghu R. Vemuganti, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Stroke/Cerebral Ischemia

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Ian M. Bird, Ph.D.	Professor	Vascular Endothelium
Ronald R. Magness, Ph.D.	Professor	Vascular Endothelium
Jing Zheng, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Endothelium

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Ronald Klein, MD, M.P.H.	Professor	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Barbara E.K. Klein, MD, M.P.H.	Professor	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Nader Sheibani, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Angiogenesis

Orthopedics and Rehab Medicine

Name	Title	Research Interest
Barbara J. Morgan, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Neural Control of Circulation

Pathology/Laboratory Medicine

Name	Title	Research Interest
Daniel S. Greenspan, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Michael N. Hart, MD	Professor and Chair	Vascular Endothelium
Donna M. Peters, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Alan C. Rapraeger, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Jose Torrealba, MD	Assistant Professor	Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine

Pediatrics

Name	Title	Research Interest
Marlowe W. Eldridge, MD	Assistant Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Anna Huttenlocher, MD	Associate Professor	Angiogenesis
Pamela J. Kling, MD	Assistant Professor	Cardiovacular System Development
J. Carter Ralphe, MD	Assistant Professor	Heart Failure/Function
Allen D. Wilson, MD	Professor	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Jon A. Wolff, MD	Professor	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities

Pharmacology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Richard A. Anderson, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Emery H. Bresnick, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Arnold E. Ruoho, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Cellular and Molecular Signaling

Physiology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Dongsheng Cai, MD, Ph.D.	Assistnat Professor
Baron Chanda, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
Edwin R. Chapman, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Daniel P. Fitzsimons,Ph.D.	Associate Scientist	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities
Ying Ge, Ph.D.	Assistant Scientist	Proteomics
Meyer B. Jackson, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Andrew J. Lokuta,Ph.D.	Lecturer	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities
Gerard Marriott, Ph.D.	Professor	Cellular and Molecular Signaling
Richard L. Moss, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities
Jitandrakumar R. Patel,Ph.D.	Associate Scientist	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities
Patricia A. Powers,Ph.D.	Senior Scientist	Transgenic Animals
Gail A. Robertson, Ph.D.	Professor	Heart Rhythms/Ion Channels
Ina N. Rybakova,Ph.D.	Associate Scientist	Heart Failure/Function
Kevin T. Strang,Ph.D.	Lecturer
Hector H. Valdivia, MD, Ph.D.	Professor	Muscle Diseases and Cardiac Abnormalities

Population Health Sciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Leonelo E. Bautista, MD, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Assistant Professor	Hypertension
Jerome A. Dempsey, Ph.D.	Professor	Heart/Lung Interaction
F. Javier Nieto, MD, Ph.D.	Professor and Chair	Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Radiology

Name	Title	Research Interest
Weibo Cai, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Angiogenesis
Thomas M. Grist, MD	Professor and Chair	Imaging
Patrick A. Turski, MD	Professor	Imaging

Surgery

Name	Title	Research Interest
Charles W. Acher, MD	Professor	Stroke/Cerebral Ischemia
William Burlingham, Ph.D.	Professor	Mechanical Circulatory Support
Robert L. Conhaim, Ph.D.	Senior Scientist	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Niloo M. Edwards, MD	Professor and Chair	Cardiac Transplantation
Robert A. Haworth, Ph.D.	Distinguished Scientist	Ischemic Heart Disease
John R. Hoch, MD	Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Debra A. Hullett, Ph.D.	Distinguished Scientist	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Takushi Kohmoto, MD, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Mechanical Circulatory Support
Garet Lahvis, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Vascular Biology
Lucian Lozonschi, MD	Assistant Professor	Cardiac Transplantation
Entela Lushaj,MD, Ph.D.	Assistant Scientist	Stem Cells/Regenerative Medicine
Layton F. Rikkers, MD	Professor and Chair	Hypertension
James H. Southard, Ph.D.	Professor	Cardiac Transplantation
Girma Tefera, MD	Associate Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
William D. Turnipseed, MD	Professor	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease

School of Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Name	Title	Research Interest
Orly Vardeny, Pharm.D.	Assistant Professor

Pharmacy Practice

Name	Title	Research Interest
John M. Dopp, Pharm.D.	Assistant Professor

School of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

Name	Title	Research Interest
Daryl D. Buss, DVM, Ph.D.	Dean and Professor	Neural Control of Circulation

Comparative Biosciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Mark S. Brownfield, Ph.D.	Associate Professor	Hormonal Effects on Cardiovascular System
Ingegerd M. Keith, Ph.D.	Professor	Neural Control of Circulation

Surgical Sciences

Name	Title	Research Interest
Dale E. Bjorling, DVM	Professor and Chair	Vascular and Pulmonary Disease
Lesley J. Smith, DVM	Clinical Associate Professor	Neural Control of Circulation

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