Researchers

Aqil, Farrukh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Banerjee, Mayukh, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Baumgartner, Kathy B., Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

Baumgartner, Richard N., Ph.D.
Professor & Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

Beverly, Levi J., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Bodduluri, Haribabu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Boone, Stephanie Denkoff, Ph.D., MPH 
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

BrintzenhofeSzoc, Karlynn, Ph.D., MSW, FAOSW 
Professor, Kent School of Social Work & Family Science, Dr. Renato LaRocca Endowed Chair of Oncology Social Work

Buchanan, Robert, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry

Cash, Elizabeth (Liz), Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery & Communicative Disorders

Ceresa, Brian P., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Chen, Shao-yu, PH.D.
Professor and University Scholar, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Chesney, Jason. M.D., Ph.D.
Director, James Graham Brown Cancer Center

Clark, Geoffrey J., Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Pharmacology and Toxicology

Clem, Brian F., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Cripps, James G., Ph.D. 
Laboratory Manager, Brown Cancer Center

Dean, Douglas C., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences

Deng, Zhong-bin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine

Ding, Chuanlin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Donninger, Howard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Dupré, Natalie C., Sc.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health

Eaton, John W., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine, and Pharmacology & Toxicology

Egger, Michael E., M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery, Hiram C. Polk Jr., M.D. Department of Surgery

El-Baz, Ayman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, Speed School of Engineering

Fernandez-Botran, G. Rafael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Frieboes, Hermann B., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Garbett, Nichola C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Ghim, Shin-je, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Gratis, UofL

Groves, Frank D., M.D., Ph.D., FACP
Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health

Guo, Haixun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of  Radiology

Gupta, Ramesh C., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Hao, Hongying, M.D., Ph.D. 
Department of Surgery – Division of Immunotherapy

Hein, David W., Ph.D.
Peter K. Knoefel Endowed Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Hetman, Michal, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurological Surgery, and Pharmacology and Toxicology

Hong, Kyung U., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Hood, Joshua L., M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department Pharmacology and Toxicology

Imbert-Fernandez, Yoannis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Jala, Venkatakrishna Rao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Joh, Joongho, Ph.D.
Assistant Profressor, Department of Medicine

Kakar, Sham, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Kidd, La Creis R., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Klein, Jon B., M.D., Ph.D., FASN
Professor, Department of Medicine – Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, James Graham Brown Foundation Endowed Chair in Proteomics

Klinge, Carolyn M., Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Goetz H. Kloecker, M.D., MSPH, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Director, Thoracic Medical Oncology, Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program

Kong, Maiying, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Bioinformatics & Biostatistics

Kopechek, Jonathan A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Kouokam, J. Calvin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center of Predictive Medicine

 LaJoie, A. Scott, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

Lei, Zhenmin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of OB/GYN and Women’s Health, School of Medicine

Li, Chi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Li, Qingsheng, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Linder, Mark W., Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Liu, Yongqing, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Matoba, Nobuyuki, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

McMasters, Kelly M., M.D., Ph.D.
Ben A. Reid, Sr., M.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery

Miller, Donald M., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine

Mistry, Akshitkumar M., M.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery

Mitchell, Robert A., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine

Mitchell, Thomas C., Ph.D. 
Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Nair, Sharmila, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Ng, Chin K., PhD. 
Professor, Department of Radiology

Palmer, Kenneth E., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Predictive Medicine for BioDefense and Emerging Infectious Disease

Pfeifer, Mark P., M.D. 
Professor, Department of Medicine – Division of General Internal Medicine

Ratajczak, Janina, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Ratajczak, Mariusz Z., M.D., Ph.D., DSci, D
Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Pharmacology & Toxicology

Rodu, Brad, D.D.S.
Professor, Department of Medicine

Sabo, T. Michael, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology

Samuelson, David J., Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Schneider, Gabriela, Ph.D.
Instructor, Brown Cancer Center

Siskind, Leah J., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology

Smith, Melissa Laird, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Sorrell, Connie L. 
Director, Kentucky Cancer Program at UofL

Telang, Sucheta, M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Brinkley Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research

Teng, Yun, Ph.D., M.B.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine

Watson, Corey T., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Yaddanapudi, Kavitha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Yan, Jun, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Department of Surgery – Division of Immunotherapy; Endowed Chair in Translational Research

 Zhang, Huang-ge, DVM, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Founders Endowed Chair in Cancer Research

 Zheng, Jian, M.D., Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology