Faculty
Primary Faculty
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Lisa A. Cassis, PhD
Positions Held:
- Vice President of Research
- Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Co-Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences
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Gang Chen, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Associate DGS of Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
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Howard Glauert, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies
- Division of Nutritional Sciences
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Zhenheng Guo, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
- Cardiovascular Research Center
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Robert W. Hadley, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Director of Graduate Studies for Pharmacology
- Associate Director of Educational Activities
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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)
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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
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Kevin J. Pearson, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Assistant Dean for Inclusive Research Initiatives
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
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Rina Plattner, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
- Graduate Faculty in Toxicology
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Sara B. Police, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Director of Nutritional Sciences Education
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Nada Porter, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- MD/PhD Program Mentor
- Chair of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
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Hollie Swanson, PhD
- Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
- Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Office of Biomedical Education
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Director, Summer Undergraduate Research in Environmental Health Sciences (SURES)
- DGS of Integrated Biomedical Sciences
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Olivier Thibault, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor of Neuroscience
- Co-Director Sanders-Brown Intravital Imaging Facility
- Graduate Faculty of Nutritional Sciences
Center Affiliated Faculty
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Anika M. Hartz, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
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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
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Qing-Bai She
Positions Held:
- Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Nutritional Sciences
- Markey Cancer Center
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