Research Programs
Our faculty lead innovative research programs that span basic science, translational discovery, and clinical investigation. Working across disciplines, they are advancing new therapies and improving surgical care in areas including cancer, transplantation, vascular disease, diabetes, pediatrics, trauma, robotics, quality, global health, and more.
Cancer | Transplant | Pediatric | Cardiothoracic & Vascular | Multidisciplinary
Cancer
Bauer Lab
Tumor growth, metastasis, and novel therapies for pancreatic & colorectal cancer.
Tsung-Zhang-Ruff Research Group
Innate immunity, injury-induced inflammation, and the development of both primary and metastatic cancers.
Witt Lab
Melanoma within the complex context of lifestyle
factors, such as obesity and exercise.
Transplant
Brayman Lab
Cures for type 1 diabetes and interventions
to promote islet transplantation outcomes.
Yang, Laubach, Kron Lab
Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury and
therapies to improve lung transplant outcomes.
Cardiothoracic & Vascular
Guo Lab
Peripheral arterial diseases (PADs) and epigenetic mechanisms to counter aberrant cell behaviors in pathological processes.
Tsihlis Lab
Vascular biology and developing novel therapies for patients with vascular disease.
Pediatric
Cheng Lab
Improving outcomes for children with Hirschsprung disease and understanding how the enteric
nervous system regulates intestinal function.
Multidisciplinary
Ma-Cai-Park Lab
Interdisciplinary molecular biology, oncology, cardiac physiology, bioinformatics, and translational medicine.