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Primary Faculty

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Francisco H. Andrade, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-6576
    paco.andrade@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B371
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    Erhard Bieberich, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    859-323-8079
    Erhard.Bieberich@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B269
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    Cheavar A Blair, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    859-218-2427
    cabl223@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B363
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    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

    Contact
    859-323-3512
    Primary Contact
    Tanya Graf
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B243, Lexington, KY 40536-0509
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    Brian P. Delisle, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-2797
    brian.delisle@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B353
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    Steven Estus, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor, Department of Physiology

    Contact
    859-218-3858
    steve.estus@uky.edu
    Office: 789 S. Limestone St, Lee T. Todd, Jr. Building, Rm: 537 , Lexington, KY 40536-0596, Lab: 789 S. Limestone St, Lee T. Todd, Jr. Building, Rm: 566, Lexington, KY 40536-0596
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    Gregory Frolenkov, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    Office: (859) 323-8729, Lab: (859) 323-8730
    gfrol2@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B375, Our team:
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    John Carib Gensel, PhD

  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Director-Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC)
    • Professor of Physiology
    • SCoBIRC Endowed Chair #5.

    Contact
    859-218-0516
    jcge224@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B483, Lexington, KY 40536
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    Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Saha Aortic Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    859-218-1361
    mcgong2@email.uky.edu
    900 South Limestone Street, Wethington Building, Rm: 509, Lexington, KY 40536-0200
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    Scott M. Gordon, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-8134
    scott.gordon@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B349
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    Gregory Graf, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology

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

    Contact
    859-257-4749
    Gregory.Graf@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B345
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    Brad Hubbard, PhD

  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor
    • Research Physiologist, Lexington VA Healthcare System

    Contact
    (859) 562-3495
    bradhubbard@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B467
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    Brian A. Jackson, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Director of Education, Department of Physiology

    Contact
    (859) 323-8503 (Physiology)
    brian.jackson@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B357
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    Lance A. Johnson, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

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

    Contact
    859-323-2746
    Johnson.Lance@uky.edu
    760 Press Ave, Healthy Kentucky Research Building 135, Lexington, KY 40536
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    Xiang-An Li, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Regular Faculty

    Contact
    859-257-5113
    xli2@email.uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B255
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    Hong S. Lu, MD, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology
  • Saha Aortic Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Contact
    859-323-4639
    Hong.Lu@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B249
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    Diego Lucero, Ph.D.

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    diego.lucero@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B259 Lexington, KY 40536
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    Shannon L Macauley, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
  • Neuroscience

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Contact
    8593230598
    Shannon.Macauley@uky.edu
    760 Press Ave, Healthy Kentucky Research Building 136, Lexington, KY 40536
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    John J McCarthy, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    (859) 494-2505
    jjmcca2@email.uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B373, 741 South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536
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    Timothy S McClintock, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor of Physiology
    • University Research Professor

    Contact
    859-323-1083
    mcclint@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-585, Lexington, KY 40536-0298
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    Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    859-323-8210
    mnikolo@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B365
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    Samir P. Patel, PhD

  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor
    • Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), Department of Physiology
    • Co-Director CNS-Met COBRE Core

    Contact
    859-323-6477
    skpate2@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B461
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    Alexander "Sasha" Rabchevsky, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor of Physiology

    Contact
    (859) 323-0267
    agrab@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B471
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    Kathryn Saatman, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor of Physiology and Neurosurgery
    • Endowed Chair, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center
    • Associate Director, Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center

    Contact
    (859) 323-5145
    k.saatman@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B473
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    Jonathan Satin, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    859-333-7373
    Jonathan.Satin@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B379
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    Hisashi Sawada, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology
  • Saha Aortic Center

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    859-218-1705
    hisashi.sawada@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B251
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    Stefanka Spassieva, PhD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    859-323-9443
    Stefanka.Spassieva@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B267
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    Ryan Temel, PhD

  • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor
    • Cardiovascular Research Center
    • Department of Physiology

    Contact
    859-218-1706
    Ryan.Temel@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B353, Lexington, KY 40536-0509
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    A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, PhD

  • Physiology
  • Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor
    • Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Physiology
    • Joint Appointment, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

    Contact
    Office: (859) 323-4344, Lab: (859) 323-1870
    ave222@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B377, Lexington, KY 40536-0509
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    Yuan Wen, PhD-MD

  • Physiology

  • Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    (859) 218-7185
    ywen2@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B265
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    Timothy Butterfield, PhD

    Physiology

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    Physiology
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    John D'Orazio, MD, PhD

    Pediatrics
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    Professor

    Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD

    Physiology

    Professor, Director Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program

    Christopher Fry, PhD

    Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Robert N. Helsley, PhD

    Internal Medicine

    Assistant Professor

    Ila Mishra, PhD

    Internal Medicine

    Assistant Professor

    Hiroshi Saito, PhD

    Surgery
    Physiology

    Professor

    Mary Sheppard, MD

    Family and Community Medicine
    Saha Aortic Center
    Surgery
    Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Elizabeth Schroder Stumpf, PhD

    Physiology
    Internal Medicine

    Associate Professor

    Jamie Sturgill, PhD

    Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
    Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Nicolas Grillet, PhD

    Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

    Associate Professor in Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery

    Physiology

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