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CGHS Programs and their Faculty

Current Students and Their Faculty Committees
Current Students and Their Programs
Faculty and the Students on Whose Committees They Serve
Former Students and their Faculty Committees (2007-present)
Faculty and Their Institute Affiliation
Faculty and Their Program Affiliation

There are 459 credentialed faculty in the College who are associated with 8 programs. In the list of the programs and faculty below, an asterisk signifies that the faculty member is approved to direct theses and dissertations. Mousing over the name will provide additional information about the faculty member. Click on the faculty member to see a list of students on whose committees they serve.

Biomedical Engineering and Imaging
*Jack W, Jr. Buchanan, M.D.
*Joel Bumgardner, Ph.D.
*Denis J Diangelo, Ph.D.
*Frank A Dibianca, Ph.D.
*Mostafa Waleed Gaber, Ph.D.
*Ivan C Gerling, Ph.D.
*Richard J Gilbertson, M.D., Ph.D.
*Warren O Haggard, Ph.D.
*Claudia M Hillenbrand, Ph.D.
*Brian P Kelly, Ph.D.
*Gary S Keyes, Ph.D.
Mary E Mccarville, M.D.
Roman Melnyk, Ph.D.
Thomas E Merchant, D.O., Ph.D.
*Robert Ogg, Ph.D.
*Joo Leng Ong, Ph.D.
Steven M Slack, Ph.D.
*Richard A Smith, Ph.D.
*Thaddeus A Wilson, Ph.D.
*Yunzhi Yang, Ph.D.
Michael Yen, Ph.D.
*Herbert D Zeman, Ph.D.
University of Memphis Graduate Faculty
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Dental Science
Pradeep Chitra Adatrow, D.D.S.
Swati Ahuja, B.D.S., M.D.S.
Kenneth M Anderson, D.D.S., M.S.
*Jegdish P Babu, Ph.D.
David E Bell, D.D.S., M.S.
Paul S Bland, D.D.S.
Jane A Blankenship, D.D.S.
*Robert L Brandt, D.D.S., M.S.
*David R Cagna, D.M.D., M.S.
Kenneth R Carruth, D.D.S.
Jerry S Cloyd, D.D.S.
Wisdom F Coleman, D.D.S.
John S Covington, D.D.S.
Jere W Crenshaw, D.D.S., M.S.
David H Crowder, D.D.S.
*Waldemar G De Rijk, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Cheryl DeWood, D.D.S., M.S.
Hiram R Fry, D.D.S., M.S
Frank M Grimes, D.D.S., M.S.
*Edward F Harris, Ph.D.
Anastasios Karydis, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
William G Parris, D.D.S., M.S.
*Mark R Patters, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Swati Y Rawal, B.D.S., M.D.S.
Daniel L Reaves, D.D.S.
*Quinton C Robinson, D.D.S., M.S.
Walter C Sandusky, D.D.S., M.S.
Mark Scarbecz, Ph.D.
Harry K Sharp, D.D.S.
*Jacob Shiloah, D.M.D.
*Sidney H Stein, D.M.D., Ph.D.
*David A Tipton, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*James L Vaden, D.D.S.
*Joseph L Wasson, D.D.S., M.S.
Lawrence W Weeda, Jr., D.D.S.
Tommy N Whited, D.D.D., M.S.
Russell A Wicks, D.D.S, M.S.
Richard A Williams, D.D.S., M.S.
Marjorie A Woods, D.D.S.
Jere L Yates, D.D.S., M.S.
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Epidemiology
Sergio R Acchiardo, M.D.
*Julia Krushkal Adkins, Ph.D.
Bruce S Alpert, M.D.
Sandra L R Arnold, M.D.
James K Bailey, M.D.
*Andrew J Bush, Ph.D.
Laura D Carbone, M.D.
Cyril F Chang, Ph.D.
Mathilda (Mace) C Coday, Ph.D.
*Pamela D Connor, Ph.D.
William C Cushman, M.D.
*Margaret W Debon, Ph.D.
John P Devincenzo, M.D.
Ruthbeth D Finerman, Ph.D.
*Patricia M Flynn, M.D.
John P Griffin, M.D.
*Marion Elizabeth Hare, M.D.
*Scott Howard, M.D.
Alessandro Iannaccone, M.D.
*Karen Chandler Johnson, M.D.
*Lisa M Klesges, Ph.D.
*Robert C Klesges, Ph.D.
Robert C Kores, Ph.D.
Kimberly D Lamar, Ph.D., M.P.H, M.S.E.H.
*Rongling Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Chanchai McDonald, Ph.D.
*David M Mirvis, M.D.
Simonne S Nouer, Ph.D.
Vicki M Park, Ph.D.
Phyllis Richey, Ph.D.
Kathryn M Ryder, M.D.
Suzanne Satterfield, M.D.
*Jerry Lynn Shenep, M.D.
Judith E Soberman, M.D.
*Grant W Somes, Ph.D.
Fridtjof Thomas, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Tolley, Ph.D.
*Frances A Tylavsky, D.P.H.
Teerdache Viangteeravati, Ph.D.
*Jim Y Wan, Ph.D.
Winfred C Wang, M.D.
*Teresa Waters, Ph.D.
Robert J Wyatt, M.D.
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Health Outcomes and Policy Research
*Rahemat Amarshi, Pharm.D.
Raoul Arreola, Ph.D.
*George E Bass, Jr., Ph.D.
*Virginia Betts, J.D.
*Lawrence M Brown, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Candace S Brown, Pharm.D.
*Peter Anton Chyka, Pharm.D.
Joy Clay, Ph.D.
Neil P Cohen, J.D.
*Samuel E Dagogo-Jack, M.D.
Theora Evans, Ph.D.
*Richard J Faris, Ph.D.
Walter L, Jr Fitzgerald, J.D., M.S.
*Greta A Gourley, Ph.D., Pharm.D.
*Dick R Gourley, Pharm.D.
William L Greene, Pharm.D.
James Hoffman, Pharm.D., M.S.
*Song Hee Hong, Ph.D.
David A Kuhl, Pharm.D.
*Carol A Likens, Ph.D.
*Nancy Mele, D.S.N.
*Robert J Nolly, M.S.
Victor J Perini, M.S.
*Max D Ray, Pharm.D., M.S.
*David K Solomon, Pharm.D.
*Michal Tamuz, Ph.D.
*Junling Wang, Ph.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
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Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences
*Elisabeth E Adderson, M.D.
*Ronald M Adkins, Ph.D.
*Lorraine M Albritton, Ph.D.
*William Earl Armstrong, Ph.D.
Suleiman W Bahouth, Ph.D.
*Sharyn D Baker, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Suzanne J Baker, Ph.D.
Leslie R Ballou, Ph.D.
*Donald Bashford, Ph.D.
*Robert J Belland, Ph.D.
*James E Bina, Ph.D.
*Mark Bix, Ph.D.
*Dennis D Black, M.D.
*Clark M Blatteis, Ph.D.
*John D Boughter, Ph.D.
David Brand, Ph.D.
*Gerald I Byrne, Ph.D.
*Joseph C Callaway, Ph.D.
*Angela R Cantrell, Ph.D.
*Edward Chaum, M.D., Ph.D.
*Taosheng Chen, Ph.D.
*Cheng Cheng, Ph.D.
Russell W Chesney, M.D.
*Carolyn M Chesney, M.D.
*Hongbo Chi, Ph.D.
*Thomas M Chiang, Ph.D.
Christopher Coleclough, Ph.D.
*Mary Ellen Conley, M.D.
*George A Cook, Ph.D.
*Terrance G Cooper, Ph.D.
*John V Cox, Ph.D.
*Yan Cui, Ph.D.
*Tom Curran, Ph.D.
*Alessandra D'Azzo, Ph.D.
*Mustafa K Dabbous, Ph.D.
James B Dale, M.D.
*Dominic M Desiderio, Ph.D.
F. Curtis Dohan, Jr., M.D.
Donald J Donaldson, Ph.D.
*Alejandro M Dopico, M.D., Ph.D.
*James Downing, M.D.
*Ioannis Dragatsis, Ph.D.
*Michael A Dyer, Ph.D.
*Marshall B Elam, M.D., Ph.D.
*Andrea June Elberger, Ph.D.
*Matthew Ennis, Ph.D.
*John N Fain, Ph.D.
*Zheng Fan, Ph.D.
Malinda E Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
*Elizabeth A Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
*James M Fleckenstein, M.D.
*Robert C Foehring, Ph.D.
*Rao N Gadiparthi, Ph.D.
*Terrence L Geiger, M.D., Ph.D.
*Eldon E Geisert, Jr., Ph.D.
*Maria Gomes-Solecki, D.V.M.
Rakesh Goorha, Ph.D.
*Weikuan Gu, Ph.D
*Ramareddy V Guntaka, Ph.D.
*Kristin Marie Hamre, Ph.D.
*Aviv I Hassid, Ph.D.
*Karen A Hasty, Ph.D.
*David L Hasty, Ph.D.
*Thomas Phillip Hatch, Ph.D.
*Detlef H Heck, Ph.D.
*Linda M Hendershot, Ph.D.
*Paul Herron, Ph.D.
*Polly A Hofmann, Ph.D.
*Ramin Homayouni, Ph.D.
*Marcia G Honig, Ph.D.
*Roderick T Hori, Ph.D.
*Martha M Howe, Ph.D.
Julia Hurwitz, Ph.D.
*James N Ihle, Ph.D.
*Monica Jablonski, Ph.D.
Michael Jacewicz, M.D.
*Suzanne Jackowski, Ph.D.
*Jonathan H Jaggar, Ph.D.
*Lisa K Jennings, Ph.D.
*Leonard R Johnson, Ph.D.
*Dianna A Johnson, Ph.D.
Eldridge F Johnson, Ph.D.
Peter David Jones, Ph.D.
Andrew H Kang, Ph.D.
Richard John Kasser, Ph.D.
Jon R Katze, Ph.D.
Sakata Kazuko, Ph.D.
*Seema Khurana, Ph.D.
*Hitoshi Kita, Ph.D.
Abbas E Kitabchi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Risa Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Katsumi Kitagawa, Ph.D.
*Richard W Kriwacki, Ph.D.
*Mondira Kundu, M.D., Ph.D.
*Jill Lahti, Ph.D.
Ronald N Laribee, Ph.D.
*Mark S Ledoux, M.D., Ph.D.
*Charles W Leffler, Ph.D.
*Wing H Leung, M.D., Ph.D.
*Kui Li, Ph.D.
Robert B Lorsbach, Ph.D.
*Leonard Lothstein, Ph.D.
*Yi Lu, Ph.D.
*Kafait U Malik, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Charles M Mansbach, M.D.
*Tony N Marion, Ph.D.
*Antonio M Martinez-Hernandez, M.D.
*Shannon G Matta, Ph.D.
Douglas B Matthews, Ph.D.
*Jonathan A McCullers, M.D.
*Michael P McDonald, Ph.D.
*Peter J McKinnon, Ph.D.
*Mark A Miller, Ph.D.
David Carl Miller, Ph.D.
Harry H Mincer, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*James Ian Morgan, Ph.D.
*Peter Murray, Ph.D.
*Clayton Naeve, Ph.D.
*Anjaparavanda P Naren, Ph.D.
*David R Nelson, Ph.D.
*Randall J Nelson, Ph.D.
*Paul Ney, M.D.
*Satoru Kenneth Nishimoto, Ph.D.
*Hiroko Nishimura, D.M.Sc.
*Christopher Nosrat, D.D.S., Ph.D.
*Thaddeus S Nowak, Jr., Ph.D.
Leta Nutt, Ph.D.
David F Nutting, Ph.D.
Kristen O'Connell, Ph.D.
Guillermo Oliver, Ph.D.
*Joseph T Opferman, Ph.D.
*Rennolds S Ostrom, Ph.D.
Melburn R Park, Ph.D.
*Edwards A Park, Ph.D.
*Kaushik Parthasarathi, Ph.D.
*Janet F Partridge, Ph.D.
*Derek A Persons, M.D., Ph.D.
*Lawrence M Pfeffer, Ph.D.
*Allen Portner, Ph.D.
*Tayebeh Pourmotabbed, Ph.D.
*William A Pulsinelli, Ph.D.
*Marko Z Radic, Ph.D.
*Rajendra Raghow, Ph.D.
*Radhakrishna Rao, Ph.D.
Fabio C Re, Ph.D.
*Anton J Reiner, Ph.D.
*Lawrence T. Reiter, Ph.D.
Tonia S Rex, Ph.D.
*James T Robertson, M.D.
*Charles O Rock, Ph.D.
*Edward F Rosloniec, Jr., Ph.D.
*Martine Roussel, Ph.D.
*Charles J Russell, Ph.D.
*James Patrick Ryan, Ph.D.
Thomas A Schikorski, Ph.D.
*Edward G Schneider, Ph.D.
*Brenda Schulman, Ph.D.
*Reese S Scroggs, Ph.D.
*Tiffany N Seagroves, Ph.D.
*Susan E Senogles, Ph.D.
Douglas R Shanklin, M.D.
*Leonard Share, Ph.D.
*Burt M Sharp, Ph.D.
*Charles J Sherr, Ph.D., M.D.
*Clive A Slaughter, Ph.D.
Andrzej T Slominski, M.D. Ph.D.
*Richard J Smeyne, Ph.D.
Solomon S Solomon, M.D.
*Brian Sorrentino, M.D.
Beatriz Sosa-Pineda, Ph.D.
*Alexander Sparreboom, Ph.D.
*Jena J Steinle, Ph.D.
*Jeffery D Steketee, Ph.D.
Ted S Strom, M.D., Ph.D.
John M Stuart, M.D.
Yao Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
Wen Lin Sun, Ph.D.
*Dale Parker Suttle, Jr., Ph.D.
*Trevor W Sweatman, Ph.D.
*Steven J Tavalin, Ph.D.
*Edwin L Thomas, Ph.D.
*Donald B Thomason, Ph.D.
*Gabor Joseph Tigyi, Ph.D., M.D.
*Elaine I Tuomanen, M.D.
*Dario Vignali, Ph.D.
Russell Ware, Ph.D.
*Christopher M Waters, Ph.D.
*Robert S Waters, Ph.D.
*Mitchell Aaron Watsky, Ph.D.
*Richard Webby, Ph.D.
*Robert G Webster, Ph.D.
*Stephen W White, Ph.D.
*Michael A Whitt, Ph.D.
Henry G Wilcox, Ph.D.
*Robert Williams, Ph.D.
*Richard T Williams, M.D., Ph.D.
Jack L Wilson, Ph.D.
Zhaohui Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
Tai June Yoo, Ph.D.
Nadeem Zafar, M.D.
*Stanislav S Zakharenko, M.D., Ph.D.
*Gerard P Zambetti, Ph.D.
*Xin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
*Jie Zheng, Ph.D.
*Fuming Zhou, M.D.
*Jian Zuo, Ph.D.
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Nursing
*Cornelia M Beck, Ph.D.
Bobby B Bellflower, D.N.Sc.
Jay J Bringman, M.D.
George A Burghen, M.D.
*Michael A Carter, D.N.Sc.
*Ann K Cashion, Ph.D.
Muammer Cetingok, Ph.D.
*Patricia A Cowan, Ph.D.
*Martin A Croce, M.D.
Patricia D Cunningham, D.N.Sc
Carolyn J Driscoll, Ph.D.
Barbara Dubray-Benstein, Ph.D.
Barbara Dubray-Benstein, Ph.D.
*Veronica F Engle, Ph.D.
Kimberly Fisher, Ph.D.
Wayne Furman, M.D.
Ahmed O Gaber, M.B.B.Ch.
*Joyce Carolyn Graff, Ph.D.
E. Dianne Greenhill, Ed.D.
Margaret T Hartig, Ph.D.
Margaret B Harvey, Ph.D.
*Donna K Hathaway, Ph.D. .
*Pamela S Hinds, Ph.D.
Michael Huffman, Ph.D.
Donna S Husch, Ph.D.
Susan R Jacob, Ph.D.
Cheryl D Johnson-Joy, Ph.D.
Raymond W Ke, M.D.
Satish Kedia, Ph.D.
Wendy M Likes, D.N.Sc., Ph.D.
Carol A Lockhart, Ph.D.
*Judy C Martin, Ph.D.
*Leslie M McKeon, Ph.D., R.N.
Sheila D Melander, D.S.N.
Tommie Norris, D.N.Sc., R.N.
Karen Koozer Olson, Ph.D.
*Jill S Oswaks, D.N.Sc.
Diane Pace, Ph.D.
*Jim Pruett, Ph.D.
Risa Dawn Ramsey, Ph.D.
*Muriel C Rice, Ph.D.
Caroline A Riely, M.D.
*Cynthia K Russell, Ph.D.
Omaima M Sabek, Ph.D.
Zoila Sanchez, Ph.D.
Patricia M Speck, D.N.Sc.
Cheryl C Stegbauer, Ph.D.
*R. Craig Stotts, Dr.P.H.
*Carol L Thompson, Ph.D.
Ruth S Tutor, Ph.D.
Margaret (Peggy) Veeser, Ed.D.
Glenn T Wetzel, M.D., Ph.D.
*Mona N Wicks, Ph.D.
Judith A Wilimas, M.D.
*Rebecca P Winsett, Ph.D.
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Pharmaceutical Sciences
John F Addison, M.S.
*Hassan Almoazen, Ph.D.
Steven Bares, Ph.D.
*Sarka Beranova, Ph.D.
Himanshu Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.
*John K Buolamwini, Ph.D.
Walter G, Jr. Chambliss, Ph.D.
*Michael Lloyd Christensen, Pharm.D.
*Roland N Dickerson, Pharm.D.
*Isaac O Donkor, Ph.D.
B Keith English, M.D.
*William E Evans, Pharm.D.
Kip Guy, Ph.D.
Lawrence J Hak, Pharm.D
*Wayne T Harris, Ph.D.
*James R Johnson, Ph.D.
Terreia S Jones, Pharm.D.
*Ji-Seon Kim, Ph.D.
S. Casey Laizure, Pharm.D.
*Richard E Lee, Ph.D.
*Wei Li, Ph.D.
*Vivian S Loveless, Pharm.D.
*Ram I Mahato, Ph.D.
*Tarun K Mandal, Ph.D.
William J McLaughlin, Ph.D.
*Bernd Meibohm, Ph.D.
*Duane D Miller, Ph.D.
*Bob M Moore, Ph.D.
Ezra Ozdenerol, Ph.D.
John C Panetta, Ph.D.
Yingxu Peng, Ph.D.
*Stephanie J Phelps, Pharm.D.
*Mary V Relling, Pharm.D.
*P. David Rogers, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
*Erin Schuetz, Ph.D.
*John Schuetz, Ph.D.
*Atul J Shukla, Ph.D.
Scott E Snyder, Ph.D.
*Clinton F Stewart, Pharm.D.
Michael C Storm, Ph.D.
*Arthur B Straughn, Pharm.D.
*Yichun Sun, Ph.D.
Karen A Veverka, Ph.D.
*Thomas R Webb, Ph.D.
*Karl T Weber, M.D.
*Shelley White-Means, Ph.D.
*George C Wood, Ph.D.
*C. Ryan Yates, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
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Speech and Hearing Science
*Molly Erickson, Ph.D.
*Ashley W Harkrider, Ph.D.
*Mark S Hedrick, Ph.D.
*Patti Johnstone, Ph.D.
*Colleen M Karow, Ph.D.
*Kristin Anne King, Ph.D.
*Anna K Nabelek, Ph.D.
*Patrick Norton Plyler, Ph.D.
*Tim Saltuklaroglu, Ph.D.
*Ilsa E Schwarz, Ph.D.
*James W Thelin, Ph.D.
*Deborah VonHapsburg, Ph.D.
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Unaffiliated
David L Armbruster, Ph.D.
John Edwards Baxter, Ph.D.
Timothy D Mandrell, D.V.M.
Jerold E Rehg, D.V.M.
Thomas A Singarella, Ph.D.
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