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
Professor
ycui2@uthsc.edu
Erik Garrison, PhD
Assistant Professor
egarris5@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
Xusheng Wang, PhD
Associate Professor
xwang39@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
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
Ling Li
Postdoctoral Scholar
lli95@uthsc.edu
Emmanuella Salia
Postdoctoral Scholar
esalia@uthsc.edu
Mikhail Tiumentsev
Postdoctoral Scholar
mtiument@uthsc.edu
Research
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
Tomomi Green
Research Assistant
tgreen53@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
Melinda McCarty
Senior Research Assistant
mmccarty@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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