- coaching in medical education -cancer plasticity & cancer progression acidosis acute asthma acute infections acute lung injury acute respiratory distress syndrome acute stroke additional hpv-related diseases adjuvant therapy aging alternative splicing in stress responses alzheimer's disease amyloid amyloidosis amyloidosisendothelial cells an abnormal number of chromosomes in the cells and cervical cancers and health services and outcomes and metabolism aneurysms angiogenesis antibodies antimicrobial resistance arbovirusesinfectious disease arterial hypertension arthropod vectors arthropod-borne viruses artificial mitochondria autoimmune encephalitis autoimmunity b lymphocyte biology bacterial pathogenesis bacterial pathogenesis mechanisms of upec bacterial pneumonia bacterial srnas behavioral epidemiology biochemistry & molecular biology biochemistry and molecular biology bioimaging core facility bioinformatics and data science biomedical engineering bladder and kidney infection biology bmi borrelia burgdorferi brain breast cancer breast reduction reconstruction flap perineal bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extreme preterm infants burn reconstruction calcium signaling camp phosphodiesterases camp signaling cancer cancer and health disparities cancer care cancer cell signaling cancer control cancer mitochondrial genome and biology cancer neurogenesis cancer neurosciencepost-transcriptional regulation of genes expression cancer prevention cardiovascular disease cardiovascular disease in cancer patients carotid and vertebral stenosis castrate-resistant prostate cancer cell metabolism cell senescence cell signaling cellular signaling systems center for lung biology chemotaxis chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity chronic disease epidemiology clinical research clinical trialshypertensive emergencies coaching faculty colorectal cancer competence complex spine surgery computational biology critical care medicine and surgery crohn's disease cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (pdes) cyclic nucleotide signaling cyclic nucleotide signalling cyclic nucleotideslung biology cytoskeleton diabetes disease identification disease linkage to care dna damage and repair dna damage and repairlung biology drug discovery dysautonomia dystonia ed infectious disease education efferocytosis emergency emergency department care emergency medicine endothelial cells endothelial cellshost-pathogen interactions endothelial cellsph homeostasis endothelial cellsretroviruses endothelial stem cells endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases environmental epidemiology environmental health enzyme kinetics eosinophilic cystitis epidemiology epigenetic and epitranscriptomic modifications epilepsy epithelial barrier function exposure science extracellular rnas extracellular vesicles family medicine fatty liver fleas flow cytometry free market healthcare functional genomics gastroenterologist gastroenterology gastrointestinal cancers glucose gpcr signaling pathways growth factor signaling gynecologic cancer hcv health communications health disparities health disparities and social determinants of health health economics health equity health law health policy healthcare access equity healthcare disparities heart disease hiv prevention hiv treatment host-pathogen interactions host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection hpv hyperspectral imagingmicroscopy hypertension hypoxia hypoxic signaling image analysis imaging immune regulation immunoglobulins immunology immunotherapy improving cardiovascular care of cancer patients infection infectious disease infectious disease prevention infectious diseaserickettsia infectious diseases inflammation inflammatory bowel disease inflammatory mitigation innate immune response innate immunity inositol phosphates insulin interactive teaching and learning intercellular transfer of mitochondria interferon internal medicine interspecies barriers for mitochondrial dna replication interstitial cystitis intracranial stenosis karki kawasaki disease kidney cancer leadership coaching learning and memory lenticulostriate vasculopathy and its significance in extremely preterm infants lg4 genomic enhancer lifestyle medicine lipids liquid biopsy liver cirrhosis liver transplant lucia plant lung biology lung biology physiology lung cancer lung cancer disparities in access lung cancer imaging lung cancer screening lung cancer surveillance lung cancer treatment lung cell signaling lung infection lung-brain axis lyme disease maternal child health medical education medical oncologist medical workforce diversity memory metabolism microbiology microbiology & immunology microbiology and immunology microrna-like rna fragments microvascular hyperpermeability mitchell cancer institute mitochondria mitochondria-directed drug development mitochondrial disease mitochondrial dna mitochondrial dna expression mitochondrial dna replication mog-igg associated disease molecular and genomic characteristics of gynecologic tumors molecular biology molecular profiling monoclonal antibodies movement disorders mtor multiple sclerosis nabin m.d. nanopore sequencing and signal analysis neisseria gonorrhoeae neuro-immune interactions neuroborreliosis neurodegeneration neuroinflammation neuroinflammation and obesity neuroinflammatory disease neurology neuromyelitis optica neuropeptides neurophobia neurosurgeon neurosurgery neurotransmitters non-coding rnas noninvasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy novel therapeutics for uti nutrient-sensing obesity and body mass index (bmi) obesitypancreatic beta cell obstetrics and gynecology ovary and cervix and endometrial cancer oxidative damage oxidative dna damage pancreatic cancer paraneoplastic autoimmune brain disease parkinson disease pathology patient disparities pde4 drug development pde4 in lung injury pde4 in the autonomic and central nervous system pediatrics personalized medicine phagocytosis pharmacology phosphoinositide kinases phosphoinositide phosphatases phosphoinositides phospholipases physician physician disparities physician wellness physician/resident well-being and wellness physiology physiology & cell biology physiology and cell biology pneumonia pocus prevention of cancer treatment related cardiotoxicity prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage using ivh calculator prions professional development prostate cancer protein phosphatases pseudomonas aeruginosa public health pulmonary disease mechanisms pulmonary endothelial injury pulmonary hypertension pulmonary physiology and pharmacology pulmonary vascular biology pulmonaryvascular pulmonologist quality improvement racial disparities in gynecologic malignancies radiation and cardiovascular disease radiology radiology education radiology residency recurrent urinary tract infection renal disease reporter genes resident education rickettsia rna modifications rna processing and regulation role of intratracheal budesonide in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants role of tau protein in bronchopulmonary dysplasia ros sarcoma and gi malignancies science communication scoliosis screening and treatment self-awareness and leadership sepsis septic shock severe sepsis sex differences in pulmonary vascular disease sexually transmitted infections shared resource signal compartmentalization by source translocation signal transduction social determinants of health somatic dna mutations spinal deformity stem cells structural biology student coping mechanisms surgery synthetic biology t cells targeted therapies tau tick saliva tick-borne disease tick-borne virus tick-virus-host skin interface ticks tight junctions tissue preservation translational research transmission transport systems required during uti transposon-viral vectors trauma intervention treatment of melanoma tremor tuberculosis tumor cell metastasis tumor microenvironment and metastasis tumor vasculature ulcerative colitis ulcerative cystitis ultrasound underrepresented groups in medicine urinary tract infection urology utilization of emergency obstetric care vaccination vaginal vascular biology vascular disease vascular malformations vascular physiology vascular smooth muscle vasculitis vasculogenesis in cancer metastasis vector vector-borne diseases violence prevention viral noncoding rnas virology vulvar women's health Alexeyev, Mikhail Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6789
Email: malexeye@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Mitochondrial Disease
-Interspecies barriers for mitochondrial DNA replication
-Artificial mitochondria
-Mitochondrial DNA replication
-Mitochondrial DNA expression mitochondrial disease physiology and cell biology interspecies barriers for mitochondrial dna replication artificial mitochondria mitochondrial dna replication mitochondrial dna expression A Al-Mehdi, Abu Bakr M.D., Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6704
Email: mehdi@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -Signal Compartmentalization by Source Translocation
-Vasculogenesis in cancer metastasis signal compartmentalization by source translocation vasculogenesis in cancer metastasis pharmacology A Audia, Jonathon Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6929
Email: jaudia@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology -Host-pathogen interactions
-Infectious disease
-Inflammation
-Lung biology
-Phospholipases
-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
-Rickettsia
-Sepsis host-pathogen interactions infectious disease inflammation lung biology phospholipases pseudomonas aeruginosa rickettsia sepsis microbiology and immunology A Balczon, Ron Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 251-460-6776
Email: rbalczon@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology -Cytoskeleton
-Tau
-Prions
-Pneumonia
-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
cytoskeleton biochemistry and molecular biology tau prions pneumonia pseudomonas aeruginosa B Barrington, Rob Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 461-1718
Email: rbarrington@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratories
Director, Office of Research Education and Training -Immunology
-Immune Regulation
-Autoimmunity
-Memory
-Antibodies
-T cells
-Infection autoimmunity b lymphocyte biology lung biology microbiology and immunology flow cytometry shared resource immunology immune regulation infection autoimmunity memory antibodies t cells B Bauer, Natalie Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 461-1567
Email: nbauer@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology
Assistant Dean for Admissions -Pulmonary Hypertension
-Extracellular Vesicles
-Pulmonary physiology and pharmacology
-Lung Biology
-Inflammation
-Sex differences in pulmonary vascular disease pulmonary hypertension extracellular vesicles pulmonary physiology and pharmacology lung biology inflammation sex differences in pulmonary vascular disease pharmacology B Borchert, Glen Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 461-1367
Email: borchert@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -bacterial sRNAs
-viral noncoding RNAs
-microRNA-like RNA fragments
-extracellular RNAs
-RNA modifications
-LG4 genomic enhancer bacterial srnas viral noncoding rnas microrna-like rna fragments extracellular rnas rna modifications lg4 genomic enhancer pharmacology B Bright, Andrew D.O., F.A.C.S.

Phone: (251) 471-7117 
Email: abright@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Surgery
Trauma, Burn Care, Surgery
Burn Unit Medical Director -Tissue preservation
-Burn reconstruction
-Inflammatory mitigation tissue preservation burn reconstruction inflammatory mitigation surgery B Brooks, Ronald M.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7993
Email: rmbrooks@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon -Breast reduction
-Reconstruction flap perineal breast reduction reconstruction flap perineal surgery B Bruder, Thiago, Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7004
Email: tbruder@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology and Cell Biology -Arterial hypertension
-Vasculitis
-Vascular biology
-Kawasaki disease arterial hypertension vasculitis vascular biology physiology and cell biology kawasaki disease B Carter, Elliot M.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7790
Email: ecarter@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology
Director of Clinical Laboratories
Director of Clinical Microbiology -Health disparities
-Pancreatic cancer
-Pathology health disparities pancreatic cancer pathology C Casselli, Timothy Ph.D.

Phone: 
Email: timothy.casselli@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology and Immunology - Host-pathogen interactions
- Infectious disease
- Inflammation
- Neuroinflammation
- Lyme disease
- Borrelia burgdorferi
- Neuroborreliosis host-pathogen interactions infectious disease inflammation neuroinflammation lyme disease borrelia burgdorferi neuroborreliosis microbiology and immunology C Chakroborty, Debanjan Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7790
Email: dchakroborty@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Gastrointestinal cancers
-Growth factor signaling
-Epithelial barrier function
-Tight junctions
-Tumor cell metastasis
-Prostate cancer
-Tumor Vasculature
-Angiogenesis
-Endothelial cells gastrointestinal cancers growth factor signaling epithelial barrier function tight junctions tumor cell metastasis prostate cancer tumor vasculature angiogenesis endothelial cells pathology mitchell cancer institute C Daniel, Casey Ph.D., M.P.H.

Phone: 251-445-9840
Email: cldaniel@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Family Medicine
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Public health
-HPV
-Vaccination
-Cancer prevention
-Health disparities
-Health communications
-Behavioral epidemiology mitchell cancer institute cancer care cancer control epidemiology public health hpv vaccination cancer prevention health disparities health communications behavioral epidemiology D Darbin, Olivier Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6015
Email: odarbin@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Neurology

-Dysautonomia
-Epilepsy
-Movement disorders dysautonomia epilepsy movement disorders neurology D Dasgupta, Santanu M.S., B.Ed., PhD

Phone: (251) 445-9805
Email: dasgupta@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology
Director, USA Health Biobank & Histology Core Facility
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Liquid Biopsy
-Cancer Mitochondrial Genome and Biology
-Cancer and Health Disparities
-Breast Cancer
-Pancreatic Cancer
-Prostate Cancer
-Lung Cancer mitchell cancer institute biochemistry & molecular biology liquid biopsy cancer mitochondrial genome and biology cancer and health disparities breast cancer pancreatic cancer prostate cancer lung cancer D Davies, Christopher Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 341-3826
Email: cdavies@southalabama.edu
Associate Dean For Research, USA College of Medicine -Antimicrobial resistance
-Drug discovery
-Enzyme kinetics
-Infectious disease
-Neisseria gonorrhoeae
-Pseudomonas aeruginosa
-Structural Biology biochemistry & molecular biology antimicrobial resistance drug discovery enzyme kinetics infectious disease neisseria gonorrhoeae pseudomonas aeruginosa structural biology D Dees, Daniel M.D.

Phone: (251) 445-8292
Email: ddees@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Neurology
Director, USA Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Center -Parkinson Disease
-Tremor
-Dystonia parkinson disease tremor dystonia neurology D Dolma, Kalsang M.D.

Phone: (251) 415- 1055
Email: kdolma@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pediatrics -Role of intratracheal budesonide in preventing Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants
-Lenticulostriate vasculopathy and its significance in extremely preterm infants 
-Prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage using IVH calculator
-Role of Tau protein in bronchopulmonary dysplasia role of intratracheal budesonide in preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants lenticulostriate vasculopathy and its significance in extremely preterm infants prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage using ivh calculator role of tau protein in bronchopulmonary dysplasia pediatrics D Elliott, Michael R. Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 445-9800
Email: mrelliott@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology, Mitchell Cancer Institute -Inflammation
-Innate immunity
-Cancer 
-Immunotherapy 
-Phagocytosis 
-Efferocytosis 
-Chemotaxis
-Monoclonal antibodies  inflammation innate immunity cancer immunotherapy phagocytosis efferocytosis chemotaxis monoclonal antibodies microbiology & immunology mitchell cancer institute E Evans, Alicia M.D.

Phone: (251) 4343475
Email: aliciadevans@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Family Medicine -Social determinants of health
-Lifestyle medicine
-Hypertension
-Diabetes
-BMI social determinants of health lifestyle medicine hypertension diabetes bmi family medicine E Fleck, Lorie M.D., F.A.C.S.

Phone: (251) 660-5930
Email: lgfleck@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Urology -Urinary tract infection
-Recurrent Urinary tract infection
-Ulcerative cystitis
-Eosinophilic cystitis
-Interstitial cystitis urology urinary tract infection recurrent urinary tract infection ulcerative cystitis eosinophilic cystitis interstitial cystitis F Fouty, Brian M.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7218
Email: bfouty@health.southalabama.edu 
USA Department: Pharmacology
Pulmonologist -Endothelial cells
-Lung biology pharmacology endothelial cells lung biology pulmonologist F Francis, Michael Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7004 
Email: michaelfrancis@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Computational biology
-Image analysis
-Vascular physiology physiology & cell biology computational biology image analysis vascular physiology F Fusco, Dahlene, M.D., Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 470-5890
Email: dnfusco@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease -infectious diseases
-innate immune response
-interferon infectious diseases innate immune response interferon internal medicine F Gillespie, Mark Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6497
Email: mgillesp@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -Oxidative DNA damage
-Functional genomics
-Mitochondria-directed drug development
-Critical care medicine and surgery
-Somatic DNA mutations pharmacology cell signaling dna damage and repair hypoxia lung biology lung cell signaling mitochondrial dna mitochondria oxidative damage oxidative dna damage somatic dna mutations functional genomics mitochondria-directed drug development critical care medicine and surgery G Grelet, Simon Ph.D.

Phone: 251-665-8000
Email: sgrelet@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mitchell Cancer Institute - Cancer Plasticity & Cancer Progression
- Cancer Neurogenesis
- Intercellular Transfer of Mitochondria
- Cell metabolism
- Cancer Neuroscience
- Post-transcriptional regulation of genes expression
- Synthetic Biology
- Reporter Genes
- Non-coding RNAs biochemistry & molecular biology -cancer plasticity & cancer progression cancer neurogenesis intercellular transfer of mitochondria cell metabolism cancer neurosciencepost-transcriptional regulation of genes expression synthetic biology reporter genes non-coding rnas mitchell cancer institute G Hermance, Meghan Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6957
Email: mhermance@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology -Ticks
-Tick-borne virus
-Tick-virus-host skin interface
-Vector competence
-Tick saliva
-Arthropod-borne viruses
-Arthropod vectors microbiology & immunology arbovirusesinfectious disease tick-borne disease vector-borne diseases virology ticks tick-borne virus tick-virus-host skin interface vector competence tick saliva arthropod-borne viruses arthropod vectors H Holliday, Candice J.D., M.D.

Phone: (251) 415-1496
Email: cholliday@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology -Obesity and body mass index (BMI) 
-Health disparities and social determinants of health
-Women's health
-Utilization of emergency obstetric care
-Physician wellness
-Health law obesity and body mass index (bmi) health disparities and social determinants of health women's health utilization of emergency obstetric care physician wellness health law obstetrics and gynecology H Honkanen, Rich Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460- 6402
Email: rhonkanen@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology -Drug discovery
-Heart disease
-Protein phosphatases biochemistry & molecular biology drug discovery heart disease protein phosphatases H Howard, J. Harrison M.D. F.A.C.S.

Phone: (251) 471-7993
Email: jhoward@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Surgery -Treatment of melanoma, sarcoma and GI malignancies treatment of melanoma sarcoma and gi malignancies surgery H Idriss, Rajab M.D.

Phone: (251) 660-5555
Email: ridriss@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Internal Medicine
Gastroenterologist -Liver cirrhosis
-Fatty liver
-HCV
-Liver transplant liver cirrhosis fatty liver hcv liver transplant gastroenterology internal medicine I Jones, Nathaniel M.D.

Phone: (251) 665-8000
Email: natejones@health.southalabama.edu
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Molecular and genomic characteristics of gynecologic tumors
-Personalized medicine
-Targeted therapies
-Racial disparities in gynecologic malignancies molecular and genomic characteristics of gynecologic tumors personalized medicine targeted therapies racial disparities in gynecologic malignancies mitchell cancer institute J Karki, Nabin M.D.

Phone: (706) 721-2505
Email: nkarki@health.southalabama.edu
Medical Oncologist
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer
-Kidney cancer
-Adjuvant Therapy -Immunotherapy
-Health Services and Outcomes castrate-resistant prostate cancer kidney cancer adjuvant therapy immunotherapy and health services and outcomes karki nabin m.d. medical oncologist mitchell cancer institute K Kilgo, William M.D. Phone: (251) 445-8261

Email: wkilgo@health.southalabama.edu 
Neurology Clinical Services, USA Health Physicians Group

-Multiple Sclerosis
-Neuromyelitis Optica
-MOG-IgG Associated Disease
-Autoimmune Encephalitis
-Neuroinflammation and Obesity multiple sclerosis neuromyelitis optica mog-igg associated disease autoimmune encephalitis neuroinflammation and obesity K Langley, Raymond J. Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6814
Email: rlangley@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -Sepsis pharmacology sepsis L Lee, Ji Young M.D., Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 471- 7004
Email: jlee@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Acidosis
-Pulmonary
-Vascular
-Endothelial cells
-Acute respiratory distress syndrome physiology & cell biology endothelial cellsph homeostasis pulmonary hypertension acidosis pulmonaryvascular endothelial cells acute respiratory distress syndrome L Lee, Kevin J. Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 410-4965
Email: kjlee@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Gynecologic Oncology
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Gynecologic Cancer
-Ovary, Cervix, Endometrial Cancer
-Cancer Cell Signaling
-Molecular Profiling
-Translational Research gynecologic cancer ovary and cervix and endometrial cancer cancer cell signaling molecular profiling translational research mitchell cancer institute pathology L Lin, Mike Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460- 6816
Email: mlin@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Brain
-Learning and memory
-Alzheimer's disease
-Lung infection
-Amyloid
-Tau 
-Neurodegeneration
physiology & cell biology amyloidosisendothelial cells lung biology lung-brain axis neurology brain neurodegeneration learning and memory alzheimer's disease lung infection amyloid tau L Macaluso, Kevin Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7514
Email: kmacaluso@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology -Bacterial pathogenesis
-Rickettsia
-Arthropod vectors
-Ticks
-Fleas
-Transmission
-Vector-borne diseases microbiology & immunology infectious diseaserickettsia tick-borne disease vector-borne diseases bacterial pathogenesis rickettsia arthropod vectors ticks fleas transmission vector-borne diseases M Malozzi, Christopher D.O.

Phone: (251) 873-6280
Email: cmalozzi@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Internal Medicine -Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Patients
-Chemotherapy and Cardiotoxicity
-Radiation and Cardiovascular Disease
-Prevention of Cancer -Treatment Related Cardiotoxicity
-Improving Cardiovascular Care of Cancer Patients
-Amyloidosis cardiovascular disease in cancer patients chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity radiation and cardiovascular disease prevention of cancer treatment related cardiotoxicity improving cardiovascular care of cancer patients amyloidosis internal medicine M McQuiston, Samuel M.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7871
Email: mcquiston@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Radiology
Radiology Residency Program Director -Resident education
-Radiology education
-Lung cancer: imaging, screening, treatment, surveillance, disparities in access   resident education radiology education lung cancer imaging lung cancer screening lung cancer treatment lung cancer surveillance lung cancer disparities in access radiology radiology residency M Meegan,  Jamie, Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7976
Email: jmeegan@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Microvascular hyperpermeability
-Endothelial cells
-Sepsis
-Acute lung injury
-Lung biology & physiology
-Vascular biology
-Inflammation
-Cell signaling microvascular hyperpermeability endothelial cells sepsis acute lung injury lung biology physiology physiology and cell biology M Menger, Richard M.D., M.P.A.

Email: rmenger@health.southalabama.edu 
USA Department: Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon
Chief of Complex Spine Surgery -Spinal Deformity
-Scoliosis
-Health policy
-Health economics
-Free market healthcare spinal deformity scoliosis health policy health economics free market healthcare neurosurgery complex spine surgery neurosurgeon M Moreno-Walton, Lisa M.D., M.S., MSCR

Phone:
Email: lmoreno@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine -Infectious disease prevention
-Disease identification
-Disease linkage to care
-Emergency department care
-ED infectious disease
-Violence prevention
-Trauma intervention
-Healthcare disparities
-Health equity
-Underrepresented groups in medicine
-Physician disparities
-Patient disparities
-Medical workforce diversity
-Healthcare access equity infectious disease prevention disease identification disease linkage to care emergency department care ed infectious disease violence prevention trauma intervention healthcare disparities health equity underrepresented groups in medicine physician disparities patient disparities medical workforce diversity healthcare access equity emergency medicine M Mukherjee, Binata M.D., M.B.A.

Phone: (251) 460-6102
Email: bmukherjee@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Internal Medicine
Assistant Dean, Faculty and Professional Development -Physician/resident well-being/wellness
- Coaching in medical education
- Coaching faculty
- Leadership coaching
- Self-awareness and leadership physician/resident well-being and wellness - coaching in medical education coaching faculty leadership coaching self-awareness and leadership internal medicine professional development M Munn, Mary M.D.

Phone: (251) 415-1566
Email: mmunn@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology -Noninvasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy noninvasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy an abnormal number of chromosomes in the cells obstetrics and gynecology M Panacek, Edward M.D., M.P.H.

Phone: (251) 470-1649
Email: eapanacek@health.southalabama.edu 
USA Department: Emergency Medicine
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Physician -Sepsis
-Severe sepsis
-Septic shock
-Acute asthma
-Clinical trials
-Hypertensive emergencies
-Acute infections sepsis severe sepsis septic shock acute asthma clinical trialshypertensive emergencies acute infections emergency medicine P Pastukh, Victor Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6793
Email: vpastukh@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -DNA damage and repair
-Lung biology
-Mitochondrial disease pharmacology dna damage and repairlung biology mitochondrial disease P Pavlick, Kayla Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 414-8166
Email: kvpavlick@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology and Cell Biology
Division of Medical Education -Medical education
-Science communication
-Interactive teaching and learning
-Student coping mechanisms
-Neurophobia physiology and cell biology medical education science communication interactive teaching and learning student coping mechanisms neurophobia P Pierce,  Jennifer M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G.

Phone: (251) 665-8000
Email: jypierce@health.southalabama.edu
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Vulvar, vaginal, and cervical cancers
-Additional HPV-related diseases
-Screening and treatment vulvar vaginal and cervical cancers additional hpv-related diseases screening and treatment mitchell cancer institute P Plant, Lucia Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 414-8038
Email: luciaramehplant@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology -Aging
-Diabetes
-Nutrient-sensing
-Obesity
-Pancreatic beta cell
-Insulin
-mTOR
-Inositol phosphates
-Phosphoinositides
-Phosphoinositide kinases
-Phosphoinositide
-Phosphatases
-Signal transduction
-Glucose
-Metabolism
-Lipids aging diabetes nutrient-sensing obesitypancreatic beta cell insulin mtor inositol phosphates phosphoinositides phosphoinositide kinases phosphoinositide phosphatases signal transduction glucose metabolism lipids lucia plant biochemistry & molecular biology P Pozo-Yauner del, Luis M.D., Ph.D.

Email: ldelpozoyauner@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology
Biochemist -Amyloidosis
-Immunoglobulin light chain 
-Protein misfolding and aggregation
-p53 in breast cancer
-Carcinogenesis pathology amyloidosis immunoglobulins P Prakash, Aishwarya Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 410-6915
Email: aprakash@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mitchell Cancer Institute -DNA damage and repair
-Enzyme kinetics
-Mitochondrial disease
-Structural Biology biochemistry & molecular biology dna damage and repair enzyme kinetics mitochondrial disease structural biology P Rich, Thomas Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6039
Email: trich@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology
Director, Bioimaging Core Facility -Cellular Signaling Systems
-GPCR Signaling Pathways
-Cyclic Nucleotides
-Lung Biology
-Biomedical Engineering
-Hyperspectral Imaging
-Microscopy pharmacology bioimaging core facility camp phosphodiesterases cell signaling cyclic nucleotide signalling imaging cellular signaling systems gpcr signaling pathways cyclic nucleotideslung biology biomedical engineering hyperspectral imagingmicroscopy R Richter, Wito Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 414-8298
Email: richter@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology -cAMP signaling
-Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs)
-PDE4 drug development
-PDE4 in lung injury, inflammation, and metabolism
-PDE4 in the autonomic and central nervous system biochemistry & molecular biology camp signaling cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (pdes) pde4 drug development pde4 in lung injury inflammation and metabolism pde4 in the autonomic and central nervous system R Roberts, Justin Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 455-4526
Email: jtroberts@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -RNA Processing and Regulation
-Alternative Splicing in Stress Responses
-Epigenetic and Epitranscriptomic Modifications
-Hypoxic Signaling
-Pulmonary Disease Mechanisms
-Bioinformatics and Data Science
-Nanopore Sequencing and Signal Analysis rna processing and regulation alternative splicing in stress responses epigenetic and epitranscriptomic modifications hypoxic signaling pulmonary disease mechanisms bioinformatics and data science nanopore sequencing and signal analysis pharmacology R Sarkar, Chandrani Ph.D.

Email: csarkar@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology
Mitchell Cancer Institute -Neurotransmitters
-Neuropeptides
-Neuro-immune interactions
-Colorectal cancer
-Tumor microenvironment and metastasis neurotransmitters neuropeptides neuro-immune interactions colorectal cancer tumor microenvironment and metastasis pathology mitchell cancer institute S Sayner, Sarah Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 251-460-6959
Email: ssayner@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Bacterial pneumonia
-Acute lung injury
-Pulmonary vascular biology
-Endothelial cells
-Host-pathogen interactions
-Inflammation
-Cyclic nucleotide signaling
-Lung biology
-Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology & cell biology bacterial pneumonia acute lung injury pulmonary vascular biology endothelial cells host-pathogen interactions inflammation cyclic nucleotide signaling lung biology pseudomonas aeruginosa S Shea, Allyson Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6107
Email: aeshea@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology -Host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection
-Transport systems required during UTI
-Novel therapeutics for UTI
-Bacterial pathogenesis mechanisms of UPEC
-Bladder and kidney infection biology host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection microbiology immunology molecular biology transport systems required during uti novel therapeutics for uti bacterial pathogenesis mechanisms of upec bladder and kidney infection biology S Solodushko, Victor Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-7489
Email: vsolodushko@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pharmacology -Endothelial cells
-Retroviruses
-Stem cells
-Virology
-Transposon-viral vectors pharmacology endothelial cellsretroviruses stem cells virology transposon-viral vectors S Soltys, John, M.D., Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7117
Email: jsoltys@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Neurology, Physiology -Neuroinflammatory disease
-Multiple Sclerosis
-Paraneoplastic autoimmune brain disease neuroinflammatory disease physiology neurology paraneoplastic autoimmune brain disease multiple sclerosis S Sonnier, William M.D.

Phone: (251) 660-5555
Email: wpsonnier@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Internal Medicine
Gastroenterologist -Inflammatory bowel disease
-Crohn's Disease
-Ulcerative Colitis inflammatory bowel disease crohn's disease ulcerative colitis gastroenterologist internal medicine S Stevens, Troy Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6056
Email: tstevens@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology and Cell Biology
Director, Center For Lung Biology -Angiogenesis
-Endothelial cells
-Host-pathogen interactions
-Lung biology
-Pulmonary hypertension
-Vascular disease
-Vascular physiology physiology and cell biology angiogenesis endothelial cellshost-pathogen interactions lung biology pulmonary hypertension vascular disease vascular physiology center for lung biology S Stokes, Timothy M.D.

Email: tstokes@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Emergency Medicine -POCUS
-Ultrasound
-Emergency
-Education
-Quality Improvement pocus ultrasound emergency education quality improvement emergency medicine S Sugg, Rebecca M.D. F.A.H.A.

Email: rsugg@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Neurology -Endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases
-Carotid and vertebral stenosis
-Intracranial stenosis
-Acute stroke
-Aneurysms
-Vascular malformations endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases carotid and vertebral stenosis intracranial stenosis acute stroke aneurysms vascular malformations neurology S Swingle, Mark Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6855 
Email: mrswingle@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology -Enzyme kinetics
-Protein phosphatases 
-Structural Biology biochemistry & molecular biology enzyme kinetics protein phosphatases structural biology S Taylor, Mark Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6817
Email: mtaylor@southalabama.edu 
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology
Center For Lung Biology -Calcium signaling
-Cardiovascular disease
-Cell signaling
-Imaging
-Vascular smooth muscle physiology & cell biology center for lung biology calcium signaling cardiovascular disease cell signaling imaging vascular smooth muscle T Teng, Jiamin M.D., Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7799 
Email: jteng@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Pathology -Renal disease pathology renal disease T Tyler, Shannon M.D.

Phone: (251) 471-7895
Email: styler@health.southalabama.edu 
USA Department: Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases Physician -HIV treatment
-HIV Prevention 
-Sexually transmitted infections
-Tuberculosis   hiv treatment hiv prevention sexually transmitted infections tuberculosis infectious disease physician internal medicine T Weber, David Ph.D.

Phone: (251) 460-6840
Email: dweber@southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology -Calcium signaling
-Endothelial cells
-ROS physiology & cell biology calcium signaling endothelial cells ros W Wei, Ting MD, FAAP, PhD

Phone: (251) 460-6834
Email: twei@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology
Center For Lung Biology
USA Department: Pediatrics -Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extreme preterm infants
-Pulmonary endothelial injury
-Endothelial stem cells
-Cell senescence bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extreme preterm infants pulmonary endothelial injury endothelial stem cells cell senescence physiology & cell biology center for lung biology pediatrics W Werthmann, Derek W. PhD, MPH, MSCR

Email: dwwerthmann@health.southalabama.edu
USA Department: Family Medicine
Office: Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) 3021 -Environmental Epidemiology
-Clinical Research
-Translational Research
-Environmental Health
-Maternal Child Health
-Chronic Disease Epidemiology
-Exposure Science environmental epidemiology clinical research translational research environmental health maternal child health chronic disease epidemiology exposure science family medicine W

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