Cannon, Robert, M.D., FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Major Research Interests
Interests include liver transplantation, minimally invasive hepatic surgery, surgical management of portal hypertension, surgical management of polycystic liver disease, comprehensive management of benign and malignant hepatobiliary tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma.
Cleveland, Ford, B.A.
MS1
Major Research Interests
Interests include gene editing technology, transplant medicine, nephrology research.
Carter, Alexis B.S., M.P.H.
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Major Research Interests
Alexis is a researcher II whose major research interest includes educational awareness of kidney transplantation and exploring methods to increase living donor kidney transplantation rates.
Haynes, Will B.S.
MS4
Major Research Interests
My research interests are palliative and supportive care for transplant populations as well as novel methods to support caregivers of transplant patients.
Jones, Bernarez B.S.
Researcher II
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include health disparities in race, gender, and age in both rural and city settings.
Jones, Yolanda “Terri”
Clinical Research Coordinator II
Major Research Interests
No major interests in research, but enjoy working with and giving back to my community any way that I can. I also have a fond interest of working with girls and teaching them how to carry themselves and girls should (Girl Scout Leader, thus the reason for my passion).
Kloda, David SA, PA-C, MSPH
Lab Manager/Program Manager
Major Research Interests
A Surgeon’s Assistant/Physician Assistant with extensive training in Cardiovascular surgery, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Thoracic Surgery and Abdominal Transplant Surgery. Research interests include: Solid organ transplantation outcomes and living renal donor surgical outcomes.
Kumar, Vineeta, M.D, F.A.S.T
Professor of Medicine
Major Research Interest
Dr. Kumar is a kidney transplant nephrologist that specializes in medical evaluation of living kidney donors and care of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients as well as the transplantation of incompatible organs both HLA and ABO and in the care of highly sensitized transplant recipients. Her research interests include access to living kidney donation and solid organ transplants, outcomes in donors after living kidney donation and in recipients of kidney transplant.
Locke, Jayme M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.T.
Director, TEAM
Associate Professor of Surgery
Major Research Interests
Dr. Locke is an abdominal transplant surgeon that specializes in innovative strategies for the transplantation of incompatible organs, disparities in access to and outcomes after solid organ transplantation, and transplantation of HIV-infected end-stage patients. Her research interests include complex statistical analysis and modeling of transplant outcomes and behavioral research focused on health disparities.
MacLennan, Paul M.P.H., Ph.D., B.S.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Major Research Interests
Research interests include: quality and patient safety, solid organ transplantation outcomes, ocular epidemiology and health disparities, injury epidemiology (occupational, motor vehicle collision, trauma), cancer epidemiology (prostate cancer, prostate cancer screening), occupational epidemiology (pesticide manufacturing workers, injury), and epidemiology research methods.
Perry, Jackson
Researcher I
Pozo-Jatem, Marcos M.D.
Assistant Professor
Medical Director for Pediatric Transplant at Children’s of Alabama
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric liver/kidney transplantation, living donor liver transplant, adult and pediatric hepatobiliary surgery, and transplant oncology.
Qu, Haiyan, Ph.D, MSHA
Associate Professor
Major Research Interests
Dr. Qu’s research interests include patient-centered outcomes research, health disparities, rehabilitation care, quality of care, medication adherence, and shared decision-making. She has published articles in Journal of General Internal Medicine, Academic Medicine, American Journal of Health Behavior, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, The Journal of Rheumatology, and American Journal of Transplantation. She has served as a grant reviewer for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute since 2013.
Muhammad Rabbani, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include uterus transplantation and living donor liver transplantation.
Reed, Rhiannon, DrPH, M.P.H., B.A.
Assistant Professor
Major Research Interests
Dr. Rhiannon Reed is an epidemiologist/clinical data analyst with a focus on long-term care of living kidney donors and organ transplant policy. She has interests in qualitative and mixed methods research, as well as dissemination and implementation science, particularly regarding education efforts to increase organ donation awareness.
Robinson, Tayana, B.S., M.A.
Research II
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include mental health services & health disparities among minorities in low-income communities and psychotherapy.
Sheikh, Saulat, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include liver transplantation, kidney transplantation, pediatric transplantation, live donor liver transplant, live donor kidney transplant, and hepatobiliary surgery.
Stanford, Luke, B.S.
Researcher I
Young, Carlton, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Pancreas Transplantation
Director, Pediatric Renal Transplantation
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Diversity and Inclusion
Mark H. Deierhoi Endowed Professor in Surgery
Major Research Interests
Major research interests include kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, pediatric renal transplantation, and health disparities research.
