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All Training Faculty

The faculty listed below are preceptors on the Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant (PSTG) and are approved mentors for Pharmacology degree students.

Tarek Abbas

Abbas, Tarek A.

The Ubiquitin System and Human Cancer

Stephen Abbott

Abbott, Stephen

Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system and the homeostatic control of breathing

Douglas Bayliss

Bayliss, Douglas A.

Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons

Mark Beenhakker

Beenhakker, Mark P.

Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy

Michelle Bland

Bland, Michelle

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

Bimal Desai

Desai, Bimal N.

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

Seham Ebrahim

Ebrahim, Seham

Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging

Sarah Ewald

Ewald, Sarah

Innate immunity, chronic disease, host-parasite interactions, Toxoplasma gondii, proteomics

Ukpong Eyo

Eyo, Ukpong Bassey

Neuroscience

Heather Ferris

Ferris, Heather

Brain metabolism, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease

Francine Garrett-Bakelman

Garrett-Bakelman, Francine

Acute Myeloid Leukemia: molecular and cellular biology events which mediate aberrant epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms during disease establishment and progression

Alban Gaultier

Gaultier, Alban

Exploring new therapeutics avenues to treat Multiple Sclerosis.

Thurl Harris

Harris, Thurl E

Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.

Tajie Harris

Harris, Tajie H.

Immune response to infectious disease in the CNS

Brant Isakson

Isakson, Brant

Translating our discoveries in the microcirculation to tangible benefits in patients.

Norbert Leitinger

Leitinger, Norbert

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

Ilya Levental

Levental, Ilya

Composition, Biophysics and Physiology of Cellular Membranes

Kevin Lynch

Lynch, Kevin R.

Chemical biology of sphingosine 1-phosphate

Wendy Lynch

Lynch, Wendy J.

Behavioral Pharmacology, Sex Differences, Animal Models of Addiction

Timothy Martin

Martin, Timothy Dean

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

Edward Nieh

Nieh, Edward Horng-An

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

Edward Perez-Reyes

Perez-Reyes, Edward

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

Stefanie Redemann

Redemann, Stefanie

Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy in meiosis and mitosis

Jeffrey Saucerman

Saucerman, Jeffrey J.

Roles of complex signaling networks involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and disease

Gloria Sheynkman

Sheynkman, Gloria M.

Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease

Ira Schulman

Schulman, Ira G.

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

Shengyi Sun

Sun, Shengyi Iris

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

Swapnil Sonkusare

Sonkusare, Swapnil

Identify the calcium signaling abnormalities that lead to vascular dysfunction and blood pressure elevation in cardiovascular disorders

Bettina Winckler

Winckler, Bettina

Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.

Matthew Wolf

Wolf, Matthew J

Identification of genes and pathways that cause or modify cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

J. Julius Zhu

Zhu, J. Julius

Neural Circuits in Healthy and Diseased Brains