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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
sanjukta-chakraborty.jpg Sanjukta Chakraborty, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Lymphatic Biology; Inflammation; Microbiome; Tumor Microenvironment; Lymphatic Metastasis
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Walter E. Cromer, PhD

Instructional Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology


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Professor of Medical Physiology

Lymphatic Biology; Vascular Biology; Hepatology
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Professor of Medical Physiology

Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Nitric Oxide and Endothelin-1 Signaling; Diabetes
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Regents Professor of Medical Physiology

Associate Department Head 
Director, Division of Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology; Microcirculation; Oxidative Stress
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Professor of Medical Physiology

Hypertension; Immunity and Inflammation; Preeclampsia; Endothelial Dysfunction
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Mariappan Muthuchamy, PhD

Professor of Medical Physiology
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute

Cardiac & Lymphatic Muscle Contraction; Mechanotransduction

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M. Karen Newell-Rogers, PhD

Research Professor of Medical Physiology
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
 roderic-pettigrew.jpg Roderic Pettigrew, PhD, MD

Professor of Medical Physiology

Executive Dean, Engineering Medicine
Cardiology; Imaging; Bioengineering                                    
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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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Assistant Professor of Molecular Development and Diseases, Institute of Biosciences and Technology
Assistant Professor of Medical Physiology
Cardiac Biology; Molecular Basis of Heart Failure
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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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Instructional Professor of Medical Physiology
Teaching and Curriculum Development; Medical Student Admissions
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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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Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology
Associate Dean for Faculty Development Emeritus, Texas A&M University School of Medicine
 cynthia-meininger.jpg Cynthia Meininger, PhD

Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology
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Professor Emerita of Medical Physiology
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon H. Wayne Sampson, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology
 warren-zimmer.jpg Warren E. Zimmer, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Medical Physiology

 

Support Staff

 vince-cupit.jpg Vince Cupit

Administrative Associate III
vcupit@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Tina R. Mendoza

Business Administrator II
trmendoza@tamu.edu
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Oksana Nekrashevych, MPH

Project Coordinator II
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Amelia Rodriguez

Business Coordinator II
aerodriguez@tamu.edu
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Student Assistant 
cspalding@tamu.edu
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Student Assistant
sydnee2021@tamu.edu
 

Technical Staff

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Valorie Chiasson, BS

Research Associate
Research Group: Dr. Brett Mitchell
vchiasson@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Patrick DeSpain

Technician I
Research Group: Dr. Xu Peng
patrickdespain@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Laticia Ellankil

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
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Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
malak_ezzat@exchange.tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Jordan Faust

Technician III 
Research Group: Dr. Shannon Glaser
jordanjfaust@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Niyanshi Gaddam

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
niyagaddam@tamu.edu
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Chris Gonzalez

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
chrisgonzalez@tamu.edu

 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Bethany Goodlett, BS

Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Brett Mitchell
bethany-goodlett@tamu.edu
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Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
colegowan@tamu.edu
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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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Lilly McAlister, BS

Research Associate
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
lilly.mcalister@tamu.edu
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Ryan McNair

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
ryanm@tamu.edu
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Malea Murphy, PhD 

Research Specialist II 
Research Group: Dr. Andreea Trache 
maleamurphy@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 
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Samatha Pozo Navarro

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
spozonavarro@tamu.edu
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Samuel V. Padgham, AAS, AA

Technician III 
Research Group: Dr. Andreea Trache
svpadgham@tamu.edu
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Andrea Reyna, BS

Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
areyna94@tamu.edu
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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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John Schock

Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Shannon Glaser
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Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
aishusenthil@tamu.edu
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Student Research Assistant
Research Group: Dr. Carl Tong
tugwekat@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Wei Wang, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist
Research Group: Dr. David Zawieja
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Graduate Students

 heidi-creed.jpg Heidi Creed, BS

University of Washington
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
hcreed@tamu.edu
TAMU Block Logo Maroon Shedreanna Johnson, BS

Nicholls State University, Louisiana
Mentor: Dr. Mariappan Muthuchamy
sjohnson22@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Justin McDermott, MPH

University of Utah
Mentor: Dr. Brett Mitchell
jgmrex@tamu.edu
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Thien Phan, BS

University of Mary Washington, Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Rutkowski
ttphan@tamu.edu

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Sukanya Roy, MS

University of Calcutta, India
Mentor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
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 Hannah Smith, BS

Montana State University
Mentor: Dr. Brett Mitchell
hannahsmith@tamu.edu
 TAMU Block Logo Maroon Yu Xi, MS

Zhejiang University, China
Mentor: Dr. Xu Peng
xiyuzj@tamu.edu
 

Postdoctoral Research Associates

priyanka-banerjee.jpg Priyanka Banerjee, PhD

West Bengal University of Health Science, India
Mentor: Dr. Sanjukta Chakraborty
pbanerjee@exchange.tamu.edu
TAMU Block Logo Maroon 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