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Research Faculty—Medicine

Cardiology

  • Luna Bhatta, MD
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Atrial fibrillation; Biventricular pacing in CHF; Cardiac pacemaker and implantable defibrillator

  • Robert Carhart, MD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiac ischemia; Aggressive medical therapy; Congestive Heart Failure

  • Lewis Johnson, MD, CDE
    Clinical Professor
    Research Interests:

    Diabetes mellitus and preventive cardiology

  • Hani Kozman, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Research Interests:

    Coronary artery disease; Acute coronary syndromes; Acute myocardial infarction; Interventional cardiology; Coronary angioplasty/stenting

  • Kan Liu, MD, PhD
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    • Endothelial dysfunction in coronary artery disease
    • Lipotoxicity/glucotoxicity and endothelial/myocyte dysfunction in diabetes
    • Clinical and genetic analysis of valve diseases/Strain/strain rate imagine in cardiomyopathy

  • Tamas Szombathy, MD
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Daniel Villarreal, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Cardio-renal integration in physiological and pathophysiological conditions; Neuro-humoral and hemodynamic mechanisms in homeostasis, heart failure and hypertension.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

  • Oleg Chepurny, PhD
    Assistant Professor
  • Tuncay Delibasi, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Diabetes and Insulin Resistance, Obesity and Leptin Biology, Metabolism and Metabolic Health, Islet and Stem Cell Therapy, RNA Therapeutics, Pharmacogenetics

  • Malek El Muayed, MD, MS
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Islet Biology, Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes, Pharmacogenomics,  Environmental Toxicology.

  • George Holz, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Drug development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  • Roberto Izquierdo, MD
    Distinguished Service Professor
    Research Interests:

    Thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, diabetes mellitus

  • Sheri Stone, MSN, RN, FNP-C
    Assistant Professor
  • Paula Trief, PhD
    Distinguished Service Professor
    Research Interests:

    My research focuses on the psychosocial issues that affect patients with diabetes and those at risk for diabetes.  I have developed and tested effective and practical interventions for patients with diabetes, those at risk, and their partners, to help them achieve better physical health (e.g., control of blood sugar, weight) and quality of life.  I have also studied the relationship between depression/anxiety and diabetes outcomes. My current NIH-funded project follows young adults with type 2 diabetes to better understand factors that affect medication adherence and healthcare usage, to design more effective behavioral interventions for this vulnerable group. 

  • Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD
    Distinguished Service Professor
    Research Interests:

    Prevention and treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus and their complications, obesity, and improvement in the delivery of diabetes care 

Gastroenterology

  • Philip Holtzapple, MD
    Emeritus
  • Uma Murthy, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Barrett’s esophagus; GERD; Appraisal of the utility of clinical guidelines

  • Ronald Szyjkowski, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Barrett's esophagus and endoluminal therapy of Barrett's esophagus, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Diagnostic and therapeutic.

General Internal Medicine

Geriatrics

  • Sharon Brangman, MD
    Distinguished Service Professor
    Research Interests:

    Alzheimer's disease and exercise, improving hearing/communication for older adults in the hospital setting and delirium after moderate sedation

Hematology/Oncology

  • Rinki Agarwal, MD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Clinical trials :

    • Cervical Cancer
    • Ovarian cancer
    • Endometrial Cancer
    • Fallopian Tube Cancer

    Genetics: Improving access to Genetic assessment 

    Systems based approach to genetic testing for at risk patients

    Clinical trials in best practices for management of risk for patients at increased risk for Gynecologic cancers

  • Scott Blystone, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics in the leukocyte inflammatory phenotype.

  • Thomas Coyle, MD
    Clinical Professor
    Research Interests:

    Cell biological approaches to understand the cellular mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of malignant brain tumors.

  • Dipak Dube, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Molecular mechanism of cardiac myofibrillogenesis in vertebrates.

  • David Duggan, MD
    Distinguished Service Professor
    Research Interests:

    Clinical trials in cancer; Hodgkin's Disease, Lymphoma and  Leukemia.

  • Ajeet Gajra, MD, FACP
    Clinical Professor
    Research Interests:

    Clinical trials- phase III; Geriatric Oncology; Outcomes research in cancer; Prognostic factors in cancer

  • Teresa Gentile, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant, Hematologic Malignancies

  • Diana Gilligan, MD/PhD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    My research includes studies of the role of microRNA in development of leukemia.

  • Stephen Graziano, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Participation in the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
    (Principal Investigator).

  • Bernard Poiesz, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Detection, quantification, and characterization of human retro-viruses, testing of antiviral compounds; understanding the biology of sarcomeric protiens.

  • Jonathan Wright, MD
    Clinical Professor
    Research Interests:

    Gastrointestinal malignancies

Infectious Diseases

  • Donald Blair, MD
    Professor
    Research Interests:

    Clinical research in Dengue fever, Malaria, HIV

  • Timothy Endy, MD, MPH
    Professor Emeritus
    Research Interests:

    Understanding the epidemiology and pathogenesis of viral hemorrhagic and encephalitic arboviruses and host-vector interactions.

  • Andras Perl, MD, PhD
    Distinguished Professor
    Research Interests:

    Genes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase

Nephrology

Pulmonary/Critical Care

  • Dana Savici, MD
    Associate Professor
    Research Interests:

    Respiratory Bronchiolitis-The Diagnostic Significance of Pigmented Macrophages in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Rheumatology

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