The Department of Bioengineering's core faculty, emeritus, joint appointments, and adjunct faculty serve as the backbone to the department's overall strength and competitive ranking as an internationally recognized teaching and research institution.
Currently, 20 research and teaching faculty members have primary appointments in the department, and many hold joint appointments with several institutions of the Texas Medical Center. The department also benefits from 14 multi-disciplinary joint appointments within various science and engineering departments at Rice. In addition, a network of adjunct faculty collaborate with the department on many levels to build partnerships that identify important problems, develop and translate bioengineering solutions, and train the next generation of leaders in bioengineering.
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 Michael W. Deem, Ph.D.
John W. Cox Professor,
Biochemical & Genetic Engineering
Professor of Physics & Astronomy
BRC, Suite 763
(713) 348-5852
Deem Group
mwdeem@rice.edu
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 Michael Diehl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
BRC, Suite 515
(713) 348-4568
Macromolecular Systems
Bioengineering Group
diehl@rice.edu
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 Rebekah Drezek, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
BRC, Suite 419
(713) 348-3011
Optical Molecular Imaging and
Nanobiotechnology Laboratory
drezek@rice.edu
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 K. Jane Grande-Allen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 619
(713) 348-3704
Integrative Matrix Mechanics Lab
grande@rice.edu
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 Oleg A.Igoshin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 767
(713) 348-5502
Igoshin Laboratory
Oleg.Igoshin@rice.edu
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 Jeffrey G. Jacot, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Rice University/Texas Children’s
BRC, Ste. 628/Feigin Center c.450.09
(832) 824-5822
Jacot Laboratory
Jeff.Jacot@rice.edu
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 Herbert Levine, Ph.D.
Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering
Director, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
BRC, 10th Floor
herbert.levine@rice.edu
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 Jianpeng Ma, Ph.D.
Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University
Lodwick T. Bolin Professor, Biochemistry
Baylor College of Medicine
BRC, Suite 765
(713) 798-8187
Ma Laboratory
jpma@bcm.tmc.edu
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 John T. McDevitt, Ph.D.
Brown-Wiess Professor of Bioengineering and Chemistry
BRC, Suite 317
(713) 348-2123
Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor Technologies, tastechip.com
mcdevitt@rice.edu
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 Antonios Mikos, Ph.D.
Louis Calder Professor, Bioengineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering;
Director, Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering; Director, J.W. Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
BRC, Suite 625
(713) 348-5355
Mikos Laboratory
mikos@rice.edu
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 Joel Moake, M.D.
Sr. Research Scientist, Assoc. Dir., J.W. Cox Lab for Biomedical Engineering,
Rice University;
Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
BRC, Suite 825
(713) 348-5357
Moake Laboratory
jmoake@rice.edu
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 Z. Maria Oden, Ph.D.
Professor in the Practice of
Engineering Education;
Dir., Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, 107
(713) 348-4156
Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
moden@rice.edu
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 Amina A. Qutub, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 613
(713) 348-8089
Systems Biology Laboratory
aminaq@rice.edu
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 Robert Raphael, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 719
(713) 348-3494
Membrane and Auditory Bioengineering Group
rraphael@rice.edu
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 Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.
Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and Interim Chair, Department of Bioengineering
Director, Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies
Founder, Beyond Traditional Borders
BRC, Suite 519
(713) 348-3823
Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory
rkortum@rice.edu
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 Ka-Yiu San, Ph.D.
E. D. Butcher Professor of Bioengineering
Professor of Chemical Engineering
BRC, Suite 815
(713) 348-5361
Metabolic Engineering and Systems
Biotechnology Laboratory
ksan@rice.edu
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 Ann Saterbak, Ph.D.
Professor in the Practice of Bioengineering Education
Associate Chair for
Undergraduate Affairs
109 Keck Hall
(713) 348-6243
saterbak@rice.edu
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 Junghae Suh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 819
(713) 348-2853
Laboratory for Nanotherapeutics Research
jsuh@rice.edu
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 Jeffrey J. Tabor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
BRC, Suite 821
(713) 348-8316
Tabor Laboratory
jeff.tabor@rice.edu
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 Tomasz Tkaczyk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
BRC, Suite 513
(713) 348-4362
Modern Optical Instrumentation
and Bio-imaging Laboratory
ttkaczyk@rice.edu
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 Jennifer West, Ph.D.
Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering
Professor, Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
BRC, Suite 425
(713) 348-5955
Laboratory for Biofunctional Materials
jwest@rice.edu
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William W. Akers, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering
Founding Chair, Department of Bioengineering
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J. David Hellums, Ph.D.
A.J. Hartsook Professor Emeritus
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Bioengineering
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Faculty Fellows
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Kurt Kasper, Ph.D.
Faculty Fellow, Bioengineering
E 200 G George R. Brown Hall
BRC, Suite 627
(713) 348-3027
Mikos Laboratory
kasper@rice.edu
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Lecturer
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Renata Ramos, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Bioengineering
Ryon Engineering Lab, Suite 111A
(713) 348-2203
Renata.Ramos@rice.edu
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Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Bioengineering
Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen, Suite 104
mwettergreen@rice.edu
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John W. Clark, Jr, Ph.D.
Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering
A224 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-3597
jwc@rice.edu
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Cindy Farach-Carson, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost for Research
Director, BioScience Research Collaborative
Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology
W105 GRB Hall
BRC, Suite 611
(713) 348-5052
farachca@rice.edu
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Fathi Ghorbel, Ph.D.
Professor
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
and Bioengineering
205 Mechanical Engr. Bldg.
(713) 348-3738
Robotics and Intelligent Systems (RiSYS) Laboratory
ghorbel@rice.edu
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Ramon Gonzalez, Ph.D.
William W. Akers Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering, and Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering
B232 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-4893
Gonzalez Research Group
ramon.gonzalez@rice.edu
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Naomi J. Halas, Ph.D.
Stanley C. Moore Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Director of the Laboratory for Nanophotonics;
(713) 348-5611
Halas Nanophotonics Group
halas@rice.edu
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Jeffrey D. Hartgerink, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chemistry and Bioengineering
BRC, Suite 319
(713) 348-4142
Hartgerink Research Group
jdh@rice.edu
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Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D.
Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Bioengineering
3106 Duncan Hall
(713) 348-5737
Physical & Biological Computing Group
kavraki@rice.edu
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Ching-Hwa Kiang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Physics & Astronomy and Bioengineering
107 Herzstein Hall
(713) 348-4130
Kiang Group Page
chkiang@rice.edu
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Marek Kimmel, Ph.D.
Professor, Statistics
2097 Duncan Hall
(713) 348-5255
kimmel@rice.edu
Kimmel Group
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Angel A. Martí, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
320B Dell Butcher Hall
(713) 348-3486
amarti@rice.edu
Angel Martí Group
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Deepak Nagrath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Abercrombie Lab, B233
(713) 348-6408
deepak.nagrath@rice.edu
Nagrath Lab
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Laura Segatori, Ph.D.
T. N. Law Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
and Bioengineering
Abercrombie Laboratories B-238
(713) 348-3536
Segatori Research Group
segatori@rice.edu
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Jonathan (Joff) Silberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Bioengineering
209 Keck Hall
(713) 348-3849
Jonathan (Joff) Silberg Research Group
joff@rice.edu
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Frank K. Tittel, Ph.D., D.Sc.
J.S. Abercrombie Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
B208 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-5955
Laser Science Group
fkt@rice.edu
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Kyriacos Zygourakis, Ph.D.
A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chair, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering
B217 Abercrombie Lab
(713) 348-5208
K. Zygourakis Home Page
kyzy@rice.edu
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Catherine G. Ambrose, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UT Health Science Center at Houston
Catherine.G.Ambrose@uth.tmc.edu
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Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D.
Associate Professor
Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Mount Sinai
sharmila.anandasabapathy@mountsinai.org
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Kyriacos Athanasiou, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Davis
athanasiou@ucdavis.edu
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Gábor Balázsi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Systems Biology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
gbalazsi@mdanderson.org
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Michael S. Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Neurobiology and Anatomy
UT Medical School at Houston
michael.s.beauchamp@uth.tmc.edu
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Neel Bhatavadekar, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontology
UT Health Science Center at Houston Dental Branch
Neel.Bhatavadekar@uth.tmc.edu
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Manoop S. Bhutani, M.D., F.A.S.G.E.,
F.A.C.G., A.G.A.F., F.A.C.P.
Professor
Medicine & Experimental Diagnostic Imaging
Dept. of Gastroenterology, Hepatology
and Nutrition
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Manoop.Bhutani@mdanderson.org
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William Bornmann, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Experimental Therapeutics
Division of Cancer Medicine
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
wbornmann@mdanderson.org
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William Brownell, Ph.D.
Jake and Nina Kamin Chair
Professor Bobby R. Alford, Otolaryngology
Baylor College of Medicine
brownnell@bcm.tmc.edu
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Ill-Min Chung, Ph.D.
The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
Department of Applied Bio Science
College of Life & Environmental Science
Seoul, Korea
imcim@konkuk.ac.kr
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Miguel A. Cruz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Thrombosis Research
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
miguelc@bcm.tmc.edu
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Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Developmental Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
mdickins@bcm.tmc.edu
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Jing-Fei Dong, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Thrombosis Core Laboratory
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
jfdong@bcm.tmc.edu
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Rena D'Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Baylor College of Dentistry
rdsouza@bcd.tamhsc.edu
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Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair,
Methodist Hospital Research Institute;
President, Alliance for NanoHealth (ANH);
Professor, Experimental Therapeutics,
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center;
Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University
mferrari@tmhs.org
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Charles Fraser, Jr. M.D.
Professor
Surgery and Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine;
Chief and Donovan Chair
Congenital Heart Surgery
Texas Children’s Hospital
congheartcenter@texaschildrenshospital.org
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Ann M. Gillenwater, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Surgeon
Department of Head and Neck Surgery
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center;
Clinical Professor, Otolaryngology,
Baylor College of Medicine
agillenwater@mdanderson.org
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Craig J. Hartley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medicine
Cardiovascular Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
chartley@bcm.edu
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Karen Kemper Hirschi, Ph.D.
Professor
Pediatrics Molecular & Cellular Biology;
Deputy Director
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center,
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
khirschi@bcm.tmc.edu
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Daniel H. Kim, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Director
Spinal Neurosurgery and Reconstructive Peripheral
Nerve Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
neurosurgery@bcm.tmc.edu
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King C. Li, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), M.B.A.
Chair, Department of Radiology
Methodist Hospital;
Professor
Weill Cornel Medical College
kli@tmhs.org
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Stephen H. Little, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Weill Cornel Medical College
Physician, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center
Methodist Hospital
shlittle@tmhs.org
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Gabriel Lopez-Berestein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Executive Director
Pharmaceutical Development Center
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
glopez@mdanderson.org
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Joseph A. Ludwig, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Sarcoma Medical Oncology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
jaludwig@mdanderson.org
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Anshu B. Mathur, Ph.D.
Director of Research,
Tissue Regeneration and Molecular Cell Engineering
Associate Professor, Dept. of Plastic Surgery
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
amathur@mdanderson.org
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John S. Oghalai, M.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and
Neck Surgery, Stanford University;
Director, Children’s Hearing Center,
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanfordjoghalai@ohns.stanford.edu
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Kathryn E. Peek, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, University Health Initiatives
University of Houston
kpeek@uh.edu
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Fred A. Pereira, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
fpereira@bcm.edu
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Rolando Rumbaut, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, & Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
rrumbaut@bcm.tmc.edu
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Peter Saggau, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
psaggau@bcm.tmc.edu
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Jacqueline V. Shanks, Ph.D.
Professor
Chemical Engineering and Biological
Iowa State University
jshanks@iastate.edu
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Jason B. Shear, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Texas, Austin
jshear@mail.utexas.edu
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C. Wayne Smith, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Leukocyte Biology Laboratory
Texas Children's Hospital;
Professor, Pediatric Leukocyte Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
cwsmith@bcm.tmc.edu
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Karen A. Storthz, Ph.D.
Professor, Diagnostic Sciences
Associate Dean, Research
UT Houston Dental School
Karen.A.Storthz@uth.tmc.edu
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Kendra V. Woods, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President
Department of Academic Affairs
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kwoods@mdanderson.org
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Mark E. Wong, D.D.S.
Professor, Chair and Program Director
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
UT Health Science Center at Houston
mark.e.wong@uth.tmc.edu
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Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
Chief, Medical Physics and Vice Chair of Research,
Department of Radiology;
Director, Bioinformatics Programs;
Senior Member, Methodist Hospital Research Institute
Methodist Hospital
stwong@tmh.tmc.edu
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Samuel Miao-Sin Wu, Ph.D.
Camille and Raymond Hankamer Chair in Ophthalmology
Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
swu@bcm.tmc.edu
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Yunzhi Peter Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UT Health Science Center at Houston
Yunzhi.Yang@uth.tmc.edu
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Tse-Kuan Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
tkyu@mdanderson.org
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