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Mentors

The primary faculty of the Training Program in Cardiac & Vascular Cell Biology consists of 32 members from eight departments, divisions or programs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and from the School of Nursing and the Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.

They were selected by the Steering Committee based on the following criteria:

research productivity as evidenced by publications and peer-reviewed grant support,
commitment to training as evidenced by their training record, and
the alignment of their scientific interests to the research themes of the CVCB Training Program.

The faculty is responsible for teaching formal courses for the pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainees, supervising the laboratory rotations and thesis research of the pre-doctoral trainees and supervising the research and course work of the postdoctoral trainees.

	Toni Antalis, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology and Department of Surgery

	Mordecai P. Blaustein, M.D. Professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine Co-director, Training Program in Cardiac & Vascular Cell Biology Director, Maryland Center for Heart, Hypertension & Kidney Disease

	Robert J. Bloch, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology Director, Training Program in Membrane Biology

	Meredith Bond, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology and Department of Medicine Program Director, Training Program in Cardiac and Vascular Cell Biology Chair, Department of Physiology

	Yen-Pei (Christy) Chang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

	Vera A. Golovina Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Physiology

	Bartley Griffith, M.D. Professor of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation, UMMC

	John M. Hamlyn, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology and the Program in Neuroscience

	Steven J. Kittner, M.D., M.P.H. Professor, Department of Neurology and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Director, Maryland Stroke Center, University of Maryland Medical Center

	Robert Koos, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology

	Willem J. Kop, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, the Uniformed Services University Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

	W. Jonathan Lederer, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and Department of Physiology Director, Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Maryland Biotechnology Insitute

	Stephen Liggett, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Physiology Director, Cardiopulmonary Genomics

	Andrea L. Meredith, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology

	Braxton D. Mitchell, M.P.H, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, and Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine

	Jessica A. Mong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

	Thomas L. Pallone, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Department of Physiology Co-director, Training Program in Cardiac & Vascular Cell Biology

	Richard N. Pierson III, M.D. Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery Director, Surgical Care Service, Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care System Clinical Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation

	Terry B. Rogers, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Director, University of Maryland MD/PhD Program

	Martin F. Schneider, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Muscle Biology

	Alan Shuldiner, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition

	J. Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Pathology and Department of Physiology Chief, Neurosurgical Services, VA Hospital

	William C. Stanley, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Co-director, Training Program in Cardiac & Vascular Cell Biology

	Nanette I. Steinle, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition

	Dudley K. Strickland, Ph.D. Director, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Director, Program in Molecular Medicine, Graduate Program in Life Sciences Professor, Department of Surgery, Divison of Cardiac Surgery and Department of Physiology

	Loren P. Thompson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of OB/GYN and Reproductive Science, and Department of Physiology

	Matthew Trudeau, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology

.	James B, Wade, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology

	Chris Ward, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health, and School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

	Edward J. Weinman, M.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Department of Physiology

	Paul Welling, M.D. Professor, Department of Physiology

	W. Gil Wier, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Physiology and Program in Neuroscience