Faculty
Faculty in the Cellular and Molecular
Physiology graduate program encompass the entire Physiology
faculty, and includes additional faculty members from
Neuroscience and Medicine.
Research training begins in the first
year when students perform four 10-week laboratory
rotations. The two Fall rotations may be with any of
the approximately 60 research laboratory in the Integrated
Studies Program. For the Spring rotations, students
may choose from the entire 120-member Sackler faculty.
Students select their thesis advisor
at the end of the first year, and this determines which
program they will enter in their second year. If a
thesis advisor is chosen from the list below, the students
will enter the Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
| Program Faculty |
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Eunice
Bloomquist, Ph.D.*, Professor of Physiology
Neuroimmune interactions in inflammation
|
Brent
H. Cochran, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
Mechanisms of signal transduction
|
James F.
Dice, Ph.D.*, Professor of Physiology
Intracellular protein degradation; cellular mechanisms
of aging
|
Kathleen
Dunlap, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience
Calcium channels modulation by G protein-coupled
receptors
|
Jerry Faust,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology
Isopentenyladenosine; neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
|
Michael
Forgac, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
Structure, function and regulation of the vacuolar
proton ATPase
|
Eric Frank,
Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Physiology
Molecular mechanisms specifying the development
of synaptic connections between neurons
|
Jonas
Galper, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine
Sterol regulation of cardiovascular disease
|
Ira M.
Herman, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
Vascular cell and developmental biology
|
Michele
Jacob, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Neuroscience
Neuronal synapse formation
|
Daniel Jay,
Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
Biochemistry of neuronal development; mechanisms
of metastasis
|
Douglas
Jefferson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Physiology
CF and ADPKD associated hepatobiliary disease
|
Peter Juo,
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology
Cell biology of the synapse; Localization and regulation
of synaptic proteins
|
Paul
C. Leavis, Ph.D.*, Associate Professor of
Physiology
Muscle contraction; embryonic growth factors
|
Laura
Liscum, Ph.D., Program Director, Professor
of Physiology
Cholesterol trafficking and disease
|
Michael
Mendelsohn, M.D., Professor of Medicine
Estrogen and the cardiovascular system; nitric
oxide synthase
|
Maribel
Rios, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Obesity and mood disorders; neurodegeneration
|
Michael
Rosenblatt, M.D., Dean of Medical School,
Professor of Physiology
Bone biology and osteoporosis ; cancer metastasis
to bone
|
G. Gary
Sahagian, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology
Lysosomal trafficking in normal and disease processes
|
Amy
Simon, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
STAT signaling in inflammatory pulmonary disease
|
Howard
Surks, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine
Physiological regulation of vascular tone
|
Barbara
R. Talamo, Ph.D.*, Professor of Neuroscience
ATP signaling in acinar cells; olfactory signal
transduction
|
Rick
Van Etten, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine
Transformation and leukemogenesis by the abl oncogene
family
|
Douglas
Vetter, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor of Neuroscience
Neurotransmitter receptor function; auditory physiology
|
| *While still active
in graduate education, these professors are no
longer accepting students for Ph.D. thesis research. |
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