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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David G. Mutch, MD

Ira C and Judith Gall Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

1) Inherited cancers involving the mismatch repair system. These would be primarily endometrial and ovarian cancers 2) Clinical trials involving all gynecologic cancers especially trials with a …

Massy Mutumba, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor

I work at the intersection of public health, adolescent mental health, HIV, substance use and sexual violence, designing and testing evidence-based, contextually grounded interventions that can be …

Terence M. Myckatyn, MD

AssocIate Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

My plastic and reconstructive surgery practice is predominantly focused on breast plastic surgery, both reconstructive and aesthetic. I have extensive experience in peripheral nerve research, however …

Ariana Naaseh, MD

Research Fellow

My area of clinical interest is breast surgery. My research interests are in surgical and medication education with a specific focus on resident recruitment and wellness along with investigating …

Josephine Nabayinda, MSC

My research interests lie in addressing the social, familial, and cultural barriers that hinder women’s economic mobility and independence in low-resource households. This topic is particularly …

Kaarunya Nachimuthu, MS

Graduate Student

Translational bioinformatics

Ayman Nada, MD, MSC, PhD

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Ajit Nagra, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

My clinical and research interests center on liver transplant anesthesia, with a focus on optimizing hemodynamic management, transfusion strategies, and perioperative outcomes for complex transplant …

Kalyan C. Nagulapalli Venkata, PhD

The objective of my research is to integrate advanced computational methods with synthetic organic chemistry towards the design and development of novel agents to treat drug-resistant bacterial …

Hadas Nahman-Averbuch, PhD

Sex differences in pain are profound, with girls and women experiencing a higher prevalence of various chronic pain syndromes such as migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia. I am …

Sumanta K. Naik, PhD

Postdoc Research Associate

My research area focused on the host’s immune response to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis(Mtb) infection. Mtb cause pulmonary tuberculosis. Currently, I am studying the role of Irgm1 host gene in immune …

Robert T. Naismith, MD

Professor of Neurology

Dr. Naismith is interested in improving the use of imaging modalities to better prognosticate and care for those with multiple sclerosis. The current focus is on MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging as a …

Tasnim A. Najaf, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Long term developmental follow up of newborns with medical and surgical complications.

Flavia Namuwonge, PhD

Predoctoral Trainee

Research interests center around working with children, adolescents/youth and families impacted by poverty, and poor mental health functioning specifically, low self esteem. I am also interested in …

Syed H. Naqvi, MD

In-patient clinical medicine

Mitra N. Naseh, PhD

Assistant Professor

My scholarly work focuses on the social and economic integration of minoritized and racialized groups with a migration background. My work examines migration policies as social determinants of …

Fatiha Nassir, PhD

Dr. Nassir’s research interest is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms implicated in the development and the rescue of metabolic diseases such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

Rosanne S. Naunheim, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in Medicine

My area of clinical research is in head injury, specifically concussion. I am working with a company to test a portable, automatically read EEG to follow the progression of concussions.

Juliana M. Navia Pelaez, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor

Navia Lab’s research seeks to understand how lipid metabolism affects pain states and chronic pain susceptibility. The lab investigates immuno-metabolic changes and transcriptional regulation …

Ravi P. Nayak, MD

Interim Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Division Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care

Cystic Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis , Pulmonary Function, Cardiopulmonary exercise, Clinical outcomes

Soophia Naydenov, MD

Professor of Medicine

To study the impact of multidisciplinary team approach in management of patients with complex medical problems, e.g. acute sub massive pulmonary embolism.

Arash Nazeri, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Dr. Arash Nazeri is a practicing neuroradiologist and physician-scientist with expertise in computational neuroimaging and advanced preclinical and clinical MRI techniques. His lab, Brain Fluid …

Mustafa D. Nazzal, MD

I am interested in Hepatocellular carcinoma and also interested in Ischemia reperfusion injury in liver transplant.

Sydney M. Neal, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

My primary research interests are centered in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. During my PhD, my work focused on the development of hydrogels modified with integrin binding and growth …

Julie Neidich, MD

Medical Director, Cytogenomics & Molecular Pathology Lab

My interests include genotype-phenotype correlations, clinical laboratory genetics, dysmorphology, biochemical genetics, and the development of new methods, platforms, or tools for genetic diagnosis.

Jeff J. Neil, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Using magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate brain development and injury in preclinical models and human neonates.

Aaron Neiman, PhD

Postdoctral Research Scholar

I am a medical anthropologist using qualitative research methods to better understand how new self-guided e-mental health interventions sidestep political and economic questions.

Christopher Nelson, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Gun violence; Necrotizing soft-tissue infections, pneumonia, shock and trauma, severe traumatic brain injury

Elliot C. Nelson, MD

Substance dependence including heroin, other illicit drugs and alcohol; childhood trauma and PTSD. Research has primarily involving behavior genetic and genetic studies including gene-environment interactions.

Jeffrey J. Nepple, MD

Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Special interest in pediatric sports medicine including knee injuries to young athletes – including osteochondritis dissecans, anterior cruciate ligament tear (ACL tear), meniscal tear, patellar …

Jeanne M. Nerbonne, PhD

Alumni Endowed Professor of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology

The research program in this laboratory is focused on defining the mechanisms involved in the physiological regulation of membrane excitability in cardiac and neuronal cells and the derangements in …

Brent Neuschwander-Tetri, MD

Professor

I have a longstanding interest in the pathogenesis of metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH, previously known as NASH). I am specifically interested in determining the role of lipid …

Rodney D. Newberry, MD

Professor of Medicine

My research interest revolves around understanding the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract including inflammatory bowel disease.

Kenneth F. Newcomer, MD

Resident, Research Fellow

Primarily interested in cancer biology, surgical oncology, and improving outcomes for patients with surgically treatable cancers.

Andrew D. Nguyen, PhD

Assistant Professor

Our lab does neuroscience research focused on a lysosomal protein called progranulin. While progranulin’s precise molecular function is currently unclear, mutations that result in reduced progranulin …

Nathaniel Nguyen

Medical Student

Medical student interested in patient safety, health outcomes research, and healthcare disparities.

Colin G. Nichols, PhD

Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology

The broad context of our research is the molecular basis, and functional role, of potassium channels. The early cloning of channel genes led to understanding the molecular basis of function by …

Thomas L. Nickolas, MD, MS

Chief, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases

The focus of my work is on the metabolic effects of kidney diseases, focusing specifying on the skeleton, parathryoid glands, and vitamin D metabolism.

Ginger E. Nicol, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child)

Dr. Nicol’s research program broadly aims to better understand the association between obesity and psychiatric illnesses, specifically focusing on deciphering underlying mechanisms that lead to …

Ashley N. Nielsen, PhD

Instructor

My long-term goal as an independent researcher is to apply a developmental neuroscience approach to investigate how features of the early caregiver-child relationship shape the developing brain and …

Susan S. Nielsen, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Most of Dr. Nielsen’s research is on environmental, pharmacologic, and occupational neuroepidemiology. She has a particular interest in Parkinson disease and ALS, with a special emphasis on …

Natalie Niemi, PhD

Asst Prof of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophys

The Niemi lab studies how mitochondria are made and coordinated across physiological contexts. Projects in the lab include understanding the mechanisms and regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis, …

Chad Nieri, MD

Post Doc

My clinical and research interests focus on surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including hypoglossal nerve stimulation, multi-level upper airway sleep surgery, and patient …

Ravi Nistala, MD, MS

Associate Professor

CKD and rodent models of CKD, renal cell carcinoma

Dolores B. Njoku, MD

Wise Endowed Chair in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Vice chair department of Anesthesiology

My laboratory investigates the basis of sex differences in drug-induced, immune-mediated, liver disease as well as metabolic liver diseases in humans and mice using a novel model of drug-induced …

Christopher H. Noda, MD

Research Fellow

I am interested in improving the flourishing of pediatric surgical patients and their families, and further investigating the impact of life challenges on well-being.

Kevin K. Noguchi, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

I study developmental neuropathology. This includes research examining the safety of drugs in the developing brain and the ability of the Zika virus to produced neurotoxicity in the fetal brain. …

Nathanial S. Nolan, MD, MPH

Instructor in Medicine

I am an infectious disease physician working at the intersection of infectious diseases, addiction, and housing instability.

Aaron J. Norris, MD, PhD

My research focuses on the neural circuits that regulate stress and arousal.

Scott A. Norris, MD

Research interests focus on the pathophysiology, etiology and treatment of movement disorders including but not limited to Parkinson disease, dystonia, and essential tremor.