Member Directory

Facilitating Team Science through Collaboration

To advance translational research from a basic discovery to an actionable improvement in public health typically requires a team science approach involving a variety of stakeholders.

The ICTS facilitates team science by providing access to collaboration opportunities among our members at Washington University and our regional partner institutions. We encourage this partnership development with the ICTS member directory, a resource to find other investigators with similar research interests.

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Mohamed G. Hassan, DDS, MSC, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Dr. Mohamed G. Hassan is an orthodontist-scientist interested in craniofacial research and clinical orthodontics. With a foundation in both dental training and biomedical science, his work bridges …

Jason Hassenstab, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

My interests are in neuroimaging and cognitive function in treatment of obesity and metabolic dysfunction. Current projects include a functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) study of reward and …

Mary K. Hastings, PT, DPT

Professor of Physical Therapy

My research, clinical practice, and teaching areas of interest are related to the biomechanical factors of the foot/ankle that contribute to injury and are key to address in the treatment.

Alexander S. Hatoum, PhD

my goal is to leverage biological (particularly biostatistical) data to redefine nosologies to increase power and translate biostatistical data into meaningful clinical outcomes. I have two broad …

David J. Haustein, MD, MBA

Associate Dean

Economics of medical practice, clinical informatics, neuropathies and peripheral nerve disorders.

Daniel Hawiger, MD, PhD

MD,PhD

Conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) have crucial roles in priming effector T cells that fight infections and tumors but cDCs also have critical tolerogenic functions, extending the maintenance of …

Robert J. Hayashi, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Hayashi is Director of the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and an attending physician in Hematology/Oncology and General Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Dr. Hayashi’s …

Ghazala Hayat, MD

Director Neuromuscular Svc, Director CQI

Neuromuscular Disorders; Motor Neuron Disorders, Myopathies, Peripheral Neuropathies, Neuromuscular Junction Disorders. Neurophysiology

Matthew Hayden, MS

MD/PhD student

Cardiac patho/physiology; Calcium signaling; TRP Channels; Autophagy; Aging.

Marcie H. Hayes, PT, DPT

Professor of Physical Therapy

I am interested in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal pain problems. I am particularly interested in pre-arthritic and arthritic hip disease. I am currently investigating the …

Ran Hazan, MD

Clinical Fellow Associate

I have a strong interest in exploring the clinical and transitional aspects of pain mechanisms and treatments related to various autoimmune conditions. My primary focus is on juvenile idiopathic …

Mai He, MD, PhD

Section Head, Program Director

Pediatric , perinatal and placental pathology. Diabetes. Tumor. Transplant. Energy Mediicne

Ruijun He, MD, PhD

Postdoc Research Associate

My research focuses on cardiovascular diseases with an emphasis on the immunological mechanisms that contribute to disease development, progression, and therapeutic response. My current projects aim …

Xueyan He, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology

Cancer patients experience intense stress related to diagnosis, recurrence fears, and therapy duration. This stress is associated with higher metastasis risk and poorer survival, highlighting the …

Denise Head, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology

Professor Head conducts research on the neural basis of cognitive aging. Her research uses behavioral testing and both structural and functional neuroimaging in healthy and pathological aging (e.g. …

Richard D. Head, MS

Professor of Genetics, Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Genetics

Andrew C. Heath, PhD

Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

Multi-disciplinary research on the etiology of alcoholism, obesity, tobacco dependence and illicit drug dependence.

Carleigh Hebbard, MD, PhD

Instructor, Emergency Medicine; Fellow in Medical Toxicology/Research

Enzymology, toxicology, cardiometabolic disease, nutritional sciences, thrombosis and haemostasis

Melissa E. Hector-Greene, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Currently, my research focuses on precision medicine for inherited dilated cardiomyopathies. This translational project explores the impact of pathogenic LMNA mutations on cardiac function using a …

Lamees Hegazy, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicinal

The research focus of Dr. Hegazy is the rational design and optimization of therapeutic compounds using molecular modeling and computational biochemistry methods. She uses molecular dynamics …

Katie M. Heiden-Rootes, PhD

Sexuality and sexual health; LGBTQ youth and family relationships.

Laura E. Heitsch, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine in Medicine

My interest is in investigating genetic and genomic influences on acute neurological emergencies in order to improve patient morbidity and mortality.

Daniel L. Helsten, MD

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

Using clinical databases (EHRs, etc) to study perioperative outcomes and risk factors from the perspective of clinical anesthesiology.

August Hemmerla, BS

Graduate Research Assistant

My research interests lie within the field of biomaterials, with a specific focus on development of biologically active polymer systems and hydrogels, including granular and particle hydrogels. I am …

Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD

The Henderson laboratory uses interdisciplinary approaches to better understand infection pathogenesis and to identify new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. To do this, we combine …

Verna L. Hendricks-Ferguson, PhD, RN

Dr. Verna Hendricks-Ferguson’s research has focused on (a) parents’ preferences about receiving palliative-end-of-life (PC/EOL) information; (b) pediatric-oncology providers’ delivery of PC/EOL …

Laura P. Hennefield, PhD

Post Doctoral Research Scholar

Social Cognitive Development

Carolyn Henry, MS, DVM

Dean and Professor of Oncology

My clinical research has focused on comparative and translational oncology. In our group, we strive to characterize spontaneously-occurring cancer in companion animals and conduct veterinary …

Gyu Seong Heo, PhD

Instructor in Radiology

Translational research, Positron emission tomography (PET), PET radiotracers development, Inflammation imaging, Nanomedicine, Molecular imaging, Cardiovascular disease

Tracey O. Hermanstyne, PhD

My overall goal as a researcher is to study the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the regulation of intrinsic neuronal excitability and how neurons, in a system, come together and …

Patricia V. Hernandez, MD

Resident

I am interested in cancer molecular diagnosis, constitutional genetic diseases, informatics

Juanita Hernandez Lopez, MSC, PhD

Postdoc Research Associate

Computational Imaging research

Cynthia J. Herrick, MD

Instructor in Medicine

I am interested in public health approaches to diabetes and obesity prevention. My current research focus is on the transition of care for low-income women after a pregnancy complicated by …

Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD

The Herrlich laboratory’s primary expertise lies in the study of regulation of cytokine release by ectodomain cleavage and of its cell biological, physiological and pathophysiological consequences. …

Tamara Hershey, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry

My interests fall within the domain of clinical and cognitive neuroscience. I have two major lines of research. One addresses the neural underpinnings of cognitive and mood dysfunction in diseases …

Brett H. Herzog, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

We are focused on understanding how the tumor microenvironment (TME) impacts the progression and response to therapy in lung cancer. Our research focuses on the interactions between tumor cells and …

Robert (BJ) Heuermann, MD, PhD

Clinical Fellow

Cellular and network dysfunction underlying the nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson disease and other Movement Disorders

Rita M. Heuertz, MS, PhD

Chronic low levels of systemic inflammation may play a role in prediction and/or causation of many disease states. This paradigm of disease causation indicates heretofore unrealized inflammatory …

Tomasz Heyduk, PhD

Our current interest is in developing a new integrated approach for identifying and detecting disease related autoantibodies and utilizing this new approach for the analysis of the disease.

Matthew C. Hibberd, PhD

Assistant Professor

The microbial communities associated with our body are important determinants of our health, particularly in the intestines where they shape interactions with our diet. Our work focuses on the role …

Christina A. Hickey, MA, MD

My main research interest is studying racial differences (particularly African American) in the severity, diagnosis, efficacy of treatment and phenotype of disease in inflammatory bowel disease …

Erin M. Hickey, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Erin Hickey, MD is an attending physician on the Pediatric Palliative Care team (PACT). Her non-clinical focus includes communication skill development and supporting healthcare provider grief, and …

Gerhard L. Hildebrandt, MD

Director of the Division of Hem/Onc, Director of Ellis Fischel Cancer Center & Professor

Graft versus host Disease, T cell immunology, Mast cell biology and their role in disease pathology, Bone marrow transplantation, CAR T cell therapy

Angela L. Hill, MD

Research Fellow

I am interested in transplant oncology, which I am pursuing via clinical outcomes and translational projects. I am currently working with Drs. Fields, Ding, and Doyle throughout my research time.

D. Ashley Hill, MD

Professor of Pathology and Immunology

Pediatric Pathology, Molecular Pathology, COVID-19.

Michael A. Hill, PhD

Regulation of blood flow by mechanical and vasoactive stimuli. Vascular dysfunction in insulin resistance, obesity and diabetes.

Noah H. Hillman, MD

Determine the mechanisms of lung and systemic injury from the initiation of ventilation in preterm animals, and interventions for decreasing acute phase gene activation during the initial ventilation …

Alexander M. Hincker, MD

Obstetric anesthesiology and pain medicine

Amanda Hinnant, MA, PhD

Communication strategies for enhanced clinical trial engagement and participation