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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.
Associate 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: HSRF 218
Lab: HSRF 223
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: Terrill Hall 202
Lab: Terrill Hall 221
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: Given C246
Lab: Given C244
Website: Faculty website

Jason Botten, Ph.D.
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: Given E410B
Lab: Given 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: Given C440A
Lab: Given C440
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: Given D319D
Lab: Given E305
Website: Faculty website

Emily Bruce, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. Cambridge University, 2012
Publications

Area of expertise
Cell biology and molecular virology of RNA viruses (SARS-CoV-2 and influenza)

Contact Information
Email: emily.bruce@med.uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-9069
Office: Stafford 216
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

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: Given C205
Lab: Given C249
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: Given E314A
Lab: Given E314
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: Given E315A
Lab: Given E311
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: Given B418A
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: Given D319E
Lab: Given E301
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: Rowell 302A
Website: Faculty website

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Osama Harraz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology

Ph.D. University of Calgary, 2015
Publications

Area of expertise
Ion channels, Signal transduction pathways, neurovascular coupling, cerebral blood flow, small vessel diseases of the brain, neurodegenerative diseases
Contact Information
Email: osama.harraz@uvm.edu
Phone: (802) 656-5759
Office: Given B205
Website: Faculty website

Jessica L. Heath, MD
Associate 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

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: Given B413
Lab: Given B415
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: HSRF 322
Lab: HSRF 331
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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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: HSRF 216A
Lab: HSRF 223
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: Colchester Research Facility 110
Lab: Colchester Research Facility 121
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: Colchester Research Facility165
Lab: Colchester Research Facility 169
Website: Faculty website

Matthew Kinsey, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate 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: Terrill 219
Lab: Terrill 200
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

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

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: Given E210B
Lab: Given E209
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: HSRF 320
Lab: HSRF 327
Website: Faculty website

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Dev Majumdar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Surgery

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2010
Publications

Area of expertise
RNA Biology, Immunology, Single Molecule Biophysics

Contact Information
Email: Dev.Majumdar@uvm.edu
Office: Given D301
Website: Faculty website

Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Ph.D. Federal University of São Paulo, 2016
Publications

Area of expertise
Parasitology & Microbiology

Contact Information
Email: Bruno.Mdigenova@med.uvm.edu
Office: Stafford 320
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: Terrill Hall 304
Lab: Terrill Hall 307
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: Given E317
Website: Faculty website

Amreen Mughal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Pharmacology)

Ph.D. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Publications

Area of expertise
Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurovascular Physiology

Contact Information
Email: Amreen.Mughal@uvm.edu
Office: Pharmacology, Given B331

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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