Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Robert W. Williams, PhD
Department Chair and Professor
rwilliams@uthsc.edu
David G. Ashbrook, PhD
Assistant Professor
dashbroo@uthsc.edu
Vincenza Colonna, PhD
Assistant Professor
vcolonna@uthsc.edu
Yan Cui, PhD
Associate Professor
ycui2@uthsc.edu
Erik Garrison, PhD
Assistant Professor
egarris5@uthsc.edu
Lu Lu, MD, MS
Professor
llu@uthsc.edu
Lu Lu, MD, MS
Professor
llu@uthsc.edu
Megan K. Mulligan, PhD
Associate Professor
mkmulligan@uthsc.edu
Jacobus Prins, PhD
Assistant Professor
jprins@uthsc.edu
Suheeta Roy
Assistant Professor
sroy12@uthsc.edu
Burt Sharp, MD
Professor
bsharp@uthsc.edu
Claire L. Simpson, PhD
Assistant Professor
csimps17@uthsc.edu
Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD
Associate Professor
astarlar@uthsc.edu
Wenjing Zhang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
wzhang67@uthsc.edu
Joint Faculty
Jamy Peng, PhD
Saunek Sen, PhD
Affiliated Faculty
Yong Cheng, PhD
Shengdar Tsai, PhD
Jiyang Yu, PhD
Volunteer Faculty
Robert Glenn Brook, PhD
Robert W. Read, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Eraina Schauss, PhD, LPC-MHSP, ACS
Information Technology
Arthur Centeno
IT Analyst III
acenteno@uthsc.edu
Christian Fischer
IT Analyst III
cfische7@uthsc.edu
Zachary Sloan
IT Analyst III
zsloan@uthsc.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Satyanarayana Alleboina
Postdoctoral Scholar
salleboi@uthsc.edu
Jennifer Cordero
Postdoctoral Scholar
jenniferbcordero@uthsc.edu
Roberto Cordero
Postdoctoral Scholar
robertoycordero@uthsc.edu
Yan Gao
Postdoctoral Scholar
ygao45@uthsc.edu
Andrea Guarracino
Postdoctoral Scholar
aguarra1@uthsc.edu
Emmanuella Salia
Postdoctoral Scholar
esalia@uthsc.edu
Teena Sharma
Postdoctoral Scholar
tsharma2@uthsc.edu
Research
Nour Aljouda
Graduate Research Assistant
naljoud1@uthsc.edu
Ernestine Amos-Abanyie
Graduate Research Assistant
ekubi@uthsc.edu
Casey Chapman
Lab Animal Tech II
cbohl1@uthsc.edu
Malik Hullette
Research Assistant
mhullett@uthsc.edu
Jesse Ingels
Senior Research Specialist
jingels@uthsc.edu
Caroline Jones
Research Assistant
xwv767@uthsc.edu
Sufiya Khanam
Research Assistant
skhanam@uthsc.edu
John Killmar
Research Assistant
jkillmar@uthsc.edu
Melinda McCarty
Senior Research Assistant
mmccarty@uthsc.edu
Carolina Torres Rojas
Graduate Research Assistant
ctorres9@uthsc.edu
Dewan Shrestha
Graduate Research Assistant
dshrest2@uthsc.edu
Alana Smith
Senior Research Assistant
aantoin1@uthsc.edu
Wenyuan Zhao
Research Associate I
wzhao@uthsc.edu
Daming Zhuang
Senior Research Assistant
dzhuang1@uthsc.edu
Administrative Staff
Tamara Brock
Senior Administrative Services Assistant
tbrock5@uthsc.edu
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