Leadership
CTRID Director
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medicine
Platelets, microcirculation, inflammation, thrombosis
CTRID Co-Director
Professor, Medicine
Platelets, thrombosis, inflammation, endothelium
CTRID Administrator
Business operations, strategic planning, grants and project management
Core Faculty
Professor, Integrative Physiology
Rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmunity, microthrombi, thrombo-inflammation, systemic inflammation, ion channels
Professor, Medicine
Asthma, immunology, inflammation, fungal-related diseases
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Platelets, thrombosis, microvesicles
Associate Professor, Medicine
Pulmonary fibrosis, aging, inflammation, lung disease
Professor, Medicine
Inflammation, autoimmunity, emphysema, lung cancer
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Platelets, neutrophils, endothelium, sepsis, thrombosis
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Sepsis, multi-organ failure, thrombosis
Associate Professor, Medicine
Pulmonary vascular disease, smooth muscle potassium channels
Associate Professor, Medicine
COPD/emphysema, microRNAs, asthma, miRNA-based therapeutics
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Altered hemostasis, anticoagulation management, acquired coagulopathy
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neuropharmacology, microbiome, brain connectivity, inflammation
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery
Metabolism, head and neck cancer, chemoresistance, oxidative stress, tumor immunity
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Thromboinflammation, microvascular thrombosis, complement biology
Professor, Medicine
Acute kidney injury, mitochondria, AMP-activated protein kinase, longevity genes (sirtuins), stanniocalcin-1, inflammation
Senior Faculty, Medicine
Tumor immunology, lung cancer, melanoma, head & neck cancer
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Thrombosis, platelets, phosphatidylserine
Associate Professor, Medicine
Platelets, phosphatases, endothelium, exocytosis, thrombosis
Professor, Medicine
Obesity, frailty, aging
Professor, Medicine
Gonadal hormones, osteoporosis, aromatase gene
Professor, Surgery
HIV vaccine, pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
von Willebrand factor, hemostasis, thrombosis, functional genomics
Affiliate Faculty
Professor, Medicine
Heart failure, remodeling, inflammation, hypertrophy
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Hemostasis, thrombosis
Associate Professor, Neurology
Stroke, genetics, cerebrovascular disease
Professor, Medicine
HIV, pneumococcal vaccine, immunity, aging
Professor, Medicine
Bacterial interference, biofilm formation, urinary tract infection, medical device infection, colonization
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Genetic epidemiology, cancer, hepatitis C
Trainees
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Trung Nguyen, M.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.; Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
Program Staff
Dorellyn Lee, MPA
Manager of Laboratory Safety
Dorellyn.Lee@va.gov
Dionne Nichols
Research Laboratory Safety Assistant
Dionne.Nichols@va.gov
Anjali Raval
Research Laboratory Safety Coordinator
Anjali.Raval@va.gov
Research Staff
Anh Bui-Thanh
Research Assistant
ngocbui@bcm.edu
Tiffany Bullock
Animal Core Research Technician
tbullock@bcm.edu
Luis Gardea
Research Technician
Luis.Gardea@bcm.edu
Kimberly Langlois
CTRID Laboratory Manager
langlois@bcm.edu
Qisheng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Imaging and Equipment Core Research Associate
Qisheng.Liu@bcm.edu
Jevea Moore
Research Technician
jevea.moore@bcm.edu
Stefanie Rivera
Research Technician
sr12@bcm.edu