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  • Physiology

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    • Physiology
    • People
    • Faculty

    Primary Faculty

    Francisco H. Andrade, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-6576
    paco.andrade@uky.edu
    741 S. Limestone, BBSRB Rm B265, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

    Erhard Bieberich, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    859-323-8079
    Erhard.Bieberich@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-519, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    Cheavar A Blair, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    cabl223@uky.edu
    741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B363, Lexington, KY 40536

    Lei Chen, PhD

    • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor, Research Track

    Contact
    Lei.Chen@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: 465, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    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

    Brian P. Delisle, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

    Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-2797
    brian.delisle@uky.edu
    741 S Limestone Street BBSRB B353, Lexington, KY, 40536

    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

    Gregory Frolenkov, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Professor

    Contact
    Office: (859) 323-8729, Lab: (859) 323-8730
    gregory.frolenkov@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-617, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    John Carib Gensel, PhD

    • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
    • Physiology

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

    Contact
    859-218-0516
    gensel.1@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B483, Lexington, KY 40536

    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

    Scott M. Gordon, PhD

    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-8134
    scott.gordon@uky.edu
    Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building (BBSRB), 741 S. Limestone, Room B349, Lexington, KY 40536

    Gregory Graf, PhD

    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
    • Physiology

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

    Contact
    859-257-4749
    Gregory.Graf@uky.edu
    345 BBSRB, 741 S Limestone St, Lexington, KY 40536

    Brad Hubbard, PhD

    • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
    • Physiology

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

    Contact
    (859) 562-3495
    bradhubbard@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-513, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    Brian A. Jackson, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

    Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Senior Associate Dean, The Graduate School
    • 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, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

    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, HKRB 135, Lexington, KY 40536

    Lu-Yuan Lee, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Fred Zechman Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-6339
    lylee@email.uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-511A, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    Xiang-An Li, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

    Positions Held:
    • Professor
    • Regular Faculty

    Contact
    859-257-5113
    xli2@email.uky.edu
    741 S Limestone, BBSRB B255, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

    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, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

    John J McCarthy, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Contact
    (859) 494-2505
    jjmcca2@email.uky.edu
    Biomedical Biological Science Research Building (BBSRB) 373, 741 South Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536

    Timothy S McClintock, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Louis Boyarsky Professor

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

    Jennifer S Moylan, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Assistant Professor
    • Co Director

    Contact
    859-323-6264
    Jennifer.Moylan@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MN-512, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

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

    Contact
    859-323-8210
    mariana.karakashian@uky.edu
    780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-513, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

    Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, PhD

    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor

    Contact
    (859) 323-6067
    okps@email.uky.edu
    B367 Biomedical Biological Sciences Research Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0028

    Samir P. Patel, PhD

    • Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center
    • Physiology

    Positions Held:
    • Research Assistant Professor
    • Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), Department of Physiology

    Contact
    859-323-6477
    skpate2@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical & Biological Science Research Building, Rm: B461, Lexington, KY 40536-0509
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    Yasir Alsiraj, PhD

    Paul Anaya, MD, PhD

    Douglas A. Andres, PhD

    Secondary Faculty

    Don Edward Burgess

    • Physiology

    Temporary Professional Non-Admin

    Timothy Butterfield, PhD

    • Physiology

    Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

    Kenneth S. Campbell, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Saha Cardiovascular Research Center

    Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

    John A D'Orazio, MD, PhD

    • Pediatrics
    • MD/PhD Program
    • Physiology

    Professor

    Esther Dupont-Versteegden, PhD

    • Physiology

    Professor, Director Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program

    Donald T Frazier, PhD

    • Physiology

    Director, Science Outreach & Career Opportunities Center

    Christopher Fry, PhD

    • Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Charles T. Marshall, PhD

    • Physiology

    Special Faculty

    Charlotte Peterson, PhD

    • Physiology

    Professor

    Hiroshi Saito, PhD

    • Surgery
    • Physiology

    Professor

    Mary Sheppard, MD

    • Family and Community Medicine
    • Saha Aortic Center
    • Surgery
    • Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Dexter Speck, PhD

    • Physiology

    Professor

    Elizabeth Schroder Stumpf, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Internal Medicine

    Assistant Professor

    Jamie Sturgill, PhD

    • Internal Medicine
    • Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
    • Physiology

    Assistant Professor

    Physiology

    741 S. Limestone, BBSRB B243
    Lexington, KY 40508

    Phone: (859) 323-0886
    Fax: (859) 323-1070

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