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  • Yidong Bai, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty

    Research Topics

    Adult and Pediatric Cancers, Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Animal Models, Apoptotic Pathways, Biochemistry, Bioenergetics, Cancer Biology, Cancer Rehab, Cell & Organelle Biology, Cell Models, Diabetes, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Genetics, Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Intracellular Trafficking and Communications, Liver Cancer, Metabolism, Mitochondrial Biology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases, Mouse Models, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroscience, Obesity, Oxidative Stress, Proteomics, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Cancer, Diabetes & Kidney Health, Infectious Disease, Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience

  • Jessica Bergden, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    bergden@uthscsa.edu


  • Lizhen Chen, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    chenl7@uthscsa.edu


  • Marcel Daadi, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Leader of Regenerative Medicine & Aging Unit
    Primary Faculty
    daadi@uthscsa.edu


  • Lily Dong, Ph.D.

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    dongq@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Biochemistry, Cell & Organelle Biology, Cell Models, Diabetes, Drug Discovery, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Intracellular Trafficking and Communications, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases, Mouse Models, Obesity, Pediatrics, Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction Pathways

    Research Areas

    Diabetes & Kidney Health, Longevity & Aging

  • Valentina Rose Garbarino, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Biggs Institute Alzheim Neurodegenerative Inst
    Primary Faculty
    garbarino@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Neurobiology, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience

  • Gang Huang, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Kathryn Mays Johnson Distinguished Chair in Oncology
    Primary Faculty
    huangg1@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Adult and Pediatric Cancers, Aging, Animal Models, Biochemistry, Bioenergetics, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cancer Epigenetics, Cancer Omics, Cancer Rehab, Cell & Organelle Biology, Cell Models, DNA Repair, DNA Repair & Mutagenesis, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics, Experimental Therapeutics, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Genetics, Genetics & Genomics, Genomics, Immunology, Liver Cancer, Medicine, Metabolism, Mitochondrial Biology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases, Mouse Models, Obesity, Polytrauma, Proteolytic Pathways, Proteomics, RNA Biology, Research, Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction Pathways, Stem Cells, Stem Cells and Development Biology, Systems Biology, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Cancer, Diabetes & Kidney Health, Longevity & Aging, Military Health, Regenerative Medicine

  • Laura Johnson, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    johnsonl7@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Education & Scholarship, Medical Education

  • Rekha Kar, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy - Clinical
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    karr@uthscsa.edu


  • Su-Hyuk Ko, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    kosh@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Alzheimer&#x2019, Nerve Regeneration, Oxidative Stress, Spinal Cord Injury, s Disease

    Research Areas

    Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience

  • Erzsebet Kokovay, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    kokovaye@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Experimental Therapeutics, Gene Expression, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Mouse Models, Neuroscience, Stem Cells, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience, Regenerative Medicine

  • Kimi Kong, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor
    Primary Faculty



  • Ellen Kraig, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    kraig@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Animal Models, Cell & Organelle Biology, Cell Models, Developmental Biology, Epigenetics, Experimental Therapeutics, Genetics, Genetics & Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases, Mouse Models, Research, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Infectious Disease, Longevity & Aging

  • Pamela Larsen, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    larsenp@uthscsa.edu


  • Robin Leach, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    leach@uthscsa.edu


  • James Donald Lechleiter, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Director of the Optical Imaging Core
    Primary Faculty
    lechleiter@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Animal Models, Bioenergetics, Biophysics, Cell Models, Drug Discovery, Experimental Therapeutics, Metabolism, Mitochondrial Biology, Molecular Biology, Mouse Models, Nerve Regeneration, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroscience, Oxidative Stress, Research, Signal Transduction, Signal Transduction Pathways, Spinal Cord Injury, TBI, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience

  • Jun Liu, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    liuj8@uthscsa.edu


  • Yu Luan, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy
    Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute
    Primary Faculty
    luany@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Adult and Pediatric Cancers, Aging, Bioinformatics, Cancer Epigenetics, Computational Biology, Epigenetics, Gene Regulation, Genetics & Genomics, Machine Learning

    Research Areas

    Cancer

  • Amr Mohi, B.D.S., Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    mohi@uthscsa.edu


  • Haley L. Nation, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    nation@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Anatomical Variation, Comparative and Functional Anatomy, Education & Scholarship

  • Annette Occhialini, M.D., FACS

    Associate Professor/Clinical
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    occhialini@uthscsa.edu


  • Hwoi Min Oh, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Clinical
    Primary Faculty
    ohh2@uthscsa.edu


  • Babatunde Oyajobi, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    oyajobi@uthscsa.edu


  • Luiz Penalva, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    penalva@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Adult and Pediatric Cancers, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cancer Omics, Cell Models, Experimental Therapeutics, Gene Expression, Genomics, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, RNA Biology, Stem Cells, Structural Biology, Systems Biology, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Cancer

  • Omid B. Rahimi, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    rahimi@uthscsa.edu


  • Qitao Ran, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    ran@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Aging, Alzheimer&#x2019, Experimental Therapeutics, Metabolism, Mitochondrial Biology, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases, Mouse Models, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oxidative Stress, s Disease

    Research Areas

    Longevity & Aging, Neuroscience

  • Manjeet Rao, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    raom@uthscsa.edu


  • Russel Reiter, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    reiter@uthscsa.edu


  • Jiyoon Ryu, Ph.D.

    Instructor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    ryuj@uthscsa.edu


  • Alan Y Sakaguchi, Ph.D.

    Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    sakaguchi@uthscsa.edu


  • Panneerdoss Subbarayalu, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    subbarayalu@uthscsa.edu


  • LuZhe Sun, Ph.D.

    Professor and Dielmann Chair in Oncology
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Associate Director for Basic Research, Mays Cancer Center
    Primary Faculty
    sunl@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Cancer Biology, Cell & Organelle Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Biology of Aging and Age Related Diseases

  • Kristine Vogel, B.A., Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    UT Distinguished Teaching Professor
    Primary Faculty
    vogelk@uthscsa.edu


  • Exing Wang, Ph.D.

    Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Director, Optical Imaging Core Facility
    Primary Faculty
    wange3@uthscsa.edu


  • Pei Wang, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    wangp3@uthscsa.edu


  • Feng-Chun Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

    Professor, The A.B. Alexander Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research Mays Cancer Center
    Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    yangf1@uthscsa.edu


  • Peng Zhang, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor/Research
    Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy
    Primary Faculty
    zhangp1@uthscsa.edu

    Research Topics

    Animal Models, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Cancer Epigenetics, Epigenetics, Experimental Therapeutics, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Genetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Mouse Models, Stem Cells, Translational Research

    Research Areas

    Cancer