Name/Degree(s) |
Rank |
Primary (& Secondary)
Appointment (s) |
Role in Program |
Research Interest |
Angela M. Amedee, PhD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSU Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA |
Mentor |
Effect of alcohol consumption on SIV pathogenesis, and characterization of SIV expressed in the lung and at mucosal surfaces. Effect of alcohol consumption on mucosal shedding of HIV in women. |
Gregory J. Bagby, PhD |
Professor
|
Kai and Earl Rozas Prof. of Physiology
Medicine, LSUHSC, School of Medicine
Physical Therapy, LSUHSC, School of Allied Health Professions |
Mentor, Program Director |
Effect of chronic alcohol consumption on SIV transmission, pathogenesis, progression and anti-viral therapy. Effect of alcohol on cytokine and SIV response to bacterial infection of the lung. |
Kyle I. Happel, MD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Alcohol-mediated disruption of cytokine and chemokine signaling in the lung during intoxication and infection: Interface of innate and adaptive immune responses. |
Stephen Kantrow, MD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Effect of alcohol consumption on cell survival and proliferation in lymphoid tissue. Effect of alcohol consumption on lymphoid tissue during bacterial infection. |
Mandi J. Lopez, DVM, MS, PhD
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons |
Asst. Professor |
Veterinary Clinical Sciences, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine |
Mentor |
Adult stem cell suppression due to alcohol induced microenvironment alterations, orthopedic manifestations of alcoholism. |
Carol M. Mason, MD |
Professor |
Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Detrimental effects of alcohol consumption on pulmonary host defenses in murine tuberculosis, including effects on relevant effector cells, cytokines and chemokines. |
Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD |
Professor |
Richard Ashman Professor and Head Department of Physiology,
Director Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
|
Mentor, Co-Program Director |
Effect of chronic alcohol on SIV-associated muscle wasting. Impact of acute alcohol intoxication on neuroendocrine, hemodynamic and proinflammatory response to trauma/shock. |
Steve Nelson, MD |
Professor |
John H. Seabury Professor, Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC,
School of Medicine
Dean, School of Medicine
Director, Alcohol Research Center |
Mentor, Steering Committee |
The effect of alcohol on: 1) HIV infection and disease progression; 2) cytokine and chemokines responses; 3) neutrophil function; and 4) bacterial pneumonia. |
Richard Scribner, MD, MPH |
Professor |
D’Angelo Professor of Alcohol Research, LSUHSC, School of Public Health |
Mentor, Steering Committee |
Resource in the area of alcohol abuse epidemiology. |
Judd E. Shellito, MD |
Professor
|
Lowenstein Professor, Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC, School of Medicine
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor, Co-Program Director |
Effect of alcohol consumption on inflammatory cell recruitment and host defense against pulmonary infection with bacteria and P. carinii. |
Katherine P. Theall, PhD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Community Health Sciences,Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine |
Mentor |
Environmental influences on substance use patterns and consequences. Resource in the area of substance use and abuse epidemiology. |
Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD |
Professor
|
Pathology, Tulane University HSC, School of
Medicine
Chair, Division of Comparative Pathology, TNPRC |
Mentor, Steering Committee |
Effects of alcohol on SIV transmission and mucosal immunity. Turnover and mechanisms of CD4+ T cell loss in SIV infection. Prevention and treatment of HIV infection. |
Guoshun Wang, DVM, PhD |
Asst. Prof. |
Medicine, Gene Therapy, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Molecular mechanism of alcohol-induced anti-inflammation and immunosuppression and gene-based therapy for inherited and acquired diseases |
David A. Welsh, MD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Effect of chronic alcohol exposure on adult stem cell biology. |
Peter J. Winsauer, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Effects of chronic alcohol consumption and SIV on complex behavioral processes in nonhuman primates. Effects of alcohol on GABA-A and glutamate receptors as they relate to their involvement in learning and memory. |
Masami Yoshimura, DSc |
Assistant Professor |
Comparative Biomedical Sciences, LSU, School of Veterinary Medicine |
Mentor |
The long-term goal of my research is to elucidate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the effects of ethanol on the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling pathway in the central nervous system. |
Ping Zhang, MD, PhD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Physiology, LSUHSC, School of Medicine |
Mentor |
Effects of alcohol consumption on SIV infection and the development of AIDS in SIV-infected rhesus monkeys. Alcohol, the hematopoietic stem cell response and host defense against infectious pathogens. |
