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