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Angela M. Amedee, PhD
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology LSUHSC School of Medicine
CARC Co-Investigator
Research Interests: Effect of alcohol consumption on HIV pathogenesis, viral reservoir establishment and maintenance, and development of comorbid diseases.
Professor
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology LSUHSC School of Medicine
CARC Co-Investigator
Scott Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director of the Information Dissemination Core
Research Interests: Investigation of neurobiological changes associated with altered motivational systems in drug and alcohol dependence.Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director of the Information Dissemination Core
Our most recent focus is on the interaction of addiction and chronic pain. Employing animal models of these conditions, we are investigating how inflammatory pain alters central reinforcement circuitry and motivated behavior.
Tekeda Ferguson, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology LSUHSC School of Public Health
Co-Director of the Data Management Core
Research Interests:
Chronic disease epidemiology, human studies, and surveillance data collection and analysis. Research takes a biopsychosocial approach to understand the effects of alcohol use with traditional pathophysiologic measures and the social environment on chronic disease development in people living with HIV.
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology LSUHSC School of Public Health
Co-Director of the Data Management Core
Donald Mercante, PhD
Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Department of Biostatistics LSUHSC School of Public Health
CARC Co-Investigator
Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Department of Biostatistics LSUHSC School of Public Health
CARC Co-Investigator
Patricia E. Molina, MD, PhD
Research Interests: Interaction of alcohol with inflammation and oxidative stress as they impact on metabolic homeostatic mechanisms in the SIV/HIV host. The bidirectional translational approach and integrative nature of our studies provides a unique platform to elucidate pathophysiological mechanisms that ultimately contribute to increased risk of comorbid conditions in persons living with HIV.
Richard Ashman Professor and Head
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence
CARC Principal Investigator | Director T-32 Alcohol Training Grant
Steve Nelson, MD
Research Interests: The effect of alcohol on: 1) HIV infection and disease progression; 2) cytokine and chemokines responses; 3) neutrophil function; and 4) bacterial pneumonia.
John H. Seabury Professor
Department of Medicine/Pulmonary/Critical Care
Dean LSUHSC School of Medicine
Co-Director CARC Administrative Core
Martin Ronis, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director of the Pilot Core
Research Interests: These studies look to better understand molecular basis for the toxic actions of alcohol, drugs and pollutants which might uncover therapeutic targets and to determine the effects of nutritional status on pathological outcomes in exposed populations.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director of the Pilot Core
Robert Siggins, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Co-Director Analytical Core
Research Interests:
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Co-Director Analytical Core
Alcohol- and HIV-induced cytotoxic T cell immunosenescence and exhaustion. Mitochondrial dysregulation in T cells. Alcohol- and HIV-associated precosious biological aging
Liz Simon, MVSc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director Analytical Core
Research Interests: Understand the signaling mechanisms responsible for proliferation and differentiation of stem/progenitor cells and perturbations that alter stem cells and its microenvironment affecting the fate of cells.
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Department of Physiology LSUHSC School of Medicine
Director Analytical Core
Katherine P. Theall, PhD
Professor
Deptartment of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
CARC Principal Investigator
Professor
Deptartment of Social, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
Department of Epidemiology
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
CARC Principal Investigator
Research Interests: Policy, social network, and community influences on health disparities, including women and children’s health, with a particular emphasis on neighborhood conditions; race and gender inequities; substance use and mental health; and social epidemiologic theory and methods.
Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD
Professor of Pathology Chair
Division of Comparative Pathology
TNPRC Tulane University HSC School of Medicine
Research Interests: 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.
Professor of Pathology Chair
Division of Comparative Pathology
TNPRC Tulane University HSC School of Medicine
David A. Welsh, MD
Associate Professor Medicine
Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care LSUHSC School of Medicine
CARC Principal Investigator
Research Interests:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Maladaptive Health Behaviors (Alcohol, Tobacco, Substance Use). Lung Host Defense. Biological Age & Geriatric Syndrome Pathogenesis. Microbiota - Host Interactions. Inflamm-aging and Immunosenescence.
Associate Professor Medicine
Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care LSUHSC School of Medicine
CARC Principal Investigator