Focus Groups

Provide opportunities for investigators interested in a specific focus area to meet and discuss research ideas.

Leaders

Leaders are appointed based on volunteers identified during the CHVR membership survey. The number and topics will be based on results of the CHVR membership application survey.

Format

Determined by focus group leader; including journal clubs and research seminars or other formats as appropriate to stimulate high caliber research and increased research output. It is expected that the most effective format for each focus group will be dependent upon the topic and members.

Frequency

Monthly or bi-monthly as determined by leader

Duration

1 hour

Participants

CHVR members

Focus Groups

Current Focus Groups, members, and their leaders are listed below. If you are interested in joining a Focus Group, contact the leader to obtain information regarding meeting times and topic details.

Are you interested in serving as a Focus Group Leader? Please email Dr. Gundry to indicate your interest.

Circulatory and Heart Failure

Leaders: Windy Alonso & Michael Moulton

Member List:


Adewumi	Joy	Jadewumi@unmc.edu

Ai	Weilun	weilun.ai@unmc.edu

Akinuli	Dorcus	dakinuli@unmc.edu

Allen	Michael	michaelallen@unmc.edu

Alonso	Windy	windy.alonso@unmc.edu

Bidasee	Keshore	kbidasee@unmc.edu

Dhyani	Neha	ndhyani@unmc.edu

Ding	Ming	ming.ding@unmc.edu

Gao	Lie	lgao@unmc.edu

Gundry	Rebekah	rebekah.gundry@unmc.edu

Gwenael	Layec	glayec@unomaha.edu

Johnson	Tate	tate.johnson@unmc.edu

Khairnar	Sakishi	skhairnar@unmc.edu

Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu

Lee	Donghee	donghee.lee@unmc.edu

Li	Yulong	yulongli@unmc.edu

Lowes	Brian	Brian.Lowes@unmc.edu

Lundgren	Scott	scott.lundgren@unmc.edu

Mesidor	Roneldine	manepolite.mesidor@unmc.edu

Moulton	Michael	michael.moulton@unmc.edu

Patel	Kaushik	kpatel@unmc.edu

Park	Garam	gpark@unmc.edu

Peeples	Eric	eric.peeples@unmc.edu

Pribil	Sarah	spribil@unmc.edu

Scheer	Troy	tscheer@unmc.edu

Schultz	Harold	hschultz@unmc.edu

Shi	Wen	w.shi@unmc.edu

Siddique	Aleem	aleem.siddique@unmc.edu

Stoller	Douglas	douglas.stoller@unmc.edu

Urban	Marian	marian.urban@unmc.edu

Zucker	Irving	izucker@unmc.edu

Inflammation

Leader: Tate Johnson

Member List:

Acharya	Arpan	arpan.acharya@unmc.edu

Adediji	Isaac	isadediji@unmc.edu

Ayayee	Paul	payayee@unomaha.edu

Bhattarai	Shaurav	shbhattarai@unmc.edu

Dailey	Kaitlin	kadailey@unmc.edu

Gupta	Ritika	rgupta@unmc.edu

Izard	Jacques	jizard@unmc.edu

Kattukandathil Pushpan	Chithra	cpushpan@unmc.edu

Kehrberg	Rachel	rachel.kehrberg@unmc.edu

Khairnar	Sakshi	skhairnar@unmc.edu

Kowash	Hagar	hkowash@unmc.edu

Mishra	Paras Kumar	paraskumar.mishra@unmc.edu

Salomon	Jeffrey	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu

Shrestha	Prat	prashrestha@unmc.edu

Sinanan	Kimberley	ksinanan@unmc.edu

Skupa	Sydney	sydney.skupa@unmc.edu

VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu

Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu

Yao	Qiuming	qyao3@unl.edu

Microbiome

Leaders: Jeff Salomon & Kaitlin Dailey

Member List:


Acharya	Arpan	arpan.acharya@unmc.edu

Adediji	Isaac	isadediji@unmc.edu

Dailey	Kaitlin	kadailey@unmc.edu

Gupta	Ritika	rgupta@unmc.edu

Izard	Jacques	jizard@unmc.edu

Kattukandathil Pushpan	Chithra	cpushpan@unmc.edu

Kehrberg	Rachel	rachel.kehrberg@unmc.edu

Khairnar	Sakshi	skhairnar@unmc.edu

Khan	Imran	ikhan@unmc.edu

Kowash	Hagar	hkowash@unmc.edu

Lakshmaiah Narayana	Jayaram	dr.jayaramln@gmail.com

Mishra	Paras Kumar	paraskumar.mishra@unmc.edu

Salomon	Jeffrey	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu

Sardarni	Urvinder Kaur	usardarni@unmc.edu

Shrestha	Prat	prashrestha@unmc.edu
Sinanan	Kimberley	ksinanan@unmc.edu

Skupa	Sydney	sydney.skupa@unmc.edu

VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu

Wang	Guangshun	gwang@unmc.edu

Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu

Yao	Qiuming	qyao3@unl.edu

Preeclampsia & Pre-natal Health

Leaders: Lynda Harris & John Davis

Member List:

Aiswariya	Ravi	ar2@huskers.unl.edu

Al-Mugotir	Mona	mona.almugotir@unmc.edu

Anderson-Berry	Ann	alanders@unmc.edu

Bagher	Pooneh	pbagher@unmc.edu

Boesen	Erika	erika.boesen@unmc.edu

Christianah	Aloba	caloba@unmc.edu

Colman	Freel	cfreel@unmc.edu

Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu

Dhyani	Neha	ndhyani@unmc.edu

Drakowski	Rebecca	rebecca.slotkowski@unmc.edu

Garcia	Julian	juligarcia@unmc.edu

Gao	Lie	lgao@unmc.edu

Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu

Hahn	Dongwoo	dwhahn@unomaha.edu

Hansen	Corri	ckhanson@unmc.edu

Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu

Isaac	Adediji	isadediji@unmc.edu

Johnson	Amanda	amchristensen@unmc.edu

Kim	Sunyoung	sukim@unmc.edu

Kowash	Hagar	hkowash@unmc.edu

Li	Ling	ling.li@unmc.edu

Mauch	Teri	teri.mauch@unmc.edu

Mitchell	Ray	raymitchell@unmc.edu

Muniyan	Sakthivel	s.muniyan@unmc.edu

Namvaran	Ali	anamvaran@unmc.edu

Natarajan	Sathish Kumar	snatarajan2@unl.edu

Nordgren	Tara	tara.nordgren@unmc.edu

Rapoza	Rebekah	rrapoza@unmc.edu

Rebecca	Drakowski	rebecca.slotkowski@unmc.edu

Nouri Mousa	Pegah	pnourimousa@unmc.edu

Patel	Kaushik	kpatel@unmc.edu

Pekas	Liz	lizpekas@unomaha.edu

Pribil	Sarah	spribil@unmc.edu

Rapoza	Rebekah	rrapoza@unmc.edu

Rowe	Ella	erowe@unmc.edu

Sahoo	Prakash	psahoo2@unl.edu

Schieber	Molly	molly.schieber@unmc.edu

So	Wonmi	wso@unmc.edu

Sweeney	Sarah	sarah.sweeney@unmc.edu

VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu

Zhou	Wenxian	wezhou@unmc.edu

Zucker	Irving	izucker@unmc.edu

Vascular Physiology & Disease

Leaders: Pooneh Bagher & Jason MacTaggart

Member List:

Akbar	Anum	Anum.akbar@unmc.edu

Anderson	Cody	codypanderson@unomaha.edu

Bagher	Pooneh	pbagher@unmc.edu

Boesen	Erika	erika.boesen@unmc.edu

Brunette	Katya	katya.brunette@unmc.edu

Chittezham Thomas	Vinai	vinai.thomas@unmc.edu
Cook	Jason	jason.cook@unmc.edu

Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu

Dhyani	Neha	ndhyani@unmc.edu

Estrella	Luis Daniel	erika.boesen@unmc.edu

Freel	Colman	luis.estrella@unmc.edu

Gao	Lie	lgao@unmc.edu

Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu

Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu

Jadidi	Majid	mjadidi@unomaha.edu

Kalpana	Marjina Akter	mkalpana@unmc.edu

Kamra	Kajal	kkamra17@unmc.edu

Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu

Layec	Gwenael	glayec@unmc.edu

Li	Yulong	yulongli@unmc.edu

Liu	Bo	bo.liu@unmc.edu

Macke	Amanda	amanda.macke@unmc.edu

MacTaggart	Jason	jmactaggart@unmc.edu

Mauch	Teri	teri.mauch@unmc.edu

Mesidor	Roneldine	manepolite.mesidor@unmc.edu

Mitchell	Ray	raymitchell@unmc.edu

Omar	Delia	delia.omar@unmc.edu

Park	Song-Young	song-youngpark@unomaha.edu

Patel	Kaushik	kpatel@unmc.edu

Patel	Tapan	tapatel@unmc.edu

Pekas	Liz	liz.j.pekas@gmail.com

Pipinos	Iraklis	ipipinos@unmc.edu

Pribil	Sarah	spribil@unmc.edu

Rowland	Sheri	sheri.rowland@unmc.edu

Schieber	Molly	molly.schieber@unmc.edu

Schultz	Harold	hschultz@unmc.edu

Sorgen	Paul	psorgen@unmc.edu

Staller	Dalton	dstaller@unmc.edu

Sveeggen	Timothy	tsveeggen@unmc.edu

Thomas	Windle	tawindle@unmc.edu

Tian	Amy	ytian@unmc.edu

VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu

Veerappa	Avinash	aveerappa@unmc.edu

Wang	Hanjun	hanjunwang@unmc.edu

Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu

Zimmerman	Matthew	mczimmerman@unmc.edu

Zucker	Irving	izucker@unmc.edu

Stem Cell Models

Leader: Rebekah Gundry

Member List:

Anderson	Dan	danderso@unmc.edu

Clemens	Dahn	dclemens@unmc.edu

Dhar	Kajari	kajari.dhar@unmc.edu

Duan	Bin	bin.duan@unmc.edu

Gundry	Rebekah	rebekah.gundry@unmc.edu

Gupta	Paras	pagupta@unmc.edu

Liu	Bo	bo.liu@unmc.edu

North	Brian	briannorth@creighton.edu

Omar	Delia	delia.omar@unmc.edu

Pushpan	Chithra	cpushpan@unmc.edu

Shi	Wei	weshi@unmc.edu

Sorgen	Paul	psorgen@unmc.edu

Subhash	Chand	subhas.chand@unmc.edu

Subramanyan	Ram Kumar	rsubramanyan@unmc.edu

SunYoung	Kim	sukim@unmc.edu

Xie	Jingwei	jingwei.xie@unmc.edu