Faculty

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.

Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Secondary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Research Summary:

Studies of radiation as carcinogen in breast, and its application as a cancer treatment using mouse models and human tissues and cell cultures.

Jody Baron, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Research Summary:

Innate and adaptive immunity to viral pathogens

Allan Basbaum, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Neurobiology

Secondary Thematic Area:

None

Research Summary:

The Neurological Basis of Pain and Its Control

James Bayrer, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology

Research Summary:

Our laboratory deciphers the molecular machinery controlling intestinal epithelial renewal and gut signaling via genetic disease models coupled with mouse and human intestinal organoids.

Mentorship Development:

12/19/19 ACRA: Setting training expectations for trainees on the academic career track

Michael Beattie, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Neurobiology

Secondary Thematic Area:

None

Research Summary:

CNS injury and repair

Peter Beernink, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis

Secondary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Research Summary:

My laboratory investigates molecular interactions among microbial vaccine antigens, host antibodies, and other immune system proteins.

Paola Betancur, PhD

Primary Thematic Area:

Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

Secondary Thematic Area:

Human Genetics

Research Summary:

Gene regulation in health and disease

Mallar Bhattacharya, MD

Primary Thematic Area:

Immunology

Secondary Thematic Area:

Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology

Research Summary:

The Bhattacharya Laboratory studies the effect of macrophages on fibroblast activation during the fibrotic phase of tissue injury, with a focus on lung fibrosis.