— Center for Heart & Vascular Research — Research — Research Opportunities — Focus Groups

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 Group Leaders

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.

Cardiac Myocyte Physiology

Leader: Jason Payne

Member List:

Acharya	Arpan	arpan.acharya@unmc.edu
Adewumi	Joy	Jadewumi@unmc.edu
Ai	Weilun	weilun.ai@unmc.edu
Akinuli	Dorcas	dakinuli@unmc.edu
Andrabi	Syed Muntazir	sandrabi@unmc.edu
Bailey	Kristina	kbailey@unmc.edu
Basma	Hesham	hbasma@unmc.edu
Bhat	Anjali	abhat@unmc.edu
Bidasee	Keshore	kbidasee@unmc.edu
Brunette	Katya	katya.brunette@unmc.edu
Byrareddy	Siddappa	sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu
Clemens	Dahn	dclemens@unmc.edu
Das	Ashish	asdas@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Dhar	Kajari	kajari.dhar@unmc.edu
Du	Xiaoqing	xdu@unmc.edu
Fox	Howard	hfox@unmc.edu
Gawargi	Flobater	fgawargi@unmc.edu
Gundry	Rebekah	rebekah.gundry@unmc.edu
Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu
Kalpana	Marjina Akter	mkalpana@unmc.edu
Kapoor	Ekta	ekta.kapoor@unmc.edu
Kim	So-Youn	soyoun.kim@unmc.edu
Kisling	Sophia	sophia.kisling@unmc.edu
Konfrst	Shelby	shelby.konfrst@unmc.edu
Kong	Yunfan	yunfan.kong@unmc.edu
Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu
Krishna Kumar	Nivedeta	nkrishnakumar@unmc.edu
Kumar	Virender	virender.kumar@unmc.edu
Lakshmaiah Narayana	Jayaram	dr.jayaramln@gmail.com
Li	Shouqiang	shli@unmc.edu
Lowes	Brian	Brian.Lowes@unmc.edu
Macke	Amanda	amanda.macke@unmc.edu
Mesidor	Ronaldine	manepolite.mesidor@unmc.edu
Mishra	Paras Kumar	paraskumar.mishra@unmc.edu
Moulton	Michael	michael.moulton@unmc.edu
Nandi	Shyam	shyam.nandi@unmc.edu
Natarajan	Sathish Kumar	snatarajan2@unl.edu
Panigrahi	Sanjali	spanigrahi@unmc.edu
Park	Garam	gpark@unmc.edu
Parte	Seema	seema.parte@unmc.edu
Patel	Kaushik	kpatel@unmc.edu
Patel	Tapan	tapatel@unmc.edu
Payne	Jason	jason.payne@unmc.edu
Pushpan	Chithia	cpushpan@unmc.edu
Rapoza	Rebekah	rrapoza@unmc.edu
Scheer	Troy	tscheer@unmc.edu
Shah	Ashu	ashu.shah@unmc.edu
Sinanan	Kimberley	ksinanan@unmc.edu
Sorgen	Paul	psorgen@unmc.edu
Stoller	Doug	douglas.stoller@unmc.edu
Subramanyan	Ram Kumar	rsubramanyan@unmc.edu
Sunyoun	Kim	sukim@unmc.edu
Sveeggen	Timothy	tsveeggen@unmc.edu
Urban	Marian	marian.urban@unmc.edu
Veerappa	Avinash	aveerappa@unmc.edu
Viswanathan	Saraswathi	s.viswanathan@unmc.edu
Waknitz	Michelle	mwaknitz@unmc.edu
Wang	Hanjun	hanjunwang@unmc.edu
Xiaoqi	Li	xiaoqi.li@unmc.edu
Xu	Xiaoke	x.xu@unmc.edu
Yao	Qiuming	qyao3@unl.edu

Circulatory 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
Rodriguez-Paar	Jocelyn	j.rodriguezpaar@unmc.edu
Saad	Ahmed	asaad@unmc.edu
Scheer	Troy	tscheer@unmc.edu
Schultz	Harold	hschultz@unmc.edu
Shi	Wen	w.shi@unmc.edu
Siddique	Aleem	aleem.siddique@unmc.edu
Sorenson	Ryan	rysorenson@unmc.edu
Stoller	Douglas	douglas.stoller@unmc.edu
Urban	Marian	marian.urban@unmc.edu
Verma	Vipin	vkumarverma@unmc.edu
Xia	Zhiqiu	zhiqiu.xia@unmc.edu
Zhang	Dongze	dongze.zhang@unmc.edu
Zucker	Irving	izucker@unmc.edu

Congenital Heart Disease

Leader: Laura Ortmann

Member List:

Christensen	Jason	jaschristensen@childrensomaha.org
Hancock-Friesen	Camille	chancockfriesen@childrensomaha.org
Kim	Sun Young	sukim@unmc.edu
Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu
Li	Ling	ling.li@unmc.edu
Mishra	Paras Kumar	paraskumar.mishra@unmc.edu
Natarajan	Sathish Kumar	snatarajan2@unl.edu
Ortmann	Laura	laura.ortmann@unmc.edu
Salomon	Jeffrey	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu
Singh	Amar	amar.singh@unmc.edu
Subramanyan	Ram Kumar	rsubramanyan@unmc.edu
Yetman	Anji	anji.yetman@unmc.edu

Discovery Science

Leader: Qiuming Yao

Member List:

Akinuli	Dorcas	dakinuli@unmc.edu
Anderson	Daniel	danderso@unmc.edu
Bhat	Anjali	abhat@unmc.edu
Cook	Leah	Leah.cook@unmc.edu
Das	Ashish	asdas@unmc.edu
Dash	Prasanta	pdash@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Duan	Bin	bin.duan@unmc.edu
Fox	Howard	hfox@unmc.edu
Gawargi	Flobater	fgawargi@unmc.edu
Gundry	Rebekah	rebekah.gundry@unmc.edu
Halder	Sushanta	sushanta.halder@unmc.edu
Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu
Iverson	Nicole	iverson@unl.edu
Jadidi	Majid	mjadidi@unomaha.edu
Jeffrey	Salomon	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu
Kisling	Sophia	sophia.kisling@unmc.edu
Konfrst	Shelby	shelby.konfrst@unmc.edu
Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu
Kumar	Virender	virender.kumar@unmc.edu
Lakshmaiah Narayana	Jayaram	dr.jayaramln@gmail.com
Lichter	Eliezer	eliezer.lichter@unmc.edu
Lowes	Brian	Brian.Lowes@unmc.edu
Macke	Amanda	amanda.macke@unmc.edu
Mesidor	Roneldine	manepolite.mesidor@unmc.edu
Muniyan	Sakthivel	s.muniyan@unmc.edu
Nicole	Iverson	iverson@unl.edu
Otakhor	Kelly	kotakhor@unmc.edu
Park	Garam	gpark@unmc.edu
Parte	Seema	seema.parte@unmc.edu
Pipinos	Iraklis	ipipinos@unmc.edu
Pribil	Sarah	spribil@unmc.edu
Rashmitha	Dachepally	rdachepally@unmc.edu
Schieber	Molly	molly.schieber@unmc.edu
Sinanan	Kimberley	ksinanan@unmc.edu
Sorgen	Paul	psorgen@unmc.edu
Varadharaj	Venkatesh	vvaradharaj@unmc.edu
Waknitz	Michelle	mwaknitz@unmc.edu
Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu
Yao	Qiuming	qyao3@unl.edu

Drug Discovery & Development

Leaders: Siddappa Byrareddy & Mona Al-Mugotir

Member List:

Akinuli	Dorcas	dakinuli@unmc.edu
Al-Mugotir	Mona	mona.almugotir@unmc.edu
Andrabi	Syed Muntazir	sandrabi@unmc.edu
Bhat	Anjali	abhat@unmc.edu
Byrareddy	Siddappa	sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu
Dash	Prasanta	pdash@unmc.edu
Ghanwatkar	Yashwardhan	yghanwatkar@unmc.edu
Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu
Hayati	Farzad	fhayati@unmc.edu
Jiang	Haochen	haochen.jiang@unmc.edu
Kakalij	Rahul	rkakalij@unmc.edu
Kalpana	Marjina Akter	mkalpana@unmc.edu
Kim	So-Youn	soyoun.kim@unmc.edu
Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu
Kumar	Virender	virender.kumar@unmc.edu
Kumari	Neha	neha.kumari@unmc.edu
Lakshmaiah Narayana	Jayaram	dr.jayaramln@gmail.com
Li	Ling	ling.li@unmc.edu
Li	Guojuan	guojuan.li@unmc.edu
Mauch	Teri	teri.mauch@unmc.edu
Merani	Shaheed	shaheed.merani@unmc.edu
Nguyen	Nghi	minhnghi.nguyen@unmc.edu
Pachikov	Artem	artem.pachikov@unmc.edu
Park	Garam	gpark@unmc.edu
Peeples	Eric	eric.peeples@unmc.edu
Pipinos	Iraklis	ipipinos@unmc.edu
Pribil	Sarah	spribil@unmc.edu
Saad	Ahmed	asaad@unmc.edu
Shah	Ashu	ashu.shah@unmc.edu
Staller	Dalton	dstaller@unmc.edu
Trippier	Paul	paul.trippier@unmc.edu
Varadharaj	Venkatesh	vvaradharaj@unmc.edu
Veerappa	Avinash	aveerappa@unmc.edu
Wang	Dong	dwang@unmc.edu
Wojtkiewicz	Melinda	melinda.wojtkiewicz@unmc.edu
Xu	Xiaoke	x.xu@unmc.edu
Yi	Xiao	yi.xiao@unmc.edu

Inflammation

Leaders: Tate Johnson & Rahul Kakalij

Member List:

Acharya	Arpan	arpan.acharya@unmc.edu
Ai	Weilun	weilun.ai@unmc.edu
Alonso	Windy	windy.alonso@unmc.edu
Anderson	Dan	danderso@unmc.edu
Andrabi	Syed Muntazir	sandrabi@unmc.edu
Bailey	Kristina	kbailey@unmc.edu
Barrett	Christopher	cbarrett@unmc.edu
Basu	Soumi	soumi.basu@unmc.edu
Bidasee	Keshore	kbidasee@unmc.edu
Bilek	Laura	lbilek@unmc.edu
Boesen	Erika	erika.boesen@unmc.edu
Brunette	Katya	katya.brunette@unmc.edu
Byrareddy	Siddappa	sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu
Chromy	Nicole	Nicole.chromy@cune.org
Clemens	Dahn	dclemens@unmc.edu
Cook	Leah	Leah.cook@unmc.edu
Dachepally	Rashmitha	rdachepally@unmc.edu
Das	Ashish	asdas@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Dhyani	Neha	ndhyani@unmc.edu
Duryee	Michael	mduryee@unmc.edu
Dwivedi	Nidhi	nidhivinay.dwivedi@unmc.edu
Elkhatib	Safwan	safwan.elkhatib@unmc.edu
Fox	Howard	hfox@unmc.edu
Gawargi	Flobater	fgawargi@unmc.edu
Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu
Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu
Hayati	Farzad	fhayati@unmc.edu
Iverson	Nicole	iverson@unl.edu
Jeffrey	Salomon	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu
Jiang	Haochen	haochen.jiang@unmc.edu
Johnson	Tate	tate.johnson@unmc.edu
Kaitlin	Dailey	Kadailey@unmc.edu
Kakalij	Rahul	rkakalij@unmc.edu
Kamra	Kajal	kkamra17@unmc.edu
Kong	Yunfan	yunfan.kong@unmc.edu
Krishna Kumar	Nivedeta	nkrishnakumar@unmc.edu
Kumar	Virender	virender.kumar@unmc.edu
Kumari	Neha	neha.kumari@unmc.edu
Lakshmaiah Narayana	Jayaram	dr.jayaramln@gmail.com
Li	Yulong	yulongli@unmc.edu
Li	Shuai	Shuai.Li@unmc.edu
Liu	Bo	bo.liu@unmc.edu
Mannon	Roslyn	roslyn.mannon@unmc.edu
Mikuls	Ted	tmikuls@unmc.edu
Nallasamy	Palanisamy	samy.nallasamy@unmc.edu
Panigrahi	Sanjali	spanigrahi@unmc.edu
Patel	Tapan	tapatel@unmc.edu
Rapoza	Rebekah	rrapoza@unmc.edu
Sathish	Kumar Natarajan	snatarajan2@unl.edu
Scheer	Troy	Tscheer@unmc.edu
Shahriar	S M Shatil	smshatil.shahriar@unmc.edu
Shi	Wen	w.shi@unmc.edu
Singh	Amar	amar.singh@unmc.edu
Staller	Dalton	dstaller@unmc.edu
Subhash	Chand	subhash.chand@unme.edu
Thiele	Geoffrey	gthiele@unmc.edu
VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu
Waknitz	Michelle	mwaknitz@unmc.edu
Wang	Hanjun	hanjunwang@unmc.edu
Wang	Dong	dwang@unmc.edu
Xiaoqi	Li	xiaoqi.li@unmc.edu
Xie	Jingwei	jingwei.xie@unmc.edu
Xu	Xiaoke	x.xu@unmc.edu
Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu
Zhang	Dongze	dongze.zhang@unmc.edu

Microbiome

Leaders: Jeff Salomon & Kaitlin Dailey

Member List:

Acharya	Arpan	arpan.acharya@unmc.edu
Adediji	Isaac	isadediji@unmc.edu
Ayayee	Paul	payayee@unomaha.edu
Bhattarai	Shaurav	shbhattarai@unmc.edu
Byrareddy	Siddappa	sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu
Chromy	Nicole	Nicole.chromy@cune.org
Dailey	Kaitlin	kadailey@unmc.edu
El-Gamal	Dalia	dalia.elgamal@unmc.edu
Guda	Chittibabu	babu.guda@unmc.edu
Gupta	Ritika	rgupta@unmc.edu
Hancock Friesen	Camille	chancockfriesen@childrensnebraska.org
Imran	Khan	ikhan@unmc.edu
Izard	Jacques	jizard@unmc.edu
Johnson	Keith	kjohnsonr@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
Pothuraju	Ramesh	ramesh.pothuraju@unmc.edu
Salomon	Jeffrey	jeffrey.salomon@unmc.edu
Sardarni	Urvinder Kaur	usardarni@unmc.edu
Shrestha	Prat	prashrestha@unmc.edu
Siddiqui	Jawed	jawed.siddiqui@unmc.edu
Sinanan	Kimberley	ksinanan@unmc.edu
Singh	Amar	amar.singh@unmc.edu
Skrabal	Luke	lskrabal@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
Yetman	Anji	anji.yetman@unmc.edu

Preeclampsia & Pre-natal Health

Leaders: Lynda Harris & John Davis

Member List:

Al-Mugotir	Mona	mona.almugotir@unmc.edu
Anderson-Berry	Ann	alanders@unmc.edu
Boesen	Erika	erika.boesen@unmc.edu
Coleman	Freel	cfreel@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu
Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu
Isaac	Adediji	isadediji@unmc.edu
Li	Ling	ling.li@unmc.edu
Li	Guojuan (Juli)	guojuan.li@unmc.edu
Mauch	Teri	teri.mauch@unmc.edu
Megan	Goeckel	mgoeckel@unmc.edu
Natarajan	Sathish Kumar	snatarajan2@unl.edu
Rapoza	Rebekah	rrapoza@unmc.edu
Rebecca	Slotkowsky	rebecca.slotkowski@unmc.edu
Rebekah	Rapoza	rrapoza@unmc.edu
Sahoo	Prakash	psahoo2@unl.edu
Schieber	Molly	molly.schieber@unmc.edu
Siddiqui	Jawed	jawed.siddiqui@unmc.edu
So	Wonmi	wso@unmc.edu
Thompson	Maranda	maranda.thompson@unmc.edu
VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@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
Bhat	Anjali	abhat@unmc.edu
Boesen	Erika	erika.boesen@unmc.edu
Brunette	Katya	katya.brunette@unmc.edu
Byrareddy	Siddappa	sid.byrareddy@unmc.edu
Chittezham Thomas	Vinai	vinai.thomas@unmc.edu
Cook	Jason	jason.cook@unmc.edu
Dachepally	Rashmitha	rdachepally@unmc.edu
Das	Ashish	asdas@unmc.edu
Davis	John	jsdavis@unmc.edu
Dhyani	Neha	ndhyani@unmc.edu
Estrella	Luis Daniel	erika.boesen@unmc.edu
Freel	Coleman	luis.estrella@unmc.edu
Gao	Lie	lgao@unmc.edu
Goeckel	Megan	mgoekel@unmc.edu
Hahka	Taija	taija.hahka@unmc.edu
Hakim	Ali	ali.hakim@unmc.edu
Harris	Lynda	lyharris@unmc.edu
Jadidi	Majid	mjadidi@unomaha.edu
Johnson	Keith	kjohnsonr@unmc.edu
Kalpana	Marjina Akter	mkalpana@unmc.edu
Kamra	Kajal	kkamra17@unmc.edu
Kosmach	Anna	akosmach@unmc.edu
Layec	Gwenael	glayec@unmc.edu
Li	Shuai	Shuai.Li@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
Nandi	Shyam	shyam.nandi@unmc.edu
Nguyen	Nghi	minhnghi.nguyen@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
Rasekhi	Mahsa	mrasekhi@unmc.edu
Rowland	Sheri	sheri.rowland@unmc.edu
Saabea	Afia	aowusukonadu@unmc.edu
Saad	Ahmed	asaad@unmc.edu
Schieber	Molly	molly.schieber@unmc.edu
Schultz	Harold	hschultz@unmc.edu
Siddiqui	Jawed	jawed.siddiqui@unmc.edu
Singh	Amar	amar.singh@unmc.edu
Sorgen	Paul	psorgen@unmc.edu
Staller	Dalton	dstaller@unmc.edu
Sveeggen	Timothy	tsveeggen@unmc.edu
Thomas	Windle	tawindle@unmc.edu
Thorell	William	wthorell@unmc.edu
Tian	Amy	ytian@unmc.edu
VanOrmer	Matthew	matthew.vanormer@unmc.edu
Veerappa	Avinash	aveerappa@unmc.edu
Wang	Hanjun	hanjunwang@unmc.edu
Xia	Zhiqiu	zhiqiu.xia@unmc.edu
Yadav	Santosh	santosh.yadav@unmc.edu
Zhang	Dongze	dongze.zhang@unmc.edu
Zimmerman	Matthew	mczimmerman@unmc.edu
Zucker	Irving	izucker@unmc.edu