Image Our People Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Our People Administrative Personnel Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Associate Vice President for ResearchChair, PhysiologyDirector, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Contact 859-323-3512 Primary Contact Tanya Graf 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B243, Lexington, KY 40536-0509 Tanya Graf PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Director of Communications Contact (859) 323-5254 tanya.graf@uky.edu 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B253, Lexington, KY 40536 Lucas Redmond PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Administrative Staff Officer/COM Contact (859) 323-4688 lucas-redmond@uky.edu 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B248C, Lexington, KY, 40536 Embry Howell PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Special Events Coordinator Contact (859) 257-0397 elho226@uky.edu 741 S Limestone BBSRB B248D, Lexington, KY, 40536 Taylor Petersen PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Program Coordinator I Contact (859) 323-0886 tgpe228@uky.edu 741 S Limestone BBSRB B248G, Lexington, KY, 40536 Laura Connolly PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Administrative Services Assistant Contact (859) 323-3515 llco240@uky.edu 741 S Limestone BBSRB B248B, Lexington, KY, 40536 Kaitlin Baudendistel Physiology Positions Held: Department Administrator III Contact 859-323-4683 Kaitlin.B@uky.edu Physiology, 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB room 245 Core Faculty Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Associate Vice President for ResearchChair, PhysiologyDirector, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Contact 859-323-3512 Primary Contact Tanya Graf 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B243, Lexington, KY 40536-0509 Frederick C. de Beer, MD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Professor Contact 859-323-5079 fcdebe1@uky.edu 900 S. Limestone Street Scott M. Gordon, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Associate Professor Contact (859) 323-8134 scott.gordon@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B349 Gregory Graf, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Professor, PhysiologyAssociate Director, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Contact 859-257-4749 Gregory.Graf@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B345 Zhenheng Guo, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPharmacology and Nutritional SciencesSaha Aortic Center Positions Held: ProfessorGraduate Faculty in Nutritional SciencesCardiovascular Research Center Contact 859-218-1416 zguo2@uky.edu 515 C.T. Wethington Bldg, 900 S Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40536-0200 Robert N. Helsley, PhD Internal Medicine Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-218-1608 robert.helsley@uky.edu 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B347, Lexington, KY 40536 Xiang-An Li, PhD PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: ProfessorRegular Faculty Contact 859-257-5113 xli2@email.uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B255 Hong S. Lu, MD, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Associate Professor Contact 859-323-4639 Hong.Lu@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B249 Hisashi Sawada, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-218-1705 hisashi.sawada@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B251 Mary Sheppard, MD Family and Community MedicineSaha Aortic CenterSurgeryPhysiology Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B247 Preetha Shridas, PhD Internal MedicineSaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Associate Professor Contact preetha.shridas@uky.edu C.T. Wethington Bldg, Rm: 537, 900 S Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40536-0200 Lisa Tannock, MD Internal MedicineSaha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Positions Held: ProfessorAssociate Provost for Faculty Advancement Contact Lisa.Tannock@uky.edu Ryan Temel, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Associate ProfessorCardiovascular Research CenterDepartment of Physiology Contact 859-218-1706 Ryan.Temel@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B353, Lexington, KY 40536-0509 Christopher Mark Waters, PhD, ATSF PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: ProfessorDr. Donald T. Frazier Professor of Physiology Contact 859-218-1707 chris.waters41@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B257, Lexington, KY 40536-0509 Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD Molecular and Cellular BiochemistrySaha Cardiovascular Research CenterMD/PhD Program Positions Held: Professor Contact 859-257-4882 whitehe@uky.edu BBSRB 361, 741 S Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40536-0509 Jeremy P Wood, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterInternal Medicine Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-323-7408 Jeremy.Wood@uky.edu 741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B359 Congqing Wu, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterSurgery Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact cwu3@uky.edu 741 South Limestone, BBSRB Room 263 Xu Xiao, PhD Physiology Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact xxi240@uky.edu 741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B261 Affiliated Faculty Yasir Alsiraj, PhDDouglas A. Andres, PhDCherry Ballard-Croft, PhDMartha Biddle, PhD, RN, APRN, CCNS, FAHAEmma Birks, MDCheavar Blair, PhDKenneth S. Campbell, PhDLisa A. Cassis, PhDLindsay Czuba, PhDBrian P. Delisle, PhDFlorin Despa, PhDSanda Despa, PhDEric D. Endean, MD, FACSHongbing Fan, PhDChristopher Fry, PhD Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MDRobert W. Hadley, PhDBernhard Hennig, PhD Terry Hinds, Jr, PhDBrian A. Jackson, PhDLance Johnson, PhDThomas Kampourakis, Diplom, PhDVictoria L. King, PhDRobert A. Lodder, PhDCharles Loftin, PhDAnalia Loria, PhDJohn McCarthy, PhDIla Mishra, PhDDebra Moser, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAANGia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH, RNBarbara Nikolajczyk, PhDMariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhDKevin J. Pearson, PhDJulie Pendergast, PhDKeith Pennypacker, PhD Martha Peterson, PhDCetewayo Rashid, PhDCaitlin Pope, PhDSibu Saha, MD, MBAJessica Santollo, PhDJonathan Satin, PhDNancy E. Schoenberg, PhDRobin Shoemaker, PhDSamir Softic, MDVincent L. Sorrell, MDJamie Sturgill, PhDRamkumar Tiruvannamalai Annamala, PhDSam Tyagi, MDVincent Venditto, PhDShuxia Wang, MD, PhDJonathan Wenk, PhDThad E. Wilson, PhD