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Physiology

Studying the human body as a whole on down to biomolecules.

Physiology Research Team

Anthony Archibong, BSc, MS, Ph.D., T.S. (A.B.B.)

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Sickle Cell Center

(615) 327-5714
aarchibong@mmc.edu

Bindong Liu, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6877
bliu@mmc.edu

Byeongwoon Song, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6698
bsong@mmc.edu

Donald Alcendor, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Tennessee Area Health Education Centers Program

(615) 327-6449
dalcendor@mmc.edu

Dorin Bogdan Borza, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 963-2833
dborza@mmc.edu

Evangeline Motley-Johnson, PhD, FAHA

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6527
emotley@mmc.edu

Hong Yang, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-5772
hyang@mmc.edu

Minu Chaudhuri, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5726
mchaudhuri@mmc.edu

PIUS NDE, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6997
pnde@mmc.edu

Waldemar Popik, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6734
wpopik@mmc.edu

Xinhong Dong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research

(615) 327-6464
xdong@mmc.edu

Zhongmao Guo, MD, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6804
zguo@mmc.edu

Physiology Team Publications

Dysregulation of Endothelin-1: Implications for Health Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease.
Alcendor DJ

Novel IM-associated protein Tim54 plays a role in the mitochondrial import of internal signal-containing proteins in Trypanosoma brucei.
Singha UK, Tripathi A, Smith JT Jr, Quinones L, Saha A, Singha T, Chaudhuri M

Cytotrophoblasts suppress macrophage-mediated inflammation through a contact-dependent mechanism.
Eastman AJ, Vrana EN, Grimaldo MT, Jones AD, Rogers LM, Alcendor DJ, Aronoff DM

Racial Disparities-Associated COVID-19 Mortality among Minority Populations in the US.
Alcendor DJ

Role of the translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane in the import of tRNAs into mitochondria in Trypanosoma brucei.
Barozai MYK, Chaudhuri M

Thrombospondin-1 Plays an Essential Role in Yes-Associated Protein Nuclear Translocation during the Early Phase of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Heart Endothelial Cells.
Arun A, Rayford KJ, Cooley A, Rachakonda G, Villalta F, Pratap S, Lima MF, Sheibani N, Nde PN