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Kirsten Brown, PhD, MA
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Associate Dean, Educational Affairs
Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: George Washington University
Fellowship: George Washington University
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Neha Dahiya, MBBS, MBA
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Associate Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Punjabi University, Government Medical College; Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School
Areas of Interest: Dedicated to advancing undergraduate and professional education through innovative active learning strategies, evidence-based instructional design, the scholarship of teaching and learning, AI integration in medical education, and contemporary curriculum design
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Deveroux Ferguson, PhD
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Associate Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Stanford University
Fellowship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Transcriptomics- Neurodegenerative diseases- Gene environment interactions and epigenetics- Developmental, Cell and molecular biology- Depression
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Amelia L. Gallitano-Mendel, MD, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Residency: Columbia University, The New York State Psychiatric Institute
Fellowship: Washington University in St Louis
Areas of Interest: Schizophrenia - Psychiatric Disease - Neurodegenerative diseases - Gene-Environment Interaction - Developmental, Cell and molecular biology - Developmental disabilities - Cell signaling
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Evan Garofalo, PhD
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Associate Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Ontogeny- Human skeletal anatomy - Functional morphology
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Halszka Glowacka, PhD
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Associate Professor, Educator Scholar. Director, Clinical Anatomy Block- Undergraduate Medical Education
Medical School: Arizona State University
Fellowship: Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Areas of Interest: Primate evolution- Ontogeny- Masticatory morphology
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Rayna J. Gonzales, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
Fellowship: Cerebrovascular Physiology
Areas of Interest: Exploring the molecular and vascular mechanisms of acute ischemic stroke, with a focus on blood-brain barrier function, vascular inflammation, and sex differences to advance novel therapeutic approaches that improve stroke outcomes.
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Taben M. Hale, PhD
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Vice Chair
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Queen's University
Fellowship: University of Montreal, Montreal, QC Canada
Areas of Interest: Prenatal stress - Fibrosis - Fibroblasts - Cardiovascular pharmacology - Autonomic function - Autonomic dysfunction - Hypertension
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Karen T. Hastings, MD, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Harvard University
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Areas of Interest: Fellowship: Immunobiology, Yale University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Ling He, MD, PhD
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Professor, Tenured. Director, Section of Metabolic Diseases
Medical School: Third Military Medical University
Residency: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Signal transduction- Mitochondrial dynamics- Metabolism in obesity and diabetes- Gene regulation
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Melissa M. Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Fellowship: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development
Areas of Interest: Cervical cancer - Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections - Immunology - Host-microbe interactions and 3D biomimetic modeling
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Vasudeva Kamath, PhD
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Associate Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Mysore University
Areas of Interest: Mitochondrial biogenesis, Mitochondrial dysfunction, Prostate cancer and metabolic syndrome- Cancer
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Hee-Dae Kim, PhD
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Assistant Research Professor
Medical School: Seoul National University, South Korea
Areas of Interest: Depression, Addiction, Neural circuit manipulation, Cardiovascular comorbidity in depression
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Suwon Kim, PhD
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Associate Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Yale University, School of Medicine
Fellowship: Yale University, School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Neuroblastoma- Genes, Tumor suppressor- Chemokine signaling- Breast cancer
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Jerome Lacombe, PhD
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-eligible
Medical School: Universite Montpellier 1, College of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Radiobiology- Platform Development- Biomarkers discovery
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Won Hee Lee, PhD
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Associate Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Fellowship: Stanford University, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute
Areas of Interest: Investing how environmental risk factors and cardiotoxic therapies drive cardiovascular disease using human iPSC and organoid models
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Youngwoo Nam, PhD
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Assistant Research Professor
Medical School: Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Fellowship: Chapman University, School of Pharmacy (CUSP), Irvine, USA
Areas of Interest: High-resolution cyro-EM structure determination of ion channels and macromolecular complexes to understand gating mechanisms, allosteric modulation, and protein-ligand interactions. Designs and optimization of subtype-selective small-molecule inhibitors and activators for novel therapeutic targeting.
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Janko Z. Nikolich, MD, PhD
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Associate Dean, Research
Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Belgrade University School of Medicine
Residency: MSc in Immunology, Belgrade University School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Immunology and Aging, T-cell Function, Viral immunity, Vaccines and biomarkers of immune decline, Immune rejuvenation, Inflammation and metabolic disorders
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Shenfeng Qiu, MD, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: University of California, Riverside
Residency: Nanjing Medical University
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University
Areas of Interest: Neurodevelopmental disorders, Epilepsy, Electrophysiology, Developmental neurobiology, Brain circuits, Autism
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Chalachew Mesfiin Seyoum, PhD
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Assistant Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Addis Ababa University
Residency: Arizona State University
Fellowship: University of Missouri
Areas of Interest: Comparative anatomy, Diet, Ecology
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Shalini Sharma, PhD
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Associate Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Indian Institute of Science
Fellowship: Regulation of Pre-mRNA Splicing
Areas of Interest: Myeloid malignancies - Hematopoiesis - Pre-mRNA splicing
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Paul R. Standley, PhD
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Professor Emeritus
Medical School: Wayne State University, School of Medicine
Fellowship: Wayne State University
Areas of Interest: Medical education - Gene expression - Extracorporeal manual medicine
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Anne R. Titelbaum, PhD
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Associate Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Tulane University
Fellowship: University of Arizona
Areas of Interest: Paleopathology- Human skeletal anatomy
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Ryan L. Woltz, PhD
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Assistant Research Professor
Medical School: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fellowship: University of California, Davis
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Shawn P. Zack, PhD
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Assistant Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: University of Arizona
Areas of Interest: Mammalian phylogeny, Functional morphology
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Xia Xiao, PhD
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Assistant Professor, Tenure-eligible
Medical School: Pennsylvania State University
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Areas of Interest: Iron homeostasis, Liver diseases, Fibrosis, Cell signaling
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Frederic Zenhausern, PhD
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Professor, Tenured
Medical School: University of Geneva; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Areas of Interest: Platform development, Medical devices and procedures
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Miao Zhang, PhD
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Associate Professor, Tenured
Medical School: Kyoto University
Fellowship: School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
Areas of Interest: Leverage cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to investigate the structure and function of ion channels and transporters, enabling AI-driven drug discovery for cardiovascular, neurological, and hematological diseases
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Brief Bio
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Paul E. Boehmer, PhD
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Professor Emeritus
Medical School: University of Newcastle
Fellowship: Stanford University School of Medicine
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Mark R. Haussler, PhD
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Professor Emeritus
Medical School: University of California, Riverside
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Vitamin D - Nuclear receptor - Healthy aging
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Floris Barthel, MD
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Assistant Research Professor
Fellowship: Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Areas of Interest: Glioma genomics, Tumor evolution, Telomere biology, Computational and Translational Genomics, Liquid biopsy
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Mandi D. Conway, MD
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Clinical Professor
Medical School: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Residency: Tulane University
Fellowship: Washington University in St. Louis; Retinal Consultants Limited; Tulane University
Areas of Interest: Macular degeneration- Diabetic retinopathy
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Marianne Leovey Conway, MD
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Assistant Clinical Professor
Medical School: Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Residency: Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons; SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Fellowship: The New York Blood Center
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Valentin Dinu, PhD
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Assistant Research Professor
Medical School: Yale University
Areas of Interest: Biomedical informatics- Big Data- Genomics - Proteomics
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Mitra Esfandiarei, PhD
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Associate Research Professor
Medical School: University of British Columbia
Fellowship: BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Areas of Interest: Vascular biology, Aortic aneurysm, Endothelial dysfunction, Pre-mature aging of vasculature, Cerebrovascular disease, Connective tissue disorders
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Rebecca E. Fisher, PhD
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Research Professor
Medical School: Yale University
Fellowship: 2004
Areas of Interest: Medical education- Functional anatomy - Evolutionary biology
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Jian Gu, PhD
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Associate Research Professor
Medical School: Princeton University
Areas of Interest: Ultrasound - Point-of-care diagnostics - Platform development, Medical devices and procedures - Nanofabrication - Microfluidics
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Haiyoung Han, PhD
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Research Professor
Medical School: University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Interest: Tumor microenvironment - Pancreatic cancer - Anticancer drug discovery
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Matt J. Huentelman, PhD
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Associate Research Professor
Medical School: University of Florida
Areas of Interest: Neuroscience - Genomics - Biomarkers
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Peter W. Jurutka, PhD
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Professor, Educator Scholar
Medical School: University of Arizona
Areas of Interest: Nutraceuticals - Healthy aging - Cancer
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Gholam A. Peyman, MD
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Clinical Professor
Medical School: Universität Freiburg
Residency: Heinrich Heine Universiteit Dusseldorf; Universität Duisburg-Essen
Fellowship: School of Medicine; Universität Duisburg-Essen; Passaic General Hospital; Saint Johannes Hospital
Areas of Interest: Retinal and corneal diseases- Optical storage devices
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Patrick Pirrotte, PhD
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Assistant Research Professor
Medical School: Universite de Strasbourg, Louis Pasteur University
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Rita G. Sattler, PhD
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Associate Research Professor
Medical School: University of Toronto
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Interest: Neurodegenerative diseases- Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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