Leadership
Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
CTRID Director
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Medicine
Platelets, microcirculation, inflammation, thrombosis
Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
CTRID Co-Director
Professor, Medicine
Platelets, thrombosis, inflammation, endothelium
Christine Eriks, M.H.A., M.B.A.
CTRID Administrator
Business operations, strategic planning, grants and project management
Core Faculty
Christine Beeton, Ph.D.
Professor, Integrative Physiology
Rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmunity, microthrombi, thrombo-inflammation, systemic inflammation, ion channels
David Corry, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Asthma, immunology, inflammation, fungal-related diseases
Swapan Dasgupta, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Platelets, thrombosis, microvesicles
Farrah Kheradmand, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Inflammation, autoimmunity, emphysema, lung cancer
Fong Lam, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Platelets, neutrophils, endothelium, sepsis, thrombosis
Trung Nguyen, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Sepsis, multi-organ failure, thrombosis
Lavanna Pandit, M.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Medicine
Pulmonary vascular disease, smooth muscle potassium channels
Antony Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
COPD/emphysema, microRNAs, asthma, miRNA-based therapeutics
Arun Saini, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Altered hemostasis, anticoagulation management, acquired coagulopathy
Ramiro Salas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Neuropharmacology, microbiome, brain connectivity, inflammation
Vlad Sandulache, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Head & Neck Surgery
Metabolism, head and neck cancer, chemoresistance, oxidative stress, tumor immunity
Sarah E. Sartain, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Thromboinflammation, microvascular thrombosis, complement biology
David Sheikh-Hamad, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Acute kidney injury, mitochondria, AMP-activated protein kinase, longevity genes (sirtuins), stanniocalcin-1, inflammation
Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Thrombosis, platelets, phosphatidylserine
Vinod Vijayan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine
Platelets, phosphatases, endothelium, exocytosis, thrombosis
Dennis Villareal, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Obesity, frailty, aging
Reina Villareal, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
Gonadal hormones, osteoporosis, aromatase gene
Qizhi Cathy Yao, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Surgery
HIV vaccine, pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy
Andrew Yee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
von Willebrand factor, hemostasis, thrombosis, functional genomics
Affiliate Faculty
Biykem Bozkurt, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Heart failure, remodeling, inflammation, hypertrophy
Titilope Fasipe, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Hemostasis, thrombosis
Sharyl Martini, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology
Stroke, genetics, cerebrovascular disease
Maria Rodriguez-Barradas, M.D.
Professor, Medicine
HIV, pneumococcal vaccine, immunity, aging
Barbara Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
Bacterial interference, biofilm formation, urinary tract infection, medical device infection, colonization
Donna White, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Genetic epidemiology, cancer, hepatitis C
Trainees
Adrian Cebula, M.S.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
Justin Courson, Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
Ashley Payne, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
Sandra Andrea Salinas, Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Trung Nguyen, M.D.
Marina Martinez-Vargas, Ph.D.
CTRID Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
Qingchao Qiu, M.D., Ph.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.; Perumal Thiagarajan, M.D.
Mohammad Saadatagah, M.D.
CTRID T32 Trainee
Mentor: Miguel Cruz, Ph.D.
Program Staff
Dorellyn Lee, MPA
Manager of Laboratory Safety
Dorellyn.Lee@va.gov
Dionne Nichols
Research Laboratory Safety Assistant
Dionne.Nichols@va.gov
Eva Milstead
Research Communications Coordinator
Eva.Milstead@bcm.edu
Anjali Raval
Research Laboratory Safety Coordinator
Anjali.Raval@va.gov
Research Staff
Anh Bui-Thanh
Research Assistant
ngocbui@bcm.edu
Tiffany Bullock
Animal Core Research Technician
tbullock@bcm.edu
Luis Gardea
Research Technician
Luis.Gardea@bcm.edu
Kimberly Langlois
CTRID Laboratory Manager
langlois@bcm.edu
Qisheng Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Imaging and Equipment Core Research Associate
Qisheng.Liu@bcm.edu
Jevea Moore
Research Technician
jevea.moore@bcm.edu
Stefanie Rivera
Research Technician
sr12@bcm.edu
