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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Abigail Vanderheiden, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

I research the immunological mechanisms underlying neurological disease after COVID-19.

Swarup S. Varaday, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

My interests include clinical activities and research in obstetric anesthesia,regional and ambulatory anesthesia.I help establish goals and curricula for medical students and residents. Participate …

Arun S. Varadhachary, MD, PhD

I study inflammatory/autoimmune peripheral nervous system conditions, specifically, how the inflammatory myopathies differ in their mitochondrial function.

Jordan J. Varghese, MD

Postdoc Research Scholar

Jordan Varghese is a resident physician-scientist trainee in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis. He obtained an MD from Emory University and a BS in Biomedical …

Courtney M. Vaughn, MD, PhD

Clinical Fellow Associate

I am interested in DNA damage, DNA damage repair, and mutagenesis. I am interested in the role these processes play in response to genotoxic agents and environmental factors. I am interested in the …

Cristina Vazquez Guillamet, MD

Associate Professor

My main research interest is in infections caused by mutidrug resistant microbes in critically ill patients. I try to apply new methods to better stratify and predict the epidemiology, trajectories …

Rodrigo Vazquez Guillamet, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

The focus of my clinical practice and research gravitates around chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung transplantation. COPD is the leading chronic respiratory cause of death …

Suresh Vedantham, MD

Professor of Radiology & Surgery

Dr. Vedantham is an experienced Interventional Radiologist who specializes in the study of new image-guided therapies for venous disease. Over a 21-year period, he has personally performed thousands …

Deborah (Novack) J. Veis, MD, PhD

Director, Histology and Morphometry Core

My laboratory studies the differentiation of osteoclasts, particularly in the context of pathological bone loss, such as in osteoporosis, inflammatory arthritis, and cancer metastasis to bone. …

Ananth K. Vellimana, MD, MSW

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My research interests are focused on cerebrovascular diseases including subarachnoid hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, dural arteriovenous fistulas etc.

Siddarth Venkatesh, PhD

Gut microbiota development in healthy and undernourished children.

Daniel J. Verbaro, MD, PhD

Clinical Fellow Associate

Intestinal pain pathways

Cherian Verghese, MD, MPH

Lymphoma Myeloma Platelet disorders

Amanda K. Verma, MD

M.D.

I am interested in heart failure outcomes research, with a specific focus on women’s health. Also I have an interest in COVID and post-COVID cardiovascular conditions, their mechanism, and potential …

Zachary A. Vesoulis, MD

Instructor in Pediatrics

I am interested in determining the causes of neonatal brain injury and developing tools to improve long-term outcomes.

Amy R. Viehoever, MD, PhD

I am a Pediatric Neurologist currently in fellowship training for further specialization in Pediatric Movement Disorders. My clinical interests include treating children with movement disorders such …

Victoria J. Vieira-Potter, PhD

Associate Professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology

With expertise in both nutrition and exercise physiology, and a passion for improving health via behavior change, I conduct mostly basic science studies to investigate mechanisms to prevent and treat …

Ravi Vij, MD

Professor of Medicine

DR VIJ is Associate Professor at Washington University School of Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia. Dr Vij’s primary academic interests …

Aishwarya Vijay, MD

Clinical Fellow

Cardio-Obstetrics, improving clinical care engagement and postpartum cardiovascular risk stratification from women with high-risk pregnancies.

Claudia Villatoro Santos, MD, PhD

Instructor in Medicine

Diabetes prevention, obesity management, and metabolic syndrome.

Alessandro Vindigni, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Accurate DNA replication is essential to prevent the occurrence of mutations and chromosome rearrangements associated with several cancer related pathologies. Our group studies the mechanisms that …

Adrienne V. Visani, MD

Research Fellow

Molecular mechanisms of metastasis in GI cancers such as colorectal and pancreatic

Gregory R. Vlacich, MD, PhD

Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at Alton Memorial Hospital

Lung cancer, esophageal cancer, stereotactic body radiation therapy, adaptive radiation therapy, radiation therapy in the elderly

Andrei G. Vlassenko, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology

The main research focus is aging and neurodegenerative disorders. Specific research interests include evaluating regulation and functional reserve of brain blood flow and metabolism using positron …

Mia T. Vogel, MPH, MSW

Doctoral Student

Mia is a doctoral student in Public Health Sciences. Her interests are at the nexus of systems science and implementation science. She is involved with ICTS through her work on the Team Science and …

Alecia C. Vogel-Hammen, MD, PhD

Development of emotion dysregulation

Amy A. Vogelsmeier, MSN, PhD, RN

My research is primarily in long term care settings with a focus on care delivery processes and resident outcomes. I also have an emphasis in patient safety, specifically medication safety practices …

Cornelius J. von Morze, PhD

Assistant Professor

My lab is focused on research into new contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), specifically using a method called “Hyperpolarized C-13 MRI”. I use specially-prepared non-radioactive …

Hung Vuong, PhD

Graduate Student

I am interest in studying the immune regulatory role of the protein IFIT1. IFIT1 has broad antiviral activity and is thought to restrict viral replication by binding to viral mRNA lacking …

Amanda M. Wadams, PhD

My interests include: receptive/expressive language impairments following acquired brain injury, effective behavioral treatment protocols, structural/electrical changes of the brain following …

Jessica Wagenseil, ScD

Associate Professor

Aortic disease, specifically aneurysms and stenoses caused by defects in extracellular matrix proteins

Lemuel R. Waitman, MS, PhD

Associate Dean for Informatics, Professor Health Management and Informatics

Medical informatics with interests in – on pragmatic clinical research leveraging national networks such as PCORnet – electronic health records for generating knowledge from data and designing …

Bonnie J. Wakefield, MA, PhD, RN

My main research focus is implementation and evaluation of communication technologies to improve care for chronically ill older adults. My funded research has focused on use of telemedicine to …

Mark R. Wakefield, MD

interim Director, Cancer Center

My research efforts have been most successful with collaborative models. I have assisted Dr. Cynthia Russell, who has led our team investigation to assess and improve medication adherence among renal …

Courtney Walker, PhD

Postdoc Research Scholar

I use microRNA-mediated direct neuronal reprogramming to study neuronal subtype vulnerability in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I am also using this model system to study genetic risk factors of …

John K. Walker, PhD

We operate a fully functional medicinal chemistry lab capable of doing med chem design and synthesis as well as simple compound repreps. Our group has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry …

Lindley B. Wall, MD, MSCI

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Investigation of clinical outcomes in the pediatric and adult orthopedic patient, particularly involving those with congenital upper limb differences.

Cara Wallace, MSW, PhD

My research focuses on issues related to end-of-life care within three related areas: (1) barriers to care; (2) quality of care; and (3) educating students, professionals, and the general population …

Miranda J. Wallace, PhD

Instructor in Pathology and Immunology

I am interested in fighting infectious disease through both furthering our understanding of mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance occurs, and developing next-generation approaches to treat infections.

James Walsh, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

My research program investigates mechanisms associated with ocular immunity in the context of ocular immune privilege and in autoimmune uveitis. We explore where antigens from the intraocular space …

Matthew J. Walter, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

The main interest of our laboratory is the discovery and characterization of gene mutations in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with the long term goal of …

Jennifer A. Wambach, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

I am interested in understanding the contribution of surfactant protein-C (SFTPC) to the risk of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). SP-C mutations are known to cause interstitial lung …

Fei Wan, PhD

Dr. Wan’s methodological research area concern the development and application of statistical methods to address the causal inference questions in randomized and non-randomized studies. Particularly, …

Cuicui Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

My research is currently focused on the regulation of metabolic homeostasis in articular chondrocytes and its underlying molecular mechanisms.

David Wang, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology

Research in my laboratory is focused on identification and characterization of novel pathogens. In our work, we integrate a variety of experimental methodologies that cross many disciplines …

Fei Wang

Pre-doc

My research interests include optical coherence tomography and its functional variants, optogenetics, Drosophila, cardiovascular research, human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-derived …

Guoqiao Wang, PhD

Extensive research experiences and interests in designing, implementing, and analyzing clinical trials in Alzheimer disease, especially for dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease.

Jane Y. Wang, MD

Clinical Fellow

I am interested in neutrophil metabolomics in primary graft dysfunction.

Jean S. Wang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

I am interested in clinical and translational research of GI cancers. Ongoing projects include the use of biomarkers (specifically DNA methylation) in predicting: 1) progression of Barrett’s …

Jennifer Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

The Wang lab is interested in understanding how subcellular compartments are organized to create functional molecular machines. Our work is driven by fundamental cell biological questions: How are …