Respiratory Experts

Phillip Coule, MD

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, AU Health System & Associate Dean for Clinical AffairsAugusta University

Phillip Coule is an expert in COVID-19 testing, hospital quality & safety, emergency medicine, disaster preparedness, and GRAChIE.

CoronavirusMass Casualty TriageEmergency MedicineHospital Quality and SafetyDisaster Preparedness

Shawn (Sheng-Chieh) Chen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringVCU College of Engineering

Dr. Chen's research interests include airborne and liquid-borne nanoparticle filtration, NanoEHS, & indoor and urban air pollution control.

Nanofiltration and ultrafiltrationAir pollution controlAerosol sampling and instrumentationIndoor Air QualityCFD simulation

Department Chair; Inez Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biomedical and Health Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University | Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of PittsburghVCU College of Engineering

Professor Heise studies pulmonary mechanotransduction, including lung injury and pulmonary regenerative medicine

Lung injuryPulmonary regenerative medicineMechanobiologyTissue EngineeringSmooth muscle cell signaling

Kathleen "Kitty" Hernlen, EDD, MBA, RRT

Program Director and Professor in College of Allied Health SciencesAugusta University

Kitty Hernlen's research interests are online education, experiential/active learning, and technology in education.

Technology in EducationExperiential EducationInterdisciplinary EducationExperiential/Active LearningOnline Education

Dianne Durkin

President & CEOLoyalty Factor

National expert on building loyalty, enhancing employee and customer relationships and increasing brand loyalty to experience profit growth!

Core Drivers for Generational IntegrationLeveraging Change: Making It Manageable and ProfitableEnergizing Your BrandInvest in Trust and Increase ProfitsRelational Capital: Building Rapport Respect Trust and Credibility