Basic Medical Sciences Faculty

Nissar A. Darmani
Assistant Dean for Basic Sciences and Research
PhD, University of Wales (UWIST), 1988
ndarmani@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5218

Phillip Brownell, PhD
Vice Chair, Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Physiology
*COMP-Northwest
pbrownell@westernu.edu

Gerald R. Thrush
Assistant Dean of Preclinical Education
PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1990
gthrush@westernu.edu

Xiaoning Bi
Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1996
xbi@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5471

Rajivinder S. Brar
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1998
DO, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ, 2003
rbrar@westernu.edu

Mihai Covasa
Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of Leeds, UK, 1994
mcovasa@westernu.edu

Douglas W. Ethell
Associate Professor of Molecular and Neurobiology
PhD, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1993
dethell@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3496

Jeffrey Felton
Professor of Microbiology
PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1980
jfelton@westernu.edu

Duane Foley
Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of California, Davis, 1975
dfoley@westernu.edu

Steven J. Henriksen, Ph.D
Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1973
shenriksen@westernu.edu

Jin-Shan Hu
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1995
jshu@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3733

Manish Issar, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Banaras Hindu University, India, 2001
missar@westernu.edu

Raj P. Kandpal
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1985
rkandpal@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3533

Glen Kisby, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
*COMP-Northwest
gkisby@westernu.edu 

Marek Malecki
Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Gene Therapy
M.D., Molecular Medicine, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland, 1977
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1981
mmalecki@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3465

James Martin
Professor of Physiology and Behavioral Sciences
Dr.rer.nat. University of Munich, 1974
jmartin@westernu.edu

John Mata, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
*COMP-Northwest
jmata@westernu.edu 

Katherine Mitsouras
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 2001
kmitsouras@westernu.edu

Pedro Rodriguez-Collazo, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
*COMP-Northwest
prodriguez-collazo@westernu.edu 

Beatrice Saviola
Associate Professor of Microbiology
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
bsaviola@westernu.edu
Lab#: 469-5436

Colleen Talbot
Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of Chicago, 1993
ctalbot@westernu.edu

Vishwanath Venketaraman
Assistant Professor of Microbiology/Immunology
PhD, Tuberculosis Research Center, Madras, India 1996
vvenketaraman@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-6621

Edward Wagner
Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, Michigan State University, 1994
ewagner@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5239

Donald Walters
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, University of Louisville, KY, 1986
dewalters@westernu.edu

Stanley Wong
Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 1979
swong@westernu.edu

Li Zhong
Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1999
lzhong@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-8236 

Nona Williamson
Administrative Associate for the Assistant Dean and Basic Medical Sciences
(909)469-5595
nwilliamson@westernu.edu
Fax: (909) 469-5698

Kristine King
Administrative Assistant for BMS
(909) 706-3483
kking@westernu.edu

Michelle Steinhebel
Administrative Assistant II
COMP-Northwest
(541) 259-0254
msteinhebel@westernu.edu