{"id":121,"date":"2015-08-21T08:41:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T12:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T15:47:08","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-4\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-4\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-4-description\">\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Tajie.jpeg\" alt=\"Tajie Harris\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/neuroscience\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/tajie-h-harris-ph-d\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tajie Harris, Ph.D. (Interim Director)<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2018\/07\/P7164796-768x1024-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"Alban Gaultier\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-603\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/virginia.edu\/neuroscience\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/alban-gaultier-ph-d\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alban Gaultier, Ph.D. <\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2018\/12\/John_Lukens_2016-200x300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of UVA B.I.G researcher John Lukens PhD\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-643\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/neuroscience\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/john-lukens-ph-d\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">John Lukens, 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target=\"_blank\">Kevin Lee, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan.jpeg\" alt=\"Alex Kuan\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2020\/09\/Alex-Kuan-70x70.jpeg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/faculty\/faculty-listing\/ck6cb\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, M.D., Ph.D.<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/big\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2018\/10\/Ukpong-Eyo_Lab-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of UVA B.I.G researcher Dr. Ukpong Eyo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-595\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/neuroscience\/faculty\/primary-faculty\/ukpong-eyo-ph-d\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ukpong Eyo, Ph.D.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<span id=\"tablepress-4-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-4\"><\/span>\n<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Adjunct Members<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a 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Javier Provencio, M.D.<\/a> (Neurology)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uvahealth.com\/findadoctor\/profile\/Benjamin-W-Purow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benjamin Purow, M.D.<\/a> (Neurology)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mic.med.virginia.edu\/zong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hui Zong, Ph.D.<\/a>\u00a0 (Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Adjunct Members Sarah Kucenas, Ph.D. (Biology) Kyle Lampe, Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) James Mandell, M.D., Ph.D. (Neuropathology) Rebecca Pompano, Ph.D. (Chemistry) J. 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