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Current and Prospective Research Mentors
Faculty Departmental Affiliation Research Area
Stephen Alexander, PhD Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Science Mechanisms of resistance to anticancer drugs and DNA repair; regulation of protein secretion during development; proteomic approaches to cancer and cell biology
Deb Anderson, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Host pathogen interactions of Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague
Brenda Beerntsen, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Mosquito-parasite interactions of malaria and filarid worm disease
Cynthia Besch-Williford, DVM, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine Infectious diseases of laboratory animals, cancer modulation by phytoestrogens, molecular diagnostics
James Birchler, PhD Division of Biological Sciences, College of Arts & Science Molecular genetics of multicellular eukaryotes
Frank Booth, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, College Veterinary Medicine Physiological, biochemical, molecular, genetic, and health adaptations to altered usage of skeletal muscle
Douglas Bowles, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, College Veterinary Medicine Effects of exercise, atherosclerosis, and gender on vascular ion channels
Charles Brown, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Immunopathogenesis of Lyme disease
Elizabeth Bryda, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Genetics of development; deafness and polycystic kidney disease
Donald Burke, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine Small RNA molecules (aptamers and ribozymes) in gene therapy and microbicide strategies
Michael Calcutt, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of Mycoplasmas
Anand Chandrasekhar, PhD Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences Molecular genetics of motor neuron development in the brainstem
Lane L. Clarke, DVM, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Electrolyte transport across murine epithelia in health and disease
Jimi Cook, DVM, PhD Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine Comparative orthopaedic surgery
John Critser, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Director of Comparative Medicine Center Fundamental cryobiology and cryopreservation of multiple cell and tissue types
George Davis, MD, PhD Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology Molecular control of capillary tube assembly during development and angiogenesis
Dongsheng Duan, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Life Sciences Center Adeno-associated viral vector, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Craig Franklin DVM, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Inflammatory bowel diseases; sex hormones and bacterial-initiated chronic inflammation
Shubhra Gangopadhyay, PhD Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering Design and development of MEMS and NEMS based sensory platforms for detection of chemical and biological threats and animal disease surveillance.
Shelia Grant, PhD Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering Biophotonics and development of diagnostic sensors and biosensors
Marc Hamilton, PhD Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Chronic metabolic diseases related to poor plasma lipid metabolism
Eileen Hasser, PhD Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Neurohumoral control of circulation
Cheryl Heesch, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Neurohumoral control of circulation
Timothy Hoffman, PhD Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology; Nuclear Sciences & Engineering Institute; Department of Radiology, and the Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute Pre-clinical development of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the detection and treatment of human cancers
Virginia Huxley, PhD Departments of Medical Pharmacology & Physiology and Biomedical Sciences, National Center for Gender Physiology, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Health Activity Center Mechanisms regulating microvascular transport in health and disease
Salman M. Hyder, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences; Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Breast cancer, growth factors, angiogenesis, steroid receptors, anti-hormones
Jamal Ibdah, MD, PhD Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine Molecular basis of diseases associated with fatty acid oxidation defects
Marc Johnson, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine , Life Sciences Center Retrovirus assembly
Cathy Kuehl-Kovarik, PhD Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Neural control of the reproductive system
M. Harold Laughlin, PhD Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Cardiovascular and Renal Physiology
David R. Lee, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine Activation of dendritic cells and their role in T lymphocyte responses to antigens; Protein pharmaceuticals produced in plants
Michael Lewis, PhD Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine Development of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the detection and treatment of cancer
Robert S. Livingston, DVM, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Infectious diseases of laboratory animals, molecular diagnostics
Christian Lorson, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Life Sciences Center Molecular genetic mechanisms which result in spinal muscular atrophy; RNA processing; gene therapy and virology
Dennis Lubahn, PhD Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health, School of Medicine Estrogen and estrogen receptor functions
Kerry McDonald, PhD Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine Regulation of striated muscle contraction
Helen Mullen, PhD Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine Murine models of autoimmune thyroiditis
Satish S. Nair, PhD Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering Dynamic Modeling and Control of Systems; Uncertainty Modeling; Robust, Adaptive, Neural Network, and Intelligent techniques
Michael Petris, PhD Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine , Life Sciences Center Molecular regulation of metal ion homeostasis
Charlotte Phillips, PhD Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health, School of Medicine Murine< models of inherited connective tissue disorders
David J. Pintel, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Life Sciences Center Molecular genetics of parvoviruses and adeno-associated viruses; epidemiological and molecular aspects of newly identified rodent parvoviruses
Randall S. Prather, PhD Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Early embryo development, transgenesis, in vitro embryo production, transcriptional profiling
Bimal Ray, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Inflammation, Gene Regulation, Control of inflammatory diseases, Cancer metastasis, Transcription factors
Lela K. Riley, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Microbial Pathogenesis development of molecular diagnostic test, identification of emerging agents, animal resource centers
R. Michael Roberts, PhD Departments of Animal Sciences and Biochemistry, Director of Life Sciences Center Maternal recognition of pregnancy, transcription factors, effects of maternal diet on pregnancy
Steven Segal, PhD Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology Control of tissue blood flow
Krishna Sharma, PhD Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine Cataractogenesis
Kathy L. Sharpe-Timms, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences; Director of MU Assisted Reproduction Laboratories Endometrial pathophysiologies including endometriosis, endometrial cancer, abnormal embryo implantation and early pregnancy loss.
James R. Sowers, MD Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine Vascular biology, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, insulin signaling
George Stewart, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Regulation of virulence gene expression: Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus anthracis, Fusobacterium necrophorum
Roger (Bill) Stich, PhD Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Ticks and tick-borne pathogens
Grace Sun, PhD Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine Signal transduction pathways in neurological diseases including stroke and Alzheimer’s disease
Peter Sutovsky, PhD Departments of Animal Science, and Obstetrics and Gynecology Ubiquitin system in mammalian spermatogenesis, epididymal sperm maturation, fertilization and zygotic development; development of novel diagnostic tools for infertility treatment
Ronald L. Terjung, PhD Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine; Physiology, College of Medicine Muscle, Energy Metabolism, Exercise Physiology, Training Adaptations
Gary Weisman, PhD Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, Life Sciences Center Biochemistry of Nutrition, Biochemistry of Cancer, Biochemistry of the Nervous System, Gene Regulation, Hormone Action/Receptor Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Protein Structure/Molecular Dynamic Simulation, Signal Transduction
Habib Zaghouani, PhD Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine T Cell Tolerance and Autoimmunity