Gatorade Research Hub Research Labs by Disease domains (Organ/Disease specific)
Aging, Frailty & Degenerative Disease
- Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD — aging biology, mitochondrial dysfunction, sarcopenia, frailty, healthspan
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — ferroptosis, iron metabolism, aging-related tissue injury (also Autoimmunity, Nephrology)
- Peter W. Stacpoole, MD, PhD — mitochondrial metabolism, aging-related metabolic dysfunction (also Metabolic)
Autoimmunity, Inflammation & Systemic Immune Disease
- Katelyn Bruno, PhD — immune-mediated cardiac inflammation, myocarditis (also Cardio Immunology)
- Andrew Bryant, MD — inflammatory signaling (STING) and immune activation pathways (also Lung Disease)
- Emily Moser, PhD — B‑cell biology, antibody-mediated immune responses (also Lung Disease)
- Westley H. Reeves, MD — lupus, autoantibodies, interferon signaling, systemic autoimmunity
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — lupus, autoimmunity, iron/ferroptosis
- Karina Serban, MD — macrophage-driven inflammation and immune regulation (also Lung Disease)
Cardio Immunology
- Katelyn Bruno, PhD — translational cardio immunology
Gastrointestinal (GI) & Digestive Diseases
- Christopher E. Forsmark, MD — pancreatic disease, GI disorders
- Raad Gharaibeh, PhD — microbiome, gut health and disease
- Christian Jobin, PhD — IBD, gut inflammation, host–microbiome interactions
- Shannon Nicholas Moonah, MD — intestinal pathogens, enteric infections (also Infectious Diseases)
- Gary P. Wang, MD, PhD — microbiome, host–microbe interactions (also Infectious Diseases)
Infectious Diseases, Global Health & Microbial Pathogenesis
- Azra Bihorac, MD — sepsis, infection driven critical illness (also Nephrology)
- Awewura Kwara, MD — tuberculosis, HIV, global infectious disease
- Preeti Manavalan, PhD — host–pathogen interactions, microbiology
- Borna Mehrad, MD — host defense, pneumonia, lung infection (also Lung Disease)
- Shannon Nicholas Moonah, MD — parasitic infections, enteric disease (also GI)
- Timothy J. Sego, PhD — computational modeling of infection and immune response dynamics (modeling support)
- Amy Vittor, MD, PhD — vector borne disease, tropical infections
- Gary P. Wang, MD, PhD — microbiome, vector borne pathogens (also GI)
Lung Disease & Injury
- Andrew Bryant, MD — pulmonary hypertension
- Lei Jin, PhD — chronic respiratory disease
- Nazli Khodayari, PhD — Alpha 1 disease
- Borna Mehrad, MD — pneumonia, ARDS, fibrosis
- Emily Moser, PhD — Alpha 1 / immune responses
- Karina Serban, MD — COPD, Alpha 1
- Awewura Kwara, MD — tuberculosis lung disease (also Infectious Diseases)
- Timothy J. Sego, PhD — computational modeling of lung injury, epithelial dynamics, infection (modeling support)
- Jane Yu, PhD — lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), lung disease pathogenesis, hormone-driven lung injury mechanisms
Metabolic, Endocrine & Diabetes Related Disease
- Kenneth Cusi, MD — diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic liver disease
- Chalermchai Khemtong, PhD — metabolic imaging, molecular diagnostics
- Anu Sharma, PhD/MD — metabolic disease mechanisms
- Naykky Singh Ospina, MD — endocrine disorders, clinical outcomes
- Peter W. Stacpoole, MD, PhD — mitochondrial metabolism, therapeutics
- Kenneth Cusi, MD — diabetic kidney disease (also Nephrology)
Nephrology & Renal Disease
- Abdel A. Alli, PhD, MPH — extracellular vesicles, epithelial transport
- Azra Bihorac, MD — AKI, sepsis, critical care (also Infectious Diseases)
- Tezcan Ozrazgat Baslanti, PhD — ML, EHR phenotyping, AKI prediction
- Pinaki Sarder, PhD — AI, digital pathology, spatial biology
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — lupus nephritis, iron metabolism, ferroptosis (also Autoimmunity)
- Benjamin Shickel, PhD — ML, clinical decision supportI.
- David Weiner, MD — renal physiology, acid–base balance
- Kenneth Cusi, MD — diabetes related kidney disease overlap (also Metabolic)
- Peter W. Stacpoole,MD, PhD — metabolic injury impacting kidney function (also Metabolic)
Regenerative Medicine, Gene Therapy & Rare Disease
- Coy D. Heldermon, MD, PhD — gene therapy, lysosomal storage disorders
- Jason Mathew Butler, PhD — stem cell biology, vascular niche
- Jane Yu, PhD — rare lung disease (LAM), mTOR signaling, disease pathogenesis
Therapeutics, Pharmacology & Antimicrobial Development
- Ashley Nicole Brown, PhD — antimicrobial therapeutics, PK/PD, infectious disease treatment modeling
- Charles Henry Heine, PharmD/PhD — pharmacology, drug development, clinical therapeutics
- Arnold Louie, MD — antimicrobial pharmacology, PK/PD modeling, infectious disease therapeutics
- Bret K. Purcell, PhD — translational pharmacology, drug efficacy modeling, therapeutics development
- Helen Moore, PhD — pharmacometrics, model-informed therapy optimization (computational modeling)