Faculty R-Z

Rahman, Arshad, Ph.D. AM University Aligarh, India 1988 (Associate Proferssor of Pediatrics and Neonatology) How pro-inflammatory mediators such as thrombin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (THF-a) mediate neutrophils (PMN) sequestration and emigration in the lung and thus induce lung vascular injury.
Ricke, William , Ph.D. Missouri 2000 (Assistant Professor of Urology and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Roles of hormones and micro-environment on the development, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
Rosier, Randy , M.D. Rochester 1978 Ph.D. Rochester 1979 (Professor of Orthopaedics, Professor of Oncology, and of Biochemistry and Biophysics) Regulation of endochondral ossification.
Rothberg, Paul , Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook 1981 (Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory) Molecular genetics of cancer and of neurodegeneration.
Ryan, Daniel , M.D. Johns Hopkins 1975 (Professor and Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) B-Cell development and differentiation.
Sanz, Ignacio , M.D. Santander, Spain 1978 (Professor of Medicine, and of Microbiology and Immunology; Chief, Immunology and Rheumatology Division) Human B-cell tolerance and autoimmunity, development and function; B-cell depletion therapy; innovative approaches to the study and treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Schwarz, Edward , Ph.D. Yeshiva, Einstein 1993 (Professor of Orthopaedics and of Microbiology and Immunology) Pro-inflammatory cytokine signal transduction and novel drug and gene therapies for rheumatoid arthritis.
Scott, Glynis A. , M.D. Albany 1983 (Professor of Dermatology, Director, Dermatopathology Unit) Signaling pathways of prostaglandins in human melanocytes and melanoma; and the role of Plexin receptors in melanocyte and melanoma biology.
Sheu, Shey-Shing , Ph.D. Chicago 1979 (Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, of Medicine (Cardiology), and of Anesthesiology) Mitochondrial Ca²⁺ transport mechanisms in heart and neuronal cells.
Simpson-Haidaris, Patricia J. , Ph.D. Notre Dame 1991 (Associate Professor of Medicine, of Microbiology and Immunology, and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Role of fibrinogen in acute phase response in pneumonitis and fibrinogen gene expression in liver and lung.
Sims, Peter J. , M.D., Ph.D. Duke 1980 (Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Regulation of immune/inflammatory events and thrombo-embolic events by phospholipids and other components of the plasma membrane; structure and function of the phospholipid scramblase gene family: proteins implicated in control of the topology of plasma membrane phospholipids and in the regulation of cell proliferation, cell maturation, and apoptosis.
Smith, Harold C. , Ph.D. SUNY Buffalo 1982 (Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Pathology, and Toxicology) Diversification of expressed genomic sequences through RNA editing and DNA modification evaluated through biochemical, physiological and structural analysis.
Sparks, Charles , M.D. Jefferson Medical 1968 (Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Biology of lipoprotein metabolism; lipoproteins as a risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease.
Sparks, Janet L. DeHoff , Ph.D. Pennsylvania 1980 (Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Insulin regulation of hepatic lipoprotein production through phosphatidylinositide-3-kinase activation via insulin receptor signaling pathways.
Sun, Jun , Ph.D. Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology 1998 (Assistant Professor of Medicine-Gastroenterology-Hepatology) Microbial-host interaction under normal and inflammatory states: the link between inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal carcinogenesis; role of bacterial effector AvrA in inhibiting inflammation; expression and function of vitamin D receptor in inflammatory bowel diseases.
Wiedmer, Therese , Ph.D. University of Bern, Switzerland 1977 (Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Role of phospholipid scramblases in growth factor signaling pathways underlying cell proliferation, maturation, and apoptosis; regulation of membrane phospholipid asymmetry.
Wright, Terry W. , Ph.D. Rochester 1995 (Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology and Immunology) Host immune response as a major component of lung injury associated with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; murine models of this disease; development of improved methods of treatment through targeting the inflammatory and immune pathways involved.
Xing, Lianping , M.D, Ph.D. Penn Sate 1994 (Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Molecular mechanisms by which TNF mediates the formation, activation and survival of osteoclasts in inflammation induced bone.
Xu, Haodong , M.D. Soowchow, China, 1987, Ph.D. Soowchow 1993 (Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Mechanisms in the regulation of voltage-gated potassium channels underlying cardiac repolarization; molecular mechanisms of lung tumor and fibrosing interstitial pneumonia.
Yan, Chen , Ph.D. Washington 1996 (Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute Regulation and function of cyclic nucleotide signaling in cardiovascular biology and disease.
Yeh, Shu-yuan , Ph.D. Wisconsin, Madison 1996 (Assistant Professor of Urology and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) Chemopreventive roles of vitamin E in prostate cancer; the cross talk of kinase pathways, androgen receptor and coregulators.
Young, Fay , M.D. Harvard 1982 (Associate Professor of Medicine-Hematology-Oncology) Normal and abnormal B-lymphocyte development.
Zhang, Xinping , M.D. China-Shanghai Chinese Medical College 1990; Ph.D. Rochester 1998 (Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics) Molecular and cellular mechanisms of skeletal repair and regeneration.
Zlokovic, Berislav , M.D. University of Belgrade; Ph.D. Queen Elizabeth College, London (Dean's Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology) Brain vascular mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and stroke.
Zuscik, Michael J. , Ph.D. Rochester 1993 (Associate Professor of Orthopaedics) Cellular and molecular processes that govern cartilage development and maturation.