Research Trainers

Location Key

  • BRB - Biomedical Research Building
  • IP - Institute of Pathology
  • WRB - Wolstein Research Building
  • SOM - School of Medicine
  • LRI - Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic
  • MHMC - MetroHealth Medical Center
  • RBC - Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital
  • TCC - Taussig Cancer Center at CCF
  • UHCMC - University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
  • Wood - Harland G. Wood Building
  • VAMC - Louis Stokes VA Medical Center

Track Key

  • CBTP - Cancer Biology Training Program
  • ITP - Immunology Training Program
  • MCBDTP - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease Training Program
  • MS-A - Plan A MS
  • MS-B - Plan B MS

Active Trainers

Faculty with potential slots for PhD or MS students. 

Name Tracks Email Department & Location

Acharya, Abhinav PhD

CBTP, ITP [email protected] Biomedical Engineering
Wickenden 218

Adams, Drew PhD

MCBDTP [email protected]

Genetics & Genome Sciences

Almasan, Alexandru PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Cancer Biology
LRI NB40

Anderson, Matthew MD, PhD CBTP [email protected] Harrington Discovery Institute; Institute for Transformative Molecule Medicine (ITMM)
Anthony, Jr., Donald D. MD, PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Rheumatology
BRB 1028

Audu, Musa PhD

MCBDTP [email protected]

BME

VA Medical Center,
Motion Study Laboratory C15

Bonomo, Robert MD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Infectious Diseases
VAMC
Boom, W. Henry MD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Infectious Diseases
BRB 1031
MCBDTP [email protected]

Physiology & Biophysics

Brady-Kalnay, Susann PhD CBTP, ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Molecular Biology & Microbiology
SOM W214B

Broihier, Heather PhD MCBDTP [email protected]

Neurosciences

Bruchez, Anna PhD ITP [email protected]

Pathology

Burberry, Aaron PhD ITP, MCBDTP [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 5313

Burgener, Adam PhD

ITP

[email protected]

Pathology
BRB 431

Canaday, David MD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
BRB 10th Floor

Carpenter, Stephen PhD

ITP [email protected] Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine BRB 1030

MCBDTP, MS-B [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics

Chan, Timothy MD, PhD

ITP

MCBDTP

[email protected]

CCCC

NB4

Chance, Mark R. PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Medicine/General Medical Sciences
BRB 930
Cobb, Brian PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Pathology
WRB 6532

Collins, Catherine PhD

MCBDTP [email protected] Neurosciences
Wood Research Tower
600-9
Cominelli, Fabio, MD, PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Medicine
Wearn 253A
Cooper, Kevin D. MD CBTP, ITP, MS-B [email protected] Dermatology
Lakeside 3500
Desai, Amar PhD CBTP [email protected] CCCC
WRB 3144

Dowlati, Afshin MD

CBTP [email protected]

Medicine/HemOnc 
WRB 3301

Drumm, Mitchell PhD

MCBDTP

[email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Dubyak, George PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Physiology/Biophysics
SOM E535

Erzurum, Serpil, MD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Pathobiology
CCF

Fairchild, Robert L. PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Immunology
LRI NB379

Farr, Christina PhD

ITP, CBTP [email protected] Patholog/Center for Global Health & Diseases
BRB 434
Field, Seth MD, PhD CBTP [email protected]

Medicine/Endocrinology
WRB 4201

Finke, James H. PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Allergy & Immunology
CCF
LRI NE40

Freeman, Michael L.  PhD

ITP

[email protected] Medicine/Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine
Gaudette, Brian  PhD ITP [email protected] CCF/Inflammation & Immunity
Gerson, Stanton MD

CBTP, MS-B

[email protected] Hematology/Oncology
WRB 1422
Ghannoum, Mahmoud, PhD

MS-B

[email protected] Dermatology

Gonzalez, Rodrigo Lopez PhD

MCBDTP [email protected] CCF, Neurosciences
Goodman, Wendy PhD ITP [email protected]

Pathology

WRB 5120

Guda, Kishore DVM, PhD CBTP, ITP [email protected]

Div Gen Med Sci
WRB 3143

Gupta, Neetu PhD

ITP, MS-B

[email protected] Inflammation & Immunology
CCF
LRI NE40
Haines, Jonathan PhD MCBDTP [email protected] PQHS
Harding, Clifford V. MD, PhD

ITP

[email protected] Pathology
WRB 6522
Hazen, Stanley MD, PhD

MCBDTP

[email protected] Cellular & Molecular Medicine
CCF
LRI NE10
Hise, Amy, MD

ITP
MS-B

[email protected] Pathology
Huang, Alex MD, PhD

CBTP
ITP, MS-B

[email protected] Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
WRB 6528
Huang, Emina MD CBTP [email protected]

Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
LRI

Jackson, Mark PhD

CBTP, MS-B

[email protected] Pathology
WRB 3-527
Jin, Fulai PhD CBTP [email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Kang, David PhD MCBDTP [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 5531

Karaayvaz, Mihriban PhD CBTP [email protected] Molecular Medicine
Karn, Jonathan, MD, PhD ITP
MS-B
[email protected] Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Kazura, James W. MD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Center for Global Health
BRB 431
Keri, Ruth PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected] Cancer Biology CCF
Wood RT.308
King, Christopher MD, PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected] Center for Global Health
BRB 421
Kong, Qingzhong PhD
 
MCBDTP, MS-B [email protected] Pathology
 
Kraus, Allison PhD

MCBDTP

[email protected] Pathology
WRB 5th Floor
Langel, Stephanie PhD ITP [email protected] Pathology/Center for Global Health & Diseases
 
Lathia, Justin, PhD CBTP
MS-B
[email protected]

Cellular & Molecular Medicine
CCF

Letterio, John MD CBTP
ITP, MS-B
[email protected] Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
RBC 340
Levine, Alan PhD CBTP
ITP, MCBDTP, MS-B
[email protected] Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Lewin, Gina PhD ITP [email protected] Pathology/Center for Global Health & Diseases
 
Liu, Tian MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
 
Louveau, Antoine PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Molecular Medicine/Neurosciences
CCF
Maciejewski, Jaroslaw MD, PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected] Translational Hematology/ Oncology
CCF
Mahabaleshwar, Ganapati PhD ITP [email protected] Pathology
 
Maiseyeu, Andrei PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Medicine/Cardiology
 
Manor, Danny PhD

CBTP
MCBDTP, MS-B

[email protected] Nutrition
Wood 600
Markowitz, Sanford MD, PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Hematology/Oncology
WRB 3128

Matreyek, Kenneth PhD

ITP, MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
WRB 5133
McCrae, Keith MD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Hematology/Oncology
Taussig Cancer Center CCF

Mead, Timothy PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Reproductive Biology
Mears, Jason, PhD ITP
MS-B
[email protected] Pharmacology
Melenhorst, Jos PhD ITP
CBTP
melenhj@ccforg CCF/Center for Immunotherapy & Precision Immuno-Oncology

Mesiano, Sam PhD

ITP [email protected]

Reproductive Biology
MAC 8009

Mian, Omar PhD ITP
CBTP
[email protected] CCF Translational Hematology & Oncology
Miller, Tyler E. MD, PhD CBTP [email protected] Pathology
Miranda, Helen, PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Montano, Monica PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected] Pharmacology
Wood W.367
Mu, Tingwei PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics
Nagy, Laura, PhD MCBDTP
ITP
MS-B
[email protected]

Inflammation & Immunity
CCF

Neiman, Marvin PhD ITP [email protected] Pharmacology
Osei-Owusu, Patrick PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics
Pandiyan, Pushpa PhD ITP [email protected] Biological Sciences

Panicker, Nikhil. PhD

MCBDTP [email protected] CCF Neurosciences LRI

Parameswaran, Reshmi, PhD

CBTP, ITP
MS-B
[email protected] Medicine/General Medical Sciences
Philippidou, Polyxeni PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Neurosciences
Pieper, Andrew, MD, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Psychiatry
Pizarro, Theresa, PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 5534

MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Physiology & Biophysics
Ramachandran, Rajesh PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics
Ramakrishnan, Parameswaran, PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 6526

Safar, Jiri, MD MCBDTP [email protected]

Pathology
IP 406

Schaffer, Ashleigh, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Schiemann, William P. PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Medicine/General Medical Sciences
WRB 2131

Schmaier, Alvin MD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Hematology/Oncology
WRB 2130

Scott, Jacob G. M.D., DPhil CBTP [email protected] Translational Hematology/ Oncology
CCF
Sen Gupta, Anirban, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Biomedical Engineering
Sen, Ganes PhD ITP
MS-B
[email protected] Molecular Medicine CCF
Shive, Carey PhD ITP [email protected]

Pathology

Silverman, Robert PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Cancer Biology
LRI NB40

MCBDTP, MS-B [email protected]

Cell Biology
LRI NC10

Sossey-Alaoui, Khalid PhD

CBTP

[email protected] MHMC Molecular Medicine Rammelkamp R457
Speers, Corey MD, PhD CBTP [email protected] Radiation Oncology
Stacy, Apollo PhD ITP [email protected] CCF/Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences
Stamler, Jonathan MD ITP [email protected] Medicine WRB

Stappenbeck, Thaddeus MD PhD

ITP [email protected] CCF Inflammation & Immunity
NE3-300

Stark, George R. PhD, FRS

CBTP
ITP, MS-B
[email protected] Cancer Biology
LRI, NE2-306

MCBDTP [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics Wood 
Stolley, J. Michael ITP [email protected] Inflammation & Immunity (CCLCM)
Subauste, Carlos MD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Medicine/Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine

Sun, Qian PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Neurosciences
MCBDTP, MS-B [email protected]

Physiology/Biophysics
Wood E643

Tabuchi, Masashi PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Neurosciences
Tajima, Nami PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Physiology & Biophysics
Tam, K.P. Connie PhD ITP [email protected] Ophthalmology (CCLCM)
Taylor, Derek PhD CBTP [email protected]

Pharmacology

Tesar, Paul, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Tilton, John "Chip", PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Nutrition

Trapp, Bruce, PhD ITP
MCBDTP
[email protected]

Neurosciences
CCF

Valujskikh, Anna
PhD
ITP
MS-B
[email protected]

Inflammation & Immunity
CCF

Vargas, Roberto MD CBTP [email protected] Translational Hematology/ Oncology
CCF
Wald, David MD, PhD CBTP
ITP
MCBDTP, MS-B
[email protected]

Pathology
WRB 3530

Wang, Bingcheng PhD CBTP
MCBDTP, MS-B
[email protected]

Pharmacology
Rammelkamp Center for Research, R421

Wang, Lily PhD

CBTP
ITP
[email protected] CCF Translational Hematology & Oncology R40
Wang, Rui PhD CBTP [email protected] Department of Surgery
Wang, Wenzhang PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
Wang, Zhenghe PhD CBTP, MS-B [email protected]

Genetics
WRB 3120

Wearsch, Pamela, PhD MS-A
MS-B
[email protected] Pathology
Woo, JungA "Alexa" PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
Wynshaw-Boris
Anthony, MD, PhD
MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Genetics & Genome Sciences
Xiao, Sam PhD ITP, MS-B [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 6533

Xiong, Wen-Cheng, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Neurosciences
Xu, Rong PhD CBTP
MCBDTP
[email protected] Cancer Center, Biomedical Informatics
Yu, Jennifer MD, PhD CBTP [email protected] Molecular Medicine
Zhang, Peng PhD MCBDTP [email protected] Neurosciences
Zhao, Chen, MD, PhD CBTP [email protected] Pathology
WRB 6532
Zhu, Xiongwei PhD MCBDTP, MS-B [email protected]

Pathology
WRB 5122

Ziats, Nicholas, PhD MS-A
MS-B
[email protected] Pathology
Zigmond, Richard, PhD MCBDTP
MS-B
[email protected] Neurosciences

Other Program Faculty

Includes program advisors, teaching faculty and trainers not currently accepting new students.

Name Tracks Email  Department & Location

Greenspan, Neil S. MD, PhD

ITP [email protected] Pathology
WRB 5130

Kong, Qingzhong PhD

MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
IP 405

Meyerson, Howard MD

CBTP
ITP
[email protected] Pathology
Bishop 568

Tartakoff, Alan M. PhD

MCBDTP [email protected] Pathology
WRB 5533

Sy, Man-Sun PhD

ITP [email protected] Pathology
WRB 5131