Image Nutritional Science Research Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Research Nutritional Science Research Overview The nutritional sciences division provides unique opportunities for wide-ranging interdisciplinary research collaborations targeting nutrition and chronic diseases. A number of faculty with primary appointments in the department of pharmacology and nutritional sciences have expertise in nutritional sciences, with research emphases in the areas of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes), cancer, and aging. 50 Affiliated Faculty affiliated with the nutritional sciences division, providing expertise in other specialty areas 28 Departments and Divisions in UK’s Colleges of Medicine, Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, Agriculture, Education, and Arts and Sciences More than 50 faculty from 28 departments and divisions in UK’s Colleges of Medicine, Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing, Agriculture, Education, and Arts and Sciences are affiliated with the nutritional sciences division, providing expertise in other specialty areas including nutrition and oxidative stress, clinical nutrition, animal nutrition, and food science. Nutritional Sciences Graduate Faculty Eric Blalock, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Associate Professor Maria Boosalis PhD, MPH, RD, LD Geza Bruckner, PhD Health Sciences - Clinical Science Lisa A. Cassis, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional SciencesSaha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Vice President of Research Gang Chen, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Associate Professor Jody Clasey, PhD Kinesiology and Health Promotion Rolf J. Craven, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Associate Professor Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiologySaha Aortic Center Associate Vice President for Research Frederick C. de Beer, MD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Professor Sanda Despa, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Professor Florin Despa, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional SciencesSaha Cardiovascular Research Center Professor, Lewis Honors Faculty B. Mark Evers, MD, FACS Surgery Professor of Surgery Christopher Fry, PhD Physiology Assistant Professor Jean Fry, PHD, RDN Assistant Professor Cassandra D Gipson-Reichardt, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Associate Professor Howard Glauert, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Professor Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD PhysiologySaha Cardiovascular Research CenterSaha Aortic Center Professor Scott M. Gordon, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Assistant Professor Gregory Graf, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPhysiology Physiology Zhenheng Guo, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research CenterPharmacology and Nutritional SciencesSaha Aortic Center Professor Bernhard Hennig, PhD Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Animal and Food Sciences David Hildebrand, PhD Plant and Soil Sciences Terry Hinds, Jr, PhD Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences (Tenured) Lance A. Johnson, PhD PhysiologySanders-Brown Center on Aging Associate Professor Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next Last