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Summer Research Faculty - 2012

Faculty	Research Topics:	Available to:
Gordon L. Archer Professor Infectious Diseases 804-828-0678 garcher@vcu.edu No opportunities available	Bacteriology Epidemiology Molecular Biology	College students Medical school students
Keith D. Baker Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 804-828-9762 kdbaker@vcu.edu 1 place available	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular Biology	College students Medical school students
Melanie Bean Assistant Professor Pediatrics 804-827-0661 mkbean@vcu.edu 1 place available	Clinical Trials Diabetes Health Behaviors	College students Medical school students
Jessica K. Bell Assistant Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 804-828-3739 jbell6@vcu.edu 2 places available	Biochemistry Immunology Structural Biology	High school students College students Medical school students
Peter A. Boling Professor Internal Medicine 804-828-5323 pboling@vcu.edu 5 places available Stipend available	Interprofessional education, including web-based designs Reducing hospital readmissions Fatigue and frailty	Medical school students
Scott Bowers Assistant Professor Psychiatry 804-628-7646 msbowers@vcu.edu 1 place available	Drug and Alcohol Abuse Molecular Imaging Neurosciences	College students Medical school students
William Broaddus Professor Neurosurgery 804-828-9165 wcbroaddus@vcu.edu No opportunities available	Cancer Biology Molecular Biology Neurosciences	College students Medical school students
Jason Carlyon Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-828-9946 jacarlyon@vcu.edu 1 place available Stipend available	Bacteriology Cell Biology Microbiology	College students Medical school students
Ching-Kang Chen Associate Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 804-828-7973 cjchen@vcu.edu 1 place available	Biochemistry Genetics Neurosciences	College students
Xiangning Chen Associate Professor Psychiatry 804-828-8124 xchen@vcu.edu 3 places available	Biostatistics Genetics Microbiology	College students Medical school students
Gail E. Christie Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-828-9093 christie@vcu.edu 1 place available	Genetics Molecular Biology Microbiology	College students Medical school students
Severn B. Churn Associate Professor Neurology 804-828-0290 schurn@vcu.edu position filled	Anatomy Biochemistry Neurosciences	High school students College students Medical school students
Cynthia N. Cornelissen Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-827-1754 cncornel@vcu.edu 1 place available Stipend available	Immunology Molecular Biology Vaccinolgy	High school students College students Medical school students
Yun Dai Associate Professor Department of Medicine/VCU Massey Cancer Center 804-828-5168 ydai@vcu.edu 2 places available	Cancer Cell Biology Intracellular Signal Transduction Molecular Targeted Therapeutics	Medical school students College students High School students
Robert W. Downs Professor Endocrinology 804-828-2781 downs@vcu.edu 1 place available	Endocrinology & Diabetes Osteoporosis	Medical school students
Sarah H. Elsea Associate Professor Pediatrics 804-628-0987 selsea@vcu.edu No opportunities available	Genetics Molecular Biology	Medical school students
Carlos R. Escalante Assistant Professor Physiology and Biophysics cescalante@vcu.edu 2 places available	Biochemistry Biophysics Structural Biology	College students Medical school students
Michael Fuchs Associate Professor Internal Medicine/Hepatology 804-828-4060 mfuchs@vcu.edu 2 places available	Gallstone formation Molecular Biology Bile acid and lipid metabolism Clinical Research - Hepatology	College students Medical school students
Christopher J. Hogan Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine cjhogan2@vcu.edu 2 places available	Cardiovascualr Disease Clinical Trials Physiology	College students Medical school students
Alexander H. Krist Assistant Professor Family Medicine 804-828-9626 ahkrist@vcu.edu 1 place available	Primary Care Healthcare Delivery and Prevention Health Information Technology	Medical school students
Michael C. Kurz Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine mkurz@vcu.edu 1 place available	Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Trials Healthcare Informatics	Medical school students
John F. Kuemmerle Professor Internal Medicine Gastroenterolgy 804-828-4060 jkuemmer@vcu.edu 2 places available	Gastroenterology-Inflammatory Bowel Disease Molecular Biology Physiology Clinical IBD Research	College students Medical school students
Kate L. Lapane Professor Epidemiology and Community Health 804-628-2506 kllapane@vcu.edu 2 places available Stipend available	Gastroenterology-Inflammatory Bowel Disease Molecular Biology Physiology Clinical IBD Research	College students Medical school students
Deborah A. Lebman Associate Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-827-0378 dlebman@vcu.edu 1 place available	Biochemistry Cancer Biology Immunology	College students Medical school students
Pin-Lan Li Professor Pharmacolgy and Toxicology 804-828-4793 pli@vcu.edu 1 place available Stipend available	Cardiovascular Disease Cell Biology Molecular Imaging	College students Medical school students
James A. Lister Assistant Professor Human and Molecular Genetics 804-628-4518 jalister@vcu.edu 1 place available	Cancer Biology Genetics Molecular Biology	College students Medical school students
Daniel G. Maluf Associate Professor Surgery 804-828-5861 dgmaluf@vcu.edu No opportunities available	Hepatology Immunology Molecular Biology	Medical school students
Martin J. Mangino Professor Surgery 804-628-3226 mjmangino@vcu.edu 1 place available	Physiology Biochemistry Transplantation	College students
Masoud Manjili Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-828-8779 mmanjili@vcu.edu 1 place available	Cancer Biology Immunology Vaccinology	College Students Medical school students
Christina R. Marmarou Assistant Professor Neurosurgery 804-828-4337 crmarmar@vcu.edu 2 places available Stipend available	Neuro Pathology Traumatic Brain Injury Neuroscience	Medical school students
Michael Miles Professor Departments of Pharmacology and Neurology and the Center for Study of Biological Complexity 804-827-4054 mfmiles@vcu.edu 2 places available	Genomics Neuroscience Genetics Drug/Alcohol Abuse	College students Medical school students
Drew Moghanaki Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology Clinical 804-828-7238 dmoghanaki@vcu.edu 1 place available Stipend available	Cancer Biology Epidemiology Health Behaviors	College students Medical school students
Yi Ning Assistant Professor Epidemiology and Community Health 804-828-7898 yning2@vcu.edu 2 places available Stipend available	Diabetes Epidemiology Cardiovascular Disease	College students Medical school students
Mark A. Reimers Assistant Professor Biostatistics 804-827-2055 mreimers@vcu.edu 2 places available Stipend available	Biostatistics Cancer Biology Genetics	College students Medical school students
Shunlin Ren Associate Professor Internal Medicine Gastroenterology 804-675-5000 sren@vcu.edu 2 places available	Biochemistry Cardiovascular Disease Lipid and Fatty Liver Diseases	College students
Aylin Rizki Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology 804-628-5334 arizki@vcu.edu 1 place available	Cell Biology Cancer Biology Molecular Biology	College students Medical school students
Lawrence B. Schwartz Professor, Division Head Internal Medicine Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology 804-828-9685 lschwart@vcu.edu 2 places available	Allergy Cell Biology Molecular Biology	Medical school students
Rita Shiang Associate Professor Human and Molecular Genetics rshiang@vcu.edu 2 places available	Cell Biology Genetics Molecular Biology	College students Medical school students
Judy L. Silberg Associate Professor Human and Molecular Genetics 804-828-8153 jsilberg@vcu.edu 2 places available	Epidemiology Genetics Health Behaviors	High School students College students Medical school students
Sarah Spiegel Professor, Department Head Biochemstry and Molecular Biology 804-828-9762 sspiegal@vcu.edu 1 place available	Biochemistry Cancer Biology Immunology	College students Medical school students
Ronald B. Smeltz Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-828-8085 rbsmeltz@vcu.edu 1 place available	Immunology Microbiology Parasitology	College students
Ivo P. Torres Filho Associate Professor Physiology and Biophysics 804-828-2066 itorres@vcu.edu No opportunites available	Cardiovascular Disease Pharmacology Physiology	College students Medical school students
Gary W. Tye Assistant Professor Neurosurgery 804-828-9165 gtye@vcu.edu No opportunites available	Cancer Biology Cell Biology Neurosciences	College students Medical school students
Xiang-Yang (Shawn) Wang Associate Professor Human and Molecular Genetics 804-628-2679 xywang@vcu.edu 2 places available	Cancer Biology Immunology Vaccinology	College students Medical school students
Huiping Zhou Assistant Professor Microbiology and Immunology 804-828-0676 hzhou@vcu.edu 1 place available	HIV/AIDS Molecular Biology Pharmacology	College students Medical school students