Team Science Members

Rene Barro-Soria, Ph.D.

Assistant Profesor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Biography: Rene Barro-Soria received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Regensburg, Germany, where he worked on identifying the molecular entity of the Ca2+activated Cl channel in epithelia. Thereafter, he studied chemosensory transduction in taste buds and ion channel function in the retina and cerebellum. In 2011, he joined the lab of Dr. H. Peter Larsson to study conformational...
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Thomas Michael Best, M.D.,Ph.D.

Vice Chair of Research, Sports Medicine
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Farren B. Briggs

Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health Sciences
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Biography: Farren Briggs, PhD, is an associate professor in the Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is a quantitative and population health scientist whose work integrates epidemiology, biostatistics, and genetic and molecular epidemiology.

Dr. Briggs’s research focuses...
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James E Galvin, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Neurology
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Biography: James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H. is Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is Division Chief for Cognitive Neurology, Founding Director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health, and Director and Principal Investigator of the Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence....
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Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Biography: Girardin Jean-Louis, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He is the Director of the Center on Translational Sleep and Circadian Sciences and the PRIDE Institute on Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research. He has served on the NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board, the Cancer, Heart, and Sleep...
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Byron L. Lam, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology
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Biography: Byron L. Lam, M.D. is a clinician and a researcher with a focus in neuro-ophthalmology, hereditary retinal disease, and ophthalmic epidemiology. He is a professor of ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami Miller School in Medicine and is the holder of the Robert Z. & Nancy J. Greene Chair in Ophthalmology.

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Katalina Fernández McInerney, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
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Felipe A. Medeiros, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology

Biography: Felipe A. Medeiros, M.D., Ph.D. is the Rodgers Endowed Professor of Ophthalmology and Vice Chair of Research at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (BPEI). He is also the Director of the McKnight Vision Research Center at BPEI.

Dr. Medeiros’ research has span multiple domains, from the development of innovative methods and technologies for early diagnosis...
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Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology, Clinical Translational Research Division (CTRD)
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Biography: Dr. Rundek is a Professor of Neurology, Executive Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs and Director of Clinical Translational Research Division in the Department of Neurology of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is Scientific Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Miami. She is also Director of a Master of Science...
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Xiaoyan Sun, M.D.,Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Cognitive Neurology
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Sun is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in cognitive neurology. She started her medical career as a neurologist in China, where she earned her M.D. and obtained a Ph.D. in neuroscience in Japan. Dr. Sun finished her Neurology residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States and completed a cognitive/behavioral neurology...
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Roy E. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FAAP, FACE

Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Biography: Dr. Roy Weiss is the Chairman of the Department of Medicine and the Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Distinguished Chair in Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is also the Rabbi Morris I. Esformes Endowed Professor. As Chairman of the Department of Medicine (DOM) he is responsible for the research and scholarly activity and clinical enterprise...
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