Faculty

Jeremy Allegood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Jeremy Allegood

Charles D. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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William A. Barton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Daniel C. Bullard, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Director

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Linda S. Costanzo, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor

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Lauren Cowart, Ph.D.
Professor

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Swadesh Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Kaustubh Datta
Professor

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Sumitra Deb, Ph.D.
Professor

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Swati Deb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Paul Dent, Ph.D.
Professor

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Samikshan Dutta
Assistant Professor

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Jose M. Eltit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor 

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Carlos R. Escalante, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Director

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Xianjun Fang, Ph.D.
Professor

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Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., FNAI
Professor

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Zheng Fu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Rajan Gogna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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Christopher D. Green
Assistant Professor

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Michael Grotewiel, Ph.D.
Professor

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Suyun Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor

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Tomasz Kordula, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Director

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Joseph W. Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Jie Liao
Associate Professor

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Qinglian Liu, Ph.D.
Professor

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Zheng Liu, Ph.D.
Instructor

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Vijay Lyall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Hermine H. Maes, Ph.D.
Professor

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Shailendra K. Maurya
Instructor

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David Montefusco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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Ramzi A. Ockaili, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor

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Parash Parajuli
Assistant Professor

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Roland N. Pittman, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Director

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Liya Qiao, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor

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I. Scott Ramsey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Montserrat Samso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D
Professor

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Carmen Sato-Bigbee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Can Senkal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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Rita Shiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Sandeep Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

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Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D.
Professor

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Mallory Stephenson
Assistant Professor

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Mark Subler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

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Gea-Ny Tseng, Ph.D.
Professor

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Wei Wang
Instructor

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Xiang-Yang (Shawn) Wang, Ph.D.
Professor

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Brian Wattenberg, Ph.D.
Professor

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Cynthia Weigel
Instructor

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Jolene Windle, Ph.D.
Professor and Eminent Scholar

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Timothy York, Ph.D.
Professor

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Masters in Genetic Counseling Program Affiliates

Tahnee N. Causey, M.S., CGC
Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Director, MS in Genetic Counseling Program
Interim Section Chief, Clinical Genetics

Heather Creswick, M.S., CGC
Department of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Assoc Director, MS in Genetic Counseling Program
Director, VCU Clinical Genetics Certificate Program

John Quillin, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Genetic Counselor Lead, Clinical Genetics Services
Assistant Director of Research, MS Genetic Counseling Program
Director, MSGC/PhD Human Genetics Dual Degree Program

 

Administrative Staff

Jodi Humpage
Senior Department Administrator
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Meredith G. Daniels
Fiscal Technician
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Linda Downes-Piazza
Executive Secretary/Admin Assistant
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C. Suzanne Finley
Graduate Program Coordinator
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Carmelda Fleming
Admin Support Coordinator
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Gwendolyn Murphy
Fiscal Tech Sr.
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Christopher P. Redford
Fiscal Manager
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Christopher M. Smith
Graduate Program Coordinator
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Research Staff

Jaime Balderas Villalobos
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
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Laurence Booth
Research Scientist, Dent Lab
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Jinyang Cai
Research Scientist, Wang Lab
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Emma Cullen
Lab Technician 1, Landry Lab
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Devon Farrar
Lab and Research Technician, Sarkar Lab 
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Michael Healy
Lab and Research Technician, Landry Lab
(804) 628-3287
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Mary J. Jordan
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
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Sambhav Khurana
Research Associate, Gogna Lab 
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Padmanabhan Mannangatti, Ph.D.
Lab and Research Manager, Fisher Lab 
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Juana Maria De Lourdes Medina Contreras
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
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Rachel Gredler Mendoza
Lab and Research Manager, Sarkar Lab 
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Antonio Palma
Lab and Research Technician, Gogna Lab
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Keshab Parajuli
Research Scientist, Fisher Lab
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McKenzie E. Piper
Lab Technician 1, Deb Lab
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Jinkal Shah
Research Scientist, Fisher Lab
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Brandon Shell
Lab Manager, Grotewiel Lab 
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Satya Shree
Research Assistant, Gogna Lab
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Cristina L. Smith
Lab Technician, Qiao Lab
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Reid A. Spalding
Lab Technician 1, Deb Lab
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Cancan Sun
Research Scientist, Liu Lab
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