Faculty Mentors
Name | Areas of Expertise |
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Matthew Allen, Ph.D., Chemistry | Contrast agents for imaging |
Ramona Benkert, Ph.D., Nursing | Quality outcomes in primary care delivery, traditional and nurse managed center models; Perceptions of racism and mistrust in health care; ProviderPatient relationships |
James Bour, Ph.D., Chemistry | Catalysis, organometallics, porous organic materials, methodology development |
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences | The synthesis and use of naturally and synthetically modified nucleosides and nucleotides in the determination of disease etiology and drug design and development |
Jacob Burmeister, Ph.D., Medical Physics | Radiation oncology physics, radiobiology |
Eduard Chekmenev, Ph.D., Chemistry, IBio | Magnetic resonance imaging |
Christine Chow, Ph.D., Chemistry | RNA structure and targeting |
Charles Chung, Ph.D., Physiology | Cardiac relaxation and muscle structure-function |
Jessica Damoiseaux, Ph.D., Psychology, Institute of Gerontology | Neuroimaging, resting state fMRI, functional connectivity, aging, neurodegenerative disease |
Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., Family Medicine | Behavioral intervention for diabetes management |
Charlie Fehl, Ph.D., Chemistry | Developing and utilizing highly selective chemical reactions that are able to occur in living cells to track sugar signaling motifs in disease states characterized by altered sugar metabolism |
James Granneman, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine & Genetics | Diabetes, endocrine, & metabolic research |
Miriam Greenberg, Ph.D., Biological Sciences | Lipid homeostasis and cardiolipin function |
Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., Psychiatry, Behavioral & Translational Neuroscience | Substance abuse |
Carolyn Harris, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering & Materials Science | Biomaterials and neural prosthetics |
Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D., Psychiatry | PTSD neurobiology and brain development |
Donna Kashian, Ph.D., Biological Sciences | Ecology and environmental sciences |
Ashok Kumar, Ph.D., Ophthalmology, Visual, & Anatomical Sciences | Infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions |
Jun Li, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology | Inherited peripheral nerve diseases |
Li Li, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine & Genetics | Smooth muscle dysfunction and vascular development and diseases |
Wen Li, Ph.D., Chemistry | Ultrafast spectroscopy and mass-resolved momentum imaging |
Karen List, Ph.D., Pharmacology | Tumor metastasis & progression; serine proteases |
Wanqing Liu, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences | Genomics and liver disease |
Mark Lumley, Ph.D., Psychology | Psychological treatments for somatic disorders |
Larry Matherly, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | Drug discovery, preclinical pharmacology, membrane transport |
Nihar Nayak, Ph.D., OB/Gyn | Pregnancy, disease, placental development |
Noa Ofen, Ph.D., Psychology | Cognitive neuroscience and memory systems |
Stephan Patrick, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | DNA Repair |
Shane Perrine, Ph.D., Psychiatry, Behavioral, and Translational Neuroscience | Neurobiology of addiction and addition stress |
Izabela Podgorski, Ph.D., Pharmacology | Prostate cancer, bone metastasis, adiposity |
Lisa Rapport, Ph.D., Psychology | Clinical neuropsychology |
Monohar Ratnam, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | Molecular endocrinology of cancer |
Malathy Shekhar, Ph.D., Oncology | DNA damage response, cell signaling, drug resistanc |
Valerie Simon, Ph.D., Psychology | Biopsychosocial development among victimized youth |
Timothy Stemmler, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences | Metalloprotein structure and function |
Jennifer Stockdill, Ph.D., Chemistry | Synthesis of small molecule and peptide natural products |
Chris Trentacosta, Ph.D., Psychology | Early childhood development, behavior problems |
Nerissa Viola, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | Metal-based radiopharmaceuticals; non-invasive PET imaging |
Jiemei Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences | Non-coding RNA regulation of tissue regeneration; Endothelial injury and repair in disease settings |
Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | Breast and pancreatic cancer |
Robert Wessells, Ph.D., Physiology | Exercise, aging, drosophila |
Jennell White, Ph.D., Pharmacology | Sickle cell disease |
Gen Wu, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | MAPKs & phosphatases in cancer, TRAIL signaling |
Zeng-quan Yang, Ph.D., Oncology, Cancer Biology | Epigenetics and regulators in human cancer |
Zhengping Yi, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, IBio | Vascular biology & stress signaling in metabolic diseases |
Jinsheng Zhang, Ph.D., Otolaryngology; Commun Sci & Disorders | Tinnitus, hearing loss, auditory prostheses |
Samuele Zilioli, Ph.D., Psychology | Racial health disparities |