Name/Degree |
Rank |
Primary (& Secondary)
Appointment(s) |
Research Interests |
| Asrar B Malik., PhD |
Distinguished Professor and Head |
Pharmacology
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Regulation of barrier property of lung endothelial cells; cellular and molecular basis of lung endothelial activation and injury; neutrophil/endothelial interactions. |
| Steven J. Ackerman, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry and
Molecular Genetics
(Medicine) |
Transcriptional mechanisms regulating development and gene expression; biology of eosinophils and their role in inflammation. |
| Richard V. Benya, MD |
Professor |
Medicine- Section of Digestive Disease and Nutrition |
Heptahelical G protein-coupled receptor activation mechanisms and their role in cell activation and proliferation. |
| Scott T. Brady, PhD |
Professor and Head |
Cell Biology |
Molecular motors (kinesins) and regulation of intracellular vesicle trafficking. |
| David W. Carley, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
(Medicine-Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine) |
Pathogenesis of sleep apnea syndrome and regulation of breathing. |
| Athar Chishti, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology |
Organization and regulation of cytoskeleton; role of calpain in platelet and neutrophil activation, and in inflammation. |
| John Christman, MD |
Professor and Section Chief |
Medicine-Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
(Pharmacology)
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Regulation of NF-kappaB activation and role in lung inflammation. |
| Oscar Colamonici, MD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology |
Characterization of structure of interferon receptor and cytokine signaling. |
| James L. Cook, MD |
Professor and Section Chief |
Medicine - Section of Infectious Diseases
(Microbiology and Immunology) |
Regulation of apoptosis by adenoviral E1A oncogene; macrophage interaction with anthrax and development of novel therapeutics. |
| Primal de Lanerolle, PhD |
Professor |
Physiology and Biophysics |
Mechanisms and molecular pharmacology of platelet activation; platelet and endothelial cell interactions. |
| Xiaoping Du, M.D., PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology |
Mechanisms and molecular pharmacology of platelet activation; platelet and endothelial cell interactions. |
| Peter G.W. Gettins, DPhil |
Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
(Center for Structural Biology) |
Structure and function of serpins such as anti-thrombin and role in thrombosis. |
| Nissim Hay, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
Mechanisms of cell survival and cell cycle control; Akt regulation of cell function. |
| Gail Hecht, MD |
Professor and Section Chief |
Medicine-Section of Digestive Disease and Nutrition
(Microbiology and Immunology) |
Pathogenesis of E. coli sepsis; E. coli interactions with epithelial cells. |
| Ronald Hoffman, MD. |
Professor |
Medicine-Section of Hematology and Oncology, Cancer Center |
Biology of stem cells. |
| Jack Kaplan, PhD |
Professor and Head |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
Molecular studies of ATPases or ion pumps. |
| Tohru Kozasa, M.D., PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology |
Biochemical investigations of
G protein-mediated signal transduction pathways. |
| Stephen C.-T. Lam, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology |
Role of platelet adhesive functions in hemostasis and thrombosis. |
| Lester F. Lau, Ph.D. |
Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
Angiogenesis, cell growth, and differentiation. |
| Guy C. Le Breton, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology |
Mechanisms in platelet activation via thromoxane A2 receptors and its inhibition; pharmacological prevention and management of thrombosis. |
| Theodore Mazzone, MD |
Professor and Section Chief |
Medicine- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism
(Pharmacology) |
Biology of macrophages; activation and function of scavenger receptors. |
| Dolly Mehta, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Role of actin polymerization in activation of endothelial cells and endothelial permeability regulation. |
| Richard D. Minshall, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Anesthesiology
(Pharmacology)
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Paracellular and transcellular transport; signaling mechanisms regulating permeability of lung endothelium to macromolecules. |
| Miodrag Radulovacki, MD, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
(Medicine-Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine) |
Pathogenic mechanisms of sleep apnea. |
| Mark M. Rasenick, PhD |
Professor |
Physiology and Biophysics |
Cytoskeletal modulation of G protein signal transduction. |
| Pradip Raychaudhuri, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
Regulators of mammalian replication genes. |
| Randal A. Skidgel, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
(Anesthesiology)
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Analysis of enzymes controlling activity of peptide hormones in lung; regulation of NO production in endothelial cells via carboxypeptidases. |
| Karen Snapp, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology |
Adhesion and migration mediated by P-selectin and its ligands. |
| Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Synergistic actions of TNFalpha and thrombin in endothelial cell activation; role of Ca2+ signaling in NF-kappaB activation. |
| Angela Tyner, PhD |
Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
(Medicine- Section of Digestive Disease and Nutrition) |
Epithelial cell differentiation. |
| David Ucker, PhD |
Professor |
Microbiology and Immunology |
Control of cellular apoptosis by caspases. |
| Tatyana Voyno-Yasenetskaya, MD, PhD |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacology
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Study of heterotrimeric G proteins involved in endothelial activation. |
| Richard Ye, MD, PhD |
Professor |
Pharmacology
(Microbiology and Immunology)
(Center for Lung and Vascular Biology) |
Chemoattractant activation of phagocytes and generation of directed cell migration and degranulation. |
