Faculty
The following is the faculty and staff for the Physician Associate Studies program.

Karthikeyan Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Senior Director, Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Laurie Harrington, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine

Alicia Gomes, MS, CGC
Assistant Program Director, Genetic Counseling
Director, Industry Genetics and Genomics Certificate
Assistant Professor
SHPB 444
205-934-7299

Allison Litton, DrPH
Assistant Professor
SHPB 460
205-934-4432

Amy Brady, MAED, CNMT
Program Director
Assistant Professor
SHPB 446
205-934-3427

Anna Hurst, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Medical Director Genetic Counseling
VH VH1L
205-934-4983

Asim K. Bej, PhD
Adjunct Professor
CBSE 207

Bobby Jones, PhD
Instructor
SHPB 425
205-934-4863

Brianna Miller, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM
Assistant Professor
SHPB 477
205-934-5995

Cameron Sheeler, PhD
Associate Professor
CBSE 214
205-975-1219

Catherine Fuller, PhD
Professor, School of Medicine

Charles A. Wilson IV, PhD, CHP, CSP, CLSO
Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor
SHPB 447
225-329-8278

Christina B. Hurst, MS, CGC, CHC
Assistant Professor, Research Project Coordinator

Christine Loyd, PhD
Associate Professor
SHPB 462
205-934-9625

Corinne Augelli-Szafran, PhD
Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

David Wood, MSPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
SHP 484
205-934-4432

Dina Avery, DHSc
Biotechnology Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Assistant Professor

Donald Reiff, MD
Medical Director, Physician Assistant Studies
KB 110
205-975-3030

Emily A. Caffrey, PhD, CHP
Program Director, Health Physics Assistant Professor
SHPB 445
541-250-1975

Erin Dorman, MSPAS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
SHP 489
205-975-2328

Fallon Lotson, DHSc, PA-C
Assistant Professor
SHPB 485
205-934-3781

Floyd Josephat, EdD, MLS (ASCP), AHI(AMT)
Interim Chair, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Program Director, Medical Laboratory Sciences
Professor
SHPB 478
205-934-1348

Heather F. Neighbors, MSPAS, PA-C
Co-Director of Clinical Education, Assistant Professor
SHPB 487
205-975-0342

Jarren Oates, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Health Sciences
SHPB 451
205-934-9245

Jessica Denton, MS, CGC, PhD
Program Director, Genetic Counseling
Assistant Professor
SHPB 448
205-934-6940

Jon Baldwin, D.O., MBS
Medical Director, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Sciences
JT 775
205-934-1388

Joseph Garner, PhD
Assistant Professor
CBSE 207
205-934-7222

Joshua Collins, MS
Data Analyst, Health Physics Program
SHPB 421A

Joshua Hayes, PhD, NRRPT
Assistant Professor
SHPB 421B
719-661-0858

Katelynn Perry, MS, MLS (ASCP)
Instructor
SHPB 140
205-975-5178

Kathy Nugent, PhD
Sr. Associate VP and Chief Biotechnology and Innovation Officer

Katie Church, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor, Clinical Coordinator
Genetic Counseling
SHP 449
205-934-6942

Keith McGregor, PhD
Director of Research, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences

Kimberly McCall, PhD
Biotechnology Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Assistant Professor
CBSE 210
205-934-3378

Kristen Bowen, M.Ed.
Instructor, Biomedical and Health Sciences
SHPB 453
205-975-7639

Krystle W. Glasgow, MIS, CNMT, NMTCB(CT), NMAA, FSNMMI-TS
Instructor Clinical Coordinator
SHPB 442
205-996-6597

Liliana Navarrete, MS
Assistant Professor
SHPB 435
205-975-2924

M. Gracie McGuire, MSPAS, MPH, PA-C
Assistant Professor
SHPB 466
205-996-2157

M. Tino Unlap, PhD
Program Director, Biotechnology
Professor
SHPB 443
205-934-7382

M. Tosi Gilford, MD, PA-C
Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies
Assistant Professor
SHPB 483
205-934-6941

Mamie Coats, PhD
Program Co-Director, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Associate Professor
SHPB 455
205-996-0270

Matthew Ward PhD, MS, RT(MR), CNMT
Assistant Professor
SHPB 471
205-934-3425

Michael J. Herr PhD
Program Co-Director, Biomedical and Health Sciences
Associate Professor
Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
School of Medicine
VH 617
205-975-0021

N. Robert Estes II, PhD
Associate Professor
SHPB 424D
205-934-7222

Norman Bolus, MSPH, MPH, CNMT, FSNMMI-TS
Credentialed Course Instructor, Assistant Professore Emeritus

Pamela Hanson, PhD
Professor
SHPB 450
205-975-4966

R. Lynn Holt, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor, Adjunct Faculty Emerita
SHPB 441
205-975-2922

Rachel Nichols, MS, CHP
Credentialed Course Instructor

Remo George, PhD
Assistant Professor
SHPB 452
205-934-7378

Rowell Ashford, II, MD
Associate Medical Director, Assistant Professor
SHPB 432
205-934-5994

Samantha Giordano-Mooga, PhD
Associate Professor
LRC 202D
205-996-1399

Shanequa Roscoe
Instructor
SHPB 142
205-975-5178

Ted Bertrand, PhD
Professor, Program Director, Biomedical Sciences
SHPB 687
205-934-1374

Tera Webb, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, PhD
Assistant Professor
SHPB 477
205-934-5985

Tyler Wright, PhD
Assistant Professor
SHPB 474
205-934-5987

Victoria K. Gibbs, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
SHPB 473
205-934-7384

W. Cody Black, PhD, MHS, PA-C
Director of Didactic Education, Assistant Professor
SHPB 482
205-934-7563

Wei Li, PhD
Professor
SHPB 424B
205-996-2656

Zachariah C. Tribbett, CHP, CLSO, MA
Credentialed Course Instructor