In this section, you will find all of the NAIPI members listed. You can search for members by name or find them associated with the funded program (INBRE/COBRE/CTR)
Kyle Quinn
Dr. Kyle Quinn received his B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004. He earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 2010 from the University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Dr. Beth Winkelstein. He then joined the Department [...]
Lawrence Cornett
Dr. Lawrence Cornett is Professor and Director, Arkansas INBRE, Ph.D., University of California, Davis. National Committee Member NAIPI His research interests are focused primarily on the homeostatic roles of the neurohypophysial hormone vasotocin in the [...]
Thomas Gettys
Dr. Thomas Gettys earned his Ph.D. in Nutrition/Physiology from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina in 1984. He joined the faculty of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in 2001 to establish the Laboratory of Adipocyte [...]
Jiang He
Dr. Jiang He is a nationally and internationally well-known expert in the clinical, translational, and epidemiological research of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. He has conducted novel studies in obesity, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and [...]
Michal Jazwinski
Dr. Michal Jazwinski, Director, Tulane Center for Aging, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, received his doctoral degree from Stanford University. He completed postdoctoral training at Rockefeller University where he stayed as an assistant professor. He [...]
John Kirwan
John Kirwan, MSc, Ph.D., FACSM, George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition, Executive Director- Professor. He also held faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University as a professor of physiology and of nutrition. [...]
Jacqueline Stephens
Jacqueline Stephens, Professor BMB and CDIB Divisions, Ph.D.: East Carolina University School of Medicine, 1992 Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Louisiana She is working as Principal Investigator [...]
Joseph Francis
Dr. Joseph Francis, Professor, Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBS). He earned his BS and MS degrees in Veterinary Sciences from Madras Veterinary College in Madras, India, before obtaining his Ph.D. from Kansas State University. He is [...]
Andrew Yurochko
Andrew Yurochko, Ph.D., Louisiana Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Carroll Feist Chair of Viral Oncology, Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats. Andrew Yurochko is also a working PI of the NIH [...]
Krzysztof Reiss
Krzysztof Reiss, PhD, earned his doctorate in cell biology from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, in 1989. At LSU, he is a Professor within the hematology/oncology section of the department of medicine and director of the [...]
Christopher Kevil
Christopher Kevil, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research, Dean, School of Graduate Studies Director / Principal Investigator, Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease COBRE, Louisiana Professor, Departments of Pathology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Cellular Biology [...]
Jeyaseelan Samithamby
Dr. Jeyaseelan Samithamby, Veterinarian-Scientist (DVM/Ph.D.), is an internationally recognized investigator in the area of innate immunity against pathogens as it relates to inflammation and injury in the lungs and extrapulmonary organs. His educational interest primarily [...]
Konstantin Kousoulas
Dr. Konstantin Kousoulas is a professor of virology and biotechnology in the department of pathobiological sciences and director of the division of biotechnology and molecular medicine (BioMMED). He is the Director of the NIH-funded Center [...]