CGS Faculty

Administrative Faculty

Yir Gloria Yueh, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Senior Vice President and Provost
Professor

Sandra Inouye, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Director of Anatomical Laboratories
Professor

Kathryn Leyva, Ph.D.
Northern Arizona University
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Graduate Studies  
Professor

Department of Anatomy

Arizona

Wade Grow, Ph.D., Chair 
University of Idaho  
Professor

Karen Baab, Ph.D.  
City University of New York 
Professor

Justin Georgi, Ph.D.  
Stony Brook University 
Professor

Aryeh Grossman, Ph.D. 
Stony Brook University  
Professor

Margaret Hall, Ph.D.  
Stony Brook University 
Professor

Christopher Heesy, Ph.D. 
Stony Brook University  
Professor

Bucky Jones, Ph.D.  
The Ohio State University 
Professor

Jason Kaufman, Ph.D.  
Washington University, St. Louis 
Professor

Andrew Lee, Ph.D.  
University of California, Berkeley 
Professor

Leigha Lynch, Ph.D.  
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences 
Associate Professor

Kathleen Muldoon, Ph.D.  
Washington University, St. Louis 
Professor

Randall L. Nydam, Ph.D.  
University of Oklahoma  
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs  
Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Professor

Matthew O’Neill, Ph.D. 
Johns Hopkins University 
Associate Professor

Jose Rodriguez Sosa, M.V.Z., Ph.D.
University of Guelph  
Associate Professor

Erin Simons, Ph.D. 
Ohio University  
Professor

Heather Smith, Ph.D.  
Arizona State University 
Professor

Kathryn Townsend, Ph.D.  
Washington University, St. Louis 
Professor

Carrie Veilleux, Ph.D.  
University of Texas, Austin 
Associate Professor

Illinois

Michele Fornaro, Ph.D., Chair 
University of Turin, Italy  
Professor

Timothy Campbell, Ph.D.  
Texas A&M University College Station
Assistant Professor

Michael Ebeid, Ph.D.
Creighton University  
Associate Professor

Matthew Fardoux, M.S.
Northern Illinois University
Instructor

Joanna Goral, Ph.D.
Loyola University
Professor Emeritus

Eric Gorscak, Ph.D.
Ohio University  
Associate Professor

Samuel Gutherz, Ph.D.
Ohio University
Instructor

Ji Eun Kim, Ph.D.  
University of Tennessee
Associate Professor

Erin Leslie, Ph.D.  
Northwestern University
Associate Professor

Vivian E. Noble  
Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Instructor

Terrence Ritzman, Ph.D. 
Arizona State University 
Assistant Professor

Erin Stephenson, Ph.D.  
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia
Associate Professor

Joseph Terranova, Ph.D.
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor

Maria Traka, Ph.D.  
University of Crete, Greece 
Associate Professor

Deming Yang, Ph.D.
Stony Brook University
Assistant Professor

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Arizona

Jose Hernandez, Ph.D., Chair 
University of Zaragoza, Spain  
Professor

Nancy Bae, Ph.D.  
University of Maryland at College Park/National Institutes of Health  
Associate Professor

David Carroll, Ph.D.  
University of Connecticut 
Associate Professor

Thu Huynh, Ph.D.  
New York University 
Associate Professor

Garilyn Jentarra, Ph.D., Program Director  
Arizona State University  
Program Director, Precision Medicine Program
Professor

Chongwoo Kim, Ph.D.  
Johns Hopkins University 
Professor

Kathryn Lawson, Ph.D. 
University of Arizona  
Associate Professor

Robert Mercer, Ph.D.
University of Alberta, Canada
Assistant Professor

Minsub Shim, Ph.D.  
North Carolina State University 
Associate Professor

Mark Swanson, Ph.D.  
Stony Brook University
Associate Professor

Illinois

Susan M. Viselli, Ph.D., Chair  
Pennsylvania State University 
Professor

Bryan C. Bjork, Ph.D. 
University of Iowa  
Professor

Thomas M. Bodenstine, Ph.D.  
University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Associate Professor

Jeffrey Kurkewich, Ph.D.
University of Notre Dame
Assistant Professor

Jonathan Lerner, Ph.D.
Paris Descartes University, France
Assistant Professor

Candice Mazewski, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor

Renier Velez-Cruz, Ph.D.  
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Associate
Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Arizona

Kathryn Leyva, Ph.D., Acting Chair
Northern Arizona University
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Graduate Studies  
Professor

Fernando Gonzalez, Ph.D.  
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas  
Associate Professor

Nicholas Haley, D.V.M., Ph.D. 
Colorado State University  
Associate Professor

John A. Hnida, Ph.D.  
University of New Mexico 
Professor

Sam Katzif, Ph.D.  
Georgia State University 
Associate Professor

Lisa Kronstad, Ph.D.  
University of California, Berkeley 
Associate Professor

Adebayo J. Molehin, Ph.D.  
The University of Queensland, Australia 
Associate Professor

Dhritiman Samanta, Ph.D.  
The University of Southern Mississippi 
Associate Professor

Savannah E. Sanchez, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Assistant Professor

Illinois

Michael V. Volin, Ph.D., Chair 
The University of Chicago  
Professor

Jeremy Ellermeier, Ph.D.  
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Associate Professor

Richard Laddaga, Ph.D.  
McGill University, Canada 
Professor

Balbina Plotkin, Ph.D.
University of Tennessee
Professor Emeritus

Ira Sigar, Ph.D.  
Illinois Institute of Technology 
Associate Professor

Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Professor

Julie Swartzendruber, Ph.D. 
Northwestern University  
Associate Professor

Martin Szul, Ph.D.  
University of Tennessee  
Lab Manager & Assistant Professor

Vaibhav Tiwari, Ph.D.  
Banaras Hindu University, India 
Professor

Department of Pathology

Arizona

Tony Tullot, M.D., Chair  
Medical College of Georgia 
Assistant Professor

Parveen Ranjan, Ph.D.  
University of Delhi Medical School, New Delhi 
Assistant Professor

Illinois

John N. Kasimos, D.O., M.S., M.S.H.C.E., F.C.A.P, F.A.S.C.P., F.A.O.C.P., Chair  
Midwestern University  
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine  
Professor

Louis W. Gierke, D.O.  
Midwestern University 
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Professor Emeritus

Luigi Strizzi, M.D., Ph.D.  
University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy 
Professor

Department of Pharmacology

Arizona

Pamela Potter, Ph.D., Chair 
Dalhousie University  
Professor

Gerald Call, Ph.D.  
University of Kansas Medical Center 
Professor

Douglas Jones, Ph.D. 
University of Texas  
Associate Professor

Laszlo Kerecsen, M.D.
Medical School of Debrecen
Professor Emeritus

Shaleen Korch, Ph.D.  
University of North Dakota 
Professor

Jeffrey Norris, D.V.M., Ph.D.  
University of California-Davis
Professor

Edward Wickstead, Ph.D.
University of London
Assistant Professor

Illinois

Phillip Kopf, Ph.D., Chair 
University of New Mexico  
Professor

Milad J. Alasady, Ph.D.
University of Baltimore
Assistant Professor

Joshua Edwards, Ph.D.  
Michigan State University 
Professor

Keith B. Glaser, Ph.D.  
University of California at Santa Barbara
Adjunct Professor

Alejandro M. Mayer, Ph.D.
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor Emeritus 

Marsha Pierce, Ph.D. 
Creighton University  
Associate Professor

Walter C. Prozialeck, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
Emeritus Professor

Prasanth Puthanveetil, Ph.D.  
University of British Columbia, Canada
Associate Professor

Cai Roberts, Ph.D.  
City of Hope, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences 
Associate Professor

Department of Physiology

Arizona

Layla Al-Nakkash, Ph.D., Chair  
University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Professor

Joao Carvalho-de-Souza, D.V.M., Ph.D.
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Assistant Professor

Jeffrey Hord, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor

Estela Jauregui, Ph.D.
Washington State University
Assistant Professor

Christopher R. Olson, Ph.D. 
Iowa State University  
Associate Professor

Ann Revill, Ph.D.  
University of Arizona 
Associate Professor

Tobias Riede, D.V.M, Ph.D.  
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Professor

Johanna Vallejo-Elias, Ph.D. 
University of Missouri  
Professor

Illinois

Rafael Mejía-Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D., Chair  
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 
CINVESTAV/Baylor College of Medicine  
Professor

Mae J. Ciancio, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago 
Program Director, Biomedical Sciences Program  
Professor

Kyle Henderson, Ph.D.  
Kansas University Medical Center 
Associate Professor

Kathy J. LePard, Ph.D.  
The Ohio State University 
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Professor

Isabel Martinez-Peña y Valenzuela, Ph.D.
University of La Laguna, Spain  
Assistant Professor

Maura Porta, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago 
Associate Professor

Alexander J. Rosenberg, Ph.D. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
Associate Professor

Sinju Sundaresan, Ph.D.  
Texas Woman's University 
Associate Professor

Biomedical Sciences Program

Arizona

Elizabeth E. Hull, Ph.D., Program Director
Rockefeller University  
Professor

Leonard B. Bell, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Professor Emeritus

Lori M. Buhlman, Ph.D. 
University of Arizona  
College of Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs
Professor

Kimbal E. Cooper, Ph.D. 
University of Illinois  
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
Professor Emeritus

Delrae M. Eckman, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, Master of Biomedical Sciences  
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine  
Associate Professor

Mitra Esfandiarei, Ph.D.  
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine  
Professor

Sudhindra R. Gadagkar, Ph.D. 
Dalhousie University  
Professor

Nathan W. Johnson, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Biomedical Sciences 
Arizona State University  
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 
Associate Professor

Carleton B. Jones, Ph.D.  
Washington State University 
College of Pharmacy  
Associate Professor

John G. Phillips, Ph.D.
University of Tulsa
Assistant Professor

Scott D. Soby, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
College of Agricultural and Environmental Science
Professor Emeritus

Brian P. Wellensiek, Ph.D.  
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Associate Professor

Illinois

Mae J. Ciancio, Ph.D., Program Director  
Loyola University Chicago     
Professor

Michael J. Fay, Ph.D.
University of Mississippi
Professor

Joshua Gasiorowski, Ph.D.  
Northwestern University 
Integrated Graduate Program 
Associate Director, ORSP 
Associate Professor

Andrew B. Hawkey, Ph.D. 
University of Kentucky 
Assistant Professor

Kolla Kristjansdottir, Ph.D.  
Duke University  
Duke University Medical Center
Associate Program Director, Precision Medicine 
Associate Professor

Kristina Martinez-Guryn, Ph.D., R.D.  
University of North Carolina-Greensboro 
School of Health and Human Sciences  
Associate Professor

Alesia V. Prakapenka, Ph.D. 
Arizona State University 
Associate Professor

Precision Medicine Program

Garilyn Jentarra, Ph.D., Program Director
Arizona State University  
Professor

Kolla Kristjansdottir, Ph.D., Associate Program Director 
Duke University  
Duke University Medical Center  
Associate Professor

Nancy Bae, Ph.D.  
University of Maryland at College Park/National Institutes of Health  
Associate Professor

Bryan Bjork, Ph.D. 
University of Iowa  
Professor

Thomas Bodenstine, Ph.D.  
University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Associate Professor

Kelly Bontempo, M.S., C.G.C. 
Northwestern University 
Adjunct Faculty

Lori M. Buhlman, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
College of Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs
Professor

Kimberly Bussey, Ph.D.  
Oregon Health Sciences University 
Associate Professor

Frederick Collison, Ph.D.
Illinois College of Optometry
Associate Professor

Ying He, Ph.D.  
University of Illinois 
Assistant Professor

Jose Hernandez, Ph.D.  
University of Zaragoza, Spain 
Professor and Chair

Thu Huynh, Ph.D. 
New York University
Associate Professor

Bucky Jones, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University
Professor

Sam Katzif, Ph.D.  
Georgia State University 
Associate Professor

Lisa Kronstad, Ph.D.  
University of California, Berkeley 
Associate Professor

Kathryn Leyva, Ph.D.  
Northern Arizona University
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Graduate Studies 
Professor

Rafael Mejía-Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D., Chair  
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  
CINVESTAV/Baylor College of Medicine 
Professor and Chair

Ann Revill, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Associate Professor

Megan Roy-Puckelwartz, Ph.D. 
University of Chicago 
Adjunct Faculty

Mark Swanson, Ph.D.  
Stony Brook University
Associate Professor

Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Professor

Julie A. Swartzendruber, Ph.D. 
Northwestern University 
Associate Professor

Martin Szul, Ph.D.  
University of Tennessee  
Lab Manager and Assistant Professor

Rosa Ventrella, Ph.D.  
Northwestern University 
Associate Professor

Michael V. Volin, Ph.D.  
The University of Chicago 
Professor and Chair

Brian P. Wellensiek, Ph.D.  
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Associate Professor

Public Health Program

Tiffany Hughes, Ph.D., M.P.H., MBA, FGSA, Interim Program Director
University of South Florida
Assistant Professor

Karen Gruszynski, Ph.D., D.V.M., M.P.H.
Louisiana State University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor

Chase Irwin, M.S.
University of Arizona
Manager of BioClinical Statistics

David Line, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.W.
The University of New Mexico  
Associate Professor

Lawrence Sands, D.O., M.P.H.  
Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine  
Associate Professor

Felicia Trembath, Ph.D., M.P.H. 
Purdue University  
Associate Professor

Mariah Zeigler, D.V.M., M.P.H., DACVPM  
Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine  
Assistant Professor