The University of Iowa

Medical Scientist Training Program

Carver College of Medicine

MSTP Faculty Alphabetical Listing

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Name MSTP Rank Department/Program Research Description

Abboud, Francis, MD
Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neuroscience
Mechanisms of regulation of arterial pressure
Accardi, Alessio, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Structure determination and functional properties of ion channels and transporters
Adams, Christopher, MD, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetic control of mammalian metabolism
Allen, LeeAnn, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Phagocyte biology with a particular focus on interactions of pathogenic bacteria with macrophages and neutrophils
Anderson, Mark, MD, PhD Professor and Head Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Understanding the biology behind cardiac arrhythmias
Anderson, Michael, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Neuroscience
Physiological properties of the eye and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying a variety of complex eye diseases.
Andreasen, Nancy, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Translational Biomedicine
Imaging studies of the major psychoses
Artemeyev, Nikolai, PhD New Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins

Bassuk, Alexander, MD, PhD
New Mentor Assistant Professor Pediatric Neurology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Basic mechanisms of normal and disordered development of the nervous system
Bickenbach, Jackie, PhD Mentor Professor Anatomy and Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biology of Epidermal Stem Cells
Bishop, Gail, PhD Mentor Professor Microbiology
Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Analysis of molecular mechanisms of regulation of B lymphocyte activation
Bonthius, Daniel, MD, PhD New Mentor Professor Pediatrics
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biological mechanisms to underlying neurological birth defects
Brennan, Tim, MD, PhD New Mentor Professor Anesthesia
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Pain signaling pathways
Brown, Thomas, PhD Mentor Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Biomedical Engineering
Orthopaedic biomechanics
Buettner, Garry, PhD Resource Faculty Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
The role of free radicals and antioxidants in health and disease.

Campbell, Kevin, PhD
Mentor Professor and Head Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neurology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Translational Biomedicine
Molecular pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy, molecular studies of dystroglycan complex and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
Chaloner, Kathryn, PhD New Mentor Professor and Head Biostatistics
Translational Biomedicine
Clinical trials; Bayesian statistics; Experimental design; HIV/AIDS research; Viral dynamics
Chandran, Krishnan, D.Sc. Resource Faculty Professor and Head Biomedical Engineering
Hemodynamics, cardiac mechanics
Chrischilles, Betsy, PhD Mentor Professor Epidemiology
Economic evaluation of chronic disease therapies; medication use and effects among the elderly
Clegg, Steven, PhD Mentor Professor Microbiology
Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions
Cohen, Michael, MD New Mentor Professor and Head Pathology
Urology
Epidemiology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Immunologic and molecular approaches to the investigation of prostate cancer
Colgan, John, PhD Mentor Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Immunology
Signal transduction pathways that control of the development and function of lymphocytes
Cornell, Robert, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Anatomy and Cell Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Understanding gene regulatory networks that operated during embryonic development
Cullen, Joseph, MD New Mentor Professor Surgery
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Investigates the role of reactive oxygen species in pancreatic cancer

Dailey, Michael, PhD
Mentor Associate Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Cell Biology of Neural Development; Synapse Formation; Cell Motility
Davidson, Beverly, PhD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS
DeMali, Kris, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular basis of cell adhesion and its regulation by signaling and cytoskeletal proteins
Domann, Frederick, PhD Mentor Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Epigenetic mechanisms of gene silencing in cancer
Donelson, John, PhD Mentor Professor and Head Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular biology of immune evasion by parasites that cause tropical diseases
Dupuy, Adam, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Anatomy and Cell Biology
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Developing new mouse models of human cancer using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system

Eberl, Daniel, PhD
Mentor Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hearing in Drosophila
Elcock, Adrian, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Biochemistry
Molecular simulation techniques to address a variety of fundamental biophysical questions
Engelhardt, John, PhD Mentor Professor and Head Anatomy and Cell Biology
Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases
England, Sarah, PhD New Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular and electrophysiological studies of potassium channels in vascular and uterine smooth muscle

Faraci, Frank, PhD
Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Role of endothelial NO synthase in cerebral circulation
Fassler, Jan, PhD Mentor Professor Biology
Genetics
Eukaryotic gene expression and signal transduction; characterization of two-component regulators in yeast
Field, Elizabeth, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular/cellular mechanisms involved in the induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance
Fisher, Rory, PhD Mentor Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Siganal transduction of G protein-coupled receptors and RGS proteins
Fritzsch, Bernd, PhD Mentor Professor Biology
Ear and hair cell develoment, regeneration, and evolution
Fuentes, Ernesto, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Energetics and dynamics of protein-protein interactions; NMR; signal transduction pathways in cancer

Geyer, Pamela, PhD
Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Chromosome organization and gene expression
Giudice, George, PhD Mentor Professor Dermatology
Biochemistry
Immunology
Molecular biology of epidermal adhesion molecules
Goel, Apollina, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Chemo-radiotherapy for hematological malignancies; understanding and circumventing therapy-resistance in multiple myeloma
Goswami, Prahbat, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
The role intracellular redox-state plays in regulating the mammalian cell cycle, and establishing a link between ROS-signaling and other aspects of intracellular signaling networks.
Green, Steven, PhD Mentor Professor Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Signal transduction, neuronal programmed cell death, signal transduction for neurotrophic stimuli
Griffith, Thomas, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Urology
Immunology
Identifying methods of using apoptotic cell death in the treatment of cancer
Grosland, Nicole, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering
Articular joint contact mechanics; total joint arthroplasty; voxel-based finite element models

Habelhah, Hasem, PhD
New Mentor Assistant Professor Pathology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in NF-?B activation and cancer cell resistance to apoptosis
Hammond, Donna, PhD Mentor Professor Anesthesia
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Central nervous system mechanisms of pain and analgesia
Harata, N. Charles, MD, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neuroscience
Structure and functional modulation of synaptic transmission
Harty, John, PhD Mentor Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens
Heistad, Donald, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Cerebral circulation and atherosclerosis; gene transfer and therapy
Henry, Michael, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and cellular biology underlying cancer metastasis
Heusel, Jon, MD, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Mechanisms of activation of natural killer (NK) cells and the interactions between NK cells and dendritic cells in the settings of viral infection and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Hoffman, Eric, PhD Mentor Professor Radiology
Biomedical Engineering
Cardiac mechanics; quantitative assessment of cardiopulmonary physiology via dynamic, volumetric CT; emerging therapies for lung disease; airway reactivity
Hohl, Raymond, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Pharmacology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Role of isoprene compounds in cell proliferation and differentiation
Horswill, Alex, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Microbiology
Peptide quorum sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus
Houston, Douglas, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Biology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Maternal transcription factor and signalling pathways in vertebrate development
Howard, Matt, MD Resource Faculty Professor and Head Neurosurgery
Neuroscience
Neural basis of audition
Hunninghake, Gary, MD New Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Translational Biomedicine
Mechanisms of inflammation and granuloma formation

Johnson, Alan Kim, PhD
Mentor Professor Psychology
Pharmacology
Neuroscience
Neural Control of Body Fluid Balance and Cardiovascular Homeostasis
Jones, Bradley, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Bacteria-host cell interactions of salmonella pathogenesis

Kaboli, Peter, MD
New Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Epidemiology
Health services research, evaluation of medication appropriateness, prevention of adverse drug events
Kay, Alan, PhD New Mentor Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Imaging neuronal activity and their role of metals in the CNS
Kirby, John, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Signal transduction in bacteria
Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Anesthesia
Neurology
Pharmacology
Genetics
Neuroscience
Genetics of complex behavior
Klingelhutz, Al, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Microbiology
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus
Knudson, Michael, MD, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Pathology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of cell cycle progression and oncogenesis
Kohen, Amnon, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Chemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Chemical catalysis with biological systems (enzymes), using tools of organic and physical chemistry
Kuwana, Tomomi, MD, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Pathology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Mitochondrial regulation of apoptosis
Kwitek, Anne, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Genetics of hypertension, diabetes and obesity using both animal models and human populations

Lee, Gloria, PhD
New Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Structure and function of the neuronal cytoskeleton and its role in neurodegenerative diseases
Legge, Kevin, PhD Assistant Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic Cell Immunobiology and Pulmonary Immunity
Lentz, Steven, MD, PhD New Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Endothelial function in vascular diseases and tissue injury
Lidral, Andrew, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Dentistry
Orthodontics
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Craniofacial developmental genetics
Logsdon, John, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetics
Molecular genetic aspects of evolution

Mackey, Michael, PhD
New Mentor Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering
Quantitative modeling of biological phenomena based on a thermodynamic theory of biological systems, including cell growth, motility, and responses to perturbation
Maury, Wendy, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Microbiology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Regulation of lentiviral cell tropism
McCaffrey, Anton, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
The role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics.
McCarter, Linda, PhD Mentor Professor Microbiology
Signal transduction and regulation of gene expression in bacteria
McCray, Paul, MD Mentor Professor Pediatrics
Microbiology
Genetics
Translational Biomedicine
Development of Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis; Cloning and Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptide Genes
Miller, Francis, MD New Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
The role of reactive oxygen species in vascular disease
Mohler, Peter, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Dysfunction in ion channel and transporter targeting in excitable cell disease
Morita, Craig, MD, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Nonpeptide antigen recognition by gamma-delta T cells
Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance
Murray, Jeffrey, MD Mentor Professor Pediatrics
Biology
Epidemiology
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Translational Biomedicine
Human molecular and developmental genetics

Nagy, Peter, MD, PhD
New Mentor Assistant Professor Pathology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Role of histone methyltransferases in transcriptional regulation and human disease
Nauseef, William, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Human polymorphonuclear neutrophil metabolism and function
Nopoulos, Peg, MD New Mentor Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Brain Structure/Function Relationships using MRI and cognitive/behavioral assessment

O'Dorisio, Sue, MD, PhD
Mentor Professor Pediatrics
Neuroscience
Nervous system tumors of childhood

Paulsen, Jane, PhD
Mentor Professor Psychiatry
Neurology
Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Perlman, Stanley, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Neuroscience
Pathogenesis of virus-induced demyelination
Piper, Robert, PhD New Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes
Price, David, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Discovering connections between transcription elongation and RNA processing , HIV replication and cancer

Quelle, Dawn, PhD
Mentor Associate Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of growth control; tumor suppressors; cyclins; cyclin-dependent kinases

Rahmouni, Kamal, PhD
New Mentor Assistant Professor Internal Medicine
Neuroscience
Understand the molecular mechanisms and neuroanatomical pathways that control energy homeostasis and autonomic cardiovascular function
Ramaswamy, S., PhD Mentor Associate Professor Biochemistry
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Structural enzymology and structure function relationship in proteins
Reinhardt, Joseph, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering
Signal and image processing, image analysis, computer vision Morphological systems, non-linear systems
Rosenthal, Gary, MD New Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Epidemiology
Translational Biomedicine
Assessment of health care quality and provider performance, organizational determinants of patient outcomes, patient safety, and the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the US health care delivery system
Rothman, Paul B., MD Mentor Professor and Dean Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Microbiology
Immunology
The role of cytokines and cytokine signaling in both normal lymphocyte development and leukemic transformation.
Rubenstein, Peter, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular basis of actin function
Russo, Andrew, PhD Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Control of gene expression in the neural crest and neurons

Schlueter, Annette, MD, PhD
Mentor Associate Professor Pathology
Immunology
Dendritic cell function in disease states including alcoholism and graft vs host disease
Segaloff, Deborah, PhD Mentor Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Signaling by G protein-coupled receptors; reproductive endocrinology
Shea, Madeline, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Regulatory protein interactions in signal transduction, allosteric mechanism of cooperative calcium binding to calmodulin
Sheff, David, MD, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Receptor traffic in the endosomal system
Sheffield, Val, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Pediatrics
Genetics
Molecular genetics of human hereditary disease
Sigmund, Curt, PhD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetics
Molecular genetics and molecular biology of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension
Sluka, Kathleen, PhD Mentor Professor Physical Therapy
Neuroscience
Neurobiology of pain and pain inhibition
Slusarski, Diane, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Biology
Genetics
Signal transduction in zebrafish embryonic development
Smith, Elaine, PhD, MBA,MPH Professor Epidemiology
Etiology of oncogenic diseases, focused on molecular epidemiology. HPV effects on the development of genital and other cancers. Perinatal vertical transmission.
Smith, Richard, MD Mentor Professor Otolaryngology
Genetics
Translational Biomedicine
Inherited hearing impairment
Snyder, Peter, MD New Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Structure and function of the epithelial sodium channel to understand its role in hypertension and other disorders of sodium homeostasis
Spitz, Douglas, PhD Mentor Professor Radiation Oncology
Free Radical and Radiation Biology
Nitric Oxide Toxicology, Glucose Deprivation-Induced Cytotoxicity in Human Tumor Cells
Stapleton, Jack, MD New Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Translational Biomedicine
Epidemiology and effects of co-infection of hepatitis C virus (HCV), human GB virus type C (HGBV - also called hepatitis G virus), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Stipp, Chris, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Biology
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Neuroscience
Cellular and molecular analysis of the nervous system, with a particular emphasis on the formation and function of connections between neurons.
Stone, Edwin, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Ophthalmology
Genetics
Translational Biomedicine
Molecular genetics of inherited eye diseases
Strack, Stefan, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Pharmacology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Protein phosphatases in neuronal signal transduction

Thomas, Christie, MD
Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Regulation of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel
Torner, Jim, PhD New Mentor Professor & Head Epidemiology
Translational Biomedicine
Design of clinical trials; Analysis of clinical trials;Analysis of prognostic factors
Tranel, Daniel, PhD Mentor Professor Neurology
Neuroscience
Systems/Behavioral Neuroanatomical substrates of complex behavior: human learning and memory

Usachev, Yuriy, PhD
New Mentor Associate Professor Pharmacology
Ca2+ Signaling and Control of Pain-Conducting Pathways

Varga, Steve, PhD
New Mentor Associate Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Viral immunology and immunopathology

Waldschmidt, Thomas, PhD
Mentor Professor Pathology
Immunology
B lymphocyte subsets, T-B interaction, marginal zone B cells, germinal center B cells
Wallace, Robert, MD Mentor Professor Epidemiology
Internal Medicine
Translational Biomedicine
Epidemiology of aging, Cancer epidemiology
Wallrath, Lori, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Genetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Eukaryotic chromatin structure and gene expression; molecular mechanisms of gene silencing in Drosophila
Washington, Todd, PhD New Mentor Associate Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Mechanisms of enzymes involved in DNA replication and DNA repair
Weeks, Daniel, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of early embryogenesis, cardiogenesis, and the development of novel oligonucleotide based stratagies to investigate control of development
Weigel, Ron, MD, PhD New Mentor Professor and Head Surgery
Biochemistry
Determining mechanisms of hormone response in breast cancer
Weiner, George, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Immune response to lymphoma; Bispecific therapeutic antibodies.
Weiner, Joshua, PhD New Mentor Assistant Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Molecular Genetics of Synaptogenesis and Nervous System Development: Control of Synapse Formation, Maturation, and Specificity by Protocadherins.
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Immunology
Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Neuroscience
Genetics
Translational Biomedicine
Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and function of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Wemmie, John, MD, PhD Mentor Associate Professor Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Genetic manipulation in mice to study the effects of Acid Sensing Ion Channels (ASICs) on behavior
Wilson, Mary, MD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Genetics
Immunobiology, genetics, and molecular biology of visceral leishmaniasis in murine and human hosts
Wold, Marc, PhD Mentor Professor Biochemistry
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication
Wu, Chun-Fang, PhD Mentor Professor Biology
Neuroscience
Genetics
Plasticity of neuronal function and form using Drosophila as a model organism

Xue, Hai-Hui (Howard), MD, PhD
New Mentor Assistant Professor Microbiology
Immunology
Transcriptional control of lymphocyte development and function

Yeaman, Charles, PhD
New Mentor Associate Professor Anatomy and Cell Biology
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biogenesis and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity

Zabner, Joseph, MD
Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Gene transfer to human airway epithelia; gene therapy for cystic fibrosis; fluid composition of the airway surface liquid.
Zavazava, Nicholas, MD, PhD Mentor Professor Internal Medicine
Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of embryonic stem cell differentiation