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The Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine at Nova Southeastern University is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of scientists and clinicians, specializing in endocrinology, neuroscience, nursing, nutrition, pharmacology, genomics, and computational modeling, collaborates to unravel the complexities of chronic conditions such as Gulf War Illness (GWI), ME/CFS, and Long COVID.

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Nancy Klimas, M.D.

Director - INIM/Chair/Assistant Dean - Research/Professor

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Kristina Aenlle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor/Director - INIM Clinical Lab

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Tristin Anderson

Laboratory Research Assistant I

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Caitlin Arbos

Director - Medical Student Performance Evaluations

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Alison Bested, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., A.B.O.I.M.

Director - Student Research Development & Mentoring/Chair - Integrated Medicine/Associate Professor

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Elissa Brown, M.P.S.

Career Counseling Advisor IV

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Makena Carr

Research Program Manager I

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Jeffry Cournoyer, M.H.S., ATC

Exercise Physiologist

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Laleh Davarnia

Data Analyst II

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Ruth Delice

Clinical Research/Medical Assistant

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Kelly Duke, Ph.D., MBA

Director - Administrative Services

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Kempuraj Duraisamy, Ph.D.

Director - Laboratory/Associate Professor - Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Carielen Echevarria

Clinical Research/Medical Assistant

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Melissa Faso

Research Assistant I

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Alina Fernandez

Laboratory Research Assistant III

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Kim Gale

Administrative Coordinator II

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Deidre Hernandez

Academic Program Coordinator III

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Jonathan Herrera

Research Database Manager

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Tricia James

Supervisor I - Front Desk Operations

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Jailene Jimenez

Coordinator - Research Program

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Jacqueline Junco, M.D.

Chair - Integrated Medicine / Assistant Professor - Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Denise Kruszynski, APRN, FNP- BC

Assistant Professor - Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

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Axel Llizo

Research Associate I

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Enriqueta Molinares

Manager - Research Lab

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Alejandro Montealegre

Clinical Research Associate II/Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

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Lubov Nathanson, Ph.D.

Director - Genomics/Associate Professor

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Rajendra Pangeni, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Genomics

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Shuntae Parnell

Clinical Research Coordinator I

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David Quesada Saliba

Director - INIM Computational Biology Laboratory/Associate Professor - Computational Biology

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Eliseo Rangel, M.S.W., CTTS, CPAHA-TT

Program Manager - Area Health Education Center

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Violetta Renesca, M.S.N.

Assistant Professor - Clinical Track/Director - Veteran Services

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Irma Rey

Assistant Professor - Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Korrine Rodrigue

Director II - Research Program Management

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Irina Rozenfeld

Assistant Professor - Clinical Track/Director - Concierge Services

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Luis Salgueiro Tosta, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Yanedth Sanchez Guerrero, Ph.D.

Director- Medical Laboratory/Assistant Professor - Laboratory Science

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Nathalie Sloane

Executive Director - The Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Tatiana Smith

Administrative Coordinator II

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Leah Strachan-Womack

Patient Access Coordinator

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Theoharis Theoharides, M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D., Ph.D., FAAAAI

Professor - Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine

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Assma Twahir

Research Assistant I

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Sandra Yudice

Administrative Assistant II

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