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    Biomedical Sciences Faculty

    Historically, the Department of Biomedical Sciences is recognized as one of the premier basic science departments in veterinary medicine and research conducted here has had a major global impact on experimental biology and medicine. Biomedical Sciences anchors veterinary education within the larger context of one medicine and tightly links the School with Penn’s biomedical community.

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    Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Montserrat Anguera

    Montserrat C. Anguera, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    Michael L. Atchison

    Michael L. Atchison, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Additional Titles: Director, VMD|PhD Program Director, NIH/Boehringer-Ingelheim Summer Research Program, University of Pennsyvlania School of Veterinary Medicine

    Narayan G. Avadhani

    Narayan G. Avadhani, PhD

    Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus School of Veterinary Medine
    Timour Baslan

    Timour Baslan, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Dr. Baslan, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences. He received his PhD from Stony Brook University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He then completed postdoctoral training at Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial […]

    Andres Blanco

    M. Andres Blanco, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences

    Additional Titles: Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMB) graduate group, Perelman School of Medicine Cell and […]

    Ralph Brinster

    Ralph Brinster, VMD, PhD

    Professor of Physiology

    Additional Titles: Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology Professor of Physiology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Graduate Faculty

    Peter Dodson

    Peter Dodson, PhD

    Professor of Anatomy Emeritus School of Veterinary Medicine
    Serge Y. Fuchs

    Serge Y. Fuchs, MD, PhD

    Elizabeth and William Whitney Clark Professor of Oncology

    Additional Titles: Professor of Cell Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Olena Jacenko

    Olena Jacenko, PhD

    Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Additional Titles: Associate Dean for Faculty

    Anna Kashina

    Anna Kashina, PhD

    Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    Christopher Lenger

    Christopher J. Lengner, PhD

    Harriet Ellison Woodward Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences

    Additional Titles: Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences Member, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine Member, NIH P30 Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases, Perelman School […]

    Ning Li

    Ning Li, MD

    Research Assistant Professor