People
Principal/Primary Faculty
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Adam J. Case, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences PTSD; Psychological trauma; Anxiety; Depression; Redox Biology; Immunology; Physiology
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Sanjukta Chakraborty, PhD Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology Lymphatic Biology; Inflammation; Microbiome; Tumor Microenvironment; Lymphatic Metastasis |
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Walter E. Cromer, PhD |
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Shannon S. Glaser, PhD Professor of Medical Physiology Lymphatic Biology; Vascular Biology; Hepatology |
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Travis W. Hein, PhD Professor of Medical Physiology Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Signaling; Diabetes |
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Lih Kuo, PhD Regents Professor of Medical Physiology Associate Department Head Director, Division of Vascular Biology Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Oxidative Stress |
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Brett M. Mitchell, PhD Professor of Medical Physiology Hypertension; Immunity and Inflammation; Preeclampsia; Endothelial Dysfunction |
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Immune Response to Chronic Inflammatory Syndromes
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Xu Peng, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Cardiac and Vascular Development; Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis |
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Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD Professor of Medical Physiology Executive Dean, Engineering Medicine Cardiology; Imaging; Bioengineering |
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Joseph M. Rutkowski, PhD Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Director, Division of Lymphatic Biology Lymphatic vessel biology and physiology; Lymphangiogenesis; Inflammation and immunity; Cardiorenal disease; Lymphedema; Lipedema |
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Paula Shireman, MD, MS, MBA Professor of Medical Physiology Professor of Primary Care and Rural Medicine Muscle Regeneration; Extremity Vascular Trauma; Imaging |
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Carl Tong, MD, PhD, FACC
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Director, Division of Cardiac Biology Contractile Proteins; Diastolic Dysfunction; Contractility; Cardiomyopathy; Calcium to Cross-Bridge Relationship |
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Andreea Trache, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Live Cell Biophysics; Mechanobiology; Imaging |
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Mohammad Nasir Uddin, PhD, FAHA
Research Associate Professor of Medical Physiology Preeclampsia; Ovarian Cancer; Therapeutic Interventions |
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David C. Zawieja, PhD
Regents Professor and Head of Medical Physiology Executive Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute Lymphatic Biology; Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Imaging |
Joint/Adjunct Faculty
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Jiang Chang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Molecular Development and Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology Cardiac Biology; Molecular Basis of Heart Failure |
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Bonnie J. Dunbar, PhD Professor of Aerospace Engineering Professor of Medical Physiology Microgravity and Partial g Fluid Physics; Digital Human Modeling; Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacesuit System Design; Space Systems Engineering |
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Abhishek Jain, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology Director, Bioinspired Translational Microsystems (BioinSyst) Lab Pathophysiological Interactions Between Blood Cells and Vessel Wall; Microengineered Models of Vascular and Hematologic Diseases |
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Thomas V. Peterson, PhD Instructional Professor of Medical Physiology Teaching and Curriculum Development; Medical Student Admissions |
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John Stallone, PhD Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Professor of Medical Physiology Vascular physiology and pharmacology, especially sex differences in vascular function, blood pressure and hypertension; The roles of the gonadal steroids (androgens and estrogens) in the regulation |
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Guoyao Wu, PhD Professor of Animal Science Professor of Medical Physiology TAES Faculty Fellow and University Faculty Fellow Pathobiology of Nitric Oxide and Polyamines; Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Complications |
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Yubin Zhou, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Institute of Biosciences and Technology Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology Calcium Channels; Calcium Ion Transport; Calcium Flux |
Emeritus Faculty
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R. Kelly Hester, PhD Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology Associate Dean for Faculty Development Emeritus, Texas A&M University School of Medicine |
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Cynthia Meininger, PhD Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology |
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Janet L. Parker, PhD Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology |
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H. Wayne Sampson, PhD Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology |
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Warren E. Zimmer, PhD Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology |
Support Staff
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Vince Cupit Administrative Associate III vcupit@tamu.edu |
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Tina R. Mendoza Business Administrator II trmendoza@tamu.edu |
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Oksana Nekrashevych, MPH
Project Coordinator II
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Amelia Rodriguez Business Coordinator II aerodriguez@tamu.edu |
Camryn Spalding Student Assistant cspalding@tamu.edu |
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Sydnee Woodward Student Assistant sydnee2021@tamu.edu |
Technical Staff
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Patrick DeSpain Technician I Research Group: Dr. Xu Peng patrickdespain@tamu.edu |
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Laticia Ellankil Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong laticiaellankil123@tamu.edu |
Malak Ezzat Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong malak_ezzat@exchange.tamu.edu |
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Jordan Faust Technician III Research Group: Dr. Shannon Glaser jordanjfaust@tamu.edu |
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Niyanshi Gaddam Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty niyagaddam@tamu.edu |
Chris Gonzalez Student Research Assistant |
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Bethany Goodlett, BS Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Brett Mitchell bethany-goodlett@tamu.edu |
Cole Gowan Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty colegowan@tamu.edu |
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Seth Greiner Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. David Zawieja sethgreiner@tamu.edu |
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Eric Hall
Non-Affiliated Student Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong ehall@tamu.edu |
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Yunwoo Kwon
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong yunwookwon@tamu.edu |
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Ryan McNair
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong ryanm@tamu.edu |
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Varshni Nandakumar
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong vnandakumar@tamu.edu |
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Hannah Ngai
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong hannah.ngai@tamu.edu |
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Akshaya Narayanan
Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy akshaya.narayanan@tamu.edu |
Samatha Pozo Navarro
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong spozonavarro@tamu.edu |
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Samuel V. Padgham, AAS, AA
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Reed Rivera
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Xu Peng reedrivera25@tamu.edu |
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Cedric Robinson
Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong cedric.robinson@tamu.edu |
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Aishu Senthil Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong aishusenthil@tamu.edu |
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Tugwell, Katherine Student Research Assistant Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong tugwekat@tamu.edu |
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Wei Wang, PhD Assistant Research Scientist Research Group: Dr. David Zawieja weiwang@tamu.edu |
Graduate Students
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Heidi Creed, BS University of Washington Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski hcreed@tamu.edu |
Shedreanna Johnson, BS Nicholls State University, Louisiana Mentor: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy sjohnson22@tamu.edu |
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Justin McDermott, MPH University of Utah Mentor: Dr. Brett Mitchell jgmrex@tamu.edu |
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Thien Phan, BS |
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Sukanya Roy, MS
University of Calcutta, India
Mentor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
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Yu Xi, MS Zhejiang University, China Mentor: Dr. Xu Peng xiyuzj@tamu.edu |
Postdoctoral Research Associates
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Priyanka Banerjee, PhD West Bengal University of Health Science, India Mentor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty pbanerjee@exchange.tamu.edu |
Saranya Kannan, PhD University of Madras, India Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski saranyakannan@tamu.edu |
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Dylan Pham
Texas A&M University Mentor: Dr. Travis Hein dpham@tamu.edu |
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Bhuvaneshwaran Subramanian, PhD
Jadavpur University, India Mentor: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy bhuvanesh@tamu.edu |