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

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