Tag health/medicine, human

Ben Marcus
Assistant professor, Department of Surgery; director of facial plastic surgery, Division of Otolaryngology
Expert in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery
Michael Abernethy
Clinical professor, emergency medicine; Chief flight physician UW Med Flight
Among the most experienced flight physicians in N America/Europe/Asia; expert on prehospital emergency medicine/ helicopter emergency medical services.

Donna Friedsam
Distinguished Researcher; Health Policy Programs Director, Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
Expert on health care financing, coverage, access, and cost; state Medicaid and CHIP programs

Brad Schwartz
Professor, medicine; director, research education and career development, Inst. for Clinical and Translational Research
Expert on blood coagulation, bleeding disorders and blood clots

Ryan Westergaard
Associate professor, Medicine & Population Health Sciences
Expert on intersection of substance abuse and infectious disease

Ryan Herringa
Assistant professor, child and adolescent psychiatry
Expert on the treatment and neuroscience of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in youth

Christian Capitini
Professor, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant
Expert on laboratory research of childhood cancers as well as pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and CAR T cells.

Brad Astor
Associate professor, medicine and population health sciences
Expert on chronic kidney disease epidemiology


Nathan Sandbo
Assistant professor; pulmonary and critical care
Expert in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine, and interstitial lung diseases, including pulmonary fibrosis

Edmund Elder
Director, Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development / Director, Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station
Expert in drug delivery, formulation development, manufacturing and patents; FDA regulations, generic drugs, nanotechnology; pharmaceutical analysis

Craig Berridge
Professor, psychology; member, Neuroscience Training Program
Expert on neuropharmacology and behavioral neuroscience

Michelle Kimple
Assistant professor, endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism
Expert on diabetes, both type 1 (juvenile) and type 2 (obesity-related)

Jenell Johnson
Assistant professor, communication arts; faculty affiliate, Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies
Expert on the rhetoric of science, medicine, disability, and the "neuroscientific turn."

Angela Byars-Winston
Professor, Dept of Medicine
Cultural influences on academic and career development, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and women in science, engineering, and medicine.

Barbara King
Associate Professor/School of Nursing
Expert on Hospital Acquired Disability, including losing ability to walk; hospital fall prevention programs; and nurses' role in maintaining mobility

Jenny Higgins
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director, Collaborative for Reproductive Equity
Expert on reproductive and sexual health

Xinyu Zhao
Professor, neuroscience
Regulation of stem cells and development in brain health and diseases, including autism and fragile X syndrome.

Cassandra Vanderwall
Teaching faculty, School of Medicine and Public Health
Food and nutrition expert passionate about empowering individuals and communities in their pursuit of overall wellness

Stephanie Robert
Professor, social work; co-director, RWJ Health & Society Scholars Program
Expert on social and economic factors that impact health across the life course