UC/CCHMC Faculty Mentors
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If after searching below, you are unable to find a mentor, please consider reaching out to the Department Research Representatives for guidance in your field of interest.
Anesthesiology

Temugin Berta, PhD
Assistant Professor

Steve Davidson, PhD
Associate Professor

Jie Li, PhD
Research Associate Professor

Wen-Rui Xie, PhD
Research Associate Professor

Jun-Ming Zhang, MD,MSc.
Professor
Biomedical Informatics

Kakajan Komurov, PhD

Mario Medvedovic, PhD
Professor

John Pestian, PhD,MBA
Professor-Affiliate
Cancer Biology

Tom Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor

Maria Czyzyk-Krzeska, MD,PhD
Professor

Jiajie Diao, PhD
Associate Professor

Chunying Du, PhD
Associate Professor

Jun-Lin Guan, PhD
Professor

Daniel Starczynowski, Ph.D., PhD
Professor-Affiliate

Susan Waltz, PhD
Professor

Susanne Wells, PhD
Professor-Affiliate

Xiaoting Zhang, MD,PhD
Professor
Dermatology

Zalfa Abdel-Malek, PhD
Professor

Raymond Boissy, PhD

Ana Luisa Kadekaro, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

Justin Benoit
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Gregory Fermann, MD
Professor of Clinical

Jeffery Hill, MD,MEd
Associate Professor of Clinical

Edmond Hooker, MD, DrPH

William Knight IV, MD
Professor of Clinical

Natalie Kreitzer, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Michael Lyons, MD

Robbie Paulsen, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

George Shaw III, MD, PhD

Kyle Walsh, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical
Environmental and Public Health Sciences

Amit Bhattacharya, PhD
Professor

Kelly Brunst, PhD
Assistant Professor

Katherine Burns, PhD
Associate Professor

Kermit Davis, PhD
Professor

Ranjan Deka, PhD
Professor

Charles Doarn, MBA
Research Professor

Mary Beth Genter, PhD
Professor

Shouxiong Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Roman Jandarov, PhD
Associate Professor

Susan Kasper, PhD
Professor

KyoungHyun Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor

Scott Langevin, PhD,MHA,CT(ASCP)
Associate Professor

Jarek Meller, PhD
Professor

David Newburg, PhD
Adjunct Professor

Liang Niu
Associate Professor

Rachael Nolan, PhD,MPH,CPH
Assistant Professor Educator

Susan Pinney, PhD
Professor

Marepalli Rao, PhD
Professor

Tiina Reponen, PhD
Professor

Glenn Talaska, PhD
Professor-Emeritus

Pheruza Tarapore
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jun Wang, PhD,PE,CIH,CSP
Assistant Professor

Ying Xia, PhD
Professor

Changchun Xie, PhD
Professor

Jagjit Yadav, BS,MS,PhD
Professor

Xiang Zhang, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine

Saundra Regan, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine

Saad Ahmad, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Hassane Amlal, PhD
Research Professor

Senu Apewokin, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Alejandro Aragaki-Nakahodo, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Khurram Bari, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Richard Becker, MD
Professor

Jonathan Bernstein, MD
Adjunct Professor

Jason Blackard, PhD
Professor

Vladimir Bogdanov, PhD
Associate Professor

Michael Borchers, PhD
Professor

Loren Brook, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Robert Cohen, MD
Professor

Laura Conforti, PhD
Professor

Melanie Cushion, PhD
Senior Associate Dean

George Deepe, MD
Professor

Deeptankar DeMazumder, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor

Heather Duncan, PhD
Field Service Professor

Mark Eckman, MD,MS
Professor

Carl Fichtenbaum, MD
Professor of Clinical

Fred Finkelman, MD
Professor-Emeritus

Arjan Flora

Kevin Haworth, PhD
Associate Professor

Christy Holland, PhD
Professor

Moises Huaman, MD,MSc.
Associate Professor of Clinical

Kristin Hudock, MD,MSTR
Assistant Professor

Elyse Lower, MD

Rajat Madan, MD,PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Dennis McGraw, MD
Associate Professor

Jennifer O'Toole, MD,MEd
Professor Educator-Affiliate

Federico Palacio-Bedoya, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Ralph Panos, MD

Shailendra Patel, PhD
Professor

Xiaoyang Qi, PhD
Professor

M. Ali Rai, MD, PhD

Ann Romaker, MD
Professor of Clinical

Sakthivel Sadayappan, PhD,MBA
Professor

Atsuo Sasaki, PhD
Associate Professor

Pier Paolo Scaglioni, MD
Professor

Daniel Schauer, MD,MSc.
Associate Professor of Clinical

Silvi Shah, MD,MS,FASN,FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical

Wenhai Shao, PhD
Associate Professor

Kenneth Sherman, MD,PhD
Professor

Vinita Takiar, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Michael Tranter, PhD
Associate Professor

Juliane Vierecke, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Jason Winnick, PhD
Assistant Professor

Trisha Wise-Draper, MD,PhD
Associate Professor

Amoah Yeboah-Korang, MD,MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Medical Education

Paul Wojciechowski, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical
Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology

James Bridges, PhD

Samantha Brugmann, PhD
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Christina Gross, PhD
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Rulang Jiang, PhD
Professor-Affiliate
Rhett Kovall, PhD
Professor

Ian Lewkowich
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Xinhua Lin

Punam Malik, MD
Professor-Affiliate

Douglas Millay, PhD
Associate Professor-Affiliate

William Miller, PhD
Professor

Satoshi Namekawa

Gary Shull, Ph.D.

Peter Stambrook, PhD

Richard Thompson, PhD
Professor
Tom Thompson, PhD
Professor

Bruce Trapnell, MD
Professor-Affiliate

Sing Sing Way, MD,PhD
Professor-Affiliate

Matthew Weirauch, PhD
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Alison Weiss, PhD
Professor
Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine

Oluwole Awosika, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Joseph Broderick, MD
Professor

Stacie Demel, DO,PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Alberto Espay, MD
Professor of Clinical

Matthew Flaherty, MD
Professor of Clinical

Brandon Foreman, MD,FACNS,FNCS
Associate Professor of Clinical

Lawrence Goldstick, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Pooja Khatri, MD,MSc.
Professor

Hani Kushlaf, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Brian Moseley, MD

Michael Privitera, MD
Professor

Russell Sawyer, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Soma Sengupta, MD,PhD,FRCP
Associate Professor

Rhonna Shatz, DO
Adjunct Associate Professor

Daniel Woo, MD
Professor
Neurosurgery

Matthew Garrett, MD,PhD

Jed Hartings, PhD
Professor

Jennifer McGuire, PhD
Research Instructor

Laura Ngwenya, MD,PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Mario Zuccarello, MD
Professor of Clinical
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Emily DeFranco, DO
Professor of Clinical

Priya Gursahaney, MD, MS,FACOG
Associate Professor of Clinical

Emily Hurley, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Elizabeth Kelly, MD
Professor of Clinical

Kara Markham, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Heather Masters, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
David McKinney, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Meredith Pensak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Robert Rossi, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Rocco Rossi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Carri Warshak, MD
Professor of Clinical
Ophthalmology

Winston Whei Yang Kao, PhD
Professor-Emeritus

Richard Lang, PhD
Professor-Affiliate

Yong Yuan, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery

Jason Shearn
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Sid Khosla, MD
Professor of Clinical
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Caroline Alquist, MD, PhD, F(ACHI)
Associate Professor of Clinical

David Askew, PhD
Professor

Kevin Bove, MD
Professor-Affiliate

Kelsey Dillehay McKillip, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

David Hui, PhD
Professor

Onur Kanisicak, PhD
Assistant Professor

Paul Lee, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Min Liu, PhD
Professor

David Oh, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Shobha Parajuli, MD

Jennifer Picarsic, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Sarangarajan Ranganathan, MD
Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Patrick Tso, PhD
Professor-Emeritus

Jiang Wang, MD,PhD
Professor of Clinical

Yigang Wang, MD,PhD
Professor

Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD,PhD
Professor-Affiliate
Pediatrics

Artem Barski
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Donald Gilbert, MD
Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Tracy Glauser, MD
Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

David Hildeman, PhD
Professor-Affiliate

Taosheng Huang

Sean Moore

Ahna Pai
Professor-Affiliate

Joshua Waxman, PhD
Associate Professor-Affiliate

Margaret Zeller
Professor-Affiliate
Pharmacology and Systems Physiology

Gary Gudelsky, PhD
Professor

James Herman, PhD
Professor

Steven Kleene, PhD
Professor

Bryan Mackenzie, PhD
Professor

Diego Perez-Tilve
Research Associate Professor

Teresa Reyes, PhD
Professor

Renu Sah, PhD
Associate Professor

Jo El Schultz, PhD
Associate Professor

Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Cal Adler, MD
Professor

Melissa DelBello, MD,MS
Department Chair

Robert McNamara, PhD
Professor

LaTrice Montgomery, PhD
Research Associate Professor

Joel Sprunger, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Radiation Oncology

Emily Daugherty, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Jordan Kharofa, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Teresa Meier, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical

Vinita Takiar, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Ralph Vatner, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical
Radiology

Kim Cecil, PhD
Research Professor-Affiliate

Thomas Tomsick, MD,FACR
Adjunct Professor
Surgery

Ambikaipakan Balasubramaniam, PhD

Charles Caldwell, PhD
Professor

Michael Goodman, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Erich Gulbins, MD, PhD

Michael Helmrath, MD
Professor of Clinical-Affiliate

Todd Jenkins, PhD,MPH
Research Associate Professor-Affiliate

Amy Makley, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical

Timothy Pritts, MD,PhD
Professor of Clinical

Greg Tiao, MD
Professor of Clinical-Affiliate
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