Meet the faculty, staff and students of the Blood, Heart, Lung and Immunology Research Center at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine and University Hospitals.
Faculty and Staff
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD
Associate DirectorHouston MethodistCardiovascular Prevention and WellnessAssociate DirectorHouston MethodistCenter for Cardiovascular Computational and Precision Health
Hope Barkoukis, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
ChairDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Wellness and Preventive CareSchool of MedicineFaculty Co-LeadJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Wellness and Preventive Care PathwaySchool of MedicineEmail: Hope.Barkoukis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2441
Brendan Bourges-Sevenier, BS, BA
Research AssistantUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular InstituteEmail: bmb111@case.edu
Elaine Ann Ebreo Cara, MS, BS
Research AssistantCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: eec59@case.edu
Zhuo Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineºÚÁϳԹÏÍøSchool of MedicineEmail: zxc738@case.edu
Jean-Eudes (John) Dazard, PhD, MS
Research ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: jean-eudes.dazard@case.edu
Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sarah C. Hirsh ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicinePast DirectorQSEN InstituteFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingSenior Faculty ScholarVA Quality Scholars ProgramDirectorSarah Cole Hirsh InstituteFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingEmail: mad15@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0568
James K. O’Donnell, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: Jamesk.odonnell@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3319
Jonnelle Edwards-Glenn, PhD, BS
Post-Doctoral FellowCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: jxe196@case.edu
Jillian Goltl
Grants ManagerOffice of Research AdministrationCase School of EngineeringEmail: jillian.goltl@case.edu
Seungyup Lee, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: seungyup.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5803
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
Faculty DirectorCase School of EngineeringM. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Andrei Maiseyeu , PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: Andrei.Maiseyeu@case.edu
Mohamed H.E. Makhlouf, MD
Postdoctoral Research AssociateUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular Institute
Thomas S. McCormick, PhD
Co-DirectorSkin Study CenterSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of DermatologySchool of MedicineEmail: tsm4@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0238
Thomas M. McIntyre, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mcintyt@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.1048
Timothy J. Mead, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineStaff ScientistDepartment of PediatricsUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: tjm192@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2350
John J. Mieyal, PhD
Emeritus ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineDirectorMolecular Therapeutics Training ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jjm5@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3383
Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished University ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smm8@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5978
Lalitha Nayak, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lalitha.nayak@case.edu
Aaron Proweller , MD, PhD
Associate DirectorCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineLawrence J. Kanter Professor of Cardiovascular Teaching, Care and ResearchºÚÁϳԹÏÍøEmail: axp263@case.edu
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
DirectorCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of Medicine
Palanivel Rengasamy, PhD, MS
Research ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: pxr187@case.edu
Andrew Rollins, PhD
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
Pedro Rafael Vieira de Oliveira Salerno, MD
Postdoctoral FellowUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular InstitutePostdoctoral FellowºÚÁϳԹÏÍøSchool of Medicine
Abdus Sattar, PhD, LLM
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: sattar@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1501
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Wallace R. Persons ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Daniel I. Simon, MD
ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicinePresident, Academic & External Affairs and Chief Scientific OfficerErnie and Patti Novak Distinguished Chair in Healthcare LeadershipUniversity Hospitals Health SystemEmail: daniel.simon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1145
Santosh Kumar Sirasapalli, MS
Research ScientistDepartment of Cardiovascular MedicineSchool of MedicineEmail: sxs3205@case.edu
Jonathan D. Smith, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smithj4@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.2248
Shaun R. Stauffer, PhD
MemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stauffs2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9974
Olga Stenina-Adognravi, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stenino@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9057
Armando Vergara-Martel, MS, BS
Research AssistantCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: axv204@case.edu
Lance Vernon, DMD
Senior InstructorPediatric DentistrySchool of Dental MedicineEmail: lance.vernon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0712
Yunmei Wang, PhD, MBA
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineResearch ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: yunmei.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5817
Allison Webel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Assistant ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingEmail: allison.webel@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3939
Xin Yu, ScD
F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Physiology and BiophysicsSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: xin.yu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3918
Nicholas P. Ziats, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of AnatomySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: nicholas.ziats@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5176
Affiliated Researchers and Students
Ana Alcocer
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Undergraduate Student
Email: ada68@case.edu