Staff

Ernst J. Schaefer, M.D., Laboratory Director
Senior Scientist and Professor, Medicine and Nutrition
Research focus: nutrition, genetics, aging, gender effects, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk

Bela Asztalos, Ph.D.
Scientist I and Associate Professor, Medicine
Research focus: HDL and cardiovascular disease risk subspecies, coronary heart disease risk, and nutrition

Stefania Lamon-Fava, M.D., Ph.D.
Scientist I and Associate Professor, Nutrition
Research focus: hormonal replacement, nutrition, lipoproteins, and cardiovascular disease risk

Thomas van Himbergen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Research focus: the interaction of serum paraoxonase (PON) with candidate genes and lifestyle factors in relation to lipid metabolism parameters and clinical outcomes.

Masumi Ai, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Research focus: nutrition and cardiovascular disease

Julian Marsh, M.D.
Scientific Advisor and Professor Emeritus, Medicine
Research focus: lipoprotein metabolism and cholesterol absorption

Michael Corcoran, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant

Yu-Lin Kuang, B.S., Graduate Student

Joi Augustin Gleason, M.S., R.D., Senior Research Nutritionist

Margaret Diffenderfer, Ph.D., Senior Research Assistant

Katalin V. Horvath, M.S., Research Assistant

Aaron Buchsbaum, B.A., Senior Research Technician

Sylvia Peterson, Secretary

Elisabeth Harasti, Office Administrator

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