Faculty
Andy Wessels, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
Cardiac Development and the Pathogenesis of Congenital Heart Defects and Acquired Heart Valve Diseases
Wessels Lab website
Jamie Barth, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Microarray Facilities, Bioinformatics
Barth Lab website
Amy Engevik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular motor regulation of protein delivery to epithelial cell membranes
Amy Engevik Lab website
Melinda Engevik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microbial-host interactions in the gastrointestinal tract in the setting of health and disease
Mindy Engevik Lab website
Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mucosal Immunology
Effects of Dysregulated Intestinal Immunity on Disease Development
Guglietta Lab website
Christine Kern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Formation and Homeostasis of the Extracellular Matrix Architecture
Kern Lab website
Michael Kern, Ph.D.
Professor
Cofactors that Interact with the Prrx Proteins; Biomechanical Engineering of the Temporal Mandibular Joint
Kern Lab website
Antonis Kourtidis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Interaction of the Adherens Junctions with RNA Complexes in Cell Behavior and Disease
Kourtidis Lab website
Steven Kubalak, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, MUSC Anatomical Gift Program
Member, Center for Anatomical Studies & Education
Lecturer, Human Anatomy and Embryology
Interprofessional Studies for Graduate Students
Roger Markwald, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor
Director, Cardiovascular Developmental Biology Center
Heart Development and Regenerative Medicine
Markwald Lab website
Martin Morad, Ph.D.
Professor
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular
Director, Cardiac Signaling Center
Morad Lab website
Ricardo Moreno, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Mechanisms of Normal and Abnormal Development of the Heart
Robin Muise-Helmericks, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular Mechanisms of Angiogenesis and Wound Repair
Muise-Helmericks Lab website
Jorge Munera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Development of Small Intestine and Colon
Munera Lab website
Russell Norris, Ph.D.
Professor
Genetic and biological causes of connective tissue diseases including heart valve diseases and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Norris Lab website
Titus Reaves, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Epithelial Cell Biology and Neutrophil (PMN) Migration
Henry Sucov, Ph.D.
SmartState Professor
Genetic and Molecular Control of Heart Regeneration and Heart (Patho)Physiology
Sucov Lab website
Ge Tao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Myocardial Homeostasis, Injury, and Repair
Tao Lab website
Richard Visconti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Endogenous Stem Cell Contributions to Cardiac Development and Pathological Remodeling
Naohiro Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Regulatory Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling in Cardiac Muscle Cells
Yamaguchi Lab website
