Pharmacology Faculty

Neurobiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory system, Central mechanisms linking cardiorespiratory function with affective state and emotion

Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons

Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy

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

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

Pharmacology The development of new enabling technologies for drug discovery

Molecular basis of ciliopathies; Signaling mechanisms of cilia-associated kinases

Modulation of aldosterone production in health and disease.

Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.

Molecular Biology of Sphingosine 1-phosphate

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

Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate

Dopamine receptor drug discovery, signaling, function, and clinical translation. The effect of environmental agents on brain disorders.

Pharmacology

Identifying tumor selective drug targets, Understanding the genetic drivers of tumor immune evasion

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

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

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

Atherosclerosis, Redox Biology, Cellular Metabolism & Bioenergetics

Central respiratory circuits, Mechanisms Underlying Breathing Complexity and Central hypoventilation syndrome

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Role of endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation in health and disease

Biophysics, Molecular Pharmacology

Iron metabolism and Immunometabolism in inflammation and autoimmune diseases

Ion channels in health and disease