Chris Glembotski, PhD
  • Director, Translational Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Vice Dean, Research
  • Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Research focuses: Hypertrophy, heart failure, ER stress response, ATF6, ischemia, unfolded protein response
  • 2024 and 2025 mentor
Timothy Marlowe, PhD
  • Director, Molecular Discovery Core
  • Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Research focuses: Structure-based discovery of novel FAK inhibitors, synthesis of peptides and small molecules, biological mechanisms of the FAK pathway in both cancer and fibrosis, drug discovery technology (SPR, NMR, fragment screening, X-ray crystallography).
  • 2023 and 2024 mentor
Hongyu Qiu, MD, PhD
  • Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Translational Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Research focuses: Epigenetic/Genetic Regulation, Cardiovascular Inflammation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Aging-related Cardiovascular Pathologies
  • 2024 and 2025 mentor
Guy Reed, MD, MS
  • Professor, Internal Medicine, BIO5 Institute
  • Dean Emeritus, College of Medicine - Phoenix
  • Research focuses: Stroke, heart failure, thromboembolism, clot-dissolving therapies
  • 2023, 2024, and 2025 mentor
Fred Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA
  • Dean, College of Medicine – Phoenix 
  • Research focuses: Thyroid-stimulating hormone, diabetes, liver diseases, insulin regulation, endocrine disorders
  • 2024 and 2025 mentors
Liya Yin, MD, PhD
  • Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Translational Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Research focuses: Regulation of Coronary Circulation, Heart Failure, Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetes, Diabetic Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Collateral Growth, Cardiovascular Regeneration
  • 2025 mentor