| List of new faculty members from June 2019 for Faculty Newsletter |
| Biochemistry |
| Name: Mario Mietzsch, Ph.D. |
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| Department: Biochemistry |
| Rank: Assistant Scientist |
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| Location obtained PhD: Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany |
| Biostatistics |
| Name: XiangYang Lou, Ph.D. |
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| Department: Biostatistics |
| Rank: Research Professor |
| Specialty: Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Analytics, and Quantitative Genetics |
| Location obtained PhD: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China |
| Name: Qing Lu, Ph.D. |
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| Department: Biostatistics |
| Rank: Professor |
| Specialty: Statistical Genetics and Statistical/Machine Learning |
| Location obtained PhD: Case Western Reserve University |
| Epidemiology |
| Name: Yun Zhu, Ph.D. |
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| Department: Epidemiology |
| Rank: Research Assistant Scientist |
| Specialty: Research focuses on genetic epidemiology in aging and neurological diseases. The long-term goals of Dr. Zhu’s research are to identify novel ‘omics’ biomarkers (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, proteinomics) for human chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, depression and Alzheimer’s disease, to unravel interactions among genes and between genes and environments, and to develop and design precision prevention, intervention, drug discovery and effective treatment. |
| Location obtained PhD: University of Florida |
| Medicine |
| Name: Philip George, M.D. |
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| Department: Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor |
| Specialty: Electrophysiology |
| Location obtained MD: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida |
| Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Name: Maigan Brusko, Ph.D. |
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| Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Rank: Research Assistant Scientist |
| Specialty: Immunology and Immunophenotyping |
| Location obtained PhD: University of Florida |
| School of Physician Assistant Studies |
| Name: Travis Grant, PA-C |
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| Department: School of Physician Assistant Studies |
| Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor |
| Specialty: Mental Health |
| Location obtained PA-C: Baylor College of Medicine |
| Surgery |
| Name: Giles Peek, M.D., Ph.D. |
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| Department: Surgery or Congenital Heart Center |
| Rank: Clinical Professor |
| Specialty: Cardiothoracic surgery |
| Location obtained MD & PhD: MD degree obtained at Kings College Hospital; PhD obtained at the University of Leicester in England |