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Stephen Duncan, D.Phil

Professor and Chair
SmartState Chair in Regenerative Medicine
Liver Development and Disease
Duncan Lab website

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Our Faculty

Andy Wessels, Ph.D.

Professor and Vice Chair
Cardiac Development and the Pathogenesis of Congenital Heart Defects and Acquired Heart Valve Diseases
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Jeremy Barth, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Microarray Facilities, Bioinformatics
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Expertise: Molecular biology, Transcriptomics, Bioinformatics

Gerald Dorn, M.D.

Professor, Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
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Evan Delgado

Assistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
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Amy Engevik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Molecular motor regulation of protein delivery to epithelial cell membranes
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Cancer Biology & Immunology member

Melinda Engevik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Microbial-host interactions in the gastrointestinal tract in the setting of health and disease
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Kristen Engevik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
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Monika Gooz, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
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Associate Professor

Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Mucosal Immunology
Effects of Dysregulated Intestinal Immunity on Disease Development
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"Gut Vascular Barrier Disruption as a New Biomarker for Hematogenous Dissemination of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases"

Julia Hohn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Director, MUSC Anatomical Gift Program
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Christine Kern, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Formation and Homeostasis of the Extracellular Matrix Architecture
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Michael Kern, Ph.D.

Professor
Cofactors that Interact with the Prrx Proteins; Biomechanical Engineering of the Temporal Mandibular Joint
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Antonis Kourtidis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Interaction of the Adherens Junctions with RNA Complexes in Cell Behavior and Disease
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Cancer Biology & Immunology member

Robin Muise-Helmericks, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Molecular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis and Wound Repair
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Jorge Munera, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Development of Small Intestine and Colon
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Russell Norris, Ph.D.

Professor
Genetic and biological causes of connective tissue diseases including heart valve diseases and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
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Titus Reaves, Ph.D.

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Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
Teaching Scholar

Henry Sucov, Ph.D.

SmartState Professor
Genetic and Molecular Control of Heart Regeneration and Heart (Patho)Physiology
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Takako Makita, PhD

Assistant Professor
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Ge Tao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Myocardial Homeostasis, Injury, and Repair
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Richard Visconti, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Endogenous Stem Cell Contributions to Cardiac Development and Pathological Remodeling
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Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology
Teaching Scholar

Naohiro Yamaguchi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Regulatory Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling in Cardiac Muscle Cells
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Administrative Staff

Evelyn Fabunan
Department Administrator

843-792-5891

email: fabunane@musc.edu
Sabrina Green
Accounting/Fiscal Manager

843-792-5880

email: greensab@musc.edu
Cindy Gruenbaum
Administrative Coordinator

843-792-7616

email: gruenbau@musc.edu
Dorthea Braye
Administrative Coordinator

 843-792-5140

email: brayed@musc.edu
Kenya Nesbitt
Program Coordinator 

843-792-3523

email: nesbittk@musc.edu

 

 

Technical Staff

Gyda Beeeson
Research Specialist III		  View Norris Lab
Ray Deepe
Research Specialist III		 View Delgado Lab
Molly Dickerson
Program Assistant		  View Norris Lab
Shallyn Dickson
Research Specialist I		  View Norris Lab
Jenna Drummond
Research Specialist II		  View Wessels Lab
Ellaree Estes
Research Specialist I		  View Norris Lab
Savannah Fisher
Research Specialist I		  View Norris Lab
Lauren Giordano
Research Specialist I		  View Engevik,K Lab
Tayler Goectau
Research Program Coordinator I		  
Molly Griggs
Research Program Coordinator III		  View Norris Lab
Matt Huff
Senior Research Associate
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Christiana Kappler
Staff Scientist II		  View Duncan Lab
Amy Marston
Research Specialist II		  
Paige Lamprecht-McGinnis
Research Specialist III		  View Duncan Lab
Joyce Nair-Menon
Staff Scientist and Lab Manager		 View Kourtidis Lab
Patrick Roddy
Research Specialist II		  View Tao Lab
Amy Weintraub
Research Specialist I		  View Norris Lab
Cayla Wolfe
Research Specialist II		  View Norris Lab

 

Dual/Joint Appointment

Alexander Awgulewitsch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Medicine - Rheumatology

Amy Bradshaw, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Medicine - Cardiology

Carol Feghali-Bostwick, Ph.D.
Professor
Medicine - Rheumatology

Hongkuan Fan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Stanley Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor
Rheumatology & Immunology

Daria Ilatovskaya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Medicine

Seok-Hyung Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nephrology

Kyu-Ho Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Cardiology

Debra J. Hazen-Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Dean for Curriculum in the Basic Sciences
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Paul J. McDermott, Ph.D.
Professor
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development Medicine

Terrence O’Brien, M.D.
Professor
Medicine

Bradley Schulte, Ph.D.
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Inderjit Singh, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Division of Development Neurogenetics Pediatrics

Demetri Spyropoulos, Ph.D.
Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Elena Tourkina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Medicine - Rheumatology

Hongjun Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Surgery

Michael Yost, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Surgery

Adjunct Faculty

Ann C. Foley, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clemson/MUSC Bioengineering Program

Mark Kindy, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
University of South Florida

Ying Mei, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clemson/MUSC Bioengineering Program

Ann Ramsdell, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Research Professor
University of South Carolina

Tong Ye, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clemson/MUSC Bioengineering Program

Hai Yao, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Research Professor
Clemson/MUSC Bioengineering Program

Professor Emeriti

Thierry Bacro, Ph.D.
David Bernanke, Ph.D.
Thomas Borg, Ph.D.
Hilda Debacker, Ph.D.
Richard Dom, Ph.D.
William Dougherty, Ph.D.
Timothy Fitzharris, Ph.D.
James Hardin, Ph.D.
Karl Karnaky, Ph.D.
Edward Krug, Ph.D.
Eric Lacy, Ph.D.
Robert Ogilvie, Ph.D.
Robert Thompson, Ph.D.
Bryan Toole, Ph.D.
Donald Wilbur, Ph.D.
W. Curtis Worthington, M.D.