ABOUT OUR STAFF
The staff of the Center for Botanical Lipids is comprised of four research laboratories and two cores. The Administrative Core, the Lipid Analytical Core, and the research projects of Dr. Larry Rudel, Dr. John Parks, and Dr. Ski Chilton are housed in the new Biotechnology Research Facility 1 (BRF1), a part of Wake Forest University Health Sciences located in the Piedmont Triad Research Park in downtown Winston-Salem, NC. The research project of Dr. Jonathan Arm's laboratory is located in the Division of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Drs. Rudel and Parks (Projects 1 and 2) are experts in lipid dysfunctions associated with vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. Drs. Chilton and Arm are experts in the regulation of lipid mediator generation and their roles in inflammation. The Center combines this expertise to focus on the basic molecular and cellular actions of botanical oil supplements for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory diseases.
The new BRF1 building also houses the Lipid Sciences program of the Department of Pathology and several laboratories of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. Consequently, this location combines over 50 years of expertise in lipids and human health and serves as a vital resource for the success and development of new ideas in botanical lipids research.
Meet the Staff
- Jonathan P. Arm, M.D.
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Floyd “Ski” Chilton, PhD
- Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology & Director of The Wake Forest & Brigham and Women's Center for Botanical Lipids
- Lawrence L. Rudel, Ph.D.
- Professor of Pathology and Biochemistry
- John Parks, Ph.D.
- Professor of Pathology
- James T. Stevens, Ph.D.
- Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology