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Eyal Amiel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Health Sciences

Ph.D. Dartmouth College, 2009
Publications

Area of expertise
Metabolic Regulation of Dendritic Cell Activation and Immune Function

Contact Information
Email: eamiel@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0522
Office: Rowell 312D
Website: Faculty website

Vikas Anathy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Ph.D. Madurai Kamaraj University, 2004
Publications

Area of expertise
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Based Chaperones and Protein Disulfide Isomerases in Lung Diseases

Contact Information
Email: Vikas.Anathy@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0395
Office: 218 HSRF
Lab: 223 HSRF
Website: Faculty website

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Ph.D., Harvard University, 2001
Publications

Area of expertise
Signal Transduction, Proteomics, Neuroscience
Contact Information
Email: bballif@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-1389
Office: Marsh Life Sciences 311
Website: Faculty website

John Barlow, DVM/Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences

DVM, University of Illinois, 1992
Ph.D., University of Vermont, 2009
Publications

Area of expertise
Mathematical and molecular epidemiology of infectious disease; Host-Pathogen interactions in mastitis; Cattle MHC

Contact Information
Email: John.Barlow@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-1395
Office: 202 Terrill Hall, Lab: 221 Terrill Hall
Website: Faculty website

Chris Berger, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1991
Publications

Area of expertise
Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Transport

Contact Information
Email: Christopher.Berger@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0832
Office: HSRF 122
Lab: HSRF 123
Website: Faculty website

Elizabeth Bonney, M.D.
Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

M.D. Stanford University Medical School, 1987
Publications

Area of expertise
Maternal immunity and tolerance

Contact Information
Email: elizabeth.bonney@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8630
Office: C246 Given
Lab: C244 Given
Website: Faculty website

Jason Botten, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine - Immunobiology

Ph.D. University of New Mexico, 2000
Publications

Area of expertise
Host immune response to viral infection, the basis of persistent viral infection in reservoir hosts, host-pathogen
interactions, and the development of novel therapeutic agents and vaccines

Contact Information
Email: jason.botten@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9797
Office: E410B Given
Lab: E405
Website: Faculty website

Beth Bouchard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1996
Publications

Area of expertise
Mechanisms regulating factor V endocytosis by megakaryocytes

Contact Information
Email: beth.bouchard@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-6529
Office: C440A Given
Lab: C440 Given
Website: Faculty website

Jonathan Boyson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Surgery

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1997
Publications

Area of expertise
Immunobiology of Innate-like T cells in the host immune response, the role of Slam family receptors on
NKT cells and γδ T cells, genetic determinants of NKT cell and γδ cell function and their impact on
the host immune response

Contact Information
Email: jboyson@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8846
Office: D319D Given, Lab: E305 Given
Website: Faculty website

Ralph Budd, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Immunobiology

M.D. Cornell University Medical College, 1977
Publications

Area of expertise
Death receptor regulation of apoptosis in the immune system

Contact Information
Email: ralph.budd@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2286
Office: D305 Given
Website: Faculty website

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Frances Carr, Ph.D.

Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1980
Publications

Area of expertise
Cellular events which mediate thyroid hormone action in development and pathophysiology
Contact Information
Email: Frances.Carr@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-1318
Office: HSRF 318
Lab: HSRF 340
Website: Faculty website

Nimrat Chatterjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine, 2014
Publications

Area of expertise
Cancer Biology, Neurodegenerative disorders, DNA repair, translesion synthesis, stress responses
Contact Information
Email: nimrat.chatterjee@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-5852
Office: Stafford 306B
Website: Faculty website

Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology

Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012
Publications

Area of expertise
Glial development and neuron-glia signaling
Contact Information
Email: Jaeda.Coutinho-Budd@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-4086
Office: 104 Marsh Life Science Building
Website: Faculty website

Brian Cunniff, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Ph.D. University of Vermont 2014
Publications

Area of expertise
Mitochondrial biology, cancer metabolism, cell migration and redox biology
Contact Information
Email: bcunniff@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2188
Office: HSRF 328
Website: Faculty website

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Paula Deming, Ph.D., MT
Associate Professor, Biomedical and Health Sciences

Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
Publications

Area of expertise
Molecular Signaling Mechanisms, Growth Control Pathways, Cancer Biology

Contact Information
Email: paula.deming@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2506
Office: Rowell 302
Website: Faculty website

Sean Diehl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. University of Vermont, 2003
Publications

Area of expertise
Vaccines and immunology

Contact Information
Email: sean.diehl@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9860
Office: C205 Given
Lab: C249 Given
Website: Faculty website

Wolfgang Dostmann, M.D./Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. University of Bremen, 1987
M.D. University of Technology Munich, 1996
Publications

Area of expertise
cGMP/PKG signaling in vascular smooth muscle; Pharmacology

Contact Information
Email: wolfgang.dostmann@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0381
Office: Given B303B
Lab: Given B318
Website: Faculty website

Sylvie Doublie, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, 1993
Publications

Area of expertise
X-Ray Crystallography

Contact Information
Email: sdoublie@zoo.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9531
Office: E314A Given
Lab: E314 Given
Website: Faculty website

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Benedek Erdos, M.D./Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

M.D. Semmelweis University, 1999
Ph.D. Semmelweis University, 2004
Publications

Area of expertise
Neural control of cardiovascular function; stress, obesity and aging
Contact Information
Email: benedek.erdos@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0988
Office: E315A Given
Lab: E311 Given
Website: Faculty website

Andrea Etter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2017
Publications

Area of expertise
Food safety, food microbiology, bacterial stress tolerance, bacterial genetics
Contact Information
Email: andrea.etter@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0541
Office: Marsh Life Sciences 230
Website: Faculty website
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Stephen Everse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of California San Deigo, 1995
Publications

Area of expertise
Structure & Function of Proteins
Contact Information
Email: stephen.everse@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8271
Office: B418A Given
Website: Faculty website

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Christopher Francklyn, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of California- Santa Barbara, 1988
Publications

Area of expertise
Protein Synthesis in Biological Regulation and Human Disease

Contact Information
Email: Christopher.Francklyn@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8450
Office: Given B401
Lab: Given B403
Website: Faculty website

Kalev Freeman, M.D./Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery

M.D. University of Colorado, 1995
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 2000
Publications

Area of expertise
Trauma physiology/ traumatic brain injury

Contact Information
Email: Kalev.Freeman@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-4216
Office: D319E Given
Lab: E301 Given
Website: Faculty website

Seth Frietze, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biomedical and Health Sciences

Ph.D. Harvard University, 2007
Publications

Area of expertise
Molecular Biology, Genomics, Cancer Biology

Contact Information
Email: seth.frietze@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0569
Office: 302A Rowell
Website: Faculty website

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Karen Glass, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ph.D. University of Vermont, 2005
Publications

Area of expertise
Structure and function of epigenetic reader domains

Contact Information
Email: Karen.Glass@acphs.edu
Phone: (802) 735-2636
Office: 302G Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences- VT Campus (ACPHS)
Lab: 3rd Floor, ACPHS- VT Campus
Website: Faculty website
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Jonathan Gordon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, 2006
Publications

Area of expertise
Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Bone biology, Mesenchymal Stromal Cells, Bone and cancer interactions

Contact Information
Email: jonathan.a.gordon@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-4885
Office: Given E210C
Website: Faculty website

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Jessica L. Heath, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Biochemistry

MD, SUNY Stony Brook, 2005
Publications

Area of expertise
Pediatric Leukemias: epigenetics, mechanisms of leukemogenesis, and novel treatment development

Contact Information
Email: jessica.l.heath@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-5008
Office: Given B203
Lab: Given E209
Website: Faculty website

Amanda Hernan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Neurological Sciences

Dartmouth College, 2013
Publications
Area of expertise
Pediatric epilepsy, neurodevelopmental disorders, cognition, neuropeptides, electrophysiology

Contact Information
Email: ahernan@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2830
Office: HSRF 432
Website: Faculty website

Robert Hondal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. Chemistry, 1997
Publications

Area of expertise
Mechanism of Thioredoxin Reductase — a Collaborative Project

Contact Information
Email: Robert.Hondal@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8282
Office: B413 Given
Lab: B415 Given
Website: Faculty website

Alan Howe, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1996
Publications

Area of expertise
Regulation of cell migration by extracellular matrix

Contact Information
Email: alan.howe@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9521
Office: 322 HSRF
Lab: 331 HSRF
Website: Faculty website

Chris Huston, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Infectious Disease

M.D. Cornell University, 1994
Publications

Area of expertise
Host-Pathogen Interactions of Intestinal Protozoa

Contact Information
Email: Christopher.Huston@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 847-0562
Office: Stafford 202
Website: Faculty website

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Charles "Charlie" Irvin, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1978
Publications

Area of expertise
Asthma Pathogenesis, respiratory physiology and airway biology

Contact Information
Email: charles.irvin@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8928
Office: 226 HSRF
Lab: 235 HSRF
Website: Faculty website

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Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Ph.D. Maastrict University, 1993
Publications

Area of expertise
Transcriptional regulators of lung responses to injury and inflammation

Contact Information
Email: yvonne.janssen@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0995
Office: 216A HSRF
Lab: 223 HSRF
Website: Faculty website

Thomas Jetton, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 1990
Publications

Area of expertise
Mechanisms that regulate the development, growth, and regeneration of pancreatic beta cells

Contact Information
Email: thomas.jetton@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2616
Office: 110 Colchester Research Facility (CRF)
Lab: 121 CRF
Website: Faculty website

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Robert Kelm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular and Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of Vermont, 1991
Publications

Area of expertise
Regulation of Cell Differentiation by ssDNA/RNA-Binding Proteins

Contact Information
Email: Robert.Kelm@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0329
Office: 165 Colchester Research Facility (CRF)
Lab: 169 CRF
Website: Faculty website

Matthew Kinsey, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care

M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
M.P.H. Harvard School of Public Health
Publications

Area of expertise
Quantitative imaging and modeling to improve lung cancer screening and treatment
Contact Information
Email: Matt.Kinsey@UVMhealth.org
Phone: (802) 656-3521
Office: Given D213
Website: Faculty Website

Jana Kraft, PhD
Associate Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Ph.D. Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, 2004
Publications

Area of expertise
Nutrition; dietary fatty acids in health and disease; fatty acid metabolism in humans and rumen microbiota
Contact Information
Email: Jana.Kraft@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-5489
Office: 219 Terrill Building
Lab: 200 Terrill Building
Website: Faculty Website

Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Health Sciences

Ph.D. University of Vermont, 2009
Publications

Area of expertise
Autoimmunity, sex differences, neuroimmunology, multiple sclerosis, gene-by-environment interactions, microbiome

Contact Information
Email: dkrement@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9024
Office: Rowell 312C
Lab: Rowell 318
Website: Faculty Website

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Chris Landry, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry

Ph.D. Harvard University, 1994

Area of expertise
Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, and Particles in Biology

Contact Information
Email: christopher.landry@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0270
Office: Discovery Hall W305
Lab: Discovery Hall W319C
Website: Faculty website

Andrea Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
Publications

Area of expertise
DNA Repair
Contact Information
Email: Andrea.Lee@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-0816
Office: Stafford 226
Website: Faculty website

Benjamin Lee, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

M.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2008
Publications

Area of expertise
Enteric viral infections and immunology, vaccines
Contact Information
Email: blee7@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-7748
Office: Stafford 208
Website: Faculty website

Jianing Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry

Ph.D. Columbia University, 2011
Publications

Area of expertise
Theoretical and computational chemistry, multiscale modeling, protein structure & mechanism

Contact Information
Email: Jianing.Li@uvm.edu
Phone:(802) 656-0251
Office:Innovation Hall E348
Website: Faculty website

Jane Lian, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. Boston University

Area of expertise
Bone Biology and Pathology with focus on: 1) Epigenetic Mechanisms for Intervention for Metastatic Bond Disease, and Osteoporosis; and 2) Circulating Biomarkers for early intervention of cancer progression

Contact Information
Email: Jane.Lian@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-4872
Office: E210B Given
Lab: E209 Given
Website: Faculty website

Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Publications

Area of expertise
Vascular Smooth Muscle Signaling: Tumor Angiogenesis and Atherosclerosis

Contact Information
Email: karen.lounsbury@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-1319
Office: 320 Health Science Research Facility (HSRF)
Lab: 327 HSRF
Website: Faculty website

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Dwight Matthews, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry

Ph.D. Indiana University, 1977
Publications

Area of expertise
Analytical and clinical applications of mass spectrometry

Contact Information
Email: Dwight.Matthews@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8114
Office: A205 Cook
Lab: A113 Cook
Website: Faculty website

Stephanie McKay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Ph.D. University of Alberta, 2007
Publications

Area of expertise
Livestock Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics and Epigenomics
Contact Information
Email: Stephanie.McKay@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-2075
Office: 304 Terrill Hall
Lab: 307 Terrill Hall
Website: Faculty website

Tony Moriellli, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. University of California- Santa Cruz, 1987
Publications

Area of expertise
Molecular mechanisms of ion channel regulation in the brain

Contact Information
Email: anthony.morielli@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-4500
Office: E317 Given E
Website: Faculty website

Scott Morrical, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1987
Publications

Area of expertise
DNA Repair- structure and function of protein-DNA complexes

Contact Information
Email: smorrica@zoo.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8260
Office: B407 Given
Lab: B405 Given
Website: Faculty website

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Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

DVM, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, 2001
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
Publications

Area of expertise
Structure and function of myometrial extracellular matrix in term and preterm birth
Contact Information
Email: Shanmugasundaram.Nallasamy@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-8668
Office: Given C217A
Website: Faculty website