
Associate Professor
Medicinal Chemistry
(352) 273-7090
linacui@ufl.edu
Medicinal Chemistry
(352) 273-7090
linacui@ufl.edu
- Biochemical activities of glycan processing enzymes and develops therapeutic and diagnostic molecules or tools for various types of cancer and age-related diseases
- Study the precise modes of heparanase activity using molecular imaging, as well as diagnostic tools and drug molecules targeting heparanase and related enzymes
- explore the progression of diabetes, neurodegeneration and other age-related diseases

Assistant Professor
Biological Physics
(352) 392-3233
juanguan@ufl.edu
Biological Physics
(352) 392-3233
juanguan@ufl.edu
- Biophysics of living cells
- Biomaterials
- Quantitative imaging

Assistant Professor
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-8008
coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu
Hematology/Oncology
(352) 273-8008
coy.heldermon@medicine.ufl.edu
- Gene therapy and stem cell therapy for patients with inherited diseases
- Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer

Associate Professor
Orthodontics
(352) 392-3449
holl@ufl
Orthodontics
(352) 392-3449
holl@ufl
- Activation of osteoclastic bone resorption
- Structure, transport, and function of vacuolar H+ ATPase
- Cytoskeletal dynamics in osteoclasts
- MicroRNAs and RNA interference in dental physiology and pathophysiology

Assistant Professor
Pulmonary Medicine
(352) 294-5198
nazlikhodayari@ufl
Pulmonary Medicine
(352) 294-5198
nazlikhodayari@ufl
- Develop treatments for human diseases including liver disease and inflammatory diseases
- Extracellular vesicles and organ cross-talk in inflammatory diseases

Assistant Professor
Urology
(352) 273-8235
sergei.kusmartsev@urology.ufl.edu
Urology
(352) 273-8235
sergei.kusmartsev@urology.ufl.edu
- To better understand mechanisms of cancer-related inflammation and immune suppression in cancer patients with focus on tumor microenvironment; Design of novel immune-based based approaches for treatment of urologic cancers;Our ultimate goal is to boost anti-tumor immune response in cancer patients through overcoming immune suppression and combination with immunotherapy.

Professor and Chief
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 273-5735
cleeuwen@ufl
Aging & Geriatric Research
(352) 273-5735
cleeuwen@ufl
- Aging and mitochondrial biology
- Finding interventions that prevent the mitochondria from becoming dysfunctional

Associate Professor and Division Chief
Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
(352) 273-8821
segalms@ufl
Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation
(352) 273-8821
segalms@ufl
- Lupus nephritis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Mechanisms of the increased cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and women who have preeclampsia or preterm delivery

Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology
(352) 294-5061
vidyasagar@ufl.edu
Radiation Oncology
(352) 294-5061
vidyasagar@ufl.edu
- Gastroenterology
- Electrophysiology
- Mathematical modeling