Faculty & Staff

Savita Pahwa, M.D., spahwa@med.miami.edu,
Director, Laboratory Sciences Core of DCFAR
Location: BCRI 712
Phone: (305) 243 7732/7732

Deshratan Asthana, PhD., desh@miami.edu,
Director, Laboratory for Clinical and Biological Studies (LCBS) E-mail: lcbs@med.miami.edu

Maryann Fletcher, PhD., mfletcher@med.miami.edu
Director, Immunology Laboratory (RMSB)
E-mail Telephone: (305) 243-6288

Walter Scott, Ph.D., wscott@med.miami.edu
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Interests:  physiological chemistry and virology. Telephone: (305) 243-6359

Rebeca Geffin, Ph.D., rgeffin@med.miami.edu
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Interests: virological and immunological factors affecting disease progression in HIV infected children
Telephone: (305) 243-6088

Huanliang Liu, M.D. Ph.D., hliu@med.miami.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Interests:  host genetic polymorphisms related to HIV transmission and disease progression.
Telephone: (305) 243-1638

Helena Schmidtmayerova, PhD., hscmidtmayerova@med.miami.edu
Research Assistant Professor
Interests: molecular pathogensis of HIV infection
Telephone: (305) 243-4822 

Micheline McCarthy, M.D., Ph.D, mmccath@med.miami.edu
Associate Professor,
Interests: neuroaids
Telephone: (305) 575-3151

Technical Staff

Soojung "Susie" Park, spark@med.miami.edu
Research Associate, Pahwa Lab BCRI 7
305-243-7733

Carole Andrew, candrew@med.miami.edu
Senior Research Associate, Scott lab BCRI 7
(305) 243-6373

Margarita Ashman, mashman@med.miami.edu
Laboratory Supervisor: Asthana Lab, (LCBS):
Rm 118 Fox Cancer Center
Phone: (305) 243-2010; Fax: (305) 243-2013