Faculty Participating in Training

We have assembled a group of 51 mentors, from 14 departments and 3 divisions in the School of Medicine. All are committed to training young investigators interested in the study of the heart and vasculature. Mentors are grouped according to their research focus. Click the mentors for descriptions of their research. - links to a faculty member's lab or personal website


Biomedical Engineering
Brett Blackman, PhD     
Fred Epstein, PhD     
Brent French, PhD     
William Guilford, PhD     
Brian Helmke, PhD     
Jeffrey Holmes, MD, PhD     
John Hossack, PhD     
Kevin Janes, PhD     
Kimberly Kelly, PhD     
Michael Lawrence, PhD     
Craig Meyer, PhD     
Jason Papin, PhD
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, PhD     
Richard Price, PhD
Jeff Saucerman, PhD     

Cardiovascular Medicine
Brian Annex, MD
Jessica Connelly, PhD     
Christopher Kramer, MD     
Coleen McNamara , MD     
Randall Moorman, MD
Michele Sale, MD     
Brian Wamhoff, PhD     
Zhen Yan, PhD     

Endocrinology and Metabolism
Eugene Barrett, MD, PhD
Robert Carey, MD
Helmy Siragy, MD

Microbiology
Victor Engelhard, PhD
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD     

Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Brian Duling, PhD     
Brant Isakson, PhD     
Gary Owens, PhD
Avril Somlyo, PhD
Mark Yeager, MD, PhD     

Nephrology
Mark Okusa, MD

Neuroscience
Kevin Lee, PhD

Ophthalmology
Paul Yates, MD, PhD

Pathology
Thomas Braciale, MD, PhD     
Kenneth Tung, MD     

Pediatrics
Benjamin Gaston, MD
Ariel Gomez, MD

Pharmacology
Paula Barrett, PhD
Patrice Guyenet, PhD     
Thurl Harris, PhD
Norbert Leitinger, PhD     
Kevin Lynch, PhD
Ira Schulman, PhD     

Public Health Sciences Admin
Steve Rich, PhD     

Radiology
Bijoy Kundu, PhD     

Surgery
Victor E. Laubach, PhD     
Gib Upchurch, MD     

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