Faculty Members
Anupam Agarwal, MD
Senior Vice President Medicine & Dean Heersink SOM Medicine
Department: Medicine
Division: Nephrology
Research Interests: Acute kidney injury; Critical care nephrology; Progression of kidney disease
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Matthew Alexander, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Neurology
Research Interests: Epigenetic modifiers; Human neuromuscular diseases; Zebrafish models; Muscular dystrophies; Drug therapeutics
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GM Anantharamaiah, PhD
Professor Emeritus Medicine
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Peptide synthesis; Protein analysis; Plasma apolipoproteins
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James Andrews, MD
Assistant Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Rheumatology
Research Interests: Sarcopenia; Frailty; Long-term Functional Outcomes
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Steven Austad, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Biology of Aging, Evolution, Scientific Communication
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Andres Azuero, PhD
Professor
Department: Nursing
Division: Family, Comm & Health Systems
Research Interests: Clinical trials; Health interventions; Observational data; Classical statistical techniques; Multivariate models
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Marie Bakitas, DSN
Professor
Department: Nursing
Division: Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care
Research Interests: Early palliative care; neuropathic pain; advance care planning; communicating values and preferences of care; informed decision making and decision support; tele-health; rural palliative care; caregiver research; care of older adults; oncology palliative care; intervention development; mixed methods and qualitative research methods; and management
Sejong Bae, PhD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: General Internal Medicine and Population Science
Research Interests: Cancer; Health Disparities; Clinical Trials; Biomarker; Biostatistics
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Natalie Baker, DNP, CRNP
Professor
Department: Nursing
Division: Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care
Research Interests: Frail Older Adults; Long Term Care; Pressure Ulcers; Palliative Care; Hospice; Advanced Directives; Nursing Home Regulations; Elder Abuse; Rural Health; Dementia; Distance Accessible Education
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Karlene Ball, PhD
Professor
Department: Psychology
Research Interests: Psychology of Aging, Gerontology
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Scott Ballinger, PhD
Professor
Department: Pathology
Division: Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Research Interests: Mito-Mendelian genetics; Metabolic diseases; Bioenergetics; Inflammation
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Marcas Bamman, PhD
Professor
Department: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Division: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Human skeletal muscle regeneration; Muscle mass regulation; Myofiber hypertrophy
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Stephen Barnes
Distinguished Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care
Research Interests: Metabolism; Enzymology; Enterohepatic circulation; Endogenous and exogenous metabolites
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Beth Barstow, PhD
Professor
Department: Occupational Therapy
Division: Occupational Therapy
Research Interests: Low vision; Disability; Participation in occupation; Access to healthcare systems
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Alfred Bartolucci, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department: Biostatistics
Research Interests: Clinical Sciences; Oncology and Carcinogenesis; Public Health and Health Services; Pediatrics and Reproductive Medicine; Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Hematology; Neurosciences
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Donna Bearden, MD
Assistant Professor
Department: Hospitalist
Research Interests: Hospice and Palliative Care, Hospital Medicine
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Mark Beasley, PhD
Professor
Department: Biostatistics
Research Interests: Linear Models; Non-Parametrics; Longitudinal Analyses
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Susan Bellis, PhD
Professor
Department: Cell, Development, & Integrative Biology
Research Interests: Receptor glycosylation in conferring a cancer stem cell phenotype; Biomimetic scaffolds for bone repair
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Peggy Biga, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Comparative Growth Biology, Developmental Physiology, Diet-Epigenetic Interactions, Skeletal Muscle Growth Regulation, Science Community Outreach, k-12 Science Engagement, Science Policy
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Vera Bittner, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Cardiovascular Disease
Research Interests: Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease; Lipid-lowering therapies; Cardiac rehabilitation, Heart disease in women
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