Faculty | School of Medicine

Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine faculty members represent a diverse collage of scientific disciplines that are critical in the fulfillment of our objective to eliminate health disparities.

Frankis G. Almaguel, MD, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BASIC SCIENCES AND MEDICINE, PHYSIOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY DIVISION

Juan Carlos Belliard, PhD, MPH

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Eileen Brantley, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PHARMACEUTICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, BASIC SCIENCES, PHARMACOLOGY DIVISION

Carlos A. Casiano, PhD

CHDMM DIRECTOR; PROFESSOR, BASIC SCIENCES, MICROBIOLOGY DIVISION

Alfonso Duran, MD, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PATHOLOGY AND ANATOMY, ANATOMY DIVISION

Penelope Duerksen-Hughes, PhD

Associate Dean, Basic Sciences and Translational Research, Division of Biochemistry

Johnny Figueroa, PhD

CHDMM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR, BASIC SCIENCES, PHYSIOLOGY DIVISION

Salma Khan, MBBS, PhD

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR, MEDICINE, OTOLARYNGOLOGY & HEAD/NECK SURGERY, BASIC SCIENCES, BIOCHEMISTRY DIVISION

William Langridge, PhD

Professor, Basic Sciences Division of Biochemistry

Susanne Montgomery, PhD

PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL ECOLOGY, ASSOCIATE DEAN, RESEARCH, SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY CORE CHDMM

Juli Unternaehrer, PhD

Co-Program Director – Cancer, Development and Regenerative Biology Program