Affiliated Faculty Directory
GEM's award-winning affiliated faculty are committed to genomic literacy and improved personal health. They come from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, School of Dental Medicine, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Hauptman-Woodward Institute.
Ravikumar Aalinkeel, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Room N0 6071C, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Phone: (716) 888-4778; Fax: (716) 888-1495
Email: ra5@buffalo.edu
![Diana S. Aga, PhD.]()
Director, UB RENEW Institute; SUNY Distinguished Professor; Henry M. Woodburn Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
611 Natural Sciences Complex, University at Buffalo, North Campus Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-4220
Email: dianaaga@buffalo.edu
Empire Innovation Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
UB Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
SUNY Distinguished Professor ; Director, Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine (SCiRM) Training Program
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University Commons 1400 Sweet Home Road Suite 5 Amherst, NY 14228
Phone: (716) 323-0080
Email: rbaker2@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Email: ssbaker@buffalo.edu
Grant T. Fisher Professor and Chair of Microbiology & Immunology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
5262 JSMBS University at Buffalo (SUNY) 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 645-1827
Email: jdbangs@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
VA Western New York Healthcare System Research (151) 3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 862-6529; Fax: (716) 862-6526
Email: berenson@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
107 Dorsheimer Laboratory and Greenhouse; Buffalo NY, 14260
Phone: (716) 645-4997
Email: camjob@acsu.buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
955 Main Street Room 3226 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2800; Fax: (716) 829-2801
Email: ab68@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
277 Farber Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-5385; Fax: (716) 829-2979
Email: mrbonner@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of History; Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
955 Main Street Room 3204 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2110; Fax: (716) 829-2801
Email: pgb@buffalo.edu
Professor; William J. Magavern Faculty Scholar
UB Law School
Professor; Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
School of Law
Professor
Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences
311 Farber Hall Hall 3435 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-5181
Email: rwbrowne@buffalo.edu
Professor; Director, Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Program
Department of Biochemistry
Department Chair; Associate Professor
Department of Theater and Dance
Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Science Institute 875 Ellicott Street Suite 7030 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2663
Email: canty@buffalo.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
UB Clinical and Translational Research Center
Email: leechave@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Micro & Immunol. and of Pharmacol & Tox.
Department of Medicine
Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Biological Sciences
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Medicine
Professor of Empire Innovation; Director, UB Microbiome Center
Department of Oral Biology
621 Biomedical Research Building (BRB) University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14214-8024
Phone: (716) 829-5822
Email: pidiazmo@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Informatics
B2-165 NYS Center Of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences 701 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716-881-8975
Email: addiehl@buffalo.edu
Professor; Chair
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
SUNY Distinguished Professor;
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Jacobs School of Medicine, 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3048
Email: mdubo@buffalo.edu
Research Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics & Professor of Internal Medicine
Department of Biomedical Informatics
SUNY Distinguished Professor and Division Chief, Behavioral Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
G56 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3400; Fax: (716) 829-3993
Email: lhenet@buffalo.edu
Associate Dean, Interdisciplinary Research
Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
UBMD Pediatrics Division of Infectious Diseases 1001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 323-0150; Fax: (716) 888-3804
Email: hfaden@buffalo.edu
Associate Director for Research, UB Microbiome Center; Research Assistant Professor; Associate Director, Periodontal Disease Research Center
Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Associate Professor; Associate Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Meyer H. Riwchun Endowed Chair Professor; Vice-Chair and Director of Research
Department of Ophthalmology
VA Western NY Healthcare System Research Service- Bldg 20, Rm 202 3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215-1129
Phone: (716) 862-6538
Email: fliesler@buffalo.edu
Professor; Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Director Canadian Studies
Department of Africana and American Studies
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Emeritus Director
Romanell Center for Clinical Ethics and the Philosophy of Medicine
Email: jfreer@buffalo.edu
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, School of Public Health and Health Professions; Deputy Director, Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Email: cfunk@buffalo.edu
Professor of Oncology; Chief Information Officer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Email: furlani@buffalo.edu
Suny Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Chair; Professor
Department of Linguistics
Vice President for Research and Economic Development; SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Director, Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS)
516 Capen Hall University at Buffalo, NY 14260-1611
Phone: (716) 645-3321
Email: vpr@research.buffalo.edu
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor; SUNY Distinguished Professor; Director, UB Initiative on Plastics Recycling and Innovation; Founding Director, UB RENEW
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor
Department of Medicine
Professor, Retired
Department of Biochemistry
Email: rgron@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Structural Biology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main St Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-3696
Email: amgulick@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
John E. Fisher Chair in Pediatric Surgery; Surgeon in Cheif, Oishei Children‘s Hospital; Chief of Surgery, Kaleida Health
Department of Surgery
Professor
Department of History
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Physiology and Biophysics, Room# 4132 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3290
Email: whofmann@buffalo.edu
Chair RPCI Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Elm and Carlton Streets Buffalo, NY 14263
Phone: (716) 845-1300 x5594
Email: ahutson@buffalo.edu
Professor and Chair, Department of Engineering Education; Professor
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Professor
Department of Linguistics
Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Professor; Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
Department of Biological Sciences
Research Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics
UBMD Pediatrics Division of Neonatology 1001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 323-0260
Email: vkumar3@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Email: smkuo@buffalo.edu
Professor; Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine
Department of Medicine
Erie County Medical Center Behavioral Medicine Clinic DK Miller Bldg, 462 Grider Street Buffalo, NY 14215
Phone: (716) 898-5671
Email: lackner@buffalo.edu
Research Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
![Kenneth E. Leonard.]()
Director, Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions; Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education; Associate Dean for Medical Curriculum
Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street, Room 7165 Buffalo, NY 14203-1121
Phone: (716) 829-3467
Email: camlesse@buffalo.edu
Director of the Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Technologies (SMART) CoE; Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
208 Davis Hall Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-2682; Fax: (716) 645-2684
Email: kelewis@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Associate Professor of Oncology; Professor of Biochemistry
UB Department of Biochemistry; Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Email: tliu4@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Learning and Instruction
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
Co-Director, MPH Biostatistics Concentration; Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
6074 UB‘s CTRC Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus 875Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 888-4776
Email: smahajan@buffalo.edu
![Xiaodan Mai.]()
Xiaodan Mai, MBBS, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Professor and Chair
Department of Structural Biology
Jacobs School of Medicine And Biomedical Sciences 955 Main Street
Phone: (716)829-3968
Email: mgm22@buffalo.edu
SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Margaret W. Wong Professor, 2013-2020
UB School of Law
Email: eemeid@buffalo.edu
Interim Chair; Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Director of Graduate Studies, MS & PhD Programs; Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
621 10th Street Department of Pathology Niagara Falls, New York 14301
Phone: (716) 278-4339
Email: mojica@buffalo.edu
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Executive Director, Genome Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence; SUNY Distinguished Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Director, Community Health Equity Research Institute
Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott St. Room 6091 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 881-8911
Email: murphyt@buffalo.edu
Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Medicine
Co-director, Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence; Executive Director, NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences; Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies, MPH Program; Director, MPH Concentration in Epidemiology; Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Clinical Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction
SUNY Distinguished Professor; UB Distinguished Professor; Associate Dean for Research & Biomed. Ed.
Department of Biochemistry
955 Main Street Office 4223 Lab 4240 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3074
Email: mspatel@buffalo.edu
Stern Family Professor, Computer Science; Director, Data Intensive Studies Center (DISC); Professor, Tufts University
UB Center for Hybrid Rocket Exascale Simulation Technology
Phone: (617) 627-3718
Email: abani.patra@tufts.edu
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Room 4203 955 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2473
Email: asp@buffalo.edu
UB Distinguished Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Research Integration
Department of Pediatrics
UBMD Pediatrics Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes 1001 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 323-0170
Email: quattrin@buffalo.edu
Arthur M. Morris Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Clinical Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott Street, Suite 8030 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 888-4826
Email: rquigg@buffalo.edu
![Rajendram Rajnarayanan PhD.]()
Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
111 Farber Hall; 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2130
Email: rajendra@buffalo.edu
Research Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Email: pkram@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
5222 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3307
Email: lread@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Disability Studies
Department of History
Associate Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
SUNY Distinguished Professor; Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease
Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine of Biomedical Sciences, room 5212 University at Buffalo 955 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2674
Email: trusso@buffalo.edu
Professor and Chief, Division of Bioinformatics
Department of Biomedical Informatics
![Lauren Sassoubre.]()
Lauren Sassoubre, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Chair and Professor of Oral Biology; Associate Dean of Faculty and Professional Development
Department of Oral Biology
Foster Hall, Room 109, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3373
Email: fas1@buffalo.edu
UB Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics; Division Chief, Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology
Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott St., Rm 6076 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 961-9900
Email: sasimmun@buffalo.edu
Professor and Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; Assistant Vice President for Health Sciences
Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott St. Room 6045A Buffalo, NY 14215
Email: ssethi@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Professor; Neuroscience Program Director
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor of Dermatology
Department of Dermatology
6078 Clinical and Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott, Street Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 204-8730
Email: aasinha@buffalo.edu
Professor and Chair
Department of Architecture
Professor, Director of BioXFEL; Senior Scientist, CEO of Hauptman-Woodward Medical Institute
Department of Materials Design and Innovation, Department of Structural Biology
Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute Address 700 Ellicott St., Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 898-8631; Fax: (716) 898-8660
Email: esnell@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Information Science
Professor; Director, Molec. and Structural Neurobiol. Gene Therapy Prog.; Director, Stem Cell SCEF
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 955 Main St Third floor Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-3540
Email: mks4@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Co-director, Genome, Environment and Microbiome Community of Excellence; Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Professor
Department of Medicine
Clinical and Translational Research Center 875 Ellicott Street Suite 6089 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-6208
Email: ahtalal@buffalo.edu
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Phone: (716) 829-3300
Email: biochtau@buffalo.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Phone: (716) 881-7907
Email: mtezal@buffalo.edu
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
UB Clinical & Research Institute on Addictions 1021 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14203-1016
Phone: (716) 881-7520
Email: pthanos@ria.buffalo.edu
Senior Research Scientist, Behavioral Neuroscience; Clinical Research Professor
Department of Psychology
Phone: (716) 887-2243
Email: athompso@ria.buffalo.edu
SUNY Distinguished Professor and Peter A. Nickerson, PhD Chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences
Department of Pathology and Anatomical Science
955 Main St., Rm 4102 Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 829-2846; Fax: (716)829-2086
Email: johntoma@buffalo.edu
Director of Community Translational Research; Director of Community Engagement for UB's Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Family Medicine
UB Downtown Gateway 77 Goodell Street, Suite 220N Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 816-7278
Email: tumiel@buffalo.edu
Professor ; Program Head, Emerging Practices; Director, GEM Coalesce Center for Biological Art
Department of Art
Dean, School of Public Health and Health Professions; SUNY Distinguished Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Phone: (716) 829-5374
Email: jww@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Adjunct Instructor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Phone: (716) 645-2484
Email: scarlin@buffalo.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics; Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UBMD & Kaleida Health; Kaleida Health Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics
University at Buffalo Institute for Healthcare Informatics 955 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 881-7507
Email: pwink@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
John R. Oishei Children's Hospital 818 Ellicott St. Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: 716 878-7645
Email: bwood@buffalo.edu
Professor
School of Law
![Lawrence Wrabetz MD.]()
Lawrence Wrabetz MD
Research Professor; Emeritus Professor
Department of Neurology, Department of Biochemistry
Phone: (716) 881-8913
Email: lwrabetz@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Ross Eye Institute; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 955 Main St., Room 4116
Phone: 716-645-1808; Fax: 716-862-6526
Email: xzhang38@buffalo.edu
![Jiwei Zhao.]()
Jiwei Zhao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
719 Kimball Tower Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2753; Fax: (716) 829-2200
Email: zhaoj@buffalo.edu
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Phone: (716) 645-3187
Email: jzola@buffalo.edu
