CSB Faculty Research Interests
| Austad, Steven, Ph.D. | Comparative biology of aging and animal models. |
| Bai, Yidong, Ph.D. | Mitochondrial genetics, aging, cancer and mitochondrial medicine. |
| Bandyopadhyay, Abhik, Ph.D. | Mammary Gland and Mammary Stem Cell Biology, Prevention and Early Diagnosis of Age-associated Breast Cancer, Development of Experimental Cancer Therapeutics in Preclinical Animal Models. |
| Bishop, Alex, Ph.D. | Systems biology and homologous recombination in carcinogenesis, DNA repair, functional genomics, genetic and environmental interactions, aging, carcinogenesis, animal models. |
| Cameron, Ivan L., Ph.D. | Omega3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, breast cancer, colon cancer, nutrition, oxidative stress. |
| Dashnamoorthy, Ravi, Ph.D. | Molecular response to oxygen in cancer, DNA damage response, Red-ox biology, Signal transduction, Drug metabolism and Cancer biomarkers. |
| Dong, Lily Q., Ph.D. | Obesity and type 2 diabetes. |
| Habib, Samy, M.S., Ph.D. | Role of diabetes in development of cancer, molecular mechanisms of the DNA damage and repair in diabetes and cancer, Role of Tuberin/mTOR pathways in regulation of cell proliferation, cell hypertrophy and cell apoptosis. |
| Herman, Brian, Ph.D. | Aging, osteoporosis, apoptosis, optical imaging, mitochondria, oxidative stress. |
| Kraig, Ellen, Ph.D. | Aging, immunity, autoimmunity. |
| Larsen, Pamela L., Ph.D. | Development and aging in C. elegans. Molecular genetics, expression analysis, functional genomics, genetic and environmental interactions and C. elegans physiology. |
| Leach, Robin J., Ph.D. | Genetics of complex diseases. Development and validation of biomarkers for cancer. |
| Lechleiter, James D., Ph.D. | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of protection during ischemic stress, acute brain injury and aging. |
| Marciniak, Robert A., M.D., Ph.D. | Aging, mechanisms of telomere maintenance, Werner syndrome and cell regulation. |
| Moore, Charleen M., Ph.D. | Comparative cytogenetics, aging, animal models, and history of anatomy. |
| Morgan, William W., Ph.D. | Molecular regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase, gene expression, Parkinson's disease, oxidative stress, inflammation, dopamine. |
| Naylor, Susan L., Ph.D. | MicroRNA, cancer genetics and genomics, aging, urologic cancers, animal models. |
| Oyajobi, Babatunde O., M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D. | Bone metabolism and myeloma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, animal models of cancer-induced bone diseases, experimental therapeutics, targeted transgenesis. |
| Penalva, Luiz Otavio F., Ph.D. | Molecular analysis of cancer, post-transcriptional regulation, RNA binding proteins, cancer genomics, alternative splicing. |
| Pereira-Smith, Olivia, Ph.D. | Cell senescence, immortalization, chromatin remodeling, replicative senescence, transcriptional regulation. |
| Ran, Qitao, Ph.D. | Mitochondrial dysfunction, Oxidative stress, Alzheimer's disease, Aging. |
| Rao, Manjeet, Ph.D. | miRNA : Development and Cancer, Epigenetics and Cancer stem cell, Functional genomics, animal models. |
| Rebel, Vivienne, M.D., Ph.D. | Molecular mechanisms of hematopoietic stem cell regulation, from development to old age. |
| Reiter, Russel J., Ph.D. | Melatonin in free radical biology and oxidative stress, aging, antioxidants and the pineal gland. |
| Richardson, Arlan, Ph.D. | Molecular aspects of aging, transgenic and knockout mice, oxidative stress, protein oxidation. |
| Ross, Corinna N., Ph.D. | Primate models of aging, obesity and frailty. Developmental programming. |
| Sakaguchi, Alan Y., Ph.D. | Oncogenes & tumor suppressor genes, telomere binding proteins, cell aging, cell rejuvenation. |
| Sharma, Ramaswamy, Ph.D. | Osteoporosis, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine, Apoptosis, Aging. |
| Sun, LuZhe, Ph.D. | Cancer biology, Signal transduction, Stem cell, Experimental therapeutics. |
| Tardif, Suzette, Ph.D. | Primate models of obesity and aging. Reproductive energetics, pregnancy & lactation and maternal obesity. |
| Thompson, Brent J. , Ph.D. | Mechanisms of antidepressant drug effects, SSRI mediated gene regulation, developmental impact of SSRI administration to neonatal rodents, and the role of SERT in epigenetic gene regulation. |
| Van Remmen, Holly, Ph.D. | Animal models of sarcopenia, ALS and neurodegenerative disease, oxidative stress, aging, mitochondria and neurodegenerative disease. |
| Vogel, Kristine S., Ph.D. | Signal transduction, tumorigenesis in the peripheral nervous system. Mouse models for nervous system tumors, Apoptosis in the sympathoadrenal lineage, DNA damage and repair in the peripheral nervous system, Regulation of Nf1 gene expression during development, Adapting innovative technologies for medical education in the basic sciences. |
| Walter, Christi A., Ph.D. | DNA repair and mutagenesis,paternal age effect, stem cell aging, hepatocellular carcinoma, responses to mitochondrial DNA damage. |
| Weaker, Frank J., Ph.D. | Education, virtual reality, histology. |
CSB Joint Appointed Faculty Research Interests:
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Agyin, Joseph K., Ph.D. |
Bone-targeted drugs as potential treatments for multiple myeloma, experimental therapeutics, organic chemistry. |
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Dahia, Patricia, M.D., Ph.D. |
Neural crest tumors, genetics of cancer, molecular genetics, microarray-based gene sets, intersection of oncogenic pathways, gene discovery, cancer susceptibility. |
Padalecki, Susan S., Ph.D. |
Bone metastases, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, animal models of cancer-induced bone diseases, experimental therapeutics, tumor suppressor genes. |
Faculty Research Interests from other Departments and Institutions:
Lindsey, Merry L., Ph.D. |
Metalloproteinsaes, extracellular matrix, left ventricular remodeling. |
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McCarrey, John, Ph.D. |
Germ cell development and differentiation, epigenetics, X-chromosome inactivation, stem cells and genetic integrity. |
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Strong, Randy, Ph.D. |
Glucocorticoid regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase expression, gene expression, aging. |
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VandeBerg, John, Ph.D. |
Primate and opossum models of cardiovascular disease, Chagas disease, TB and melanoma.
Interactions of immune system with tumor growth and metastasis in xenogenic transplant model. |