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Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Pharmacology

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Nutritional Sciences Graduate Faculty

Eric Blalock, PhD

  • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Positions Held:
  • Professor
  • Vice Chair of Department

Maria Boosalis PhD, MPH, RD, LD

    Geza Bruckner, PhD


      Positions Held:
      • Health Sciences - Clinical Science

      Lisa A. Cassis, PhD

      • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
      • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
      • Saha Aortic Center

      Positions Held:
      • Vice President of Research
      • Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
      • Co-Director, Division of Nutritional Sciences

      Gang Chen, PhD

      • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

      Positions Held:
      • Associate Professor
      • Associate DGS of Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program
      • Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences

      Jody Clasey, PhD


        Positions Held:
        • Kinesiology and Health Promotion

        Rolf J. Craven, PhD

        • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

        Positions Held:
        • Associate Professor
        • Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences

        Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc, FAHA

        • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
        • Physiology
        • Saha Aortic Center

        Positions Held:
        • Associate Vice President for Research
        • Chair, Physiology
        • Director, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

        Sanda Despa, PhD

        • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

        Positions Held:
        • Professor

        Florin Despa, PhD

        • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
        • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

        Positions Held:
        • Professor, Lewis Honors Faculty

        B. Mark Evers, MD, FACS

        • Surgery

        Positions Held:
        • Professor of Surgery
        • Mark McDowell Cancer Foundation Chair in the Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center
        • Director, Markey Cancer Center

        Christopher Fry, PhD

        • Physiology

        Positions Held:
        • Assistant Professor

        Jean Fry, PHD, RDN


          Positions Held:
          • Assistant Professor

          Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt, PhD

          • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

          Positions Held:
          • Associate Professor

          Howard Glauert, PhD

          • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

          Positions Held:
          • Professor
          • Director of Graduate Studies
          • Division of Nutritional Sciences

          Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD

          • Physiology
          • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
          • Saha Aortic Center

          Positions Held:
          • Professor

          Scott M. Gordon, PhD

          • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
          • Physiology

          Positions Held:
          • Associate Professor

          Gregory Graf, PhD

          • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
          • Physiology

          Positions Held:
          • Professor, Physiology
          • Associate Director, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

          Zhenheng Guo, PhD

          • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
          • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
          • Saha Aortic Center

          Positions Held:
          • Professor
          • Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
          • Cardiovascular Research Center

          David Hildebrand, PhD


            Positions Held:
            • Plant and Soil Sciences

            Terry Hinds, Jr, PhD

            • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

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

            Lance A. Johnson, PhD

            • Physiology
            • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

            Positions Held:
            • Associate Professor
            • Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology

            Dennis Karounos, MD

            • Internal Medicine

            Positions Held:
            • Associate Professor

            Philip A. Kern, MD

            • Internal Medicine

            Positions Held:
            • Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
            • Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
            • Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Science
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