Our Team


We study microbiota-circadian interaction in GI pathogenies, focusing on the colon and pancreas. Our goal is to identify circadian-based prevention and therapeutics in cancer.


Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD

Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD
Director of the Gastroenterology Research Center, Professor, and Vice Chair of Clinical & Translational Research, and

Xiangsheng Huang, PhD

Xiangsheng Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor

Xuhong Cheng

Xuhong Cheng
Research Laboratory Manager

Jessica Wang

Jessica Wang
Research Assistant I

Luca Santovito

Luca Santovito
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sommer Durrani

Sommer Durrani
Administrative Assistant