Center Members

The UF Center for Regenerative Medicine will be uniquely focused on building cross-disciplinary teams capable of moving developing therapies along this broad continuum from bench to bedside. We believe teams of fundamental scientists, translational clinician-scientists, and patient-facing clinicians under the CRM umbrella will advance therapies across this development pipeline at an accelerated pace.

 

Leadership

  • Mustafa Ahmed, MD
    Director, UF Center for Regenerative Medicine
    Professor of Medicine
    Vice Chief of Research, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    Section Chief, Heart Failure
    Medical Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
  • Ashley Darakjian
    Graduate Student Representative, UF Center for Regenerative Medicine
    PhD Student
    Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Faculty

Agriculture

Biotechnology, Delivery, Diagnostic, Infrastructural, and Screening Technologies

  • Josephine Allen, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Principal Investigator
    UF Department of Material Sciences and Engineering
  • Rodrigo Cristofoletti, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pharmaceutics
  • Nathalie Clément, PhD
    Associate Director
    Powell Gene Therapy Center Vector Core
    UF Pediatric Research
  • Malcolm Maden, PhD
    Professor, UF Department of Biology
    UF Cancer & Genetics Research Complex
  • Tamara Mandell, M.Ed. 
    Associate Director, Education and Training Programs
    UF Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology
  • David R. Nelson, MD 
    Director, UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
    UF Professor and Associate Dean for Clinical Research
  • Carlos Rinaldi, PhD
    Charles A. Stokes Term Professor
    Chair, Chemical Engineering Department
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering  
  • Thomas Schmittgen, PhD
    Professor of Pharmaceutics
    UF College of Pharmacy
  • Naohiro Terada,  PhD
    Professor, Division of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
    Director, Experimental Pathology

Cancer

  • Chris R. Cogle, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    UF Division of Hematology & Oncology
  • Coy Heldermon, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    UF Division of Hematology & Oncology
  • Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
    Director, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program
    Co-Director, Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy
    UF Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery
  • Edward Scott, PhD
    UF Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
  • Xin Tang, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
  • John R. Wingard
    Price Eminent Scholar and Professor of Medicine
    Deputy Director of Research & Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
    UF Division of Hematology & Oncology

Cardiovascular

  • Mustafa Ahmed, MD 
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    UF Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Christopher Batich, PhD
    Director of Pilot Programs, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
    Affilate Professor, UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
    UF Department of Material Sciences and Engineering
  • Scott Berceli, MD, PhD
    Professor
    UF Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
  • Katelyn Bruno, PhD, FHFSA
    Assistant Professor
    UF Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Barry Byrne, MD, PhD
    Director, UF Powell Gene Therapy Center
    Professor, Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
    Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics
    UF Pediatric Research
  • Demetra Christou, PhD
    Associate Professor
    UF Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
    UF College of Health & Human Performance
  • Jon Dobson, PhD
    J. Crayton Pruitt Family Professor
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Amara Estrada 
    Professor and Chair, SA Cardiology
    UF Department of Small Animal Clinical Services
  • Christiaan Leeuwenbergh, PhD
    Professor and Chief, Division of Biology of Aging
    UF Institute on Aging
    Leader, Metabolism and Biomarkers Core
    Leader, Research Career Development Core
  • Robert T. Mankowski, PhD
    Research Assistant Professor
    UF Institute on Aging & Geriatric Research
  • Peter McFetridge, PhD
    Associate Professor
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Walter Lee Murfee, PhD
    Associate Professor
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Renato Navarro, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Carl Pepine, MD, MACC
    Professor Emeritus
    UF Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Dmitry Traktuev, PhD
    Research Associate Professor
    Division of Pulmonary Medicine
  • Gilbert Upchurch, MD 
    Chair, UF Department of Surgery
    Edward R. Woodward Professor of Surgery

Circadian Biology

  • Karyn Esser, PhD
    Professor, UF Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics
    Associate Program Director, Institute of Myology
  • Michelle L. Gumz, PhD
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    UF Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
  • Andrew Liu, PhD
    Associate Professor
    UF Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics

Gastrointestinal and Digestive

  • Mark Atkinson, PhD
    Jeffrey Keene Family Professor
    UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
    UF Diabetes Institute
  • Roniel Cabrera, MD, MS 
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    UF Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
  • Zhiyong Cheng, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
  • Michael J. Clare-Salzler, MD 
    Stetson Professo and Chair,  Experimental Pathology
    Director, Center for Immunology and Transplantation
    UF Diabetes Institute
  • Clayton E. Mathews, PhD
    Professor
    UF Department of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine
  • Edward Phelps, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Desmond Schatz, MD
    Professor and Associate Chairman, Pediatrics
    Medical Director, UF Diabetes Institute
    Associate Director, UF Clinical Research Center
  • Cherie Stabler, PhD
    Associate Professor & Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering

Inflammation and Immunity

Musculoskeletal

  • Kyle D. Allen, PhD
    Associate Professor and Associate Chair for UG Studies
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Adam Biedrzycki
    Assistant Professor
    Large Animal Clinical Sciences
    Large Animal Surgery
    UF College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Steve Ghivizzani, PhD
    UF Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
    Gene Therapy Laboratory
  • C. Parker Gibbs, MD 
    Eugene L. Jewett Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
    Chief Medical Officer for UF Health Shands
    Division Chief, UF Orthopedic Oncology
    UF Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
  • Jennifer Hagen, MD
    Assistant Professor
    UF Orthopedics and Sports Medicine – Trauma
  • Glyn D. Palmer, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
  • Maurice Swanson, PhD
    Professor and Associate Program Director
    Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiologyon
  • Blanka Sharma, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    UF Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Glenn A. Walter, PhD
    Professor
    UF Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics
  • Stephanie Wohlgemuth, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Physiology
    UF Department of Animal Sciences
  • Feng Yue, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Neurological

  • Prodip K. Bose, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor and Research Associate Professor
    Department of Physiological Sciences
    UF College of Veterinary Medicine
  • William W. Hauswirth, PhD
    Professor
    Maida and Morris Rybaczki Eminent Scholar Chair in Ophthalmic Sciences
    UF Department of Ophthalmology Research
  • Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD
    Director, UF Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program
    Co-Director, Preston A. Wells Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy
    UF Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery
  • Michael Okun, MD
    Professor and Chair, UF Department of Neurology
    Co-Director Movement Disorders Center
    National Medical Director of the Parkinson’s Foundation
  • Kevin Otto, PhD
    Professor
    J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
  • Brent Reynolds, PhD
    Professor
    UF Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery
  • Christine E. Schmidt,  PhD
    Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Chair & Department Chair
    Biomedical Engineering

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • John D. Murray, MD
    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    UF Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – College of Medicine, Jacksonville
  • Kalyan C Dadireddy, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Pulmonary

  • Mark L. Brantly, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    UF Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
  • Borna Mehrad, MD 
    Professor of Medicine and Division Chief
    UF Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
  • Mohan Raizada, PhD
    Distinguished Professor
    UF Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics
    Member, UF McKnight Brain Institute

Veterinary Medicine


Administration

  • TBD
    Administrative Specialist