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Comprehensive Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, Bone and Autoimmunity Center

CAMBAC brings together faculty across campus to focus on discovery, innovation, delivery and education related to diseases in the scope of our mission and facilitate new multidisciplinary collaborations. Current center membership is comprised of over 200 faculty members, representing 38 departments in eight schools across the UAB campus.

Full Name, DegreeDepartment
Alan Eberhardt, PhD Biomedical Engineering
Alexa Mattheyses, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Allan Zajac, PhD Microbiology
Amanda Alexander, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Amjad Javed, PhD Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Amy Warriner, MD Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Andre Ballesteros-Tato, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Andrew Gibson, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Angelo Gaffo, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Anoma Nellore, MD Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Anthony Nicholas, MD Neurology
Anupam Agarwal, MD Medicine - Nephrology
Beatriz Leon-Ruiz, PhD Microbiology
Blake Hildreth, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Bradley Yoder, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Brendan McGuire, MD Medicine - Gastroenterology
Bruce Korf, MD Genetics
Casey Weaver, MD Anatomic Pathology
Chander Raman, PhD Dermatology
Chenbei Chang, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Cora Lewis, PhD, MPH Epidemiology
Craig Elmets, MD Dermatology
David Bedwell, PhD Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
David Crossman, PhD Genetics Research Division
David Standaert, PhD Neurology
Devin Absher, PhD Genetics
Edward Acosta, PharmD Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
Edwin Aroke, PhD Nursing Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care
Elizabeth Brown, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Elizabeth Sztul, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Elliot Lefkowitz, PhD Microbiology
Emily Smitherman, MD Pediatric - Rheumatology
Fadi Hage, MD Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Fnu Harshvardhan, PhD Physical Therapy
Frances Lund, PhD Microbiology
Fred Bertrand, PhD Biomedical Sciences Program
Gene Siegal, PhD Anatomic Pathology
Gerald McGwin, PhD Epidemiology
Graciela Alarcon, MPH Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Hemant Tiwari, PhD Biostatistics
Ho-Wook Jun, PhD Biomedical Engineering
Hon Yuen, PhD Occupational Therapy
Hongwei Qin, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Hui Hu, PhD Microbiology
Hui Xu, PhD Dermatology
Hui-Chen Hsu, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Isabel Scarinci-Searles, PhD OB/GYN
James Blalock, PhD Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
James Bonner, MD Radiation Oncology
James George, PhD Surgery - Cardiovascular/Thoracic
James Mobley, PharmD Anesthesiology
James Willig, MPH Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Jan Novak, PhD Microbiology
Jarred Younger, PhD Psychology
Jasvinder Singh, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Jeffrey Curtis, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Jeffrey Edberg, PhD Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
Jessy Deshane, PhD Medicine - Nephrology
Ji-Bin Peng, PhD Neurosurgery - Laboratory Research
Jianmei Leavenworth, PhD Genetics Research Division
John Hartman, MD Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
John Kappes, PhD Microbiology
John Kearney, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
John Mountz, MD Nutrition Sciences
Jose Fernandez, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Jose Rubio Mosquera, MD Health Behavior
Kenneth Saag, MS Anesthesiology
Kevin Fontaine, MA Medicine - Preventive Medicine
Kevin Harrod, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Kevin Riggs, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Lalita Samant, PhD Dermatology
Laura Hughes, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Lauren Graham, MD Dermatology
Laurie Harrington, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Lesley Jackson Acree, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Li Xiao, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Lizhong Wang, PhD Genetics Research Division
Louis Justement, PhD Microbiology
Majd Zayzafoon, MBA International Medical Education
Marguerite Irvin, DPH Epidemiology
Maria Danila, MPH Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Maria Geisinger, MS Periodontology
Maria Pisu, PhD Medicine - Preventive Medicine
Mark Walter, PhD Microbiology
Mary-Ann Bjornsti, PhD Pharmacology & Toxicology
Matthew Stoll, MD Pediatric - Rheumatology
Melissa Chambers, MD Neurosurgery
Merry-Lynn Donnelly, PhD Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
Michael McCracken, PhD Behavioral & Population Sciences
Michael Stalvey, MD Ped - Endocrinology
Mitali Sen, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Mohamed Khass, PhD Endodontics
Mona Fouad, MPH Curriculum Instruction
Nabiha Yusuf, PhD, MSPH Dermatology
Nicolaas Geurs, Medical Certificate Periodontology
Nicole Wright, PhD Epidemiology
Orlando Gutierrez, MD Medicine - Nephrology
Patricia Patrician, MS Nursing Family, Community & Health Systems
Patrick Louis, MD Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Paul Goepfert, MD Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Paul Sanders, MD Medicine - Nephrology
Pi-Ling Chang, PhD Nutrition Sciences Education
Ping Zhang, PhD Pediatric Dentistry
Quamarul Hassan, PhD Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Rafael Contreras, PhD Genetics Research Division
Randall Cron, MD Pediatric - Rheumatology
Randall Davis, MD Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
Richard Blackwell, PhD OB/GYN - Reproductive Endocrinology
Richard Myers, PhD Genetics
Richard Reynolds, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Robert Kimberly, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Robert Welner, PhD Medicine - Hematology & Oncology
Robin Hatton, PhD Anatomic Pathology
Rosa Serra, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Rouhin Sen, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Russell Read, MD Ophthalmology
Russell Taichman, MD Periodontology
S. Hernandez, DPH Health Services Administration
Sadis Matalon, PhD Anesthesiology
Sasanka Ramanadham, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Shawn Gilbert, MD Orthopaedic Surgery
Somsak Sittitavornwong, DDM Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Stacey Cofield, PhD Biostatistics
Stephen Barnes, PhD Pharmacology & Toxicology
Stephen Watts, PhD Biology
Steven Duncan, MD Medicine - Pulmonary, Allergy, & Critical Care Medicine
Steven Pittler, PhD Dept of Optometry & Vision Science
Steven Pogwizd, MD Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
Steven Theiss, MD Orthopaedic Surgery
Susan Bellis, PhD Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology
Suzanne Michalek, PhD Microbiology
Thomas Atkinson, MD Pediatric - Allergy & Immunology
Timothy Beasley, PhD Biostatistics
Timothy Wick, PhD School of Engineering
Tracy Hwangpo, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Troy Randall, PhD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Trygve Tollefsbol, PhD Biology
Victor Darley-Usmar, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Vinoy Thomas, PhD NULL
W. Garvey, MD Nutrition Sciences
William Koopman, MD Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology
Xu Feng, PhD Molecular & Cellular Pathology
Yogesh Vohra, PhD Physics
Yuhua Song, PhD Biomedical Engineering