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AnatomyInfection, Inflammation, Host Defense
BiochemistryMembrane Biology
Bioinformatics & Comparative GenomicsMicrobial Pathogenesis
BiologyMicrobiology
Cancer BiologyMolecular & Cellular Biology
Cardiovascular BiologyMolecular Biophysics
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Department/Program Research Description

Abbas, Paul, PhD
Professor Communication Sciences & Disorders/Otolaryngology
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing Science
Auditory physiology with emphasis on electrical stimulation of the ear
Abboud, Francois, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
Neural regulation of the circulation in normal and pathologic states such as hypertension and heart failure
Accardi, Alessio, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of chloride channels and transporters. Their involvement in kidney and bone diseases.
Adams, Christopher, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Endocrinology
Allen, Lee-Ann, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Macrophage and neutrophil function, mechanisms of phagocytosis, pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis
Anderson, Mark, MD/PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Cellular signaling and ionic mechanisms that cause heart failure and sudden cardiac death
Anderson, Michael G., PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Neuroscience
Understanding fundamental physiological properties of the eye and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying a variety of complex eye diseases
Anderson, Steven, PhD Associate Professor Neurology
Neuroscience
Neuroanatomical basis of human cognition and emotion
Apicella, Michael, MD Professor (Head) Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding of the molecular basis of the human immune response to Neisseria and Haemophilus to improve vaccine technology.
Arnold, Mark, PhD Professor Chemistry
Development of chemical sensors for neuroactive compounds
Artemyev, Nikolai, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of G-protein signaling
Ascoli, Mario, PhD Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and cellular basis of gonadotropin actions

Badovinac, Vladimir, PhD
Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Generation, manipulation, and maintenance of antigen-specific memory CD8 T cell responses
Ballas, Zuhair, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Immunodeficiency, immunomodulation, natural killer cells, CpG DNA, Asthma, cancer immunology
Banfi, Botond, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Role of superoxide producing NADPH oxidases in immunology and endocrinology
Bassuk, Alex, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pediatrics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Congenital defects of the nervous system, especially neural tube defects, familial epilepsy, neurogenetics, neural stem cell biology
Benson, Christopher, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
Study of molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction
Bhalla, Ramesh, DVM/PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular function in health and disease
Bickenbach, Jackie, PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Dermatology
Pathology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Activation of embryonic transcription factors in epidermal stem cells and the dynamics of dedifferentiation in cancer biology and wound healing
Bishop, Gail, PhD Professor Microbiology
Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte activation; role in normal immunity, autoimmunity, and lymphoma.
Bonthius, Daniel, MD/PhD Professor Pediatrics
Neurology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Medical Scientist Training Program
Abnormalities of brain development, including fetal alcohol syndrome and congenital viral infections
Braun, Terry, PhD Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Genetics; bioinformatics and computational genetics; macular degeneration.
Brennan, Timothy, MD/PhD Professor Anesthesia
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Pain signaling pathways, Mechanisms for hypersensitivity or exaggerated response phenomena after injury
Brenner, Charles, PhD Professor (Head) Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Tumor suppressor gene function and NAD metabolism
Buettner, Garry, PhD Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
See research interests
Butler, John, PhD Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Developmental Immunology; Antibody and T cell repertoire development; role of colonization and viral infection on antibody and T cell repertoire diversification

Campbell, Kevin, PhD
Professor (Head) Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neurology
Cell biological studies of muscular dystrophy
Carter, Brent, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Regulation of inflammatory responses that occur in the lung in models of acute lung injury and asbestos-induced lung disease
Casavant, Thomas, PhD Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Computational aspects of genomics, molecular biology, and human genetics, as well as high performance computing systems, software and networks.
Cassell, Martin, PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Delineating the microcircuitry of neural systems involved in emotion
Chapleau, Mark, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
Neural mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation. Baroreflex function in health and disease
Chen, Songhai, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology
G protein-dependent signaling mechanisms of leukocyte migration and tumor metastasis
Cheng, Chi-Lien, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Alternation of generations in land plants
Choudhury, Amit, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular mechanisms of sorting and trafficking of lipids and proteins associated with “membrane rafts” in normal and pathophysiological angiogenesis
Clegg, Steven, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions
Cohen, Michael, MD Professor Pathology
Urology
Epidemiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Receptor-ligand-mediated cell death in prostate cancer
Cole, Kelly James, PhD Associate Professor Integrative Physiology
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Neuroscience
Systems control of posture and movement
Colgan, John, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Signal transduction pathways that control of the development and function of lymphocytes
Comeron, Josep, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Population Genetics, Molecular Evolution and Genome Evolution
Cornell, Robert, PhD Associate Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular genetics of neural crest development in zebrafish
Cox, Charles, PhD Professor Microbiology
Pathogenicity and physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other pathogenic bacteri
Cullen, Joseph, MD Professor Surgery
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Digestive Diseases

Dagle, John, MD/PhD
Associate Professor Pediatrics
Biochemistry
Antisense oligonucleotide and siRNA technology, early vertebrate development, and the genetics of prematurity
Dailey, Michael, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Dynamics of Neurons and Glia in Developing Mammalian Brain Tissues
Darling, Warren, PhD Professor Integrative Physiology
Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Neuroscience
Motor Control & Biomechanics
Davidson, Beverly, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Neurology
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS
Dawson, Deborah, PhD Professor Preventive & Community Dentistry
Program in Public Health Genetics
Biostatistics
Genetics
Statistical genetic analysis, including methodological development and modeling of human disorders; investigations of dental outcomes, including caries, fluorosis, periodontal disease and growth and development.
DeMali, Kris, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Cellular mechanisms involved in assembly and maintenance of cell-cell adhesions by examining the function and regulation of proteins recruited to the cytoplasmic face of cadherins
Denburg, Jeffrey, PhD Professor Biology
Molecular Basis of the Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System
Denburg, Natalie, PhD Assistant Professor Neurology
Neuroscience
Study of developmental changes in cognition
Domann, Frederick, PhD Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
DNA methylation and oncogenes, Ras and Cancer, Redox regulation of AP-2
Donelson, John, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Molecular biology of parasites that cause tropical diseases
Doorn, Jonathan, PhD Assistant Professor Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Human Toxicology
Protein modification by a reactive intermediate of dopamine metabolism: implications for toxicity and neurodegenerative disease
Duffel, Michael, PhD Professor (Associate Dean) Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry
Human Toxicology
Biochemistry of enzymes involved in mammalian conversion of drugs to reactive metabolites that mediate toxic and therapeutic effects
Dupuy, Adam, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Developing new mouse models of human cancer using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system

Eberl, Daniel, PhD
Associate Professor Biology
Otolaryngology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hearing in Drosophila
Elcock, Adrian, PhD Associate Professor Biochemistry
Understanding macromolecular interactions through the use of computer simulations and bioinformatics techniques: structure and function of multi-enzyme complexes; protein-protein association events
Ellermeier, Craig, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Bacterial cell signaling
Engelhardt, John, PhD Professor (Head) Anatomy & Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases
England, Sarah, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms regulating potassium channel function during pregnancy and vascular dysfunction

Faraci, Frank, PhD
Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Vascular biology and mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in disease states
Fassler, Jan, PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Eukaryotic gene expression and signal transduction; characterization of two-component regulators in yeast
Feiss, Michael, PhD Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Virus DNA packaging: mechanistic studies using phage lambda
Field, Elizabeth, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular/cellular mechanisms involved in the induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance
Field, R. William, PhD Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Epidemiology
Human Toxicology
Environmental epidemiology, Occupational epidemiology, Cancer epidemiology
Fingert, John, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
I conduct patient-based research to investigate the genetic basis of glaucoma and other inherited eye diseases.
Fisher, Rory, PhD Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Siganal transduction of G protein-coupled receptors and RGS proteins
Franciscus, Robert, PhD Associate Professor Anthropology
Neuroscience
Human paleontology, paleoanthropology, skeletal biology, functional morphology, human variation; Africa, Near East, Europe
Frankel, Joseph, PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Cortical organization of tetrahymena
Freeman, John, PhD Professor Psychology
Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Friestad, Gregory, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Organic Chemistry; Synthesis of biologically active compounds with therapeutic potential, including structurally complex natural products; Development of new synthetic methods as tools for drug discovery.
Fritzsch, Bernd, PhD Professor (Chair) Biology
Otolaryngology
The molecular basis of ear neurosensory development with the aim to improve longevity of sensory neurons and ultimately restore hearing.
Fuentes, Ernesto, PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Center for Biocatalysis & Bioprocessing
Training Program in the Pharmacological Sciences
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms governing specific signal transduction pathways
Fuortes, Laurence, MD Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
Occupational and environmental toxicology, pneumoconioses, neurotoxicity, and asthma

Gardinier, Minnetta, PhD
Professor Pharmacology
Oligodendroglial cell biology and CNS myelination
Geng, Lei, PhD Professor Chemistry
Development and application of laser spectroscopic methods for the studies of biological, medical, and chemical systems
Gerr, Frederic, MD Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
Occupational neurotoxicity, Clinical and epidemiological investigation of heavy metal toxicity
Geyer, Pamela, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of chromosome structure and organization on gene expression in Drosophila
Giangrande, Paloma, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Developing RNA-based therapeutics to modulate cellular pathways underlying pathological cell proliferation in the setting of cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Giudice, George, PhD Professor Dermatology
Biochemistry
Immunology
Molecular and cell biology of the dermal-epidermal junction
Gloer, James, PhD Professor Chemistry
Isolation and structure determination of novel fungal natural products with pharmacological, agricultural, and/or ecological significance
Goel, Apollina, PhD Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Chemo-radiotherapy for hematological malignancies. Understanding and circumventing therapy-resistance in multiple myeloma.
Gonzalez-Alegre, Pedro, MD Assistant Professor Neurology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular basis of neurodegeneration
Gordon, Jean, PhD Associate Professor Communication Sciences & Disorders
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing Science
Research interests: speech and language deficits in aphasia, particularly in the processes of lexical access.
Goswami, Prabhat, PhD Associate Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Intracellular Redox Environment and the Mammalian Cell Cycle
Green, Steven, PhD Professor Biology
Otolaryngology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Intracellular signaling: signal transduction for neurotrophic stimuli
Greenlee, Jeremy, MD Assistant Professor Neurosurgery
Neuroscience
Studies human language, audiovisual, and vocalization physiology
Griffith, Thomas, MD Associate Professor Urology
Immunology
Apoptosis, tumor immunology, urological oncology

Habelhah, Hasem, PhD
Assistant Professor Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in NF-?B activation and cancer cell resistance to apoptosis
Haes, Amanda, PhD Assistant Professor Chemistry
Microscopic and spectroscopic analysis of plasmonic nanostructures and their integration with microfluidic devices with potential applications for the development of novel biological sensors
Hammond, Donna, PhD Professor Anesthesia
Pharmacology (Interim Head)
MSTP
Neuroscience
Central Nervous System Mechanisms Mediating Pain and Analgesia
Harata, N. Charles, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Neuroscience
Structure and function of synapses in the central nervous system
Harty, John, PhD Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens
Hazeltine, Eliot (Richard), PhD Assistant Professor Psychology
Neuroscience
Response selection, the set of cognitive processes that enable us to transform sensory information into goal-directed actions
Heidger, Paul, PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Cell biology of the prostate gland and the tumor cell biology of prostatic adenocarcinoma
Heistad, Donald, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Cerebral circulation and atherosclerosis; gene transfer and therapy
Hendrix, Stephen, PhD Professor Biology
Conservation biology and restoration ecology
Henry, Michael, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Pathology
Molecular and cellular biology underlying cancer metastasis
Heusel, Jonathan, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Molecular parameters of natural killer (NK) cell activation in the settings of viral infection, cancer, and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Hohl, Raymond, MD/PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of Isoprene Compounds in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Hornbuckle, Keri, PhD Professor (Chair) Civil & Environmental Engineering
Human Toxicology
Modeling and measuring the deposition of organic compounds to lakes, Uptake of airborne chemicals by leaves and needles, Long range transport of pollutants, Behavior of SOCs at terrestrial and aquatic interfaces
Horswill, Alexander, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Bacterial cell-to-cell communication using autoinducing peptides
Horton, Diana, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Bryophytes: Systematics and ecology
Houston, Douglas, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Maternal transcription factor and signalling pathways in vertebrate development
Houtman, Jon, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of Adaptor Proteins in T Cell Activation
Howard, Matthew, MD Professor (Head) Neurosurgery
Neurology
Neuroscience
Neural basis of audition
Hurtig, Richard, PhD Professor (Head) Communication Sciences & Disorders
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing Science
Uncovering general invariants of perceptual and cognitive processes involved in human communication

Ianzini, Fiorenza, PhD
Assistant Professor Pathology
Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular Regulators of Cell Cycle Progression and Radiation- and Anticancer Drug-Induced Mitotic Catastrophe in Cancer Promotion and Progression
Irish, Erin, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Regulation of determinacy in plant meristems

Janz, Siegfried, MD
Professor Pathology
Immunology
Mouse models of human B cell and plasma cell neoplasms
Jew, Jean, MD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Autonomic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse
Johnson, Alan Kim, PhD Professor Psychology
Pharmacology
Integrative Physiology
Neuroscience
Neural Control of Body Fluid Balance and Cardiovascular Homeostasis
Johnson, Wayne, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular mechanisms of sensory signal transduction
Jones, Bradley, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Bacteria-host cell interactions of Salmonella pathogenesis; Francisella pathogenesis

Kawai, Masataka, PhD
Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular mechanism of contraction in thin filament-reconstituted myocardium
Kay, Alan, PhD Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Zinc and synaptic transmission / neuronal dynamics and reliability
Khademi, Shahram, PharmD/PhD Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Structure and function of membrane proteins using X-ray crystallography techniques
Kirby, John, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Signal transduction in bacteria
Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD Assistant Professor Anesthesia
Neurology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Genetics of complex behavior
Kline, Joel, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Occupational and Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
Immunology
Study of the modulation of airway inflammatory responses in asthma
Klingelhutz, Al, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus
Knudson, C. Michael, MD/PhD Associate Professor Pathology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Regulation of oncogenesis and cell death by the Bcl-2 family
Kohen, Amnon, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
The role of protein dynamics and quantum mechanical effects in enzyme catalyzed hydrogen transfer and the mechanism of dinitrogen reduction by nitrogenases
Koland, John, PhD Associate Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Signal Transduction by Growth Factor Receptor / Protein Tyrosine Kinases
Kuwana, Tomomi, PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mitochondrial regulation of apoptosis
Kwitek, Anne, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Genetics of complex disease (hypertension, diabetes and obesity)

Lamping, Kathryn, PhD
Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Effects of diabetes and sex differences in vascular reactivity
Lee, Amy, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Otolaryngology
Research centers on voltage-gated (Cav) Ca2+ channels and their roles in the nervous and cardiovascular systems.
Lee, Gloria, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Neuronal cytoskeleton, signal transduction, and neurodegenerative diseases
Legge, Kevin, PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic Cell Immunobiology and Pulmonary Immunity
Lehmler, Hans-Joachim, PhD Research Scientist Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
Disposition and metabolism of chiral environmental contaminants, toxicity of perfluorinated surfactants, interaction of fluorinated materials with biological lipid assemblies, synthesis of halogenated POPs and their metabolites.
Lentz, Steven, MD/PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Vascular Cell Biology and Regulation of Hemostasis
Leslie, Kimberly, MD Professor (Head) Obstetrics & Gynecology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
The molecular biology of estrogen and progesterone receptors, the effects of antiestrogens in the female reproductive tract, endometrial cancer, interactions between epidermal growth factor and hormone receptors.
Levasseur, Dana, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of embryonic stem cell function and pluripotent stem cell biology
Levin, Irwin, PhD Professor Psychology
Marketing
Neuroscience
We study the Psychology of Decision Making, most recently using the techniques of Neuroscience.
Lidral, Andrew, PhD/DDS Professor Orthodontics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Craniofacial developmental genetics
Lin, Fang, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Using zebrafish as a model system in which to investigate the roles of various G proteins during embryogenesis.
Lin, Jim (Chung-Jung), PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Structure and function of protein components of the cytoskeleton; molecular mechanisms of cardiac morphogenesis
Llopart, Ana, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Genetics
Understanding the evolution of the genetic barriers responsible for species being reproductively isolated from one another; speciation genetics
Logsdon, John, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Evolutionary Molecular Genetics/Genomics: Origins and Evolution of Meiosis, Lateral Gene Transfer, Phylo-informatics
Ludewig, Gabriele, PhD Associate Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Human Toxicology
Environmental Toxicology, Genetic Toxicology

Magnotta, Vince, PhD
Associate Professor Radiology
Neuroscience
Structural and functional imaging to study brain disorders
Malone, Robert, PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Molecular genetics of chromosome behavior and DNA repair/recombination genes in meiosis
Manak, John, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Genetics
Genomics. Specifically, the study of a set of genes that have homologies to human genes involved in disease and cancer
Margulis, Claudio, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Use of theoretical and computational tools to understand dynamical and structural properties of classical and quantum systems in the condensed phase with particular interest in biological problems.
Maury, Wendy, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Regulation of lentiviral cell tropism
McAllister, Bryant, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics and Genome Evolution
McCaffrey, Anton, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics
McCarter, Linda, PhD Professor Microbiology
Surface sensing, signal transduction, biofilm formation, and regulation of gene expression and differentiation in bacteria
McCray, Paul, MD Professor Pediatrics
Microbiology
Genetics
Human Toxicology
Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathogenesis and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis; Identification and Characterization of Host Defense Peptides and Proteins
McGowan, Stephen, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Connective tissue biochemistry in the lung
Meier, Jeffrey, MD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Viral pathogenesis at the molecular level
Menninger, John, PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Accuracy of Translation; Cellular Aging; mRNA/Ribosome co-evolution
Messerle, Lou, PhD Associate Professor Chemistry
Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of novel coordinatively and electronically unsaturated organotransition metal complexes and of metal cluster compounds of the early transition metals
Mohapatra, Durga P. (D.P.), PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Ion Channel Modulations and Regulation of Cellular Plasticity in Neurons
Mohler, Peter, PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Ankyrin-based pathways for targeting and restriction of ion channels/transporters to specialized membrane domains.
Moore, Steven, MD/PhD Professor Pathology
Neuroscience
Muscular dystrophy and developmental neurobiology
Morita, Craig T., MD/PhD Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Nonpeptide antigen recognition by gamma-delta T cells
Moser, David, PhD Associate Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Current ongoing studies involve cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, and neuroimaging in elderly patients with vascular disease
Motto, David, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
mechanisms of hemostasis and thrombosis (blood clotting)
Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance
Mullins, Robert, PhD Associate Professor Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Macular degeneration research; pathophysiology of choroidal blood vessels; inherited retinal dystrophies; retinal cell and molecular biology
Murhammer, David, PhD Professor Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Human Toxicology
Viral Insecticide Production; Oxidative Stress
Murray, Jeffrey, MD Professor Pediatrics
Biology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Studies of human gene-environment interactions

Nagy, Peter, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor Pathology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Histone methylation
Nauseef, William, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Human polymorphonuclear neutrophil metabolism and function
Neiman, Maurine, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Nopoulos, Peggy, MD Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Brain Structure/Function Relationships using MRI and cognitive/behavioral assessment

O'Dorisio, Sue, MD/PhD
Professor Pediatrics
Neuroscience
Molecularly targeted cancer imaging and therapy. Neuropeptides that modulate neurotransmission and provide neuroprotection.
O'Leary, Daniel, PhD Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Neural basis of the cognitive abnormalities that characterize schizophrenia, and the cognitive and blood flow changes caused by marijuana.

Pantazis, Nicholas, PhD
Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Fetal alcohol syndrome: mechanisms and prevention of detrimental effects of ethanol on the developing nervous system
Paradiso, Sergio, MD Associate Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
The relationship between emotion processing and psychopathology and the relationship between neuropsychological functioning and mood in neuropsychiatric disorders and late-life.
Patil, Shivanand, PhD Professor Pediatrics
Genetics
Cytogenetic abnormalities in humans
Paulsen, Jane, PhD Professor Psychiatry
Neurology
Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Perlman, Stanley, MD/PhD Professor Microbiology
Pediatrics
Immunology
Neuroscience
Virus-induced demyelination, SARS pathogenesis
Philibert, Robert, MD/PhD Professor Psychiatry
Genetics
Neuroscience
Transcriptional Profiling. Gene-Environment Interactions. The role of MED12(HOPA) in psychosis.
Piper, Robert, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes
Plapp, Bryce, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Mechanisms of alcohol dehydrogenases; protein chemistry, structure, and function; enzyme engineering by directed mutagenesis; regulation of alcohol metabolism
Poremba, Amy, PhD Assistant Professor Psychology
Neuroscience
Central nervous system; complex functions underlying learning and memory by mapping metabolic and electrical activity within and between functional groups of cells
Price, David, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Eucaryotic gene regulation elongation control of RNA polymerase II
Proudfit, Herbert, PhD Professor Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Medical Scientist Training Program
Neural Circuits that Control Pain

Quelle, Dawn, PhD
Associate Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Signaling pathways activated by the ARF & p53 tumor suppressors; molecular control of growth
Quelle, Frederick, PhD Associate Professor Pharmacology
Immunology
Cytokine receptor signal transduction mechanisms regulating cell growth and survival
Quinn, Daniel, PhD Professor Chemistry
Molecular dynamics of cholinesterase catalysis; hydrolytic enzymes as bioscavengers for treatment of drug abuse; enzyme inhibitor design; synthesis and evaluation of Alzheimer's agents

Rahmouni, Kamal, PhD
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Neurobiology of Metabolism and Cardiovascular Function
Rizzo, Matthew, MD Professor Neurology
Engineering
Neuroscience
Cognitive impairments caused by aging and neurological diseases such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury
Robertson, Larry, PhD Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Mechanism(s) of toxicity of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons
Robinson, Robert, MD Professor (Head) Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Neuropharmacological mechanisms and anatomic basis for psychiatric disorders following brain injury
Rohde, Jan-Uwe, PhD Assistant Professor Chemistry
Activation and functionalization of inert molecules at transition metal and metalloenzyme active sites, synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry, spectroscopic methods.
Roller, Richard, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Function of herpes simplex virus membrane proteins in virus entry, exit from the cell and apoptosis regulation
Rothman, Paul, MD Professor (Head) Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Immunology
Regulation of Cytokine Signaling
Rubenstein, Peter, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biochemical and biophysical basis of actin function; role of actin in maintenance of yeast mitochondrial function
Russo, Andrew, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Control of neuronal gene expression
Rutkowski, Tom, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of adaptation to chronic cellular stresses in physiology and disease

Salem, Aliasger, PhD
Associate Professor Pharmaceutics
Human Toxicology
Dr. Salem's research interests are primarily focused on self-assembling systems, the rational design of novel drug and gene delivery systems and on the development of vaccines that stimulate potent antigen-specific immune responses. Dr Salem's laboratory applies microfabrication techniques to develop novel drug and gene delivery devices and to optimize control over polymer-cell interactions. The group is currently exploring the synergistic application of polymer particle technology, CpG oligonucleotides, adenoviruses and heat shock protein therapy for generating sustained stronger immune responses against tumors.
Scheetz, Todd, PhD Associate Professor Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Schlueter, Annette, MD/PhD Associate Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic cell function in aging, and disease states including alcoholism and graft-versus-host disease
Schmidt, Thomas, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Glucocorticoid receptor-mediated regulation of gene expression
Schnoor, Jerald, PhD Professor (Chair) Civil & Environmental Engineering
Human Toxicology
Phytoremediation, Water quality modeling, Groundwater, Risk assessments, Sustainable development, Impact of carbon emissions on global change
Segaloff, Deborah, PhD Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Signaling by G protein-coupled receptors; reproductive endocrinology
Segre, Alberto, PhD Professor Computer Science
Genetics
Nagging, a distributed search paradigm that exploits the speedup anomaly by playing multiple reformulations of the problem -- or portions of the problem -- against each other.
Shea, Madeline, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Regulatory protein interactions in signal transduction, allosteric mechanism of cooperative calcium binding to calmodulin
Sheff, David, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Intracellular Membrane Traffic and Receptor Sorting in the Endosomal System
Sheffield, Val, MD/PhD Professor Pediatrics
Genetics
Molecular genetics of human hereditary disease
Shibata, Erwin, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Mechanism of direct Gsalpha modulation of cardiac ion channels
Shih, Ming-Che, PhD Professor Biology
Gene regulation of plant metabolism
Sigmund, Curt, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular genetics and molecular biology of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension. Cardiovascular biology.
Sluka, Kathleen, PhD Professor Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Neuroscience
Neurobiology of pain and pain inhibition
Slusarski, Diane, PhD Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Signal transduction mechanisms in development and disease
Smith, Richard, MD Professor Otolaryngology
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Pediatrics
Genetics
Inherited hearing impairment ; glomerulonephritis
Soll, David, PhD Professor Biology
Molecular Pathology and Cell Motility
Song, Long-Sheng, MD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
We focus on local Ca2+ signaling in health and diseases with state of the art confocal Ca2+ imaging techniques and genetic mouse models.
Spitz, Douglas, PhD Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical & Radiation Biology
Human Toxicology
Redox regulation of signal transduction and gene expression, oxidative stress responses, mitochondrial free radical production, and aging.
Stamnes, Mark, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein transport and sorting in the mammalian Golgi apparatus
Stapleton, Jack, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Flavivirus (hepatitis C and GB virus) receptors, host cell interactions, and HIV co-infection
Stauffer, George, PhD Professor Microbiology
Mechanisms of bacterial gene transcription
Stipp, Christopher, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neuroscience
Functions of cell surface receptor complexes in tumor cell migration; cell-extracellular matrix interactions; neurite outgrowth and neuronal growth cone motility
Stoltzfus, C. Martin, PhD Professor Microbiology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
HIV RNA splicing regulation
Stone, Edwin, MD/PhD Professor Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Genetics
Molecular genetics of inherited eye diseases
Strack, Stefan, PhD Associate Professor Pharmacology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Protein phosphatases in neuronal signal transduction and disease
Sutterwala, Fayyaz, MD/PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Biology of the NOD-like receptor family in infection and inflammation.

Talman, William, MD
Professor Neurology
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular regulation by the CNS
Tan, Kai, PhD Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Genetics
Understanding gene regulatory networks and molecular pathways in human diseases
Thomas, Christie, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Organization and regulation of the epithelial sodium channel, sgk1 and Nedd4-2
Thorne, Peter, PhD Professor Occupational & Environmental Health
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Human Toxicology
Environmental risk factors for childhood asthma, inflammatory lung diseases, endotoxin and glucan-induced immunomodulation, molecular biology-based bioaerosol exposure assessment methodology, and exposure assessment for environmental cancer.
Ting, Nelson, PhD Assistant Professor Anthropology
Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics
Genetics
I am a molecular primatologist who specializes in the evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of Old World rainforest primates.
Titze, Ingo, PhD Professor Communication Sciences & Disorders
Speech & Hearing Science
Acoustics and biomechanisms of speech
Tomanek, Robert, PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Understanding growth (vasculogenesis and angiogenesis) and adaptations of coronary vessels in health and disease
Tomblin, J. Bruce, PhD Professor Communication Sciences & Disorders
Speech & Hearing Science
Developmental language impairment
Tootle, Tina, PhD Assistant Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
The Tootle lab studies the molecular mechanisms by which prostaglandins mediate actin dynamics and cell migration during Drosophila oogenesis.
Tranel, Daniel, PhD Professor Neurology
Psychology
Neuroscience
Neuroanatomical substrates of complex behavior: human learning and memory
Turek, Lubomir, MD Professor Pathology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular biology and epidemiology of human papillomavirus in infection and cancer
Turner, Christopher, PhD Professor Communication Sciences & Disorders
Otolaryngology
Neuroscience
Speech & Hearing Science
Speech perception by normal and hearing-impaired listeners

Usachev, Yuriy, PhD
Associate Professor Pharmacology
Ca2+ signaling and plasticity of primary nociceptors

Varga, Steve, PhD
Associate Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Viral immunology and immunopathology.
Vecera, Shaun, PhD Professor Psychology
Neuroscience
Visual cognition

Waldschmidt, Thomas, PhD
Professor Pathology
Immunology
B cell development, B cell subsets, Germinal center reaction, Bone marrow transplantation, Effect of ethanol on B cell function
Wall, Michael, MD Professor Neurology
Ophthalmology
Neuroscience
Vision motion perception in health aging and disease
Wallrath, Lori, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
The role of chromatin proteins in disease
Washington, M. Todd, PhD Associate Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Understanding the mechanisms of DNA polymerases involved in both mutagenic and error-free replication of DNA damage at the thermodynamic, kinetic, and structural level
Wasserman, Edward, PhD Professor Psychology
Neuroscience
Biology of learning and memory
Wassink, Thomas, MD Associate Professor Psychiatry
Genetics
Genetic basis of psychiatric disorders
Weeks, Daniel, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of early embryogenesis, cardiogenesis, and the development of novel oligonucleotide based stratagies to investigate control of development
Weigel, Ronald, MD/PhD Professor (Head) Surgery
Biochemistry
Determining mechanisms of hormone response in breast cancer
Weiner, George, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Lymphoma and leukemia immunotherapy; Mechanisms of action of anti-tumor monoclonal antibodies
Weiner, Joshua, PhD Assistant Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Cell adhesion molecules in nervous system development and function
Weiss, David, PhD Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Cell division and protein localization in bacteria
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Human Toxicology
Immunology
Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and fuction of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Wemmie, John, MD/PhD Associate Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
The role of Acid Sensing Ion channels (ASICs) in synaptic plasticity and behavior
Wiemer, David, PhD Professor (Chair) Chemistry
Pharmacology
Synthetic and bioorganic chemistry. Natural product synthesis. Development of synthetic methodology based on organophosphorus chemistry. Synthesis of inhibitors of terpene metabolism, modified carbohydrates, and nucleosides.
Williams, Terence, MD/PhD Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Mitral valve controls
Wilson, Mary, MD Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Immunology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Immunobiology, genetics, and molecular biology of visceral leishmaniasis in murine and human hosts
Wold, Marc, PhD Professor Biochemistry
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication
Wright, Michael, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Using quantitative proteomic approaches to build quantitative models of signal transduction.
Wu, Chun-Fang, PhD Professor Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Plasticity of neuronal function and form using Drosophila as a model organism
Wurster, Dale, PhD Professor (Associate Dean) Pharmaceutics
Human Toxicology
Physics of tablet compression, adsorption and desorption thermodynamics, solution calorimetry, analytical applications of FT-IR, surface characterization by XPS, and micellar catalysis

Xing, Yi, PhD
Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Biomedical Engineering
Genetics
Bioinformatics of RNA splicing and alternative splicing, comparative genomics, and microarray data analysis.
Xue, Hai-Hui (Howard), MD/PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Transcriptional control of lymphocyte development and function

Yahr, Timothy, PhD
Associate Professor Microbiology
Role of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis
Yeaman, Charles, PhD Associate Professor Anatomy & Cell Biology
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Cell mechanisms involved in development and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity

Zabner, Joseph, MD
Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular & Cellular Biology
Gene transfer to human airway epithelia in particular developing gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
Zavazava, Nicholas, MD/PhD Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Mechanisms and molecular basis of embryonic stem cell differentiation

 

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