Research Faculty

Biomedical Sciences

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

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


Beverly Delidow, PhD
Associate Professor

Price E. Dickson, PhD
Assistant Professor


Richard Egleton, PhD
Professor
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
Associate 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
Associate Professor


Sarah Miles, PhD 
Assistant Research Professor 

Daniel Morgan, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Biomedical Sciences


Alejandro Q. Nato, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor


Sandrine V. Pierre, PhD
Associate Investigator
Education Coordinator

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 


W. Christopher Risher, PhD
Associate Professor


Mary-Louise Risher, PhD
Associate 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

Abdelnaby Khalyfa, M.Sc, PhD
Professor 

Clinical & Translational Science

Umapathy Sundaram, MD
Vice Dean, Chairman, DCTS

The Department of Clinical and Translational Science (DCTS) was created to foster collaboration and enrichment among clinicians and basic scientists. Permanent and joint-faculty work together within an integrated structure to advance research and therapy options for Central Appalachia. 
DCTS is the academic home for the Appalachian Clinical Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) at Marshall University, the Marshall Clinical Research Center and Marshall Informatics that provides support and resources to researchers, clinicians and patient advocates working to improve the health of the people of Appalachia. This multidisciplinary department leverages a variety of expertise to address issues through the full spectrum of translational science.

Faculty Clinical & Translational Science

Subha Arthur, PhD
Associate Professor

Alip Borthakur, PhD
Assistant Professor

Shelvy L. Campbell-Monroe
Assistant Dean for Culture & Belonging

Alfred A. Cecchetti, PhD, MSc, MSc IS
Director, Division of Clinical Informatics (DCI)

Jennifer Haynes
 Assistant Professor 

Rajan Lamichhane, PhD
Assistant Professor, Bio-statistician 

Balasubramanian Palaniappan, PhD
Assistant Professor 

Soudamani Singh, PhD
Associate Professor 

Umapathy Sundaram, MD
Vice Dean, Chairman, DCTS

John Crutchley, Ph.D.
Research Instructor