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**Leadership Team**
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc	Professor and Vice Chair for Emerging Researchers, Department of Medicine	(802) 656-8968	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Mark Nelson, PhD	Chair and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology	(802) 656-2500	Email \| Bio\| Pubs

Study Design and Molecular Epidemiology Core
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Neil Zakai, MD, MSc	Core Director, Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology	(802) 656-3154	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Peter Durda, PhD	Co-Core Director, Faculty Scientist, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8354	Email \| Bio
Peter Callas, PhD	Co-Investigator, Research Associate Professor	(802) 656-3195	Email \| Bio
Andrew Sparks	Statistician	(802) 656-2526	Email \| Bio
Ryan Packer	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine		Email
Rebekah Lynn Boyle	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8938	Email
Katherine Wilkinson	Researcher/Analyst, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8984	Email

Customized Physiology and Imaging Core (CPIC)
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Todd Clason, MS	Core Director Researcher/Analyst COBRE Imaging/Physiology Facility	(802) 656-0413	Email
Thomas J. Heppner, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-3889	Email \| Bio
Gerald Herrera, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-5840	Email \| Bio
Grant W. Hennig, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-0859	Email \| Bio

Current Project Directors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
David Punihaole, PhD	Assistant Professor - Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry	(802) 656-2329	Email \| Bio
Debora Kamin Mukaz, PhD, MS	Assistant Professor of Medicine		Email \| Bio
Diego Adrianzen-Herrera, MD, MS	Assistant Professor of Medicine	(802) 353 5465	Email\| Bio

Past Project Directors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Denise Peters, PT, DPT, PhD	Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences	(803) 629 8438	Email \| Bio
Katharine L. Cheung, MD	Assistant Professor of Nephrology	(802) 847-3572	Email \| Bio
Masayo Koide, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-3391	Email \| Bio
Matthew Caporizzo, PhD	Assistant Professor	(802) 656-2706	Email \| Bio
Nicholas Klug, PhD	Assistant Professor	(802) 656-0735	Email \| Bio
Osama Harraz, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	(802) 656-0782	Email \| Bio

Pilot Grant Recipients

Name	Title	Year of Award	Phone	Information
Adam Sprouse-Blum, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor	2023	(802) 847-8050	Email \| Bio
David Punihaole, PhD	Assistant Professor - Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry	2021	(802) 656-2329	Email \| Bio
Mansour Gergi, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine	2022	(802) 847 4535	Email \| Bio
Matthew Caporizzo, PhD	Assistant Professor	2022	(802) 656-2706	Email \| Bio
Nicholas Klug, PhD.	Assistant Professor	2023	(802) 656-0735	Email \| Bio
Yangguang Ou, PhD	Assistant Professor - Analytical Chemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Neurochemistry	2021	(802) 656-2435	Email \| Bio

F.I.R.E. Grant Recipients
Name	Title	Year of Award	Phone	Information
James Stafford, MD	Assistant Professor	2024	(802) 656-4584	Email \| Bio
Kathryn Morelli, PhD	Assistant Professor	2024	(802) 656-4588	Email \| Bio
Masayo Koide, PhD	Research Assistant Professor	2024	(802) 656-3391	Email \| Bio

Administrative Team
Name	Title	Information
Owen Nadeau, PhD	Operations Administrator	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Sierra Rose	Business Support Generalist	Email

Senior Mentors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Ira Bernstein, MD	Chair and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences	(802) 847-5112	Email \| Bio
Marilyn Cipolla, PhD	Professor & Chair, Bioengineering, Professor, Neurological Sciences UVM; CVRI Board Member	(802) 656-8436	Email \| Bio
Mark Nelson, PhD	Chair and University Distinguished Professor, Department of Pharmacology	(802) 656-2500	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc	Professor and Vice Chair for Emerging Researchers, Department of Medicine	(802) 656-8968	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Neil Zakai, MD, MSc	Core Director, Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology	(802) 656-3154	Email \| Bio \| Pubs
Taylor Ricketts, PhD	Gund Professor and Director of the Gund Institute for Environment	(802) 656-7796	Email \| Bio

Peer Mentors
Name	Title	Phone	Information
Nels Olson, PhD	Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	(802) 656-8968	Email\| Bio
Nimrat Chatterjee, PhD	Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics	(802) 656 1714	Email \| Bio
Osama Harraz, PhD	Assistant Professor, Pharmacology	(802) 656-0782	Email \| Bio

External Mentors
Name	Institution	Information
Jennifer Lee, PhD	NIH / NHLBI Sr. Investigator, NIH Campus	Email \| Bio
Leslie A. McClure, PhD	Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dean, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University	Email \| Bio
Pamela Lutsey, PhD, MPH	Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health	Email \| Bio

Internal Advisory Board
Name	Title	Information
Charles G. Irvin, PhD	Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine	Email \| Bio
David Warshaw, PhD	Chair and Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Email \| Bio
Stephen T. Higgins, PhD	Director, Vermont Center on Behavioral Health/COBRE PI	Email \| Bio

External Advisory Board
Name	Institution	Information
Manuel Navedo, PhD, FAHA	University of California, Davis	Email \| Bio
Scott Earley, PhD	University of Rochester, Rochester	Email
Sharon Rounds, MD	Brown University, RI	Email \| Bio
Suzanne Judd, PhD, MPH, FAHA	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Email \| Bio

Pipeline Investigators
Name	Department	College	Email
Adam Sprouse-Blum, MD, PhD	Neurological Science	Larner College of Medicine	Email\| Bio
Andrew Wilcock, MD	Family Medicine	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Branden Bensel, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Carole McBride, PhD	Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproduction Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Chris Skinner, PhD	Nutrition / Food Science	College of Agriculture and Health Sciences	Email \| Bio
Daniela Zambrano, MD	Neurological Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email
David Coggin-Carr, MD	Obstetrics Gynecology & Reproduction Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
David Jangraw, PhD	Electrical / Biomed Engineering	College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences	Email \| Bio
Emily Belarmino, PhD	Nutrition/ Food Science	College of Agriculture and Health Sciences	Email \| Bio
Gaoyan Grace Tang-Siegel, PhD	Molecular Physiology & Biophysics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
James East, MD	Radiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
James Stafford, MD	Neurological Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Jessica Badlam, MD	Medicine – Pulmonary	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Karlyn Martin, MD	Medicine – Hematology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Kathryn Morelli, PhD	Neurological Sciences	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Leigh-Anne Cioffredi, MD	Pediatrics	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Mansour Gergi, MD	Medicine – Hematology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Maria Bravo, PhD	Pathology & Laboratory Medicine	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Maria Noterman Soulinthavong, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Nathaniel C. Thompson, MD	Medicine – Cardiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email \| Bio
Nicole Habel, MD, PhD	Medicine – Cardiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Paige Brochu	Environment and Natural Resources	Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources	Email \| Bio
Ruth Fabian-Fine, PhD	Neuroscience	St Michael’s College	Email \| Bio
Saeedeh Mirbagheri, MD	Radiology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Saul Huerta de la Cruz, PhD	Pharmacology	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Sulamunn Coleman, PhD	Psychiatry	Larner College of Medicine	Email
Wen Ma, PhD	Physics	College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences	Email \| Bio
Yangguang Ou, PhD	Chemistry	College of Arts and Sciences	Email \| Bio

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Mary Cushman, MD, MSc

Mark Nelson, PhD

Pilot Grant Recipients