Graduate Program Faculty

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Program Faculty

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Zubair M. Ahmed, PhD, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Songon An, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Nasir Bashirelahi, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Ilia V. Baskakov, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Robert J. Bloch, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Orthopaedics; Core Director, Biosensor Core, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
France Carrier, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Division Director, Division of Translational Radiation Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology; Co-leader, Molecular & Structural Biology, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Curt Civin, MD, Philip A. Zaffere Distinguished Professor of Regenerative Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Paola Corti, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Scott E. Devine, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Alexander C. Drohat, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shaojun "Jim" Du, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Robert K. Ernst, PhD, Dr. Paul and Mrs. Jean Corcoran Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Alan I. Faden, MD, Donald S. Brown Professor of Trauma; Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Hanping Feng, PhD, Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine; RP-2 Project Leader, Center for Excellence in Translational Research, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Gary M. Fiskum, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Vivek Garg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Erin Green, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
S. Saif Hasan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Group Leader, Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics and the Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research
Maged M. Harraz, MB,BCh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Erick O. Hernandez-Ochoa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas J. Hornyak, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Arif Hussain, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pathology; Program Co-leader, Hormone Responsive Cancers Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Maricel Kann, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
James B. Kaper, PhD, James & Carolyn Frenkil Distinguished Dean’s Professor; Vice Dean for Academic Affairs; Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Mariusz Karbowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Deepak Koirala, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bryan A. Krantz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Minjoung Kyoung, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Joseph R. Lakowicz, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jiayuh Lin, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Iris Lindberg, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mary Kay Lobo, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Tao Lowe, PhD, Frederick G. Smith, MS, DDS, and Venice K. Paterakis, DDS, Endowed Professorship, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School Of Dentistry
Stuart S. Martin, PhD, Drs. Angela and Harry Brodie Professor of Translational Cancer Research; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology; Deputy Director & Associate Director of Basic Research; Program Co-leader, Hormone Related Cancers, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mary C. McKenna, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Leonid Medved, ScD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Andrea L. Meredith, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Sarah L. J. Michel, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dean, School of Pharmacy; Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Medicine
Silvia Montaner, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry
Mervyn J. Monteiro, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Neurology
Antonino Passaniti, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Brian M. Polster, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jianfei Qi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yun Qiu, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Pathology
Feyruz V. Rassool, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Program Co-leader, Experimental Cancer Therapeutics Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD, The Moses Paulson, MD and Helen Golden Paulson Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Professor, Department of Medicine
Krishanu Ray, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Institute of Human Virology
Saima Riazuddin, PhD, MPH, MBA, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zeev Rosenzweig, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Alison J. Scott, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Herana Kamal Seneviratne, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Nevil J. Singh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Aaron T. Smith, PhD, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC
Bogdan A. Stoica, MD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Lishan Su, PhD, The Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor for HIV Research; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, & Cancer, Institute of Human Virology
Michael F. Summers, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sui-Seng Tee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Stephen R. Thom, MD, PhD, Professor and Director of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Richard B. Thompson, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shambhu D. Varma, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nykia D. Walker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC
Christopher W. Ward, PhD, Professor, Departments of Orthopaedics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David J. Weber, PhD, Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Medicine; Director, Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics; Co-director, Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research; Program Co-leader, Molecular and Structural Biology Research Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gerald M. Wilson, PhD, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junfang Wu, BM, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology & Neurobiology and Center for Shock, Trauma & Anesthesiology Research
Liqing "Justin" Yu, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yifan Yuan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Mei-Yi Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Min Yu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Michal Zalzman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Richard Y. Zhao, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology; Division Head, Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology

Epidemiology & Human Genetics Program Faculty

Epidemiology & Human Genetics

Alash'le Abimiku, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Executive Director, International Research Center of Excellence, Institute of Human Virology - Nigeria
Clement A. Adebamowo, BM, ChB, ScD, FWACS, FACS, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Population Science, Program in Oncology, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sally N. Adebamowo, MBBS, MSc, ScD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Jennifer S. Albrecht, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Seth A. Ament, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Genome Sciences, and Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Jonathan Baghdadi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Jason A. Bailey, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Pediatrics
Kathryn Hughes Barry, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Patrik M. Bavoil, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Amber L. Beitelshees, PharmD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine
Soren M. Bentzen, PhD, DMSc, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Radiation Oncology; Division Head, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Biostatistics Core, Institute of Clinical & Translational Research; Director, Biostatistics Shared Service, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miriam G. Blitzer, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD, Charles Reid Edwards, MD Professor of Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Rebecca M. Brotman, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Clayton H. Brown, PhD, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Psychiatry
Jessica P. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center
Andrea G. Buchwald, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Linda Chang, MD, MS, Professor, Departments of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurology
Man E. Charurat, PhD, MHS, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Division Director, Global Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Chixiang Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Neurosurgery
Hegang Chen, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Shuo Chen, PhD, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Psychiatry
Wilbur H. Chen, MD, MS, Frank M. Calia, MD Endowed Professor, Department of Medicine; Interim Chief, Adult Clinical Studies Section, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Division Head, Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine
Lauren M.S. Cohee, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
John W. Cole, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology
Joanne F. Dorgan, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Division Director, Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Co-Leader, Population Science Program, University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Samer S. El-Kamary, MB, ChB, MPH, Adjunct Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Pediatrics
Robert K. Ernst, PhD, Dr. Paul and Mrs. Jean Corcoran Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Claire M. Fraser, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Medicine
Vivek Garg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Olga G. Goloubeva, PhD, MSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Katherine E. Goodman, PhD, JD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Todd D. Gould, MD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Carol L. Greene, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences; Division Head, Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Zhe Han, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center for Precision Disease Modeling, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
Anthony D. Harris, MD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine; Division Head, Genomic Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes and Deputy Director, Center for Innovation in Diagnosis, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Jon M. Hirshon, MD, MPH, PhD, Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Kristen M. Hurley, PhD, MPH, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Linda Jo Bone Jeng, MD, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology
Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Co-director, Program in Health Equity & Population Health, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Science Training for Advancing Biomedical Research Postbaccalaureate Education Program (STAR-PREP)
Steven J. Kittner, MD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Epidemiology & Public Health
Karen L. Kotloff, MD, John A. Scholl, MD and Mary Louise Scholl, MD Professor of Pediatrics; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Epidemiology & Public Health and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Clinical Research, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Shyamasundaran Kottilil, MBBS, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Interim Director, Institute of Human Virology; Director, Division of Clinical Care and Research and Division Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Hong C. Lai, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute of Human Virology
Wendy G. Lane, MD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Pediatrics
Marie-Claude C. Lavoie, PhD, MSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute of Human Virology; Director, Strategic Information & Evaluation, Center for International Health, Education, & Biosecurity
Miriam K. Laufer, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Epidemiology & Public Health; Interim Director, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Surbhi Leekha, MBBS, MPH, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Joshua P. Lewis, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Yuanyuan Liang, PhD, MSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Kirsten E. Lyke, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Unit Director, Vector-Borne Diseases Vaccine & Challenge Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science; Director, Program on Aging, Trauma, & Emergency Care, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center For Research On Aging
Laurence S. Magder, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Biostatistics Core, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
Anup Mahurkar, MBA, Executive Director of Software Engineering and Information Technology, Institute for Genome Sciences
Kristin A. Maloney, MS, MGC, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
David A. Mann, MD, MS, Instructor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Patrick F. McArdle, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Istvan J. Merchenthaler, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Neurobiology; Division Director, Translational Toxicology, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
May E. Montasser, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Daniel J. Morgan, MD, MS, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine; Director, Center for Innovation in Diagnosis, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yi Ning, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology; Director, Cytogenetics Lab, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Rebecca G. Nowak, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute of Human Virology
Jeffrey R. O’Connell, DPhil, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Lyndsay M. O'Hara, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yuko Ohta, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Denise L. Orwig, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Toni I. Pollin, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Helen L. Powell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Alan M. Rathbun, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Jacques Ravel, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine; Acting Director, Institute for Genome Sciences
Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine; Associate Dean For Physician-Scientist Training
Lynn M. Schriml, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Stephen L. Seliger, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Alan R. Shuldiner, MD, John L. Whitehurst Endowed Professor in Medicine; Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology
John D. Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Diane Marie M. St. George, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Division of Preventative Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Kristen A. Stafford, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Deputy Director, Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity
Erin T. Strovel, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics; Director, Pediatric Biochemical Genetics, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Unit Head, Genomic Epidemiology Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation Training Tracks, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation
Michael L. Terrin, MD, CM, MPH, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Hervé Tettelin, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Kerri A. Thom, MD, MS, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Mark A. Travassos, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Unit Co-director, Pathogenesis Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Gerardo R. Vasta, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Roumen M. Vesselinov, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Anesthesiology; Statistician, Charles "McC" Mathias National Study Center for Trauma & EMS
Owen R. White, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director, Research Collaboration & Development, Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director, Center for Health-related Informatics & Bioimaging
Liqing "Justin" Yu, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Min Zhan, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Yuji Zhang, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health

Gerontology Program Faculty

Gerontology

Odessa R. Addison, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Research Affairs, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Jennifer S. Albrecht, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Christine Armstrong Mair, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health, UMBC
Jessica P. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Clinical & Translational Research Informatics Center
John G. Cagle, PhD, MSW, Professor, School of Social Work
Sarah Chard, PhD, Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, UMBC
Christopher R. D'Adamo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center for Integrative Medicine
Joan Davitt, PhD, MSW, MLSP, Associate Professor and Chair of Aging Specialization, School of Social Work
Bruce R. DeForge, PhD, MA, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Elizabeth A. Dennis, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Kelly Doran, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Health, School of Nursing; Co-Director, Biology and Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center, Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing; Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry
Jason R. Falvey, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science and Epidemiology & Public Health
Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging; Senior Investigator, Longitudinal Studies Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health; Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Ann C. Frankowski, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health, Center for Health, Equity, & Aging, UMBC
Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Professor and Chair, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing
Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Jack M. Guralnik, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Loren Henderson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, UMBC
Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH, MACP, MACR, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Division Head, Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine
Yi Huang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, UMBC
Anupam Joshi, PhD, MS, Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity; Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, UMBC
Tasneem Khambaty, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
Nicole "Jennifer" J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA, Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health; Co-director, Biology & Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center, School of Nursing
Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, LMSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, UMBC
Amanda Lehning, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Social Work
Patrick F. McArdle, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science; Director, Program on Aging, Trauma, & Emergency Care, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center For Research On Aging
Nancy A. Miller, PhD, MA, Director and Professor, School of Public Policy, UMBC
Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
Norbert R. Myslinski, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN,FGSA, Professor and Associate Dean for the PhD Program, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing; Associate Director, Informatics Core, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
Denise L. Orwig, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Danya M. Qato, PhD, PharmD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Practice, Sciences, & Health Outcomes Research, School Of Pharmacy
Alan M. Rathbun, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Barbara M. Resnick, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing; Co-Director, Biology & Behavior Across the Lifespan Organized Research Center, School of Nursing; Sonya Ziporkin Gershowitz Chair in Gerontology, School of Nursing; Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Paul Sacco, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
John G. Schumacher, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health, UMBC
Fadia Tohme Shaya, PhD, MPH, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Practice, Sciences, & Health Outcomes Research, School Of Pharmacy; Executive Director, Behavioral Health Research & Resource Team, School of Pharmacy; Director, Informatics Core, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research; Director, Dissemination & Implementation Core, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
John D. Sorkin, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Kristen A. Stafford, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Deputy Director, Center for International Health, Education, & Biosecurity
Michael L. Terrin, MD, CM, PhD, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Medicine
Shari R. Waldstein, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine; Professor, Department of Psychology, UMBC
Brandy Wallace, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health, UMBC
Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT, Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Neurology
Takashi Yamashita, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health, UMBC

Molecular Medicine Program Faculty

Molecular Medicine

Zubair M. Ahmed, PhD, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eugene D. Albrecht, PhD, Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Seth A. Ament, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Genome Sciences, and Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Pavlos Anastasiadis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Toni M. Antalis, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Surgery; Associate Director, Basic Research, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Associate Director, Training and Education, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ola A. Awad, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Maria R. Baer, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Program Co-leader, Experimental Cancer Therapeutics, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nilanjan Banerjee, PhD, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, UMBC
Eli E. Bar, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Neurosurgery
Eileen M. Barry, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Medical & Research Technology, and Microbiology & Immunology, and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Director of Education, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
John Basile, DDS, DMSc, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Amber L. Beitelshees, PharmD, MPH, Professor, Department of Medicine
David R. Benavides, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Soren M. Bentzen, PhD, DMSc, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Radiation Oncology; Division Head, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Biostatistics Core, Institute of Clinical & Translational Research; Director, Biostatistics Shared Service, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Miriam G. Blitzer, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
Robert J. Bloch, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Orthopaedics; Core Director, Biosensor Core, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Liron Boyman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD, Charles Reid Edwards, MD Professor of Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Rebecca M. Brotman, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Vincent M. Bruno, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Paul W. Buehler, PharmD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics
Marguerite Buzza, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Xuefang Cao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Co-leader of the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Joana Carneiro Da Silva, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director of Research, Institute for Genome Sciences
France Carrier, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Division Director, Division of Translational Radiation Sciences, Department of Radiation Oncology; Co-leader, Molecular & Structural Biology, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Meenakshi Chellaiah, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry
Curt Civin, MD, Philip A. Zaffere Distinguished Professor of Regenerative Medicine; Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Sarah M. Clark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Lynda Coughlan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Joyce Teixeira Da Silva, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry; Member, Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research
Shiladitya DasSarma, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Seema P. Deshpande, MBBS, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Scott E. Devine, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Ivy E. Dick, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing; Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry
Alexander C. Drohat, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, DDS, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Alan I. Faden, MD, Donald S. Brown Professor of Trauma; Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Shengyun Fang, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ricardo A. Feldman, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Hanping Feng, PhD, Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine; RP-2 Project Leader, Center for Excellence in Translational Research, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Christina M. Ferrer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Gary M. Fiskum, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Claire M. Fraser, PhD, E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Dean's Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Matthew B. Frieman, PhD, Alicia and Yaya Viral Pathogen Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Vivek Garg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Daria A. Gaykalova, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Vladimir V. Gerzanich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Michelle G. Giglio, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Associate Director for Analysis, Informatics Resource Center, and Academic & Outreach Coordinator, Institute for Genome Sciences
Todd D. Gould, MD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
John M. Hamlyn, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Maged M. Harraz, MB,BCh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Jeffrey D. Hasday, MD, Dr. Herbert Berger Professor in Medicine; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Pathology; Director, Cytokine Core Laboratory, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Bret A. Hassel, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology;
Tracy H. Hazen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Erick O. Hernandez-Ochoa, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Johanna B. Holm, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Arif Hussain, MD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pathology; Program Co-leader, Hormone Responsive Cancers Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Philip H. Iffland, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neurobiology; Director of Neurology Labs, Department of Neurology
Masahiro Iwamoto, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
William T. Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Xiaofeng Jia, BM, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Orthopaedics
Jie Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Jace W. Jones, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Associate Director, Mass Spectrometry Center, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Laundette Jones, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Co-director, Program in Health Equity & Population Health, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Science Training for Advancing Biomedical Research Postbaccalaureate Education Program (STAR-PREP)
Barbara Juarez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Joseph P.Y. Kao, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering & Technology
Mariusz Karbowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Achsah D. Keegan, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Anthony J. Kim, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Co-director, Translational Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Neurosurgery
Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Bryan A. Krantz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Bruce K. Krueger, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry
Rena S. Lapidus, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Director, Translational Laboratory Shared Service, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
W. Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center For Biomedical Engineering & TechnologyNatalie L. Leong, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Erik P. Lillehoj, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Jiayuh Lin, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Iris Lindberg, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marta M. Lipinski, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Center for Shock, Trauma & Anesthesiology Research, Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics, and Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Ruya Liu, BM, PhD - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Thomas A. Longden, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Tao Lowe, PhD, Frederick G. Smith, MS, DDS, and Venice K. Paterakis, DDS, Endowed Professorship, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School Of Dentistry
Bing Ma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Thomas J. Macvittie, PhD, MS, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Radiation Oncology and Pathology
Stuart S. Martin, PhD, Drs. Angela and Harry Brodie Professor of Translational Cancer Research; Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Program Co-leader, Hormone Related Cancers, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Valeria Mas, PhD, Professor, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology
Brian N. Mathur, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry
Donald R. (Rick) Matteson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Assistant Dean for Student Research Education & Dual Degree Programs, Office of Student Research
Dirk Mayer, Dr. rer. nat, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Director, Metabolic Imaging, Center for Advanced Imaging Research
Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean’s Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology; Professor; Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry
John C. McLenithan, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Andrea L. Meredith, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Braxton D. Mitchell, PhD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Vice Chair for Research, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Nutrition, Department of Medicine
Jessica A. Mong, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Assistant Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars
Silvia Montaner, PhD, MPH, Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry
Mervyn J. Monteiro, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology, Neurology, and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Kamal D. Moudgil, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine
Vincent C.O. Njar, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Section Leader, Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Biomedical Therapeutics
Jeffrey R. O’Connell, DPhil, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Timothy D. O’Connor, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute for Genome Sciences; Interim Co-Director, Program in Health Equity & Population Health, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Satoru Otsuru, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
Antonino Passaniti, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ryan M. Pearson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Melanie M. Pina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Toni I. Pollin, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health
Alexandros Poulopoulos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Yun Qiu, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Pathology
David A. Rasko, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Feyruz V. Rassool, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Program Co-leader, Experimental Therapeutics Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chozha Rathinam, Dr. rer. nat, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Jean-Pierre Raufman, MD, The Moses Paulson, MD and Helen Golden Paulson Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Professor, Department of Medicine
Jacques Ravel, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine; Acting Director, Institute for Genome Sciences
Saima Riazuddin, PhD, MPH, MBA, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ryan C. Riddle, PhD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedics
David J. Riedel, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Medical Director, Center for International Health, Education, & Biosecurity, Institute of Human Virology; Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, Institute of Human Virology
Megan A. Rizzo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Jin Y. Ro, PhD, Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Joseph M. Savitt, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology
Karen M. Scanlon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Abraham Schneider, DDS, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School Of Dentistry; Chair, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences; Director, Dental Biomedical Sciences PhD Program, School of Dentistry
Lynn M. Schriml, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Chamindi Seneviratne, MD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
David Serre, Dr. rer. nat., Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Paul Shapiro, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Associate Dean of Research & Advanced Graduate Studies, School of Pharmacy; Associate Director, Drug Discovery & Development Core, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research; Co-director, Accelerated Translational Incubator Pilot Grant Program, UMB Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, Dr. Bizhan Aarabi Professor in Neurotrauma; Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Interim Chair, Department of Physiology
Nevil J. Singh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Junseok Son, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Joseph P. Stains, PhD, Professor, Departments of Orthopaedics and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Division Head, Musculoskeletal Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedics
Bogdan A. Stoica, MD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Dudley K. Strickland, PhD, Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Lishan Su, PhD, The Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor for HIV Research; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, & Cancer, Institute of Human Virology
Jung Soo Suk, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Michael Summers, PhD, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMBC; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yilun Sun, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Carol O. Tacket, MD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine
Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Unit Head, Genomic Epidemiology Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation Training Tracks, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation
Simeon I. Taylor, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Sharon M. Tennant, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Hervé Tettelin, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Loren P. Thompson, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Vivek Thumbigere Math, PhD, BDS, Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences & Therapeutics, School of Dentistry
Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiation Oncology
Matthew C. Trudeau, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Marco Venniro, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Michele I. Vitolo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Bruce E. Vogel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine
Jaylyn Waddell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
J-Y Wang, MD, PhD, Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Professor of Surgery; Professor, Department of Pathology
Christopher W. Ward, PhD, Professor, Departments of Orthopaedics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Terry J. Watnick, MD, Joan B. and John H. Sadler, MD Professor of Nephrology; Professor, Department of Medicine
Tonya J. Webb, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Owen R. White, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director, Center for Health-Related Informatics & Bioimaging
Jeff Winkles, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Surgery, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development, and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Co-director, Translational Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Neurosurgery
Steffen B.E. Wolff, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Owen M. Woodward, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Medicine; Director, Cell Culture & Cell Engineering Core, Maryland Polycystic Kidney Disease Research & Translation Core Center
Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, Howard M. Eisenberg, MD Distinguished Professorship in Neurosurgery; Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Co-director, Translational Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Neurosurgery; Director, Brain Tumor Treatment & Research Center, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mei-Yi Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Huakun Xu, PhD, MS, Professor, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences & Therapeutics, School Of Dentistry; Division Chief, Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering, School of Dentistry
Peixin Yang, PhD, Christopher R. Harman, MD Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Min Yu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Yifan Yuan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Michal Zalzman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Li Zhang, PhD, Professor, Departments of Physiology and Surgery; Associate Director of Research, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Guiling Zhao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology Program Faculty

Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Seth A. Ament, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Genome Sciences, and Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Abdu F. Azad, PharmD, PhD, MPH, Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Scott M. Baliban, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Eileen M. Barry, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine, Medical & Research Technology, and Microbiology & Immunology, and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Director of Education, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Patrik M. Bavoil, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Thomas G. Blanchard, PhD, JD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Director, University of Maryland Brain & Tissue Bank
Vincent M. Bruno, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Cristiana Cairo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, Medicine, the Institute of Human Virology
Xuefang Cao, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Co-leader of the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy Program, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Nicholas H. Carbonetti, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Gregory B. Carey, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Assistant Dean for Student Research & Education, Office of Student Research; Executive Director of Student Research & Community Outreach, Office of Student Research; Director, Science Training for Advancing Biomedical Research Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (STAR-PREP); Director, Program for Research Initiated by Students & Mentors (PRISM); Director, University of Maryland Scholars Summer Research Program
Joana Carneiro Da Silva, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences; Associate Director of Research, Institute for Genome Sciences
Som S. Chatterjee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine; and the Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Lynda Coughlan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Investigator, Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovations Centers, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Alan S. Cross, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Shiladitya DasSarma PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Helen M. Dooley, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Robert K. Ernst, PhD, Dr. Paul and Mrs. Jean Corcoran Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Ricardo A. Feldman, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Hanping Feng, PhD, Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Martin F. Flajnik, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Claire M. Fraser, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Medicine
Matthew B. Frieman, PhD, Alicia and Yaya Viral Pathogen Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Alfredo Garzino-Demo, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Daria A. Gaykalova, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Joseph J. Gillespie, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Bret A. Hassel, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Assistant Director for Training & Education, Cancer Research Career Enhancement & Related Activities and Director, Nathan Schnaper Intern Program in Translational Cancer Research, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tracy H. Hazen, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Johanna B. Holm, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Julie C. Dunning Hotopp, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences, School Of Dentistry
William T. Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Rosemary Jagus, PhD, Professor, Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Dhan V. Kalvakolanu, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
James B. Kaper, PhD, James & Carolyn Frenkil Distinguished Dean’s Professor; Vice Dean for Academic Affairs; Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Achsah D. Keegan, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Bryan A. Krantz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Alexander S. Krupnick, MD, Peter Angelos Distinguished Professor of Surgery; Professor, Departments of Surgery and Microbiology & Immunology; Division Head, Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
Miriam K. Laufer, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Epidemiology & Public Health; Interim Director, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Myron Levine, MD, DTPH, Simon and Bessie Grollman Distinguished Professor; Professor, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Epidemiology & Public Health and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
George Lewis, PhD, Robert C. Gallo, MD Endowed Professor of Translational Medicine; Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Deputy Director and Director, Division of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology
Yuxing Li, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Tim C. Luetkens, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Kirsten E. Lyke, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Unit Director, Malaria Vaccine & Challenge Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Bing Ma, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Dean L. Mann, MD, Professor, Departments of Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology
Robert McCann, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Muhammad M. Mohiuddin, MBBS, Professor, Department of Surgery
Kamal Moudgil, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine
Michael J. Noto, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Amanda G. Oglesby, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine
Yuko Ohta, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Marcela F. Pasetti, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Ryan M. Pearson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Darren J. Perkins, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Allen R. Place, PhD, Professor, Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Mohammed Sayeedur Rahman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
David Rasko, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute of Genome Sciences
Chozha Rathinam, Dr. rer. nat, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Jacques Ravel, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine; Acting Director, Institute for Genome Sciences
Frank T. Robb, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Mohammad M. Sajadi, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute of Human Virology
Karen M. Scanlon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Dan H. Schulze, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Alison J. Scott, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry; Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
David Serre, Dr. rer. nat., Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Nevil J. Singh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Ciaran M. Skerry, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Greg A. Snyder, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and the Institute of Human Virology
Nicholas M. Stamatos, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute of Human Virology
Lishan Su, PhD, The Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor for HIV Research; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, & Cancer, Institute of Human Virology
Marcelo B. Sztein, MD, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Laboratory Director, Flow & Mass Cytometry Facility, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources; Associate Director, Basic & Translational Research, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Yutaka Tagaya, BM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and the Institute of Human Virology; Head of the Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Core Facility, Institute of Human Virology
Shannon Takala Harrison, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Public Health; Unit Head, Genomic Epidemiology Unit, Malaria Research Program, Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health; Associate Director, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation Training Tracks, Center for Advanced Research Training & Innovation
Sharon M. Tennant, PhD, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development & Global Health
Hervé Tettelin PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and the Institute for Genome Sciences
Gerardo R. Vasta, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Stefanie N. Vogel, PhD, Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Medicine
Oliver H. Voss, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Tonya J. Webb, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Angela Wilks, PhD, Isaac E. Emerson Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Li Zhang, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Surgery; Associate Director of Research, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases

Neuroscience Program Faculty

Neuroscience

Thomas W. Abrams, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Anesthesiology
Zubair M. Ahmed, PhD, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eugene D. Albrecht, PhD, Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Physiology
Seth A. Ament, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Genome Sciences, and Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
Pavlos Anastasiadis, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Ilia V. Baskakov, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David R. Benavides, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Steven L. Bernstein, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Neurobiology; Member, Neural Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Vice Chair of Research, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Thomas A. Blanpied, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Confocal Microscopy Core Facility, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources
Robert J. Bloch, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Orthopaedics; Core Director, Biosensor Core, Center for Innovative Biomedical Resources; Member, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Robert W. Buchanan, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Donna J. Calu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Linda Chang, MD, MS, Professor, Departments of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurology
Joseph F. Cheer, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Rong Chen, PhD, MS, MTR Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Associate Vice Chair, Artificial Intelligence, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry; Interim Assistant Dean of Research, School of Dentistry; Co-director, Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research
Prajwal Ciryam, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Sarah M. Clark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Jacqueline A. Clauss, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS, Professor, Department of Pain & Translational Symptom Science, School of Nursing; Director, Placebo Beyond Opinions Center, Department of Pain & Translational Symptom Science, School of Nursing; MPower Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore; Adjunct Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Nathan P. Cramer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD, Dr. Richard and Kathryn Taylor Endowed Professor of Neurology; Chair, Department of Neurology; Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Ivy E. Dick, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Susan G. Dorsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, School Of Nursing; Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry
Gregory I. Elmer, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Alan I. Faden, MD, Donald S. Brown Professor of Trauma; Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Gary M. Fiskum, PhD, Professor Emerita, Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Vivek Garg, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
James M. Gold, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Todd D. Gould, MD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
John M. Hamlyn, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Stephanie M. Hare, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Maged M. Harraz, MB,BCh, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Daniel M. Harrison, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; Director, Division of Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology
Philip H. Iffland, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neurobiology; Director of Neurology Labs, Department of Neurology
Amal Isaiah, MBBS, DPhil, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Pediatrics, and Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Co-director, Program in Image Guided Neurointerventions
Thomas C. Jhou, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Xiaofeng Jia, BM, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurobiology, and Orthopaedics
Barbara Juarez, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Joseph P.Y. Kao, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Associate Director, Center for Biomedical Engineering & Technology
Asaf Keller, PhD, Donald E. Wilson, MD, MACP Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurobiology
Achsah Keegan, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases; Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program
Deanna L. Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Professor in Psychiatry for Mental Illness Research, Department of Psychiatry; Director; Maryland Psychiatric Research Center; Director and Chief; Treatment Research Program, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center; MPower Professor; Affiliate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, School of Pharmacy
Michy P. Kelly, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Tibor Kristian, PhD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology; Member, Neural Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Alexander Ksendzovsky, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology
Bruce K. Krueger, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry
W. Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center For Biomedical Engineering & Technology; Member, Cardiovascular Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Yajie "Kevin" Liang, MB PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine
Iris Lindberg, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marta M. Lipinski, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Center for Shock, Trauma & Anesthesiology Research, Center for Biomolecular Therapeutics, and Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Group Leader, Neural Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Mary Kay Lobo, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Thomas A. Longden, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Radi Masri, DDS, MS, PHD, American Board of Prosthodontics Diplomate, Professor, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences & Therapeutics, School of Dentistry; Division Chief, Prosthodontics, Department of Advanced Oral Sciences & Therapeutics, School of Dentistry; Director; Postgraduate Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry; Professor, Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Brian N. Mathur, PhD, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry
Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, James & Carolyn Frenkil Endowed Dean’s Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology; Professor; Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Psychiatry; Member, Neural Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Mary C. McKenna, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Alexandre E. Medina de Jesus, DSci, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Leonid Medved, ScD, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Ohannes Melemedjian, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Istvan J. Merchenthaler, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health and Neurobiology; Division Director, Translational Toxicology, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Andrea L. Meredith, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Jessica A. Mong, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Assistant Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Mervyn J. Monteiro, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology, Neurology, and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Norbert R. Myslinski, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Whitney Parker, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Joao H.F. Pedra, PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Melanie M. Pina, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
Brian M. Polster, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Teodor T. Postolache, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Alexandros Poulopoulos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Adam C. Puche, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurobiology; Member, Neural Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Saima Riazuddin, PhD, MPH, MBA, Professor, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ke Ren, PhD, MD, Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry and Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Cynthia L. Renn, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, Department of Pain & Translational Symptom Science, School of Nursing; Co-director, Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research; Chair, Department of Pain & Translational Symptom Science, School of Nursing
Megan A. Rizzo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Jin Y. Ro, PhD, Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Daniel J.O. Roche, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Osamah J. Saeedi, MD, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Director of Clinical Research and Division Chief of the Glaucoma Division, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Robert Schwarcz, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Neuroscience Program, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center
J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD, Dr. Bizhan Aarabi Professor in Neurotrauma; Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Pathology, and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Interim Chair, Department of Physiology
Bogdan A. Stoica, MD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology
Dudley Strickland, PhD, Professor, Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Director, Center for Vascular & Inflammatory Diseases
Lishan Su, PhD, The Charles Gordon Smith Endowed Professor for HIV Research; Professor, Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development and Microbiology & Immunology; Director, Division of Virology, Pathogenesis, & Cancer, Institute of Human Virology
Jung Soo Suk, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Summer L. Thompson, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Richard J. Traub, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry; Professor, Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Matthew C. Trudeau, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development; Group Co-leader, Cardiovascular Stem Cell Working Group, Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
George R. Uhl, MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Marco Venniro, PhD Assistant Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry
Jaylyn Waddell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Piotr Walczak, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Co-director, Program in Image Guided Neurointerventions, Center for Advanced Imaging Research
James A. Waltz PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Ze Wang, PhD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Feng Wei, PhD, MD, Professor, Department of Neural & Pain Sciences, School Of Dentistry
Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT, Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Neurology
Steffen B.E. Wolff, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Drug Development
Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, Howard M. Eisenberg, MD Distinguished Professorship in Neurosurgery; Chair, Department of Neurosurgery; Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; Co-director, Translational Therapeutics Research Group, Department of Neurosurgery; Director, Brain Tumor Treatment & Research Center, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center
Junfang Wu, BM, PhD, Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology and Center for Shock, Trauma & Anesthesiology Research

Physical Rehabilitation Science Program Faculty

Physical Rehabilitation Science

Odessa R. Addison, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor and Director of Research Affairs, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Elizabeth A. Dennis, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Jason R. Falvey, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science and Epidemiology & Public Health
Vicki L. Gray, MPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Victoria G. Marchese, PhD, PT, Jane Kroh Satterfield Endowed Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science; Chair, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Mary M. Rodgers, PT, PhD, FAPTA., FASB, FISB, Professor Emerita, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Douglas N. Savin Jr., MPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science; Director of Student Affairs, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Kelly P. Westlake, PhD, MSc, PT, Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitative Science, Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Neurology
Jill Whitall, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Li-Qun Zhang, PhD, Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science and Orthopaedics