Bin Ren, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, Principle Investigator

William D. Jordan, Jr. M.D., Endowed Professor in Vascular Sciences & Tenured Associate Professor

  • Scientist, Immunology Institute, UAB Heersink School of Medicine
  • Senior Scientist, UAB Diabetes Research Center
  • Scientist and Faculty Member, UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center
  • Member, UAB Integrative Center for Aging Research (ICAR)
  • Scientist, UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center and Nutrition & Obesity Research Center

Adam Beck, M.D.

Professor and Director, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Holt A. McDowell Jr., M.D., Endowed Chair, Department of Surgery

Sarai Robertson, M.S.

M.D. Student Researcher
Physician Scientist Summer Research Fellow
Medical Degree Candidate, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
MS, University of Alabama at Birmingham
BS, University of Alabama at Birmingham

sarais@uab.edu

Atul Kumar, M.S.

Doctor of Philosophy Candidate, University of Alabama at Birmingham
MS, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India
BS, Amity University, UP, India

akumar02@uab.edu

Sean O’Hare

Undergraduate Summer SURE Researcher
Undergraduate Student, Auburn University

spohare@uab.edu

Reagan Hattaway

M.D. Student Researcher, UAB Physician Scientist Development Fellowship
Medical Degree Candidate, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

reaganhh@uab.edu

Vincent Bolus

MD Student Researcher, UAB NIH T35 Training Program
Medical Degree Candidate, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

vgbolus@uab.edu

Gloria Yuan

Staff Researcher II
Associate Degree of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, China

ryuan@uabmc.edu

Abdellah Akil, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
PhD
, Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Paris Sud – Paris, France

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Medical Branch, TX

akil@uabmc.edu

Ana Karen Gutierrez, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

PhD, Molecular Biology, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi (IPICyT, Short Research Training at College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University)

MS, Molecular Biology, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi