Personnel

	Dr. Roger J. Bick, FAHA, CBiol, MIBiol Associate Professor Tel:713.500.5406(office)      713.500.5285(lab) email:Roger.J.Bick@uth.tmc.edu
	Brian Poindexter, M.Sc. Research Associate Tel:713.500.5285(lab)      713.500.5260(Imaging lab) email:Brian.J.Poindexter@uth.tmc.edu
	Dr. L. Maximilian Buja, M.D. Scientific Advisor Tel:713.500.3062 email:L.Maximilian.Buja@uth.tmc.edu

Imaging Facility - Current Users and Research

Roger Bick, PhD
Bud Frazier, MD
- Cardiac dysfunction, ventricular unloading, cardiomyocytes

Branislav Radovancevic, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
Jeffery Towbin, MD
Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, PhD
- Large animal model of chronic heart failure, cytoskeletal disruption, mitral regurgitation

Mya C. Schiess, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Neuropeptides, neurocardiology, neurodegeneration

Stephen M. Milner, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Natural antimicrobials, cytokines, skin, burns

Amitava Dasgupta, PhD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Natural cardiotonic compounds, heart failure

Rosemary Kozar, MD
Surgery Trauma Group
Roger Bick, PhD
- Intestinal barrier dysfunction and protection

Marie Francoise Doursout, PhD
- Nitric oxide in Multi organ failure

David Sheikh-Hamad, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Calcium channel blockers

Glenn McDonald, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Cytoskeletal degradation and recycling

Michael Stephen, MD
Roger Bick, PhD
- Involvement of the nucleus in myocyte differentiation

Richard Smalling, MD
- Endothelin, vascular pathophysiology

Diane Hickson-Bick, PhD
- Apoptosis, cardiac metabolism, toxic shock

Jacqueline T. Hecht , PhD
- Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein

Emily Robinson, MD
- Toxic shock, ischemia/reperfusion, hepatic injury

Joe Alcorn, PhD
- Pulmonary epithelia, surfactant