Members

Myology Institute Directors

• Lee Sweeney, Ph.D.
  Director, UF Myology Institute
  Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• Karyn Esser, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Basic Studies, UF Myology Institute
  Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Aging
• Andrew Judge, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Training, UF Myology Institute
  Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
• Krista Vandenborne, Ph.D.
  Associate Director for Clinical Studies, UF Myology Institute
  Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy

Myology Institute Members

• Elisabeth Barton, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
• Jonathan Bird, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
• Thomas Clanton, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
• Sean Forbes, Ph.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Department of Physical Therapy
• David Hammers, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Russell T. Hepple, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Department of Physical Therapy and Muscle Biology
• Sarah Judge, Ph.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Department of Physical Therapy
• Daniel Kopinke, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Orlando Laitano, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
• Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
  Director, UF Center for NeuroGenetics
  Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
• Terence Ryan, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
• John Sladky, Ph.D.
  Professor & Associate Director, Child Neurology Residency Program
  Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Neurology
• Meg Sleeper, VMD
  Clinical Professor
  Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
• Ashley Smuder, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
• Whitney Stoppel, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Chemical Engineering
• S.H. Subramony, M.D.
  Professor
  Department of Neurology
• Maurice Swanson, Ph.D.
  Associate Director, UF Center for NeuroGenetics
  Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
• Tanja Taivassalo, Ph.D.
  Myology Institute Clinical Trials Coordinator
  Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Aging
• Glenn Walter, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Department of Physiology and Aging
• Eric Wang, Ph.D.
  Professor
  Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
• Lan Wei-LaPierre, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
• Rebecca Willcocks, Ph.D.
  Research Assistant Professor
  Department of Physical Therapy
• Feng Yue, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Animal Sciences
• Carla Zingariello, DO
  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  Department of Pediatrics

Myology Institute Adjunct Members

• Brian Glancy, Ph.D.
  Earl Stadtman Investigator
  NHLBI and NIAMS
  National Institutes of Health
• Peter Kang, M.D.
  Professor and Vice Chair of Research
  Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota;
  Courtesy Faculty
  Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida