LARC | Leadership, Faculty & Members
Directors & Board Members
Directors
M. Frampton Gwynette, MD
Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Executive Director of Louisiana Addiction Research Center
Shawn E. McNeil, MD, FAPA
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Program Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program, Director of Neuroinformatics Research, Director of Clinical Research for LARC
Armando Salinas, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Director of Basic Science for LARC
Board Members
Nicholas E. Goeders, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, DABA, DABPM, DABIPP, FASA
Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neurosciences, Program Director of Clinical Pain Fellowship
Karen Stokes, PhD
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Assistant Director of Scientific Excellence for the CCDS
Suzanne Tinsley, PT, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Senior Director of Medical Philanthropy, Board Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy
John A. Vanchiere, MD, PhD
Chief Strategic Health Initiatives Officer, Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director of Clinical Trials Office
Faculty
LARC Faculty
Mohammad A.N. Bhuiyan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Biostatistics and Computational Biology
April Brown, PT, DPT
Board Certified Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Cory Coehoorn, PhD
Associate Professor and Chair of Rehabilitation Science, Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Christopher Kevil, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Director of Center for Redox Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, Malcolm Feist Endowed Chair of Cardiovascular Disease
Xiaohong Lu, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, Pharmacology Graduate Program Recruiter
Pamela McPherson, MD, FAPA
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director
A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
Oren Rom, PhD, RD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Associate Professor of Pathology & Translational Pathobiology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Karen Stokes, PhD
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Assistant Director of Scientific Excellence for the CCDS
Marie Vazquez Morgan, PT, PhD
Director of Institutional Wellness, Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Robert Walter, MD, MPH, FCCP
Bryn Professor of Internal Medicine, Division Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Medical Director of Critical Care Service Line
Andrew Yurochko, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Vice Chair of Microbiology and Immunology, Executive Director of Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats, Assistant Director of Research of Center of Excellence for Arthritis, Director of CAIPP, Carroll Feist Endowed Chair of Viral Oncology, Associate Director of Research for Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Trainee Members
Trainee Members
Ethan Brackett, Graduate Assistant – Research, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Papori Sharma, DMV, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Alexandru Dumitrescu, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Farris Sawaya, Graduate Assistant- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Dylan Lifshitz, Graduate Assistant- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience
Patrick Patisaul, Graduate Assistant – Research, Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Frances Vest, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Bo Wood, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience
Christina Ledbetter, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurosurgery, Research Consultant in Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
External Members
External Advisory Board
Kathleen T. Brady, MD, PhD
Vice President for Research, Medical University of South Carolina; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Kathryn Cunningham, PhD
Professor Chauncey Leake Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology; Vice Chairman of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Director of the Center for Addiction Research
Michael Nader, PhD
Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology and Radiology; Director of the Center for Research on Substance Use & Addiction
External Members
Joshua DeBord, Forensic Chemist and Toxicologist, North Louisiana Crime Lab
Mark DeCoster, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Steven Fleming, Forensic Toxicologist, North Louisiana Crime Lab
Joseph Jones, Administration, North Louisiana Crime Lab
Janet Miller, MS, LAC, CCGC, CCDP-D, AADC, Executive Director, LA Association on Compulsive Gambling
Roderick Williams, CEO, Uprising Addiction Center
Staff
Membership
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