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CGHS Programs and their Faculty

Current Students and Their Faculty Committees
Faculty and the Students on Whose Committees They Serve
Former Students and their Faculty Committees (2007-present)
Faculty and Their Institute Affiliation
Faculty and Their Program Affiliation

There are 432 credentialed faculty in the College who are associated with 7 programs. In the list of the programs and faculty below, an asterisk signifies that the faculty member is approved to direct theses and dissertations. Mousing over the name will provide additional information about the faculty member. Click on the faculty member to see a list of students on whose committees they serve.

Biomedical Engineering and Imaging
*Jack W, Jr. Buchanan, M.D.
*Joel Bumgardner, Ph.D.
*Denis J Diangelo, Ph.D.
*Frank A Dibianca, Ph.D.
*Mostafa Waleed Gaber, Ph.D.
*Ivan C Gerling, Ph.D.
*Richard J Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D.
*Warren O Haggard, Ph.D.
*Claudia M Hillenbrand, Ph.D.
*Brian P Kelly, Ph.D.
*Gary S Keyes, Ph.D.
Mary E Mccarville, M.D.
Thomas E Merchant, D.O., Ph.D.
*Robert Ogg, Ph.D.
*Joo Leng Ong, Ph.D.
Steven M Slack, Ph.D.
*Thaddeus A Wilson, Ph.D.
*Yunzhi Yang, Ph.D.
Michael Yen, Ph.D.
*Herbert D Zeman, Ph.D.
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Dental Science
Pradeep Chitra Adatrow, D.D.S.
Kenneth M Anderson, D.D.S., M.S.
*Jegdish P Babu, Ph.D.
David E Bell, D.D.S., M.S.
Paul S Bland, D.D.S.
Jane A Blankenship, D.D.S.
*Robert L Brandt, D.D.S., M.S.
*David R Cagna, D.M.D., M.S.
Kenneth R Carruth, D.D.S.
Jerry S Cloyd, D.D.S.
Wisdom F Coleman, D.D.S.
John S Covington, D.D.S.
Jere W Crenshaw, D.D.S., M.S.
David H Crowder, D.D.S.
*Waldemar G De Rijk, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Cheryl DeWood, D.D.S., M.S.
*Sanford J Fenton, D.D.S.
Hiram R Fry, D.D.S., M.S
Frank M Grimes, D.D.S., M.S.
*Edward F Harris, Ph.D.
*Van T Himel, D.D.S.
William G Parris, D.D.S., M.S.
*Mark R Patters, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Swati Y Rawal, B.D.S., M.D.S.
Daniel L Reaves, D.D.S.
*Quinton C Robinson, D.D.S., M.S.
Walter C Sandusky, D.D.S., M.S.
Mark Scarbecz, Ph.D.
Harry K Sharp, D.D.S.
*Jacob Shiloah, D.M.D.
*Sidney H Stein, D.M.D., Ph.D.
*David A Tipton, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*James L Vaden, D.D.S.
*Joseph L Wasson, D.D.S., M.S.
Lawrence W Weeda, Jr., D.D.S.
Tommy N Whited, D.D.D., M.S.
Russell A Wicks, D.D.S, M.S.
Richard A Williams, D.D.S., M.S.
Marjorie A Woods, D.D.S.
Jere L Yates, D.D.S., M.S.
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Epidemiology
Sergio R Acchiardo, M.D.
Julia Krushkal Adkins, Ph.D.
Bruce S Alpert, M.D.
Sandra L R Arnold, M.D.
James K Bailey, M.D.
*Andrew J Bush, Ph.D.
Laura D Carbone, M.D.
Cyril F Chang, Ph.D.
Mathilda (Mace) C Coday, Ph.D.
*Pamela D Connor, Ph.D.
William C Cushman, M.D.
*Margaret W Debon, Ph.D.
John P Devincenzo, M.D.
Ruthbeth D Finerman, Ph.D.
*Patricia M Flynn, M.D.
John P Griffin, M.D.
*Marion Elizabeth Hare, M.D.
Scott Howard, M.D.
Alessandro Iannaccone, M.D.
*Karen Chandler Johnson, M.D.
*Robert C Klesges, Ph.D.
*Lisa M Klesges, Ph.D.
Robert C Kores, Ph.D.
Kimberly D Lamar, Ph.D., M.P.H, M.S.E.H.
*Rongling Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Chanchai McDonald, Ph.D.
*David M Mirvis, M.D.
Vicki M Park, Ph.D.
Phyllis Richey, Ph.D.
Kathryn M Ryder, M.D.
Suzanne Satterfield, M.D.
*Jerry Lynn Shenep, M.D.
Judith E Soberman, M.D.
*Grant W Somes, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Tolley, Ph.D.
*Frances A Tylavsky, D.P.H.
Georgeta Vaidean, M.D, Ph.D.
*Jim Y Wan, Ph.D.
Winfred C Wang, M.D.
*Teresa Waters, Ph.D.
Robert J Wyatt, M.D.
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Health Outcomes and Policy Research
*Rahemat Amarshi, Pharm.D.
Raoul Arreola, Ph.D.
*George E Bass, Jr., Ph.D.
*Virginia Betts, J.D.
*Candace S Brown, Pharm.D.
*Peter Anton Chyka, Pharm.D.
Joy Clay, Ph.D.
Neil P Cohen, J.D.
*Samuel E Dagogo-Jack, M.D.
Theora Evans, Ph.D.
*Richard J Faris, Ph.D.
Walter L, Jr Fitzgerald, J.D., M.S.
*Greta A Gourley, Ph.D., Pharm.D.
*Dick R Gourley, Pharm.D.
William L Greene, Pharm.D.
James Hoffman, Pharm.D., M.S.
David A Kuhl, Pharm.D.
*Carol A Likens, Ph.D.
*Nancy Mele, D.S.N.
*Robert J Nolly, M.S.
Victor J Perini, M.S.
*David K Solomon, Pharm.D.
*Michal Tamuz, Ph.D.
*Junling Wang, Ph.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
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Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences
*Elisabeth E Adderson, M.D.
*Ronald M Adkins, Ph.D.
*Lorraine M Albritton, Ph.D.
*William Earl Armstrong, Ph.D.
Suleiman W Bahouth, Ph.D.
*Suzanne J Baker, Ph.D.
Leslie R Ballou, Ph.D.
*Robert J Belland, Ph.D.
James E Bina, Ph.D.
*Mark Bix, Ph.D.
*Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D.
*Clark M Blatteis, Ph.D.
*John D Boughter, Ph.D.
David Brand, Ph.D.
*Gerald I Byrne, Ph.D.
*Joseph C Callaway, Ph.D.
*Angela R Cantrell, Ph.D.
*Edward Chaum, M.D., Ph.D.
*Cheng Cheng, Ph.D.
Russell W Chesney, M.D.
*Carolyn M Chesney, M.D.
*Hongbo Chi, Ph.D.
*Thomas M Chiang, Ph.D.
Christopher Coleclough, Ph.D.
*Mary Ellen Conley, M.D.
*George A Cook, Ph.D.
*Terrance G Cooper, Ph.D.
*John V Cox, Ph.D.
*Yan Cui, Ph.D.
*Tom Curran, Ph.D.
*Alessandra D'Azzo, Ph.D.
*Mustafa K Dabbous, Ph.D.
James B Dale, M.D.
*Dominic M Desiderio, Ph.D.
F. Curtis Dohan, Jr., M.D.
*Peter Doherty, Ph.D.
Donald J Donaldson, Ph.D.
Alejandro M Dopico, M.D., Ph.D.
*James Downing, M.D.
*Ioannis Dragatsis, Ph.D.
*Michael A Dyer, Ph.D.
*Marshall B Elam, M.D., Ph.D.
*Andrea June Elberger, Ph.D.
*Matthew Ennis, Ph.D.
*John N Fain, Ph.D.
*Zheng Fan, Ph.D.
Malinda E Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
*James M Fleckenstein, M.D.
*Robert C Foehring, Ph.D.
*Rao N Gadiparthi, Ph.D.
*Terrence L Geiger, M.D., Ph.D.
*Eldon E Geisert, Jr., Ph.D.
Rakesh Goorha, Ph.D.
*Weikuan Gu, Ph.D
*Ramareddy V Guntaka, Ph.D.
*Kristin Marie Hamre, Ph.D.
*Linda Harris, Ph.D.
*Aviv I Hassid, Ph.D.
*David L Hasty, Ph.D.
*Karen A Hasty, Ph.D.
*Thomas Phillip Hatch, Ph.D.
*Detlef H Heck, Ph.D.
*Linda M Hendershot, Ph.D.
Henry G, III Herrod, M.D.
*Paul Herron, Ph.D.
*George M Hilliard, Ph.D.
*Polly A Hofmann, Ph.D.
*Ramin Homayouni, Ph.D.
*Marcia G Honig, Ph.D.
*Roderick T Hori, Ph.D.
*Martha M Howe, Ph.D.
Julia Hurwitz, Ph.D.
*James N Ihle, Ph.D.
*Monica Jablonski, Ph.D.
Michael Jacewicz, M.D.
*Suzanne Jackowski, Ph.D.
*Jonathan H Jaggar, Ph.D.
*Lisa K Jennings, Ph.D.
*Leonard R Johnson, Ph.D.
Eldridge F Johnson, Ph.D.
*Dianna A Johnson, Ph.D.
Peter David Jones, Ph.D.
Andrew H Kang, Ph.D.
Richard John Kasser, Ph.D.
Jon R Katze, Ph.D.
*Seema Khurana, Ph.D.
*Hitoshi Kita, Ph.D.
Abbas E Kitabchi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Katsumi Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Risa Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Richard W Kriwacki, Ph.D.
*Jill Lahti, Ph.D.
Ronald N Laribee, Ph.D.
*Mark S Ledoux, M.D., Ph.D.
*Charles W Leffler, Ph.D.
*Kui Li, Ph.D.
Robert B Lorsbach, Ph.D.
*Leonard Lothstein, Ph.D.
Yi Lu, Ph.D.
*Kafait U Malik, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Charles M Mansbach, M.D.
*Tony N Marion, Ph.D.
*Antonio M Martinez-Hernandez, M.D.
*Shannon G Matta, Ph.D.
Douglas B Matthews, Ph.D.
*Jonathan A McCullers, M.D.
*Peter J McKinnon, Ph.D.
*Mark A Miller, Ph.D.
David Carl Miller, Ph.D.
Harry H Mincer, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*James Ian Morgan, Ph.D.
*Peter Murray, Ph.D.
*Clayton Naeve, Ph.D.
*Anjaparavanda P Naren, Ph.D.
Geoffrey Neale, Ph.D.
*Randall J Nelson, Ph.D.
*David R Nelson, Ph.D.
*Paul Ney, M.D.
*Satoru Kenneth Nishimoto, Ph.D.
*Hiroko Nishimura, D.M.Sc.
*Christopher Nosrat, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Thaddeus S Nowak, Jr., Ph.D.
David F Nutting, Ph.D.
Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D.
*Joseph T Opferman, Ph.D.
*Rennolds S Ostrom, Ph.D.
*Edwards A Park, Ph.D.
Melburn R Park, Ph.D.
*Janet F Partridge, Ph.D.
*Derek A Persons, M.D., Ph.D.
*Lawrence M Pfeffer, Ph.D.
*Allen Portner, Ph.D.
*Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, Ph.D.
*William A Pulsinelli, Ph.D.
*Marko Z Radic, Ph.D.
*Rajendra Raghow, Ph.D.
*Radhakrishna Rao, Ph.D.
Fabio C Re, Ph.D.
*Anton J Reiner, Ph.D.
*Lawrence T. Reiter, Ph.D.
Tonia Rex, Ph.D.
*James T Robertson, M.D.
*Charles O Rock, Ph.D.
*Edward F Rosloniec, Jr., Ph.D.
*Martine Roussel, Ph.D.
*Charles J Russell, Ph.D.
*James Patrick Ryan, Ph.D.
Thomas A Schikorski, Ph.D.
*Edward G Schneider, Ph.D.
*Brenda Schulman, Ph.D.
*Reese S Scroggs, Ph.D.
*Tiffany N Seagroves, Ph.D.
*Susan E Senogles, Ph.D.
Douglas R Shanklin, M.D.
*Leonard Share, Ph.D.
*Burt M Sharp, Ph.D.
*Charles J Sherr, Ph.D., M.D.
*Clive A Slaughter, Ph.D.
Andrzej T Slominski, M.D. Ph.D.
*Richard J Smeyne, Ph.D.
Solomon S Solomon, M.D.
*Brian Sorrentino, M.D.
Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, Ph.D.
*Alexander Sparreboom, Ph.D.
*Jena J Steinle, Ph.D.
*Jeffery D Steketee, Ph.D.
Ted S Strom, M.D., Ph.D.
John M Stuart, M.D.
Yao Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
*Dale Parker Suttle, Jr., Ph.D.
*Trevor W Sweatman, Ph.D.
*Steven J Tavalin, Ph.D.
*Edwin L Thomas, Ph.D.
*Donald B Thomason, Ph.D.
*Gabor Joseph Tigyi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Elaine I Tuomanen, M.D.
*Dario Vignali, Ph.D.
Russell Ware, Ph.D.
*Christopher M Waters, Ph.D.
*Robert S Waters, Ph.D.
*Mitchell Aaron Watsky, Ph.D.
*Richard Webby, Ph.D.
*Robert G Webster, Ph.D.
*Stephen W White, Ph.D.
*Michael A Whitt, Ph.D.
Henry G Wilcox, Ph.D.
*Robert Williams, Ph.D.
*Richard T Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Jack L Wilson, Ph.D.
Zhaohui Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Tai June Yoo, Ph.D.
Nadeem Zafar, M.D.
*Stanislav S Zakharenko, M.D., Ph.D.
*Gerard P Zambetti, Ph.D.
*Xin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
*Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
*Fuming Zhou, M.D.
*Jian Zuo, Ph.D.
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Nursing
*Cornelia M Beck, Ph.D.
Bobby B Bellflower, D.N.Sc.
Jay J Bringman, M.D.
George A Burghen, M.D.
*Michael A Carter, D.N.Sc.
*Ann K Cashion, Ph.D.
Muammer Cetingok, Ph.D.
*Patricia A Cowan, Ph.D.
*Martin A Croce, M.D.
Patricia D Cunningham, D.N.Sc
Carolyn J Driscoll, Ph.D.
Barbara Dubray-Benstein, Ph.D.
Barbara Dubray-Benstein, Ph.D.
*Veronica F Engle, Ph.D.
Kimberly Fisher, Ph.D.
Wayne Furman, M.D.
Ahmed O Gaber, M.B.B.Ch.
*Joyce Carolyn Graff, Ph.D.
E. Dianne Greenhill, Ed.D.
Margaret T Hartig, Ph.D.
Margaret B Harvey, Ph.D.
*Donna K Hathaway, Ph.D. .
*Pamela S Hinds, Ph.D.
Michael Huffman, Ph.D.
Donna S Husch, Ph.D.
Susan R Jacob, Ph.D.
Cheryl D Johnson-Joy, Ph.D.
Raymond W Ke, M.D.
Satish Kedia, Ph.D.
Carol A Lockhart, Ph.D.
*Judy C Martin, Ph.D.
*Leslie M McKeon, Ph.D., R.N.
Sheila D Melander, D.S.N.
Tommie Norris, D.N.Sc., R.N.
Karen Koozer Olson, Ph.D.
*Jill S Oswaks, D.N.Sc.
*Jim Pruett, Ph.D.
Risa Dawn Ramsey, Ph.D.
*Muriel C Rice, Ph.D.
Caroline A Riely, M.D.
*Cynthia K Russell, Ph.D.
Omaima M Sabek, Ph.D.
Zoila Sanchez, Ph.D.
Patricia M Speck, D.N.Sc.
Cheryl C Stegbauer, Ph.D.
*R. Craig Stotts, Dr.P.H.
*Carol L Thompson, Ph.D.
Ruth S Tutor, Ph.D.
Margaret (Peggy) Veeser, Ed.D.
Glenn T Wetzel, M.D., Ph.D.
*Mona N Wicks, Ph.D.
*Rebecca P Winsett, Ph.D.
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Pharmaceutical Sciences
John F Addison, M.S.
Hassan Almoazen, Ph.D.
*Sharyn D Baker, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Steven Bares, Ph.D.
*Sarka Beranova, Ph.D.
*Lawrence M Brown, Ph.D.
*John K Buolamwini, Ph.D.
Walter G, Jr. Chambliss, Ph.D.
*Michael Lloyd Christensen, Pharm.D.
*Roland N Dickerson, Pharm.D.
*Isaac O Donkor, Ph.D.
B Keith English, M.D.
*William E Evans, Pharm.D.
Lawrence J Hak, Pharm.D
*Wayne T Harris, Ph.D.
*Song Hee Hong, Ph.D.
James R Johnson, Ph.D.
*Ji-Seon Kim, Ph.D.
S. Casey Laizure, Pharm.D.
*Richard E Lee, Ph.D.
*Wei Li, Ph.D.
*Vivian S Loveless, Pharm.D.
*Ram I Mahato, Ph.D.
*Tarun K Mandal, Ph.D.
William J McLaughlin, Ph.D.
*Bernd Meibohm, Ph.D.
*Duane D Miller, Ph.D.
*Bob M Moore, Ph.D.
Brien L Neudeck, Pharm.D.
Ezra Ozdenerol, Ph.D.
John C Panetta, Ph.D.
Yingxu Peng, Ph.D.
*Stephanie J Phelps, Pharm.D.
*Max D Ray, Pharm.D., M.S.
*Mary V Relling, Pharm.D.
*P. David Rogers, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Erin Schuetz, Ph.D.
*John Schuetz, Ph.D.
*Atul J Shukla, Ph.D.
Scott E Snyder, Ph.D.
*Clinton F Stewart, Pharm.D.
Michael C Storm, Ph.D.
*Arthur B Straughn, Pharm.D.
Wen Lin Sun, Ph.D.
*Yichun Sun, Ph.D.
Karen A Veverka, Ph.D.
*Karl T Weber, M.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
*George C Wood, Ph.D.
*C. Ryan Yates, Ph.D.
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Unaffiliated
David L Armbruster, Ph.D.
John Edwards Baxter, Ph.D.
Timothy D Mandrell, D.V.M.
Jerold E Rehg, D.V.M.
Thomas A Singarella, Ph.D.
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