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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Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD

We are primarily focused on the role of lipids in myocardial health and disease. In particular, we focus on mitigating the myocardial stress and inflammatory responses by modulating lipid metabolism.

Malinda U. Jayathilake, MSC

Predoc Student

My research focuses on developing self-calibrated, wearable devices for real-time vital sign monitoring using edge computing. By integrating multiple photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors with embedded …

Donna B. Jeffe, PhD, MA

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Jeffe is the Director of the Health Behavior, Communication, and Outreach Core, a resource of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences and Siteman Cancer Center. She studies social, …

Alexandria M. Jenkins, BS

Medical Student

Third year medical student, interested in public health and health disparity research topics.

Hyo-Jung Jeong, MS, PhD, PT

Postdoc Research Associate

I’m interested in understanding the movement of people with musculoskeletal disorders and patients with chronic diseases. My research focuses on musculoskeletal problems in people with diabetes and …

Abhinav K. Jha, PhD

My research interests are in developing computational methods for medical imaging. The basic theme of my research is that medical images are acquired for a certain task, and thus imaging systems and …

Ishani Jhamb, MD

Assistant Professor of Child Health

As a clinical neonatologist caring for preterm and critically ill neonates, I am drawn to translational research that leverages bioinformatics to address gaps in our understanding of neonatal …

Mengmeng Ji, PhD, MBBS

Instructor

My research focuses on prevention and control of obesity and obesity-related cancer.

Guanghong Jia, PhD

Associate Professor

My research focus on mechanisms of obesity-associated insulin resistance, vascular and cardiac dysfunction. My work has identified novel pathways by which the endothelium regulates vessel and target …

Hao Jiang, PhD

Instructor in Radiology

My research focuses on the advancement, characterization, and utilization of innovative radiopharmaceuticals for both diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications in the realm of neurological …

Shannon J. Jiang, MD

Resident

My primary research interests focus on enhancing patient quality of life, palliative care, and minimizing treatment toxicity. Some current projects include: (1) identifying risk factors for …

Shu (Joy) Jiang, MSC, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Biostatistics; Personalized medicine; Design of clinical trials; Multistate models; Correlated processes; Latent variable modeling

Xuntian Jiang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

My research interests focus on three areas: 1) Identification of new biomarkers using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) metabolomics 2) Development and implementation of …

Yan Jianxin, MD, MS, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

My research focuses on vascular biology and the molecular mechanisms underlying vascular remodeling and cardiovascular diseases. I am particularly interested in smooth muscle cell phenotypic …

Jesus Jimenez, MD, PhD

Electrophysiology and heart failure

Patricia T. Jimenez, MD

My research interest is endometrial development and its impact on infertility and pregnancy outcomes. Understanding gene regulation and signaling in the endometrium and the clinical impact of …

Ramon Jin, MD, PhD

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Survival in gastric and esophageal cancers is still poor, and surgery and chemoradiotherapy remain the mainstays of treatment. The lack of novel targeted therapies reflects the need for further …

Sheng Chih Jin, PhD

My lab is currently focusing on the formation, development, and application of genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic methods to better analyze and integrate exome and genome sequencing, SNP array, …

Pawina N. Jiramongkolchai, MD

Clinical outcomes in otolaryngology

Tanner M. Johanns, MD, PhD

My primary clinical research focus is the implementation of novel analytical methodologies to improve treatment decision-making in patients with cancer.

Aaron N. Johnson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology

An essential research priority in the field of developmental and regenerative biology is to understand how morphogens regulate cell form and function during tissue morphogenesis. Although morphogens …

Alisha H. Johnson, MSN, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Dr. Johnson’s program is focused on understanding the complex care of older adults and how nursing care models can improve the lives of an aging population. Using systems and team/organizational …

Dymonn J. Johnson, MS, BS

DBBS Pre Doc Trainee

Molecular Genetics and Genomics; Cell Biology and Physiology

Emma C. Johnson, PhD

Better understanding the genetics of substance use and abuse and dependence risk, as well as the genetic etiology of other psychiatric and complex traits.

Haley N. Johnson, PharmD

My areas of interest include advancement of clinical pharmacy services, internal medicine, nephrology, inpatient diabetes, anticoagulation, pharmacy academia, interprofessional education, …

Kimberly J. Johnson, MPH, PhD

Professor of Social Work

Dr. Johnson’s primary area of expertise is pediatric cancer epidemiology. Her research interests include understanding the role of environmental and genetic exposures on cancer development in …

Quinn L. Johnson, MD

I have worked in areas involving post-operative delirium and affects of anesthesia in the geriatric population. I also work in acute pain interventions, opioid sparing techniques and regional …

Kenton J. Johnston, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

I am a health services researcher focused on physician care processes and health outcomes for older adult Medicare beneficiaries.

Emma F. Jones, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

I am deeply interested in why some people are more susceptible to developing certain neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders (NPDs) than others, and how those mechanistic differences can also …

Kai Jones, MD

Clinical Trainee

I am interested in diabetes, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, implementation science, health disparities

Melissa A. Jonson-Reid, MSW, PhD

Professor of Social Work

My research interests include services use, intervention, and long term outcomes for children with histories of abuse and neglect; child abuse prevention using existing services platforms, …

Nelly Joseph-Mathurin (Friedrichsen), PhD

Instructor in Radiology

My research interest covers vascular imaging, genetics of Alzheimer disease, and evaluation of clinical trials, particularly in dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease (DIAD). Under my Alzheimer’s …

Justin Josephsen, MA, MD

Dr. Josephsen’s primary interest is in delivery room interventions which improve neonatal outcomes. His secondary interest is in using quality improvement approaches to improve care of mothers, …

Trupti Joshi, MS, PhD, MBBS

Director of Translational Bioinformatics

As the Director of Translational Bioinformatics with the School of Medicine – Medical Research Office at University of Missouri, I lead and coordinate the translational bioinformatics research and …

Randall S. Jotte, MD

My clinical/research interests incorporate identifying inefficiencies of health care delivery and implementing focused solutions on affected subpopulations. As an emergency physician at BJH I have …

Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH

I am a health services and health policy researcher whose specific research interests include: 1) Improving the measurement of the quality and efficiency of physicians, hospitals and health systems; …

Tao Ju, MS, PhD

Professor

I work in the area of computer graphics, particular geometric modeling and analysis, with applications to image anlaysis, particularly in biomedicine. I am particularly interested in reconstructing …

Scott Kaar, MD

Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, PROMS

Kuanysh Kabytaev, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Clinical mass spectrometry.

Jafar Kafaie, MD, PhD

Professor of Neuromuscular Diseases

Neurodegeneration, neuropathy, pain, myopathy, neuromuscular junction

MohammadMehdi Kafashan, PhD, MSC

Instructor in Anesthesiology

My research interests focus on understanding dynamics and synaptic plasticity in brain networks using neuroimaging and computational neuroscience techniques.

Jussuf T. Kaifi, MD, PhD

Chief, Section for Thoracic Surgery; Co-Director, Clinical Trials, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

My research focus is on preclinical tumor organoid and animal models (patient-derived and genetically engineered), liquid biomarkers, and clinical trials. My clinical focus is minimally …

Nisha N. Kale, MD

Resident

I am a second-year resident (PGY-2) in Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Jewish Hospital with a focused interest in shoulder and elbow surgery specifically the …

Ghassan Kamel, MD

I am interested in airway disorders (Asthma and COPD) and would be interested in being involved in clinical trials. In addition, I have interest in medical education and is interested in research …

Ulugbek Kamilov, PhD

Development of new computational imaging methods and their applications. Active research in image reconstruction, machine learning, and statistical inference, all applied to efficient and accurate …

Dakota Kamm, MS

Predoctoral Trainee

My project entails investigating the cross-talk between muscle and fat. Specifically, investigating differences in adipose-derived stem cells derived from subcutaneous fat or epi-muscular fat. My …

Jill Kanaley, PhD

Dr

Exercise endocrinology and metabolism – Studying the effects of diet/exercise on glycemic control and metabolism in obese individuals with and without T2D.

Liang-I Kang, MD, PhD

I am a board certified anatomic pathologist with subspecialty training in gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary pathology, currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology & …

Peter N. Kang, MD

Instructor in Neurology

Cerebrovascular physiology and metabolism; Neuroinflammation; Novel neuroimaging techniques in vascular neurology; Genetic determinants of stroke and stroke endophenotypes; Vascular dementia; …

Xunlei Kang, MD, PhD

I am interested in studying stem-cell regulation within the hematopoietic system. Our current focus is microenvironment and cell-signaling regulation of blood stem cells in three contexts: normal …