Directory, VCCBH, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

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Leadership Team
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc	Professor and Vice Chair for Emerging Researchers, Department of Medicine	(802) 656-8968	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Mark Nelson, PhD	Chair and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology	(802) 656-2500	Email \| Bio \| Pubs

Study Design and Molecular Epidemiology Core
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Neil Zakai, MD, MSc	Core Director Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology	(802) 656-3154	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Peter Durda, PhD	Co-Core Director, Faculty Scientist, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8354	Email \| Bio
Peter Callas, PhD	Co-Investigator, Research Associate Professor		Email \| Bio
Andrew Sparks	Statistician	(802) 656-2526	Email \| Bio
Ryan Packer	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine		Email
Rebekah Lynn Boyle	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8938	Email
Katherine Wilkinson	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8984	Email

Customized Physiology and Imaging Core (CPIC)
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Todd Clason, MS	Core Director Researcher/Analyst COBRE Imaging/Physiology Facility	(802) 656-0413	Email
Thomas J. Heppner, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-3889	Email \| Bio
Gerald Herrera, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-5840	Email \| Bio
Grant W. Hennig, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-0859	Email \| Bio

Project Directors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Osama Harraz, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-0782	Email \| Bio
Katharine L. Cheung, MD	Assistant Professor of Nephrology	(802) 847-3572	Email \| Bio
Masayo Koide, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-3391	Email \| Bio
Denise Peters, PT, DPT, PhD	Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences		Email \| Bio

Administrative Team
Name	Title	Information
Owen Nadeau, PhD	Operations Administrator	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Kate Fitzsimmons	Business Support Generalist	Email

Senior Mentors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Marilyn Cipolla, PhD	Professor of Neurological Sciences	(802) 656-8436	Email \| Bio
Michael A. LaMantia, MD, MPH	Geriatrician Section Head, Division Director and Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine	(802) 847-1470	Email \| Bio
George C. Wellman, PhD	Professor of Pharmacology	(802) 656-3470	Email \| Bio
Anne Joutel, MD, PhD	Directeur de Recherche INSERM		Email \| Bio
Ira Bernstein, MD	Chair and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences		Email \| Bio
Ardem Patapoutian, PhD	2021 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine Professor of Neuroscience at Scripps Research		Bio
Sayamwong (Jom) Hammack, PhD	Professor of Psychological Science	(802) 656-1041	Email \| Bio

Peer Mentors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Benedek Erdos, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor of Pharmacology	(802) 656-0988	Email \| Bio
Mike Previs, PhD	Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	(802) 656-9919	Email \| Bio
Jason Stumpff, PhD	Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	(802) 656-7849	Email \| Bio
Julie Dumas, PhD	Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry		Email \| Bio

External Mentors
Name	Institution	Information
Nikolaos Tsoukias, PhD, BS	Florida International University	Email \| Bio
Adam Greenstein, PhD	University of Manchester, UK	Email \| Bio
Jennifer Manley, PhD, BA, BS	Columbia University	Email \| Bio
Leonardo Bonilha, MD, PhD	Medical University of South Carolina	Email \| Bio
Steven Kautz, MD, PhD	Medical University of South Carolina	Email \| Bio

Internal Advisory Board
Name	Title	Information
Charles G. Irvin, PhD	Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine	Email \| Bio
Gordon Jensen, PhD	Senior Associate Dean for Research	Email \| Bio
Beth Kirkpatrick, MD	Chair and Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	Email \| Bio
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD	Director, Vermont Center on Behavioral Health/COBRE PI	Email \| Bio
David Warshaw, PhD	Chair and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Email \| Bio

External Advisory Board
Name	Institution	Information
Manuel Navedo, PhD, FAHA	University of California, Davis	Email \| Bio
Scott Earley, PhD	University of Nevada, Reno	Email \| Bio
Sharon Rounds, MD	Brown University, RI	Email \| Bio
Suzanne Judd, PhD, MPH, FAHA	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Email \| Bio

Pipeline Junior Investigators
Name	Department	College	Email
Diego Adrianzen Herrera, MD	Medicine, Hematology Oncology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Jessica Badlam, MD	Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Emily Belarmino, PhD	Nutrition & Food Sciences	College of Agriculture and Health Sciences	Email \| Bio
Branson Bensel, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Maria Bravo, PhD	Biochemistry	Larner College of Medicine	Email \|
Matthew Caporizzo, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Mansour Gergi, MD	Medicine, Hematology Oncology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Sarah Gillett, MD, PhD	Medicine, Hematology Oncology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Nicole Habel, MD, PhD	Medicine, Cardiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Margaret Infeld, MD, MS	Medicine, Cardiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Jasra Sakshi, MD	Medicine, Hematology Oncology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Debora Kamin Mukaz, PhD	Medicine, Hematology Oncology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Nicholas Klug, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \|
Dev Majumdar, PhD	Surgery	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Carole McBride, PhD	Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email \|
Sambit Mohapatra, PT, PhD	Rehabilitation & Movement Science	College of Nursing and Health Sciences	Email \| Bio
Amreen Mughal, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Maria Noterman, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Yangguang Ou, PhD	Chemistry	College of Arts and Sciences	Email \| Bio
Margaret Phillips, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Timothy Plante, MD, MHS	Medicine, General Internal Medicine	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
David Punihaole, PhD	Chemistry	College of Arts and Sciences	Email \| Bio
John Salogiannis, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Grace Tang-Siegel, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Eric Testroet, PhD	Animal & Veterinary Sciences	College of Agriculture and Health Sciences	Email \| Bio
Nathaniel Thompson, MD	Medicine, Cardiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \|
Emmett Whitaker, MD	Anesthesiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Andrew Wilcock, PhD	Family Medicine	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Daniela Zambrano, MD	Medicine, Neurological Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email

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Mary Cushman, MD, MSc

Mark Nelson, PhD