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Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, PhD Mechanisms of Esophageal Protection |
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Wei Chen, MD Mechanisms of bone formation, bone resorption, skeletal development, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and aging diseases |
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Patrice Delafontaine, MD Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, IGF-1, muscle wasting |
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Wu-Ming Deng, PhD The research in my laboratory bridges genetics, cancer biology and developmental biology |
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Yan Dong, PhD Mechanisms of prostate cancer progression |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Erik Flemington, PhD Noncanonical genomics and transcriptomics in viral cancers |
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Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD Biology of retrotransposons |
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Yuske Higashi, PhD Pathological mechanisms of atherosclerosis and aneurysm |
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Tony Hu, PhD Development of nanomaterial platforms and proteomic approaches that are designed to enrich biomarker capture from microbial pathogens |
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Chiung-Keui Huang, PhD Study molecular pathogenesis of liver malignancy |
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James Jackson, PhD The therapeutic response of breast cancers |
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Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD Home Department: Surgery The vascular effects of hemorrhage, specifically damage to the endothelial glycocalyx |
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Jun-Yuan Ji, PhD Lipid metabolism & transcription in development & tumorigenesis |
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Bilon Khambu, PhD Autophagy in hepatic metablism |
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Sangkyu Kim, PhD Building reliable predictive models of healthy aging and survival using various health data |
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Samuel J. Landry, PhD CD4+ T-cell immune responses in model antigens and viral envelope proteins |
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Sean Lee, PhD Finding therapeutic targets in incurable childhood cancer |
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Shitao Li, PhD Role of innate immunity in viral infection, inflammation, and cancers |
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Yi-Ping Li, PhD Bone biology, musculoskeletal diseases, oral diseases, inflammatory diseases, tumorigenesis and cancer bone metastasis |
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Hong Liu, PhD Regulation of chromosome segregation and stability |
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Xiaowen Liu, PhD Mass spectrometry based computational proteomics |
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Hua Lu, MB, PhD Cancer Biology, Mechanism, Metabolism and Drug Discovery on p53 & c-Myc |
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Arthur Lustig, PhD Chromosome structure and function |
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Joseph Mudd, PhD Our lab explores approaches to eradicate the HIV reservoir, and seeks to understand why currently-implemented HIV cure approaches face efficacy hurdles |
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Nazih L. Nakhoul, PhD Ammonium transport and renal regulation of acid-base balance |
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Bo Ning, PhD Molecular diagnosis for infectious disease and cancer |
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Kailash N. Pandey, PhD Determine the genetic and molecular basis of hypertension and cardiovascular disorders in age- and sex-dependent manner |
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Hee-won Park, PhD Synthetic and biological therapeutics development |
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Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD Antiviral host-defense and autoimmunity |
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Liya Pi, PhD Fibrosis in liver disease: mechanisms and targeting approaches |
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Zachary Pursell, PhD Regulation of DNA replication and how it relates to genome instability and human diseases |
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Nakhle Saba, MD Targeting MALT1 in lymphoid malignancies |
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Mimi Sammarco, PhD Effect of oxygen and metabolic switching on bone and soft tissue regeneration after amputation |
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Ryosuke Sato, PhD Establishment of new human kidney organoids using iPS cells |
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Manesh K Panner-Selvam, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Suresh C Sikka, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD Role of DNA damage in atherosclerosis progression |
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Victor J. Thannickal, MD Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung regeneration |
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Xiaoying Wang, MD, PhD Molecular pathology of stroke, brain trauma, and dementia |
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William Wimley, PhD Fundamental principles of the folding and structure of peptides and proteins in membranes |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Tadashi Yoshida, PhD The role of Angiotensin II to control food intake and skeletal muscle regeneration in cardiac cachexia |
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Zongbing You, MD, PhD Obesity & Prostate Cancer; Stem Cells & Cartilage Repair |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Victoria Belancio, PhD Understanding molecular mechanisms of transposable elements interaction with their host and the impact these transposons have on human health through their contribution to genomic instability |
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David R. Crosslin, PhD Bioinformatics/Statistics; Precision Medicine Implementation |
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Prescott Deininger, PhD Genetic instability in the human genome, particularly in cancer |
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Hong-Wen Deng, PhD Studying -omics for diseases etiology/diagnosis/drug repurposing |
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Wu-Ming Deng, PhD The research in my laboratory bridges genetics, cancer biology and developmental biology |
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Yan Dong, PhD Mechanisms of prostate cancer progression |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Erik Flemington, PhD Noncanonical genomics and transcriptomics in viral cancers |
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Loren Gragert, PhD Immunogenomics and clinical informatics in transplantation |
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Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD Biology of retrotransposons |
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Tony Hu, PhD Development of nanomaterial platforms and proteomic approaches that are designed to enrich biomarker capture from microbial pathogens |
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Sangkyu Kim, PhD Building reliable predictive models of healthy aging and survival using various health data |
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Jay K. Kolls, MD Lung mucosal immunity to infection |
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Joseph A. Lasky, MD Basic and clinical aspects of pulmonary fibrosis |
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Zhen Lin, MD, PhD Non-coding RNA during host-pathogen interaction |
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Xiaowen Liu, PhD Mass spectrometry based computational proteomics |
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Heather Machado, PhD Breast Cancer Tumor Immunology, Mammary Gland Development, Tissue Resident Macrophage Function |
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Gilbert Morris, PhD Animal models of environmental lung disease |
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Joseph Mudd, PhD Our lab explores approaches to eradicate the HIV reservoir, and seeks to understand why currently-implemented HIV cure approaches face efficacy hurdles |
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Tianhua"Tim” Niu, PhD Covid-19 statistical analysis; Transcriptome data analysis |
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Elizabeth Norton, PhD Mucosal immunology; vaccines; therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Manesh K Panner-Selvam, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Hui Shen, PhD (Epi)Genomics & metagenomics of osteoprosis and sarcopenia |
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Suresh C Sikka, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Lan-Juan Zhao, PhD Identifying and characterizing genetic variants that affecting susceptibility to complex human disorders |
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Victoria Belancio, PhD Understanding molecular mechanisms of transposable elements interaction with their host and the impact these transposons have on human health through their contribution to genomic instability |
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Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA The role and therapeutic potential of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in stroke and vascular dementia |
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Jorge A. Castorena-Gonzalez, PhD Lymphatic system dysfunction leading to cardiovascular diseases |
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Wei Chen, MD Mechanisms of bone formation, bone resorption, skeletal development, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and aging diseases |
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Prescott Deininger, PhD Genetic instability in the human genome, particularly in cancer |
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Patrice Delafontaine, MD Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, IGF-1, muscle wasting |
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Hong-Wen Deng, PhD Studying -omics for diseases etiology/diagnosis/drug repurposing |
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Wu-Ming Deng, PhD The research in my laboratory bridges genetics, cancer biology and developmental biology |
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Elizabeth B. Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD Inflammatory and immune system impacts to mental health and brain aging |
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Steven Hill, PhD Endocrine response mechanisms of breast cancer, in particular steroid hormone receptors; neuroendocrine influences on breast cancer |
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Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD Cerebral & Peripheral Circulation, mechanisms of vascular dysfunction associated with insulin resistance |
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Amitinder Kaur, PhD Congenital CMV, maternal-fetal immunity, and vaccine protection |
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Sangkyu Kim, PhD Building reliable predictive models of healthy aging and survival using various health data |
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Joseph A. Lasky, MD Basic and clinical aspects of pulmonary fibrosis |
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Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD Stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative disease |
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Hongbing Liu, PhD Roles of histone deacetylases in kidney formation and kidney diseases |
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Arthur Lustig, PhD Chromosome structure and function |
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Andrew Maclean, PhD Activation and disruption of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease, specifically HIV infection |
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Ricardo Mostany, PhD Neuroplasticity of aging and neurodegenerative diseases |
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Elizabeth Norton, PhD Mucosal immunology; vaccines; therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Liya Pi, PhD Fibrosis in liver disease: mechanisms and targeting approaches |
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Namita Rout, PhD Role of innate T cells in primate lentiviral infection |
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Mimi Sammarco, PhD Effect of oxygen and metabolic switching on bone and soft tissue regeneration after amputation |
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Hui Shen, PhD (Epi)Genomics & metagenomics of osteoprosis and sarcopenia |
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Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD Role of DNA damage in atherosclerosis progression |
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Victor J. Thannickal, MD Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung regeneration |
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Vicki Traina-Dorge, PhD Nonhuman primate models of pathogenic virus infections |
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Xiaoying Wang, MD, PhD Molecular pathology of stroke, brain trauma, and dementia |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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James E. Zadina, PhD Neurobiology of opiods and their receptors, acute and chronic pain, neuroinflammation, and development of novel analgesics |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Qiuyang Zhang, PhD Impact of Aging on Prostate Cancer with Th17/Treg Disruption |
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Jia "Joe" Zhuo, MD, PhD Endocrine, paracrine, and intracrine angiotension II and its G protein-coupled receptor signal mechanisms in the proximal tubules of the kidney and blood pressure control |
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Andrea Zsombok, PhD Central regulation of autonomic functions in diabetes and obesity |
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Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD How cytomegalovirus manipulates metabolic pathways for replication |
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David R. Crosslin, PhD Bioinformatics/Statistics; Precision Medicine Implementation |
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Hong-Wen Deng, PhD Studying -omics for diseases etiology/diagnosis/drug repurposing |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Tony Hu, PhD Development of nanomaterial platforms and proteomic approaches that are designed to enrich biomarker capture from microbial pathogens |
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Bo Ning, PhD Molecular diagnosis for infectious disease and cancer |
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James Robinson, MD Antibody responses to Cytomegalovirus, Dengue virus, and Lassa Fever Virus |
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Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD Role of DNA damage in atherosclerosis progression |
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William Wimley, PhD Fundamental principles of the folding and structure of peptides and proteins in membranes |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Asim Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD Exosomes, stems cells, and prostate cancer health disparities |
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Muralidharan Anbalagan, PhD Breast Cancer research, circadian disruption by artificial light at night, bone metastasis |
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Victoria Belancio, PhD Understanding molecular mechanisms of transposable elements interaction with their host and the impact these transposons have on human health through their contribution to genomic instability |
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Jacob Bitoun, PhD Developing a safe and effective ST-toxoid vaccine candidate |
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Matthew Burow, PhD Discovery of novel therapeutic targets and models for breast cancer. Hematology/Oncology |
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Bridgette Collins-Burow, MD, PhD Identifying molecular mechanisms of breast cancer resistance and metastasis |
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David H. Coy, PhD Development of receptor antagonists for the bombesin receptors 1 and 3, which are of potential use in inflammatory lung disease and lung cancer |
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Srikanta Dash, PhD Biomarker development for early detection of liver cancer, especially in patients with cirrhosis |
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Prescott Deininger, PhD Genetic instability in the human genome, particularly in cancer |
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Wu-Ming Deng, PhD The research in my laboratory bridges genetics, cancer biology and developmental biology |
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Yan Dong, PhD Mechanisms of prostate cancer progression |
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Erik Flemington, PhD Noncanonical genomics and transcriptomics in viral cancers |
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Loren Gragert, PhD Immunogenomics and clinical informatics in transplantation |
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Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD Biology of retrotransposons |
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Steven Hill, PhD Endocrine response mechanisms of breast cancer, in particular steroid hormone receptors; neuroendocrine influences on breast cancer |
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Chiung-Keui Huang, PhD Study molecular pathogenesis of liver malignancy |
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James Jackson, PhD The therapeutic response of breast cancers |
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Jun-Yuan Ji, PhD Lipid metabolism & transcription in development & tumorigenesis |
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Bilon Khambu, PhD Autophagy in hepatic metablism |
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Samuel J. Landry, PhD CD4+ T-cell immune responses in model antigens and viral envelope proteins |
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Sean Lee, PhD Finding therapeutic targets in incurable childhood cancer |
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Chenzhong Li, PhD Integration of modern engineering approaches for disease diagnosis and therapeutics |
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Ming Li, PhD Research of ion channels and diseases |
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Shitao Li, PhD Role of innate immunity in viral infection, inflammation, and cancers |
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Zhen Lin, MD, PhD Non-coding RNA during host-pathogen interaction |
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Hongbing Liu, PhD Roles of histone deacetylases in kidney formation and kidney diseases |
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Xiaowen Liu, PhD Mass spectrometry based computational proteomics |
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Hua Lu, MB, PhD Cancer Biology, Mechanism, Metabolism and Drug Discovery on p53 & c-Myc |
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Arthur Lustig, PhD Chromosome structure and function |
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Heather Machado, PhD Breast Cancer Tumor Immunology, Mammary Gland Development, Tissue Resident Macrophage Function |
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Gilbert Morris, PhD Animal models of environmental lung disease |
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Tianhua"Tim” Niu, PhD Covid-19 statistical analysis; Transcriptome data analysis |
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Hee-won Park, PhD Synthetic and biological therapeutics development |
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Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD Antiviral host-defense and autoimmunity |
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Liya Pi, PhD Fibrosis in liver disease: mechanisms and targeting approaches |
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Brian G. Rowan, PhD Estrogen receptor phosphorylation, circadian regulation of estrogen receptor function |
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Nakhle Saba, MD Targeting MALT1 in lymphoid malignancies |
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Suzana Savkovic, PhD Role of the transcription factor FOXO3 in inflammation-mediated tumor growth, with a specific focus on the colonic epithelium and colon cancer |
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Tong Wu, MD, PhD Mechanisms of hepatobiliary carcinogenesis and liver injury |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Xiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD Fatty liver disease, metabolism, and cancer |
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Zongbing You, MD, PhD Obesity & Prostate Cancer; Stem Cells & Cartilage Repair |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Haitao Zhang, PhD Targeting the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis in prostate cancer intervention |
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Qiuyang Zhang, PhD Impact of Aging on Prostate Cancer with Th17/Treg Disruption |
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Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA The role and therapeutic potential of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in stroke and vascular dementia |
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Jorge A. Castorena, PhD Lymphatic system dysfunction leading to cardiovascular diseases |
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David R. Crosslin, PhD Bioinformatics/Statistics; Precision Medicine Implementation |
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Srikanta Dash, PhD Early detection of liver cancer among patients with liver cirrhosis, biomarker development for early detection of cancer |
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Patrice Delafontaine, MD Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, IGF-1, muscle wasting |
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Andrei V. Derbenev, PhD Investigates the involvement of the brain in the regulation of blood pressure |
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Yuske Higashi, PhD Pathological mechanisms of atherosclerosis and aneurysm |
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Suttira (Joy) Intapad, PhD Developmental programming of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease |
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Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD Vascular effects of hemorrhage, specifically damage to the endothelial glycocalyx |
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Jun-Yuan Ji, PhD Lipid metabolism & transcription in development & tumorigenesis |
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Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD Cerebral & Peripheral Circulation, mechanisms of vascular dysfunction associated with insulin resistance |
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Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD Stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative disease |
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Xiao Li, MD Physiological omics, G protein-coupled receptors, renal physiology, kidney tubular transport, experimental hypertension, kidney injury, transgenic mouse models |
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Sarah Lindsey, PhD Elucidating estrogen receptor pharmacology in the vasculature |
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Dewan S.A. Majid, MBBS, PhD Elucidation of the intrarenal mechanisms regulating renal hemodynamics and renal function |
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L. Gabriel Navar, PhD Renal Hemodynamics and Physiology, Experimental Hypertension, Reninangiotensin System |
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Kailash N. Pandey, PhD Determine the genetic and molecular basis of hypertension and cardiovascular disorders in age- and sex-dependent manner |
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Ryosuke Sato, PhD Establishment of new human kidney organoids using iPS cells |
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Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD Role of DNA damage in atherosclerosis progression |
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T. Cooper Woods, PhD Impact of co-morbidities, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease, on the progression of cardiovascular disease |
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Tadashi Yoshida, PhD The role of Angiotensin II to control food intake and skeletal muscle regeneration in cardiac cachexia |
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Jia "Joe" Zhuo, MD, PhD Endocrine, paracrine, and intracrine angiotension II and its G protein-coupled receptor signal mechanisms in the proximal tubules of the kidney and blood pressure control |
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Jorge A. Castorena-Gonzalez, PhD Lymphatic system dysfunction leading to cardiovascular diseases |
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Wei Chen, MD Mechanisms of bone formation, bone resorption, skeletal development, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and aging diseases |
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Patrice Delafontaine, MD Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, IGF-1, muscle wasting |
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Yan Dong, PhD Mechanisms of prostate cancer progression |
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Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD Biology of retrotransposons |
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Chiung-Keui Huang, PhD Study molecular pathogenesis of liver malignancy |
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Yuske Higashi, PhD Pathological mechanisms of atherosclerosis and aneurysm |
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Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD Vascular effects of hemorrhage, specifically damage to the endothelial glycocalyx |
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Jun-Yuan Ji, PhD Lipid metabolism & transcription in development & tumorigenesis |
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Bilon Khambu, PhD Autophagy in hepatic metablism |
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Sangkyu Kim, PhD Building reliable predictive models of healthy aging and survival using various health data |
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Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD Stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative disease |
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Sean Lee, PhD Finding therapeutic targets in incurable childhood cancer |
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Chenzhong Li, PhD Integration of modern engineering approaches for disease diagnosis and therapeutics |
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Hong Liu, PhD Regulation of chromosome segregation and stability |
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Hua Lu, MB, PhD Cancer Biology, Mechanism, Metabolism and Drug Discovery on p53 & c-Myc |
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Andrew Maclean, PhD Activation and disruption of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease, specifically HIV infection |
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Gilbert Morris, PhD Animal models of environmental lung disease |
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Joseph Mudd, PhD Our lab explores approaches to eradicate the HIV reservoir, and seeks to understand why currently-implemented HIV cure approaches face efficacy hurdles |
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Liya Pi, PhD Fibrosis in liver disease: mechanisms and targeting approaches |
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Nakhle Saba, MD Targeting MALT1 in lymphoid malignancies |
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Mimi Sammarco, PhD Effect of oxygen and metabolic switching on bone and soft tissue regeneration after amputation |
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Ryosuke Sato, PhD Establishment of new human kidney organoids using iPS cells |
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Victor J. Thannickal, MD Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung regeneration |
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Hongju Wu, PhD Pancreatic beta cell regeneration; regulation of glucagon secretion |
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Tong Wu, MD, PhD Mechanisms of hepatobiliary carcinogenesis and liver injury |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Xiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD Fatty liver disease, metabolism, and cancer |
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Tadashi Yoshida, PhD The role of Angiotensin II to control food intake and skeletal muscle regeneration in cardiac cachexia |
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Zongbing You, MD, PhD Obesity & Prostate Cancer; Stem Cells & Cartilage Repair |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Srikanta Dash, PhD Early detection of liver cancer among patients with liver cirrhosis, biomarker development for early detection of cancer |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Katie Hering-Smith Epithelial transport biology and cell and molecular techniques using kidney tubule cell lines |
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Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD Cerebral & Peripheral Circulation, mechanisms of vascular dysfunction associated with insulin resistance |
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Ming Li, PhD Research of ion channels and diseases |
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Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD Novel mechanisms and/or therapeutic perspectives for diabetes and of obesity especially as it relates to the role of estrogen and androgen in metabolic diseases |
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Nazih L. Nakhoul, PhD Ammonium transport and renal regulation of acid-base balance |
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L. Gabriel Navar, PhD Renal Hemodynamics and Physiology, Experimental Hypertension, Reninangiotensin System |
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Tianhua"Tim” Niu, PhD Covid-19 statistical analysis; Transcriptome data analysis |
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Liya Pi, PhD Fibrosis in liver disease: mechanisms and targeting approaches |
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Xiaoying Wang, MD, PhD Molecular pathology of stroke, brain trauma, and dementia |
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T. Cooper Woods, PhD Impact of co-morbidities, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease, on the progression of cardiovascular disease |
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Hongju Wu, PhD Pancreatic beta cell regeneration; regulation of glucagon secretion |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Andrea Zsombok, PhD Central regulation of autonomic functions in diabetes and obesity |
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Asim Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD Exosomes, stems cells, and prostate cancer health disparities |
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Jacob Bitoun, PhD Developing a safe and effective ST-toxoid vaccine candidate |
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Diane Blake, PhD Environmental immunoassays; polymer-based drug delivery |
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Louise Braud Lawson, PhD Tailored formulations for drug and vaccine delivery |
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Shitao Li, PhD Role of innate immunity in viral infection, inflammation, and cancers |
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Hua Lu, MB, PhD Cancer Biology, Mechanism, Metabolism and Drug Discovery on p53 & c-Myc |
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Janet McCombs, PhD Vaccine and therapeutic development for infectious disease |
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Lisa Morici, PhD The development of next generation vaccines and adjuvants for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases as well as novel strategies to combat multidrug resistant infections |
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Elizabeth Norton, PhD Mucosal immunology; vaccines; therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Hee-won Park, PhD Synthetic and biological therapeutics development |
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James Robinson, MD Antibody responses to Cytomegalovirus, Dengue virus, and Lassa Fever Virus |
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Chad Roy, PhD Respitory health and the aerobiology of airborne infectious diseases |
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William Wimley, PhD Fundamental principles of the folding and structure of peptides and proteins in membranes |
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Hongju Wu, PhD Pancreatic beta cell regeneration; regulation of glucagon secretion |
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Victoria Belancio, PhD Understanding molecular mechanisms of transposable elements interaction with their host and the impact these transposons have on human health through their contribution to genomic instability |
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Diane Blake, PhD Environmental immunoassays; polymer-based drug delivery |
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Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, PhD Cellular and molecular physiology of the esophagus |
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Victoria Belancio, PhD Understanding molecular mechanisms of transposable elements interaction with their host and the impact these transposons have on human health through their contribution to genomic instability |
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David R. Crosslin, PhD Bioinformatics/Statistics; Precision Medicine Implementation |
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Prescott Deininger, PhD Genetic instability in the human genome, particularly in cancer |
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Hong-Wen Deng, PhD Studying -omics for diseases etiology/diagnosis/drug repurposing |
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Erik Flemington, PhD Noncanonical genomics and transcriptomics in viral cancers |
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Loren Gragert, PhD Immunogenomics and clinical informatics in transplantation |
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Jeffrey S. Han, MD, PhD Biology of retrotransposons |
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Yi-Ping Li, PhD Bone biology, musculoskeletal diseases, oral diseases, inflammatory diseases, tumorigenesis and cancer bone metastasis |
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Zhen Lin, MD, PhD Non-coding RNA during host-pathogen interaction |
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Xiaowen Liu, PhD Mass spectrometry based computational proteomics |
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Tianhua"Tim” Niu, PhD Covid-19 statistical analysis; Transcriptome data analysis |
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Kailash N. Pandey, PhD Determine the genetic and molecular basis of hypertension and cardiovascular disorders in age- and sex-dependent manner |
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Mimi Sammarco, PhD Effect of oxygen and metabolic switching on bone and soft tissue regeneration after amputation |
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Hui Shen, PhD (Epi)Genomics & metagenomics of osteoprosis and sarcopenia |
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Jacob Bitoun, PhD Developing a safe and effective ST-toxoid vaccine candidate |
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Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA The role and therapeutic potential of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in stroke and vascular dementia |
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Stephen E. Braun, PhD The intersection of gene therapy and hematopoietic stem cells |
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David R. Crosslin, PhD Bioinformatics/Statistics; Precision Medicine Implementation |
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Monica Embers, PhD Vector-borne diseases including Lyme and Bartonellosis |
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Elizabeth B. Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD Inflammatory and immune system impacts to mental health and brain aging |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Tracy Fischer, PhD Role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease processes |
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Dahlene Fusco, MD, PhD Infectious Diseases. How type I interferons impair viruses and how variability in host response influences viral pathology |
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Robert F. Garry, PhD Development of modern immunoassays for Lassa fever and diseases cause by other highly pathogenic viruses |
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Tony Hu, PhD Development of nanomaterial platforms and proteomic approaches that are designed to enrich biomarker capture from microbial pathogens |
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Jun-Yuan Ji, PhD Lipid metabolism & transcription in development & tumorigenesis |
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Amitinder Kaur, PhD Congenital CMV, maternal-fetal immunity, and vaccine protection |
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Jay K. Kolls, MD Lung mucosal immunity to infection |
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Shitao Li, PhD Role of innate immunity in viral infection, inflammation, and cancers |
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Zhen Lin, MD, PhD Non-coding RNA during host-pathogen interaction |
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Andrew Maclean, PhD Activation and disruption of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease, specifically HIV infection |
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Dewan S.A. Majid, MBBS, PhD Elucidation of the intrarenal mechanisms regulating renal hemodynamics and renal function |
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Nicholas J. Maness, PhD Virology, immunology, animal models of viral infection |
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Jennifer Manuzak, PhD Mucosal and maternal/infant immunity in HIV/malaria co-infection; immunity in substance-using people with HIV |
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Janet McCombs, PhD Vaccine and therapeutic development for infectious disease |
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James McLachlan, PhD The role of the adaptive immune response to persistent bacterial pathogens to design better vaccines |
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Lisa Morici, PhD The development of next generation vaccines and adjuvants for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases as well as novel strategies to combat multidrug resistant infections |
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Gilbert Morris, PhD Animal models of environmental lung disease |
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Joseph Mudd, PhD Our lab explores approaches to eradicate the HIV reservoir, and seeks to understand why currently-implemented HIV cure approaches face efficacy hurdles |
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Bo Ning, PhD Molecular diagnosis for infectious disease and cancer |
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Elizabeth Norton, PhD Mucosal immunology; vaccines; therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Mairi Noverr, PhD Candidiasis infectious synergy & trained innate immunity |
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Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD Antiviral host-defense and autoimmunity |
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Derek Pociask, PhD The immune responses in the lung; specifically, in how aspects of the immune system can be exploited to reduce injury or promote repair during infection or injury |
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Jay Rappaport, PhD Current research focuses on SARS-CoV-2 with focus on pathogenesis, vaccines, and novel therapeutics |
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James Robinson, MD Antibody responses to Cytomegalovirus, Dengue virus, and Lassa Fever Virus |
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John Schieffelin, MD Viral immunology and pathogenesis |
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Manesh K Panner-Selvam, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Suresh C Sikka, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Chad Steele, PhD Immune responses to lung pathogens; immunopathology in asthma associated with fungal exposure |
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Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD Immunology, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS |
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Xiaolei Wang, PhD Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases in pediatric hosts |
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William Wimley, PhD Fundamental principles of the folding and structure of peptides and proteins in membranes |
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Huanbin Xu, PhD Immunopathogenesis implicated in germinal center responses and epigenetic regulation, viral reservoir seeding, cure strategies for HIV |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Qiuyang Zhang, PhD Impact of Aging on Prostate Cancer with Th17/Treg Disruption |
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Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD How cytomegalovirus manipulates metabolic pathways for replication |
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Prasun Datta, PhD Elucidating the role of metabolism in HIV-1 biogenesis |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Jay K. Kolls, MD Lung mucosal immunity to infection |
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Joseph A. Lasky, MD Basic and clinical aspects of pulmonary fibrosis |
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Nicholas J. Maness, PhD Virology, immunology, animal models of viral infection |
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Janet McCombs, PhD Vaccine and therapeutic development for infectious disease |
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Gilbert Morris, PhD Animal models of environmental lung disease |
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Bo Ning, PhD Molecular diagnosis for infectious disease and cancer |
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Derek Pociask, PhD The immune responses in the lung; specifically, in how aspects of the immune system can be exploited to reduce injury or promote repair during infection or injury |
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Chad Roy, PhD Respitory health and the aerobiology of airborne infectious diseases |
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Chad Steele, PhD Immune responses to lung pathogens; immunopathology in asthma associated with fungal exposure |
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Victor J. Thannickal, MD Cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung regeneration |
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Cariappa Annaiah, MBBS, MD Translational medicine, developmental biology, and immunology |
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Jacob Bitoun, PhD Developing a safe and effective ST-toxoid vaccine candidate |
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Stephen E. Braun, PhD The intersection of gene therapy and hematopoietic stem cells |
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Srikanta Dash, PhD Early detection of liver cancer among patients with liver cirrhosis, biomarker development for early detection of cancer |
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Prasun Datta, PhD Elucidating the role of metabolism in HIV-1 biogenesis |
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Monica Embers, PhD Vector-borne diseases including Lyme and Bartonellosis |
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Elizabeth B. Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD Inflammatory and immune system impacts to mental health and brain aging |
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Tracy Fischer, PhD Role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease processes |
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Erik Flemington, PhD Noncanonical genomics and transcriptomics in viral cancers |
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Dahlene Fusco, MD, PhD Infectious Diseases. How type I interferons impair viruses and how variability in host response influences viral pathology |
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Robert F. Garry, PhD Development of modern immunoassays for Lassa fever and diseases cause by other highly pathogenic viruses |
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Loren Gragert, PhD Immunogenomics and clinical informatics in transplantation |
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Tony Hu, PhD Development of nanomaterial platforms and proteomic approaches that are designed to enrich biomarker capture from microbial pathogens |
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Amitinder Kaur, PhD Congenital CMV, maternal-fetal immunity, and vaccine protection |
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Jay K. Kolls, MD Lung mucosal immunity to infection |
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Samuel J. Landry, PhD CD4+ T-cell immune responses in model antigens and viral envelope proteins |
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Joseph A. Lasky, MD Basic and clinical aspects of pulmonary fibrosis |
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Louise Braud Lawson, PhD Tailored formulations for drug and vaccine delivery |
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Chenzhong Li, PhD Integration of modern engineering approaches for disease diagnosis and therapeutics |
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Shitao Li, PhD Role of innate immunity in viral infection, inflammation, and cancers |
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Zhen Lin, MD, PhD Non-coding RNA during host-pathogen interaction |
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Nicholas J. Maness, PhD Virology, immunology, animal models of viral infection |
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Jennifer Manuzak, PhD Mucosal and maternal/infant immunity in HIV/malaria co-infection; immunity in substance-using people with HIV |
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Janet McCombs, PhD Vaccine and therapeutic development for infectious disease |
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James McLachlan, PhD The role of the adaptive immune response to persistent bacterial pathogens to design better vaccines |
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Lisa Morici, PhD The development of next generation vaccines and adjuvants for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases as well as novel strategies to combat multidrug resistant infections |
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Joseph Mudd, PhD Our lab explores approaches to eradicate the HIV reservoir, and seeks to understand why currently-implemented HIV cure approaches face efficacy hurdles |
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Bo Ning, PhD Molecular diagnosis for infectious disease and cancer |
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Elizabeth Norton, PhD Mucosal immunology; vaccines; therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease |
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Mairi Noverr, PhD Candidiasis infectious synergy & trained innate immunity |
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Antoninto T. Panganiban, PhD Replication strategies, pathogenesis, and antiviral approaches against emerging pathogenic RNA viruses |
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Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD Antiviral host-defense and autoimmunity |
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Derek Pociask, PhD The immune responses in the lung; specifically, in how aspects of the immune system can be exploited to reduce injury or promote repair during infection or injury |
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Xuebin Qin, PhD Defining the roles of innate immunity such as complement and myleoid cells in the pathogensis of cardiovascular disease and viral infection diseases such as HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-19 |
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Jay Rappaport, PhD Current research focuses on SARS-CoV-2 with focus on pathogenesis, vaccines, and novel therapeutics |
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James Robinson, MD Antibody responses to Cytomegalovirus, Dengue virus, and Lassa Fever Virus |
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Namita Rout, PhD Role of innate T cells in primate lentiviral infection |
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Chad Roy, PhD Respitory health and the aerobiology of airborne infectious diseases |
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Suzana Savkovic, PhD Role of the transcription factor FOXO3 in inflammation-mediated tumor growth, with a specific focus on the colonic epithelium and colon cancer |
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Chad Steele, PhD Immune responses to lung pathogens; immunopathology in asthma associated with fungal exposure |
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Vicki Traina-Dorge, PhD Nonhuman primate models of pathogenic virus infections |
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Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD Immunology, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS |
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Xiaolei Wang, PhD Immunopathogenesis of infectious diseases in pediatric hosts |
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William Wimley, PhD Fundamental principles of the folding and structure of peptides and proteins in membranes |
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Xiaojiang Xu, PhD Bioinformatics, Single cell sequencing, Spatial genomics, Immunology and Cancer |
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Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD How cytomegalovirus manipulates metabolic pathways for replication |
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Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA The role and therapeutic potential of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in stroke and vascular dementia |
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Andrei V. Derbenev, PhD Investigates the involvement of the brain in the regulation of blood pressure |
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Monica Embers, PhD Vector-borne diseases including Lyme and Bartonellosis |
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Elizabeth B. Engler-Chiurazzi, PhD Inflammatory and immune system impacts to mental health and brain aging |
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Tracy Fischer, PhD Role of microglia in neurodegenerative disease processes |
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Suttira (Joy) Intapad, PhD Developmental programming of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease |
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Prasad Katakam, MD, PhD Cerebral & Peripheral Circulation, mechanisms of vascular dysfunction associated with insulin resistance |
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Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD Stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative disease |
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Chenzhong Li, PhD Integration of modern engineering approaches for disease diagnosis and therapeutics |
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Sarah Lindsey, PhD Elucidating estrogen receptor pharmacology in the vasculature |
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Andrew Maclean, PhD Activation and disruption of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease, specifically HIV infection |
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Ricardo Mostany, PhD Neuroplasticity of aging and neurodegenerative diseases |
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Vicki Traina-Dorge, PhD Nonhuman primate models of pathogenic virus infections |
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Ronald S. Veazey, DVM, PhD Immunology, prevention, and treatment of HIV infection and AIDS |
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Xiaoying Wang, MD, PhD Molecular pathology of stroke, brain trauma, and dementia |
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James E. Zadina, PhD Neurobiology of opiods and their receptors, acute and chronic pain, neuroinflammation, and development of novel analgesics |
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Andrea Zsombok, PhD Central regulation of autonomic functions in diabetes and obesity |
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Kevin Zwezdaryk, PhD How cytomegalovirus manipulates metabolic pathways for replication |
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Jia Fan, PhD Developing and validating mass spectrometry-based strategies for marker discovery and development of non-invasive clinical diagnostics approaches that use blood or urine samples |
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Xiaowen Liu, PhD Mass spectrometry based computational proteomics |
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Manesh K Panner-Selvam, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Nakhle Saba, MD Targeting MALT1 in lymphoid malignancies |
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Suresh C Sikka, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Prasun Datta, PhD Elucidating the role of metabolism in HIV-1 biogenesis |
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Samir El-Dahr, MD Genetic and epigenetic control of renal development |
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Katie Hering-Smith Epithelial transport biology and cell and molecular techniques using kidney tubule cell lines |
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Xiao Li, MD Physiological omics, G protein-coupled receptors, renal physiology, kidney tubular transport, experimental hypertension, kidney injury, transgenic mouse models |
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Hongbing Liu, PhD Roles of histone deacetylases in kidney formation and kidney diseases |
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Dewan S.A. Majid, MBBS, PhD Elucidation of the intrarenal mechanisms regulating renal hemodynamics and renal function |
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Nazih L. Nakhoul, PhD Ammonium transport and renal regulation of acid-base balance |
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L. Gabriel Navar, PhD Renal Hemodynamics and Physiology, Experimental Hypertension, Reninangiotensin System |
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Minolfa C. Prieto, MD, PhD Renal physiology, experimental hypertension, role of intrarenal RAS in hypertension, angiotensin II-dependent hypertension |
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Ryosuke Sato, PhD Establishment of new human kidney organoids using iPS cells |
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T. Cooper Woods, PhD Impact of co-morbidities, such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease, on the progression of cardiovascular disease |
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Ihor V. Yosypiv, MD Renin-angiotensin system in kidney development |
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Jia "Joe" Zhuo, MD, PhD Endocrine, paracrine, and intracrine angiotension II and its G protein-coupled receptor signal mechanisms in the proximal tubules of the kidney and blood pressure control |
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Muralidharan Anbalagan, PhD Breast Cancer research, circadian disruption by artificial light at night, bone metastasis |
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Asim Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD Exosomes, stems cells, and prostate cancer health disparities |
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Jacob Bitoun, PhD Developing a safe and effective ST-toxoid vaccine candidate |
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Matthew Burow, PhD Discovery of novel therapeutic targets and models for breast cancer. Hematology/Oncology |
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Bridgette Collins-Burow, MD, PhD Identifying molecular mechanisms of breast cancer resistance and metastasis |
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Patrice Delafontaine, MD Atherosclerosis, vascular biology, IGF-1, muscle wasting |
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Chiung-Keui Huang, PhD Study molecular pathogenesis of liver malignancy |
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Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD Vascular effects of hemorrhage, specifically damage to the endothelial glycocalyx |
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Bilon Khambu, PhD Autophagy in hepatic metablism |
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Sean Lee, PhD Finding therapeutic targets in incurable childhood cancer |
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Hua Lu, MB, PhD Cancer Biology, Mechanism, Metabolism and Drug Discovery on p53 & c-Myc |
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Kislay Parvatiyar, PhD Antiviral host-defense and autoimmunity |
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Brian G. Rowan, PhD Estrogen receptor phosphorylation, circadian regulation of estrogen receptor function |
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Manesh K Panner-Selvam, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Nakhle Saba, MD Targeting MALT1 in lymphoid malignancies |
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Suresh C Sikka, PhD Translational Proteomics & Bioinformatics of Male Reproduction |
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Xiaoying Wang, MD, PhD Molecular pathology of stroke, brain trauma, and dementia |
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Hongju Wu, PhD Pancreatic beta cell regeneration; regulation of glucagon secretion |
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Tong Wu, MD, PhD Mechanisms of hepatobiliary carcinogenesis and liver injury |
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Xiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD Fatty liver disease, metabolism, and cancer |
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Zongbing You, MD, PhD Obesity & Prostate Cancer; Stem Cells & Cartilage Repair |
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Mourad Zerfaoui, PhD Significance of the mutant BRAFV600E localization in thyroid cancer and melanoma |
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Asim Abdel-Mageed, DVM, PhD Exosomes, stems cells, and prostate cancer health disparities |
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Stephen E. Braun, PhD The intersection of gene therapy and hematopoietic stem cells |
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Wu-Ming Deng, PhD The research in my laboratory bridges genetics, cancer biology and developmental biology |
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Loren Gragert, PhD Immunogenomics and clinical informatics in transplantation |
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Bilon Khambu, PhD Autophagy in hepatic metablism |
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Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD Stem cell therapy for stroke and neurodegenerative disease |
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Hongbing Liu, PhD Roles of histone deacetylases in kidney formation and kidney diseases |
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Heather Machado, PhD Breast Cancer Tumor Immunology, Mammary Gland Development, Tissue Resident Macrophage Function |
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Jay Rappaport, PhD Current research focuses on SARS-CoV-2 with focus on pathogenesis, vaccines, and novel therapeutics |
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Mimi Sammarco, PhD Effect of oxygen and metabolic switching on bone and soft tissue regeneration after amputation |
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Ryosuke Sato, PhD Establishment of new human kidney organoids using iPS cells |
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Hongju Wu, PhD Pancreatic beta cell regeneration; regulation of glucagon secretion |
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Zongbing You, MD, PhD Obesity & Prostate Cancer; Stem Cells & Cartilage Repair |
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Qiuyang Zhang, PhD Impact of Aging on Prostate Cancer with Th17/Treg Disruption |
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Hong-Wen Deng, PhD Studying -omics for diseases etiology/diagnosis/drug repurposing |
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Suttira (Joy) Intapad, PhD Developmental programming of chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease |
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Amitinder Kaur, PhD Congenital CMV, maternal-fetal immunity, and vaccine protection |
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Sarah Lindsey, PhD Elucidating estrogen receptor pharmacology in the vasculature |
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Heather Machado, PhD Breast Cancer Tumor Immunology, Mammary Gland Development, Tissue Resident Macrophage Function |
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Jennifer Manuzak, PhD Mucosal and maternal/infant immunity in HIV/malaria co-infection; immunity in substance-using people with HIV |
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Minolfa C. Prieto, MD, PhD Renal physiology, experimental hypertension, role of intrarenal RAS in hypertension, angiotensin II-dependent hypertension |
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Andrea Zsombok, PhD Central regulation of autonomic functions in diabetes and obesity |
