“At Ohio State, we operate under the principle that synergistic teams of scientists, engineers and clinicians are the best vehicle to accelerate breakthrough discovery and ultimately improve patient care.”
– Thomas Hund, PhD

Our Leadership

Thomas Hund, PhD

Director, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute
Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Credentials
PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University

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Our Associate Directors

Kristin Stanford, PhD

Associate Director - Metabolism Lead

Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology

Doug Lewandowski, PhD

Director of Translational Research - Cardiovascular Lead

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology

Ana Mora, MD

Director of Lung Research

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Natalia Higuita-Castro, PhD

Director of Advanced Therapeutics & Engineering

Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Our Administration

Penny Jones

Administrator

Izabelle Colvin

Associate Project Manager & Assistant to the Director

Jenifer Bennett

Business Operations Senior Analyst

Dan Maloney

Financial Analyst

Ellen Yokoyama

Education Program Manager - Heart and Vascular Center

Dennis Guess

Building Coordinator

Jordan Vulopas

Building Coordinator

DeeAnn Willis-Berry

Fiscal Officer

Latisha Roland

Office Service Coordinator

Dana Mack

Senior Director of Development

Alan Bakaletz

COMRTS DHLRI IT Service Liaison

Matthew Joseph

Senior Research Associate

Rachel Rosenzweig

Research Associate, Flow Core Coordinator

Riece Rivera

Student Administrative Assistant

Ella Olberding

Student Administrative Assistant

Our Investigators

DHLRI PIs and their respective websites are listed below by department.

Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Rizwan Ahmad, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Daniel Gallego Perez, PhD

Associate Professor

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Samir Ghadiali, PhD

Professor

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Natalia Higuita-Castro, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Rengasayee Veeraraghavan, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Seth Weinberg, PhD

Associate Professor

Visit Dr. Weinberg's Website
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Richard Gumina, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

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Yuchi Han, MD

Professor

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Thomas Hund, PhD

Professor

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Sara Koenig, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Orlando Simonetti, PhD

Professor

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Sakima Smith, MD

Associate Professor

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Rebecca Vanderpool, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Karolina Zareba, MD

Associate Professor - Clinical

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Department of Emergency Medicine
Division of General Surgery
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Division of Human Genetics
Division of Immunology & Rheumatology
Department of Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Division of Nephrology
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology

Xun Ai, MD

Professor

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Kedryn Baskin, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Brandon Biesiadecki, PhD

Professor

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Krishna Chinthalapudi, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Jon Davis, PhD

Professor

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Isabelle Deschenes, PhD

Professor

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Vadim Fedorov, PhD

Professor

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Jidong Fu, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Sandor Gyorke, PhD

Professor

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Sara Heissler, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Paul Janssen, PhD

Professor

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Christoph Lepper, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Peter Mohler, PhD

Professor

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Kiran Nakka, PhD

Assistant Professor

Website to Come

Drew Nassal, PhD

Assistant Professor

Website to Come

Yuta Nihongaki, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Jill Rafael-Fortney, PhD

Professor

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Harpreet Singh, PhD

Associate Professor

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Matthew Stratton, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Nuo Sun, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Dmitry Terentyev, PhD

Associate Professor

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Noah Weisleder, PhD

Professor

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Jing Zhao, MD, PhD

Professor

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Yutong Zhao, MD, PhD

Professor

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Mark Ziolo, PhD

Professor

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Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Megan Ballinger, PhD

Associate Professor

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Joseph Bednash, MD

Assistant Professor

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John Christman, MD

Professor

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Sangwoon Chung, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

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Elliott Crouser, MD

Professor

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Joshua Englert, MD

Associate Professor

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Laszlo Farkas, MD

Associate Professor

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Lynn Fussner, MD

Associate Professor - Clinical

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Kymberly Gowdy, PhD

Associate Professor

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Jeffrey Horowitz, MD

Professor

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James Londino, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Matthew Long, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Ulysses Magalang, MD

Professor

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Rama Mallampalli, MD

Professor

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Yohannes Mebratu, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Ana Mora, MD

Professor

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Mauricio Rojas, MD

Professor

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Anasuya Sarkar, PhD

Assistant Professor

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College of Pharmacy
Department of Radiology
Division of Vascular Surgery
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All Investigators

Rizwan Ahmad, PhD

Xun Ai, MD

Megan Ballinger, PhD

Kedryn Baskin, PhD

Joseph Bednash, MD

Brandon Biesiadecki, PhD

Krishna Chinthalapudi, PhD

John Christman, MD

Sangwoon Chung, PhD

Elliot Crouser, MD

Jonathan Davis, PhD

Isabelle Deschenes, PhD

Mona El Refaey, PhD

Joshua Englert, MD

Laszlo Farkas, MD

Vadim Fedorov, PhD

Nicholas Ferrell, PhD

Jidong Fu, MD, PhD

Nicholas Funderburg, PhD

Lynn Fussner, MD

Daniel Gallego-Perez, PhD

Latha Ganesan, PhD

Samir Ghadiali, PhD

Matthew Gorr, PhD

Kymberly Gowdy, PhD

Richard Gumina, MD, PhD

Sandor Gyorke, PhD

Yuchi Han, MD

Sarah Heissler, PhD

Ray Hershberger, MD

Natalia Higuita-Castro, PhD

Jeffrey Horowitz, MD

Willa Hsueh, MD

Thomas Hund, PhD

Paul Janssen, PhD

Onur Kanisicak, PhD

Mahmood Khan, MPharm, PhD

Sara Koenig, PhD

Arunark Kolipaka, PhD

George Kyriazis, PhD

Christoph Lepper, PhD

Doug Lewandowski, PhD

Pei-Hui Lin, PhD

James Londino, PhD

Matthew Long, PhD

Ulysses Magalang, MD

Rama Mallampalli, MD

Yohannes Mebratu, PhD

Peter Mohler, PhD

Ana Mora, MD

Kiran Nakka, PhD

Drew Nassal, PhD

Yuta Nihongaki, PhD

Przemyslaw Radwanski, PharmD, PhD

Jill Rafael-Fortney, PhD

Mauricio Rojas, MD

Brad Rovin, MD

Anasuya Sarkar, PhD

Orlando Simonetti, PhD

Harpreet Singh, PhD

Sakima Smith, MD

Kristin Stanford, PhD

Matthew Stratton, PhD

Nuo Sun, PhD

Dmitry Terentyev, PhD

Bryan Tillman, MD, PhD

Michael Tranter, PhD

Rebecca Vanderpool, PhD

Rengasayee Veeraraghavan, PhD

Seth Weinberg, PhD

Noah Weisleder, PhD

Bryan Whitson, MD, PhD

Loren Wold, PhD

Vicki Wysocki, PhD

Karolina Zareba, MD

Jing Zhao, MD, PhD

Yutong Zhao, MD, PhD

Lufang Zhou, PhD

Hua Zhu, PhD

Mark Ziolo, PhD

Our Affiliated Members

DHLRI Members are listed below by college.

Arts & Sciences
Dentistry
Engineering
CFAES
CEHE
Medicine
Nursing
Optometry
Pharmacy
Public Health
Veterinary Medicine
Other
All Members

Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

Mathematical Biosciences Institute
Department of Physics

Dentistry

College of Dentistry

Division of Biosciences

Engineering

College of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

CFAES

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Department of Food Science & Technology

CEHE

College of Education & Human Ecology

Department of Human Sciences Human Nutrition

Medicine

College of Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Center for Biostatistics
Department of Family & Community Medicine
School of Health & Rehabilitation Services Division of Medical Sciences
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

William Abraham, MD

Daniel Addison, MD

M. Rizwan Afzal, MD

Umair Ahmad, MD

Mahmoud Ahmed Eid, MD

Talal Attar, MD

Ralph Augostini, MD

Cindy Baker, MD

Ragavendar Baliga, MD

MIchelle Ballinger, MD

Slaman Bhatti, MD

Philip Binkley, MD

Indra Bole, MD

Konstantinos Boudoulas, MD

Vincent Brinkman, MD

Pricilla Correa-Jaque, MD

Curt Daniels, MD

Emile Daoud, MD

Steven Dean, MD

Michael Donnally, mD

Beth Foreman, MD

Veronica Franco, MD

Katarzyna Gil, MD

Arnold Good, MD

Katie Gordon, MD

Garrie Haas, MD

Thura Harfi, MD

Ayesha Hasan, MD

Lauren Hassen, MD, MPH

Craig Hemann, MD

Mahmoud Houmsse, MD

William Houser, MD

John Hummel, MD

Nkechi Ijioma, MD

Rami Kahwash, MD

Steven Kalbfleisch, MD

Arsad Karcic, MD

Denis Komarov, MD

Tapan Kundu, MD

John Larry, MD

Lauren Lastinger, MD

Scott Lilly, MD

Jim Liu, MD

Doug Magorien, MD

Raymond Magorien, MD

Unni Marar, MD

William Marshall, MD

Ernest Mazzaferri, MD

Laxmi Mehta, MD

Wesley Milks, MD

Paul Moodispaw, MD

Phoo Pwint Nandar, MD

Toshimasa Okabe, MD

David Orsinelli, MD

Valibhav Patel, MD

Adam Potter, MD, PhD

Ben Romer, MD

James Ryan, MD

Thomas Ryan, MD

Salvatore Savona, MD

Stephen Schaal, MD

Gbemiga Sofowora, MD

Qinghua Sun, MD, PhD

Blair Suter, MD

Matthew Tong, MD

Ajay Vallakatti, MD

Scott Visovatti, MD

Raul Weiss, MD

Jay Zweier, MD
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology & Immunology
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Human Genetics
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Microbiology
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Nephrology
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Emily Amin, MD

Nitin Bhatt, MD

Kelsey Black, MD

Nathan Brummel, MD

Nitin Bhatt, MD

Lawrence Chan, DO

Megan Conroy, MD

Avraham Cooper, MD

Philip Diaz, MD

Ryan Donald, MD

Gregory Eisinger, MD

Vincent Esguerra, MD

Matthew Exline, MD

Christian Ghattas, MBBCh

Lauren Goodman, MD

Derrick Herman, MD

Kevin Ho, MD

Steven Holfinger, MD

Jennica Johns, MD

Manjula Karpurapu, PhD

Meena Khan, MD

Sindhu Mukku, MD

Ali Naeem, MD

Richard Nho, PhD

David Nunley, MD

Stella Ogake, MBBCh

John Odackal, MD

Jasleen Pannu, MBBs

Sonal Pannu, MD

Narasimham Parinandi, PhD

Johnathan Parsons, MD

Nicholas Pastis, MD

Alberto Revelo, MD

Justin Rosenheck, DO

Troy Schaffernocker, MD

Bronwyn Small, MD

Carleen Spitzer, MD

Jerome Stasek, MD

Kyle Stinehart, MD

Sarah Tapyrik, MD

Joanna Tsai, MD

Jing Wang, MD

Michael Wert, MD

Mark Wewers, MD
Department of Microbial Infection & Immunity
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology
Department of Radiology
Department of Surgery Division of Cardiac Surgery
Department of Surgery Division of Transplant Surgery
Department of Surgery Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn
Government Resource Center

Nursing

College of Nursing

College of Nursing

Optometry

Pharmacy

College of Pharmacy

Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology

Public Health

College of Public Health

Division of Epidemiology

Veterinary Medicine

College of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Veterinary Biosciences
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Other

Nationwide Children's Hospital

All Members

A-C

William Abraham, MD

T.M. Adesanya, MD, PhD

Umair Ahmad, MD

Amal Amer, MD, PhD

Emily Amin, MD

Talal Attar, MD

Ralph Augostini, MD

Cindy Baker, MD

Ragavendra Baliga, MD

Michelle Ballinger, MD

Martha Belury, PhD

Nitin Bhatt, MD

Phillip Binkley, MD, MPH

Daniel Birmingham, PhD

Kelsey Black, MD

Benjamin Blais, MD

Indra Bole, MD

Konstantinos Boudoulas, MD

Vincent Brinkman, MD

Nathan Brummel, MD

Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD

Arthur Burghes, PhD

Andrew Carley, PhD

Cynthia Carnes, PharmD, PhD

Jeffrey Chalmers, PhD

Lawrence Chan, DO

Julia Coleman, MD

Megan Conroy, MD

Daniel Conway, PhD

Avraham Cooper, MD

Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, PhD
Jason Cowan, PhD
D-F
G-I

Vidu Garg, MD

Christian Ghattas, MBBCh

Katarzyna Gil, MD

Keith Gooch, PhD

Arnold Good, MD

Lauren Goodman, MD

Matthew Gorr, PhD

William Grobman, MD, MBA

Mireia Guerau, PharmD, PhD

John Gunn, PhD

Tamar Gur, MD, PhD

Garrie Haas, MD

Mark Hall, MD

Thura Harfi, MD

Ayesha Hasan, MD

Lauren Hassen, MD, MPH

Emily Hemann, PhD

Derrick, MD

Paco Herson, PhD

Kevin Ho, MD

Steven Holfinger, MD

Mahmoud Houmsse, MD

William Houser, MD

John Hummel, MD

Nkechi Ijioma, MD
J-L
M-O

Doug Magorien, MD

Raymond Magorien, MD

Unni Marar, MD

William Marshall, MD

Ernest Mazzaferri, MD

Isla McClelland, MD

Kamal Mehta, PhD

Laxmi Mehta, MD

Wesley Milks, MD

Paul Moodispaw, MD

Sindhu Mukku, MD

Kirk Mykytyn, PhD

Ali Naeem, MD

Leif Nelin, MD

Richard Nho, PhD

David Nunley, MD

John Odackal, MD

Stella Ogake, MBBCh

Toshimasa Okabe, MD

David Orsinelli, MD
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Our Leadership

Thomas Hund, PhD

Our Associate Directors

Kristin Stanford, PhD

Associate Director - Metabolism Lead

Doug Lewandowski, PhD

Director of Translational Research - Cardiovascular Lead

Ana Mora, MD

Director of Lung Research

Natalia Higuita-Castro, PhD

Director of Advanced Therapeutics & Engineering

Our Administration

Penny Jones

Izabelle Colvin

Jenifer Bennett

Dan Maloney

Ellen Yokoyama

Dennis Guess

Jordan Vulopas

DeeAnn Willis-Berry

Latisha Roland

Dana Mack

Alan Bakaletz

Matthew Joseph

Rachel Rosenzweig

Riece Rivera

Ella Olberding

Our Investigators

Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Division of Cardiac Surgery

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Department of Emergency Medicine

Division of General Surgery

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Division of Human Genetics

Division of Immunology & Rheumatology

Department of Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics

Division of Nephrology

Department of Physiology and Cell Biology

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

College of Pharmacy

Department of Radiology

Division of Vascular Surgery

All Investigators

Our Affiliated Members

Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

Mathematical Biosciences Institute

Department of Physics

Dentistry

College of Dentistry

Division of Biosciences

Engineering

College of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

CFAES

College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Department of Food Science & Technology

CEHE

College of Education & Human Ecology

Department of Human Sciences Human Nutrition

Medicine

College of Medicine

Department of Anesthesiology

Department of Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology

Department of Biomedical Sciences

Center for Biostatistics

Department of Family & Community Medicine

School of Health & Rehabilitation Services Division of Medical Sciences

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology & Immunology

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology

Department of Internal Medicine Division of Human Genetics