Translational Biomedical Sciences Graduate Faculty

TBS Faculty Guidelines [PDF]

View all of Ohio University's Translational Biomedical Sciences Graduate faculty, organized by area of expertise.

Biological and Biochemical Faculty

Name	Areas of Expertise
Cory Baumann	n/a
Fabian Benencia	Immunology, Cancer
Stephen Bergmeier	Chemistry, Drug Discovery
Darlene Berryman	Obesity, Nutrition, Growth hormone, Adipose tissue, Diabetes, Endocrinology
Mark Berryman	Hearing and Cochlear cell pathophysiology
Ronan Carroll	Microbiology, Pathogenesis, Genetics
David Drozek	Lifestyle medicine, chronic disease, medical educations
Mario Grijalva	Tropical Diseases, Parasitology, Blood Bank Safety, International Research, Research Capacity Development
Jennifer Hines	n/a
John Kopchick	Growth Hormone, Aging, Cancer
Kevin Lee	Obesity, Diabetes, Adipose Tissue
Chunmin Lo	Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Behavioral neuroscience, Energy/lipid/glucose homeostasis
Ramiro Malgor	Wnt signaling, Atherosclerosis, Bladder Cancer
Kelly McCall	Role of chronic inflammation in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and novel therapeutic development
Molly Morris	Nutritional Programming, Alternative Growth Strategies, Novel Animal Models
Erin Murphy	Bacterial Pathogenesis, Gene Regulation, Molecular Biology
Sonia Najjar	Diabetes, Fatty Liver Disease, Cardiovascular Complications
Corinne Nielsen	Vascular Abnormalities, Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience
Craig Nunemaker	Diabetes, Islets, Low-grade inflammation, Beta-cell failure, Metabolism, Drug discovery
Vishwajeet Puri	Diabetes, Fatty Liver Disease, Adipocyte Metabolism
Tom Rosol	Cancer and Metastasis; Endocrine and Bone Diseases; Pathology; Animal Models; Drug Discovery
Vishva Sharma	n/a
Nathaniel Szewczyk	n/a
Soichi Tanda	n/a
Shaohua Wang	Clostridioides difficile infection; Gut microbiome; Probiotics
Lonnie Welch	Bioinformatics
Susan Williams	Biomechanics, Muscle Physiology, Comparative Anatomy
Shiyong Wu	Plant Neutraceuticals, Chemistry
Todd Young	n/a
Shouan Zhu	Joint degeneration, Orthopedic biology

Engineering Faculty

Name	Area of Expertise
Monica Burdick	Cancer Metastasis, Cell Adhesion, Biomedical Engineering
Doug Goetz	Biomedical engineering, Drug Discovery
Chang Liu	Software engineering, machine learning explainability
Andrew Weems	n/a

Musculoskeletal and Neurological Physiology Faculty

Name	Area of Expertise
Robert Brannan	Food Science, Food Bioactives, Special interest in Asimina triloba
Brian Clark	Aging, Neuromuscular Physiology, Exercise Physiology
Mitchell Day	n/a
Dustin Grooms	Neuroplasticity, Neuroimaging, Biomechanics
Angela Hillman	n/a
Jeff Russell	Performing Arts Medicine, Dance Medicine, Concussion
Janet Simon	Musculoskeletal injury, health outcomes, health assessment

Social and Behavioral, Epidemiology Faculty 

Name	Area of Expertise
Benjamin Bates	n/a
Liz Beverly	Behavioral diabetes, Psychosocial factors, Diabetes self-care, Qualitative methods
Amy Chadwick	n/a
Ilana Chertok	Maternal-infant health, women's health, population health
Cory Cronin	n/a
Chris France	Pain, Psychological Stress, and Blood Donor Recruitment and Retention
Dawn Graham	n/a
Emily Guseman	Pediatric obesity, Physical activity & physical fitness, Metabolic syndrome, Childhood
Angela Gutierrez	n/a
Mohammed Haider	n/a
Zelalem Haile	n/a
Allyson Hughes
Anna Kerr	Communication, Caregiver burden, Chronic illness, Uncertainty, Stigma, Decision making
Gillian Ice	n/a
Nagesh Rao	n/a
Anirudh Ruhil	n/a
Alexander Sergeev	n/a
Dhiraj Vattem	n/a
Marjorie Vogt	n/a

Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty cannot accept graduate students. 

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Department	Area of Expertise
Sharon Casapulla	Social and Behavioral, Epidemiology	Rural/Underserved, Medical Education, Resilience
Yong Han	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Kevin King	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Shin Hee Lee	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Yunsheng Li	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Ed List	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Raquel Marchan Rivandeneira	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Lingying Tong	Biological and Biochemical	n/a
Nathan Wages	Social and Behavioral, Epidemiology	n/a