New ACDP Members

(Updated 10/22/24)

ACDP welcomes the following new members.

Please contact the ACDP office if you know of a new chair/program director or department/program who should be listed or invited to join.

New Departments/Programs:

Amadou Gaye, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Genomics and Epidemiology
Meharry Medical School (10/24)

Erika S Piedras-Renteria, Ph.D.
Graduate Program Director
Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology
Loyola University Chicago Medical School (10/24)

Amos Sakwe, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Meharry Medical School (7/24)

Patricia Silveyra, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (4/24)

Erika I. Boesen, Ph.D.
Integrative Physiology & Molecular Medicine Doctoral Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center (2/24)

Pius Nde, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Program, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Meharry Medical College (2/24)

David G. Edwards, Ph.D.
Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
University of Delaware (8/23)

New Chairs:

Stephanie Correa, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
University of California, Los Angeles (10/24)

Dean Burkin, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Replacing Kenton Sanders, Ph.D. (8/24)

Greg Funk, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
University of Alberta
Replacing James Young, Ph.D. (8/24)

Patrick Forcelli, Ph.D.
Dept. of Pharmacology & Physiology  
Georgetown University School of Medicine 
Replacing Kenneth Kellar, Ph.D. (8/24)

Pamela Martin, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Meharry Medical School
Replacing Amos Sakwe, Ph.D. (7/24)

Marissa A. Ehringer, Ph.D.
Department of Integrative Physiology
University of Colorado at Boulder
Replacing Mark Opp, Ph.D. (7/24)

Dojin (DJ) Ryu, Ph.D.
Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
University of Missouri-Columbia
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Replacing Jill Kanaley, Ph.D. (6/24)

Blake B. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Department of Cellular & Integrative Physiology
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Replacing James Stockand, Ph.D. (5/24)

Fadi N. Salloum, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Virginia Commonwealth University Sch. of Medicine
Replacing John (Jack) R. Grider, Ph.D. (5/24)

Bret Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
Replacing Colin Clay, Ph.D. (5/24)

Edward M. Balog, Ph.D.
School of Applied Physiology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Replacing T. Richard Nichols, Ph.D. (2/24)

Ian M.C. Dixon, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
University of Manitoba
Replacing Janice Dodd, Ph.D. (2/24)

Alexander Murashov, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
Replacing J. Michael Mathis, Ph.D. (2/24)