Faculty and Staff

Robert W. Williams, PhD
Department Chair and Professor
rwilliams@uthsc.edu

David G. Ashbrook, PhD
Associate Professor
dashbroo@uthsc.edu

Vincenza Colonna, PhD
Associate Professor
vcolonna@uthsc.edu

Yan Cui, PhD
Professor
ycui2@uthsc.edu

Kevin W. Freeman, PhD
Assistant Professor
kfreem22@uthsc.edu

Byron C. Jones, PhD
Professor
bjone129@uthsc.edu

Lu Lu, MD, MS
Professor
llu@uthsc.edu

Megan K. Mulligan, PhD
Associate Professor
mkmulligan@uthsc.edu

Jacobus Prins, PhD
Associate Professor
jprins@uthsc.edu

Suheeta Roy
Assistant Professor
sroy12@uthsc.edu

Burt Sharp, MD
Professor
bsharp@uthsc.edu

Claire L. Simpson, PhD
Associate Professor
csimps17@uthsc.edu

Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD
Associate Professor
astarlar@uthsc.edu

Amandeep Bajwa, PhD

Chester Brown, MD, PhD

Monica Jablonksi, PhD

Khyobeni Mozhui, PhD

Jamy Peng, PhD

Robert Rooney, PhD

Saunek Sen, PhD

Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN

Siamak Yousefi, PhD

Liza Makowski, PhD, MS

 Yong Cheng, PhD

Shengdar Tsai, PhD

Jiyang Yu, PhD

Paul Geeleher, PhD

Robert Glenn Brook, PhD

Robert W. Read, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Eraina Schauss, PhD, LPC-MHSP, ACS

Arthur Centeno
IT Analyst III
acenteno@uthsc.edu

Christian Fischer
IT Analyst III
cfische7@uthsc.edu

Zachary Sloan
IT Analyst III
zsloan@uthsc.edu

Shelby Darnell
Postdoctoral Scholar
sdarnel5@uthsc.edu

Ellyn Dunbar
Postdoctoral Scholar
edunbar2@uthsc.edu

Abiodun Fatoba
Postdoctoral Scholar
afatoba@uthsc.edu

Andrea Guarracino
Postdoctoral Scholar
aguarra1@uthsc.edu

Sandeep Kumar
Postdoctoral Scholar
skumar26@uthsc.edu

Mikhail Tiumentsev
Postdoctoral Scholar
mtiument@uthsc.edu

Ernestine Amos-Abanyie
Graduate Research Assistant
ekubi@uthsc.edu

Casey Chapman
Lab Animal Tech II
cbohl1@uthsc.edu

Richard Cushing
Research Assistant
rcushing@uthsc.edu

Malik Hullette
Research Assistant
mhullett@uthsc.edu 

Qin Jiang
Senior Research Assistant
qjiang3@uthsc.edu

Caroline Jones
Research Assistant
xwv767@uthsc.edu 

Sufiya Khanam
Research Assistant
skhanam@uthsc.edu

John Killmar
Research Assistant
jkillmar@uthsc.edu 

Wenyuan Zhao
Research Associate I
wzhao@uthsc.edu

Daming Zhuang
Senior Research Assistant
dzhuang1@uthsc.edu