Departmental Members
Stephen Duncan, D.Phil
Professor and Chair
SmartState Chair in Regenerative Medicine
Liver Development and Disease
Duncan Lab website
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
Samar Hammad, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Sphingolipid Signaling Mechanisms in Inflammation and Accelerated Cardiovascular Disease
Hammad 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
Corey Mjaatvedt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Developmental Biologist
Director of Anatomy College of Medicine
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
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
Administrative Staff
Technical Staff
| Ray Deepe |
Research Specialist III |
Wessels Lab |
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| Joyce Nair-Menon | Staff Scientist - Lab Manager | Kourtidis Lab |
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| Na Qu |
Research Specialist III | Munera Lab | |
| Kristy Wang | Research Specialist I |
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.