Core Investigators and Leaders

Diane M. Becker, MPH, ScD

Professor Emerita Medicine
Founder GeneSTAR Research
Program Director Emerita
Diane M. Becker, MPH, ScD

Dhananjay Vaidya, MBBS, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor, Medicine
Program Co-Director; Director, Statistical Unit
Dhananjay Vaidya, MBBS, PhD, MPH

Lisa R. Yanek, MPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine Program
Co-Director; Director, GeneSTAR Database and Analysis Unit
Lisa R. Yanek, MPH

Lewis C. Becker, MD

Robert Levy Professor, Cardiology
GeneSTAR Research Program Director, GeneSTAR Basic Science and Translational Unit

Nauder Faraday, MD, MPH

Professor, Critical Care Medicine
Director, GeneSTAR Thrombosis and Hemostasis Unit
Nauder Fraday, MD, MPH

Rasika Mathias, ScD

Associate Professor, Medicine
Director, GeneSTAR Genetic and Genomics Unit
Rasika Mathias, ScD

Brian G. Kral, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine
Director, GeneSTAR Clinical Unit
Brian G. Kral, MD, MPH

Rehan Qayyum, MD

Professor, Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct GeneSTAR Faculty
Rehan Qayyum, MD

Paul A. Nyquist, MD, MPH

Professor, Neurology, Critical Care Medicine
Director, GeneSTAR Neurology Unit
Paul A. Nyquist, MD, MPH

Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS

Associate Professor, Medicine
Director, GeneSTAR Metabolic Studies
Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS

Josh Martin, MA

Director, Bioinformatics Unit
Josh Martin,MA