Tenure Track Faculty
E. Fiona Bailey, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Speech/Language and Hearing
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Affairs
Shaowen Bao, PhD
Associate Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor Neuroscience-GIDP
Associate Professor Physiological Sciences-GIDP
Scott Boitano, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Associate Research Scientist Respiratory Sciences
Professor BIO5 Institute Professor
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Dawn K. Coletta, PhD
Associate Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor Medicine, Associate Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Nicholas A. Delamere, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor Ophthalmology, Professor BIO5 Institute
Erika D. Eggers, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Associate Department Head Research - Physiology
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor Neuroscience - GIDP
Professor BIO5 Institute
Ralph Fregosi, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Neurobiology
Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Professor, Neuroscience - GIDP
Professor, Anesthesiology
Andrew J. Fuglevand, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Professor Neuroscience
Professor Neuroscience - GIDP
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Katalin M. Gothard, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor Neurology
Associate Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Assistant Professor Neurobiology
Assistant Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Assistant Professor BIO5 Institute
Samantha Harris, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor BIO5 Institute
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Meredith Hay, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor, Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Professor BIO5 Institute
Professor Psychology
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
M. Maya Kaelberer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology (Pre-Hire)
Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
Cosden Professor & Chair, Physiology
Director, Molecular Systems Medicine Initiative (MSMI)
Professor, Genetics - GIDP
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Statistics and Data Science - GIDP
Ronald M. Lynch, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Associate Professor Pharmacology
Professor BIO5 Institute
Director Aribi Institute
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Associate Director Shared Resources, University of Arizona Cancer Center
Paulo W. Pires, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences-GIDP
Assistant Professor Surgery
Timothy W. Secomb, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor BIO5 Institute
Professor Mathematics
Professor Applied Mathematics - GIDP
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Patricia A. Thompson, Ph.D.
Professor, Physiology (Pre-Hire)
Jing (Jason) O. Wu, PhD, FAHA
Assistant Professor, Physiology (Pre-Hire)
Teaching Track Faculty
Zoe Cohen, PhD
Associate Professor, Educator Scholar Track, Physiology
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDPDirector, COM-T Honors College Early Assurance Program (HEAP)Director, COM-T Baccalaureate Programs and APMEAssistant Director, Scholarly Projects
Lucinda Rankin, PhD
Associate Professor, Educator Scholar Track, Physiology
Allyson Roof, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Physiology
Associate Director, Undergraduate Programs Physiology
Claudia Stanescu, PhD
Associate Professor, Educator Scholar Track, Physiology
Director, Undergraduate Programs Physiology; Associate Department Head, Education - Physiology
Research Track Faculty
Jing Liu, MB, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Physiology (Pre-Hire)
Mohammad Shahidullah, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Physiology
Research Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
Joint Appointment & Affiliated Faculty
Joao Carvalho-de-Souza, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Research Assistant Professor, Physiology
Andreia Chignalia, PharmD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Fayez Ghishan, MD
Department Head, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Professor, Physiology
Scott Going, PhD
Professor, School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Director, School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Professor, Physiology
Ravi Goyal, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Research, Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine Phoenix
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hendrikus L Granzier, PhD
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Professor, Genetics - GIDP
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Physiology
David Margolis, MD
Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Brian S Mckay, PhD
Professor, Ophthalmology - (Research Scholar Track)
Professor, Physiology
Juanita L Merchant, MD, PhD
Interim Director, Cancer Center
Associate Director, Basic Sciences, Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, College of Medicine
Regents Professor
Professor, College of Medicine
Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor, Neurosurgery
Paul Standley
Professor, Basic Medical Sciences
Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs and Program Evaluation
Professor, Physiology
Jennifer Stern, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Assistant Professor, Physiology
