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    Leadership

    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

    Melinda Wilson, PhD

    • Physiology
    • Office of Biomedical Education

    Positions Held:
    • Associate Professor
    • Vice Chair, Department of Physiology
    • Director of Graduate Studies | Master’s in Medical Sciences

    Contact
    Office: 859-323-9618
    Melinda.Wilson@uky.edu
    741 South Limestone, BBSRB, Rm: 355, 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

    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

    Physiology

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    Lexington, KY 40508

    Phone: (859) 323-0886
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