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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

    Terry A. Lennie, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Nursing Instruction
    • Associate Dean for PhD Studies

    Xiang-An Li, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Regular Faculty

    Analia Loria, PhD

  • Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Hong S. Lu, MD, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology
  • Saha Aortic Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    James C. Matthews, PhD


    Positions Held:
    • Animal and Food Sciences

    Ann Morris, PhD


    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor and Associate Chair
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