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Brownsville Campus: BBRHB 1.101
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B2BMED Research Mentors

 

Research Mentors

Name

Expertise

Campus

Institution

Dr. Kelsey Baker

Neuroimaging, Neurodegeneration and Plasticity

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Jameela Banu

Nutritional Supplements and Alternative Medicine
with Focus on Bone Disorders

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Claudia Biguetti

Musculoskeletal Health and Regeneration, Biomaterials

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Shima Chaudhary

Microbiology and Environmental Studies

McAllen

STC

Dr. Sue Anne Chew

Biomaterials, Bone Tissue Engineering
and Cancer Therapy

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Mehrzad Mahmoudian
Geller  

Bacteriophage-Based Biotechnological Applications, Tissue/ Organ Engineering, Oncolytic bacteria/viruses

McAllen

STC

Dr. Mario Gil

Behavioral Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Robert Gilkerson

Cell and Molecular Biology

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Meena Jaggi

Cancer Biology

McAllen

UTRGV

Dr. Murat Karabulut

Neuromuscular & Cardiorespiratory
Adaptations

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Ulku Karabulut

Metabolic syndrome risk factors, Arterial stiffness and Physical activity and Diet among Hispanics

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Alexander Kazansky

Cancer Biology

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Megan Keniry

Cell and Molecular Biology

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Satish Kumar

Genetics and Stem Cell Biology

McAllen

UTRGV

Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Juarez

Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience of Diseases

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Karen Martirosyan

Nanoscience and Nanomedicine

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Saraswathy Nair

Obesity and Diabetes

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Blanca I. Restrepo

Diabetes and Obesity

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Upal Roy

Nanomedicine and Virology

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Ryan Russell

Cardiometabolic Disease and Exercise
Science

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Nirakar Sahoo

Cell and Molecular Biology

Edinburg

UTRGV

Dr. Yu Lun Tai

Cardiovascular functions & Autonomic modulation

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Ahmed Touhami

Biophysics

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Manish Tripathi

Cancer Biology

McAllen

UTRGV

Dr. Andrew Tsin

Cell Biology, Ophthalmology and Diabetes

McAllen

UTRGV

Dr. John VandeBerg

Infectious and Complex Diseases

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Chun Xu

Neuroscience and Genetics

Brownsville

UTRGV

Dr. Murali M. Yallapu

Nanotechnology, Imaging Technology, Cancer therapeutics, Drug delivery and Biomaterials

 McAllen

UTRGV 

Dr. Masoud Zarei

Neuroscience and Protein Targeting

Brownsville

UTRGV

 

 

 

 

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