Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Robert W. Williams, PhD
Department Chair and Professor
rwilliams@uthsc.edu
David G. Ashbrook, PhD
Assistant Professor
dashbroo@uthsc.edu
Yan Cui, PhD
Associate Professor
ycui2@uthsc.edu
Kevin W. Freeman, PhD
Assistant Professor
kfreem22@uthsc.edu
Lu Lu, MD, MS
Professor
llu@uthsc.edu
Megan K. Mulligan, PhD
Assistant Professor
mkmulligan@uthsc.edu
Burt Sharp, MD
Professor
bsharp@uthsc.edu
Claire L. Simpson, PhD
Assistant Professor
csimps17@uthsc.edu
Athena Starlard-Davenport, PhD
Assistant Professor
astarlar@uthsc.edu
Jacobus Prins, PhD
Assistant Professor
jprins@uthsc.edu
Wenjing Zhang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
wzhang67@uthsc.edu
Joint Faculty
Chester Brown, MD, PhD
Khyobeni Mozhui, PhD
Jamy Peng, PhD
Robert Rooney, PhD
Saunek Sen, PhD
Ansley Stanfill, PhD, RN
Siamak Yousefi, PhD
Affiliated Faculty
Yong Cheng, PhD
Shengdar Tsai, PhD
Volunteer Faculty
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 Fellows
Satyanarayana Alleboina
Postdoctoral Fellow
salleboi@uthsc.edu
Jennifer Cordero
Postdoctoral Fellow
jenniferbcordero@uthsc.edu
Roberto Cordero
Postdoctoral Fellow
robertoycordero@uthsc.edu
Yan Gao
Postdoctoral Fellow
ygao45@uthsc.edu
Lisa Miller
Postdoctoral Fellow
mmill220@uthsc.edu
Fuyi Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow
fxu10@uthsc.edu
Research
Jesse Ingels
Senior Research Specialist
jingels@uthsc.edu
Sufiya Khanam
Research Assistant
skhanam@uthsc.edu
Shuangying Leng
Senior Research Assistant
sleng@uthsc.edu
Melinda McCarty
Senior Research Assistant
mmccarty@uthsc.edu
Suheeta Roy
Research Associate
sroy12@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
Casey Chapman
Lab Animal Tech II
cbohl1@uthsc.edu
Nour Aljouda
Graduate Research Assistant
naljoud1@uthsc.edu
Cory Parks
Graduate Research Assistant
cparks16@uthsc.edu
Dewan Shrestha
Graduate Research Assistant
dshrest2@uthsc.edu
Andrew Stiemke
Graduate Research Assistant
astiemke@uthsc.edu
Carolina Torres Rojas
Graduate Research Assistant
ctorres9@uthsc.edu
Administrative Staff
Tamara Brock
Senior Administrative Services Assistant
tbrock5@uthsc.edu
901.448.6194
Alicia Brookins
Accounting Assistant
apalmer4@uthsc.edu
901.448.1009