Valera Hudson, MD

Professor & Chair

Valera Hudson is a pediatric pulmonologist and treats conditions that affect a child's respiratory system, like severe asthma or bronchitis.

Pediatric Pulmonology Medical Education Reccurent Pneumonia Cystic Fibrosis Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Pediatrics

J. Aaron Johnson, PhD

Director of the Institute of Public and Preventive Health and Professor of Psychology

For two decades, J. Aaron Johnson's research has focused on evidence-based practices, primarily in substance use prevention.

Alcohol Screening Brief Interventions Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Opioid Epidemic

Zubair Karim, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Karim researches signaling and the SNARE secretory machinery in platelets to understand their contribution to health and disease.

Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Thrombosis Hemostasis Platelet Exocytosis and Signaling E-cigarettes

Russell Keen, EdD

Executive Vice President of Administration and Chief of Staff to the President

Dr. Russell Keen is an administrator with more than 20 years of experience in higher education.

Partnerships Ethics Public Relations Leadership Higher Education

Ravindra Kolhe, PhD

Director, Georgia Esoteric & Molecular Laboratory at Augusta University

Ravindra Kolhe is a Molecular and Genetic Pathologist, involved in identifying and validating cutting-edge platforms for diagnostic medicine

Pathology Informatics Genetic Pathology Molecular Pathology Surgical Pathology

Klaus Ley, MD

Founding Director

Klaus Ley is exploring the role our immune response plays in atherosclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.

T lymphocytes Immunology Vaccines atherosclerosis Integrins Autoimmune Diseases

Ruth McClelland-Nugent, PhD

Chair History, Anthropology & Philosophy

Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent focuses on gender and politics in popular culture. Fields in US, Canadian, and British history.

Popular Culture Wonder Woman Gender Women 20th Century 17th and 18th Centuries Theatre and Film Comic Books

Jeffrey Morris, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Computer and Cyber Sciences

Quantum Cryptography Quantum Computing Defense and Security Systems Engineering National Security Cybersecurity

Asha Nayak-Kapoor, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Nayak's clinical and research interests are in GI Malignancies, and her specialties are Medical Hematology / Oncology Hematology.

Internal Medicine GI Malignancies Medical hematology/oncology

Nicole Peritore, PhD

Assistant Professor

Nicole Peritore is an assistant professor of kinesiology in the College of Education and Human Development at Augusta University.

Food Insecurity Health Promotion Healthy Living Community Health