Faculty

Abraham, Clara

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Ameen, Nadia

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Ananth, Meena

Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Baserga, Susan

Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, of Genetics and of Therapeutic Radiology

Befroy, Douglas

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Bennett, Anton

Associate Professor of Pharmacology and of Comparative Medicine
Co-Director, Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism
Director, BBS Minority Affairs

Bogue, Clifford

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care)
Interim Chair, Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Director, Program in Vertebrate Development

Boyer, James

Ensign Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Emeritus Director, Yale Liver Center

Cai, Shi-Ying

Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Caplan, Michael

C. N. H. Long Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and Professor of Cell Biology
Chair, Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Caprio, Sonia

Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Cheng, Yung-Chi

Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Therapeutics/Chemotherapy Program
Chairman, Consortium for the Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM)

Cho, Judy

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Genetics
Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Chung, Chuhan

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Ehrlich, Barbara

Professor of Pharmacology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Emre, Sukru

Professor of Surgery (Transplant) and of Pediatrics
Section Chief, Transplantation Surgery
Director, Yale-New Haven Transplant Center

Fikrig, Erol

Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Microbial Pathogenesis
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Section Chief, Infectious Diseases

Fiorotto, Romina

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Flavell, Richard

Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department Chair, Immunobiology

Fraenkel, Liana

Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)

Garcia-Tsao, Guadalupe

Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Chief, Digestive Diseases, VA-CT Healthcare System
Director, Clinical and Translational Core, Yale Liver Center
Program Director, VA-CT Hepatitis C Resource Center

Geibel, John

Professor of Surgery (Gastrointestinal) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Vice Chair, Surgery
Director, Surgical Research

Gorelick, Fred

Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Cell Biology
Associate Director, Yale M.D., Ph.D. Program

Groszmann, Roberto

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Insogna, Karl

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Yale Bone Center

Iwakiri, Yasuko

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Kleinstein, Steven

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Kozal, Michael

Professor of Medicine (AIDS)
Chief Section of Infectious Diseases VA CT Healthcare System
Director Yale HIV Clinical Trials

Krause, Diane

Professor of Laboratory Medicine, of Cell Biology and of Pathology
Assoc. Director, Yale Stem Cell Center
Assoc. Director, Transfusion Medicine Service
Director, Frisbee Laboratory for Hematopoietic Graft Engineering

Lim, Joseph

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Yale Viral Hepatitis Program

Lindenbach, Brett

Assistant Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis

Lu, Jun

Assistant Professor of Genetics

Mani, Arya

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Genetics
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Program

McMahon-Pratt, Diane

Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Medzhitov, Ruslan

David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mehal, Wajahat

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Mistry, Pramod

Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology) and of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant Program
Director, National Gaucher Disease Treatment Center

Mitchell, Kisha

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Mooseker, Mark

Ross Granville Harrison Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Cell Biology
and Pathlogy

Nathanson, Michael

Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Cell Biology
Section Chief, Digestive Diseases
Director, Yale Liver Center
Director, Center for Cell and Molecular Imaging

Petersen, Kitt

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Professor (Adjunct) Aarhus University, Denmark

Protiva, Petr

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Adjunct Faculty at Breslow Lab, Rockefeller University, New York, NY

Pyle, Anna Marie

William Edward Gilbert Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Professor of Chemistry
Director, Division of Biological Sciences

Robek, Michael

Associate Professor of Pathology

Rothman, James

Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Chemistry
Chairman, Department of Cell Biology
Director, Nanobiology Institute

Saltzman, W. Mark

Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering
Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering

Samuel, Varman

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Sanchez, Mayra

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Schilsky, Michael

Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases) and of Surgery (Transplant)
Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplant at Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center

Sessa, William

Alfred Gilman Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Vice Chairman, Pharmacology
Director, Vascular Biology & Therapeutics Program

Shapiro, Erik

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Sherwin, Robert

C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Section Chief, Endocrinology
Director, YCCI

Shulman, Gerald

George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Sofair, Andre

Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)

Soroka, Carol

Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Technical Director, Liver Center Morphology Core

Spirli, Carlo

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Strazzabosco, Mario

Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Director, Transplant Hepatology

Swenson, Scott

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)
Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program in Digestive Diseases

Taddei, Tamar

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases)

Walker, Wendilywn

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Weinreb, Jeffrey

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Medical Imaging
Chief, Body Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Yang, Xiaoyong

Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Yu, Herbert

Professor (Adjunct) of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases)

Zhao, Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine (ID)
Associate
Postdoctoral Fellow

Members outside Yale

Ned Ballatori, University of Rochester
Mario Chojkier, University of California San Diego

Additional Participating Resource Personnel

Antonios Arvelakis
Maria Ciarleglio
Dhanpat Jain
Al Mennone
Jeffrey Pollack
Marie Robert
Randolph del Rosa Rodriguez
Brian West
Kenneth Williams
Hongyu Zhao

2011 Pilot Project Recipients

David Assis
Violeta Popov
Carlo Spirli
Zhaoxia Sun
Narendra Wajapeyee