LEADERSHIP & FACULTY
| Metabolic & Liver Disease Research Program
Leadership
Co-Directors
Oren Rom, PhD, RD
Associate Dean for Basic and Translational Research, Associate Professor of Pathology &Translational Pathobiology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Art Yurdagul, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Advisory Board
Qiang Cai, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Director of the Research Division for Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
Oren Rom, PhD, RD
Associate Dean for Basic and Translational Research, Associate Professor of Pathology &Translational Pathobiology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology
John A. Vanchiere, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director of Clinical Trials Office
Art Yurdagul, Jr., PhD
Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director of Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Faculty
Mohammad A.N. Bhuiyan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
Qiang Cai, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Jason Comer, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Director of BSL-3 Research Facility
Omar Franco Coronel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Research
Nicholas E. Goeders, PhD
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Executive Director of Louisiana Addiction Research Center
Xiaohong Lu, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Pharmacology Graduate Program Recruiter