Membership

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  • Associated Researchers
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    • Senior
      NameTitleDept
      Allen, JohnAssociate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Ameredes, BillProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Anastasio, NoelleAssociate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Baillargeon, JacquesProfessorEpidemiology (SPPH)
      Bente, DennisAssociate ProfessorMicrobiology & Immunology
      Berenson, AbbeyProfessorObstetrics & Gynecology
      Bonifazi, AlessandroAssociate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Bourne, NigelProfessorPediatric Vaccinology
      Chung, Jin-MoProfessor & ChairNeurobiology
      Cunningham, KathrynProfessor & Vice ChairPharmacology & Toxicology
      Elferink, LisaProfessorNeurobiology
      Emmett, MarkProfessorPathology
      Endsley, JaniceProfessorMicrobiology & Immunology
      Eugenin, EliseoAssociate ProfessorNeurobiology
      Gelman, Benjamin ProfessorPathology
      Green, Thomas Associate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Hommel, JonathanAssociate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Huang, Li-YenProfessorNeurobiology
      Kaphalia, Bhupendra Professor Pathology
      Kuo, Yong-FangProfessor & ChairBiostatistics & Data Science (SPPH)
      Laezza, FernandaProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Menon, RamkumarProfessorObstetrics & Gynecology
      Motamedi, MassoudProfessorOpthalmology & Visual Sciences
      Nanovskaya, TatianaAssociate ProfessorObstetrics & Gynecology
      Paessler, SlobodanProfessorPathology
      Pappadis, MoniqueAssociate ProfessorPopulation Health & Health Disparities (SPPH)
      Pettitt, MonteProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Bio; SCSB
      Pyles, RichardProfessorPediatric Vaccinology
      Resto, Vicente Professor & SVP & Chief Physician ExecBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
      Rudenko, GabrielleProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Snodgrass, WayneProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Sowers, LawrenceProfessor & ChairPharmacology & Toxicology
      Spratt, HeidiAssociate ProfessorBiostatistics & Data Science (SPPH)
      Taglialatela, GiulioProfessorNeurology
      Vargas, GracieProfessorNeurobiology
      Weaver, ScottProfessor & ChairMicrobiology & Immunology
      Wilkes, DeniseClinical ProfessorAnesthesiology
      Wu, PingProfessorNeurobiology
      Yin, Yuhui WhitneyAssociate ProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Bio
      Zhang, KanglingAssociate ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Zhou, JiaProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology

    • Junior
      NameTitleDept
      Camacho-Hernandez, GiselaAssistant ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Cisneros, IrmaAssistant ProfessorPathology
      Dostal, CarlosAssistant ProfessorInternal Medicine
      Golovko, GeorgeAssistant ProfessorPharmacology & Toxicology
      Farr, MilesAssistant ProfessorInternal Medicine
      Khanipov, KamilAssistant Professor Pharmacology & Toxicology
      Leckie, KaitlinAssistant Professor Family Medicine
      Nicanord, ErnstAssistant ProfessorFamily Medicine
      Prideaux, BrendanAssistant ProfessorNeurobiology
      Tian, BingAssistant ProfessorInternal Med-Endocrinology
      Tumilty, EmmaAssistant ProfessorBioethics & Humanities, SPPH

    • External
      NameTitleDeptUniversity
      Bjork, JamesProfessorPsychiatry & Behav SciencesVirginia Commonwealth University
      Gilbertson, Scott Professor & Associate ChairChemistryUniversity of Houston
      Ma, LiangsuoAssistant ProfessorPsychiatry & Behav SciencesVirginia Commonwealth University
      Moeller, F. Gerard Professor & Division ChairPsychiatry & Behav SciencesVirginia Commonwealth University
      Saade, GeorgeProfessor & Chair, Associate Dean for Women's HealthObstetrics & GynecologyEast Virginia University
      Shi, Pei-YongAdjunct ProfessorBiochemistry & Molecular Bio

    • Emeritus
      NameTitleDept
      Carlton, SusanProfessor EmeritusNeurobiology
      Cooper, CaryProfessor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Fofanov, YuriyProfessor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Gallagher, JoelProfessor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Gallagher, PatriciaProfessor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Hulsebosch, ClaireProfessor EmeritusNeurobiology
      Johnson, Kenneth Professor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Thomas, MaryProfessor EmeritusPharmacology & Toxicology
      Watson, Cheryl Professor EmeritusBiochemistry & Molecular Bio

  • Students and Postdocs
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    • Postdoctoral Fellows
      NameTitleDept
      Martinez, VenaPostdoctoral FellowCenter for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
      Olivares, JessicaPostdoctoral FellowCenter for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
      Pierson, ChristopherPostdoctoral FellowCenter for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
      Smith, HudsonPostdoctoral FellowCenter for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics

    • Predoctoral Students
      NameTitleDept
      Addiah-Nickson, Jones AwuahGraduate AssistantPTHO Grad Program
      Buchanan, KatherineGraduate AssistantBMB Grad Program
      Chapman, HollyGraduate AssistantHPTM Grad Program
      LeDay, LaurenGraduate AssistantPHTO Grad Program
      Luu, RossGraduate AssistantBMB Grad Program
      Marmol-Contreras, YorkirisGraduate AssistantPHTO Grad Program
      Murphy, RyanGraduate AssistantPHTO Grad Program
      Tierney, JessicaGraduate AssistantMD PhD Program
      Zamora, JoshuaGraduate AssistantPHTO Grad Program

Contact Us

Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics
Phone: (409) 772-3093
Email:  CAST@utmb.edu 
Mailing address:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0615

Thanks for your interest in our research.

Last Updated: April 15, 2025 RMG