Training Faculty
The faculty listed below are preceptors on the Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant (PSTG) and are approved mentors for Pharmacology degree students.
![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
![Seham Ebrahim](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/vmx3hb-100x106.png)
Ebrahim, Seham
Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging
![Sarah Ewald](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/09/se2s.jpeg)
Ewald, Sarah
Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics
![Francine Garrett-Bakelman](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/02/fg5q-100x67.jpeg)
Garrett-Bakelman, Francine
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: molecular and cellular biology events which mediate aberrant epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms during disease establishment and progression
![Francine Garrett-Bakelman](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/02/fg5q-100x67.jpeg)
Garrett-Bakelman, Francine
Acute Myeloid Leukemia: molecular and cellular biology events which mediate aberrant epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms during disease establishment and progression
![Brant Isakson](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/bei6n-100x125.jpeg)
Isakson, Brant
Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.
![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.
![Jeffrey Saucerman](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/jjs3g.jpeg)
Saucerman, Jeffrey J.
Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease
![Gloria Sheynkman](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/04/gs9yr-100x133.jpeg)
Sheynkman, Gloria M.
Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease
![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
![Swapnil Sonkusare](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/sks2n-100x144.jpeg)
Sonkusare, Swapnil
Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders
![Bettina Winckler](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2023/01/bw5h-100x121.jpeg)
Winckler, Bettina
Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.
![Matthew Wolf](https://med.virginia.edu/pharm/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/mjw5mc-100x112.jpeg)
Wolf, Matthew J
Identification of genes and pathways that cause or modify cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.