Leadership
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Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
CTRID Director
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medicine
Platelets, microcirculation, inflammation, thrombosis
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Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
CTRID Co-Director
Professor, Medicine
Platelets, thrombosis, inflammation, endothelium
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Christine Eriks, M.H.A., M.B.A.
CTRID Administrator
Business operations, strategic planning, grants and project management
Core Faculty
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Christine Beeton, Ph.D.
Professor, Integrative Physiology
Rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmunity, microthrombi, thrombo-inflammation, systemic inflammation, ion channels
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David Corry, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Asthma, immunology, inflammation, fungal-related diseases
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Swapan Dasgupta, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Platelets, thrombosis, microvesicles
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Farrah Kheradmand, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Inflammation, autoimmunity, emphysema, lung cancer
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Fong Lam, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Platelets, neutrophils, endothelium, sepsis, thrombosis
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Trung Nguyen, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Sepsis, multi-organ failure, thrombosis
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Lavanna Pandit, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Medicine
Pulmonary vascular disease, smooth muscle potassium channels
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Antony Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
COPD/emphysema, microRNAs, asthma, miRNA-based therapeutics
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Arun Saini, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Altered hemostasis, anticoagulation management, acquired coagulopathy
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Ramiro Salas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neuropharmacology, microbiome, brain connectivity, inflammation
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Vlad Sandulache, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery
Metabolism, head and neck cancer, chemoresistance, oxidative stress, tumor immunity
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Sarah E. Sartain, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Thromboinflammation, microvascular thrombosis, complement biology
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David Sheikh-Hamad, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Acute kidney injury, mitochondria, AMP-activated protein kinase, longevity genes (sirtuins), stanniocalcin-1, inflammation
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Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Thrombosis, platelets, phosphatidylserine
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Vinod Vijayan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
Platelets, phosphatases, endothelium, exocytosis, thrombosis
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Dennis Villareal, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Obesity, frailty, aging
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Reina Villareal, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Gonadal hormones, osteoporosis, aromatase gene
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Qizhi Cathy Yao, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Surgery
HIV vaccine, pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy
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Andrew Yee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
von Willebrand factor, hemostasis, thrombosis, functional genomics
Affiliate Faculty
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Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Heart failure, remodeling, inflammation, hypertrophy
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Titilope Fasipe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Hemostasis, thrombosis
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Sharyl Martini, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Stroke, genetics, cerebrovascular disease
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Maria Rodriguez-Barradas, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
HIV, pneumococcal vaccine, immunity, aging
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Barbara Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Bacterial interference, biofilm formation, urinary tract infection, medical device infection, colonization
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Donna White, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Genetic epidemiology, cancer, hepatitis C
Trainees
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Adrian Cebula, M.S.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
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Justin Courson, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
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Ashley Payne, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
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Sandra Andrea Salinas, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Trung Nguyen, M.D.
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Marina Martinez-Vargas, Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
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Deepika Subramanyam, Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Vinod Vijayan, Ph.D.
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Qingchao Qiu, M.D., Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentors: Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.; Barbara Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
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Lalith Gudi
CTRID Undergraduate Intern
Program Staff
Dorellyn Lee, MPA
Manager of Laboratory Safety
Dorellyn.Lee@va.gov
Dionne Nichols
Research Laboratory Safety Assistant
Dionne.Nichols@va.gov
Eva Plezia
Research Communications Coordinator
Eva.Plezia@bcm.edu
Anjali Raval
Research Laboratory Safety Coordinator
Anjali.Raval@va.gov
Research Staff
Anh Bui-Thanh
Research Assistant
ngocbui@bcm.edu
Tiffany Bullock
Animal Core Research Technician
tbullock@bcm.edu
Kimberly Langlois
CTRID Laboratory Manager
langlois@bcm.edu
Qisheng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Imaging and Equipment Core Research Associate
Qisheng.Liu@bcm.edu
Jevea Moore
Research Technician
jevea.moore@bcm.edu
Stefanie Rivera
Research Technician
sr12@bcm.edu