CGS Faculty

Administrative Faculty 

Yir Gloria Yueh, Ph.D.  
University of Connecticut 
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer 
Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Graduate Studies and Podiatric Medicine 
Professor

Michael J. Fay, Ph.D.  
University of Mississippi 
Dean, College of Graduate Studies 
Professor

Sandra Inouye, Ph.D.  
Northwestern University  
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Graduate Studies  
Director of Anatomical Laboratories and Body Donation Program 
Professor 

Department of Anatomy 

Arizona 

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

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

Greg Mihailoff, Ph.D.  
The Ohio State University 
Professor Emeritus

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 
Assistant 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  
Assistant Professor

Matthew Fardoux, M.S.
Northern Illinois University
Instructor

Eric Gorscak, Ph.D.
Ohio University  
Assistant Professor

Samuel Gutherz, Ph.D.
Ohio University
Instructor

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

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

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

Samantha Day, Ph.D.  
Arizona State University 
Assistant Professor

Thu Huynh, Ph.D.  
New York University 
Assistant 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

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

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

Illinois 

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

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

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

Department of Microbiology and Immunology 

Arizona

Kathryn Leyva, Ph.D., Chair
Northern Arizona University  
Professor 

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

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

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

Illinois 

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

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

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 & Instructor

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

Joshua Routh, M.D.  
University of Arizona 
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

Hilal Arnouk, M.D., Ph.D.  
The State University of New York at Buffalo
Associate 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 
Associate 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

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

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

Illinois 

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

Marsha Pierce, Ph.D. 
Creighton University  
Assistant Professor 

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

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

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

Department of Physiology 

Arizona 

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

Thomas L. Broderick, Ph.D. 
University of Alberta  
Professor

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

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

Michael C. Quinlan, Ph.D. 
Arizona 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
Associate Professor

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

Illinois 

Paul F. McCulloch, Ph.D., Chair 
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Professor 

Mae J. Ciancio, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago 
Program Coordinator, Master of Biomedical Sciences Program  
Professor

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

Kathy J. LePard, Ph.D.  
The Ohio State University 
Program Director, Biomedical Sciences 
Professor

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

Rafael Mejia-Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.  
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México School of Medicine, Mexico  
Baylor College of Medicine  
Professor

Kathleen O'Hagan., Ph.D.  
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Professor

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

Fred D. Romano, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago 
Dean, College of Health Sciences (Downers Grove, IL)
Professor

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

Sinju Sundaresan, Ph.D.  
Texas Woman's University 
Assistant 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 Arts in Biomedical Sciences  
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine  
Associate Professor

Mitra Esfandiarei, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, Master of Biomedical Sciences  
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.  
Arizona State University  
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 
Associate Professor

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

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

Theresa Currier Thomas, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
Adjunct Associate Professor

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

Illinois 

Kathy J. LePard, Ph.D., Program Director 
The Ohio State University  
Professor

Mae J. Ciancio, Ph.D.  
Loyola University Chicago 
Program Coordinator, Master of Biomedical Sciences Program    
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., Associate Program Director, Precision Medicine  
Duke University  
Duke University Medical Center 
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 
Assistant 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

Hilal Arnouk, M.D., Ph.D.  
The State University of New York at Buffalo
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  
Associate Professor

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

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

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

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

Brandon Guida, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
Adjunct Faculty

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

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

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

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

Kathryn Leyva, Ph.D.  
Northern Arizona University 
Professor and Chair

Rafael Mejia-Alvarez, M.D., Ph.D.  
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México School of Medicine, Mexico  
Baylor College of Medicine 
Professor

Sandhya Noronha, M.D. 
University of Illinois at Chicago 
College of Medicine 
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 Instructor

Rosa Ventrella, Ph.D.  
Northwestern University 
Assistant 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 

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

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

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

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