Gatorade Research Hub Research Approaches & Scientific Strengths
Computational, AI & Data Science
- Azra Bihorac, MD — clinical AI, ICU systems
- Ashley Nicole Brown, PhD — PK/PD modeling
- Charles Henry Heine, PharmD/PhD — pharmacology analytics
- Reinhard Laubenbacher, PhD — systems biology modeling
- Arnold Louie, MD — antimicrobial modeling
- Helen Moore, PhD — pharmacometrics, therapy optimization
- Tezcan Ozrazgat Baslanti, PhD — ML, risk prediction
- Bret K. Purcell, PhD — drug response modeling
- Pinaki Sarder, PhD — digital pathology, imaging AI
- Timothy J. Sego, PhD — multiscale simulation
- Benjamin Shickel, PhD — machine learning, EHR data
- Luis Sordo Vieira, PhD — computational immunology, systems modeling
Immunology & Host Defense
- Katelyn Bruno, MD, PhD — immune-mediated cardiac inflammation
- Lei Jin, PhD — dendritic cells, STING signaling, innate immune pathways
- Awewura Kwara, MD — TB, HIV
- Borna Mehrad, MD — host defense, pneumonia
- Preeti Manavalan, PhD — host–pathogen interactions
- Shannon Nicholas Moonah, MD — parasitic infections
- Emily Moser, PhD — B‑cell biology, antibody responses, immune mechanisms in lung disease
- Westley H. Reeves, MD — lupus, interferon signaling
- Karina Serban, MD — macrophage biology, innate immune responses in lung disease
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — autoimmunity, ferroptosis
- Amy Vittor, MD, PhD — vector-borne disease
Molecular & Cellular Mechanisms
- Abdel A. Alli, PhD, MPH — extracellular vesicles, epithelial transport
- Andrew Bryant, MD — STING signaling, inflammation
- Lei Jin, PhD — immune signaling pathways
- Nazli Khodayari, PhD — protein misfolding, Alpha-1 antitrypsin molecular pathology
- Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD — aging, mitochondrial dysfunction
- Borna Mehrad, MD — inflammatory signaling
- Emily Moser, PhD — B-cell biology, antibody production mechanisms
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — iron metabolism
- Karina Serban, MD — mitochondrial & epithelial biology
- Peter W. Stacpoole, MD, PhD — metabolism, energy biology
- Jane Yu, PhD — mTOR signaling, hormone-driven signaling pathways, sphingolipid metabolism
Translational & Clinical Research
- Abdel A. Alli, PhD, MPH — extracellular vesicles and translational signaling biology
- Katelyn Bruno, MD, PhD — biomarker development and translational cardio-immunology
- Kenneth Cusi, MD — clinical and translational metabolic disease research
- Nazli Khodayari, PhD — Alpha-1 translational research
- Borna Mehrad, MD — lung injury models
- Yogesh Scindia, PhD — lupus nephritis mechanisms and therapeutic targeting
- Karina Serban, MD — biomarker-driven research
- Luis Sordo Vieira, PhD — systems immunology (bench-to-model integration)