People

Dexter Speck, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
Contact
(859) 323-5383dfspeck@uky.edu
780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MS-515, Lexington, KY 40526-0298

Elizabeth Schroder Stumpf, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
Contact
859-323-5571eschr0@uky.edu
780 Rose Street, Medical Science Building, Rm: MN-512, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Jamie Sturgill, PhD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
Contact
Office: 859-562-0124jlstur0@uky.edu
760 Press Ave HKRB 532

Ryan Temel, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Cardiovascular Research Center
- Department of Physiology
- Graduate Faculty in Nutritional Sciences
Contact
859-218-1706Ryan.Temel@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B353, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

A. Catalina Vélez-Ortega, PhD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Joint appointment)
Contact
Office: (859) 323-4344ave222@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B377, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

Pedro Vera, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor
- ACOS R&D, Lexington VA Medical Center
Contact
(859) 233-4511 x 4927pedro.vera@va.gov
1101 Veterans Drive, Lexington VAMC, Rm: C403, Lexington, KY 40502-2236

Christopher Mark Waters, PhD, ATSF
Positions Held:
- Professor
- Dr. Donald T. Frazier Professor of Physiology
Contact
859-218-1707chris.waters41@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B257, Lexington, KY 40536-0509

Yuan Wen, PhD-MD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
Contact
(859) 218-7185ywen2@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B265

Thad Wilson, PhD
Positions Held:
- Professor, Department of Physiology
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Environmental Health
- Director of Grauate Certificate | Physiology Teaching
Contact
(859) 562-3290Thad.Wilson@uky.edu
741 South Limestone, BBSRB, Rm: 259, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Melinda Wilson, PhD
Positions Held:
- Associate Professor
- Vice Chair, Department of Physiology
- Director of Graduate Studies | Master’s in Medical Sciences
- Lewis Honors Faculty
Contact
Office: 859-323-9618Melinda.Wilson@uky.edu
741 South Limestone, BBSRB, Rm: 355, Lexington, KY 40536-0298

Xu Xiao, PhD
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor
Contact
(859) 323 7064xxi240@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street