Faculty K-P

Keng, Peter , Ph.D. Colorado State 1978
(Professor Emeritus of Radiation Oncology and of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
The role of p53 in radiation sensitivity and cell cycle delay; mechanisms by which interferon beta enhances the radiation sensitivity in human tumor cells; the biochemical and functional properties of G2/M checkpoint proteins.

Kiernan, Amy , Ph.D. Boston College 1997
(Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Central for Aging and Developmental Biology)
Molecular genetics of sensory disorders; investigating the development, differentiation, and survival of precursor cells in the eye and the inner ear.

Lee, Yi-Fen , Ph.D. Wisconsin Madison, 1997
(Associate Professor of Urology and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

Non-genomic action of androgens and antiandrogens; vitamin D signaling in the prostate; physiological roles of the human testicular receptor 4.

Li, Faqian , M.D. Hubei Medical University 1983, Ph.D. South Dakota 1996
(Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

The molecular mechanisms that regulate cardiac myocyte shape and remodeling during heart hypertrophy and failure.

Libby, Richard , Ph.D. Boston College 1997
(Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology)
Neurobiology of glaucoma; mouse models and advanced mouse genetics to probe the pathophysiology of glaucoma; investigation of the molecular processes that lead to retional ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucoma and why RGCs are more likely to die in some patients than in others.

Luebke, Anne, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 1991
(Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering )

Role of cochlear outer hair cells in hearing and hearing loss, at both the molecular and systems levels.

Lund, Frances, Ph.D., Duke 1992

(Professor of Medicine)

Role of cytokine-producing B cells in infection, autoimmune disease and cancer. Regulation of inflammation, oxidative stress and metabolic fitness by extracellular nucleotides.

Mayer-Proschel, Margot, Ph.D. Wuerzburg, Germany 1990
(Associate Professor of Biomedical Genetics)
Biological and molecular mechanisms governing precursor cell division, differentiation and survival in the brain.

Messing, Edward , M.D. NYU 1972
(Professor and Chair of Urology)
Early detection, prevention and treatment of urologic malignancies.

Miano, Joseph , Ph.D. New York Medical College 1992
(Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute)
Smooth muscle cell differentiation control with special emphasis on transgenic mouse models, genomics, and bioinformatics.

Milner, Laurie A. , M.D. Texas Southwestern, Dallas 1986
(Associate Professor of Pediatrics)
Molecular mechanisms responsible for generation of diverse cell types from pluripotent stem cells; relation of aberrations in normal developmental pathways to pediatric malignancies.

Mooney, Robert , Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 1980
(Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Mechanisms of obesity-dependent insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.

Morrell, Craig N. , D.V.M. Tufts 2000, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins 2005
(Assistant Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute)
Hemostastis/thrombosis and immune regulatory function of platelets, in vitro and in vivo.

Noble, Mark D. , Ph.D. Stanford 1977
(Professor of Biomedical Genetics)
Stem cell biology; regeneration in the central nervous system; redox modulation of precursor cell function; developmental disorders; brain tumor biology and adverse effects of chemotherapy on neural stem cell populations.

O'Keefe, Regis J. , M.D., Ph.D. Harvard 1985, Ph.D. Rochester 2000
(Professor and Chair of Orthopaedics)
Growth plate chondrocyte differentiation and maturation; biochemical mechanisms of prosthetic implant loosening; mechanisms of tumor mediated bone loss.

Ovitt, Catherine E. , Ph.D. Washington 1987
(Assistant Professor of Biomedical Genetics, Center for Oral Biology)
Salivary gland function, maintenance, and repair.

Palis, James , M.D. Rochester 1981
(Professor of Pediatrics in Hematology/Oncology, Professor of Oncology and Biomedical Genetics)
Development of the hematopoietic system in the mammalian embryo.

Perkins, Archibald S. , M.D., Ph.D. Columbia University 1986, 1987
(Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)
Genetic mechanisms of leukemogenesis.

Pierce, Robert , M.D. Brown 1993
(Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, at Schering-Plough Biopharma)
Liver immunobiology with particular emphasis on the role of hepatic macrophages (Kupffer cells) in liver pathophysiology.

Proschel, Christoph , Ph.D. University of London

(Assistant Professor of Biomedical Genetics)

Astrocyte development and white matter disease.

Puzas, J. Edward , Ph.D. Rochester 1976
(Donald and Mary Clark Professor of Orthopaedics)
Molecular and cellular biology of the skeletal system.