Lab Members

Steven Goldman, MD

  • Professor, Department of Medicine
  • Professor, Sarver Heart Center
C Leonard Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine

 

Steven Goldman, M.D., holds the C. Leonard Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine at the UA Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona. Dr. Goldman has won numerous awards for teaching over the years. In 2008, Dr. Goldman was named the Founders Day Speaker at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. This award is given each year to a faculty member with a long successful research career at the University of Arizona. In 2010, he was awarded the Charles W. Hall, Jr. Memorial Cardiology Fellowship Teaching Award. His research laboratory has received funding from the Sarver Heart Center, the Tech Launch Arizona, the Veterans Administration, National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission, the biotechnology industry, and private foundations. His laboratory has supported the development of several young investigators.

Talal Moukabary, MD

Director, Electrophysiology Research
Clinical Associate Professor

Dr. Talal Moukabary is an electrophysiologist at the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center and sees patients at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson North Campus. He is an expert in computer modeling of cardiac arrhythmia, imaging in cardiac electrophysiology lab, cell based arrhythmia therapy, and clinical cardiac electrophysiology. He is board certified in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiovascular disease.

Benjamin Bandalov, BS

Masters Student

Colton James Buchanon, BS

Researcher

Ike Chinyere, MD, PhD

Physician Scientist

Dr. Ike Chinyere, MD, PhD, is an award-winning cardiovascular physician scientist who is currently completing his fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Banner University Medical Center - Tucson. He completed his undergraduate degree in Honors Physiology, Summa Cum Laude, and complete his Doctorate of Philosophy in cardiac electrophysiology. His career goal is to practice clinical cardiac electrophysiology where he will care for patients with rhythm disorders, and also to perform groundbreaking translational research as a NIH-funded investigator.

Sherry Daugherty, BS

Senior Research Specialist

Sophia Michelle DiPonio

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Sophia is a Neuroscience and Cognitive Science major and has been a student researcher in the Goldman Laboratory since 2024. Her work centers on immunofluorescence staining in volumetric muscle loss studies as well as analyzing echocardiogram data.

Kenneth Fox, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Swanuja Godasi

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Grace Gorman, BS

Research Specialist

Elizabeth Juneman, MD

Associate Chief of Operations, Division of Cardiology
Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac
Transplantation at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson
Professor, Department of Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth Juneman is a professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine –Tucson. As the former Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Cardiac Transplantation at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Dr. Juneman is a physician scientist with research roots in echocardiography and cell therapy for ischemic heart failure.

Jen Watson Koevary, PhD

Assistant Research Professor

Jordan Lancaster, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist

Laryenth Lancaster, MD

Interventional Cardiologist

Christy Marie Lougheed, MD

Fellow

Alice McArthur, BS

Research Specialist

Pranjal Pawar

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mary Kaye Pierce, NP

Nurse Practitioner


Kathryn L. Reed, MD

Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Simar Singh, MD, MS, PhD

Resident Researcher

Allison S. Tulino, BS

Clinical Translational Sciences Ph.D. Student

Allison Tulino was born and raised in Tucson and received her Bachelor's degree from the UofA in Molecular & Cellular Biology with an emphasis in Genetics and Human Health and a minor in Art History. During undergrad, Tulino studied the small molecule inhibition of the oncogenic protein eIF4A in Dr. Chapman’s drug discovery lab. Allison was also a member of the UA Biochemistry Club where she served as both President and Social Media & Outreach Chair. Following graduation, Tulino joined the biotech start-up, Avery Therapeutics, where she worked as a Research Associate.

Tulino will be continuing her education in the Goldman lab studying cardiac tissue engineering, molecular mechanisms of fibrotic disease, regenerative medicine, immunology, cell signaling, and science communication. Outside of the lab, Allison enjoys concerts, the outdoors, museums, and relaxing with her cats!

allisontulino@arizona.edu

 

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