Wei Chao, MD, PhD, FAHA
Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Translation Research
Vice-Chair for Research
Co-Director of the STAR Center
Email: wchao@som.umaryland.edu
MD: Hunan Medical College, Changsha, China
PhD: University of Texas HSC, San Antonio, USA
Postdoc: University of California, San Diego, USA
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Interests: Innate immunity, sepsis, trauma, myocardial ischemic injury, novel biomarkers in trauma and sepsis
Brittney Williams, MD
Co-Investigator/Assistant Professor
MD: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA
Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Interests: Sepsis, cardiac injury, coagulopathy
Lin Zou, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator/Associate Professor
MD: Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, China
PhD: Xiangya School of Medicine, Changsha, China
Postdoc: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Interests: Sepsis and lung injury
Konstatine Birukov, MD, PhD
Anesthesiology Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurial Research
Email: kbirukov@som.umaryland.edu
MD: Medical Doctor, Moscow State Medical School
PhD: Ph.D. Biochemistry, National Cardiology Research Center
Interests: New roles of oxidized phospholipids in modulation of septic inflammation, coagulopathy, and traumatic injury, as well as age-related exacerbation of lung injury. Mechanochemical regulation of vascular permeability and inflammation; the role of pathologic mechanical stretch and substrate stiffness in endothelial pathobiology. Discovery of novel signaling pathways and compounds that contribute to the resolution and recovery of lung injury. Lastly, Cell interactions in lung injury, sepsis, and trauma.
Yifan Yuan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Email: yyuan@som.umaryland.edu
PhD: University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
Postdoctoral Associate: Yale University
Interests: Integrate molecular biology, bioengineering, and computational biology to investigate biological mechanisms within the lung vascular microenvironment, aiming to promote functional vascular homeostasis.