Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC)
Full Members
| Member Name | Department | Scientific Emphasis |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Weinberg, DMD, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Amitabh Chak, MD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Amy Hise, MD, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Andrei Ivanov, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Carlos De Salvo, PhD | Medicine-GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Carlos Subauste, MD | Medicine, Ophthalmology & Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Christine McDonald, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Claudio Fiocchi, MD | Inflammation & Immunity, CWRU | Inflammation |
| Danny Manor, PhD | Nutrition, CWRU | Colitis/Inflammation |
| Derek Abbott, MD, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Donald Anthony, Jr, MD, PhD | Medicine, Rheum. & Infect. Dis., CWRU | Liver Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Florian Rieder, MD, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Gail Cresci, PhD, RD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation |
| George Dubyak, PhD | Physiology & Biophysics, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Grace McComsey, MD | Pediatrics-Infectious Dis & Rheum, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Hyun Jung Kim, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| J. Mark Brown, PhD | Cellular & Molecular Medicine, CCF | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Jonathan Stamler, MD | Medicine-Cardiology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Katarina Greer, MD | Medicine, CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD | Gen. Medical Science (Oncology), CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Laura Nagy, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | Liver Inflammation |
| Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD, EMBA | Dermatology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Maria Hatzoglou, PhD | Genetics & Genome Sciences, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation |
| Michelle Longworth, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Phillip Ahern, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Phoebe Lin, MD, PhD | Ophthalmology, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Pranab K. Mukherjee, MS, PhD | Dermatology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Pushpa Pandiyan, PhD | Dental Medicine, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Sanford "Sandy" Markowitz, MD, PhD | Medicine-Hematology & Oncology CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Satish Viswanath, PhD | Biomedical Engineering, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Srinivasan Dasarathy, MD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Stanley Hazen, MD, PhD | Cellular & Molecular Medicine, CCF | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Thaddeus Stappenbeck, MD, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Theresa Pizarro, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Wendy Goodman, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Xianfang Wu, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | Liver Inflammation |
| Xiaonan Han, PhD | Hematology and Oncology, MH | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Zhenghe Wang, PhD | Genetics & Genome Sciences, CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Zhenghong Lee, MD | Radiology, CWRU | Liver Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center (DDRCC)
Associate Members
| Member Name | Department | Scientific Program |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Burberry, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Abigail Raffner, PhD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Agata Exner, PhD | Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, CWRU | Liver Inflammation |
| Alan Levine, PhD | Medicine-GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Alex Rodriguez-Palacios, DVM, PhD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Andrew Blum, MD, PhD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Carey Shive, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation/HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Chris A. Flask, PhD | Radiology, CWRU | Liver Inflammation |
| Ganapati Mahabaleshwar, PhD | Medicine-Cardiology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Gregory Cooper, MD, MPH | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Jeannette Messer, DVM, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Jianguo Wu, PhD | Molecular Medicine, CCF | Liver Inflammation |
| Jonathan Letterio, MD | Pediatrics-Hematology & Oncology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Liver Inflammation |
| Linda Cummings, MD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | Barrett’s Esophagus & Esophageal Inflammation |
| Luca Di Martino, PhD | Medicine-GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Manuel Bonfim Braga Neto, MD, PhD | Gastroenterology & Hepatology, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Nicole Welch, MD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCF | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation |
| Paola Menghini, PhD | Medicine, GI & Liver Diseases, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation/Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Paul J. Tesar, PhD | Genetics & Genome Sciences, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Peder Lund, PhD | Nutrition, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Qiuhe Lu, PhD | Inflammation & Immunity, CCFColitis/Metabolism | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation |
| Robert Bonomo, MD | Medicine, Infectious Dis. & HIV, CWRU | HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Robert Salata, MD | Medicine, Infectious Dis. & HIV, CWRU | HIV-Induced Digestive Immunometabolism & Inflammation |
| Sanjoy Roychowdhury,PhD, M.Sc. | Pathobiology, CCF | Liver Inflammation |
| Satish Viswanath, PhD | Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Stefania De Santis, PhD | Pathology, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Takuya Sakaguchi, PhD | Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, CCF | Liver Inflammation |
| Thomas Hamilton, PhD | Immunology, CCF | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Thomas Sferra, MD | Pediatrics, Pediatric GI & Nutrition, CWRU | IBD & Intestinal Inflammation |
| Xin Yu, ScD | Physiology and Biophysics/Radiology, CWRU | Gut Microbiome & Inflammation/Liver Inflammation |