Leadership

Matthew Campen, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Center Director
Regents’ Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
MCampen@salud.unm.edu

Sarah Blossom, Ph.D.
Associate Center Director
Associate Dean of Research
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
SBlossom@salud.unm.edu

Laurie Hudson, Ph.D.
Director of Career Development
Regents’ Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Lhudson@salud.unm.edu

Changjian (Jim) Feng, Ph.D. 
Integrated Molecular Analysis Core (IMAC) Director
Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
cfeng@salud.unm.edu

Yiliang Zhu, Ph.D.
Biostatistics Core Director
Professor
UNM School of Medicine
YiZhu@salud.unm.edu

Research Project Leaders (mentored PIs)

Eliane El Hayek, Ph.D., M.S.
Mentored PI
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
EELHayek@salud.unm.edu

Priscilla De La Cruz, M.D.
Mentored PI
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
PMDeLaCruz@salud.unm.edu

Sebastian Medina, Ph.D. 
Mentored PI
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
SeMedina@salud.unm.edu

Lexi O'Donnell, Ph.D. (anticipated Dec. 2026)
Mentored PI
Assistant Professor
College of Population Health
AlODonnell@salud.unm.edu

Mentors

Alicia Bolt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Ambolt@salud.unm.edu
Mentoring: Medina, Project 4

Jennifer Gillette Ph.D. 
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
School of Medicine
JGillette@salud.unm.edu
Mentoring: Medina, Project 4

Kiran Bhaskar, Ph.D., M.S., M.Phil.
Tenured Professor
Co-Director of New Mexico Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
School of Medicine
KBhaskar@salud.unm.edu
Mentoring:El Hayek and De La Cruz, Projects 1 and 2

Lana Melendres-Groves, MD
Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs, Professor; Department of Internal Medicine Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Medical Director; Medical Director Clinical Trial Unit DoIM
Department of Internal Medicine
School of Medicine
LMelendres@salud.unm.edu
Mentoring: Del La Cruz, Project 2

Shahani Noor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosciences
School of Medicine
SNoor@salud.unm.edu
Mentoring: El Hayek, Project 1

 

Advisory Committee

John Yu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor
College of Nursing and School of Medicine
University of New Mexico

 

Ke Jian “Jim” Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Basic Research and Professor
Stony Brook Cancer Center and Department of Pathology
Renaissance School of Medicine
Stoney Brook University
kejian.liu@stonybrookmedicine.edu

 

Koren Mann, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
 
Omathanu Perumal, Ph.D. 
Associate Vice President for Research and Professor
Office of the Vice President and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of New Mexico

 

Timothy R Nurkiewicz, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology
School of Medicine
West Virginia University

Administrative Core

Jillian Kotulski, B.A., B.S.
Sr. Program Manager
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
jfkotulski@salud.unm.edu

Sowmya Laddipally
Program Coordinator
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
SLaddipally@salud.unm.edu

Jessica Begay, M.S.
Research Information Specialist
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
JGBegay@salud.unm.edu

 

Integrated Molecular Analysis Core (IMAC)

Ting Jiang, Ph.D.
IMAC Co-Director
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
TJiang@salud.unm.edu

Rui Liu, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
RuLiu@salud.unm.edu

Haikun Zhang
IMAC Research Scientist
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
hazhang@salud.unm.edu

Hauyu Zheng
IMAC Research Scientist
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
hyzheng@salud.unm.edu