Cardiovascular Research Faculty
Mohamed A. Bayorh, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Cardiovascular, neurochemical, and signal transduction pathways
in the action of polyunsaturated fatty acids, vasoactive substances, and drugs of
abuse.
Email: mbayorh@msm.edu
Danita Eatman-Daniels, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Hormonal regulation of hypertension.
Email: deatman@msm.edu
Sharon Francis, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Molecular physiology and vascular biology of hypertension and obesity-related
vascular diseases.
Email: sfrancis@msm.edu
Minerva Garcia-Barrio, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Molecular biology. Regulation of gene expression in vascular smooth
muscle and cancer.
Email: mgarcia-barrio@msm.edu
Sandra Harris-Hooker, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Loss of endothelial cells and intimal proliferation of smooth muscle
in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
Email: sharris-hooker@msm.edu
Rigobert Lapu-Bula, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interest: Echocardiography, health disparities.
Email: rlapu@msm.edu
Dong Liu, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interest: Therapeutic angiogenesis with stem cells.
Email: dliu@msm.edu
Shobu Namura, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interest: Cerebrovascular functions and their sequelae after stroke.
Email: snamura@msm.edu
Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Interest: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health. Preventive cardiology.
Clinical research.
Email: eofili@msm.edu
Priscilla Pemu, M.D., M.S.C.R.
Research Interest: Obesity and its relationship to cardiometabolic risk.
Email: pipemu@msm.edu
Christopher Phillips, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Interest: Cardiovascular disease.
Email: cphillips@msm.edu
Herman Taylor, M.D., M.P.H.
Research Interest: Preventive cardiology.
Email: htaylor@msm.edu
Evan F. Williams, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Role of nucleoside transporters in cardiovascular function, ocular
purinergic systems.
Email: ewilliams@msm.edu
Xueying Zhao, Ph.D.
Research Interest: Epoxygenase metabolites and endothelial dysfunction.
Email: xzhao@msm.edu