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 Director, Houston Methodist, Cardiovascular Prevention and WellnessAssociate Director, Houston Methodist, Center for Cardiovascular Computational and Precision Health
Hope Barkoukis, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
Chair, Department of Nutrition, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of MedicineJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Professor of Wellness and Preventive Care, School of MedicineFaculty Co-Lead, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Wellness and Preventive Care Pathway, School of MedicineEmail: Hope.Barkoukis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2441
Brendan Bourges-Sevenier, BS, BA
Research Assistant, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular InstituteEmail: bmb111@case.edu
Elaine Ann Ebreo Cara, MS, BS
Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: eec59@case.edu
Zhuo Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineAssistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, School of MedicineEmail: zxc738@case.edu
Jean-Eudes (John) Dazard, PhD, MS
Research Scientist, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: jean-eudes.dazard@case.edu
Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sarah C. Hirsh Endowed Professorship in Nursing Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of NursingProfessor, School of MedicineEmail: mad15@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0568
James K. O’Donnell, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology, School of MedicineEmail: Jamesk.odonnell@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3319
Jonnelle Edwards-Glenn, PhD, BS
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: jxe196@case.edu
Jillian Goltl
Grants Manager, Office of Research Administration, Case School of EngineeringEmail: jillian.goltl@case.edu
Seungyup Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, School of MedicineAssistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Case School of EngineeringEmail: seungyup.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5803
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
Faculty Director, Case School of EngineeringM. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical EngineeringMember, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterMember, CWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Andrei Maiseyeu , PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of EngineeringEmail: Andrei.Maiseyeu@case.edu
Mohamed H.E. Makhlouf, MD
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
Thomas S. McCormick, PhD
Co-Director, Skin Study Center, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Dermatology, School of MedicineEmail: tsm4@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0238
Thomas M. McIntyre, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of MedicineMember, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mcintyt@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.1048
Timothy J. Mead, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of MedicineStaff Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterAssistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of MedicineEmail: tjm192@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2350
John J. Mieyal, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of MedicineDirector, Molecular Therapeutics Training Program, School of MedicineMember, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jjm5@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3383
Shirley M. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Distinguished University Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of NursingMember, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smm8@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5978
Lalitha Nayak, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of MedicineMember, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lalitha.nayak@case.edu
Aaron Proweller , MD, PhD
Associate Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of MedicineLawrence J. Kanter Professor of Cardiovascular Teaching, Care and Research, Case Western Reserve UniversityEmail: axp263@case.edu
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineProfessor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Palanivel Rengasamy, PhD, MS
Research Scientist, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: pxr187@case.edu
Andrew Rollins, PhD
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical EngineeringMember, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterMember, CWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
Pedro Rafael Vieira de Oliveira Salerno, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University Hospitals, Harrington Heart and Vascular InstitutePostdoctoral Fellow, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
Abdus Sattar, PhD, LLM
Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of MedicineEmail: sattar@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1501
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Wallace R. Persons Professor, Department of Biomedical EngineeringMember, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterMember, CWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Daniel I. Simon, MD
Professor, Medicine, School of MedicinePresident, Academic & External Affairs and Chief Scientific Officer, Ernie and Patti Novak Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Leadership, University Hospitals Health SystemEmail: daniel.simon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1145
Santosh Kumar Sirasapalli, MS
Research Scientist, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of MedicineEmail: sxs3205@case.edu
Jonathan D. Smith, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of MedicineMember, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smithj4@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.2248
Shaun R. Stauffer, PhD
Member, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stauffs2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9974
Olga Stenina-Adognravi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of MedicineMember, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stenino@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.9057
Armando Vergara-Martel, MS, BS
Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: axv204@case.edu
Lance Vernon, DMD
Senior Instructor, Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental MedicineEmail: lance.vernon@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0712
Yunmei Wang, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of MedicineResearch Scientist, Cardiovascular Research Institute, School of MedicineEmail: yunmei.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5817
Allison Webel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of NursingEmail: allison.webel@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3939
Xin Yu, ScD
F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical EngineeringProfessor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of MedicineProfessor, Department of Radiology, School of MedicineMember, CWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: xin.yu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3918
Nicholas P. Ziats, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, School of MedicineProfessor, Department of Anatomy, School of MedicineAssociate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of EngineeringEmail: nicholas.ziats@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5176
