- Sherif A. Abdel-Rahman, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health: we are interested in
- understanding how inherited genetic characteristics influence the susceptibility of
- individuals to environmental agents and affect their response to drug therapy. This
- translational research has important clinical and public health implications.
- Bill T. Ameredes, M.S., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
- Naseem H. Ansari, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology
- Tetsuo Ashizawa, M.D.
- Professor and Chairman, Neurology: Clinical neurogenetics and neurodegenerative
- disorders with genome instability
- William W. Au, Ph.D.
- Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health
- Jose M. Barral, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics.
- Molecular mechanisms during de novo protein folding; protein quality control; protein misfolding diseases.
- Krishna M. Bhat, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology
- Darren H. Boehning, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Apoptotic Regulatory Mechanisms; Neurodegeneration.
- Bernd U. Budelmann, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Cephalopod neurobiology
- Lisa Cain, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology
- Shilla Chakrabarty, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Maturation and functionality ofthe
- female reproductive axis, with emphasis on ovarian folliculogenesis.
- Lee-Nien (Lillian) Chan, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Director, Biochemistry and Molecular
- Biology Graduate Program
- Ashok Kumar, Chopra, Ph.D.
- Professor, Microbiology and Immunology: understanding cell signaling events in host cells
- after infection with various bacterial agents (e.g., Bacillus anthracis, Yersinia pestis,
- Salmonella enterica, Aeromonas hydrophila, etc.). Our studies also involve genomics
- and proteomics approaches as well as immunological parameters to develop new
- generation vaccines against these deadly pathogens.
- Dai, H. Chung, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Surgery & Pediatrics
- Jin Mo Chung, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Somatosensory system; pain
- Kyungsoon Chung, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Somatosensory system; neuropathic and
- inflammatory pain
- Thomas J. Collins, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology
- Larry Denner, Ph.D.
- Professor, Dept. ofInternal Medicine: signal transduction pathways in growth regulation of stem cells; human and animal studies of diabetes; steroidogenesis/reproductive endocrinology; molecular mechanisms of learning and memory in Alzheimer's Disease; mass spectrometry approaches to signaling; systems biology in health and disease.
- Douglas DeWitt, Ph.D.
- Professor of Anesthesiology, Director, Charles R. Allen Research Laboratories: Experimental traumatic brain injury, cerebral vascular regulation.
- Diaz-Arrastia, Concepcion, M.D.
- Associate Professor, Gynecologic Oncology: molecular ultra-staging of early cervical carcinoma, using genomic and proteomic tools; computer-enhanced laparoscopic (tele-robotic) gynecologic oncology surgery; the natural history of HPV in aging women; and medical management of genial intraepithelial neoplasia.
- Jie Du, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
- Lisa A. Elferink, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology; Scientist, Sealy Center for Cancer Cell
- Biology: Molecular regulation of receptor trafficking and signaling in gastrointestinal disease.
- Cornelis (Kees) Elferink, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology; Scientist, Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology: Molecular mechanisms involved in liver homeostasis
- Henry F. Epstein, M.D.
- Professor and Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Distinguished University Chair, Neuroscience
- and Cell Biology: The role of molecular chaperones and protein kinases in cell
- regulation.
- B. Mark Evers, M.D.
- Professor, Department of Surgery; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Director, Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology: Signal transduction pathways regulating intestinal cell growth, secretion and inflammation.
- Li Fang, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery: Cellular and
- molecular mechanisms of signal transduction pathways in pain transmission.
- Randall L. Given, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology
- Gary D. Hankins, M.D.
- Professor & Chair, Ob-Gyn Administration
- Hal K. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Pathology
- Mark R. Hellmich, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor,Surgery (General): Elucidation of the role of small peptide hormones and their cognate receptors in epithelial cell biology and carcinogenesis
- David N. Herndon, M.D.
- Professor, Surgery-Burn
- Frederick S. Huang, M.D.
- Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Claire E. Hulsebosch, Ph.D.
- Director of Mission Connect, Vice-Chair and Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Spinal cord injury, brain injury and other central nervous system trauma, neurotrophins, stem cell transplants and mechanisms of central pain
- Rolf Konig, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of T lymphocyte activation with special emphasis on T cell signaling; adaptive immunity to bacterial infections; functional genomics of inflammation and autoimmunity with special emphasis on immunotoxicogenomics.
- Raj Kumar, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology
- Golda A. Kevetter-Leonard, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Otolaryngology: Sensorimotor interactions in the vestibular system
- Robert B. Leonard, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Sensory-motor integration and aging
- Xi Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neurology: Cell-based therapy for cerebellar degeneration
- Monica Longo, M.D.
- Resident, Ob/Gyn Resident Training
- Luis A. Martinez, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology
- Brian T. Miller, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology
- Sankar Mitra, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Bio: Oxidative stress, aging and DNA repair
- Moore, Melinda (Sheffield), Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology: skeletal muscle loss with aging and cancer and interventions such as androgens, exercise, nutrition and enhanced perfusion to facilitate muscle hypertrophy and reduce muscle atrophy in humans. Stable isotopic methodologies to examine muscle protein metabolism in humans and signaling molecules responsible for the hypertrophy and atrophy of skeletal muscle.
- Mary T. Moslen, Ph.D.
- Professor, Pathology
- Gregg T. Nagle, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Peptide/protein pheromonal communication
- Volker E. Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Emotional-affective and cognitive pain mechanisms
- Wolfgang Obermann, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Regulation of protein folding by the Hsp90 chaperone system in health and disease.
- Kathleen L. O’Connor, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery: Role of integrin extracellular matrix receptors, cAMP/PKA and the Rho family of small GTPases in the migration of invasive carcinoma cells from breast, colon and pancreatic cancers.
- John Papaconstantinou, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Molecular and genetic mechanisms of
- aging and longevity determination. Role ox oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction in
- development of aging phenotype.
- J. Regino Perez-Polo, Ph.D.
- Professor and Chair, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Member, Sealy Center for
- Molecular Science; Responses to acute and chronic trauma to central nervous system
- Donald S. Prough, M.D.
- Professor and Chair, Anesthesiology: Response to traumatic brain injury; zinc neurotoxicity
- Blake B. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Physical Therapy: Regulation of human muscle protein synthesis by exercise and amino acids
- Vicente A. Resto, M.D., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: My laboratory studies the molecular processes that drive lymphatic metastasis in cancer. Specifically, we apply a combination of fluid dynamics, adhesion molecule biology, migration biology, 3D culture techniques, biochemistry and functional genetics to study this process. Our goal is to understand this little studied aspect of cancer in ways that will maximally translate into clinically applicable diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
- Diego E. Rincon-Limas, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neurology: Developmental biology and neurobiology; Drosophila models of human diseases; and molecular pathology of Alzheimer’s disease and prion disorders.
- George R. Saade, M.D.
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Maternal and fetal physiology, particularly relating to cardiovascular adaptations to pregnancy, as well as fetal development and its relationship with long term consequences
- Sushil K. Sarna, Ph.D.
- Professor, Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology
- Tor C. Savidge, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, & Hepatology: Novel regulatory mechanisms in gastrointestinal inflammation and cancer
- Pomila Singh, Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology: growth factors, signaling, infection AND
- inflammation IN THE BIOLOGY OF colon cancer and colon carcinogenesis, dietary prevention
- Eric M. Smith, Ph.D.
- Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Molecules and mechanisms mediating regulatory interactions between the immune and neuroendocrine systems.
- Marguerite A. Sognier, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Education Outreach, NASA/JSC
- Melvyn S. Soloff, Ph.D.
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Regulation of gene expression and signal pathways
- in the reproductive tract
- Szczesny Bartosz, Ph.D.
- Instructor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology: DNA repair, mitochondria, aging.
- Giulio Taglialatela, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Neurodegeneration and apoptosis in the Aged CNS and Alzheimer’s disease.
- E. Brad Thompson, M. D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., M.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Randall J. Urban, M. D.
- Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology: IGF-I effects on ovarian
- steroidogenesis; Aging and hormonal effects on muscle function; Traumatic brain
- injury and pituitary dysfunction;Umbilical cord blood stem cells: isolation and
- transdifferentiation into islets; Thiazolidinediones: effects on steroidogenesis and
- cancer cell growth; Diabetes community outreach programs
- Gracie Vargas, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Biomedical
- Engineering Center: Functional nonlinear optical imaging and coherence gated
- techniques for the study of cellular and molecular basis of neurodegenerative disease;
- use of contrast agents and molecular specific probes for enhanced image contrast.
- Elena Volpi, M.D.
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Geriatrics
- Jonathan B. Ward, Ph.D.
- Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health: Sensitivity of human subjects and
- mice to genotoxic chemicals, community home exposure to asthma triggers and lead,
- assessment of risk from toxic air pollutants.
- Cheryl S. Watson, Ph.D.
- Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Mechanisms of steroid actions;
- nongenomic pathways for estrogens and xenoestrogens
- Steven A. Weinman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Director, M.D., Ph.D. Combined Program: Pathogenesis of Hepatitis C and alcoholic liver disease: role of viral-mitochondrial interactions in redox dependent host responses
- William D. Willis Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
- Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Spinal cord mechanisms of pain and analgesia
- Ping Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Human stem cell biology, Stem cell
- Therapy and gene therapy for neurological disorders.
- Jingwu, Xie, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology: Cell signaling, cancer cell biology and
- animal modeling of human cancer
- Chandra Yallampalli, D.V.M., Ph.D.
- Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology: My laboratory is engaged in research intothe
- involvement of nitric oxide,CGRP family pepetides, cytokines and growth factors in
- thecontrol of: 1) vascularfunctions and adaptations during pregnancy,and in the
- pathophysiology of preeclampsia2)in the regulation of uterine receptivity to embryo
- implantation, maintenance of uterine quiescence during pregnancy and initiation of
- labor.3). regulation of placental function and fetal growth, and 4) in regulating the
- immune systems and host defence mechanisms against infections
- Zhihua Zou, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience & Cell Biology: Neural bases of odor and pheromone
- Guided behaviors