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About the Department of Regenerative Medicine & Cell Biology

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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		 View Wessels Lab
Jamie Barth, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Microarray Facilities, Bioinformatics		 View Barth Lab
Amy Engevik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular motor regulation of protein delivery to epithelial cell membranes		 View A. Engevik Lab
Melinda Engevik, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Microbial-host interactions in the gastrointestinal tract in the setting of health and disease		 View M. Engevik Lab
Silvia Guglietta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mucosal Immunology
Effects of Dysregulated Intestinal Immunity on Disease Development		 View Guglietta Lab
Christine Kern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Formation and Homeostasis of the Extracellular Matrix Architecture		 View C. Kern Lab
Michael Kern, Ph.D.
Professor
Cofactors that Interact with the Prrx Proteins; Biomechanical Engineering of the Temporal Mandibular Joint		 View M. Kern Lab
Antonis Kourtidis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Interaction of the Adherens Junctions with RNA Complexes in Cell Behavior and Disease		 View Kourtidis Lab
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		 View Center for Anatomical Studies & Education
Roger Markwald, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor
Director, Cardiovascular Developmental Biology Center
Heart Development and Regenerative Medicine		 View Markwald Lab
Martin Morad, Ph.D.
Professor
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular
Director, Cardiac Signaling Center		 View Morad Lab
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		 View Muise-Helmericks Lab
Jorge Munera, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pluripotent Stem Cells in the Development of Small Intestine and Colon		 View Munera Lab
Russell Norris, Ph.D.
Professor
Genetic and biological causes of connective tissue diseases including heart valve diseases and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome		 View Norris Lab
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		 View Sucov Lab
Ge Tao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Myocardial Homeostasis, Injury, and Repair		 View Tao Lab
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		 View Yamaguchi Lab

 

Administrative Staff

Evelyn Fabunan
Business Manager		 843-792-5891
Sabrina Green
Administrative Coordinator		 843-792-5880
Cindy Gruenbaum
Administrative Assistant		 843-792-7616
Reycel Rodriguez
Grants Coordinator II		 843-792-3523

 

Technical Staff

Ray Deepe
Research Specialist III		 View Wessels Lab
 Joyce Nair-Menon
Staff Scientist and Lab Manager		 View Kourtidis Lab
Na Qu
Research Specialist III		 View Munera Lab
Kristy Wang
Research Specialist I
 View Sucov 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.