Our People Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Our People Administrative Personnel Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Chair, PhysiologyDirector, Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterGill Foundation Chair in Preventive Cardiology Contact 859-323-3512 Primary Contact Tanya Graf BBSRB Rm: B243, 741 South Limestone Street Tanya Graf PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Director of Communications Contact (859) 323-5254 tlgr229@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B253, 741 South Limestone Street Lucas Redmond PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Administrative Staff Officer/COM Contact (859) 323-4688 lucas-redmond@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B248A, 741 South Limestone Street Embry Howell PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Special Events Coordinator Contact (859) 257-0397 elho226@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B248D, 741 South Limestone Street 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 Kaitlin Baudendistel Physiology Positions Held: Department Administrator III Contact 859-323-4683 Kaitlin.B@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B245, 741 South Limestone Street Core Faculty Cheavar A Blair, PhD Physiology Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-218-2427 cabl223@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B363, 741 South Limestone Street Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Chair, PhysiologyDirector, Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterGill Foundation Chair in Preventive Cardiology Contact 859-323-3512 Primary Contact Tanya Graf BBSRB Rm: B243, 741 South Limestone Street Scott M. Gordon, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Associate Professor Contact (859) 323-8134 smgo239@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B349, 741 South Limestone Street Gregory Graf, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Professor, PhysiologyAssociate Director, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Contact 859-257-4749 Gregory.Graf@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B345, 741 South Limestone Street 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, 900 S Limestone St Robert N. Helsley, PhD Internal Medicine Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-218-1608 robert.helsley@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B347, 741 South Limestone Street Xiang-An Li, PhD PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: ProfessorRegular Faculty Contact 859-257-5113 xli2@email.uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B255, 741 South Limestone Street Hong S. Lu, MD, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Positions Held: Associate Professor Contact 859-323-4639 Hong.Lu@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B249, 741 South Limestone Street Diego Lucero, Ph.D. Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact diego.lucero@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B259, 741 South Limestone Street Mary Sheppard, MD Family and Community MedicineSaha Aortic CenterSurgeryPhysiology Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact BBSRB Rm: B247, 741 South Limestone Street 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 Ryan Temel, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Positions Held: Associate ProfessorCardiovascular Research CenterDepartment of Physiology Contact 859-218-1706 Ryan.Temel@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: 353, 741 South Limestone Street Sidney W. Whiteheart, PhD Molecular and Cellular BiochemistrySaha Cardiovascular Research CenterMD/PhD Program Positions Held: Professor Contact 859-257-4882 whitehe@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B361, 741 South Limestone Street Jeremy P Wood, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterInternal Medicine Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact 859-323-7408 Jeremy.Wood@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B359, 741 South Limestone Street Congqing Wu, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterSurgery Positions Held: Assistant Professor, Surgery Contact cwu3@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B263, 741 South Limestone Street Xu Xiao, PhD Physiology Positions Held: Assistant Professor Contact (859) 323 7064 xxi240@uky.edu BBSRB Rm: B261, 741 South Limestone Street Affiliated Faculty Yasir Alsiraj, PhDDouglas A. Andres, PhDCherry Ballard-Croft, PhDMartha Biddle, PhD, RN, APRN, CCNS, FAHAEmma Birks, MDKenneth 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, PhD Bernard Hennig, PhDTerry Hinds, Jr, PhDBrian A. Jackson, PhDLance Johnson, PhDThomas Kampourakis, Diplom, PhDVictoria L. King, PhDRobert A. Lodder, PhDCharles Loftin, PhDAnalia Loria, PhDJohn McCarthy, PhDIla Mishra, PhDGia Mudd-Martin, PhD, MPH, RNBarbara Nikolajczyk, PhDMariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhDKevin J. Pearson, PhDJulie Pendergast, PhD Keith Pennypacker, PhD Martha Peterson, PhDCetewayo Rashid, PhDCaitlin Pope, PhDSibu Saha, MD, MBAJessica Santollo, PhDJonathan Satin, PhDNancy E. Schoenberg, PhDRobin Shoemaker, PhDVincent L. Sorrell, MDJamie Sturgill, PhDSam Tyagi, MDVincent Venditto, PhDShuxia Wang, MD, PhDJonathan Wenk, PhDThad E. Wilson, PhD