Research
Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine faculty members represent a diverse collage of scientific disciplines that are critical in the fulfillment of our objective to eliminate health disparities.
Members and departments represented
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Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD |
| Assistant Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health | |
| School of Public Health | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: jbelliard@llu.edu |
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Eileen Brantley, PhD |
| Assistant Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: ebrantley@llu.edu |
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Carlos Casiano, PhD |
| Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: (909) 558-9474 | |
| Email: ccasiano@llu.edu |
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Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre, PhD |
| Associate Professor, Nutrition | |
| School of Public Health | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: zcordero-macintyre@llu.edu |
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Daisy De Leon, PhD |
| Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: (909) 558-9474 | |
| Email: ddeleon@llu.edu |
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Marino De Leon, PhD |
| Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: (909) 558-9474 | |
| Email: madeleon@llu.edu |
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Penelope Duerksen-Hughes, PhD |
| Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: pdhughes@llu.edu |
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David Dyjack, DrPH |
| Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: ddyjack@llu.edu |
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Bertha Escobar, MD |
| Associate Professor, Pathology and Human Anatomy | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: bescobar@llu.edu |
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Istvan Fodor, PhD |
| Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: ifodor@llu.edu |
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Susan Gardner, PhD |
| Professor, English Director of Writing Center |
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| Southwestern Adventist University | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: gardners@swau.edu |
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Sandra Hilliker, PhD |
| Instructor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: shilliker@llu.edu |
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William Langridge, PhD |
| Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: blangridge@llu.edu |
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Susanne Montgomery, PhD |
| Professor, Health Promotion and Education | |
| School of Public Health | |
| Phone: (909) 558-8745 | |
| Email: smontgomery@llu.edu |
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Kimberly Payne, PhD |
| Assistant Professor, Pathology and Human Anatomy | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: kpayne@llu.edu |
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Nathan Wall, PhD |
| Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology | |
| School of Medicine | |
| Phone: | |
| Email: nwall@llu.edu |
























