Meet the faculty, staff and students of the Blood, Heart, Lung and Immunology Research Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals.
Faculty and Staff
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD
Associate DirectorHouston MethodistCardiovascular Prevention and WellnessAssociate DirectorHouston MethodistCenter for Cardiovascular Computational and Precision Health
Hope Barkoukis, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
ChairDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineJack, Joseph, Morton Mandel Professorship in Wellness & Preventive CareSchool of MedicineFaculty LeadMandel Wellness PathwaySchool of MedicineEmail: Hope.Barkoukis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2441
Brendan Bourges-Sevenier, BS, BA
Research AssistantUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular InstituteEmail: bmb111@case.edu
Elaine Ann Ebreo Cara, MS, BS
Research AssistantCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: eec59@case.edu
Zhuo Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral ScholarUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular InstitutePostdoctoral ScholarCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of MedicineEmail: zxc738@case.edu
Jean-Eudes (John) Dazard, PhD, MS
Research ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: jean-eudes.dazard@case.edu
Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sarah C. Hirsh ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicinePast DirectorQSEN InstituteFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingSenior Faculty ScholarVA Quality Scholars ProgramDirectorSarah Cole Hirsh InstituteFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingEmail: mad15@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0568
James K. O’Donnell, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: Jamesk.odonnell@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3319
Jonnelle Edwards-Glenn, PhD, BS
Post-Doctoral FellowCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: jxe196@case.edu
Seungyup Lee, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: seungyup.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5803
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineM. Frank Rudy and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Andrei Maiseyeu , PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: Andrei.Maiseyeu@case.edu
Mohamed H.E. Makhlouf, MD
Postdoctoral Research AssociateUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular Institute
Thomas S. McCormick, PhD
Co-DirectorSkin Study CenterSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of DermatologySchool of MedicineEmail: tsm4@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0238
Thomas M. McIntyre, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mcintyt@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.1048
Timothy J. Mead, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineStaff ScientistDepartment of PediatricsUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: tjm192@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2350
John J. Mieyal, PhD
Emeritus ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineDirectorMolecular Therapeutics Training ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jjm5@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3383
Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished University ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smm8@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5978
Surbhi Nandikolmath, BA
Research Assistant ICardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: srn36@case.edu
Lalitha Nayak, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lalitha.nayak@case.edu
Aaron Proweller , MD, PhD
Assistant DirectorCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineLawrence J. Kanter Professor of Cardiovascular Teaching, Care and ResearchCase Western Reserve UniversityEmail: axp263@case.edu
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
DirectorCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineEmail: sanjay.rajagopalan@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5191
Palanivel Rengasamy, PhD, MS
Research ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: pxr187@case.edu
Andrew Rollins, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
Pedro Rafael Vieira de Oliveira Salerno, MD
Postdoctoral FellowUniversity HospitalsHarrington Heart and Vascular InstitutePostdoctoral FellowCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of Medicine
Abdus Sattar, PhD, LLM
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: sattar@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1501
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Daniel I. Simon, MD
ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicinePresident, Academic & External Affairs and Chief Scientific OfficerErnie and Patti Novak Distinguished Chair in Healthcare LeadershipUniversity Hospitals Health SystemEmail: daniel.simon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1145
Santosh Kumar Sirasapalli, MS
Research ScientistDepartment of Cardiovascular MedicineSchool of MedicineEmail: sxs3205@case.edu
Jonathan D. Smith, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smithj4@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.2248
Shaun R. Stauffer, PhD
MemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stauffs2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9974
Olga Stenina-Adognravi, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stenino@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9057
Armando Vergara-Martel, MS, BS
Research AssistantCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: axv204@case.edu
Lance Vernon, DMD
Senior InstructorPediatric DentistrySchool of Dental MedicineEmail: lance.vernon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0712
Yunmei Wang, PhD, MBA
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineResearch ScientistCardiovascular Research InstituteSchool of MedicineEmail: yunmei.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5817
Allison Webel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Assistant ProfessorFrances Payne Bolton School of NursingEmail: allison.webel@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3939
Xin Yu, ScD
F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Physiology and BiophysicsSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: xin.yu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3918
Nicholas P. Ziats, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of AnatomySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: nicholas.ziats@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5176
Affiliated Researchers and Students
Ana Alcocer
CWRU Undergraduate Student
Email: ada68@case.edu
Austin Hu
CWRU Undergraduate Student
Email: ach168@case.edu
Daniel Laurita, BS
Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Email: djl158@case.edu
Connie Lin
CWRU Undergraduate Student
Email: cxl1248@case.edu
Skanda Moorthy
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Research Institute School of Medicine
Email: stm65@case.edu
Aarushi Nayak
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering
Email: axn460@case.edu
Bongsoo Park, PhD
Email: genomicspark@gmail.com
Ansh Shah
CWRU Undergraduate Student