Physiology & Biophysics Graduate Student Mentors

 

Cardiovascular Physiology:  Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

Janice Jones, Ph.D.  Membrane electrophysiology and cytosolic calcium.  Mechanisms of cardiac pacing, defibrillation, and ablation of arrhythmogenic sites.  (biophysics interest)

Adam Myers, Ph.D.  Cellular mechanisms of platelet and vascular function.  Mechanisms and mediators of shock, ischemia and thrombosis.  Alcohol and platelet function. (CAM interest, CSD-HAD*)

Kathryn Sandberg, Ph.D.  Peptide hormone receptors in models of hypertension, angiogenesis and cell proliferation:  regulation of receptor expression by transcriptional and post-transcriptional means and molecular mechanisms of ligand recognition and receptor activation. (CSD-HAD*)

Zofia Zukowska, M.D., Ph.D.  Neurogenic control of vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells by neuropeptide Y.  Integrative cellular and molecular mechanisms of vessel remodeling, angiogenesis and atherosclerosis. (CSD-HAD*)

Neurosciences and Neuroimmunology

Jagmeet Kanwal, Ph.D.  Auditory/cortical neurophysiology; neural mechanisms, encoding and cortical representation of communication sounds, including music. (biophysics and CAM interests)

Michael Lumpkin, Ph.D.  Brain peptide regulation of hypothalamic and pituitary hormone secretion. Immune system and cytokine regulation of neuroendocrine mechanisms, particularly in HIV/AIDS disorders. (CAM interest)

Candace Pert, Ph.D.  Psychoneuroimmunology.  Design and testing of receptor active therapeutic peptides; mapping and functions of neuro- and immunopeptides and their receptors. (CAM interest)

Josef Rauschecker, Ph.D., DSc.   Functional organization and plasticity of the cerebral cortex. (biophysics interest)

Michael Ruff, Ph.D.  Immunology and virology.  Shared viral and peptide receptors and cytokines in the pathogenesis of AIDS. (CAM interest)

Biao Tian, Ph.D.    Neurophysiology of the auditory cortex in mammals. (biophysics interest)

Stefano Vicini, Ph.D.  Regulation of excitatory and inhibitory amino acid activated ionic channels in neuronal membranes. (biophysics interest)

Jiang-Young Wu, Ph.D. Optical imaging of dynamic activity of local neural assemblies; oscillatory patterns and seizure generation in cortical circuits. (biophysics interest)

Renal/Endocrine Biology

Hakima Amri, Ph.D.  Regulation of reproductive hormones and receptors. (CAM interest, CSD-HAD*)

Christine Maric, Ph.D. Renal complications in diabetes; extracellular matrix proliferation, oxidative stress; sex hormones in renal disease. (CSD-HAD*)

Susan Mulroney, Ph.D.  Genetic expression of growth factors in renal development and pathology.  Molecular mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy and hypertension; sexual dimorphism of integrated endocrine-renal function and growth.  Central control of renal function. (CSD-HAD*, CAM interests)

Harry Preuss, M.D.    Physiologic basis of nutrition. .(CAM interest)

Lung Biology

Linda Clerch, Ph.D.    Gene expression in lung development.

Donald Massaro, M.D.  Pharmacologic and molecular basis of lung regeneration.

Biophysics

Robert Ledley, D.D.S.  Computational sciences: development of medical instrumentation, imaging, stereo 3-D analysis. Protein sequence database (Protein Information Resource).  Separation of fetal cells from maternal blood. (biophysics interest)

 

* CSD-HAD is the Center for the Study of Sex Differences in Health, Aging and Disease