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Biomedical Sciences

Department of Biomedical Sciences

The Department of Biomedical Sciences supports the mission of the School of Medicine through innovative research and high-quality teaching that address the health needs of the Huntington Tri-State region and West Virginia. To foster collaboration and advance discovery, faculty in the department participate in focused Research Clusters. These interdisciplinary groups drive progress in understanding and treating major health challenges affecting our communities.

Faculty - Biomedical Sciences

Sadia Akter, PhD
Assistant Professor

Kristi Aldridge, DC 
Assistant Professor


Subha Arthur, PhD
Associate Professor

Ji Bihl, PhD
Associate Professor

Lydia Bogomolnaya, PhD
Associate Professor

Alip Borthakur, PhD
Associate Professor

Bryan Burk, MD 
Instructor

Liquan Cai, PhD
Assistant Professor

Jessica Childs, PhD
Assistant Professor

Khew-Voon Chin, PhD
Professor

Beverly Delidow, PhD
Associate Professor

Price E. Dickson, PhD
Associate Professor

Chatrawee D. Shepard Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Brandon Henderson, PhD
Vice Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Trupti Joshi, MBBS, ADB, MS, Ph.D
Senior Associate Dean for Informatics and Population Analytics
Professor 

Emine C. Koc, PhD
Associate Professor

Wei Li, MD, PhD
Professor

Jiang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Yongke Lu, PhD
Associate Professor

Sarah Miles, PhD 
Assistant Research Professor 

Daniel Morgan, PhD
Associate Professor

Fatiha Nassir, PhD
Associate Professor

Alejandro Q. Nato, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor

Balasubamanian Palaniappan, PhD 
Assistant Professor

Marco Pessoa, PhD 
Assistant Professor

Nitin Puri, MD, PhD
Associate Professor

Gary O. Rankin, PhD
Professor & Chair, Biomedical Sciences

Angela Henderson Redmond, PhD 
Research Assistant Professor 

William C. Risher, PhD
Associate Professor

Mary-Louise Risher, PhD
Associate Professor

Travis B. Salisbury, PhD
Associate Professor

Maria A. Serrat, PhD
Associate Professor

Yevgeniy Shakirov, PhD 
Associate Professor

Soudamani Singh, PhD 
Associate Professor

Komal Sodhi, MD 
Associate Professor

Vincent Sollars, PhD
Associate Professor

Jiang Tian, PhD
Associate Professor 

Mohammad Vahed, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Mohit Verma, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Jinju Wang, PhD 
Assistant Professor 

Wei Xu, PhD
Assistant Professor 

Hongwei Yu, PhD 
Professor 

Hong Yue, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

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Kelly Carothers 
Administrative Secretary Sr.
Human Gift Registry
carothers@marshall.edu
304.696.7326 

Betina Dingess
Business Manager
dingessb@marshall.edu
 304.696.7313 

Lori Holland
Administrative Assistant Sr.
hollandl@marshall.edu
304.696.7355

Linda Massie 
Program Specialist
Animal Resources 
massiel@marshall.edu
304.696.7373

Tawnia Mathis 
Administrative Assistant Sr.
tmathis@marshall.edu
304.696.7301 

Jasmil Perez
Program Coordinator
WVCTSI
perezj@marshall.edu

Valerie Smith 
Program Assistant II
smith1721@marshall.edu
304.696.5289