EHSC Members
EHSC Leadership and Administration
![Danielle Alcéna-Stiner](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/4e203d6c-9c33-4152-910f-5409c1a6a27a.jpg)
As a nurse-scientist with expertise spanning the translational continuum from biomedical science to community-based research, Danielle Alcéna-Stiner integrates basic science, health literacy, and nursing into interventions to promote adolescent health and wellness through active community engagement.
![Olga Astapova](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/MediaLibraries/URMCMedia/labs/astapova-lab/images/Astapova-Olga-100x150.jpg)
Current research activity in my lab aims to investigate the non-coding transcriptional activity of androgen receptor in granulosa cells and the role of cytoplasmic adaptor protein paxillin in the ovary. While research occupies the majority of my time, 20% of my appointment is clinical. My clinical interest is in managing the symptoms and reducing the metabolic risks associated with PCOS, as well as managing other conditions of disordered sex steroids: gender dysphoria, early menopause, male and female hypogonadism.
![Deborah Cory-Slechta](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DeborahCory-slechta.jpg)
![Daniel Croft](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DanielCroft.jpg)
Environmental epidemiology of the effect of air polution on respiratory health
![Lisa DeLouise](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/LisaDeLouise.jpg)
![Alison Elder](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/AlisonElder.jpg)
![Jacob Finkelstein](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/JacobFinkelstein.jpg)
![Dragony Fu](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DragonyFu.jpg)
![Steve Georas](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/SteveGeoras.jpg)
Defining molecular pathways by which allergens and particulates activate epithelia and dendritic cells in the lung immune system
![Jill Halterman](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/JillHalterman.jpg)
Asthma and Improving quality of care
![Elaine Hill](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/6488f419-df14-47a5-b606-dca4bea4b141.jpg)
Early origins research, linking in utero environment to later life health and educational attainment
![Philip Hopke](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/PhilipHopke.jpg)
![Todd Jusko](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/ToddJusko.jpg)
![Kirsi Järvinen-Seppo](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/KirsiJ%C3%A4rvinen-Seppo.jpg)
Development of the infant microbiome and immune system, and how that relates to development of allergic diseases
![Katrina Korfmacher](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/KatrinaKorfmacher.jpg)
![B. Paige Lawrence](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/PaigeLawrence.jpg)
Delineating mechanisms by which environmental exposures during different life stages alter immune function
![Augusto Litonjua](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/AugustoLitonjua.jpg)
![Tanzy Love](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/TanzyLove.jpg)
![Ania Majewska](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/AniaMajewska.jpg)
![Dina Markowitz](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DinaMarkowitz.jpg)
![Margot Mayer-Pröschel](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MargotMayer-Proschel.jpg)
![Matthew McCall](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MatthewMcCall.jpg)
Developing methods to estimate gene regulatory networks from gene perturbation experiments
![James McGrath](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/JamesMcGrath.jpg)
In vitro models of human lung and vascular barriers during inflammation
![Matthew McGraw](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MatthewMcGraw.jpg)
Airway epithelial stem cells in chemical inhalation exposures
![Scott McIntosh](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/c3e9a69b-47b4-4053-ae67-db0ad70dfd16.jpg)
Smoking Cessation in special populations, Technology/Web Assisted Risk Behavior Intervention and Dissemination of effective interventions to physician practices
![M. Kerry O'Banion](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MKerryObanion.jpg)
![Thomas O'Connor](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/ThomasO'Connor.jpg)
![Michael O'Reilly](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/23e67430-8369-427e-bcdd-6495b223eea0.jpg)
Defining how an aberrant oxygen environment and oxygen-induced DNA damage signaling alter distal lung development, the host response to respiratory viral infections, and promotes cardiovascular disease later in life
![Günter Oberdörster](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/GuenterOberdoerster.jpg)
![John Onukwufor](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/de1872e7-cde0-4373-8e63-f909b560c0c9.jpg)
Elucidate the molecular mechanisms of divalent metal neurotoxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis
![Deborah Ossip](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DeborahOssip.jpg)
Behavioral medicine and outcomes management include tobacco use and smoking interventions, obesity prevention and exercise
![Hae-Ryung Park](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/Hae-RyungPark.jpg)
Identify new targets susceptible to environmental perturbation in relevance with neurodevelopment or neurodegenerative diseases by utilizing functional genetics/genomics (RNAi and CRISPR screens and Next-Generation sequencing), and molecular benchwork. Discover the link between genetic polymorphism of the targets and neurological diseases. Explore novel roles of extracellular vesicles (EV) in receptor signaling and cell communication. Identify EV-encapsulated biomolecules released by the placenta in response to environmental perturbation. Explore the roles of placenta-derived EVs on neurodevelopment or neurodegeneration
![Gloria Pryhuber](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/60046837-b448-4400-9793-cb8d3b47fcbd.jpg)
Chronic lung disease of prematurity and lung development
![Irfan Rahman](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/IrfanRahman.jpg)
Redox signaling mechanism of Proinflammatory gene expression in pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory lung diseases caused by environmental toxicants
![Matthew Rand](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/8891ab06-dc90-47c1-8ce5-eadb10ebc14d.jpg)
Mechanisms of toxicity of the environmental contaminant and neurotoxicant methylmercury (MeHg), defining MeHg effects on early life development of neural and muscular systems at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels using invertebrate and mammalian models, and detailed characterization of MeHg metabolism and elimination kinetics in humans.
![David Rich](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/DavidRich.jpg)
Cardiovascular, respiratory, and perinatal/reproductive health effects of exposure to environmental agents, including ambient air pollution
![Jacques Robert](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/JacquesRobert.jpg)
![Souvarish Sarkar](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/uploads/1/fb4edbb2-e5b3-45b8-9c63-f586dd7bfa5e.jpg)
Develop a research program concentrating on identifying genetic modifiers of environmental factors in disease etiology using a combination of Drosophila genetics, cell culture, and rodent models
![Kristin Scheible](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/KristenScheible.jpg)
Neonatal immunology; T cell function in preterm infants
![Marissa Sobolewski-Terry](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MarissaSobolewski.jpg)
Neurotoxicology, Etiology of neurobehavioral disease, Endocrine dysfunction, Synergistic Toxicity.
![Martha Susiarjo](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/MarthaSusiarjo.jpg)
Our research program focuses on mechanisms underlying gene environment interaction in pregnancy. We are interested in elucidating how environmental factors influence epigenetic regulation of developmental-relevant genes including imprinted genes, and how exposure modulates maternal-fetal health.
![Sally Thurston](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/SallyThurston.jpg)
Using statistics in environmental health, measurement error, multiple outcomes, Bayesian inference
![Collynn Woeller](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/CollynnWoeller.jpg)
![Edwin van Wijngaarden](https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/neuroscience/_shared/img/faculty/EdwinVanWijngaarden.jpg)
Charter Members
Thomas Clarkson, PhD
Philip Davidson, PhD
Mark Frampton, MD
Thomas Gasiewicz, PhD
Gary Myers, PhD
David Oakes, PhD
Mark Utell, MD