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Affiliated Faculty

Douglas Anderson, Ph.D.
Douglas Anderson, Ph.D.

Anderson Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: LncRNA control of heart development and disease; Discovery and function of micropeptides encoded by putative lncRNAs; Genome-editing by RNA-guided nucleases.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Bradford Berk, M.D., Ph.D.
Bradford Berk, M.D., Ph.D.

Berk Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurology
Research Interest:

Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Jean Bidlack, Ph.D.
Jean Bidlack, Ph.D.

Bidlack Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Pharmacology of brain and lymphocytic opioid receptors

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Paul Brookes, Ph.D.
Paul Brookes, Ph.D.

Brookes Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Role of Mitochondria and metabolism in ischemic preconditioning and anesthetic preconditioning.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Laura Calvi, M.D.
Laura Calvi, M.D.

Calvi Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurosurgery
Research Interest: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Microenvironmental Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Bone Marrow

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Chike Cao, Ph.D.
Chike Cao, Ph.D.

Cao Lab

Orthopaedics
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

The role of CAv 1, 2 in tendon formation and heterotopic bone (HO) formation


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
David Dean, Ph.D.
David Dean, Ph.D.

Dean Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Pediatrics
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of gene delivery and development of gene therapies for lung disease

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Ian Dickerson, Ph.D.
Ian Dickerson, Ph.D.

Dickerson Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide signal transduction

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D.
Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D.

Diekwisch Lab

Oral and Cranial Facial Sciences
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Our research interests span three areas including epigenetic mechanisms of mitotic cell division, chromatin, heterochromatin, histone variants and modifications;  biomineralization of odontogenic tissues and finally generating tools for engineering and regeneration of complex periodontal tissues.


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Robert Dirksen, Ph.D.
Robert Dirksen, Ph.D.

Dirksen Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling in Striated Muscle

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Scott Earley, Ph.D.
Scott Earley, Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Pharmacology & Physiology Research Interest: TRP channels, Ca2+ signaling, blood vessels, nanoscale signaling complexes, cerebral vascular function, neurovascular coupling, autoregulation, cerebral small vessel diseases, vascular dementia


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Yumei Earley, Ph.D.
Yumei Earley, Ph.D.
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Medicine Pharmacology & Physiology Research Interest: Understanding the neural pathways and biochemical processes involved in controlling blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, and metabolic disorders


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Roman Eliseev, M.D., Ph.D.
Roman Eliseev, M.D., Ph.D.

Eliseev Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Orthopaedics
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Role of Mitochondria in regulation of cell fate in normal stem cells and cancer cells


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Megan Falsetta, Ph.D.
Megan Falsetta, Ph.D.

Falsetta Lab

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Translational women’s health research; To identify previously unknown mechanisms of disease for disabling vulvar conditions, namely vulvodynia and lichens


Not accepting students at this time.
Fabeha Fazal, Ph.D.
Fabeha Fazal, Ph.D.

Fazal Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Pediatrics
Research Interest:

Understanding the pathogenesis of Acute Lung Injury (ALI), a life threatening pulmonary inflammatory condition


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Manoela Fogaça, PhD
Manoela Fogaça, PhD

Fogaça Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Research Interest:

Understanding the molecular basis of behaviors relevant to stress and the actions of fast antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs, aiming to identify specific circuits, neuronal subpopulations and synaptic mechanisms involved in these responses.


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Angela Glading, Ph.D.
Angela Glading, Ph.D.

Glading Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Suzanne Haber, Ph.D.
Suzanne Haber, Ph.D.

Haber Lab

Neuroscience
Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Pharmacology & Physiology
Psychiatry
Research Interest:

Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.

Hammes Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Isaac Harris, Ph.D.
Isaac Harris, Ph.D.

Harris Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Biomedical Genetics
Research Interest:

Understanding the roles of antioxidants in disease


Not accepting students at this time.
Denise Hocking, Ph.D.
Denise Hocking, Ph.D.

Hocking Lab

Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Understanding the mechanisms by which the extracellular matrix protein, fibronectin, affects cell and tissue functions that are critical for wound repair. We study both the structural mechanisms and intracellular signaling events that mediate cell and tissue responses to matrix fibronectin. In turn, we are using this information to develop novel technologies for tissue engineering, and therapeutic approaches to promote tissue regeneration in chronic wounds.


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.
J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.

Holt Lab

Neuroscience
Otolaryngology
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Synaptic pharmaco-physiology of vestibular efferent-afferent interactions


Not accepting students at this time.
Zheng-Gen Jin, Ph.D.
Zheng-Gen Jin, Ph.D.

Jin Lab

Medicine
Research Interest: Molecular regulation of vascular endothelial function

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Gail Johnson, Ph.D
Gail Johnson, Ph.D

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Paul Kammermeier, Ph.D.
Paul Kammermeier, Ph.D.

Kammermeier Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: G protein coupled receptor signaling and modulation of ion channels in neurons

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.
Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.

Center for Tumor Immunology Research

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Minsoo Kim Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest:

Cancer immunotherapy/Host immune response to influenza infection/ Inflammation biology of sepsis


Not accepting students at this time.
Whasil Lee, Ph.D.
Whasil Lee, Ph.D.

Whasil Lee Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest:

Mechanotransduction of musculoskeletal cells and associated human disease; Physiology and pathophysiology of mechanosensitive ion channels


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
John Lueck, Ph.D.
John Lueck, Ph.D.

Lueck Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurology
Research Interest: Determining the therapeutic promise of engineered tRNAs for treatment of nonsense associated diseases and investigating the pathomechanisms of skeletal muscle weakness and wasting in myotonic dystrophy

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
David MacLean, Ph.D.
David MacLean, Ph.D.

MacLean Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptor function


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Julian Meeks, Ph.D.
Julian Meeks, Ph.D.

Meeks Lab

Pediatrics
Neuroscience
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Investigation of the molecules, receptors, and neural circuits that influence social interactions, including the actions of mammalian pheromones


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Morrell Lab

Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Interest:

Platelets in vascular injury and inflammation


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Keith Nehrke, Ph.D.
Keith Nehrke, Ph.D.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
John Onukwufor, Ph.D.
John Onukwufor, Ph.D.

Onukwufor Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Elucidate the molecular mechanisms of divalent metal neurotoxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Cesare Orlandi, Ph.D.
Cesare Orlandi, Ph.D.

Orlandi Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Orphan G protein coupled receptors in brain and visual systems

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
George Porter, M.D., Ph.D.
George Porter, M.D., Ph.D.

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Pediatrics
Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Mechanisms that control the development of the heart

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Arshad Rahman, Ph.D.
Arshad Rahman, Ph.D.

Arshad Rahman Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Pediatrics
Research Interest:

The mechanisms of lung vascular endothelial cell dysfunction in acute lung injury


Not accepting students at this time.
Eileen Redmond, Ph.D.
Eileen Redmond, Ph.D.

Redmond Vascular Biology Lab

Surgery
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Vascular Effects of Alcohol-role of Notch


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Eric Small, Ph.D.
Eric Small, Ph.D.

Small Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest:

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of heart development, disease, and regeneration; Transcriptional regulation of fibroblast plasticity and cardiac fibrosis


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Michael Telias, Ph.D.
Michael Telias, Ph.D.

Telias Lab

Ophthalmology
Flaum Eye Institute
Neuroscience
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Retinal degeneration and maladaptive plasticity in inner retinal circuits.


Not accepting students at this time.
Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D.
Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D.

Wang Lab

Neuroscience
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Neural circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive control of sensorimotor functions

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Richard Waugh, Ph.D.
Richard Waugh, Ph.D.

Waugh Lab

Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins


Not accepting students at this time.
R. White, M.D., Ph.D.
R. White, M.D., Ph.D.

R. James White Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Medicine
Research Interest:

Thrombosis and platelet activation in vascular pathology of pulmonary hypertension; clinical trial design in pulmonary hypertension


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Andrew Wojtovich, Ph.D.
Andrew Wojtovich, Ph.D.

Wojtovich Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Pharmacology & Physiology
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interest: Optogenetics to study the roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in mitochondrial physiology and stress signaling.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Jing Wu, PhD
Jing Wu, PhD
Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Vascular Biology and Inflammation in Hypertension and Kidney Disease


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Xia Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Research Interest: Molecular and signaling mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in memory formation and mental health

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Chen Yan, Ph.D.
Chen Yan, Ph.D.

Yan Lab

Medicine
Research Interest: Regulation and Function of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in the Cardiovascular System

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Peng Yao, Ph.D.
Peng Yao, Ph.D.

Yao Lab

Mitochondrial Research and Innovation Group

Biochemistry & Biophysics
Medicine
Research Interest:

Pathophysiological function and molecular mechanism of new non-coding RNAs and RNA-binding proteins and translational control in cardiac system and cardiovascular disease


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Zhenqiang Yao, B.Med., Ph.D.
Zhenqiang Yao, B.Med., Ph.D.

Yao - Zhenqiang Lab

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dentistry
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

NF-kB signaling pathway, Apoptosis signaling pathway, Bone metabolism, and Osteoimmunology.


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
Shu-Chi Yeh, PhD
Shu-Chi Yeh, PhD

Shuchi Yeh Lab

Orthopaedics
Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Developing intravital imaging-based approaches to better understand the bone marrow microenvironment regulating the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells


Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program
David Yule, Ph.D.
David Yule, Ph.D.

Yule Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Mechanisms Underlying Ca2+ Signaling Events in Exocrine Cells

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program