John Pulikkan, PhD - Associate Investigator
Our Investigators
Meet Versiti Blood Research Institute’s team of investigators.
Michael Deininger, MD, PhD
Mike and Cathy White Endowed Chair,
EVP and Chief Scientific Officer
![Michael Deininger, MD, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/deininger-investigator-headshot-350x350-3.jpg)
Karin Hoffmeister, MD
Hauske Family Endowed Chair in Glycobiology, Deputy Director, Senior Investigator
![Karin Hoffmeister, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/hoffmeister-investigator-headshot-350x350-v2.jpg)
Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, FAHA
Senior Investigator and Co-Program Leader
![Magdalena Chrzanowska, PhD, FAHA](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/chrzanowska-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Christian Kastrup, PhD
Senior Investigator and Co-Program Leader
![Christian Kastrup, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/kastrup-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Alan E. Mast MD, PhD
Walter Schroeder Endowed Chair for Blood Research, Senior Investigator and Program Leader
![Alan E. Mast MD, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/mast-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/rao-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
L. William Cashdollar, PhD
Director, Core Laboratories, Investigator
![L. William Cashdollar, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/cashdollar-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Ralph Federspiel, CRA
Director, Research Strategy and Initiatives
![Ralph Federspiel, CRA](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/federspiel-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
John Mabry, PhD
Director, Research Innovation & Technology Transfer
![John Mabry, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/mabry-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Sandeep Vanamala, MVSc, PCLP-IBM
Director, Biobank
![Sandeep Vanamala, MVSc, PCLP-IBM](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/vanamala-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Gregory Wendling, MBA, CRA
Associate Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
![Gregory Wendling, MBA, CRA](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/wendling-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Brian Branchford, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/branchford-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Yiliang Chen, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/chen-investigator-headshot-350x350-2.jpg)
Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD
Dr. Gilbert C. White II Endowed Faculty Chair, Senior Investigator
![Bonnie N. Dittel, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/dittel-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Hervé Falet, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/falet-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Tongjun Gu, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/gu-investigator-headshot-350x350-v3.jpg)
![Yan-Qing Ma, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/ma-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
Gardetto Chair for Immunology and Immunotherapy, Senior Investigator
![Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/malarkannan-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Robert Montgomery, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/montgomery-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Joshua Muia, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/muia-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Debra K. Newman, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/deb-newman-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Peter J. Newman, PhD
Jacquelyn Fredrick Endowed Chair for Foundational Research, Senior Investigator
![Peter J. Newman, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/peter-newman-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd, PhD
Associate Investigator
![Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/pradhan-investigator-headshot-350x350-v2.jpg)
![John A. Pulikkan, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/pulikkan-investigator-headshot-350x350-v2.jpg)
![Qizhen Shi, MD, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/shi-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Roy L. Silverstein, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/silverstein-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Prithu Sundd, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/prithu-sundd-investigator-headshot-350x350-v3.jpg)
Demin Wang, PhD
John B. and Judith A. Gardetto Chair for Cancer Research, Senior Investigator
![Demin Wang, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/wang-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Hartmut Weiler, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/weiler-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Renren Wen, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/renren-wen-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Ze Zheng, MBBS, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/zheng-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Jieqing Zhu, PhD
Versiti Eminent Chair in Discovery Research, Senior Investigator
![Jieqing Zhu, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/zhu-investigator-headshot-350x350-v2.jpg)
Matthew Anderson, MD, PhD
VP and Medical Director, Diagnostic Laboratories, Associate Investigator
![Matthew Anderson, MD, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/anderson-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, MD, MS
Senior Medical Director, Hematology, Investigator
![Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, MD, MS](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/kreuziger-investigator-headshot-350x350-v3.jpg)
Brian Curtis, PhD, D(ABMLI), MT(ASCP) SBB
Senior Director, Diagnostic Hematology, Senior Investigator
![Brian Curtis, PhD, D(ABMLI), MT(ASCP) SBB](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/curtis-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Veronica Flood, MD
Associate Medical Director, Investigator
![Veronica Flood, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/flood-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Kenneth Friedman, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/friedman-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Sandra L Haberichter, PhD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/haberichter-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
Lynn Malec, MD, MSc
Medical Director, CCBD, Associate Investigator
![Lynn Malec, MD, MSc](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/malec-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)
![Juliana Perez Botero, MD](https://media.versiti.org/versiti/versiti/media/page/blood-research-institute/investigator/botero-investigator-headshot-350x350.jpg)