Aurelian Bidulescu, M.D., Ph.D., Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and abdominal obesisty. Ethnic health disparities abidulescu@msm.edu

L. Dianne Bradford, Ph.D. , Psychopharmacology; pharmacokinetics, predicting clinical efficacy and safety across patient populations, including ethnicity and gender; etiology of schizophrenia - genotypes and endophenotypes; depression in African-Americans. dbradford@msm.edu

Chiaki Fukuhara, Ph.D. , Development of diagnostic tools for mental illnesses and sleep-wake cycle-related problems. cfukuhara@msm.edu

Rigobert Lapu-Bula, M.D., Ph.D., , Echocardiography. rlapu@msm.edu

Gale W. Newman, Ph.D. , Clinical research investigating the pathogenesis of HIV-associated nephropathy. gnewman@msm.edu

Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.P.H. , Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular health. Clinical research. eofili@msm.edu

Verna Welch, Ph.D., Gender, geographic, racial and social determinants of cardiovascular outcomes; and the underlying mechanisms linking risk factors to cardiovascular disease. vwelch@msm.edu