2021 Conference Chair
& Board of Directors
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Chair, 2020 Fredrickson Conference
Scott Gordon, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
University of Kentucky
Scott.Gordon@uky.edu
Board Member
Mark Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
brownm5@ccf.org
Board Member, Founder of the Southeast Lipid Research Conference
William Virgil Brown, MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
w.virgil.brown@med.va.gov
Board Member, 2019 Conference Co-Chair
Sean Davidson, PhD
Professor, Vice Chair of Research
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Metabolic Diseases Institute
University of Cincinnati
Sean.Davidson@UC.edu
Board Member
Shobha Ghosh, PhD
Professor, Associate Chair of Research
Department of Internal Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
shobha.ghosh@vcuhealth.org
Chair of Board, 2015 Conference Chair
Gregory A. Graf, PhD
Professor & Vice-Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy
Gregory.Graf@uky.edu
Board Member
Liza Makowski, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine - Division of Hematology and Oncology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Board Member
Saskia Neher, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
neher@email.unc.edu
Board Member
Edwards A. Park, Ph.D
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
University of Tenneessee Health Science Center
epark@uthsc.edu
Board Member, 2014 Conference Chair
Alan Remaley, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator and Chief, Lipoprotein Metabolism Section
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
aremaley1@mail.nih.gov
Board Member, 2018 Conference Chair
John M. Stafford, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Board Member, 2017 Conference Chair
Ryan Temel, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Ryan.Temel@uky.edu
Board Member, 2016 Conference Chair
Kasey C. Vickers, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
kasey.c.vickers@Vanderbilt.edu
Board Member, 2019 Conference Chair
Laura Woollett, PhD
Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Metabolic Diseases Institute
University of Cincinnati
WOOLLELA@UCMAIL.UC.EDU