Biomedical Sciences

Biomedical Sciences

Gary Rankin, PhD

Chair, Vice Dean - Biomedical Sciences

Our mission is to serve the needs of the School of Medicine, the Huntington Tri-State community and West Virginia through excellence in research and teaching.

Some faculty in this department have been organized in the following Research Clusters:

Faculty - Biomedical Sciences

Kristi Aldridge, DC 
Assistant Professor


Ji Bihl, PhD
Associate Professor 

Lydia Bogomolnaya, PhD
Assistant Professor

Bryan Burk, MD 
Instructor of Gross Anatomy  

Dan Brazeau
Associate Professor 

Khew-Voon Chin, PhD
Professor


Piyali Dasgupta, PhD
Associate Professor


Beverly Delidow, PhD
Associate Professor


James Denvir, PhD
Associate Professor

Price E. Dickson, PhD
Assistant Professor


Richard Egleton, PhD
Assistant Dean
Office of Research and Graduate Education


Todd L. Green, PhD
Assistant Dean
Biomedical Education


Lawrence Grover, PhD
Professor
Associate Vice Chair, Biomedical Studies


Brandon Henderson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Cluster Coordinator


Emine C. Koc, PhD
Associate Professor


Wei Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor


Jiang Liu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor


Yongke Lu, PhD
Assistant Professor


Sarah Miles, PhD 
Assistant Research Professor 

Swarup Mitra, PhD
Assistant Professor

Daniel Morgan, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Biomedical Sciences


Alejandro Q. Nato, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor


Sandrine V. Pierre, PhD
Associate Investigator
Education Coordinator


Donald Primerano, PhD
Professor
Director, Genomics Core

Nitin Puri, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, Medical Education 


Gary O. Rankin, PhD
Professor & Chair, Biomedical Sciences
Vice Dean, Basic Sciences


Angela Henderson Redmond, PhD 
Research Assistant Professor 


Chris Risher, PhD
Assistant Professor


Louise Risher, PhD
Assistant Professor


Travis B. Salisbury, PhD
Associate Professor


Nalini Santanam, PhD, MPH, FAHA
Professor
Research Cluster Coordinator


Maria A. Serrat, PhD
Associate Professor


Yevgeniy Shakirov, PhD
Assistant Professor


Vincent Sollars, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of the Flow Cytometry Core

Jiang Tian, PhD
Associate Professor 


Monica Valentovic, PhD
Professor
Research Cluster Coordinator


Jinju Wang, PhD 
Assistant Professor 


Yunhui Xu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Hongwei Yu, PhD 
Professor 
Research Cluster Coordinator 

Hong Yue, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Sneha S. Pillai, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Administration

Kelly Carothers 
Administrative Secretary Sr., Human Gift Registry
carothers@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7326 

Betina Dingess
Business Manager
dingessb@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7313 

Deirdea Gibson
Administrative Assistant, INBRE
gibson179@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-2238 

Jennifer Griffith 
Administrative Secretary Sr.
griffithje@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7355 

Linda Massie
Administrative Associate, Animal Resources
massiel@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7373 

Tawnia Mathis 
Administrative Assistant Sr.
tmathis@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7301 

Jasmil Perez 
Program Coordinator, WVCTSI
perezj@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7071 

Amber Plymale 
Grant Management Specialist, INBRE
webster9@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-7312 

Valerie Smith 
Program Assist II
smith1721@marshall.edu
Phone: (304) 696-5289