Peng Zhao, Ph.D.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Email: zhaop@uthscsa.edu
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Structural Biology
Assitant Professor of Mays Cancer Center
Long School of Medicine
Postdoc: University of California San Diego
Ph.D.: Louisiana State University & Pennington Biomedical Research Center
AWARDS
CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Award
K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award
University of Texas System Rising STARs Award
Xiaoli Sun, M.D., Ph.D.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Email: sunx1@uthscsa.edu
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Mays Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of Transplant Center
Postdoc: University of California San Diego
M.D., Ph.D.: Peking University Health Science Center
AWARDS
CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Award
K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award
University of Texas System Rising STARs Award
Dan Li, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR
Postdoc: Stanford University
Ph.D.: Peking University Health Science Center
AWARDS
Senior Research Training Fellowship, American Lung Association
Abhishek Gupta, Ph.D.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Ph.D.: Central Drug Research Institute
Abhishek received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Central Drug Research Institute. He received multiple academic awards for his work on the mechanisms of insulin resistance and adipocyte biology. Abhishek is interested in molecular regulation in diabetes and liver diseases.
Mia Ferretti, B.S.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
B.S., Pre-med student: Texas A&M University
Mia earned her B.S. in Biology at the Texas A&M University. She received multiple awards for her outstanding performance, including Lechner Scholarship and Bertha Mae and Samuel Martin Opportunity Award. Mia is highly motivated and passionate about translational research and metabolic diseases.