People
Kalil G. Abdullah, MD,MSc 
Sameer Agnihotri, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Jinwoo Ahn, PhD 
Katherine Aird, PhD Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Rannar Airik, PhD 
Elias Aizenman, PhD 
Issam Al Diri 
Imad Al Ghouleh, PhD 
Jonathan Alder, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Daniel Altschuler, PhD 
Gerard Apodaca, PhD 
Meir Aridor, PhD 
Karen Arndt, PhD 
Gavin E. Arteel, PhD Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Stephen Francis Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD 
Christopher James Bakkenist, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Aaron Barchowsky, PhD 
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD 
Jonathan M. Beckel, PhD 
Jason Becker, PhD 
Juliane I. Beier Arteel, PhD Assistant Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Aaron W. Bell, PhD 
Sarah Berman, MD, PhD 
Bharat Bhushan, PhD 
Timothy R. Billiar, MD George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Robert J. Binder, PhD 
Lori Ann Birder, PhD 
Alessandro Bisello, PhD 
Harry C. Blair, MD 
Irina M. Bochkis, PhD 
Jesus Tejero Bravo, PhD 
Jeffrey L. Brodsky, PhD Avinoff Chair of Biological Sciences
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Bryan Brown, PhD 
Thiago Bruder do Nascimento, PhD 
Ronald Buckanovich 
Yuri Bunimovich, MD, PhD 
Michael Butterworth, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Marcelo D. Carattino, PhD 
Anne Ruxandra Carvunis 
Stephen Y. Chan, MD, PhD Director, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Divay Chandra, PhD 
Yuan Chang, MD Distinguished Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Yuanyuan Chen, PhD 
Yu Chih Chen, PhD 
Charleen Chu, MD, PhD 
Lan G Coffman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Christopher Cunningham, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Lance Davidson, PhD 
Marie DeFrances, MD, PhD 
Donald B. Defranco, PhD 
Evan R. Delgado, PhD 
Neal A. Deluca, PhD 
Anthony J. Demetris, MD 
Daniel C. Devor, PhD 
Chandra Divay, PhD 
Steven F. Dobrowolski, PhD 
Hengjiang Dong, PhD 
Christopher Donnelly, PhD 
Peter F. Drain, PhD 
Wei Du, MD, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Andrew Wayne Duncan, PhD Associate Professor and Associate Director, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Partha Dutta, DVM, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Pharmacology
Mo Ebrahimkhani, MD Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Oliver Eickelberg, MD, FERS, ATSF 
Farzad Esni, PhD 
John D. Fernstrom, PhD 
Toren Finkel, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Elise Fouquerel, PhD 
Ira Jacob Fox, MD 
Bruce A. Freeman, PhD 
Zachary Freyberg, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Peter A. Friedman, PhD 
Sarah L. Gaffen, PhD 
Ferruccio Galbiati, PhD Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Shou Jiang Gao, PhD 
David Martin Gau, PhD 
Stacy Gelhaus, PhD 
Subhadip Ghatak, PhD 
Arjumand Ghazi, PhD Director, Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
George Gittes, MD 
Joseph C. Glorioso, PhD 
Eric Goetzman, PhD 
Delphine Gomez, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
J. Timothy Greenamyre, PhD 
Angela M. Gronenborn, PhD Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair, Structural Biology
Molecular Pharmacology
Haitao Guo, PhD 
Aditi Gurkar, PhD 
Alejandro Soto Gutierrez, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Sarah Hainer, PhD 
Gerry Hammond, PhD 
Nadine Hempel, PhD 
Jacqueline Ho, MD Assistant Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Gregg E. Homanics, PhD 
Yang Hong, PhD 
Baoli Hu, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Neil A. Hukriede, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
George S. Hussey, PhD 
Hun Way Hwang, MD, PhD 
Smita S. Iyer, MS, PhD 
Edwin K. Jackson, PhD 
Tija C. Jacob, PhD 
Yu Jiang, PhD 
Michael Jurczak, PhD 
Valerian E. Kagan, PhD Vice Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health
Molecular Pharmacology
Anthony J. Kanai ,PhD 
Lawrence Patrick Kane, PhD 
Ossama Kashlan, PhD 
Brett Kaufman, PhD 
Elizabeth Kershaw, MD Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Saleem A. Khan, PhD 
Samira Kiani, PhD Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Seungwon Kim, MD 
John M. Kirkwood, MD 
Thomas R. Kleyman, MD Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Pharmacology
Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD 
Melanie Koenigshoff, MD, PhD 
Julia Kofler, MD 
Alison B Kohan, PhD 
Gary Kohanbash, PhD 
Melanie Königshoff, MD, PhD, ATSF, FERS 
Scott M. Kulich, MD, PhD 
Adam Vincent Kwiatkowski, PhD Director, Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology Graduate Program
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Robert Lafyatis, MD 
Eric Lagasse, PhD 
Samuel Todd Lamitina 
Adrian Vincent Lee, PhD Pittsburgh Foundation Chair in Precision Medicine
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Sanford H Leuba PhD 
Edwin S Levitan PhD 
Guang Li PhD 
Gang Li PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Hang Lin PhD 
Silvia Liu, PhD 
Yuan Liu PhD 
Cecilia Lo PhD F. Sargent Cheever Chair Department of Developmental Biology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Joseph D Locker MD PhD 
Anna Lokshin PhD 
Michael Lotze MD 
Jianhua Luo MD PhD 
Marcus Malek, PhD 
Kacey Gribbin Marra, PhD 
Wendy M. Mars, PhD Director, Cellular and Molecular Pathology Program
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
George K. Michalopoulos, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Mark Miedel, PhD 
Pamela Moalli, MD, PhD 
Satdarshan (Paul) Monga, MD Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Director of the Organ Pathobiology and Therapeutics Institute (OPTIn)
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Patrick S. Moore, MD, MPH Director, Cancer Virology Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Molecular Pharmacology
Michael Morowitz, MD 
Alison Morris, MD, MS 
Mousumi Moulik, MD 
Sandra A. Murray, PhD 
Benjamin Nacev, MD, PhD 
Yael Nechemia-Arbely, PhD Assistant Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Jessie R. Nedrow, PhD 
Kari Nejak-Bowen, PhD, MBA 
Carola A. Neumann, MD 
Yuri E. Nikiforov, MD, PhD Vice Chair of the Department of Pathology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Enrico Novelli, MD 
Roderick O'Sullivan, PhD 
Michael Oertel, PhD 
Steffi Oesterreich, PhD Vice Chair, Precision and Translational Pharmacology
Molecular Pharmacology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Abby Olsen, MD, PhD 
Patricia Opresko, PhD Assistant Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Molecular Pharmacology
Kyle E. Orwig, PhD 
Hatice Ulku Osmanbeyoglu, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Tim D. Oury, MD, PhD 
Patrick J. Pagano, PhD 
Michael John Palladino, PhD 
Andrey A. Parkhitko, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Thomas Pearce, PhD 
Julie Phillippi, PhD 
Edward V. Prochownik, MD, PhD 
Reben Raeman, PhD 
Hooman H. Rashidi, PhD Professor and Associate Dean of AI in Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Babak Razani, MD, PhD 
Stacey Sukoff Rizzo, PhD 
Guillermo G. Romero, PhD 
Sarah E. Ross, PhD Professor and Director, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Partha Roy, PhD 
Yoel Sadovsky, MD 
Guy Salama, PhD 
Jami Saloman, PhD 
Anita Sarif, MD, PhD 
Gerald Phillip Schatten, PhD 
Francisco Jose Schopfer, PhD 
Iain Scott, PhD Assistant Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Melanie J. Scott, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Donghun Shin, PhD 
Sruti Shiva, PhD 
Daniel Shiwarski, PhD 
Ian A. Sigal 
Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Shivendra Singh, PhD 
Kanhaiya Singh, PhD 
Thomas E. Smithgall, PhD Chair, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Molecular Pharmacology
T. Rinda Soong, MD, PhD, MPH 
Alexander D. Sorkin, PhD Richard Beatty Mellon chair Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Cynthia St Hilaire, PhD 
Claudette M. St. Croix, PhD 
Wayne Stallaert, PhD 
Richard Steinman, MD, PhD 
Adam C. Straub, PhD 
Arohan R. Subramanya, MD 
Shivalingappa Swamynathan, PhD Associate Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Kenichi Tamama, MD, PhD 
Jay Tan, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Roderick Tan, MD, PhD 
Pei Tang, PhD 
Sina Tavakoli, MD, PhD Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Amantha Thathiah, PhD 
Gary Thomas 
Angus W. Thomson, PhD, D.Sc Distinguished Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Mary M. Torregrossa, PhD 
Mohamed Trebak, PhD 
Michael Tsang, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Athanassios Tzounopoulos, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Zsolt Urban, PhD 
Bennett Van Houten, PhD Professor
Molecular Pharmacology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Ivona Vasile-Pandrea, MD, PhD 
Deepika Vasudevan, PhD Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Dario Vignali, PhD 
Jean Pierre Vilardaga, PhD 
Flordeliza M. Villanueva, MD 
Nam Vo, PhD 
Gerard Vockley, MD, PhD 
Yoram Vodovotz, PhD 
David Vorp 
William H. Walker, PhD Associate Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Xiaosong Wang, MD, PhD Associate Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Zhou Wang, PhD 
Qiming Jane Wang, PhD 
Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD 
Qingde Wang, PhD 
Simon C. Watkins, PhD 
Alan Watson, PhD 
Xiangyun Wei, PhD 
Ora A. Weisz, PhD 
Alan Wells, MD, DMS 
Sally Wenzel, MD 
Peter Wipf, PhD 
Haodi Wu, PhD 
Wen Xie, MD, PhD 
Yan Xu, PhD 
Judith Yanowitz, PhD Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Vijay Yechoor, MD 
Abdolreza Zarnegar, PhD 
Hua Zhang, MD, PhD 
Lianghui Zhang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Molecular Pharmacology
Cheng Zhang, PhD 
Bokai Zhu Assistant Professor
Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology