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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Zita Hubler, MD, PhD

Resident

My research interest is developing therapeutics for neurogenetic diseases with a particular interest in lipid and chromosomal disorders.

Alison L. Huckenpahler, MD, PhD

Resident

I’m interested in translating precision imaging techniques into the clinic. I work with fMRI looking at ways to increase to accuracy and repeatability of brain mapping, and how it can be used to help …

Darrell L. Hudson, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Public Health

Dr. Hudson’s research career is dedicated to the study and elimination of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health. His research interests center on the social epidemiology of depression …

Nathaniel D. Huebsch, PhD

Engineered tissues and iPSC to model biophysical and genetic cues in familial cardiomyopathy, and fundamental mechanisms of cellular mechanosensing

Mark D. Huffman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Cardiology

Anna Huguenard, MD

Resident Physician

I am interested in neuroplasticity and augmenting recovery following injury from ischemic stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage. I am implementing vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) in rodent and and animal …

Jennifer M. Hulett, MSN, PhD, RN

Dr. Hulett’s program of research focuses on complementary and integrative health approaches to promote well-being in individuals with a chronic disease, including those affected by breast cancer.

Scott J. Hultgren, PhD

Helen L Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Major interests have been in elucidating basic mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. His work as utilized a unique blend of a powerful genetic system with x-ray crystallography, protein chemistry, …

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD

Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine, Chief, Division of Nephrology

Jean Hunleth, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Dr. Hunleth seeks to understand the treatment of people suffering from infectious and chronic diseases and how families strategize diagnosis, care, and treatment within settings of adversity. She …

David A. Hunstad, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

The lab primarily studies the interactions of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria with their hosts. In particular, we utilize tissue culture models and mouse models to investigate the modulation of …

Jane Alyce Hunt, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Adolescent pregnancy prevention

Steven R. Hunt, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)

Dr. Hunt specializes in colon and rectal surgery. His clinical and research interests are focused on the local treatment of rectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Kevin Hurtado, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

Peroxisomal function in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.

Margaret N. Huston, MD

Dr.

My areas of interest are broad within clinical laryngology, trying to further understand our diagnoses, treatments and outcomes. Additionally, I am interested in potential central effects of voice …

Jiwon Hwang, MS

PhD student

My research investigates how dysregulated cholesterol metabolism contributes to cancer initiation, progression, and immune evasion. By studying both tumor-intrinsic and microenvironmental roles of …

Salman Hyder, PhD

Professor

Breast Cancer (Treatment and Prevention)

Krzysztof L. Hyrc, MSC, PhD

I manage Alafi Neuroimaging Laboratory, an imaging core facility, where I help users to design, perform and analyze experiments ranging from confocal/multiphoton imaging of fixed tissue to using …

Lora Iannotti, PhD

Professor

Lora Iannotti has expertise in maternal and young child nutrition and nutrient deficiencies (zinc, iron, vitamin A, B12, choline, and fatty acids) related to poverty and infectious diseases. She …

Ma. Xenia (Maxene) G. Ilagan, PhD

Scientific Director, High Throughput Screening Center

The High Throughput Screening Center (HTSC) provides screening services to enable investigators to identify new compounds and cellular activities that modify their biology of interest for the …

Shin-ichiro Imai, MD, PhD

Professor of Developmental Biology

My lab’s major interest is to understand the systemic regulatory network for the control of aging and longevity in mammals, focusing on the roles of NAD-dependent mammalian sirtuins and NAD …

Masatoshi Inoue, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

My research program focuses on understanding brain processes that interpret sensory cues to drive complex behaviors and the alterations of these processes in disorders such as autism spectrum …

Sayaka Inoue, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

We aim to understand neural basis controlling behaviors in females across the lifespan.

Joseph E. Ippolito, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

My focus is cancer metabolism. Specifically, I am interested in integrating techniques in genomics and metabolomics to identify metabolic determinants of poor prognosis in neuroendocrine carcinomas. …

Matthew Ishahak, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

My research focuses on engineering models of human development and disease using stem cell-derived organoids and single-cell sequencing technologies.

Syed K. Islam, PhD

Professor and Chair

Integrated circuit (micro-chip) design, biomedical instrumentation, AI/machine learning-based digital circuits and systems, monolithic sensors

Malak Itani, MD

Research Interests: – Ultrasound contrast agents – Comparative effectiveness of diagnostic imaging and image guided procedures – Thyroid imaging

Muaid Ithman, MD

Vice Chair for the Department of Psychiatry

Interested mainly in treatment refractory depression , interventional psychiatric treatment modalities like TMS, ECT ,VNS and ketamine infusion in addition to other unconventional treatments …

Renee Ivens, PT, DPT

Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

Interested in pain and movement dysfunction of shoulder (humeral and scapular) and spine, neural entrapments/compromise in upper extremity and the effect of cancer treatment on shoulder or upper limb …

Drishya Iyer, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

My research interest is in understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate colon maturation and function during postnatal development, and how these developmental programs are reactivated during …

Jason F. Jabbari, PhD

Assistant Professor

Jason Jabbari leads the education research portfolio at the Social Policy Institute, where he examines how policies, programs, and practices interact with social and environmental contexts and relate …

JoAnn T. Jabbari, MSN, RN, PhD

Assistant Professor

With a background in Nursing Science and Veteran and military health, Dr. Jabbari primarily explores the dynamic relationships between loneliness and health outcomes among vulnerable populations. She …

Marcus N. Jackson, MA

Medical Student

My primary research interests lie in the study of neurodegenerative and traumatic brain conditions. This is a rapidly developing field with the current implementation of machine learning and other …

Ryan S. Jackson, MD

Head and neck oncology and microvascular reconstruction.

Celina R. Jacobi, MD

Instructor in Psychiatry

I am interested in enhancing access to mental health care in the community through the development and implementation of integrated mental healthcare models within primary care offices.

Christine K. Jacobs, MD

Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs

Integration of Physical and Behavioral Health, Academic Medicine, Dementia

Meagan Jacoby, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Bone marrow transplantation, leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome

Miriam Jacome-Sosa, PhD

The role of adipose tissue progenitor cells in metabolic function

Lisa A. Jaegers, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Jaegers’ research interests include workplace health promotion especially mental health, trauma, and occupational stress interventions. Her studies span frontline worker health including healthcare …

Brett W. Jagger, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

I am interested in clinical virology as well as pre-clinical and clinical vaccine and therapeutics development, specifically for influenza A virus and arthropod-borne viruses.

Ajay K. Jain, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Dr. Jain’s seminal contributions include pioneering work in the field of parenteral nutrition associated multisystem injury, interrogating pathways, and leading development of novel systems to study …

Rahul Jain, MD, MPH

My initial work was focused on Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Initial work was in collaboration with Dr. Hugh Calkins at Johns Hopkins University followed by work on mice …

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Our overall interest is to delineate molecular signals that regulate organogenesis and determine their role in injury and regeneration. We use glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) …

Umang Jain, PhD

Instructor in Pathology and Immunology

Microbiome and intestinal wound healing in the context of inflammatory bowel diseases

Aimee S. James, MPH, PhD, MA

Professor of Surgery (General Surgery)

I am interested in reducing cancer health disparities through health behavior change. I am especially interested in working with communities and community health centers to reach lower-income and …

James Janetka, PhD

Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

We are interested in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease. One aim of our current research focuses on the identification …

Andrew B. Janowski, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

I am interested in discovery of novel viruses and identification of diseases caused by these viruses. Our lab currently focuses on astroviruses, a family of viruses that has been recently identified …

Silvia Jansen, MS, PhD

My lab is studies how cells tune the physical properties of actin filaments to create networks with different architectures, turnover behaviors, and mechanical strengths. We address this question by …

Sina A. Jasim, MD

Thyroid cancer and endocrine neoplasia

Anuja Java, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

I am interested in the diagnosis and management of dysregulated complement activation in immune-mediated kidney diseases including transplant rejection. I have recently shown that complement receptor …