Pharmacology Faculty
Primary Tenure Track and Research Faculty
![Stephen Abbott](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/sba6t-100x100.jpeg)
Abbott, Stephen
Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system and the homeostatic control of breathing
![Michelle Bland](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/mlb2eg-100x67.jpeg)
Bland, Michelle
Molecular mechanisms linking innate immune and insulin signaling to control cell growth and metabolism
![Norbert Leitinger](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/09/nl2q.jpeg)
Leitinger, Norbert
Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes
![Timothy Martin](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/03/jhx2rz-100x105.jpeg)
Martin, Timothy Dean
Identifying tumor selective drug targets, Understanding the genetic drivers of tumor immune evasion
![Edward Nieh](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/qtx7ny-100x133.jpeg)
Nieh, Edward Horng-An
Understanding the neural code underlying motivated behaviors like feeding, drinking, and social interaction, with a focus on how malfunction in associated brain areas are involved in diseases like addiction and eating disorders
![Edward Perez-Reyes](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/07/ebp8n-100x118.png)
Perez-Reyes, Edward
Exploring epilepsy circuits then preventing seizures using gene therapies. Developing drug-inducible genetic switches for insulin replacement gene therapies.
![Ira Schulman](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/igs4c.jpeg)
Schulman, Ira G.
Regulation of transcription by nuclear hormone receptors, transcriptional control of metabolism and inflammation, small molecule approaches to drug discovery
![Yingtang Shi](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/02/ys6c-100x114.jpeg)
Shi, Yingtang
Central respiratory circuits, Mechanisms Underlying Breathing Complexity and Central hypoventilation syndrome
![Shengyi Sun](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/08/bjk5fz-8-100x150.jpeg)
Sun, Shengyi Iris
Role of endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation in health and disease