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.