Konstantin Birukov, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator/Professor

MD: Moscow State Medical School
PhD: Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Cardiology Research Center

Wei Chao, MD, PhD, FAHA
Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Translational Research
Vice-Chair For Research
Co-Director of the STAR Center
Email: wchao@som.umaryland.edu 

MD: Hunan Medical College, Changsha, China
PhD: University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, USA
Postdoc: University of California, San Diego, USA
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Interests: Innate immunity, sepsis, trauma, myocardial ischemic injury

Brittney Williams, MD
Co-Investigator/Assistant Professor

MD: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA
Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

Interests: Sepsis, cardiac injury, coagulopathy

Lin Zou, MD, PhD
Principal investigator/Associate Professor

MD: Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, China
PhD: Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, China
Postdoc: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Interests: Sepsis and lung injury