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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
