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Ludmila Belayev, MD
School of Medicine
Neurosurgery / Neuroscience Center of Excellence/ Neurology
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH DOD Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Preclinical Studies on Stroke Preclinical studies on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Stroke
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Brain Infarction

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Animal Experimentation Fluid Percussion Injury Model in Rats Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats and Mice
Unique Equipment Used:
	Microscopy, Confocal
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Behavior Behavioral Research Blood-Brain Barrier Brain Tumor Magnetic Resonance Imaging Models, Animal Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Last Updated: 02/20/2019

Andrew Catling, PhD
School of Medicine
Pharmacology / Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of Excellence

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Signal Transduction

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Radioactive Tracers
Unique Equipment Used:
	BioRad BioLogic DuoFlow FPLC Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography, Thin Layer Isco Foxy Jr.Microscopy, Fluorescence
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cell Migration Assays MAP Kinase Signaling System Molecular scaffolding

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Deidre Devier, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Aging
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Neuropsychology


Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cognition Disorders

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Thomas Kimball, MD
School of Medicine
Pediatrics
Grant Review Committees Served on: Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Echocardiography





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiology Service, Hospital

Last Updated: 02/14/2020

Stephen Landreneau, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Advanced Endoscopy
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Biliary Tract Diseases Pancreatic Diseases



Unique Equipment Used:
	Endoscopic Ultrasound
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Endoscopy, Digestive System Endosonography Gastroenterology

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Paul LeLorier, MD
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Syncope Tachycardia, Supraventricular



Unique Equipment Used:
	Autonomic testing Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiology Syncope

Last Updated: 04/09/2024

Michael Maristany, MD
School of Medicine
Radiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Arthritis Osteoarthritis





Keywords Associated with Work:
	CT Infection Magnetic Resonance Imaging Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy MRI Radiology tumor X-ray

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Luis Marrero, PhD
School of Medicine
Orthopedics / Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology
Grant Review Committees Served on: NIH Other Committees

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic therapy for arthritis Assessment of osteoarthritis-attributable myopenia Cannabinoid-based management of pain and inflammation in arthritis Histopathology of non-neoplastic and cancer lesions Repair and regeneration in limb trauma and ischemia reperfusion injury
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cancer biology and prognosis Energy metabolism in tissue salvage

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	ATP In Vivo Electrophysiology Biophotonic Imaging In Vivo Deconvolution Microscopy Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Histopathology Scoring Hyperbaric Oxygenation Immunohistochemistry immunohistofluorescence In Vivo Bioluminescence Laser Capture Microdissection Limb Amputation and Joint Excision Surgery Live Cell Imaging Microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton Multiplex Assays Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Stereomicroscopy Whole Mount Fluorescence
Unique Equipment Used:
	Bio-Rad Radiance 2100 Laser Scanning Confocal System Confocal Microscope Cryotome Epifluorescent Microscope Fluoview FV1000 multiphoton system In Vivo Biophotonic Imager Kodak In Vivo Image Station FX Laser Capture Microdissection Scope Leica CM3050S cryostat Leica DMRXA deconvolution microscopy systems (2X)Leica Mz74 stereoscope Light Microscope Micro-CT Mutiphoton Microscope Nikon E600 upright microscope PALM Microbeam Perkin Elmer GX2 micro-CT scanner Shandon Finesse Paraffin Microtome Shandon Histocentre Paraffin Embedding Station Shandon Hypercenter XP Paraffin Processor Shandon Varistain 24-4 Xenogen IVIS 200 X-ray Imager
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Amputation Arthrofibrosis Blastema Fibroblasts Fibrosis Healthcare Disparities Hyperbaric Oxygenation Inflammation Joint Replacement Limb Trauma Matrix Remodeling Osteoarthritis Regeneration Scaffold Wound Healing

Last Updated: 03/27/2024

Richard Mize, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy / Neuroscience Center of Excellence

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Neuronal Plasticity
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Programmed Instruction

Unique Techniques Used or Developed:
	Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Unique Equipment Used:
	Electron Microscope Tomography
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Schools, Medical

Last Updated: 02/08/2019

Jason Mussell, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy / Anatomy and Cell Biology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Skull Base
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Diagnostic Imaging





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Competency-Based Education

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Emma Schachner, PhD
School of Medicine
Cell Biology and Anatomy

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Anatomy Anatomy, Artistic Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Veterinary Biological Evolution Diagnostic Imaging Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evolution, Planetary Imaging, Three-Dimensional

Last Updated: 10/19/2018

Frank Smart
School of Medicine
Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Cardiology Cardiology Service, Hospital Cardiomyopathy Clinical Effectiveness Heart Failure
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Heart Diseases



Unique Equipment Used:
	Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional Heart Catheterization Heart Transplantation Heart Valve Diseases
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Cardiomyopathy Heart Failure Heart-Assist Devices Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Pulmonary Hypertension

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Matthew Stark, MD
School of Medicine
Pathology

Primary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Gastrointestinal Diseases Hematology Placenta Diseases
Secondary Research / Clinical / Teaching Interests:
	Autopsy Hemoglobin A, Glycosylated



Unique Equipment Used:
	Flow Cytometry Microscopy Microscopy, Electron
Keywords Associated with Work:
	Forensic Pathology Pathology Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Surgical Pediatrics

Last Updated: 01/24/2017

Shirley Yodzis, MD
School of Medicine
Radiology





Keywords Associated with Work:
	Mammography

Last Updated: 01/24/2017