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?

John Hunt, MD

Assoc. Prof.

Surgery, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine

Co-Mentor

Basic, clinical and epidemiological studies on injury prevention and treatment

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

Pharmacology, LSUHSC-NO, School of Medicine
Interim 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.