Steering Committee

Yoji Shimizu, PhD

MSTP Director
shimi002@umn.edu  
612626-6849
Advising Statement  

Bryce Binstadt, MD, PhD

MSTP Associate Director
binstadt@umn.edu 
612-626-4598
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Peter Gordon, MD, PhD

MSTP Associate Director
gord0047@umn.edu  
612-625-0711

Suma Jacob, MD, PhD

MSTP Associate Director
sjacob@umn.edu  
612-626-6824 
Advising Statement  

Linda McLoon, PhD

MSTP Associate Director
mcloo001@umn.edu  
612-626-0777  
Advising Statement 

Tyler Bold, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine 
tbold@umn.edu  
612-624-9996  
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Paul Drawz, MD, MHS, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Gunda Georg, PhD

Regents Professor, Dept of Medicinal Chemistry
georg@umn.edu
612-626-6320 

Rocio Gomez-Pastor, PhD

Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
rgomezpa@umn.edu  
612-626-6824

Wendy Gordon, PhD

Associate Professor, BMBB
wrgordon@umn.edu  
612-625-2688

Peter Kang, MD

Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Dept of Neurology
pkang@umn.edu  
612-626-7038

Dawn Lowe, PhD

Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
lowex017@umn.edu  
612-626-3344 

Yasushi Nakagawa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience
nakagawa@umn.edu  

Heather Hammond Nelson, PhD, MPH

Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
hhnelson@umn.edu  
612-626-9887

Hai Dang Nguyen, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology
hdnguyen@umn.edu  
612-625-7698

Laura Niedernhofer, MD, PhD

Professor, BMBB 
lniedern@umn.edu  

Alexander Opitz, PhD

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
aopitz@umn.edu  
612-624-1094

Laurie Parker, PhD

Associate Professor, BMBB  
llparker@umn.edu
612-624-9066

Erik Peterson, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine 
peter899@umn.edu  
612-626-6100

David Potter, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine  
dapotter@umn.edu  

Zohar Sachs, MD, PhD

Lois and Richard King Assistant Professor of Medicine 
612-626-8287
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Kaylee Schwertfeger, PhD

Professor, Dept of Lab Medicine and Pathology  
schwe251@umn.edu  
612-626-9419

Alik Widge, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
awidge@umn.edu  

Masato Yamamoto, MD, PhD

Professor, Dept of Surgery
yamam016@umn.edu  
612-624-9131
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