Cellular and Molecular Pathology (CMP)
Graduate Training Program
 
Faculty and Their Research Interests


BulletStephen F. Badylak, MD, PhD
 - Regenerative medicine and biologic scaffolds.

BulletMichael J. Becich, MD, PhD
 - Cancer biology and bioinformatics.

BulletDorothea Becker, Ph.D.
 - Genes that regulate the onset and progression of melanoma

BulletJames Becker, Ph.D.
 - human memory disorders, the neuroanatomical damage which produces human memory disorders.

BulletTimothy R. Billiar, MD
 - Roles of nitric oxide in acute inflammatory reactions.

BulletHarry C. Blair, MD
 - Bone physiology and pathology

BulletCarol Bostwick, PhD
 - Mediators of fibrosis in scleroderma skin and lung.

BulletRobert Bowser, PhD
 - The molecular and cellular basis of neurodegeneration in human diseases.

BulletRichard Chaillet, MD, PhD
 - Molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance and genomic imprinting in mammals

BulletYuan Chang, MD
 - Epidemiology and biological properties of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.

BulletShi-Yuan Cheng, PhD
 - Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Angiogenesis.

BulletCharleen T. Chu, MD, PhD
 - Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and neuroprotection in Parkinson's disease and retinal degeneration.

BulletPaula Clemens, MD
 - Gene delivery to striated muscle

BulletMarie C. DeFrances, MD, PhD
 - PI3K signaling mechanisms in hepatocytes.

BulletRussell L. Delude, PhD
 - The molecular mechanism through which NO. regulates epithelial paracellular permeability in normal and disease states.

BulletAnthony J. Demetris, MD
 - The role of inflammatory cytokines and growth factors in the development of cirrhosis & tolerance induction and chronic tissue rejection.

BulletH. Henry Dong, PhD
 - Insulin Resistance and Diabetic Dyslipidemia.

BulletAlbert D. Donnenberg, PhD
 - Immunologic consequences of autologous transplantation in systemic sclerosis, stem and progenitor cells for regenerative therapy.

BulletAnette Duensing, MD
 - Molecular biology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and mechanism of action of targeted therapies.

BulletIra J. Fox, MD
  - Experimental therapies for liver disease and differentiation of human ES and iPS cells into hepatocytes

BulletChandrashekhar R. Gandhi, Ph.D.
 - Mechanisms of liver growth and disease.

BulletNick Giannoukakis, PhD
 - Gene and cell therapy for autoimmunity.

BulletJames Gnarra, PhD
 - The effects of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) inactivation and hypoxia on post-transcriptional regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA..

BulletJennifer R. Grandis, M.D.
 - TGF- /EGFR autocrine signaling in head and neck carcinogenesis

BulletDavid Hackam, M.D., Ph.D.
 - To understand the mechanisms governing the migration of intestinal epithelial cells during conditions of intestinal inflammation

BulletPatricia A. Hebda, PhD
 - Wound healing, tissue engineering and pathogenesis of inflammation in otitis media

BulletJohnny Huard, PhD
 - Tissue engineering

BulletNaftali Kaminski, MD
 - The basic mechanisms underlying pulmonary fibrosis and the way that molecular networks determine tissue and cellular phenotype

BulletSikandar L. Katyal, PhD
 - Pulmonary biology, with emphasis on lung development in utero and regeneration after injury.

BulletUddhav P. Kelavkar, PhD.
 - high-fat diet and the risk for prostate cancer

BulletWilliam Klunk, MD, PhD
 - Imaging and treatment in Alzheimer's disease

BulletScott Kulich, MD, PhD
 - the interaction between oxidative neurotoxins and intracellular signal transduction

BulletEric Lagasse, PhD
 - Human stem/progenitor cells for liver diseases.

BulletJean J. Latimer, PhD
 - Human breast tissue engineering and breast cancer research.

BulletLuyuan Li, PhD
 - Molecular mechanism of angiogenesis.

BulletYong Li, PhD
 - Adult stem cells and fibrosis in skeletal muscular system

BulletYouhua Liu, PhD
 - Experimental Pathologyof renal fibrosis.

BulletAnna E Lokshin, PhD
 - Identification of cancer biomarkers for screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and disease monitoring of solid tumo.

BulletJianhua Luo, MD, PhD
 - Analysis of gene expression in human malignancies.

BulletJames Lyons-Weiler, PhD
 - Optimization of disease prediction modeling in cancer and other diseases

BulletWendy M. Mars, PhD
 - The role of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and the plasminogen activator system in tissue regeneration

BulletGeorge Michalopoulos, MD, PhD
 - Use the differentiated cells of the liver (hepatocytes) as models to understand the mechanisms that regulate growth of complex differentiated cells and whole organs.

BulletSatdarshan P. Singh Monga, M. D.
 - Molecular mechanisms of liver growth and development, in health and disease.

BulletYuri E. Nikiforov, M.D., Ph.D.
 - Molecular mechanisms of radiation-induced carcinogenesis and chromosomal rearrangements in human cells and molecular basis of thyroid cancer.

BulletErin Ochoa, MD
 - Liver senescence, regeneration and proliferation.

BulletDenise S. O'Keefe, PhD
 - Epigenetic changes and the etiology of prostate cancer.

BulletZoltan Oltvai, MD, PhD
 - Systems biology

BulletTim D. Oury, MD, PhD
 - Oxidative mechanisms in pulmonary, vascular, and neuro, pathophysiology

BulletBeth R. Pflug, Ph.D.
 - Growth regulation and novel therapeutic and imaging targets for prostate cancer.

BulletJon D. Piganelli, PhD
 - T cell mediated effector mechanisms of beta cell destruction in Type I Diabetes (TID).

BulletLisa J. Robinson, MD
 - Signaling mechanisms in the regulation of normal and abnormal myelopoiesis.

BulletWilliam Saunders, Ph.D.
 - Cell division and the origin of divisional defects in cancer cells.

BulletSteven D. Shapiro, M.D.
 - The biological and pathological function of proteinases in lung

BulletDonna B. Stolz, Ph.D.
 - Angiogenesis and endothelial cells proliferate, migrate and differentiation

BulletStephen C. Strom, PhD
 - Liver disease, liver function, and the treatment of defects in liver function by the transplantation of isolated hepatocytes (liver cells).

BulletUrvashi Surti, PhD
 - The molecular cytogenetics of pregnancy loss and cancer.

BulletYoram Vodovotz, PhD
 - The biology of shock states, the role and biology of nitric oxide in shock and other inflammatory states

BulletDavid Vorp, PhD
 - Vascular remodeling and regeneration

BulletZhou Wang, PhD
 - The mechanism of androgen action and the roles of androgens in benign and cancerous prostate growth.

BulletAlan Wells, MD, DMS
 - The role of cell migration in physiologic and pathologic conditions.

BulletSally Wenzel, MD
 - The pathogenesis of human asthma.

BulletClayton A. Wiley, MD, PhD
 - Pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and in particular on viral induced nervous system diseases.

Bullet Cary Wu, PhD
 - Cell adhesion: molecular mechanism and the roles in the pathogenesis of cancer and diabetic nephropathy.

BulletXiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD
 - The molecular mechanisms of apoptosis

BulletJian Yu, PhD
 - The molecular mechanisms of apoptosis in mammalian cells and its role in cancer therapy and carcinogenesis.

BulletReza Zarnegar, PhD
 - The analysis of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and HGF receptor (a protooncogene) function and their genetic regulation at the molecular level in vivo.



 

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