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MU-ADVANCE TEAM
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Dr. Marcia Harrison, MU-ADVANCE PI
Professor, Biological Science
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Dr.
Harrison is a plant biologist interested in the
effect of environmental stress on plant growth. She
is the former director of the WV State
Science and Engineering Fair and is interested in
supporting all levels of student research.
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Dr. Beverly C. Delidow, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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 Dr. Delidow,
award winner of The Marshall University
Distinguished Artists and Scholars Award for Junior
Faculty, is a prominent researcher and dedicated professor in an area of
Cancer Biology, and Neuroscience and Developmental
Biology.
As a cluster Coordinator in the
Cancer Biology discipline, she encourages and
supervises students for further research in the field.
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Dr.
Patricia Y. Logan, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Associate
Professor, College of Information Technology and Engineering
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Dr. Logan has been instrumental in developing
graduate courses for the College of Information
Technology and
Engineering (CITE) that deal with information
systems and security.
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Dr. Elizabeth Murray, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Associate Professor, Integrated Science and
Technology
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 Dr. Murray has diverse research interests, including
genetics of endangered species, human genetics
polymorphisms, Arsenic damage to DNA, and DNA aptamers. Dr. Murray promotes
development in the Biotechnology emphasis and
major, and implemented the
introductory course to DNA Cloning at Marshall.
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Dr. Judith A.
Silver, MU-ADVANCE Co-PI
Professor,
Department of Mathematics
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 Dr.
Silver works to improve recruitment strategies to increase the number of STEM
female faculty at Marshall. She contributes to the development
of mathematics teacher education and learning
through a variety of K-12 Math initiatives projects
which include Project MERIT; SEMS
Scholars: A GAME plan for Appalachian Student
Success
and WvEB algebra.
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Dr. Elaine Baker, MU-ADVANCE
Consultant,
Professor Emeritus,
Psychology
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 Dr. Elaine Baker is a prominent Primatologist, who
studies human and animal behaviors. Being passionate
about the quality of education at Marshall University,
Dr. Baker has made efforts that led to the
establishment of the Center for the Advancement of
Teaching and Learning, which aims to improve the
quality of university (college/secondary) education.
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Dr. Shari Clarke, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner
Vice President, Multicultural Affairs |
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Clarke joined Marshall in June 2008, after
serving as the Associate Vice President for Student
Affairs at Temple University in Philadelphia.
She has an extensive background in encouraging and
promoting diversity in higher education. Dr.
Clarke plans to use her expertise in diversity to
help MU-ADVANCE seek ways to broaden the applicant
pools and to encourage diversity within the faculty
at Marshall.
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Dr. Michelle Douglas, MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner
Director, Equity Program
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Dr. Michelle Douglas joined
Marshall as the new Director of Equity Programs in
July 2007. Dr. Douglas was the Director of Cultural
Diversity and Student Activities at the Ashland
Community and Technical College in Ashland,
Kentucky. Dr. Douglas will help MU-ADVANCE continue
the Program’s efforts to encourage search committees
to be equitable and diverse in choosing candidates.
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Dr. Jan I. Fox , MU-ADVANCE
Administrative Partner
Vice President,
Information Technology/Chief Information Officer |
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 Dr. Fox has been making strong
efforts to implement and promote technology in
postsecondary education, Internet2, promotion of
Online College Courses in High School, distance
learning, the state's economic development, the
advancement of a rural health care system, and has
led numerous grant-funded projects on using
information and computing to improve the quality of
education and research in lives of West Virginians.
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Dr. Frances Hensley, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Associate Vice President for Academic
Affairs
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 Dr.
Hensley supervises quality enhancement of curriculum and instruction
in the following areas: the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
and Learning; the Center for Academic Excellence; the Center for
International Programs; University College; the Marshall Plan for
Enhanced Undergraduate Education, the Associate Dean’s Council, and
all academic reporting to the Higher Education Policy Commission of
West Virginia. She also serves as the liaison for eight
undergraduate colleges, providing service to approximately 13,000
students and 400 faculty.
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Ms. Denise Hogsett, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Director of Career Services
 Denise
Hogsett will facilitate the services provided by the
Dual Career Services Program. Ms. Hogsett has an
M.S. in Communication Disorders and an Executive
M.B.A., both from Marshall University. She has
experience working in human resources, management,
and marketing and is dedicated to improving the
recruitment efforts at MU.
Dr. John Maher, MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner,
Vice President for Research
Dr. John Maher is the former Director of the
Chemical Alliance Zone, Inc., a nonprofit
organization dedicated to continuing the existence
of the chemical industry in Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam
and Wayne counties. In this role, Dr. Maher was in
charge of economic development. Dr. Maher
contributes to the MU-ADVANCE Faculty Development
Initiatives as the MURC representative to advise us
on research and grant issues.
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Dr. Gayle Ormiston, MU-ADVANCE Administrative
Partner,
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic
Affairs
 Dr.
Gayle Ormiston was appointed as the new Provost and
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs in August
2008. Dr. Ormiston served as the Associate
Provost at Kent State for six year, handling Faculty
Affairs and Curriculum. In this role, he was
in charge of many aspects of faculty affairs,
including evaluating and implementing policies and
practices. Dr. Ormiston's experience working
with faculty affairs will help drive the initiatives
of the MU-ADVANCE Program.
Dr. Sherri
Smith, MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner,
Interim Executive Director, CATL
 Dr.
Sherri Smith assumed the role of Interim Executive
Director of the Center for the Advancement of
Teaching and Learning (CATL) in July 2008.
However Dr. Smith is no stranger to advancing
teaching methods, as she is also the Director of the
Service Learning Program. She is also
an Associate Professor in the Department of English
and the Women's Studies Program at Marshall.
Dr. Smith will help MU-ADVANCE continue the
Program's efforts to enhance faculty development.
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Program Coordinator
Prior to becoming the Program Coordinator for
MU-ADVANCE, Ms. Williams served as the Program
Assistant for the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR). During her four years
in this role, she gained valuable insight as to how
grants are administered.
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Dr. Tina Cartwright, West Virginia State Climatologist
Assistant Professor, Education
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Dr. Cartwright investigates relevant weather and
climate research issues important to the state of
West Virginia. As a member of the
Governor’s Commission on Graduate Studies in STEM,
Dr. Cartwright advocates graduate studies in the
STEM disciplines.
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College of Information
Technology and Engineering
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Dr. Betsy Dulin,
Dean, College
of Information Technology and Engineering
Professor of Engineering
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Dr.
Dulin
has a nine-year history with Marshall University.
She served as the Dean of the College of Information
and Technology (CITE) from 2002-2006, before taking
a brief hiatus to work at a law firm in Charleston,
WV. She returned to Marshall as an Associate
Professor of Engineering in fall 2007, and resumed
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Dr. Sarita Bassil, Assistant
Professor
Department of
Computer Science
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 Dr.
Bassil, a native of Daroun, Lebanon, is fluent in
English, French, and Arabic, both in writing and
speaking. Dr. Bassil has traveled the world to
present workflow technology and has led efforts to
implement workflow management systems components in
various fields, such as e-business (e-negotiation,
e-commerce), medical applications, and
transportation applications.
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Dr. Tracy Christofero
Associate Professor
of Technology Management
 Dr.
Christofero brings twenty years of IT project
management, education, and consulting experience to
Marshall. Dr. Christofero is responsible for
teaching a variety of Technology Management graduate
courses and serves as the Technology Management
Program Coordinator. Dr. Christofero’s research
interests include information privacy and security,
IT project management, technological regulatory
compliance, and healthcare informatics.
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Dr. Kimberly DeTardo-Bora
Associate Professor, Department
of Criminal Justice
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 Dr. DeTardo-Bora joined the
Department of Criminal Justice in 1999. Since
her arrival, she has taught numerous courses,
including Advanced Criminological Theory, and has
garnered $60,000 in grant funding. Dr. DeTardo-Bora's research
contributions have pertained to campus security
webpages, domestic violence, media depictions of
criminal justice professional women, and much more.
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Dr.
Angela D. Crews
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice |
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Angela Crews joined MU's Criminal Justice Department
as an Associate Professor. She is currently
writing a book on juvenile delinquency and violence
in the U.S. while also teaching Introduction to
Corrections and Applied Ethics at the undergraduate
level and Criminal Justice Planning at the graduate
level.
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available about Dr. Crews.
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Dr. Elena M. Ermolaeva
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
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 Dr.
Ermolaeva has been a key sociologist since joining
Marshall in 2005. Her current research lie on
acceleration of Gender Desegregation, Employment
Trajectories of Foreign-Born Faculty, Unintended
Consequences of Social Actions, and Re-Examination
of Divorce Rates and Unemployment.
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Dr. Donna Sullivan
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
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As
a Social Gerontologist, Dr. Sullivan’s current
research explores the productive activities of
seniors. Specifically, she focuses on how the internet
plays a role in their social interaction through
their use of social networking communities.
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Dr.
April Fugett-Fuller
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology |
 After
completing her doctoral program at the University of
Kansas, Dr. April Fugett-Fuller joined the
Department of Psychology at Marshall. Dr.
Fugett-Fuller's research interests include reading,
spelling, semantic memory, learning, implicit
memory, psycholinguistics, language processing,
sentence processing, and neighborhood density.
She is currently teaching Psychometrics,
Experimental Psychology, and Behavioral Statistics.
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Dr. Marianna Footo-Linz, MU-ADVANCE
Mentor
Professor, Department of Psychology |
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Marianna Footo-Linz is a Professor of Psychology and
is the Program Coordinator of the Psy.D. Program at
Marshall. In this role, she is responsible for
a variety of tasks, including student recruitment
and practicum placements. She also serves as a
mentor for Dr. Wendy Williams, a MU-ADVANCE Faculty
Fellow. Dr. Footo-Linz meets weekly with Dr.
Williams to help her navigate through the duties and
procedures of being a junior faculty member.
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Dr. Paige Muellerleile
Assistant Professor, Department
of Psychology
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Dr. Muellerleile's
research interests involve understanding people’s
judgments and decision-making processes.
Since joining Marshall University in 2006, she has taught Health Psychology,
Intermediate Statistics, Clinical Research Methods,
Psychometrics, and Psychology of Women and Gender.
Dr. Muellerleile is committed to undergraduate
research
serving on several research committees.
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Dr.
Anita Walz
Assistant
Professor, Department of Geography
Dr. Walz was hired in 2003 as
the department's physical geographer. Her
research interests include landscape ecology,
environmental geography and issues of climate change
all of which are heavily dependent on Geographic
Information System (GIS) and remote sensing tools.
She teaches courses in physical and
environmental geography.
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Dr. Wendy Williams
Assistant Professor, Psychology |
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 Dr. Williams is
an active social psychologist who researches social
class, poverty, and inequality. She currently serves
as a member of the Women's Studies Advisory Board
and is a member of the Board of Directors for
Branches Domestic Violence Shelter in Huntington WV.
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Dr. Maria Babiuc,
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
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 Dr. Maria C. Babiuc-Hamilton, a theoretical physicist, joins the
Department of Physics and Physical Science. She
has researched black holes and gravitational
radiation and is interested in developing research
in numerical relativity at Marshall. Currently teaching Introduction to Modern Physics
and Modern Physics Lab, she is involved in teaching physics at both the
introductory and advanced levels.
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Dr. Mary Etta Hight
Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences
 Dr.
Mary Etta Hight will retire from Marshall
University’s Department of Biological Sciences at
the end of the Spring semester, after having spent
32 years as a faculty member. After the close of
her “great ride,” Dr. Hight plans to spend
retirement gardening, travelling, and perhaps even
finishing a book on the mammals of West Virginia.
MU-ADVANCE extends a sincere thank you to Dr. Hight
for her dedication to Marshall.
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Dr. Nicola “Nicki” LoCascio
Associate Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences
Assistant Director for the Society of Yeager
Scholars
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LoCascio’s research in
Science Education focuses on teaching methodologies,
laboratory experience, and student assessment at the
post secondary level. She monitors curriculum
effectiveness and chairs the the department's
assessment committee. Dr. LoCascio teaches
Principles of Biology, Principles of Genetics and
the Capstone Experience for college seniors. Dr.
LoCascio is the Assistant Director for the
Society of Yeager Scholars.
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Dr. Huong Nguyen
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
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 Dr.
Huong
Nguyen
is a theoretical physicist who researches quantum
dots, low dimensional systems, and the structures
and physical properties of solids in solid state.
She is also an active researcher of nanophysics and
condensed matter theory. Dr. Nguyen joined the
Department of Physics in 2005, where she currently
teaches Solid State Physics, Electromagnetism, and
Thermodynamics.
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Dr. Suzanne Strait,
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
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Dr. Suzanne Strait is currently developing an online
museum of 3D models of Paleocene Eocene fossils,
with funds garnered from the National Science
Foundation. Dr. Strait has led many expeditions to
Wyoming, offering students a chance to experience
field research firsthand.
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Dr. Wendy Trzyna,
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
 Dr.
Wendy Trzyna
is a microbiologist in the Department of Biological
Sciences. Her research interests include
investigating how
Acanthamoeba,
a single celled eukaryotic microbe, sense and
respond at the molecular level to stress in the
environment. Of particular interest are specific
genes and signaling pathways involved in stress
responses as well as whole genome analyses of
amoebae from diverse environments. She currently
teaches Microbial Genetics.
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Dr. Bin Wang,
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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 Dr. Bin
Wang
joins the Chemistry Department as a
biochemist and a specialist in nanobiotechnology.
Her research focuses on RNA structure analysis,
with several interests including the fabrication of
micro-total analysis system to conduct RNA
study, the determination of RNA structure by single
molecule approaches, and the engineering of RNA as
cargo to deliver drugs to target positions within
cells. She is currently involved with teaching
Introduction to Analytical Chemistry laboratory.
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Dr. Laura McCunn
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at Yale University,
Dr. Laura McCunn has joined the Department of Chemistry at
Marshall. Dr. McCunn’s research interests include the structure,
reactivity, and spectral properties of radicals. She will begin
teaching Principles of Chemistry and its associated lab in the Fall,
and Introduction to Physical Chemistry in the Spring.
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Dr.
Yulia Dementieva
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
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 Dr.
Yulia Dementieva is currently performing statistical analyses to assist a
research group in their goal of identifying genes that are
susceptible to human disease. Along with research, she serves as
the statistician for MU-ADVANCE and is instrumental in
curriculum development for the Department of Mathematics.
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Dr.
Anna
Mummert
Department of Mathematics |
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Dr.
Anna Mummert
joins the
Department of Mathematics
as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests
involve smooth dynamical systems, AMS/MOS
classification 37C.
Dr. Mummert is currently teaching Concepts
and Applications of Mathematics and Concepts and
Applications of Mathematics with Algebra.
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Dr. Piyali Dasgupta
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology
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Dr. Piyali Dasgupta research
examines the effects of nicotine (the active
component of cigarettes) in regulating cellular
responses, such as programmed cell death and cell
growth, in the context of lung cancer. She will be
teaching Lung Physiology. More
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Dr. Elaine Hardman
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
Dr. Hardman's research interests delve into omega-3
fatty acids. Specifically, Hardman studies how
these acids can effect the development of breast
cancer. Dr. Hardman and her post-doc Dr.
Gabriela Ion received a
fellowship from the Cancer Research and
Prevention Foundation to expand on these studies. With several research studies
underway, Hardman has an excess of $1 million in external
grant funding.
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Dr. Susan Jackman
Professor, Biochemistry and Microbiology
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 Dr.
Jackman studies how the immune system communicates
with the body by molecules called cytokines. Disturbances in this communication may
contribute to inappropriate immune responses,
including autoimmunity.
We have found that gene therapy with the
cytokine, interleukin-7, can suppress autoimmune
skin lesions in a mouse model.
In a second area of study, we are
investigating how the bacteria,
Streptococcus
agalactiae, which can cause life-threatening
infections in the neonatal period, is able to
recognize the human cytokine, interleukin-6, and
respond by increasing its expression of
stress/virulence genes.
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 Dr.
Kiningham’s research interests include the mechanism
of thimerosal (a mercury containing compound used as
a preservative in vaccines and cosmetics) in
inducing neurotoxicity and the role of vitamin A in
the regulation of programmed cell death.
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Dr. Elsa I. Mangiarua
Professor, Physiology
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 Dr.
Mangiarua studies oxidative stress in
obesity-associated hypertension and sciatic nerve
compartments associated with the complications of
diabetes.
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Dr. Nalini Santanam
Associate Professor, Pharmacology
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 Dr. Santanam is
a lipid biochemist with interest in Free Radical
Biology. Her research focus is the role of oxidative
stress in chronic diseases. She has ongoing projects
to study the role of oxidative stress in
cardiovascular disease, obesity/diabetes,
endometriosis and cancer.
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