Faculty
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Samuel E. Adunyah, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6446
Email: sadunyah@mmc.edu

Zhenbang Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5775
Email: zchen@mmc.edu

Salil K. Das, D.Sc.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6988
Email: sdas@mmc.edu

Sakina E. Eltom, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5713
Email: seltom@mmc.edu

Amosy E. M’Koma, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6796
Email: amkoma@mmc.edu

Josiah Ochieng, Ph. D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6119
Email: jochieng@mmc.edu


LaMonica Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6749
Email: lstewart@mmc.edu

Manuel Valenzuela, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6253
Email: mvalenzuela@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6996
Email: cdash@mmc.edu

Jamaine Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.963.2847
Email: jdavis@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6460
Email: ashanker@mmc.edu

J. Shawn Goodwin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6588
Email: jgoodwin@mmc.edu

Deok-Soo Son, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6501
Email: dson@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Disparities and HIV
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6449
Email: dalcendor@mmc.edu

Fernando Villalta, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6667
Email: fvillalta@mmc.edu

Minu Chaudhuri, Ph.D.
Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5726
Email: mchaudhuri@mmc.edu

Chandravanu Dash, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6996
Email: cdash@mmc.edu

Xinhong Dong, Ph.D.
Professor
Health Disparities and HIV
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6464
Email: xdong@mmc.edu

Robert Holt, Ph.D.
Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6673
Email: rholt@mmc.edu


Pius N. Nde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6175
Email: pnde@mmc.edu

Waldemar Popik, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Health Disparities and HIV
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6734
Email: wpopik@mmc.edu

Hua Xie, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor,
Oral Biology & Research
School: Dentistry
Phone: 615.327.5981
Email: hxie@mmc.edu

Anthony E. Archibong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Physiology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5714
Email: aarchibong@mmc.edu

Zhongmao Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Physiology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6804
Email: zguo@mmc.edu

Pandu Gangula, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Physiology, School of Medicine;
Chair
Oral Biology Research, School of Dentistry
Phone: 615.327.6511
Email: pgangula@mmc.edu

Hong Yang, M.D.
Associate Professor
Physiology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5772
Email: hyang@mmc.edu

Evangeline Motley-Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor
Physiology, School of Medicine;
Associate Dean
School of Graduate Studies
Phone: 615.327.6167
Email: emotley@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton
Professor
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School:Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6971
Email: ccharlton@mmc.edu

Sanika S. Chirwa, Ph.D.
Professor
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6934
Email: schirwa@mmc.edu

Sakina E. Eltom, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.5713
Email:seltom@mmc.edu

Evangeline Motley-Johnson, Ph.D.
Interim Chair and Professor
Physiology, School of Medicine;
Associate Dean
School of Graduate Studies
Phone: 615.327.6167
Email: emotley@mmc.edu

Aramandla Ramesh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6486
Email: aramesh@mmc.edu

Tultul Nayyar, PhD, MSCI
Assistant Professor and Director
Master of Health Sciences Program
Phone: 615.327.6898
Email: tnayyar@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton
Chair and Professor
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School:Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6971
Email: ccharlton@mmc.edu

Sanika S. Chirwa, Ph.D.
Professor
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6934
Email: schirwa@mmc.edu

Sukhbir S. Mokha, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman and Professor
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6933
Email: smokha@mmc.edu

Tultul Nayyar, PhD, MSCI.
Assistant Professor and Director
Neuroscience and Pharmacology
School: Medicine
Phone: 615.327.6898
Email: tnayyar@mmc.edu



Tultul Nayyar, PhD, MSCI
Assistant Professor and Director
Master of Health Sciences Program
Phone: 615.327.6898
Email: tnayyar@mmc.edu


Letha Woods, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Director
RISE Office for Professional Development
Graduate Studies
Phone: 615.327.6533
Email: lwoods@mmc.edu

Siddharth Pratap, Ph.D.
Director of Bioinformatics & Proteomics
Phone: 615.327.6281
Email: spratap@mmc.edu

Leah Alexander Ph.D., MPH
Director and Associate Professor

Aramandla Ramesh Ph.D., MSc
Associate Professor

Mekeila Cook, Ph.D., MA
Assistant Professor

Robert Taylor, MPA
Instructor

Derek Wilus, MS
Biostatistician

Mohammad Tabatabai, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Biostatistics

Wansoo Im, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Garrett Harper, Ph.D., MPH
Adjunct Professor

Vanisha L. Brown, Ph.D., MPH
Adjunct Professor

Marilyn Adams
MPH Program Coordinator

Earl Lattimore, Ed.D.