Meet the Team and Investigators

Investigators

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

Robert Barber, Ph.D.
Associate 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 Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Michael Forster, Ph.D.
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.
Director, Center for Geriatrics
Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

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

Jin Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

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

Robert Luedtke, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

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

Mary Quiceno, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Associate Professor, Medical Education, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine

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.
Associate 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.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience 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.
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