Meet the Team and Investigators

Investigators

Suchismita Acharya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Kathlene Camp, P.T., D.P.T.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Rebecca Cunningham, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Anatomy

Xiaowei Dong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Michael Forster, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Healthy Aging
Regents Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Kunlin Jin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Janice Knebl, D.O., M.B.A.
Chief Medical Officer, HSC Health
Regents Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Janet Lieto, D.O., C.M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Jin Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ran Liu, M.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Vicki A. Nejtek, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Director, Co-Occurring Disorders Research

Nicole Phillips, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics

Katalin Prokai, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Laszlo Prokai, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Robert A. Welch Chair in Biochemistry
Director, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Laboratory

Caroline Rickards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Anatomy

Steven A. Romero, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Anatomy
Director, Human Vascular Physiology Laboratory

Michael F. Salvatore, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Derek A. Schreihofer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Jennifer Severance, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics

Xiangrong Shi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Dorota Stankowska, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics and North Texas Eye Research Institute

Nathalie Sumien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Liang-Jun Yan, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmaceutical Science

Shaohua Yang, M.D., Ph.D.
Regents Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Brain Bank Primary Investigator, Center for Healthy Aging

Interested in joining the Center for Healthy Aging?

Please send inquiries to:
Elizabeth Fernandez
Assistant to the Chair
elizabeth.fernandez@unthsc.edu