Institute for Translational Sciences Members

The membership of the Institute for Translational Sciences comprises researchers from many UTMB schools, departments, and divisions.

ITS Members by Department

  • Anesthesiology

    Michael Kinsky, MD
    Donald Prough, MD
    Beth Teegarden, MD
    William Whitehead, MD, PhD
    Denise Wilkes, MD

     
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

    Andrzej Kudlicki, PhD
    B. Monte Pettitt, PhD
    Krishna Rajarathnam, PhD
    Malgorzata Rowicka-Kudlicka, PhD
    Rovshan Sadygov, PhD
    Stan Watowich, PhD

  • Family Medicine
    Kaitlin Leckie, PhD
  • Institute for Translational Sciences
    Joe Kotarba, PhD
    Kevin Wooten, PhD
     
  • Internal Medicine

    Karl Anderson, MD
    William J. Calhoun, MD
    Victor J. Cardenas, Jr. MD
    Sara Dann-Grice, PhD
    Emilio Gonzalez, MD
    James Goodwin, MD
    Wissam Khalife, MD
    Avi Markowitz, MD
    Peter Melby, MD
    Gulshan Sharma, MD
    Randall Urban, MD
    A. Clinton White, MD
    John Winston, PhD
    Yingxin Zhao, PhD

    Emeritus Members:
    Ken Ottenbacher, PhD
    Don Powell, MD

     

  • Microbiology and Immunology
    Ashok Chopra, PhD
    Jason Comer, PhD
    Yingzi Cong, PhD
    Nisha Garg, PhD
    Yashoda Madaiah Hosakote, PhD
    Lynn Soong, MD, PhD
    Alfredo Torres, PhD
    Scott Weaver, PhD

  • Neurology

    Anish Bhardwaj, MD
    Xiang Fang, PhD
    Todd Masel, MD
    Giulio Taglialatela, PhD

  • Nutrition, Metabolism & Rehabilitation Sciences

    Liz Lyons, PhD, MPH
    Monique Pappadis, MEd, PhD

     
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology

    Abbey Berenson, MD
    Maged Costantine, PhD
    Sangeeta Jain, MD
    Gayle Olson, MD
    Kathleen Vincent, PhD

  • Ophthalmology
    Gianmarco Vizzeri, MD
  • Ophthalmology Research
    Massoud Motamedi, PhD
  • Otolaryngology
    Brian McKinnon, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS
     
  • Pathology

    Shakeel Ansari, PhD
    Judy Aronson, PhD
    Alan Barrett, PhD
    Jianli Dong, PhD
    Bhupendra Kaphalia, PhD
    Slobodan Paessler, PhD
    Heather Stevenson-Lerner, PhD
    Nikos Vasilakis, PhD
    David H. Walker, MD

  • Pediatrics

    Lemul Aigbivbalu, MD
    Xiaoyong Bao, MD
    Antonella Casola, MD
    Roberto Garofalo, MD
    Sunil Jain, MD
    Terumi Midoro-Horiuti, MD, PhD
    Richard Pyles, PhD

    Emeritus Members:
    Tasnee Chonmaitree, MD
    Randall Goldblum, MD
     
  • Pharmacology

    Bill Ameredes, PhD
    Kathryn Cunningham, PhD
    Cornelis Elferink, PhD
    George Golovko, PhD
    Jonathan Hommel, PhD
    Kamil Khanipov, PhD 

     

     
  • Physical Therapy
    Steven Fisher, PT, PhD
    Janna McGaugh, PhD
     
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    David Houghton, PhD
  • Radiation Oncology
    Todd Swanson, MD, PhD
  • Surgery

    Ludwik Branski, MD
    Luca Cicalese, MD
    William (Sam) Fagg, PhD
    Celeste Finnerty, PhD
    Jong Lee, MD
    Vinod Panchbhavi, MD
    Stephen Williams, MD

  • Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences
    Melinda Sheffield-Moore, PhD
  • School of Health Professions

    David Brown, PhD
    Brian Walsh, PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, FAARC

  • School of Nursing

    Pamela Harris-Haman, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC
    Deborah Jones, PhD
    Adrian Juarez, PhD, RN
    Heidi Luft, PhD
    Huey-Ming Tzeng, PhD

  • School of Public & Population Health

    Karl Anderson, MD
    Jacques Baillargeon, PhD
    Suresh K. Bhavnani, PhD
    Moumita Chakraborty, PhD
    Sharon Croisant, PhD
    Jeff Farroni, PhD
    Yong-Fang Kuo, PhD
    David Lopez, PhD
    Jane Lee Lu, PhD
    Kyriakos Markides, PhD
    Stephen Molldrem, PhD
    Mary Kristen Peek, PhD
    Cara Pennel, PhD
    John Prochaska, DrPH, MPH
    Elise Smith, PhD
    Heidi Spratt, PhD
    Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD
    Emma Tumilty, PhD
    Susan Weller, PhD
    Rebeca Wong, PhD
    Xiaoying Yu, PhD