Organizing Committee

WSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Miriam Greenberg, Biological Sciences
Research Area: The role of cardiolipin in mitochondrial and cellular function & molecular targets of bipolar disorder drugs
Website: https://s.wayne.edu/greenberg/

Hanaa Hariri, Biological Sciences
Research Area: Inter-organelle contact sites; Lipid trafficking, storage, and utilization; Organization of metabolic networks; Nutrient signaling; Aging and metabolic disorders
Website: https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/hg7223

Christopher V. Kelly, Physics and Astronomy
Research Area: Examining the physical properties governing biological membranes using novel optical methods
Website: https://cvkelly.wayne.edu


WSU School of Medicine

Xuequn Chen, Physiology
Research Area: To understand, using systems biology approaches, how ER homeostasis is disrupted in diabetes. 
Website: https://physiology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ek2611

Wanqing Liu, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research Area: Genetics and genomics of human liver disease and cancer, as well as pharmacogenomics and precision medicine
Website: cphs.wayne.edu/profile/gm2360

Christopher Kassotis, Pharmacology
Research Area: Identifying and characterizing endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and mixtures, as well as their potential impacts on human/animal health
Website: https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/hd3511

Seongho Kim, Oncology
Research Area: Data analysis and the methodology development for biological and clinical cancer data
Website: https://oncology.med.wayne.edu/profile/fn4867

Krishna Rao Maddipati, Pathology
Research Area: Bioactive lipids in inflammation and related diseases
Website: pathology.med.wayne.edu/profile.php?id=884

Izabela Podgorski, Pharmacology
Research Area: Identify molecular mechanisms underlying the association between bone marrow adiposity and metastatic prostate, breast and kidney cancers and to pinpoint key factors responsible for aggressiveness and chemoresistance
Website: https://pharmacology.med.wayne.edu/profile/ak5520

Stephanie Tucker, Cancer Biology
Research Area: Bioactive lipids
Website: cancerbiology.med.wayne.edu/bio.php?id=42116


Henry Ford Health

Jagadananda Ghosh, Cancer Research
Research Area: Prostate cancer, metabolism
Website: https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/g/ghosh-jagadananda

Emilio Mottillo, Pathology
Research Area: The molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate metabolic homeostasis
Website: https://www.henryford.com/physician-directory/m/mottillo-emilio