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Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Pharmacology

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Student in lab with Microscope The Ph.D. program in Pharmacology is designed to provide students with training in the Pharmacological Sciences and thus prepare them for a career in modern biomedical research. Through a combination of laboratory research and didactic coursework, our program prepares students to shape the future and leave a mark on the world by pioneering the development of exciting and powerful new treatments, cures, and therapies while expanding our knowledge of human disease. For more information, click here…

 

Program Faculty

  • Abbas, Tarek A.

    The Ubiquitin System and Human Cancer

  • Abbott, Stephen

    Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system and the homeostatic control of breathing

  • Barrett, Paula Q.

    Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.

  • Bayliss, Douglas A.

    Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons

  • Beenhakker, Mark P.

    Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy

  • Bland, Michelle

    Molecular mechanisms linking innate immune and insulin signaling to control cell growth and metabolism

  • Bloom, George S.

    Pathogenic mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

  • Bochkis, Irina

    Epigenetic and genetic mechanisms underlying metabolic disease

  • Bushweller, John H.

    Drug Development Targeting Transcription Drivers in Cancer; Structure/Function Studies of Transcription Factor Drivers in Cancer

  • Campbell, John

    The Neurobiology of Energy Balance

  • Christ, George

    Functional Genomics

  • Civelek, Mete

    Systems Genetics Approaches to Understand Cardiometabolic Traits

  • Columbus, Linda

    Biophysical Chemistry: Membrane protein structure, function, and dynamics

  • Creutz, Carl E.

    Calcium-dependent, membrane-binding proteins and mechanisms of exocytosis

  • Criss, Alison K.

    Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Neisserial pathogenesis

  • Deppmann, Christopher

    Elucidating and Understanding the Mechanisms Underlying Nervous System Development

  • Desai, Bimal N.

    Ion channels and Ca2+-signaling in inflammation, immunity and tissue homeostasis

  • Ewald, Sarah

    Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics

  • Eyo, Ukpong Bassey

    Neuroscience

  • Ferris, Heather

    Brain metabolism, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease

  • Garrett-Bakelman, Francine

    Acute Myeloid Leukemia: molecular and cellular biology events which mediate aberrant epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms during disease establishment and progression

  • Gaultier, Alban

    Exploring new therapeutics avenues to treat Multiple Sclerosis.

  • Gilliard, Robert Jerard

    Synthetic Chemistry: Main-Group and Organometallic Chemistry, Bond Activation and Catalysis, Hybrid Materials

  • Goldfarb, Adam N.

    Hematopathology and Understanding the Molecular Basis of Hematopoiesis and Leukemogenesis

  • Harris, Tajie H.

    Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS

  • Harris, Thurl E

    Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.

  • Hirschi, Karen Kemper

    Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation

  • Hsu, Ku-Lung

    Chemical Biology, Lipid Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Mass Spectrometry

  • Isakson, Brant

    Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.

  • Janes, Kevin A.

    Systems-biology approaches to cancer biology and virology.

  • Kadl, Alexandra

    Lung injury and repair, sepsis

  • Kelly, Kimberly

    Advancement in the design of imaging agents; molecular imaging and radiological sciences.

  • Landen, Charles

    Mechanisms of Chemotherapy Resistance in Ovarian and Other Gynecologic Malignancies

  • Leitinger, Norbert

    Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes

  • Levental, Ilya

    Composition, Biophysics and Physiology of Cellular Membranes

  • Loughran, Jr., Thomas P

    Hematologic malignancies; bone marrow disorders; leukemia; large granular lymphocyte (LGL)

  • Lynch, Kevin R.

    Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate

  • Lynch, Wendy J.

    Behavioral Pharmacology, Sex Differences, Animal Models of Addiction

  • McNamara, Coleen A.

    Immune System Regulation of Cardiometabolic Disease

  • Nakamoto, Robert K.

    Structure-Function of Active Transporters

  • Peirce-Cottler, Shayn M.

    Tissue Engineering and Regeneration, Computational Systems Biology, Vascular Growth and Remodeling, Stem Cell Therapies

  • Perez-Reyes, Edward

    Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using gene therapies. Developing drug-inducible genetic switches for insulin replacement gene therapies.

  • Redemann, Stefanie

    Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy in meiosis and mitosis

  • Saucerman, Jeffrey J.

    Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease

  • Schulman, Ira G.

    Regulation of transcription by nuclear hormone receptors, transcriptional control of metabolism and inflammation, small molecule approaches to drug discovery

  • Sheynkman, Gloria M.

    Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease

  • Smith, Jeffrey S.

    Transcriptional Silencing and Aging in Yeast

  • Sonkusare, Swapnil

    Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders

  • Winckler, Bettina

    Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.

  • Zhu, J. Julius

    Neural Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brains

  • Zong, Hui

    Early detection, cancer prevention, and tumor microenvironment

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