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Center for Regenerative Medicine Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine
About the Center Overview

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