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There are 516 credentialed faculty in the College who are associated with 9 programs. To find out more about the student thesis and dissertation committees on which they serve, or their institutional affiliations, visit the student committee page. In the list of the programs and faculty below, an asterisk signifies that the faculty member is approved to direct theses and dissertations. Mousing over the name will provide additional information about the faculty member.

Biomedical Engineering and Imaging
Dental Science
Epidemiology
Health Outcomes and Policy Research
Integrated Biomedical Sciences
Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences
Nursing
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Speech and Hearing Science
Unaffiliated

Biomedical Engineering and Imaging
*Jack W, Jr. Buchanan, M.D.
*Joel Bumgardner, Ph.D.
*Denis J Diangelo, Ph.D.
*Frank A Dibianca, Ph.D.
*Mostafa Waleed Gaber, Ph.D.
*Ivan C Gerling, Ph.D.
*Richard J Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D.
*Warren O Haggard, Ph.D.
*Claudia M Hillenbrand, Ph.D.
*Brian P Kelly, Ph.D.
*Gary S Keyes, Ph.D.
Mary E Mccarville, M.D.
Roman Melnyk, Ph.D.
Thomas E Merchant, D.O., Ph.D.
*William M Mihalko, M.D., Ph.D.
*Robert Ogg, Ph.D.
*Joo Leng Ong, Ph.D.
Steven M Slack, Ph.D.
*Richard A Smith, Ph.D.
*Thaddeus A Wilson, Ph.D.
*Yunzhi Yang, Ph.D.
Michael Yen, Ph.D.
*Herbert D Zeman, Ph.D.
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Dental Science
*Swati Ahuja, B.D.S., M.D.S.
Kenneth M Anderson, D.D.S., M.S.
*Jegdish P Babu, Ph.D.
David E Bell, D.D.S., M.S.
Paul S Bland, D.D.S.
*Robert L Brandt, D.D.S., M.S.
*David R Cagna, D.M.D., M.S.
Kenneth R Carruth, D.D.S.
*David J Clement, D.D.S.
John S Covington, D.D.S.
Jere W Crenshaw, D.D.S., M.S.
David H Crowder, D.D.S.
*Peter M DiFiore, D.D.S.
*Martin E Donaldson, D.D.S.
Jack C Fisher, D.M.D.
Hiram R Fry, D.D.S., M.S
*Franklin Garcia-Godoy, D.D.S.
Steven Hackmyer, D.D.S.
Nathan R Hamman, D.D.S, M.D.S
*Edward F Harris, Ph.D.
George Huang, D.D.S, D.Sc.
*Vinay Jain, D.D.S.
*Anastasios Karydis, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Rania Livada, D.D.S.
*Adam Lloyd, D.D.S.
Billy W McCann, D.D.S.
*Cesar A Miglioratie, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Preston D Miller, D.D.S, M.D.S
Gregory J Paprocki, D.D.S.
William G Parris, D.D.S., M.S.
*Mark R Patters, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Swati Y Rawal, B.D.S., M.D.S.
*Yeshwant B Rawal, B.D.S., M.D.S. M.S.
Daniel L Reaves, D.D.S.
*Quinton C Robinson, D.D.S., M.S.
Walter C Sandusky, D.D.S., M.S.
Mark Scarbecz, Ph.D.
Harry K Sharp, D.D.S.
*Jacob Shiloah, D.M.D.
James F Simon, D.D.S.
*Sidney H Stein, D.M.D., Ph.D.
*David A Tipton, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Terry Trojan, D.D.S., M.S.
*James L Vaden, D.D.S.
*Antheunis Versluis, Ph.D.
*Daranee Versluis, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Joseph L Wasson, D.D.S., M.S.
Waletha Wasson, D.D.S.
Lawrence W Weeda, Jr., D.D.S.
Martha Wells, D.M.D.
Tommy N Whited, D.D.D., M.S.
Russell A Wicks, D.D.S, M.S.
Richard A Williams, D.D.S., M.S.
Marjorie A Woods, D.D.S.
Jere L Yates, D.D.S., M.S.
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Epidemiology
Patricia E Adams-Graves, M.D.
Bruce S Alpert, M.D.
Sandra L R Arnold, M.D.
*James E Bailey, M.D.
*Andrew J Bush, Ph.D.
Cyril F Chang, Ph.D.
Mathilda (Mace) C Coday, Ph.D.
*Pamela D Connor, Ph.D.
William C Cushman, M.D.
*Margaret W Debon, Ph.D.
John P Devincenzo, M.D.
Ruthbeth D Finerman, Ph.D.
*Patricia M Flynn, M.D.
John P Griffin, M.D.
*Marion Elizabeth Hare, M.D.
*Scott Howard, M.D.
Alessandro Iannaccone, M.D.
*Karen Chandler Johnson, M.D.
*Robert C Klesges, Ph.D.
*Lisa M Klesges, Ph.D.
Robert C Kores, Ph.D.
Rebecca Krukowski, Ph.D.
Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Ph.D.
*David M Mirvis, M.D.
Kyhobeni Mozhui, Ph.D.
*Simonne S Nouer, Ph.D.
Vicki M Park, Ph.D.
Phyllis Richey, Ph.D.
Kathryn M Ryder, M.D.
Suzanne Satterfield, M.D.
*Jerry Lynn Shenep, M.D.
Judith E Soberman, M.D.
Thomas Spentzas, M.D.
Stephanie Storgion, M.D.
Fridtjof Thomas, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Tolley, Ph.D.
Nhu Quynh T Tran, Ph.D.
*Frances A Tylavsky, D.P.H.
Teerdache Viangteeravati, Ph.D.
Eszter Volgyi, Ph.D.
*Jim Y Wan, Ph.D.
Winfred C Wang, M.D.
*Teresa Waters, Ph.D.
*Robert J Wyatt, M.D.
*Wonsuk Yoo, Ph.D.
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Health Outcomes and Policy Research
*Rahemat Amarshi, Pharm.D.
Raoul Arreola, Ph.D.
*George E Bass, Jr., Ph.D.
*Virginia Betts, J.D.
*Lawrence M Brown, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Candace S Brown, Pharm.D.
*Peter Anton Chyka, Pharm.D.
Joy Clay, Ph.D.
Neil P Cohen, J.D.
*Samuel E Dagogo-Jack, M.D.
Theora Evans, Ph.D.
*Richard J Faris, Ph.D.
Walter L, Jr Fitzgerald, J.D., M.S.
Brandi E Franklin, Ph.D.
*Dick R Gourley, Pharm.D.
*Greta A Gourley, Ph.D., Pharm.D.
William L Greene, Pharm.D.
James Hoffman, Pharm.D., M.S.
*Song Hee Hong, Ph.D.
David A Kuhl, Pharm.D.
*Sajeesh Kumar, Ph.D.
*Carol A Likens, Ph.D.
*Nancy Mele, D.S.N.
*Robert J Nolly, M.S.
Victor J Perini, M.S.
*Max D Ray, Pharm.D., M.S.
*David K Solomon, Pharm.D.
*Michal Tamuz, Ph.D.
*Junling Wang, Ph.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
Ben Zarzaur, M.D.
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Integrated Biomedical Sciences
*Elisabeth E Adderson, M.D.
*Ronald M Adkins, Ph.D.
*Lorraine M Albritton, Ph.D.
*William Earl Armstrong, Ph.D.
Suleiman W Bahouth, Ph.D.
*Sharyn D Baker, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Suzanne J Baker, Ph.D.
Leslie R Ballou, Ph.D.
*Donald Bashford, Ph.D.
*Robert J Belland, Ph.D.
*Mark Bix, Ph.D.
*Dennis D Black, M.D.
*Clark M Blatteis, Ph.D.
*John D Boughter, Ph.D.
David Brand, Ph.D.
*Gerald I Byrne, Ph.D.
*Joseph C Callaway, Ph.D.
*Angela R Cantrell, Ph.D.
*Xinwei Cao, Ph.D.
*Edward Chaum, M.D., Ph.D.
*Taosheng Chen, Ph.D.
Hao Chen, Ph.D.
*Cheng Cheng, Ph.D.
*Carolyn M Chesney, M.D.
Russell W Chesney, M.D.
*Hongbo Chi, Ph.D.
*Thomas M Chiang, Ph.D.
Christopher Coleclough, Ph.D.
*Mary Ellen Conley, M.D.
*George A Cook, Ph.D.
*Terrance G Cooper, Ph.D.
*John V Cox, Ph.D.
*Yan Cui, Ph.D.
*Tom Curran, Ph.D.
*Alessandra D'Azzo, Ph.D.
*Mustafa K Dabbous, Ph.D.
James B Dale, M.D.
*Andrew M Davidoff, M.D.
*Dominic M Desiderio, Ph.D.
F. Curtis Dohan, Jr., M.D.
*Peter Doherty, Ph.D.
Donald J Donaldson, Ph.D.
*Alejandro M Dopico, M.D., Ph.D.
*James Downing, M.D.
*Ioannis Dragatsis, Ph.D.
*Michael A Dyer, Ph.D.
*Marshall B Elam, M.D., Ph.D.
*Andrea June Elberger, Ph.D.
*Eric J Enemark, Ph.D.
*Matthew Ennis, Ph.D.
*John N Fain, Ph.D.
*Meiyun Fan, Ph.D.
*Zheng Fan, Ph.D.
Malinda E Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
*James M Fleckenstein, M.D.
*Max Fletcher, Ph.D.
*Robert C Foehring, Ph.D.
*Rao N Gadiparthi, Ph.D.
Lidia Gardner, Ph.D.
*Terrence L Geiger, M.D., Ph.D.
*Eldon E Geisert, Jr., Ph.D.
*Maria Gomes-Solecki, D.V.M.
Rakesh Goorha, Ph.D.
*Weikuan Gu, Ph.D
*Ramareddy V Guntaka, Ph.D.
*Kristin Marie Hamre, Ph.D.
*Charles R Handorf, M.D., Ph.D.
*Aviv I Hassid, Ph.D.
*David L Hasty, Ph.D.
*Karen A Hasty, Ph.D.
*Thomas Phillip Hatch, Ph.D.
*Mark Hatley, M.D., Ph.D.
*Detlef H Heck, Ph.D.
*Scott A Heldt, Ph.D.
*Linda M Hendershot, Ph.D.
*Paul Herron, Ph.D.
*Polly A Hofmann, Ph.D.
*Ramin Homayouni, Ph.D.
*Marcia G Honig, Ph.D.
*Roderick T Hori, Ph.D.
*Martha M Howe, Ph.D.
Julia Hurwitz, Ph.D.
*James N Ihle, Ph.D.
*Monica Jablonski, Ph.D.
Michael Jacewicz, M.D.
*Suzanne Jackowski, Ph.D.
*Jonathan H Jaggar, Ph.D.
*Lisa K Jennings, Ph.D.
*Leonard R Johnson, Ph.D.
Eldridge F Johnson, Ph.D.
*Dianna A Johnson, Ph.D.
Peter David Jones, Ph.D.
Andrew H Kang, Ph.D.
Richard John Kasser, Ph.D.
Jon R Katze, Ph.D.
*Seema Khurana, Ph.D.
*Hitoshi Kita, Ph.D.
Abbas E Kitabchi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Katsumi Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Risa Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Richard W Kriwacki, Ph.D.
*Mondira Kundu, M.D., Ph.D.
*Ronald N Laribee, Ph.D.
*Mark S Ledoux, M.D., Ph.D.
*Charles W Leffler, Ph.D.
*Wing H Leung, M.D., Ph.D.
*Michael C Levin, M.D.
*Kui Li, Ph.D.
*Francesca-Fang Liao, Ph.D.
Robert B Lorsbach, Ph.D.
*Leonard Lothstein, Ph.D.
*Yi Lu, Ph.D.
*Lu Lu, Ph.D.
*Kafait U Malik, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Charles M Mansbach, M.D.
*Tony N Marion, Ph.D.
*Antonio M Martinez-Hernandez, M.D.
Douglas B Matthews, Ph.D.
*Jonathan A McCullers, M.D.
*Michael P McDonald, Ph.D.
*Maureen A McGargill, Ph.D.
*Shannon McKinney-Freeman, Ph.D.
*Peter J McKinnon, Ph.D.
Juan Menendez, Ph.D.
David Carl Miller, Ph.D.
*Mark A Miller, Ph.D.
Harry H Mincer, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Tanja Mittag, Ph.D.
Isao Miyairi, M.D.
*James Ian Morgan, Ph.D.
*Peter Murray, Ph.D.
*Clayton Naeve, Ph.D.
*Anjaparavanda P Naren, Ph.D.
*Randall J Nelson, Ph.D.
*David R Nelson, Ph.D.
*Paul Ney, M.D.
*Satoru Kenneth Nishimoto, Ph.D.
*Hiroko Nishimura, D.M.Sc.
*Christopher Nosrat, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Thaddeus S Nowak, Jr., Ph.D.
*Leta Nutt, Ph.D.
David F Nutting, Ph.D.
Kristen O'Connell, Ph.D.
*Stacey Ogden, Ph.D.
Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D.
*Joseph T Opferman, Ph.D.
*Rennolds S Ostrom, Ph.D.
*Andrew Papanicolaou, Ph.D.
Elena Parfenova, Ph.D.
*Edwards A Park, Ph.D.
Melburn R Park, Ph.D.
*Kaushik Parthasarathi, Ph.D.
*Janet F Partridge, Ph.D.
*Junmin Peng, Ph.D.
*Derek A Persons, M.D., Ph.D.
*Lawrence M Pfeffer, Ph.D.
*Allen Portner, Ph.D.
*Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, Ph.D.
*William A Pulsinelli, Ph.D.
*Marko Z Radic, Ph.D.
*Rajendra Raghow, Ph.D.
*Radhakrishna Rao, Ph.D.
Fabio C Re, Ph.D.
*Anton J Reiner, Ph.D.
*Lawrence T. Reiter, Ph.D.
*Tonia S Rex, Ph.D.
*James T Robertson, M.D.
*Charles O Rock, Ph.D.
*Edward F Rosloniec, Jr., Ph.D.
*Martine Roussel, Ph.D.
*Charles J Russell, Ph.D.
*James Patrick Ryan, Ph.D.
Kazuko Sakata, Ph.D.
Amali Samarasinghe, Ph.D.
Thomas A Schikorski, Ph.D.
*Edward G Schneider, Ph.D.
*Brenda Schulman, Ph.D.
*Stacey Schultz-Cherry, Ph.D.
*Reese S Scroggs, Ph.D.
*Tiffany N Seagroves, Ph.D.
*Susan E Senogles, Ph.D.
Douglas R Shanklin, M.D.
*Leonard Share, Ph.D.
*Burt M Sharp, Ph.D.
*Charles J Sherr, Ph.D., M.D.
*Clive A Slaughter, Ph.D.
Andrzej T Slominski, M.D. Ph.D.
*Richard J Smeyne, Ph.D.
*David J Solecki, Ph.D.
Solomon S Solomon, M.D.
*Brian Sorrentino, M.D.
Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, Ph.D.
*Alexander Sparreboom, Ph.D.
*Jena J Steinle, Ph.D.
*Jeffery D Steketee, Ph.D.
Ted S Strom, M.D., Ph.D.
John M Stuart, M.D.
Wen Lin Sun, Ph.D.
Yao Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
*Dale Parker Suttle, Jr., Ph.D.
*Trevor W Sweatman, Ph.D.
*Steven J Tavalin, Ph.D.
*J Paul Taylor, M.D., Ph.D.
*Michael R Taylor, Ph.D.
*Edwin L Thomas, Ph.D.
*Donald B Thomason, Ph.D.
*Gabor Joseph Tigyi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Elaine I Tuomanen, M.D.
*Dario Vignali, Ph.D.
Russell Ware, Ph.D.
*Christopher M Waters, Ph.D.
*Robert S Waters, Ph.D.
*Mitchell Aaron Watsky, Ph.D.
*Richard Webby, Ph.D.
*Robert G Webster, Ph.D.
*Cynthia Wetmore, M.D., Ph.D.
*Stephen W White, D.Phil.
*Michael A Whitt, Ph.D.
Henry G Wilcox, Ph.D.
*Richard T Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
*Robert Williams, Ph.D.
Jack L Wilson, Ph.D.
Zhaohui Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
*Jun J Yang, Ph.D.
*Ae-Kyung Yi, Ph.D.
Tai June Yoo, Ph.D.
Nadeem Zafar, M.D.
*Stanislav S Zakharenko, M.D., Ph.D.
*Gerard P Zambetti, Ph.D.
*Xin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
*Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
*Fuming Zhou, M.D.
*Jian Zuo, Ph.D.
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Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences
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Nursing
*Cornelia M Beck, Ph.D.
Bobby B Bellflower, D.N.Sc.
Jay J Bringman, M.D.
George A Burghen, M.D.
*Michael A Carter, D.N.Sc.
*Ann K Cashion, Ph.D.
Muammer Cetingok, Ph.D.
*Patricia A Cowan, Ph.D.
*Martin A Croce, M.D.
Patricia D Cunningham, D.N.Sc
Carolyn J Driscoll, Ph.D.
Barbara Dubray-Benstein, Ph.D.
*Veronica F Engle, Ph.D.
Kimberly Fisher, Ph.D.
Wayne Furman, M.D.
Ahmed O Gaber, M.B.B.Ch.
*Joyce Carolyn Graff, Ph.D.
E. Dianne Greenhill, Ed.D.
Margaret T Hartig, Ph.D.
Margaret B Harvey, Ph.D.
*Donna K Hathaway, Ph.D. .
*Pamela S Hinds, Ph.D.
Michael Huffman, Ph.D.
Donna S Husch, Ph.D.
Susan R Jacob, Ph.D.
Cheryl D Johnson-Joy, Ph.D.
Raymond W Ke, M.D.
Satish Kedia, Ph.D.
*Wendy M Likes, D.N.Sc., Ph.D.
Carol A Lockhart, Ph.D.
Belinda Mandrell, Ph.D., R.N.
*Judy C Martin, Ph.D.
*Leslie M McKeon, Ph.D., R.N.
Sheila D Melander, D.S.N.
Tommie Norris, D.N.Sc., R.N.
Karen Koozer Olson, Ph.D.
*Jill S Oswaks, D.N.Sc.
Diane Pace, Ph.D.
*Jim Pruett, Ph.D.
*Risa Dawn Ramsey, Ph.D.
*Muriel C Rice, Ph.D.
Caroline A Riely, M.D.
*Cynthia K Russell, Ph.D.
Omaima M Sabek, Ph.D.
Zoila Sanchez, Ph.D.
Patricia M Speck, D.N.Sc.
Cheryl C Stegbauer, Ph.D.
*R. Craig Stotts, Dr.P.H.
*Laura A Talbot, Ph.D.
*Carol L Thompson, Ph.D.
Ruth S Tutor, Ph.D.
Margaret (Peggy) Veeser, Ed.D.
Glenn T Wetzel, M.D., Ph.D.
*Mona N Wicks, Ph.D.
Judith A Wilimas, M.D.
*Rebecca P Winsett, Ph.D.
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Pharmaceutical Sciences
John F Addison, M.S.
*Hassan Almoazen, Ph.D.
Steven Bares, Ph.D.
*Sarka Beranova, Ph.D.
Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.
*John K Buolamwini, Ph.D.
Walter G, Jr. Chambliss, Ph.D.
*Michael Lloyd Christensen, Pharm.D.
*Roland N Dickerson, Pharm.D.
*Isaac O Donkor, Ph.D.
B Keith English, M.D.
*William E Evans, Pharm.D.
Kip Guy, Ph.D.
Lawrence J Hak, Pharm.D
*Wayne T Harris, Ph.D.
*Richard A Helms, Pharm.D.
*James R Johnson, Ph.D.
*Terreia S Jones, Pharm.D.
*Ji-Seon Kim, Ph.D.
Michio Kurosu, Ph.D.
S. Casey Laizure, Pharm.D.
*Richard E Lee, Ph.D.
*Wei Li, Ph.D.
Monica Love, Ph.D.
*Vivian S Loveless, Pharm.D.
*Tao L Lowe, Ph.D.
Richard Magid, Ph.D.
*Ram I Mahato, Ph.D.
*Tarun K Mandal, Ph.D.
William J McLaughlin, Ph.D.
*Bernd Meibohm, Ph.D.
*Duane D Miller, Ph.D.
*Bob M Moore, Ph.D.
Ezra Ozdenerol, Ph.D.
Carl Panetta, Ph.D.
*Frank Park, Ph.D.
Yingxu Peng, Ph.D.
*Stephanie J Phelps, Pharm.D.
Janet Ralbovsky, Ph.D.
*Mary V Relling, Pharm.D.
*P. David Rogers, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*John Schuetz, Ph.D.
*Erin Schuetz, Ph.D.
Scott E Snyder, Ph.D.
*Mitchell S Steiner, M.D.
*Clinton F Stewart, Pharm.D.
Michael C Storm, Ph.D.
*Arthur B Straughn, Pharm.D.
*Yichun Sun, Ph.D.
Karen A Veverka, Ph.D.
*Thomas R Webb, Ph.D.
*Karl T Weber, M.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
*George C Wood, Ph.D.
*C. Ryan Yates, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
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Speech and Hearing Science
*Molly Erickson, Ph.D.
*Ashley W Harkrider, Ph.D.
*Mark S Hedrick, Ph.D.
*Patti Johnstone, Ph.D.
*Colleen M Karow, Ph.D.
*Kristin Anne King, Ph.D.
*Anna K Nabelek, Ph.D.
*Patrick Norton Plyler, Ph.D.
*Tim Saltuklaroglu, Ph.D.
*Ilsa E Schwarz, Ph.D.
*James W Thelin, Ph.D.
*Deborah VonHapsburg, Ph.D.
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Unaffiliated
David L Armbruster, Ph.D.
John Edwards Baxter, Ph.D.
Timothy D Mandrell, D.V.M.
Jerold E Rehg, D.V.M.
Thomas A Singarella, Ph.D.
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