R25 Mentors
Our mentors will provide USC junior faculty members with training support in the program. The following is a list of our current R25 mentors, click to learn more.
R25 Mentors
![Majdi N. Al-Hasan, M.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/majdi_al_hasan-e1716403760817.png)
Majdi N. Al-Hasan, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine Chief of Infectious Diseases Division; Vice Chair of Medical Specialties and Research
![Leonardo Bonilha, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/bonilha_leo.png)
Leonardo Bonilha, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research, Pharmacology, Physiology, Neuroscience, School of Medicine Columbia
![Neset Hikmet, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hikmet_neset-e1688738013210.jpg)
Neset Hikmet, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Director, Applied Sciences Center for Applied Innovation and Advanced Analytics
![Jianjun Hu, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/hu_j_255.jpg)
Jianjun Hu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
![Zhenlong Li, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/li_zhenlong-e1688738074540.jpg)
Zhenlong Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
![Xiaoming Li, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/li_xiaoming-e1688738952260.jpg)
Xiaoming Li, Ph.D.
Professor and SmartState Endowed Chair for Clinical Translational Research
![Chen Liang, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/liang_chen-e1688738904764.jpg)
Chen Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Services Policy & Management, Arnold School of Public Health
![Alain Litwin, MD](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/A.-Litwin.jpg)
Alain Litwin, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Internal Medicine at USC School of Medicine-Greenville
![Melissa Nolan, Ph.D](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nolan_melissa.jpg)
Melissa Nolan, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health
![Bankole Olatosi, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/olatosi_bankole.jpg)
Bankole Olatosi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Service, Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health
![Michael Shtutman, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/shtutman_michael.jpg)
Michael Shtutman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director, Functional Genomics Core, Drug Discovery & Biomedical Sciences (DDBS), College of Pharmacy
![Christopher A. Sutton, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sutton_christopher.jpg)
Christopher A. Sutton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
![Shan Qiao, Ph.D](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shan_qiao-e1716403825424.jpg)
Shan Qiao, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health
![Homayoun Valafar, Ph.D](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/valatar_255.jpg)
Homayoun Valafar, Ph.D
Professor, Chair, Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering; Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing
![Qi Wang, Ph.D](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wang_qi.jpg)
Qi Wang, Ph.D
Professor, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences
![Sharon Weissman, MD](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sharon_weissman.png)
Sharon Weissman, MD
Department Chair of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine Columbia
![Xueying Yang, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/X.-Yang.jpg)
Xueying Yang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health
![Jiajia Zhang, Ph.D.](https://bigdata.sc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/zhang_jiajia.jpg)
Jiajia Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health