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    Pharmacology And Nutritional Sciences

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    • Nutritional Sciences Graduate Faculty

    Nutritional Sciences Graduate Faculty

    Eric Blalock, PhD

    • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor
    • Expression and Pathway Analysis Advisor

    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

          Frederick C. de Beer, MD

          • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
          • Saha Aortic Center

          Positions Held:
          • Professor

          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 D 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:
            • Assistant Professor

            Gregory Graf, PhD

            • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
            • Physiology

            Positions Held:
            • 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

            Bernhard Hennig, PhD

            • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

            Positions Held:
            • Animal and Food Sciences
            • Nutritional Sciences
            • Graduate Center for Toxicology

            David Hildebrand, PhD


              Positions Held:
              • Plant and Soil Sciences

              Terry Hinds, Jr, PhD

              • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

              Positions Held:
              • Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences (Tenured)
              • Vice President of the Kentucky Physiological Society (KPS)
              • Director, Molecular Biological Applications in Nutrition Course

              Lance A. Johnson, PhD

              • Physiology
              • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

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