CENTER FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
OFFICE OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE
BIOMEDICAL PROFESSIONS

IMSD RESEARCH MENTORS

BELLINGER, Denise, PhD, Indiana State University 1985
Associate Research Professor, Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy
School of Medicine
Email: dbellinger@llu.edu

BRANTLEY, Eileen, PhD, Meharry Medical College 1999
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Email: ebrantley@llu.edu

BUCHHOLZ, John, PhD, Loma Linda University 1988
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Email: jbuchholz@llu.edu

CASIANO, Carlos A., PhD, University of California, Davis 1992
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: ccasiano@llu.edu

CORDERO-MacINTYRE, Zaida, PhD, PharmD University of Arizona 1998
Universidad Mayor de San Andres 1971
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
School of Public Health
Email: zcordero-macintyre@llu.edu

DE LEÓN, Daisy D., PhD, University of California, Davis 1987
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Associate Dean for Minority Affairs
School of Medicine
Email: ddeleon@llu.edu

DE LEÓN, Marino A., PhD, University of California, Davis 1987
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and
Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy
Director, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: madeleon@llu.edu

DUCSAY, Charles A., PhD, University of Florida 1980
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Center for Perinatal Biology
School of Medicine
Email: cducsay@llu.edu

DUERKSEN-HUGHES, Penelope J., PhD, Emory University 1987
Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: pdhughes@llu.edu

EDWARDS, Lincoln, PhD, Loma Linda University 1998
Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Education Services
School of Dentistry
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Email: lpedwards@llu.edu

ESCHER, Alan, PhD, Cornell University, Medical Campus 1992
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Member: Transplantation Institute
School of Medicine
Email: aescher@llu.edu

FODOR, Istvan, PhD, DSc, DSc* The Russian Academy of Sciences 1968, 1985,
*Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1992
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: ifodor@llu.edu

FLETCHER, Hansel, PhD, Temple University 1990
Associate Chair and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Professor, Periodontics
School of Dentistry
Email: hfletcher@llu.edu

GREEN, Lora, PhD, University of California, Riverside 1987
Research Professor, Radiation Medicine and Rheumatology and
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Research Immunologist, Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
Email: lgreen@llu.edu; lgreen@domain.llumc.edu

GRIDLEY, Daila, PhD, Loma Linda University 1978
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Department of
Radiation Medicine and Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: dgridley@domain.llumc.edu

HESSINGER, David, PhD, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 1970
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and Natural Sciences
School of Medicine
Email: dhessinger@llu.edu

JOHNSON, Mark, PhD, University of Utah 1984
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: mjohnson@llu.edu

KIRBY, Michael, PhD, University of California, Riverside, California 1984
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy
School of Medicine
Email: mkirby@llu.edu

KIRSCH, Wolf, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1955
Professor, Department of Surgery and Biochemistry and Microbiology
Director, Neurosurgery Center for Research, Training, and Education
School of Medicine
Email: wkirsch@llu.edu

LANGRIDGE, William, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1973
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: blangridge@llu.edu

LILLY, Michael, MD, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 1975
Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology
University of California, Irvine
Email: mlilly@uci.edu

LINKHART, Thomas, PhD, University of California, Davis, California 1975
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology and Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center Email: tom.linkhart@med.va.gov

LONGO, Lawrence, MD, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 1954
Distinguished Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Physiology and Pharmacology
Director, Center for Perinatal Biology
School of Medicine
Email: llongo@llu.edu

MOHAN, Subburaman, PhD, Bangalore University, India 1978
Research Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Musculoskeletal Disease Center
Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
Email: subburaman.mohan@va.gov

OBERG, Kerby, PhD, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California 1991
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy
School of Medicine
Email: koberg@llu.edu

PAYNE, Kimberly, PhD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 1998
Assistant Professor, Human Anatomy
Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: kpayne@llu.edu

PEARCE, William J. PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1978
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology and
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Center for Perinatal Biology
School of Medicine
Email: wpearce@llu.edu

POWER, Gordon, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1961
Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Center for Perinatal Biology
School of Medicine
Email: gpower@llu.edu

STRONG, Donna, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, California 1977
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
Email: donna.strong@med.va.gov

SOTO-WEGNER, Ubaldo, PhD, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 1994
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: usoto@llu.edu

SOWERS, Lawrence, PhD, Duke University 1983
Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: lsowers@llu.edu

TANG, Jiping, PhD, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China 1983
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Email: jtang@llu.edu

TAYLOR, Barry L., PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 1973
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: bltaylor@llu.edu

WALL, Nathan R., PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine
School of Medicine
Email: nwall@llu.edu

WATTS, Kylie, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia 2001
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine
Email: kwatts@llu.edu

WERGEDAL, Jon, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1963
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Medicine Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
Email: jon.wegedal@va.gov

YELLON, Steven M., PhD, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 1981
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Pediatrics
Center for Perinatal Biology
Email: syellon@llu.edu

ZHANG, John, MD, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada, 1987; Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China 1983
Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, and Physiology and Pharmacology School of Medicine
Email: jzhang@llu.edu

ZHANG, Lubo, PhD, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1990
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Center for Perinatal Biology
School of Medicine
Email: lzhang@llu.edu