Faculty | Office of Research and Graduation Education

Program Director

Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

Executive Committee

Yon Rojanasakul, PhD

Position: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 304-293-1476

Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

Peter Stoilov, PhD

Position: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone: 304-293-6334

Cerasela Zoica Dinu, PhD

Position: Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

Preceptors

Mariette Barbier, PhD

Position: Associate Professor and Chair, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Phone: 304-293-3265

Courtney DeVries, PhD

Positions: Professor, Medicine; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Deputy Director, WVU Cancer Institute Administration; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-5843

John M Hollander, PhD

Positions: Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Senior Advisor, Research Development, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-293-3683

Randy Nelson, PhD

Positions: Professor & Chair, Department of Neuroscience; Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research; Director, Basic Science Research, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3515

Timothy R Nurkiewicz, PhD

Position: Professor and Chair, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Phone: 304-293-7328

Visvanathan Ramamurthy, PhD

Positions: Professor & Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Phone: 304-293-8411

Raymond R. Raylman, PhD

Positions: Professor and Vice Chair, Research, Radiology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-1973

Werner Geldenhuys, PhD, MS

Positions: Associate Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Senior Advisor, Research Collaborations, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-581-1683

Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS

Positions: Director Gamma Knife; Associate Professor, Neurosurgery; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-598-6127

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F. Heath Damron, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor and Director of the Vaccine Development center WVU-Health Sciences Center, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Director, MD-PhD Program, Research & Graduate Education
Phone: 304-581-1754

Lori A Hazlehurst, PhD

Positions: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Co-Leader Alexander B. Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy and Transplantation, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-3398

Emidio Pistilli, PhD

Positions: Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Director of Admissions, Office of Research and Graduate Education, Research & Graduate Education; Director, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Program, Cancer Cell Biology Graduate Education; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0291

John B. Barnett, PhD

Position: Professor Emeritus, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology

Paul D Chantler, PhD

Positions: Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0646

Jianhai Du, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone: 304-598-6903

Timothy Eubank, PhD

Positions: Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-0525

Eric E Kelley, PhD

Position: Professor, Associate Chair of Research, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Phone: 304-293-3064

Valery V. Khramtsov, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-4470

Roberta Leonardi, PhD

Position: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone: 304-293-7591

Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

Positions: Professor, Benedum Fellow and the Mylan Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-0944

Ivan Martinez, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, WVU Cancer Institute Research Laboratories; Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-581-1934

Gordon P. Meares, PhD

Position: Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-6260

Elena N. Pugacheva, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Phone: 304-293-5295

Vazhaikkurichi M. Rajendran, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Medicine
Phone: 304-293-0510

Yon Rojanasakul, PhD

Position: Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 304-293-1476

Michael D. Schaller, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Leader Mechanisms of Metastasis & Therapeutic Response Program (MMTR), WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-9514

David M Smith, PhD

Positions: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-9521

Peter Stoilov, PhD

Position: Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Phone: 304-293-6334

Mark Tseytlin, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Phone: 304-293-6425

Edwin Wan, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Phone: 304-293-6293

Cerasela Zoica Dinu, PhD

Position: Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32 program (T32 GM133369)