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Core Faculty

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David J. Fulton, PhD

  • Director
  • Professor

(706) 721-6338

dfulton@augusta.edu

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Neal L. Weintraub, MD

  • Assoc. Director
  • Professor

(706) 721-6164

nweintraub@augusta.edu

Patient Information
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Brian Annex, MD

  • Professor

(706) 721-2941

bannex@augusta.edu

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Eric J. Belin de Chantemèle, DSc

  • Professor

(706) 721-7805

ebelindechanteme@augusta.edu

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Ruth B. Caldwell, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-6145

rcaldwel@augusta.edu

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Gábor Csányi, PhD

  • Assoc. Professor

(706) 721-1437

gcsanyi@augusta.edu

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Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-6380

tfukai@augusta.edu

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Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-9728

mfukai@augusta.edu

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Vijay Ganta, PhD

  • Assoc. Professor

vganta@augusta.edu

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László Kovács, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

lkovacs@augusta.edu

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Jie Li, MD, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

706-721-9414

jieli@augusta.edu

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Xiaochun Long, PhD

  • Professor

706-446-0157

xlong@augusta.edu

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Rudolf Lucas, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-9470

rlucas@augusta.edu

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Joseph M. Miano, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 446-0166

jmiano@augusta.edu

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Benard Ogola, PhD

  • Asst. Professor

(706) 721-0822

bogola@augusta.edu

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Brian Stansfield, MD

  • Professor

(706) 721-5059

bstansfield@augusta.edu

Patient Information
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David W. Stepp, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-1949

dstepp@augusta.edu

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Huabo Su, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-9152

hsu@augusta.edu

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Yao Liang Tang, MD, PhD, FAHA

  • Professor

(706) 721-8467

yaotang@augusta.edu

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Alexander D. Verin, PhD

  • Professor

(706) 721-1531

averin@augusta.edu

Research Faculty

Dipankar Ash, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

dash@augusta.edu

Bart Bryant, PhD

  • Research Scientist

wilbryant@augusta.edu

Malikarjun Badadani, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

mbadadani@augusta.edu

Archita Das, PhD

  • Research Scientist

ardas@augusta.edu

Ajay Kumar, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

ajkumar@augusta.edu

Ha Won Kim, PhD

  • Associate Professor

(706) 721-1715

hkim3@augusta.edu

Anita Kovacs-Kasa, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

akovacskasa@augusta.edu

Modesto Rojas, MD

  • Research Scientist

mrojas@augusta.edu

Maritza Romero-Lucas, MD

  • Senior Research Scientist

mromerolucas@augusta.edu

Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

svaradarajan@augusta.edu

Youli Wang, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

ywang2@augusta.edu

Syed Adeel Zaidi, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

syezaidi@augusta.edu

Jianqiu Zou, PhD

  • Assistant Research Scientist

jzou@augusta.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Shuillin Dong, MD
Long lab

Chunyu Ge, PhD
Miano lab

Steve Haigh, PhD
Fulton lab

Qimei Han, PhD
 Annex lab

Md Selim Hossain, PhD
M Fukai Lab

Nestor Ishimwe, PhD
Long lab

Sadikul Islam, PhD
Su lab

Latika Jaiswal, PhD
Verin lab

Shiva Kuppuswamy, PhD
Ganta lab

Yilang Li, PhD
Su lab

Basmah Mohamed, PhD
Verin lab 

Abdehakim Morsy, MD, PhD
Stansfield lab 

Sheela Nagarkoti, PhD
T Fukai lab

Mohamed Nofal, MD
Annex lab

Yoichi Ono, MD, PhD
Belin de Chantemele lab  

Lihua Pan, PhD
Miano lab

Rahul Patil, PhD
Verin lab

Maryam Rezaei Gazik, PhD
Li lab

Adam Salon, PhD
Belin de Chantemele lab 

Jing Shi, PhD
Su lab

Varsha Tandra, PhD
Li Lab

Kamila Wojnar-Lason, PhD
Csanyi lab 

Shengzhou Wen, PhD
Belin de Chantemele lab

Xiaoliang Wu, PhD
Long lab 

Shikha Yadav, PhD
M Fukai lab

Mai Yamamoto, PhD
Caldwell Lab

Qiuhua Yang, PhD
Caldwell Lab

Yusra Zaidi, PhD
Stansfield Lab

Chongyu (Will) Zhang, PhD
Tang lab

 

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