The CMM graduate program is an interdisciplinary program of study. As such, our faculty list reflects our diversity with a balance of basic science and clinical researchers. They are members of various departments such as Biological Chemistry, Medicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Neuroscience, Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, and Urology. Below is a list of CMM faculty listed by general area of research.
| Faculty Name
| Description
| Area
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| Mary Armanios | Bridge basic knowledge of telomere biology to clinically relevant paradigms | Cancer
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| Stephen B. Baylin | Molecular determinants of human tumor progression | Cancer
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| Dwight Bergles | Synaptic Physiology: Glutamate Transporters and Glial Involvement in Neuronal Signaling | Neurobiology
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| Zaver M. Bhujwalla | Molecular pharmacology, polyamine metabolism, antineoplastic drug development | Cancer
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| William R. Bishai | Bacterial gene regulation, pathogenesis, tuberculosis, latent infections, sigma factors. | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Shyam Biswal | Mechanisms of host defense for lung diseases, Experimental therapeutics for COPD and lung diseases. | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Seth Blackshaw | Identification of molecular pathways mediating neural development and survival. | Neurobiology
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| Ivan Borrello | Anti-tumor immunity in the bone marrow | Cancer
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| Jeff W. M. Bulte | Development of novel immune and stem cell therapies using MR imaging | Cancer
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| Fred Bunz | DNA damage signaling in cancer cells and stem cells | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Arthur L. Burnett | Neurophysiology of the pelvis and lower genitourinary tract | Neurobiology
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| Robert A. Casero, Jr. | Molecular pharmacology, polyamine metabolism, antineoplastic drug development | Cancer
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| Peter A. Calabresi | Mechanisms of autoimmune mediated injury to the central nervous system and the development of strategies to protect and repair myelin and axons | Neurobiology
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| Michael J. Caterina | Molecular mechanisms of thermosensation and nociception | Neurobiology
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| Shukti Chakravarti | Extracellular matrix functions in normal and diseased connective tissues | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Subroto Chatterjee | Signal transduction in atherosclerosis | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Linzhao Cheng | Human stem cell biology, engineering and transplantation | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Thomas Clemens | Molecular mechanisms of insulin, IGF and GH on bond and skeletal muscle growth and function and regulation of angiogenesis in these organs | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Janice E. Clements | Molecular biology and pathogenesis of HIV and SIV | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Isabelle Coppens | Intracellular parasitism; host cell-pathogen interactions; Malaria; Toxoplasmosis | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Brendan Cormack | Host-pathogen interaction and molecular mechanisms in candidiasis | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Pierre A. Coulombe | Cellular and molecular biology of wound healing in skin | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Garry R. Cutting | Inherited diseases of ion transport | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Ted M. Dawson | Molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death and neurodegenerative diseases | Neurobiology
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| Valina L. Dawson | Cell death and cell survival signaling pathways in models of stroke, ALS, and Parkinson\'s disease | Neurobiology
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| Michael Deans | Developmental mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis and planar polarity. | Neurobiology
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| Stephen Desiderio | Development and activation of the immune system | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Harry C. Dietz | Molecular etiology of structural heart disease | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Rhoel R. Dinglasan | Development of novel drug and vaccine approaches to prevent Malaria transmission; Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Host-Parasite Interactions | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Mark Donowitz | Molecular biology and epithelial transport in signal transduction | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Daniela Drummond-Barbosa | Control of ovarian stem cells and their differentiating progeny by diet, insulin, and other systemic signals; molecular mechanisms of meiotic maturation | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Wenzhen Duan | Neurobiology and Experimental Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases | Neurobiology
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| J. Stephen Dumler | Molecular, cellular and immunopathogenesis of tick-borne infectious agents | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Jennifer H. Elisseeff | Regenerating tissue, mostly cartilage using stem cells | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| James R. Eshleman | Mutator phenotypes in colon cancer, novel therapeutics | Cancer
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| Susan H. Eshleman | Genetic diversity of HIV, HIV drug resistance, HIV mother-to-child transmission | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Peter Espenshade | Regulation of cholesterol homeostasis; therapeutics for heart disease | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Janice Evans | Fundamental cell biological processes in the sperm and egg | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Andrew P. Feinberg | Epigenetics of cancer and common disease; methylation and chromatin mechanisms | Cancer
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| Nick Flavahan | Investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms and interactions that regulate blood vessel development, function and disease | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Alan D. Friedman | Myeloid leukemogenesis, transcriptional control of hematopoietic differentiation | Cancer
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| Edward Gabrielson | Functional genomics and molecular genetics of breast and lung cancer | Cancer
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| Luis Andres Garza | Using skin as a model system, the Garza lab studies regenerative medicine using cell culture, mouse and interventional human trials to learn more about basic biology and new cures for the clinic | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Steven Gore | Epigenetic changes as therapeutic targets in hematologic malignancies; rational drug development in hematologic malignancies | Cancer
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| Stephen J. Gould | The analysis of peroxisome assembly in yeast and humans | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| David R. Graham | Studies H/SIV pathogenesis and cardiovascular disease using integrative biology approaches | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Carol Greider | Telomerase biochemistry and telomere length regulation | Cancer
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| Diane E. Griffin | Molecular pathogenesis and immunology of viral infections | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| William B. Guggino | Genetic disorders associated with defective fluid and electrolyte movement | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| J. Marie Hardwick | Molecular mechanisms of programmed cell death | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Edward Harhaj | Regulation of signaling pathways in innate immunity and virus infection | Cancer
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| Norman J. Haughey | Distinctive disease-oriented research program that address questions in basic neurobiology and in clinical neurology | Neurobiology
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| Gary S. Hayward | Molecular biology and genetics of herpes virus disease processes | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| James G. Herman | Epigenetic change of DNA methylation in cancer | Cancer
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| Allan Hess | Immunobiology of bone marrow transplantation and graft-vs-host disease | Cancer
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| Richard L. Huganir | Molecular mechanisms in the regulation of synaptic function | Neurobiology
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| John T. Isaacs | Programmed (apoptotic) cell death as therapy for cancer | Cancer
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| William B. Isaacs | Molecular biology and genetics of prostate cancer | Cancer
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| Elizabeth Jaffee | Development of vaccines for treatment of cancer | Cancer
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| Yoon Young Jang | Basic and clinical applications of hepatocytes derived from patient specific iPSCs | Cancer
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| David A. Kass | Mechanisms underlying various forms of heart failure; developing novel treatments to combat it | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Landon S. King | Regulation of aquaporin expression in the respiratory tract | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Kenneth W. Kinzler | Cancer genetics and its application to the clinic | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Marikki Laiho | Cellular DNA damage response and p53 | Cancer
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| Gyanu Lamichhane | We seek to understand the fundamental mechanisms, involving the peptidoglycan layer and non-coding RNA, used by Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive, grow and cause disease | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Steven D. Leach | Regulation of exocrine pancreatic differentiation | Cancer
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| Mark Levis | The development of molecularly targeted therapies for leukemia. | Cancer
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| Hyam Levitsky | Immunologic mechanisms of vaccine induced anti-tumor immunity | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Min Li | Cell biology, pharmacology and human diseases of ion transport | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Svetlana Lutsenko | Integrative approach to the analysis of liver and brain pathology, Wilson’s disease, human copper metabolism, biochemistry and cell biology of transmembrane ion transport | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Joseph L. Mankowski | Systemic immune stimuli using SIV-macaque model of HIV CNS disease | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Russell L. Margolis | Genetic etiology and pathophysiology of neurological and psychiatric disorders | Neurobiology
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| Nicholas Marsh-Armstrong | The Marsh-Armstrong lab studies neuron glia interactions in the visual system during development and disease | Neurobiology
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| William Matsui | Cancer stem cells; developmental biology; hematopoiesis: clinical translation and clinical trials | Cancer
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| John McDonald | Focus on the development of interventions to reduce spinal cord injury, promote remyelination, enhance regeneration and encourage recovery of function | Neurobiology
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| Stephen Meltzer | Biomarkers and molecular genetics/genomics of malignant progression | Cancer
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| Susan Michaelis | Yeast protein trafficking and human disease; ER quality control, endocytosis, ABC transporters | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Guo-li Ming | Molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and experimental therapeutics in models | Neurobiology
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| Timothy Moran | Biological basis of food intake, energy balance, and obesity | Neurobiology
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| Jeremy Nathans | The physiology and pathophysiology of the mammalian visual system | Neurobiology
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| William Nelson | The molecular pathogenesis of prostate cancer | Cancer
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| John Nicholas | Molecular biology of oncogenic herpesviruses | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Brian O'Rourke | Mitochondrial ion channels, bioenergetics, and cardiac excitation-contraction coupling | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Ben Ho Park | Genetic approaches to breast cancer therapy | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Drew M. Pardoll | T Cell development and receptor function; tumor immunology | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Peter L. Pedersen | Cell energetics, its molecular and chemical basis and relationship to both disease (Cancer/Heart) and to the discovery of new therapies. | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Mikhail Pletnikov | The neurobiology of neurodevelopmental diseases such as schizophrenia and autism | Neurobiology
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| Joel Pomerantz | Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Immunology and Cancer | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa | Human neural stem cells | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Rajini Rao | Identification and molecular mechanisms of novel ion transporters in yeast and humans | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Randall R. Reed | Molecular genetics of olfaction; neuronal differentiation | Neurobiology
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| Roger H. Reeves | Disruption of development by gene dosage imbalance in Down syndrome | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Gregory Riggins | The molecular basis of brain cancers and therapies directed against cancer-causing mutations and alterations. | Cancer
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| Ronald Rodriguez | Urologic application of gene therapy | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Lewis H. Romer | Cell-matrix adhesion, tyrosine kinases and integrin signaling, endothelial cell injury | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Noel R. Rose | Basic mechanisms of autoimmunity and autoimmune disease | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Antony Rosen | Mechanisms of autoimmunity with particular emphasis on the roles of apoptosis | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Christopher A. Ross | Genes with triplet repeats; Huntington\'s disease | Neurobiology
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| Jeffrey D. Rothstein | Excitotoxicity, glutamate transport, apoptosis, neurodegeneration | Neurobiology
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| Charles Rudin | Cellular responses to genotoxic stress, and apoptotic pathways contributing to cancer | Cancer
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| Dobrila Doda Rudnicki | The role RNA and RNA-binding proteins in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases
| Neurobiology
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| Akira Sawa | Neurobiology of mental illnesses at molecular and cellular basis | Neurobiology
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| Gregg L. Semenza | Transcriptional regulation of gene expression | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Saul J. Sharkis | Cellular and molecular biology of hematopoietic stem cells | Cancer
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| Robert F. Siliciano | Viral dynamics in HIV infection, viral reservoirs, drug resistance | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Donald Small | Molecular biology of leukemia, molecularly targeted therapeutics, hematopoiesis, signal transduction | Cancer
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| Solomon H. Snyder | Molecular aspects of neurotransmission | Neurobiology
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| Shanthini Sockanathan | Cell fate specification in the developing nervous system | Neurobiology
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| Mark J. Soloski | Immune response to intracellular bacteria, innate immunity | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Hongjun Song | Neural Stem Cells and Epigenetic DNA modifications | Neurobiology
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| Sarah Sukumar | Identify gene alterations in breast cancer for early detection and novel therapies | Cancer
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| Charlotte Sumner | Investigations of the genetic and molecular mechanisms of inherited peripheral nerve and motor neuron disorders | Neurobiology
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| Gordon F. Tomaselli | Structure and function of ion channels | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Phuoc T. Tran | Mouse models of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and oncogene addiction in lung, prostate and liver cancer; pre-clinical and clinical radiosensitizers | Cancer
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| Victor Velculescu | Molecular genetic approaches to cancer | Cancer
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| Bert Vogelstein | Molecular genetics of human cancer and its translational implications | Cancer
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| Kathryn Wagner | Understanding and modulating the mechanisms of muscle growth and regeneration | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Katherine Whartenby | Dendritic cell biology in tumor immunology and autoimmune disease | Cancer
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| Philip C. Wong | Molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer\'s disease and motor neuron disease | Neurobiology
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| Paul F. Worley | Gene programs in activity-dependent neural plasticity | Neurobiology
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| Michael Mingzhao Xing | Cellular and molecular derangements in thyroid cancer and their clinical translation | Cancer
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| David T. Yue | Molecular physiology of ionic channels | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| Donald Zack | Molecular biology and genetics of eye development and disease | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Elias Zambidis | Developmental biology of normal and malignant hematopoietic stem cells | Cell Biology and Genetics of Human Diseases
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| Fidel Zavala | CD8 T cell mediated immunity against intracellular pathogens | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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| Martha Zeiger | High Throughput Analysis of Thyroid Neoplasms | Cancer
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| Pamela L. Zeitlin | Lung development, cystic fibrosis, gene therapy | Cardiopulmonary and Vascular Biology
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| M. Christine Zink | Animal models of HIV neurological and pulmonary disease | Immunology, Virology, and Infectious Diseases
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