Name/Degree(s) |
Rank |
Primary (& Secondary) Appointment (s) |
Role in Program |
Research Interest |
Wayne Backes, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Research, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine |
Co-Mentor |
Organization of the proteins of the P450 electron transport chain. Does alcohol-inducible CYP2E1 affect the catalytic behavior of other P450 enzymes? |
James L. Blanchard, DVM, PhD |
Exec. Director |
Comparative Medicine Program, Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC)
Chair, Collaborative Research, TNPRC |
Co-Mentor |
Resource regarding use of nonhuman primates in alcohol-related research. |
Jerome Breslin, PhD |
Asst. Professor |
Physiology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine |
Co- Mentor |
Impact of Alcohol Intoxication on Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Microvascular Dysfunction. |
Stephania A. Cormier, PhD |
Assoc. Professor |
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Gene Therapy Program
Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences – LSU |
Mentor |
Effect of alcohol consumption on RSV transmission, pathogenesis, progression and anti-viral therapy. Effect of alcohol on pulmonary response to combustion products. |
Jason Dufour, DVM |
Clinical Veterinarian |
Division of Veterinary Medicine, TNPRC |
Co-Mentor |
Clinical medicine, surgical model refinement. Research support. |
John Hunt, MD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Surgery, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine |
Co-Mentor |
Basic, clinical and epidemiological studies on injury prevention and treatment |
Deepak Kaushal, PhD |
Res. Asst. Professor
|
Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, TNPRC
Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine
Director, DNA Microarray and Expression Core, TNPRC |
Co-Mentor |
Nonhuman primate model of Tuberculosis; Host and pathogen gene-expression in TB; Nonhuman primate model of Melioidosis. |
Andrew Lackner, DVM, PhD |
Professor
|
Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Tulane University HSC
Director, TNPRC |
Co-Mentor |
Resource regarding nonhuman primate model of AIDS and AIDS pathogenesis. |
Lynn Roy LaMotte, PhD |
Professor |
Biostatistics Program, LSUHSC-NO, School of Public Health |
Co-Mentor |
Theory, methods and applications of statistics. Theory and methods of linear statistical models, mixed models, random effects and variance components, random coefficient models, tests for stationarity, tests and confidence intervals for variance components, inverse prediction in forensic applications to estimate the age of carrion fly larvae, and logistic regressions. Inference in categorical and mixed categorical-continuous models. |
Kathleen H. McDonough, PhD |
Professor |
Physiology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine
Assoc. Dean, LSUHSC-NO, School of Graduate Studies |
Co-Mentor |
Effect of alcohol in exacerbating cardiovascular dysfunction induced by the HIV protein Tat. Effect of alcohol on altering compensatory mechanisms invoked by severe blood loss. |
Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, LSUHSC-NO
Dean, LSUHSC-NO, School of Graduate Studies |
Co-Mentor |
Resource regarding animals models of alcohol and drug abuse effects on behavior. |
Barry J. Potter, PhD |
Assoc. Prof. |
Physiology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine |
Co-Mentor |
Resource regarding alcohol metabolism and action on the liver. Instruct in same. |
Alistair Ramsay, PhD |
Professor |
Medicine, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine
Director, Gene Therapy Program |
Co-Mentor |
Immune response and efficacy of novel gene-based vaccines directed at HIV and TB |
Stephanie Tortu, PhD |
Assoc. Prof.
|
Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, LSUHSC-NO, School of Public Health
Assoc. Dean, LSUHSC-NO, School of Public Health |
Co-Mentor |
Drug/alcohol-misuse and behavioral risk for HIV/AIDS; prevention of HIV/AIDS. |
Kurt J. Varner, PhD |
Professor & Head |
Pharmacology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine |
Co-Mentor |
Effects of SIV alone and in combination with alcohol on cardiac and cardiovascular function. Effect of chronic pulmonary inflammation on cardiac function. |
