Basic Medical Sciences FacultyThe Department of Basic Medical Sciences is chaired by Dr. Nissar A. Darmani. COMP faculty and staff responsible for the Basic Medical Science portion of WesternU's Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum are listed here with their contact information. For additional background information on selected faculty and staff, click on the name.
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Nissar A. Darmani - Assistant Dean for Basic Sciences and Research, Interim Chair, Basic Medical Sciences & Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, University of Wales (UWIST), 1988
ndarmani@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5218 |
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Gerald R. Thrush - Assistant Chair of Basic Medical Sciences & Professor of Immunology
PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1990
gthrush@westernu.edu |
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Xiaoning Bi - Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1996
xbi@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5471 |
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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 |
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Roger Gallegos - Assistant Professor of Physiology
PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1997
rgallegos@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5362 |
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Steven Henriksen - Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1973
shenriksen@westernu.edu |
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Bradley Henson - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006
bhenson@westernu.edu |
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Jin-Shan Hu - Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1995
jshu@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3733 |
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Kevin S. Jones - Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2001
ksjones@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3760 |
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Raj P. Kandpal - Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1985
rkandpal@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3533 |
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Marek Malecki - Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Gene Therapy
M.D., Molecular Medicine, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland, 1977
Fellowship, Molecular Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1979
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1981
mmalecki@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3465
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Katherine Mitsouras - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 2001
kmitsouras@westernu.edu |
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Support Staff
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Nona Williamson - Administrative Associate for the Assistant Dean and Basic Medical Sciences
(909)469-5595
nwilliamson@westernu.edu
Fax: (909) 469-5698
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Kristine King - Administrative Assistant for BMS
(909) 706-3483
kking@westernu.edu |
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