John Barnard, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
statistical genetics, missing data problems, Bayesian statistics, bioinformatics and statistical computing.
Gerald Beck, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences, data coordination for clinical trials (hemodialysis
and dialysis access consortium).
Cornelia Bergmann, Ph.D., Neurosciences, regulation of and function of CD8 T cells during viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) associated with demyelination.
Shu Chen,
Ph.D., CWRU, Pathology, LRRK2: pathway to parkinson disease.
Xi Chen, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
high-throughput genomic data analysis, pharmacogenomics, genetic epidemiology and correlated data analysis.
John Crabb, Ph.D., Ophthalmic Research,
biochemistry of vision in proteome changes associated with retinal degenerative diseases and the mammalian visual cycle.
Brian Davis, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, biomechanics of the lower extremities.
Carol de la Motte, Ph.D., Pathobiology,
role of extracellular matrix to inflammatory cell recruitment and activation involved in diseases of the intestine and lung.
Kathleen Derwin, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, tendon mechanobiology and tissue engineering.
Lax Devireddy, D.V.M., Ph.D., CWRU, Pathology,
regulation of cell death, innate immunity, tumor microenvironment, intracellular iron transport.
Paul DiCorleto, Ph.D., Cell Biology, Chair of Molecular Medicine, growth factors and atherosclerosis.
Donna Driscoll, Ph.D., Cell Biology, posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, RNA structure and function.
Thomas Egelhoff, Ph.D., Cell Biology,
mechanisms regulating cytoskeletal function during cell migration and cytokinesis.
Paul Elson, Sc.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
group-sequential methods and clinical trials.
Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., Genomic Medicine Institute, human cancer genomics, personalized medicine.
Leonard Golding, M.D., Biomedical Engineering, devices for cardiac support and stabilization in heart failure.
Linda Graham, M.D., Biomedical Engineering,
healing of prosthetic vascular grafts.
Neetu Gupta, Ph.D., Immunology,
plasma membrane and actin cytoskeletal dynamics during B cell activation.
Stephanie Hagstrom, Ph.D., Ophthalmic Research,
macular degeneration, retiniti's pigmentosa, and genetics of inherited retinal degeneration.
Dolores Hambardzumyan, Ph.D., Stem Cell Biology,
mechanism by which the unique brain microenvironment modulates the development and progression of primary and metastatic brain tumors.
Thomas Hamilton, Ph.D., Immunology, inflammatory gene expression in mononuclear phagocytes.
Jaharul Haque, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, cytokine-mediated cell signaling in allergic inflammation and brain cancer.
Warren Heston, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, prostate cancer development and targeting of prostate-specific membrane antigen for therapy.
Joe Hollyfield, Ph.D., Ophthalmic Research, study of the structure, development, and function of the eye and visual system in health and disease.
Jane Hoover-Plow, Ph.D., Cardiovascular Medicine, plasminogen dependent cell migration in inflammation, genetic determinants of thrombosis.
Arie Horowitz, D.Sc., Molecular Cardiology, endothelial cell signaling and motility in angiogenesis.
Janet Houghton, Ph.D., Cancer Biology,
developmental therapeutics, death receptor signaling and therapeutic response.
Philip Howe, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, molecular mechanism of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGFbeta) growth action.
Bo Hu, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
model selection, longitudinal analysis, adaptive design, Bayesian modeling and computing.
Peter Imrey, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
categorical data analysis, statistical methods in observational epidemiology, and sample survey methods.
Hemant Ishwaran, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
data mining, ensembles, and high dimensional variable selection and prediction.
Donald Jacobsen, Ph.D., Cell Biology, homocysteine, vitamin metabolism, vascular disease.
Damir Janigro, Ph.D., Neurological Surgery, blood brain barrier, multiple drug resistance, molecular/proteomic analysis of neurological disorders.
Jan Jensen, Ph.D., Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine,
developmental biology of the pancreas with a focus on the molecular mechanisms controlling insulin-cell development.
Trine Jorgensen, Ph.D., Immunology,
molecular mechanisms of gender differences in lupus-like disease.
James Kaltenbach, Ph.D., Neurosciences, role of neural plasticity in the etiology of hearing disorders.
Sadashiva Karnik, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiotensin receptor II function and signal transduction.
Michael Kattan, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
development, validation, and use of prediction models.
David Katz, Ph.D., CWRU, Neurosciences,
define regulatory interactions in the developing nervous system and to understand how perturbations of development result in disease.
Edward Mascha, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
clinical trials, causal effects, reliability studies, longitudinal data analyses, and correlated data problems.
Todor Mazgalev, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology,
novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Cahir McDevitt, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, cell-matrix interactions in the repair of connective tissues.
Christine McDonald, Pathobiology, Nod2 signaling in inflammatory bowel disease.
Jocelyn McDonald, Ph.D. , Molecular Genetics,
mechanisms regulating cellular movement within the three-dimensional environment of tissues during development and disease.
Cameron McIntyre, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, development of deep brain stimulation for treatment of neurological disorders.
Paul Murray, Ph.D., Anesthesiology Research,
neural, humoral and local mechanisms that are involved in the fundamental regulation of the normal pulmonary circulation.
Laura Nagy, Ph.D., Pathobiology, regulation of G-protein mediated signal transduction ethanol.
William Schiemann, Ph.D., CWRU, Oncology, the process of mammary tumorigenesis and its assortment of associated genetic and epigenetic events.
Ephraim Sehayek, M.D., Genomic Medicine Institute,
defining the relationship of sterol and fat absorption to reverse cholesterol transport and atherosclerosis cardiovascular diseases.
Ganes Sen, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, host responses to virus infection.
Subha Sen, Ph.D., D.Sc., Molecular Cardiology,
development and regression of myocardial hypertrophy.
David Serre, Ph.D., Genomic Medicine Institute, genetic basis of Type 2 Diabetes and obesity and their origins.
Neena Singh, M.D.,
Ph.D., CWRU, Pathology, the pathophysiology underlying human Prion disorders.
Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., Cell Biology, lipoprotein metabolism, cholesterol trafficking, genetics of atherosclerosis.
William Smith, D.Eng., Biomedical Engineering, engineering pumps and devices for cardiac assist treatment, engineering of artificial hearts.
Dennis Stacey, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, proliferative signal transduction and cell cycle regulation by oncogenes and anti-tumor drugs.
George Stark, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, signal transduction pathways involving interferons, STATs, NFKB, p53 and TGF ß, methods for forward genetics in mammalian cells.
Olga Stenina, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, regulation of vascular gene expression by glucose, functions of thrombospondin-4.
Stephen Stohlman, Ph.D., Neurosciences,
interactions of the immune system and CNS in models of MS.
Dennis Stuehr, Ph.D., Pathobiology,
structure and biochemistry of nitric oxide synthases.
Hisashi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Genetics,
genetic and genomic factors regulating the evolution of cancer genomes.
Curtis Tatsuoka, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
statistical models of cognition, sequential experimental design, and quality of life measurement.
Paul Tesar, Ph.D., CWRU, Genetics, molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potential of stem cells.
Angela Ting, Ph.D., Genomic Medicine Institute, epigenetic gene regulation involves DNA methylation and histone modifications.
Bruce Trapp, Ph.D., Neurosciences, cellular and molecular biology of myelination, demyelination, and dysmyelination.
Pierre Triozzi, M.D., Taussig Cancer Center,
medical oncology, melanoma, hematology, experimental therapeutics, and cancer vaccines.
Vince Tuohy, Ph.D., Immunology, immunoregulation of autoimmunity, T-cell biology and gene therapy for autoimmunity.
David Van Wagoner, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, myocyte biology, electrophysiology, and arrhythmias.
Jerrold Vitek, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosciences,
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), the pathophysiology of movement disorders, and exploring new applications for DBS
Qing Wang, Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, human genetics of heart attacks and arrhythmias.
Xiaofeng Wang, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
neuroinformatics, biomedical signal analysis, and statistical image analysis.
Oliver Wessely, Ph.D., Cell Biology,
kidney development and its perturbation during polycystic kidney disease formation.
Steven Wilson, M.D., Ophthalmic Research,
refractive surgery -- LASIK and PRK.
Qingyu Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Molecular Cardiology, serine proteases of the trypsin superfamily.
Riqiang Yan, Ph.D., Neurosciences, molecular and functional study of Alzheimer's beta-secretase and its modulators in Alzheimer's disease.
Taolin Yi, Ph.D., Cancer Biology, pathogenic role of and novel therapeutics targeting protein tyrosine phosphatases in malignant diseases.
Guang Yue, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, neural control of voluntary movement and muscle contraction, motor-function recovery after injury and stroke.
Maceij Zborowski, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, development of separation technologies for medical applications.
Bin Zhang, Ph.D., Genomic Medicine Institute,
mechanisms of protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi body.
Li Zhang, Ph.D., Quantitative Health Sciences,
case-control studies, genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics, and Bayesian statistics.
