UI Medical Scientist Training Program

MSTP Faculty Alphabetical Listing

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Name	MSTP	Rank	Department/Program	Research Description
Abboud, Francis, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Mechanisms of regulation of arterial pressure
Allen, LeeAnn, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Internal Medicine Microbiology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Phagocyte biology with a particular focus on interactions of pathogenic bacteria with macrophages and neutrophils
Anderson, Mark, MD, PhD		Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Understanding the biology behind cardiac arrhythmias
Anderson, Michael, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Physiological properties of the eye and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying a variety of complex eye diseases.
Andreasen, Nancy, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Psychiatry Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Imaging studies of the major psychoses
Artemeyev, Nikolai, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins
Bickenbach, Jackie, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Biology of Epidermal Stem Cells
Bishop, Gail, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Microbiology Internal Medicine Immunology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Analysis of molecular mechanisms of regulation of B lymphocyte activation
Bonthius, Daniel, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Anatomy and Cell Biology Neuroscience Molecular and Cellular Biology	Biological mechanisms to underlying neurological birth defects
Brennan, Tim, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Anesthesia Pharmacology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Pain signaling pathways
Brown, Thomas, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery Biomedical Engineering Translational Biomedicine	Orthopaedic biomechanics
Buettner, Garry, PhD	Resource Faculty	Professor	Radiation Oncology Free Radical and Radiation Biology Translational Biomedicine	The role of free radicals and antioxidants in health and disease.
Campbell, Kevin, PhD	Mentor	Professor and Head	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Neurology Neuroscience Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Molecular pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy, molecular studies of dystroglycan complex and voltage-gated Ca2+ channels
Chandran, Krishnan, D.Sc.	Resource Faculty	Professor and Head	Biomedical Engineering Translational Biomedicine	Hemodynamics, cardiac mechanics
Chrischilles, Betsy, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Epidemiology Translational Biomedicine	Economic evaluation of chronic disease therapies; medication use and effects among the elderly
Clegg, Steven, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Microbiology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular biology of enterobacterial adhesions
Cohen, Michael, MD	New Mentor	Professor and Head	Pathology Urology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Immunologic and molecular approaches to the investigation of prostate cancer
Colgan, John, PhD	Mentor	Assistant Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Immunology	Signal transduction pathways that control of the development and function of lymphocytes
Cornell, Robert, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology Genetics	Understanding gene regulatory networks that operated during embryonic development
Cullen, Joseph, MD	New Mentor	Professor	Surgery Free Radical and Radiation Biology	Investigates the role of reactive oxygen species in pancreatic cancer
Dailey, Michael, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biology Neuroscience	Cell Biology of Neural Development; Synapse Formation; Cell Motility
Davidson, Beverly, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology Genetics Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of CNS dysfunction in metabolic diseases and gene transfer to the CNS
Domann, Frederick, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Radiation Oncology Free Radical and Radiation Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Epigenetic mechanisms of gene silencing in cancer
Donelson, John, PhD	Mentor	Professor and Head	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Molecular biology of immune evasion by parasites that cause tropical diseases
Dupuy, Adam, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology
Eberl, Daniel, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biology Genetics Neuroscience	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of hearing in Drosophila
Elcock, Adrian, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biochemistry	Molecular simulation techniques to address a variety of fundamental biophysical questions
Engelhardt, John, PhD	Mentor	Professor and Head	Anatomy and Cell Biology Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Free Radical and Radiation Biology Translational Biomedicine	Molecular/cellular biology and gene therapy of inherited and environmental diseases
England, Sarah, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience	Molecular and electrophysiological studies of potassium channels in vascular and uterine smooth muscle
Faraci, Frank, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Pharmacology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Role of endothelial NO synthase in cerebral circulation
Fassler, Jan, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biology Genetics	Eukaryotic gene expression and signal transduction; characterization of two-component regulators in yeast
Field, Elizabeth, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Immunology	Molecular/cellular mechanisms involved in the induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance
Fisher, Rory, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pharmacology Molecular and Cell Biology	Siganal transduction of G protein-coupled receptors and RGS proteins
Fritzsch, Bernd, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biology	Ear and hair cell develoment, regeneration, and evolution
Geyer, Pamela, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Chromosome organization and gene expression
Giudice, George, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Dermatology	Molecular biology of epidermal adhesion molecules
Goswami, Prahbat, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Radiation Oncology Free Radical and Radiation Biology	The role intracellular redox-state plays in regulating the mammalian cell cycle, and establishing a link between ROS-signaling and other aspects of intracellular signaling networks.
Gray, Greg, MD, MPH	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Epidemiology Translational Biomedicine	Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Green, Steven, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Signal transduction, neuronal programmed cell death, signal transduction for neurotrophic stimuli
Griffith, Thomas, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Urology Immunology Translational Biomedicine	Identifying methods of using apoptotic cell death in the treatment of cancer
Grosland, Nicole, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering	Articular joint contact mechanics; total joint arthroplasty; voxel-based finite element models
Habelhah, Hasem, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Pathology Molecular and Cellular Biology	The role of TRAF2 phosphorylation in NF-?B activation and cancer cell resistance to apoptosis
Hageman, Gregory, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Ophthalmology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Cellular and molecular mechanisms of age-related macular degeneration
Hammond, Donna, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Anesthesia Pharmacology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Central nervous system mechanisms of pain and analgesia
Harty, John, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Microbiology Immunology	Immunobiology of T cell responses to pathogens
Heistad, Donald, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Pharmacology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Cerebral circulation and atherosclerosis; gene transfer and therapy
Hell, Johannes, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pharmacology Neuroscience	Molecular basis of synaptic plasticity
Henry, Michael, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Molecular and cellular biology underlying cancer metastasis
Heusel, Jon, MD, PhD		Assistant Professor	Pathology Immunology	Mechanisms of activation of natural killer (NK) cells and the interactions between NK cells and dendritic cells in the settings of viral infection and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Hoffman, Eric, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Radiology Biomedical Engineering	Cardiac mechanics; quantitative assessment of cardiopulmonary physiology via dynamic, volumetric CT; emerging therapies for lung disease; airway reactivity
Hohl, Raymond, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Pharmacology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Role of isoprene compounds in cell proliferation and differentiation
Horswill, Alex, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Microbiology	Peptide quorum sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus
Howard, Matt, MD	Resource Faculty	Professor and Head	Neurosurgery Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Neural basis of audition
Johnson, Alan Kim, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Psychology Pharmacology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Neural Control of Body Fluid Balance and Cardiovascular Homeostasis
Jones, Bradley, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Microbiology Genetics	Bacteria-host cell interactions of salmonella pathogenesis
Kay, Alan, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Biology Neuroscience	Imaging neuronal activity and their role of metals in the CNS
Kirby, John, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Microbiology	Signal transduction in bacteria
Kitamoto, Toshihiro, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Anesthesia Neurology Pharmacology Genetics Translational Biomedicine	Genetics of complex behavior
Klingelhutz, Al, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Microbiology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Mechanisms of cellular immortalization and transformation by human papillomavirus
Knudson, Michael, MD, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Pathology Immunology Molecular and Cellular Biology Free Radical and Radiation Biology	Molecular mechanisms of cell cycle progression and oncogenesis
Kohen, Amnon, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Chemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Chemical catalysis with biological systems (enzymes), using tools of organic and physical chemistry
Kuwana, Tomomi, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Pathology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Mitochondrial regulation of apoptosis
Lee, Gloria, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience	Structure and function of the neuronal cytoskeleton and its role in neurodegenerative diseases
Lentz, Steven, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Endothelial function in vascular diseases and tissue injury
Lidral, Andrew, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Dentistry Orthodontics Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Craniofacial developmental genetics
Logsdon, John, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Genetics	Molecular genetic aspects of evolution
Mackey, Michael, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering Translational Biomedicine	Quantitative modeling of biological phenomena based on a thermodynamic theory of biological systems, including cell growth, motility, and responses to perturbation
Maury, Wendy, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Microbiology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Regulation of lentiviral cell tropism
McCaffrey, Anton, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Internal Medicine Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology	The role of RNA in human disease and the development of nucleic acid based therapeutics.
McCarter, Linda, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Microbiology	Signal transduction and regulation of gene expression in bacteria
McCray, Paul, MD	Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Genetics Translational Biomedicine	Development of Gene Therapy for Genetic Diseases; Pathophysiology of Cystic Fibrosis; Cloning and Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptide Genes
Miller, Francis, MD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Internal Medicine Free Radical and Radiation Biology Translational Biomedicine	The role of reactive oxygen species in vascular disease
Morita, Craig, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Internal Medicine Immunology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Nonpeptide antigen recognition by gamma-delta T cells
Moye-Rowley, Scott, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Transcriptional control of oxidative stress tolerance; eukaryotic multidrug resistance
Murray, Jeffrey, MD	Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Biology Epidemiology Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Human molecular and developmental genetics
Nagy, Peter, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Pathology Genetics	Role of histone methyltransferases in transcriptional regulation and human disease
Nauseef, William, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Microbiology Immunology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Human polymorphonuclear neutrophil metabolism and function
Nopoulos, Peg, MD	New Mentor	Professor	Psychiatry Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Brain Structure/Function Relationships using MRI and cognitive/behavioral assessment
O'Dorisio, Sue, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Nervous system tumors of childhood
Paulsen, Jane, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Psychiatry Neurology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Neuropsychology
Perlman, Stanley, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Microbiology Immunology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Pathogenesis of virus-induced demyelination
Piper, Robert, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Genetics	Mechanisms governing the movement of proteins in eukaryotes
Price, David, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Discovering connections between transcription elongation and RNA processing , HIV replication and cancer
Proudfit, Herbert, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pharmacology Translational Biomedicine	Neural Circuits that Control Pain
Quelle, Dawn, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Pharmacology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular mechanisms of growth control; tumor suppressors; cyclins; cyclin-dependent kinases
Rahmouni, Kamal, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Internal Medicine Neuroscience	Understand the molecular mechanisms and neuroanatomical pathways that control energy homeostasis and autonomic cardiovascular function
Ramaswamy, S., PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Structural enzymology and structure function relationship in proteins
Reinhardt, Joseph, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biomedical Engineering Translational Biomedicine	Signal and image processing, image analysis, computer vision Morphological systems, non-linear systems
Rosenthal, Gary, MD	New Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Epidemiology	Assessment of health care quality and provider performance, organizational determinants of patient outcomes, patient safety, and the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the US health care delivery system
Rothman, Paul B., MD	Mentor	Professor and Head	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Immunology	The role of cytokines and cytokine signaling in both normal lymphocyte development and leukemic transformation.
Rubenstein, Peter, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular basis of actin function
Russo, Andrew, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Control of gene expression in the neural crest and neurons
Schlueter, Annette, MD, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Pathology Immunology	Dendritic cell function in disease states including alcoholism and graft vs host disease
Segaloff, Deborah, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Signaling by G protein-coupled receptors; reproductive endocrinology
Shea, Madeline, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry	Regulatory protein interactions in signal transduction, allosteric mechanism of cooperative calcium binding to calmodulin
Sheff, David, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Receptor traffic in the endosomal system
Sheffield, Val, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Genetics Translational Biomedicine	Molecular genetics of human hereditary disease
Sigmund, Curt, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology Genetics Translational Biomedicine	Molecular genetics and molecular biology of the renin-angiotensin system and hypertension
Sluka, Kathleen, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Physical Therapy Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Neurobiology of pain and pain inhibition
Slusarski, Diane, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Biology Genetics	Signal transduction in zebrafish embryonic development
Smith, Elaine, MBA, PhD, MPH		Professor	Epidemiology
Smith, Richard, MD	Mentor	Professor	Otolaryngology Genetics Translational Biomedicine	Inherited hearing impairment
Snyder, Peter, MD	New Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics	Structure and function of the epithelial sodium channel to understand its role in hypertension and other disorders of sodium homeostasis
Spitz, Douglas, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Radiation Oncology Free Radical and Radiation Biology	Nitric Oxide Toxicology, Glucose Deprivation-Induced Cytotoxicity in Human Tumor Cells
Stamnes, Mark, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein transport and sorting in the mammalian Golgi apparatus
Stapleton, Jack, MD	New Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Epidemiology and effects of co-infection of hepatitis C virus (HCV), human GB virus type C (HGBV - also called hepatitis G virus), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Stipp, Chris, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Biology	Cellular and molecular analysis of the nervous system, with a particular emphasis on the formation and function of connections between neurons.
Stoltzfus, Conrad, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Microbiology Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Splicing, packaging, and transport of retrovirus RNA
Stone, Edwin, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Ophthalmology Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Molecular genetics of inherited eye diseases
Strack, Stefan, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Pharmacology Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience	Protein phosphatases in neuronal signal transduction
Thomas, Christie, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Regulation of the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel
Torner, Jim, PhD	New Mentor	Professor & Head	Epidemiology Translational Biomedicine	Design of clinical trials; Analysis of clinical trials;Analysis of prognostic factors
Tranel, Daniel, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Neurology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Systems/Behavioral Neuroanatomical substrates of complex behavior: human learning and memory
Usachev, Yuriy, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Pharmacology Translational Biomedicine	Ca2+ Signaling and Control of Pain-Conducting Pathways
Varga, Steve, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Microbiology Immunology	Viral immunology and immunopathology
Waldschmidt, Thomas, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pathology Immunology	B lymphocyte subsets, T-B interaction, marginal zone B cells, germinal center B cells
Wallace, Robert, MD	Mentor	Professor	Epidemiology Internal Medicine Translational Biomedicine	Epidemiology of aging, Cancer epidemiology
Wallrath, Lori, PhD	Mentor	Associate Professor	Biochemistry Genetics Molecular and Cellular Biology	Eukaryotic chromatin structure and gene expression; molecular mechanisms of gene silencing in Drosophila
Washington, Todd, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Mechanisms of enzymes involved in DNA replication and DNA repair
Weeks, Daniel, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular mechanisms of early embryogenesis, cardiogenesis, and the development of novel oligonucleotide based stratagies to investigate control of development
Weigel, Ron, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Professor and Head	Surgery Biochemistry	Determining mechanisms of hormone response in breast cancer
Weiner, George, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Immunology Translational Biomedicine	Immune response to lymphoma; Bispecific therapeutic antibodies.
Weiner, Joshua, PhD	New Mentor	Assistant Professor	Biology Neuroscience	Molecular Genetics of Synaptogenesis and Nervous System Development: Control of Synapse Formation, Maturation, and Specificity by Protocadherins.
Weiss, Jerrold, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Microbiology Immunology Translational Biomedicine	Innate mammalian antibacterial defense mechanisms
Welsh, Michael, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Molecular and Cellular Biology Neuroscience Translational Biomedicine	Biology of cystic fibrosis; structure and function of ion channels; pathogenesis of lung disease
Willing, Marcia, MD, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Pediatrics Genetics	Molecular biology of connective tissue disorders
Wilson, Mary, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Microbiology Epidemiology Immunology Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Immunobiology, genetics, and molecular biology of visceral leishmaniasis in murine and human hosts
Wold, Marc, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biochemistry Molecular and Cellular Biology	Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication
Wu, Chun-Fang, PhD	Mentor	Professor	Biology Neuroscience	Plasticity of neuronal function and form using Drosophila as a model organism
Yeaman, Charles, PhD	New Mentor	Associate Professor	Anatomy and Cell Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology	Biogenesis and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity
Zabner, Joseph, MD	Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedicine	Gene transfer to human airway epithelia; gene therapy for cystic fibrosis; fluid composition of the airway surface liquid.
Zavazava, Nicholas, MD, PhD	New Mentor	Professor	Internal Medicine Immunology	Mechanisms and Molecular Basis of Transplantation Tolerance