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Faculty & Research

Anupam Agarwal, MD - Department of Pathology
Regulation of heme oxygenase gene expression in kidney and vascular injury

David Allison, PhD - Department of Biostatistics
Obesity, quantitative genetics, clinical trials, and statistical and research methodology

Namasivayam Ambalavanam, MD - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Neonatal pulmonary vascular remodeling and hypertension

Shannon Bailey, PhD - Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of chronic alcohol and obesity induced fatty liver disease

Scott Ballinger, PhD - Department of Pathology
Environmental cardiology, free radical biology, mitochondrial function

Scott Barnum, PhD - Department of Microbiology
Role of complement in the central nervous system

Dave Bedwell, PhD - Department of Microbiology
Mechanism of Translation Termination and Therapies to Suppress Stop Mutations

Mary-Ann Bjornsti, PhD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mechanisms of tumorigenesis

David Briles, PhD - Department of Microbiology
Bacterial pathogenesis; virulence; immunity; pneumococcus; tuberculosis

Dan Bullard, PhD - Department of Genetics
Regulation of Inflammatory Responses

John Chatham, PhD - Department of Medicine-Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiomyocyte function in diabetes and heart disease

Jim Collawn, PhD - Department of Cell Biology
Cystic Fibrosis; Endocytosis; Protein Trafficking

Tim Garvey, PhD - Department of Nutrition Sciences
Molecular and physiological pathogenesis of human insulin resistance

Alecia Gross PhD - Department of Vision Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of retinal disease and ciliopathies

Eugenia Kharlampieva, PhD - Department of Chemistry
Development of bio-mimetic materials for therapeutic application

Kevin Kirk, PhD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics
The CFTR Chloride Channel

Robin Lorenz, PhD - Department of Pathology
Cellular and Molecular Immunology of the Gastrointestinal Tract 

Mary MacDougall, PhD - Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Molecular mechanisms of tooth formation

Lori McMahon, PhD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics

Tim Nagy, PhD - Department of Nutrition Sciences
typical antipsychotic drug-induced weight gain; obesity, caloric restriction, and cancer; small-animal phenotyping

Chander Raman, PhD - Medicine-Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
Mechanisms of Autoimmunity Development

Sasanka Ramanadham, PhD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Role of Lipid Mediators in Signal Transduction

Rosalinda Roberts, PhD - Department of Psych-Behavioral Neurobiology
Mechanisms of neuropathological disorders

Rosa Serra, PhD - Department of Cell Biology
Mechanism of TGF-ß Action in Developmental and Disease Processes

Harald Sontheimer, PhD - Department of Neurobiology
The Role of Neuroglia in Brain Function and Disease

David Sweatt, PhD - Department of Neurobiology
Signal transduction mechanisms in learning and memory

Trygve Tollefsbol, PhD - Department of Biology
Cancer and aging epigenetics

Qin Wang, PhD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Regulation of GPCR trafficking, signaling and in vivo functions

Scott Wilson PhD - Department of Neurobiology
Neurodegenerative disorders and developmental disabilities

Mike Wyss, PhD - Department of Cell Biology
Neuroplasticity in aging and neuro cardiovascular control

Qinglin Yang, PhD - Department of Nutrition Sciences
Mechanisms of heart failure

Brad Yoder, PhD - Department of Cell Biology
Mechanisms of primary cilium assembly and function