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All of the faculty associated with the BMS graduate program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of an individual research program, contact information, recent publications and links to other relevant websites. Each of our faculty is associated with one or more of our eight thematic areas; click on the thematic area name listed by each of our faculty to read more about the research going on in that area, and to view a list of all faculty associated with that thematic area.

Faculty

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abul Abbas, MBBS
Primary Research Interest: Immunology
T-cell regulation in tolerance and immunity
Manish Aghi, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Defining the interaction between tumor cells and the microenvironment in glioblastoma, including during therapeutic resistance
Nadav Ahituv, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyGene regulation and human disease
Rosemary Akhurst, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyGrowth factors and genetic modifiers in vascular biology and cancer
Christopher Allen, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Cellular Dynamics of Allergic Immune Responses
Tamara Alliston, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySkeletal Cell Differentiation and Matrix Quality
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Birth and Migration of New Neurons
Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsThe Genetic Control of Autoimmune Disease
Raul Andino, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisReplication of RNA Viruses and Vaccine Development
K. Mark Ansel, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRegulation of gene expression in the immune system
Kaveh Ashrafi, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyAnalysis of genetic and neuronal networks that regulate fat content
Kamran Atabai, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyApoptotic cell and collagen clearance in health and disease

B

Anna Bakardjiev, MD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisHost-Pathogen Interactions at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Allan Balmain, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMouse models for the study of human cancer susceptibility and cancer progression
Diane Barber, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignal Transduction and Cytoskeleton Organization
Jody Baron, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisInnate and adaptive immunity to viral pathogens
Allan Basbaum, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyThe Neurological Basis of Pain and Its Control
Boris Bastian, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Michael S. Beattie, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyCNS injury and repair
Gabriele Bergers, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Elucidating the dialogue between the tumor cell compartment and the vascular niche
Aditi Bhargava, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyGut-brain cross-talk: mediation by stress hormone system
Daniel Bikle, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyRegulation of cellular differentiation and function by calciotropic hormones
Trever Bivona, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human Genetics
Molecular Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapy of Lung Cancer
Brian Black, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyTranscriptional Control of Mammalian Organogenesis
Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingTelomere Synthesis and Function
Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular basis of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and contribution to cancer
Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyRegulation of T-cell activation and tolerance during autoimmune and transplantation responses
Nancy Boudreau, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRole of Homeobox genes in cancer, angiogenesis and wound healing
Ben Braun, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyRas signaling in cancer stem cells
Frances Brodsky, DPhil
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology

Intracellular Membrane Traffic: Mechanisms & Immune Function

Katja Brückner, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingHematopoiesis and cell signaling
Laura Bull, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyGenetics approaches to study of the biology of the liver in health and disease
Esteban Gonzalez Burchard, MD, MPH
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsPharmacogenomics and Genetic Epidemiology of Pulmonary Diseases
Trevor Burt, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Immunology
Jeffrey Bush, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignaling control of craniofacial development and congenital disease

C

George Caughey, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyLung Peptidases in Allergy and Host Defense
Denise Chan, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyUnderstanding tumor oxygen homeostasis and angiogenesis
Jonah R. Chan, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyNeuronal/Glial Interactions that Control Myelination
Harold Chapman, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingIntegrin signaling in lung fibrosis and cancer
Ajay Chawla, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyImmune determinants of metabolism and regeneration
Ben Cheyette, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyWnt Signaling in Development and Function of the Mammalian Brain
Charles Chiu, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisMetagenomics-Based Technologies for Virus Detection and Discovery
James Cleaver, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsDNA Repair Mechanisms and Human Disease
Philip Coffino, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsProteasomes, substrate recognition and processing
Bruce Conklin, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Receptors, Stem Cells and Pharmacology

Marco Conti, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyMechanisms of Action of Peptide Hormones and Growth Factors
David Copenhagen, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySynapses, Circuits and Development in Retina
Joe Costello, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsIntegrated genomic and epigenomic mechanisms contributing to cancer
Shaun Coughlin, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignaling mechanisms in cardiovascular biology and disease
Jeffery Cox, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyHost-Pathogen Interactions Responsible for M. tuberculosis Virulence
Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Genetics and epidemiology of human autoimmune disease
Jason Cyster, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisMolecular Regulation of Cell Migration and Survival in Lymphoid Tissues

D

Maximiliano DAngelo, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Jayanta Debnath, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Autophagy In Cell Survival and Cancer Progression 
Anthony DeFranco, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRegulation of B Lymphocyte and Macrophage Function by Cell Surface Receptors
Rahul C. Deo, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyComputational and cellular approaches to metabolic disease
Joseph DeRisi, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsGenomic approaches to yeast molecular biology and infectious disease
Rik Derynck, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingTransmembrane TGF-a and TGF-b Receptor Signaling in Cell Proliferation and Differentiation
Sophie Dumont, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Mechanics of chromosome segregation

E

Robert Edwards, MD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyThe Molecular Basis of Neurotransmitter Release and Its Role in Synaptic Physiology, Behavior and Disease
Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Bacterial host-Cell Interactions
David Erle, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyImmunopathogenesis of Asthma; Genomics of Disease

F

John V. Fahy, MD, MSc
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyMechanism Oriented Clinical Research in Airway Disease
Robert V. Farese Jr., MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology

Lipid homeostasis in cells and organisms

Phillip Febbo, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsGenetics and Genomics of Cancer Progression and Therapeutic Response
Margaret Feeney, MD, MMSc
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisImmunopathogenesis of HIV and malaria in childhood
Donna Ferriero, MD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyInjury Response in the Developing Nervous System
Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Neurodegeneration
Susan Fisher, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyPlacental Biology/Bacterial Adhesion
Lawrence Fong, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingImmunobiology of Dendritic Cells in Disease
Judith Ford, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyCorollary Discharge Mechanism in Psychosis
James Frank, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingAlveolar epithelial barrier regulation and repair in the lung
Alan Frankel, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisRNA-Protein Recognition
Ying-Hui Fu, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyHuman genetics in neurodegenerative disease and circadian/sleep behavior

G

Li Gan, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyMolecular pathways in neurodegenerative diseases
David Gardner, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyEndocrine control of growth and function in the cardiovascular system: role of the natriuretic peptides and vitamin D
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyNeural Mechanisms of Attention and Memory
Michael German, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyDevelopment and Biology of the Pancreatic Islets
Kathleen Giacomini, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingPharmacogenomics of Membrane Transporters
Jane Gitschier, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyHuman Genetics
Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyNormal and abnormal endometrial development
Andrei Goga, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Oncogenes and Cell Cycle Control
Douglas B. Gould, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyGenetic Dissection of Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease
Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Molecular Analysis of HIV Pathogenesis
Carol Gross, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsRegulation of Gene Expression
Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyMetabolic Changes and the Host Response to Infection

H

Hobart Harris, MD, MPH
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyLipoproteins and Immune Responses to Infection and Acute Injury
Daniel Hart, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyZebrafish; development; transcription; stem cells
Akiko Hata, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyTGFbeta family of signaling pathway
Matthias Hebrok, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular mechanisms of pancreas development, function and disease
Judith Hellman, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyRole of Innate Immune Pathways in Sepsis and Critical Illness
De'Broski R. Herbert, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of parasitic helminth infection
Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Immunology
Ryan Hernandez, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsHuman population genomics
Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyHormonal and genetic regulation of human disease
Wen-Chi Hsueh, MPH, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyGenetic epidemiology of aging- and metabolism-related complex traits in humans
Eric Huang, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyMolecular Mechanisms Controlling Neuronal and Neurovascular Development
Yadong Huang, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Neurodegenerative Diseases

I

Holly Ingraham, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMechanisms of Hormone Action in Organ Development and Disease

J

Robert Jaffe, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyGrowth and Differentiated Function in Human Fetal Adrenal and Gonad
David James, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsCNS Tumor Molecular Biology and Therapeutic Testing
Lily Jan, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyPotassium Channels
Alexander (Sandy) Johnson, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsVirulence and Evolution of a Human Pathogen
Meshell Johnson, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyRole of the alveolar epithelium in lung fluid balance
David Julius, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyMolecular Biology of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Ion Channels
Natalia Jura, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyMolecular basis for Receptor Tyrosine Kinase signaling across the plasma membrane

K

Shingo Kajimura, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyMolecular Basis of Fat Cell Development and Energy Homeostasis
Y.W. Kan, MBBS, DSc
Control of Gene Expression
Aimee Kao, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyProgrammed Cell Death and the Pathophysiology of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cynthia Kenyon, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyThe Biology of Cell Migration, Pattern Formation and Lifespan
Charlie Kim, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyImmune recognition and control of malaria
Yuriy Kirichok, PhD
Molecular Physiology of Mitochondrial Membranes; Mitochondrial Ion Channels and Transporters
Ophir Klein, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsDevelopmental genetics of organ formation and regeneration
Sarah Knox, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyThe role of neuronal-epithelial interactions during organogenesis and regeneration
Jane Koehler, MD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisPathogenic Interactions Between the Hemotrophic Bacterium Bartonella and Mammalian Host Cells
Scott Kogan, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyCooperating Events in Myeloid Leukemogenesis and Their Reversal
Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Immunology
The Intersection between Dietary Lipids, Inflammation, and Metabolic Disease
Tom Kornberg, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsOrganogenesis and patterning during development
Anatol Kreitzer, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySynaptic plasticity and circuit function in the basal ganglia
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyNeural Stem Cells and Embryonic Cortical Development
Matthew Krummel, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular Coordination in Multipartite Interactions
Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsAnalysis of Complex Genetic Traits

L

Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Mechanisms of Cellular and Behavioral Plasticity
Diana Laird, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsMolecular and cellular mechanisms of primordial germ cell development
Lewis Lanier, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingNK cell receptors in viral immunity, tumor immunity, and autoimmunity
Jennifer LaVail, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisAxonal Transport Mechanisms of Herpes Simplex Virus in CNS Neurons
Andrew Leavitt, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Megakaryocytopoiesis

Jay Levy, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisHIV Pathogenesis
Joachim Li, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRegulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication
Long-Cheng Li, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySmall RNA-mediated epigenetic and transcriptional regulation mechanisms and their implications for cancer
Daniel A. Lim, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyEpigenetic determinants of neural stem cell fate
Limin Liu, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyMetabolism and Regulation of Nitric Oxide Bioactivity
Richard Locksley, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisAnalysis of vertebrate immunity in vivo
Stavros Lomvardos, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyIdentification and characterization of stochastic choices in the nervous system
Mark R. Looney, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyMechanisms of lung inflammation and injury
Clifford Lowell, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingTyrosine Kinase Regulated Signal Transduction in Blood Cells
Susan Lynch, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyHuman Microbiome, Chronic Inflammatory Disease

M

Averil Ma, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingUbiquitination and Innate Immunity
Tippi MacKenzie, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Tolerance induction after in utero stem cell transplantation or gene therapy
Jacquelyn Maher, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyTissue-protective cytokines; fatty liver disease
Emin Maltepe, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyThe Regulation of Cell Fate by Oxygen and Mitochondria
Ralph Marcucio, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyCraniofacial development, evolutionary biology, trauma, bone repair, angiogenesis
Marta Margeta, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Metabolism, Excitability, and Neurologic Disease 


Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD
Mehrdad Matloubian, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisLymphocyte Migration and Autoimmune Disease
Theodora Mauro, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyIonic Fluxes Control Keratinocyte Adhesion, Differentiation and Secretion
Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingTherapeutic Approaches to Cancer
Mike McCune, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyPathogenic Mechanisms, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Disease
James McKerrow, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyBiochemistry, Immunopathogenesis and Molecular Biology of Parasitic Diseases
Martin McMahon, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingOncogenes, Signal Transduction and Mouse Models of Cancer
Michael McManus, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyNoncoding RNAs - the Dark Matter of the Genome
Patrick McQuillen, MD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyCortical Development and Plasticity Following Early Brain Injury
Synthia Mellon, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyDevelopmental Regulation, Molecular Biology and Novel Actions of Steroid/Neurosteroid Synthesis
Takashi Mikawa, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyDevelopmental Regulation of Organogenesis
Dan Minor, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyMolecular Basis of Electrical Signaling
JJ Miranda, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Viral Genome Organization
Mark Moasser, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyTyrosine kinase signaling in cancer
Keith Mostov, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyEpithelial Polarity and Morphogenesis
Lennart Mucke, MD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyMolecular Neurobiology of CNS Diseases
Pamela Munster, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
John Murnane, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMechanisms of genomic instability in mammalian cells
Markus Müschen, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyGenetic analysis of signal transduction in B cell development and leukemia

N

Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyMitochondrial Pathobiology in Neurodegenerative Disease
Robert Nissenson, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignal Transduction Mechanisms in Bone Cell Differentiation and Function
Doug Nixon, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisCellular immune responses to HIV
Linda Noble, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyNeurobiology of CNS Injury
Suzanne Noble, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
The biology of Candida albicans: a unique human pathogen
Robert Nussbaum, MD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Genetic Analysis of Parkinson's disease and other disorders
Todd Nystul, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Epithelial stem cells and cancer

O

Scott Oakes, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyThe Biochemistry of Apoptosis (or Programmed Cell Death)
Jeffrey Olgin, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyMechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Molecular Pathogenesis of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections

P

Barbara Panning, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Feroz Papa, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyProtein misfolding diseases and novel therapies
Emmanuelle Passegue, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular and cellular understanding of normal and leukemogenic hematopoiesis
David Pearce, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyRegulation of gene expression and epithelial ion transport by stress steroids
Anders Persson, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Development and biology of brain tumors
B. Matija Peterlin, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisMolecular biology of MHC II and HIV
Joanna J. Phillips, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Tumor-microenvironment interactions regulating brain tumorigenesis
Samuel Pleasure, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyControl of Neural Stem Cell Fate and Migration in the Cortex
Jason Pomerantz, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyMesenchymal tissue regeneration
Mary Premenko-Lanier, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisCellular immune dysfunction during persistent viral infections
Louis Ptacek, MD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyGenetics and biology of human nervous system disorders
Jennifer Puck, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsInherited disorders of lymphocyte development

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Miguel Ramalho-Santos, PhD, MSc
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyRegulation of Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming
Louis Reichardt, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Extracellular Factors Affecting Neuron Development
Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignaling at the Primary Cilium, the Cell's Antenna
Neil Risch, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsHuman Genetics, Population Genetics, Statistical Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology
Jason Rock, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyStem cells in lung development, maintenance and disease
Dorit Ron, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySignal transduction and neurobiology of addiction
Jeroen Roose, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Ras Signal Transduction in Lymphocytes and Cancer
Steve Rosen, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRoles of biological sulfation in leukocyte trafficking and tumorigenesis
Michael Rosenblum, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologyDefining the cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune regulation in peripheral tissues
Philip Rosenthal, MD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsMolecular, translational, and clinical studies of malaria
Susanna Rosi, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Neuroinflammation, synaptic plasticity, hippocampal learning and memory, and prefrontal executive and cognitive functions
David Rowitch, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyCNS Development and Disease
James Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
John Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyGenetic Regulation of Regional Specification and Differentiation in the Forebrain
Davide Ruggero, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsDynamics of translation control in gene expression, cancer, and disease
Eric Rulifson, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyDevelopmental Genetics of the Drosophila Neuroendocrine System and Diabetes

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Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Role of TGFβ in mucosal anti-viral immune responses
Richard Schneider, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyCraniofacial Morphogenesis and Evolution
Bill Seaman, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRegulation of Innate Immunity by Cell Surface Receptors
Scott Seeley, MD, PhD
Mark Seielstad, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyPopulation Genetics and Human Genetics of Host Defense, Autoimmune Disease, and Diabetes
Neil Shah, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyTargeted Therapy of Hematologic Malignancies
Nirao Shah, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyNeural control of sexually dimorphic behaviors
Kevin Shannon, MD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsMolecular Genetics and Therapy of Myeloid Leukemia
Robin Shaw, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingRegulation of Cardiac Ion Channels: Cytoskeleton and Membrane Targeting
Dean Sheppard, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyIn vivo function of integrins and molecular basis of lung diseases
Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyThe genetics of autism and epilepsy: studies in cerebral development and connectivity
Joseph T. C. Shieh, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Genomic Determinants in Human Developmental Disorders
Jeoung-Sook Shin, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Immunology

Antigen presentation by dendritic cells and its role in immune tolerance and allergy

Dolores Shoback, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyParathyroid hormone secretion and physiology, calcium receptors, metabolic bone disease
Anita Sil, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Regulation of cell shape and virulence by temperature in the fungal pathogen Histoplasma capsulatum
Jun Song, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Computational biology of genetic and epigenetic regulatory networks
Matt Springer, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyAngiogenesis & vascular biology, myocardial repair, endothelial function, and second hand smoke
David Sretavan, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyMechanisms of axon injury, disease, and novel methods of axon repair
Deepak Srivastava, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsMolecular and Genetic Dissection of Cardiogenesis and Its Role in Human Disease
Brad Stohr, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingTelomere Dysfunction in Human Cancer
Paul Sullam, MD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Pathogenetic mechanisms of Gram-positive pathogens
Raymond Swanson, MD
Primary Research Interest: Neurobiology
Bioenergetics and cell death in the central nervous system

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Qizhi Tang, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologyRegulatory T cell control of autoimmunity and transplant rejection
Barry Taylor, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human Genetics
Pathogenetic basis of human cancers and their response to therapy
Thea Tlsty, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyRegulation of Genomic Instability in Mammalian Cells
David Toczyski, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingActivation of the DNA damage checkpoint

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Erik Ullian, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyThe Role of Glia in the Formation and Function of Synaptic Circuits

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Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyGenetics of Metabolic Diseases
Eric Verdin, MD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial PathogenesisSecondary Research Interest: ImmunologyHIV Pathogenesis and lymphocyte biology
Zena Vexler, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac Biology
Brain microenvironment as modulator of neurovascular injury and repair after adult and neonatal stroke
Susan Voglmaier, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: NeurobiologyVesicle Trafficking and Neurotransmitter Release
Thiennu Vu, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & Endocrinology
The regulation of lung vascularization and development

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Matthias Wabl, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingAutoimmune Disease
Jeff Wall, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsEvolutionary and Human Genetics
Rong Wang, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingMolecular Regulation of Mammalian Arterial Venous Specification
Valerie Weaver, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyThe tissue microenvironment and mechanical force in adult and stem cell fate
Leor Weinberger, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Regulatory Circuitry of Viruses and Engineering Novel Therapeutics
Arthur Weiss, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignal transduction in lymphocytes
Ethan J. Weiss, MD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyHormonal regulation of energy metabolism/ Novel mechanisms of thrombosis susceptibility
Lauren Weiss, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Neurobiology
The Genetics of Autism
William Weiss, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsMouse models for tumors of the nervous system
Jonathan Weissman, PhD
Proteomics, Prions, Protein Folding
Zena Werb, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingFunctions of the Extracellular Microenvironment in Development and Cancer
Joe Wiemels, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingEtiology and genetics of childhood leukemia and brain cancer
Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Mechanisms of Liver Regeneration and Cancer
Torsten Wittmann, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingCytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Polarization
David Wofsy, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologyMechanisms of autoimmunity
Paul Wolters, MD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologyCellular and molecular pathogenesis of lung disease
Prescott G. Woodruff, MD, MPH
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsGenomics of Obstructive Lung Diseases
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologyPathogenesis of Human Neurogenetic Diseases

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Allison Xu, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Tissue/Organ Biology & EndocrinologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyHypothalamic regulation of energy balance, obesity and type 2 diabetes

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Keith Yamamoto, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Cancer Biology & Cell SignalingSignal Transduction and Transcriptional Regulation
William L. Young, MD
Primary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologySecondary Research Interest: Human GeneticsIntegrative Study of Brain Vascular Malformations

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Noah Zaitlen, PhD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsSecondary Research Interest: Immunology
Development of statistical methods for uncovering the genetic basis of human disease
Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD
Primary Research Interest: ImmunologySecondary Research Interest: NeurobiologyPathogenesis and immune modulation of CNS autoimmunity
Julie Zikherman, MD
Primary Research Interest: Immunology
Elad Ziv, MD
Primary Research Interest: Human GeneticsApplication of Population Genetics to the Study of Complex Traits in Humans
Ann Zovein, MD
Primary Research Interest: Developmental & Stem Cell BiologySecondary Research Interest: Vascular & Cardiac BiologyDiversification of vascular lineages