Mentors
Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Associate Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Anolik Lab
Research Interests
Role of B Cells in the Pathophysiology of Systemic Lupus and Related Autoimmune Diseases
Stephen Hammes, MD, PhD
Louis S. Wolk Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair for Research and Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Hammes Lab
Research Interests
Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer
Aram Hezel, MD
Chief of Hematology/Oncology at UR Medicine and Wilmot
John and Ethel Heselden Professor of Medicine
Research Interests
Genetics of pancreatic and biliary tract cancers
Richard G. Moore, M.D., FACOG, FACS
Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Division
Director of the Targeted Therapeutics Laboratory for Gynecologic Cancers
Douglas Portman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics, Neuroscience and Biology
Portman Lab
Research Interests
Neural circuit development and function; genetic control of behavior; sex differences in neurobiology
Eric M. Small, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology & Physiology, and Biomedical Engineering
Small Lab
Research Interests
Understanding how a cell can interpret biomechanical and humoral signals and activate a discrete transcriptional program during development or in response to injury
Juilee Thakar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Biomedical Genetics, and Biostatistics & Computational Biology
Thakar Lab
Research Interests
Delineation the effects of age, immunogenicity of the antigens, host genotype and host’s immune history using bioinformatics, systems biology and dynamic modeling tools