Faculty
Primary Faculty



Lisa A. Cassis, PhD
Positions Held:
- Vice President of Research
- Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Co-Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Gang Chen, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Associate DGS of Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences






Howard Glauert, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Division of Nutritional Sciences

Zhenheng Guo, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
- Cardiovascular Research Center

Robert W. Hadley, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies for Pharmacology
- Associate Director of Educational Activities

Terry Hinds, Jr, PhD
Positions Held:
- Director of the Drug & Disease Discovery D3 Research Center
- President, Kentucky Physiological Society (KPS)
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences (Tenured)



Barbara Nikolajczyk, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Director for Translational Research in Diabetes, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
- Fellow of The Obesity Society

Kevin J. Pearson, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Assistant Dean for Research Engagement, Office of Research, College of Medicine
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences

Rina Plattner, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
- Graduate Faculty in Toxicology

Sara B. Police, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Director of Nutritional Sciences Education

Nada Porter, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- MD/PhD Program Mentor
- Chair of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences


Hollie Swanson, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Director, Summer Undergraduate Research in Environmental Health Sciences (SURES)
- DGS of Integrated Biomedical Sciences

Olivier Thibault, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Neuroscience
- Co-Director Sanders-Brown Intravital Imaging Facility
- Graduate Faculty of Nutritional Sciences
Center Affiliated Faculty

Anika M. Hartz, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences

Christopher M. Norris, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
- Associate Director Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
- Co-Director Sanders-Brown Intravital Imaging Facility

Qing-Bai She
Positions Held:
- Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
- Markey Cancer Center


