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Douglas Anderson, Ph.D.

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: LncRNA control of heart development and disease; Discovery and function of micropeptides encoded by putative lncRNAs; Genome-editing by RNA-guided nucleases.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Bradford Berk, M.D., Ph.D.

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Berk Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurology
Research Interest: Signaling transduction mechanisms in the vascular system

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Jean Bidlack, Ph.D.

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Bidlack Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Pharmacology of brain and lymphocytic opioid receptors

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Paul Brookes, Ph.D.

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Brookes Lab

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Role of Mitochondria and metabolism in ischemic preconditioning and anesthetic preconditioning.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Laura Calvi, M.D.

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Calvi Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurosurgery
Research Interest: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Microenvironmental Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Bone Marrow

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Chike Cao, Ph.D.

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Cao Lab

Orthopaedics
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Function and activation of voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channel and molecular mechanisms of downstream Ca²⁺ signaling in non-excitable tissues.

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Kavaljit Chhabra, M.Pharm., Ph.D.

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Chhabra Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Molecular basis of glucose sensing in the brain and beta cells

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David Dean, Ph.D.

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Dean Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Pediatrics
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of gene delivery and development of gene therapies for lung disease

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Ian Dickerson, Ph.D.

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Dickerson Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of neuropeptide signal transduction

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Robert Dirksen, Ph.D.

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Dirksen Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Molecular Mechanisms of Calcium Signaling in Striated Muscle

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Roman Eliseev, M.D., Ph.D.

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Eliseev Lab

Orthopaedics
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Role of Mitochondria in regulation of cell fate in normal stem cells and cancer cells

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Megan Falsetta, Ph.D.

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Falsetta Lab

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Translational women’s health research; To identify previously unknown mechanisms of disease for disabling vulvar conditions, namely vulvodynia and lichens

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Fabeha Fazal, Ph.D.

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Fazal Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Pediatrics
Research Interest: Role and regulation of actin-myosin interactions in endothelial cell (EC) inflammation, permeability, and apoptosis in acute and chronic lung injury

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Angela Glading, Ph.D.

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Glading Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest: Role of cell-cell contact in regulating cellular function in both the normal and disease state

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Suzanne Haber, Ph.D.

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Haber Lab

Neuroscience
Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Pharmacology & Physiology
Psychiatry
Research Interest:

Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Stephen Hammes, M.D., Ph.D.

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Hammes Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Androgen Effects on Reproduction and Cancer

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Isaac Harris, Ph.D.

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Harris Lab

Biomedical Genetics
Research Interest:

Understanding the roles of antioxidants in disease

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J. Christopher Holt, Ph.D.

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Holt Lab

Neuroscience
Otolaryngology
Research Interest:

Synaptic pharmaco-physiology of vestibular efferent-afferent interactions

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Zheng-Gen Jin, Ph.D.

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Jin Lab

Medicine
Research Interest: Molecular regulation of vascular endothelial function

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Gail Johnson, Ph.D

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Gail Johnson Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interest: Molecular mechanisms of Neurodegeneration

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Paul Kammermeier, Ph.D.

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Kammermeier Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: G protein coupled receptor signaling and modulation of ion channels in neurons

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Minsoo Kim, Ph.D.

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Center for Tumor Immunology Research

Program for Advanced Immune Bioimaging

Minsoo Kim Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interest: Innate and adaptive immune responses and cancer immunotherapy

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Whasil Lee, Ph.D.

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Whasil Lee Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest:

Mechanotransduction of musculoskeletal cells and associated human disease; Physiology and pathophysiology of mechanosensitive ion channels

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

John Lueck, Ph.D.

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Lueck Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neurology
Research Interest: Determining the therapeutic promise of engineered tRNAs for treatment of nonsense associated diseases and investigating the pathomechanisms of skeletal muscle weakness and wasting in myotonic dystrophy

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David MacLean, Ph.D.

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MacLean Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Mechanisms of neurotransmitter receptor function

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Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D.

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Morrell Lab

Medicine
Microbiology & Immunology
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Research Interest: Platelet functions in hemostasis/thrombosis and vascular inflammation. Platelet driven immune responses.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Keith Nehrke, Ph.D.

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Nehrke Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Medicine
Research Interest: Integrative Physiology

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Cesare Orlandi, Ph.D.

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Orlandi Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Orphan G protein coupled receptors in brain and visual systems

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George Porter, M.D., Ph.D.

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Pediatrics
Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Mechanisms that control the development of the heart

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Arshad Rahman, Ph.D.

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Arshad Rahman Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Pediatrics
Research Interest: Endothelial cell biology and lung physiology as it relates to molecular analysis of signal transduction and gene regulation in the lung epithelium.

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Eileen Redmond, Ph.D.

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Redmond Vascular Biology Lab

Surgery
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Vascular Effects of Alcohol-role of Notch

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Eric Small, Ph.D.

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Small Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest:

To better understand the mechanisms that control cell identity and lineage commitment by studying the transcriptional regulation and function of cardiac tissue-restricted genes

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Michael Telias, Ph.D.

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Telias Lab

Ophthalmology
Flaum Eye Institute
Neuroscience
Research Interest:

Retinal degeneration and maladaptive plasticity in inner retinal circuits.

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Kuan Hong Wang, Ph.D.

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Wang Lab

Neuroscience
Research Interest: Neural circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive control of sensorimotor functions

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Richard Waugh, Ph.D.

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Waugh Lab

Biomedical Engineering
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Cell Adhesion, Mechanical and thermodynamic properties of biological membranes; cellular mechanics and function of cytoskeletal proteins

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R. White, M.D., Ph.D.

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R. James White Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Medicine
Research Interest: Role of mitochondria in hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Andrew Wojtovich, Ph.D.

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Wojtovich Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Research Interest: Optogenetics to study the roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in mitochondrial physiology and stress signaling.

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Jing Wu, PhD

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Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest:

Vascular Biology and Inflammation in Hypertension and Kidney Disease

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Houhui Xia, M.Sc., Ph.D.

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Xia Lab

Pharmacology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Research Interest: Molecular and signaling mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in memory formation and mental health

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Chen Yan, Ph.D.

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Yan Lab

Medicine
Research Interest: Regulation and Function of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases in the Cardiovascular System

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Peng Yao, Ph.D.

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Yao Lab

Biochemistry & Biophysics
Medicine
Research Interest:

Pathophysiological function and molecular mechanism of new non-coding RNAs (and RBPs) and new modes of gene regulation in cardiac system and cardiovascular disease.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Zhenqiang Yao, B.Med., Ph.D.

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Yao - Zhenqiang Lab

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dentistry
Research Interest:

NF-kB signaling pathway, Apoptosis signaling pathway, Bone metabolism, and Osteoimmunology.

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

Shu-Chi Yeh, PhD

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Shuchi Yeh Lab

Orthopaedics
Biomedical Engineering
Research Interest:

Developing intravital imaging-based approaches to better understand the bone marrow microenvironment regulating the skeletal, hematopoietic, and malignant stem cells

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program

David Yule, Ph.D.

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Yule Lab

Medicine
Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Interest: Mechanisms Underlying Ca²⁺ Signaling Events in Exocrine Cells

Mentor for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Ph.D. Program