Faculty
Jeremy Allegood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


Charles D. Anderson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


William A. Barton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


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


Linda S. Costanzo, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor


Lauren Cowart, Ph.D.
Professor


Swadesh Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Kaustubh Datta
Professor


Sumitra Deb, Ph.D.
Professor


Swati Deb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Paul Dent, Ph.D.
Professor


Samikshan Dutta
Assistant Professor


Jose M. Eltit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


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


Xianjun Fang, Ph.D.
Professor


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


Zheng Fu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Rajan Gogna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


Christopher D. Green
Assistant Professor


Michael Grotewiel, Ph.D.
Professor


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


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


Joseph W. Landry, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Jie Liao
Associate Professor


Qinglian Liu, Ph.D.
Professor


Zheng Liu, Ph.D.
Instructor


Vijay Lyall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Hermine H. Maes, Ph.D.
Professor


Shailendra K. Maurya
Instructor


David Montefusco, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


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


Parash Parajuli
Assistant Professor


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


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


I. Scott Ramsey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Montserrat Samso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


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


Carmen Sato-Bigbee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Can Senkal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


Rita Shiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Sandeep Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor


Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D.
Professor


Mallory Stephenson
Assistant Professor


Mark Subler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor


Gea-Ny Tseng, Ph.D.
Professor


Wei Wang
Instructor


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


Brian Wattenberg, Ph.D.
Professor


Cynthia Weigel
Instructor


Jolene Windle, Ph.D.
Professor and Eminent Scholar


Timothy York, Ph.D.
Professor


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
Jodi.Humpage@vcuhealth.org
Meredith G. Daniels
Fiscal Technician
Meredith.Daniels@vcuhealth.org
Linda Downes-Piazza
Executive Secretary/Admin Assistant
linda.downes-piazza@vcuhealth.org
C. Suzanne Finley
Graduate Program Coordinator
Catherine.Finley@vcuhealth.org
Carmelda Fleming
Admin Support Coordinator
Carmelda.Fleming@vcuhealth.org
Gwendolyn Murphy
Fiscal Tech Sr.
Gwendolyn.Murphy@vcuhealth.org
Christopher P. Redford
Fiscal Manager
Christopher.Redford@vcuhealth.org
Christopher M. Smith
Graduate Program Coordinator
Chris.Smith@vcuhealth.org
Research Staff
Jaime Balderas Villalobos
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
Jaime.Villalobos@vcuhealth.org
Laurence Booth
Research Scientist, Dent Lab
Laurence.Booth1@vcuhealth.org
Jinyang Cai
Research Scientist, Wang Lab
Jinyang.Cai@vcuhealth.org
Emma Cullen
Lab Technician 1, Landry Lab
Emma.Cullen@vcuhealth.org
Devon Farrar
Lab and Research Technician, Sarkar Lab
Devon.Farrar@vcuhealth.org
Michael Healy
Lab and Research Technician, Landry Lab
(804) 628-3287
Michael.Healy@vcuhealth.org
Mary J. Jordan
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
Mars.Jordan@vcuhealth.org
Sambhav Khurana
Research Associate, Gogna Lab
Sambhav.Khurana@vcuhealth.org
Padmanabhan Mannangatti, Ph.D.
Lab and Research Manager, Fisher Lab
Padmanabhan.Mannangatti@vcuhealth.org
Juana Maria De Lourdes Medina Contreras
Research Scientist, Eltit Lab
Juana.Contreras@vcuhealth.org
Rachel Gredler Mendoza
Lab and Research Manager, Sarkar Lab
Rachel.Mendoza@vcuhealth.org
Antonio Palma
Lab and Research Technician, Gogna Lab
Antonio.Palma@vcuhealth.org
Keshab Parajuli
Research Scientist, Fisher Lab
Keshab.Parajuli@vcuhealth.org
McKenzie E. Piper
Lab Technician 1, Deb Lab
McKenzie.Piper@vcuhealth.org
Jinkal Shah
Research Scientist, Fisher Lab
Jinkal.Shah@vcuhealth.org
Brandon Shell
Lab Manager, Grotewiel Lab
Brandon.Shell@vcuhealth.org
Satya Shree
Research Assistant, Gogna Lab
KumariSatya.Shree@vcuhealth.org
Cristina L. Smith
Lab Technician, Qiao Lab
Cristina.Smith1@vcuhealth.org
Reid A. Spalding
Lab Technician 1, Deb Lab
Reid.Spalding@vcuhealth.org
Cancan Sun
Research Scientist, Liu Lab
Cancan.Sun@vcuhealth.org