Thomas W. Abrams,
Ph.D.  410-706-5837
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie synaptic changes during learning.
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Eugene Albrecht,
Ph.D. 410-706-3391
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Research: Pregnancy, placental and fetal development, reproductive endocrinology
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Edson X. Albuquerque,
M.D., Ph.D. 4l0-706-7333
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Effects of endogenous substances, toxins and clinically relevant drugs on nicotinic receptor function and expression, synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in the brain.
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Bradley E. Alger,
Ph.D. 410-706-3350
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: We study the 'brain's own marijuana', the endogenous system that uses the same receptors that marijuana affects, to regulate neuronal communication in the hippocampus. Our current focus is on LTP, LTD and theta rhythms.
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Manickavasagom Alkondon,
Ph.D. 410 706 3563
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Nicotine addiction research; Patch-clamp techniques using brain slices (rat and human); Physiology of nicotinic receptor-dependent neurocircuitries; Pharmacological characterization of brain nicotinic receptor subtypes
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Gad Alon,
PhD, PT 410-706-7733
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Limb Amputation Management, Therapeutic Technologies, and Neuro-Rehabilitation
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Sania Amr,
M.D. 410-706-1466
Epidemiology and Preventive
Research: Environmental and occupational exposures and their roles in the development of chronic diseases
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Karen Anderson,
M.D. 410-328-7809
Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology
Research: Behavioral symptoms in patients with movement disorders (Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease); Deep brain stimulation therapy for movement disorders brain imaging; Clinical trials for neurological symptoms of Huntington's disease; Clinical trials for behavioral symptoms in movement disorders.
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Larry Anderson,
Ph.D. 410-706-3989
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The two major research efforts in Dr. Anderson's laboratory are associated with reproduction. The first centers on the role of androgens in regulating various cellular and molecular characteristics involved in the growth, development, and differentiation of one compartment within the follicle of the ovary, the granulosa cells
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Robert Anderson,
Ph.D. 410-326-7247
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Research: Comparative immunology and immunotoxicology of marine organisms; immunological basis of disease susceptibility and resistance.
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Vanessa C.Z. Anseloni,
Psy.D., Ph.D. 410-706-3673
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: My research focus is on understanding the neurobiology of neonatal pain.
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Toni M. Antalis,
Ph.D. 410 706-8222
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular biology of angiogenesis and cancer; membrane serine proteases and their inhibitors; regulation of transcription factors by serpins; plasminogen activation and extracellular matrix remodeling in vascular biology
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Sergei Atamas,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-605-7000 x6468 or 410-706-6474
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Department of Medicine
Research: Immune and inflammatory mechanisms of tissue fibrosis
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Laure Aurelian,
Ph.D. 410-706-3895
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Ongoing studies are focused on understanding the molecular mechanism of H11 induced apoptosis, its regulation and its role in melanoma development.
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Abdu Azad,
Ph.D. 410-706-3335
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Our long-term goal is to assess the importance of rickettsial genes encoding virulence-associated proteins and their use in immunoprotection against pathogenic rickettsiae.
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Nicholas R. Bachur,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-708-3689
Research: My clinical and research interests continue to center on DNA interactive molecules.
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Guang Bai,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-2082
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: Genetic Regulation of the Glutamate Receptor Genes; Signal Transduction and Nuclear Targets
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Caroline Baier-Anderson,
Ph.D. 410-706-8196
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Chemical health risk analysis and exposure assessment.
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Linda Bambrick,
Ph.D. 410-706-3418
Anesthesiology Research
Research: Free radical generation and neuroprotection.
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Eileen Barry,
Ph.D. 410-706-3702
Department of Medicine/Center for Vaccine Development
Research: The research in my laboratory is focused on the development of live, attenuated bacterial strains which can be used as vaccines delivered by the oral route.
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Nasir Bashirelahi,
Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School
Research:
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Mona Baumgarten,
Ph.D. 410-706-1531
Research: Dr. Baumgarten’s major research interest is in the area of aging.
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Patrik Bavoil,
Ph.D. 410-706-6789
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: Chlamydia genomics; Molecular pathogenesis of Chlamydia species and chlamydiaphages
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Roy Bechtel,
PhD, PT 410-706-4544
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Spine, Pelvis, and SI Joint mechanics and function
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Alexey Belkin,
Ph.D. 410-706-8031
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Cell-matrix interactions, cell migration, integrins, transglutaminases
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Rita Sloan Berndt,
Ph.D. 410-706-5874
Department of Neurology
Research: My research interests focus on the representation of language processes in the brain.
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Steven Bernstein,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-3712
Opthalmology and Visual Sciences
Research:
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Christopher T. Bever,
M.D. 410-705-7060
Neurology
Research: Biochemical mechanisms of myelin damage in multiple sclerosis, particularly the role of macrophage proteinases and their modulation by interferons and other agents
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Stephen Bingham,
Ph.D. 410-706-2411 ext. 5301
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Clinical Trials, Study Methodology, Hypertension, Clinical Psychiatry and Alcoholism
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Lindsay W. Black,
Ph.D. 410-706-3510
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Mechanism of viral DNA packaging, and phage display for protein interactions and vaccine development.
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Tom Blanchard,
Ph.D. 410-706-1772
Department of Pediatrics
Research: My primary interests involve immune regulation and response in the gastrointestinal tract where the body is in continuous contact with commensal and pathogenic bacteria.
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Thomas Blanpied,
Ph.D. 410-706-4769
Department of Physiology
Research: Protein trafficking mechanisms underlying synaptic function and synapse plasticity.
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Mordecai P. Blaustein,
M.D. 410-706-3345
Department of Physiology
Research: My research concerns the regulation of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration and its role in normal and pathological cell signaling, especially in vascular smooth muscle (with a focus on the pathogenesis of salt-dependent hypertension) and in the nervous system.
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Mimi Blitzer,
Ph.D. 410-706-4065
Department of Pediatrics
Research: Biochemical and metabolic genetic disorders
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Robert J. Bloch,
Ph.D. (410)706-3020
Department of Physiology
Research: Membrane Domains and Membrane Organization in Nerve and Muscle; Postsynaptic Membrane Domains; Organization of Intracellular Membranes; Organization of the Sarcolemma into Costameres; The Role of Obscurin in Striated Muscle; Studies of Muscular Dystrophy
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Jacob Blumenthal,
M.D. 410-605-5428
Medicine
Research: the effects of aging and obesity on cytokine production by adipose tissue and their relationship to systemic levels and constituents of the metabolic syndrome, as well as examine the effect(s) of weight loss and aerobic exercise training in an older subset of subjects.
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Meredith Bond,
Ph.D. 410-706-1922
Department of Physiology
Research: Beta-adrenergic signaling pathways in heart failure; role of A-kinase Anchoring Proteins (AKAPs) in protein kinase A (PKA) targeting. Gene expression signatures of heart failure.
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Angela Brodie,
Ph.D. 410-706-3137
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Molecular Mechanism Involved in the Response of Breast and Prostate Cancer to Endocrine Treatment: Development and Optimization of Novel Therapies.
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Neville Brookes,
Ph.D. 410-706-3565
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our laboratory studies how brain cells integrate and coordinate the various membrane transport activities controlling the fluxes and compartmentation of amino acid neurotransmitters and their metabolic precursors.
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Clayton Brown,
Ph.D. 410-706-1058
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Brown's applied area of interest is psychiatry, especially health services and clinical research for schizophrenia and other seriously mentally ill patients.
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Robert Buchanan,
410-402-7876
Medicine
Research: neurobehavioral and neuroanatomical investigation of the pathophysiology of schizophrenia to the investigation of novel pharmacological approaches for negative symptoms, cognitive impairments and treatment-resistant patients with schizophrenia.
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James Campbell,
(410) 706-8695
Pediatrics
Research:
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Norman F. Capra,
Ph.D. 410-706-4219
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Research in my laboratory is directed toward understanding the neural basis for perception of jaw position and changes in jaw position (mandibular kinesthesia).
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Nicholas Carbonetti,
Ph.D. 410-706-7677
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Bordetella pertussis infection of the respiratory tract and the role of pertussis toxin in immunosuppression and virulence
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Gregory Carey,
Ph.D. 410-706-8191
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: We are investigating protein kinases in the PI3K/Akt and Ras signaling pathways and exploring ways to specifically activate protein phosphatases for tumor cell eradication and to better understand better immune function. Our research combines biological, biochemical, molecular and proteomics approaches.
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Drew E. Carlson,
Ph.D. 410-706-2598
Department of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Integrative Responses to Sepsis and Trauma
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William T. Carpenter,
M.D. 410-402-7201
Psychiatry
Research: Etiology, pathophysiology, and anatomy of schizophrenia
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France Carrier,
Ph.D. 410-706-5105
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Molecular Studies to counter carcinogenesis; the role of stress-activated RNA-binding proteins (RBP) in the genotoxic stress response; interactions of stress-activated proteins with chromatin DNA as a potential mechanism to increase the efficiency of anticancer drugs.
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Jan Cerny,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-7114
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research:
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Charles Chaffin,
Ph.D. 410-706-3031
OB/GYN & Reproductive Sciences
Research: Ovarian physiology; regulation of granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation; cell cycle control during follicular maturation and corpus luteum formation; steriod regulation of ovarian cancer
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Yen-Pei Chang,
Ph.D. 410-706-6737
Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine
Research: My research currently focuses on identifying susceptibility loci of common, complex diseases and modifier genes of monogenic diseases.
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Joseph F. Cheer,
Ph.D. 410-706-0112
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Research in my lab is aimed at understanding the physiological function of the endogenous cannabinoid system with a particular emphasis on normal motivated behaviors as well as its potential therapeutic role in pathological states such as addiction.
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Meenakshi Chellaiah,
Ph.D. 410-706-2083
Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences
Research: Signaling mechanisms involved in bone remodeling and cancer cell progression. role of actin and actin-binding proteins in cell shape changes and migration. Focus is on osteoclasts (bone cells), human melanoma cells, and prostate cancer cells
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Feng Chen,
Ph.D. 410-234-8866
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Microbial Ecology and Physiology
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Hegang Chen,
Ph.D. 410-706-4067
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Experimental Design, Survey Sampling, Generalized Linear Mixed Models and Statistical Methods in Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Curt Civin,
M.D. 410-706-5485
Pediatrics
Research: Once he had isolated stem cells, Dr. Civin hypothesized they might have a unique property on its surface, called an antigen. To identify this antigen, he developed an antibody, or cellular defense mechanism, that would target the antigen when it was introduced into the cell.
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Curt Civin,
M.D. (410) 706-1198
Pediatrics
Research:
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Alan Cross,
M.D. (410) 328-2565
Department of Medicine
Research: Development of bacterial vaccines; role of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in innate immunity; host defense mechanisms against bacterial infections; role of sialidase (neuraminidase) in the inflammatory process; clinical trials in immunocompromised hosts.
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Coleen Damcott,
PHD 410-706-1622
Medicine
Research: molecular basis and genetics of complex diseases in humans.
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Shiladitya DasSarma,
410-234-8847
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Research: Archaeal genomics, post-genomics and biotechnology
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Dean Dessem,
Ph.D. 410-706-7257
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: neuronal circuits involved in proprioception and kinesthesia; neural control of movement
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Louis J. DeTolla,
V.M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-8537
Pathology
Research: Animal Models - Oncology; Animal Models - Tranplantation; Animal Models - Infectious Diseases
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Anthony DeVico,
Ph.D. 410-706-4680
Institute of Human Virology
Research: neutralizing immune response against the co-receptor binding domain of HIV-1 gp120
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Paticia Dischinger,
PhD 410-328-4246
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: In particular, her research emphasis has been on the causes and outcomes of vehicular trauma; motorcycle-related injuries, seatbelt use, occupant injury mechanisms, pedestrian injuries and lower-extremity injuries to vehicle occupants. Other areas of research include: substance abuse and injury; injury surveillance; occupational injuries and traumatic brain injury.
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Michael Donnenberg,
M.D. 410-706-7562
Department of Medicine
Research: Molecular Pathogenesis of E. coli Infections
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Thomas Donner,
410-328-6542
Medicine
Research:
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Susan G. Dorsey,
410-706-7250
Organizational Systems and Adult Health
Research: Neurotrophin receptor signaling mechanisms underlying neuronal plasticity.
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Alex Drohat,
Ph.D. 410-706-8118
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: We study the structure and mechanism of enzymes involved in DNA repair and transcriptional regulation, which are implicated in cancer and other diseases, using a broad range of experimental approaches
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Jim Shaojun Du,
Ph.D. 410-234-8854
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Research: Muscular dystrophies and skeletal diseases. Molecular regulation of muscle and bone development and myofibril assembly.
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Richard L. Eckert,
Ph.D. 410-706-3220
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Samer El-Kamary,
M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. 410-706-2228
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Hepatitis virus infections, especially Hepatitis C in the United States and in Egypt; International Health and Tropical Medicine
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Greg Elmer,
Ph.D. 410-402-7576
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: The primary objective of our laboratory is to better understand the behavior neurogenetics of drug abuse and schizophrenia and to understand the neurobiological factors integral to the comorbidity of these psychiatric illnesses.
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Cyril O Enwonwu,
D.D.S., Ph.D. 410-706-7099
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dental School
Research: Protein-Energy Malnutrition; Public Health and International Nutrition; Nutrition and Oral Health; Sub-cellular Effects of Nutrients; Nutrients and Gene Expression
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Robert (Bob) Ernst,
PhD 410-706-3622
Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: The major focus of my lab is to investigate the mechanisms by which gram-negative bacteria modify the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide and how these alterations affect the host innate immune system.
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Reha Erzurumlu,
Ph.D. 410-706-7401
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying axon-target interactions in mammalian sensory pathways
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Daniele Fabris,
Ph.D. 410-455-3053
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Research: Our laboratory is dedicated to the structural and functional investigation of protein-nucleic acids complexes present in viruses responsible for infectious diseases, using mass spectrometry as the main analytical technique.
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Alan Faden,
M.D.
Research: Traumatic brain injury causes cognitive impairment. We examine the mechanisms of cell death associated with cognitive impairment after focal or diffuse brain injury in rodents and compare with MRI changes – including perfusion and diffusion imaging and lesion volumes. Novel neuroprotective strategies are assessed in both adult and developmental models.
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Hongbin Fang,
Ph.D. 410-706-4103
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Experimental design and statistical analysis for drug development, statistical methods for radiation biology and oncology, interval censored survival and multivariate survival analysis models.
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Shengyun Fang,
M.D., Ph.D. (410) 706-2220
Medical Biotechnology Center
Research: The ubiquitin proteasome pathway; Protein quality control in normal and disease conditions
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Donna Farber,
Ph.D. 410-706-7458
Department of Surgery
Research: The focus of my research is on CD4 T cell memory and peripheral T cell differentiation.
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Iain Farrance,
Ph.D. 410-706-7469
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Regulation of transcription in cardiac and skeletal muscle.
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Alessio Fasano,
M.D. 410-706-5501
Pediatrics
Research: pathogenesis of autoimmune disease; Pathophysiology of intestinal peremeability; Molecular biology of cell-cell interaction at the epithelial and endothelial level; Intercellular tight junctions
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Ricardo Feldman,
Ph.D. 410-706-4197
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms regulating the self-renewal, mobilization and tissue regeneration properties of adult and embryonic stem cells
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Pei Feng,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-7340
Biomedical Sciences
Research: Prostate Cancer Research; Zinc and Hormone related Signal Transduction Pathways in Cancer Research
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Paul Fishman,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-605-7000
Department of Neurology
Research: Alzheimer's Disease; Parkinson's Diseases and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases; Botulinum Toxin Treatments; Experimental Therapy Development; Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders
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Gary Fiskum,
Ph.D. 410-706-4711
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research focuses on the molecular mechanisms responsible for neurodegeneration with emphasis on ischemic and traumatic brain injury and Parkinson's Disease.
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Joe Flacco,
PhD 410-706-6041
High flying Ravens' Offense!
Research: I study the tape and throw the ball.
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Martin Flajnik,
Ph.D. 410-706-5161
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My work is centered on the evolution of the immune system, with the major goal being to understand the origins of adaptive immunity.
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Larry Forrester,
PhD 410-706-5212
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Motor Control; TMS and fMRI to assess CNS plasticity in chronic stroke patients who undergo treadmill training
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Nancy Fossett,
Ph.D. 410-706-8062
Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases/Pathology
Research: We are interested how multi-cellular organisms develop from a single cell or fertilized oocyte. We accomplish this goal by studying how evolutionarily conserved factors regulate blood and heart cell development in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
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Ashraf Fouad,
D.D.S. 410-706-7047
Department of Endodontics, Prothodontics & Operative Dentistry
Research: Microbial analysis of endodontic infections; Endodontic treatment outcomes; Determination of effective endodontic antimicrobial agents
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Renty Franklin,
Ph.D. 410-706-7259
Biomedical Sciences
Research: Hormone regulation of gene expression in the prostate and prostate cancer; zinc induction of apoptosis in prostate cancer cells
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Claire Fraser-Liggett,
Ph.D. 410-706-3879
Institute for Genome Sciences
Research: Metagenomics of human intestinal and oral microbiomes in health and disease
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Mathew B. Frieman,
PhD (410) 706-2539
Microbiology & Immunology
Research: The interaction between the SARS-CoV and the host during infection
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Douglas O. Frost,
Ph.D. 410-706-0413
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Anesthesiology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying normal neural development and the perturbation of these mechanisms in disease states or by drugs. We also study how these mechanisms can be harnessed for brain repair.
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Amy Fulton,
Ph.D.
Department of Pathology
Research: Breast cancer; mechanisms of metastasis; immune therapy; biological response modifiers
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Jon P. Furuno,
Ph.D. 410-706-0134
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: My research focuses on the study of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria among hospitalized patients and long-term care residents, infection control interventions to reduce transmission and acquisition of these bacteria, and epidemiologic methods to better study infectious diseases.
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Robert Gallo,
M.D. 410-706-8614
Institute of Human Virology
Research: the development of an effective HIV preventive vaccine and the development of innovative HIV therapies
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Ronald Gartenhaus,
M.D. 410-328-3691
Department of Medicine
Research: Lymphomagenesis; Molecular Genetics; Translational regulation
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Alfredo Garzino-Demo,
Ph.D. 410-706-4689
Institute of Human Virology
Research: role of chemokines that bind to CCR5 in protection from infection and disease progression
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Anthony Gaspari,
M.D. 410-328-5766
Department of Dermatology
Research: T-lymphocyte mediated allergic skin diseases, antigen presentation by resident epidermal cells such as Langerhans cells and keratinocytes to skin homing lymphocytes, and immunopharmacology
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Patricia Gearhart,
Ph.D. 410-558-8561
National Institute of Aging
Research: Biochemical and functional interactions of proteins that have been implicated in the error-prone repair pathway mediating somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes
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Paula Geigle,
PhD, PT 410-706-5210
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Aquatic Therapy
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Averell Gnatt,
Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
Research: Eukaryotic transcription; mammalian transcription; cancer
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Simeon Goldblum,
MD
Department of Medicine
Research: Endothelial cell biology; adherens junctions or zonula adherens; tyrosine phophorylation signaling events; endotoxin and Toll-like receptor signaling; protein tyrosine kinases and phosphatases
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Lawrence Goldman,
PhD 410-706-5713
Physiology
Research:
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Vera Golovina,
Ph.D. 410-706-4164
Physiology
Research: My research program focuses on understanding the mechanisms of regulation of Ca2+ signaling in glial and vascular smooth muscle cells and its role in physiological and pathophysiological processes. There are two major areas of active research.
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Da-Wei Gong,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-1672
Department of Medicine
Research: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of obesity and diabetes.
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Sharon Gordon,
D.D.S, M.P.H., Ph.D 410-706-1656
Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
Research: My research interest is injury and its clinical sequela--pain and wound healing--and the interaction of the inflammatory response and nervous system in pain.
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Todd Gould,
M.D. 410-706-5585
Department of Psychiatry
Research: My research uses molecular, cellular, and behavioral approaches to study the pharmacology of psychotropic medications and the underlying pathophysiology of mood disorders.
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Joel D. Greenspan,
Ph.D. 410-706-7090
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Investigating the neural processes underlying human somesthetic perception, including pain
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Ann Gruber-Baldini,
Ph.D. 410-706-2444
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Gruber-Baldini’s research interests are in gerontology, cognitive functioning and the impact of chronic conditions on functioning.
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Charlene Hafer-Macko,
M.D. (410) 706-6689
Neurology
Research:
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Anne Hamburger,
Ph.D. 410-706-3908
Department of Pathology
Research: ErbR receptors in breast and prostate cancer
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John Hamlyn,
Ph.D. 410-706-3479
Department of Physiology
Research: In contemporary thinking, our research might be termed: OUABAINOMICS.
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Anthony Harris,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-0064
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Harris is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist whose research interests include emerging pathogens, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, infection control interventions, epidemiologic methods in infectious diseases and medical informatics.
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Bret Hassel,
Ph.D. 410-328-2344
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My laboratory studies two pathways of interferon action that are involved in the antiviral and tumor suppressive activities of interferon.
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J. Richard Hebel,
Ph.D. 410-706-3810
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Evaluation of Biomarkers, Proxy Reliability and Validity, Recovery from Hip Fracture and Replacement, Fetal Exposure to Cigarette Smoking, Urinary Catheterization and Infections, Outcomes Associated with Senile Dementia, Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
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Russell Hill,
Ph.D. 410 234 8883
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Marine Microbiology and the Discovery of New Drugs
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M Hochberg,
(410) 706-6474
Medicine
Research: Dr. Hochberg's research focuses on the clinical epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. He is the Principal Investigator of the Baltimore Clinical Centers of the Osteoarthritis Initiative and the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, and Co-Principal Investigator of the Baltimore Hip Studies. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Gloria Hoffman,
Phd 410-706-2438
Research:
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Henry H. Holcomb,
M.D. 410-402-6817
Department of Psychiarty, MPRC
Research: The primary focus of my funded work concerns the question of perceptual learning in volunteers with schizophrenia.
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Laura Hungerford,
Ph.D. 410-706-2673
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and the Application of Techniques for Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Statistical Analysis and Dynamic Modeling in the Study of Zoonoses and Other Diseases
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Arif Hussain,
M.D. 410-328-7225
Medicine
Research: (1) Pre-clinical studies in animal xenografts for prostate cancer; (2) Calcium regulation/calcium pumps; (3) Drug resistance
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M. Samir Jafri,
Ph.D. 410-706-2384
Neurology
Research: 1) Organotypic nigrostriatal cultures to study neurodegeneration and neuroprotection 2) Translational neurosurgical project using novel optical imaging to target stem cell and gene therapy delivery.
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Rosemary Jagus,
Ph.D. 410-234-8822
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Molecular Biology of Translational Control
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Anil Jaiswal,
Ph.D. 410-706-2285
Pharmocology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research interests include 'Oxidative Stress Signaling, Cell Survival and Death, Chemoprevention, Oncogenesis and Bioreductive Drug Activation and Drug Development'.
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Laundette Jones,
Ph.D. 410-706-7331
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Genetic and Environmental Modifiers of Breast Cancer risk; Environmental Toxicology; Mechanisms of Chemical Carcinogenesis
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Lauren M. Jones-Lush,
Ph.D. 410-706-5490
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Dr. Jones-Lush uses robotics, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and functional imaging (fMRI) to study neuroplasticity, and is applying advanced methods in complex systems analysis to problems of motor rehabilitation after stroke.
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Susan I. V. Judge,
Ph.D. 410-706-4481
Department of Neurology
Research: Biophysical and molecular studies of voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels as potential therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative diseases (focus on multiple sclerosis).
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Dhan Kalvakolanu,
M.S. 410-328-1396
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major research interests of Dr. Kalvakolanu's lab are regulation of gene transcription and signal transduction by cytokines; Tumor cell growth control; and Regulation of novel Cell death-activating genes.
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Roberta Kamin-Lewis,
Ph.D. 410-706-4886
Deparrment of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: human host defense mechanisms with emphasis on mucosal immunity (immunity in the major tracts-GI, genital-urinary, oral cavity, etc) and HIV-1 vaccine development.
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Joseph Kao,
Ph.D. (410) 706-4167
Medical Biotechnology Center and Department of Physiology
Research: Developing Molecular Probes for Physiology and Neuroscience Research;
Calcium Regulation of Neuronal Excitability;
In Vivo Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging (EPRI)
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James Kaper,
Ph.D. 410-706-2344
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Research in my laboratory focuses on the molecular pathogenesis of enteric bacterial pathogens.
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Sergei Karnup,
MD, PhD, DSc. 410-706-3563
Dept. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therapeutics
Research: My principal research interests are cell-to-cell interactions and integrating mechanisms in the brain microcircuits.
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Richard L. Karpel,
Ph.D. 410-455-2510
Departmentof Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Research:
Structure of gene 32 protein core domain bound to a single-stranded oligonucleotide
Typical stopped-flow trace of gene 32 protein *I truncate binding poly(dT)
Structure-function studies on single-stranded nucleic acid binding proteins
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Achsah Keegan,
Ph.D. 410-706-8174
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major goal of our lab is to gain an understanding of the molecular mechanism by which IL-4 mediates its diverse array of biological effects with the future goal of developing rational strategies for manipulating immune responses.
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Asaf Keller,
Ph.D. 410-706-7307
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Research: Our laboratory's research focuses on information processing by local neuronal networks.
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Deanna Kelly,
BCPP (410) 402-6861
Medicine
Research: sexual functioning and prolactin side effects, metabolic side effects and treatment, drug-interactions, suicide and mortality and dual diagnosis recognition and treatment.
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Irving Kessler,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-7866
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Healthcare technology assessment, cost-effectiveness of health care, telemedicine, health risk assessment, trends in public health education
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Tami Kingsbury,
Ph.D. 410-706-7687
Research:
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Thorsten Kirsch,
Ph.D. 410-706-2417
Orthopedics
Research: Growth plate and articular cartilage biology, Osteoarthritis; Cell differentiation; Physiological and pathological mineralization of skeletal and other tissues; Calcium and phosphate homeostasis
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Steven Kittner,
M.D. 410-328-6485
Neurology
Research: Stroke genetics
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James I. Koenig,
Ph.D. 410-402-7319
Department of Psychiatry
Research: Neurobiology of stress and its relationship to neuropsychiatric diseases; environmental influences on the developing brain.
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Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos,
Ph.D. 410-706-5788
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: My research focuses on the role of cytoskeletal proteins in muscle organization.
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Robert Koos,
Ph.D. 410-706-8033
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Angiogenesis and other Developmental Processes in the Ovary and Uterus
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Willem Kop,
410-328-2063
Research:
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Bruce K. Krueger,
Ph.D. 410-706-5065
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research: The principal research interests of this laboratory are the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie brain development and cognitive behavior.
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H. Moo Kwon,
Ph.D. 410-706-4382
Department of Physiology and Medicine
Research: Osmotic regulation of transcription in the kidney.
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William LaCourse,
Ph.D. 410-455-2105
Chemistry and Biochemistry, UM Baltimore County
Research: Research interests include basic and applied research on hydrodynamic electroanalytical techniques in liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. Bioanalytical problems of critical significance lie in the areas of pharmaceutical, toxicological, forensic, environmental, pharmaceutical, and life science arenas.
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Joseph R. Lakowicz,
Ph.D. 410-706-8409
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: This laboratory is involved in the use and development of fluorescence spectroscopic methods.
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Wendy Lane,
M.D., M.P.H. 410-706-7865
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Epidemiology of child abuse and neglect
Child abuse prevention
Physician identification and reporting of maltreatment
Racial and ethnic disparities in child abuse identification and reporting
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Patricia Langenberg,
Ph.D. 410-706-3251
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: One of the major research areas is Women's Health. She chairs the Women's Health Research Group, an inter-disciplinary body housed in Epidemiology but with membership across the UMAB campus.
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W. Jonathan Lederer,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-8181
and Department of Physiology
Research: Ca2+ signaling in living cells.
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Barry Levine,
Ph.D. 410-333-3240
Maryland Medical Examiners Office, Department of Pathology
Research: Analytical methods for forensic toxicology.
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Myron M. Levine,
M.D., D.T.P.H. 410-706-7588
Department of Medicine
Research: Overview Pathogenesis of bacterial diarrheas; enteric vaccine development; field epidemiologic studies of bacterial enteric infections. Research Interests Development of vaccines against enteric infections.
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George Lewis,
Ph.D. 410-706-4688
Institute of Human Virology
Research: Development of Mucosal Vaccines Against HIV-1; The Role of Glycosaminoglycan Binding in the Biological Activities of b-chemokines
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Steve Liggett,
M.D. 410-706-6256
Medicine
Research:
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Erik P. Lillehoj,
Ph.D. 410-706-3872
Department of Pediatrics
Research: Expression, structure, and function of MUC1 mucin by respiratory epithelial cells; Avian coccidiosis vaccines
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Chen-Yong Lin,
Ph.D. 410-706-3261
Biochemistry & Molecular
Research: Breast cancer treatment and prevention
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Iris Lindberg,
Ph.D. 410-706-4778
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Protein Structure-Function Efforts; The Cell Biology of the Convertase-binding Protein Interaction; Proteomics of Neuropeptide Production
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Michael Lipsky,
Ph.D. 410-706-7276
Pathology
Research: Renal and hepatic toxicity of metals.
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David Litwack,
Ph.D. 410-706-8824
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Neurogenesis, cell migration, and axon guidance during development of the pontine nuclei
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Zhenqiu Liu,
Ph.D. 410-706-8523
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Statistic Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Data Ming. Include SNP, Mass Spectrometry, Microarray, and DNA sequence data analysis, dynamic pathway modeling and Meta analysis for cancer research
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Ferenc Livak,
M.D. (410) 706-0747
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Our ultimate goal is to integrate the function of the lymphoid specific and ubiquitous external signals as well as the cell-autonomous transcriptional program into a coherent framework of lymphocyte differentiation.
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Richard Lovering,
PhD 410-706-2665
Research: My research focuses skeletal muscle contraction-induced injury, specifically how the sarcolemma and cytoskeleton are affected by injury and how they are altered during recovery.
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Wuyuan Lu,
Ph.D. 410-706-4890
UMBI and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Research: Chemical Protein Engineering via Native Chemical Ligation;
Viral Proteins in HIV-1 Assembly and Maturation;
Targeting Tumorigenic Proteins for Cancer Therapy;
Structure and Function Relationships for Proteins in Innate Host Defense
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A-Lien Lu-Chang,
Ph.D. 410-706-4356
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: DNA repair of oxidatively damaged lesions and cell cycle checkpoints.
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Igor Lukashevich,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-1366
Department of Medicine
Research: Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever (LHF) virus pathogenesis and vaccine development
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Paul W. Luther,
Ph.D. 410-706-4166
Department of Physiology
Research: How nerve and muscle cells form the synaptic membranes that enable them to communicate
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Jay Magaziner,
Ph.D. 410-706-3553
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Magaziner pursues research in aging in three interrelated areas: the consequences of hip fracture; health and long-term care; and methods for studying older populations.
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Laurence Magder,
Ph.D. 410-706-3253
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: I am interested in developing relatively simple, easy-to-use, statistical methods that can be useful in biomedical research.
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David Mann,
M.D. 410-706-1329
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Diabetes, Smoking Cessation, Telemedicine, Preventive Medicine
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Dean Mann,
M.D. 410-328-5512
Department of Pathology
Research: Human Immunology, with an emphasis on the genetic control of the immune response as related to disease pathogenesis and treatment
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Frank L. Margolis,
Ph.D. 410-706-8913
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Research: One of the major goals of my laboratory is to identify and characterize the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulating olfactory neuron gene expression, and to learn how they contribute to the formation, organization and function of this critical chemosensory system.
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Stuart Martin,
Ph.D. 410-706-6601
Program in Oncology and Department of Physiology
Research: Breast tumor metastasis; apoptotic cell death; cytoskeleton and cell motility
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Donald (Rick) Matteson,
Ph.D. 410-706-1809
Department of Physiology
Research: Role of Ion Channels and Transporters in Smooth Muscle Cell Function; Role of Smooth Muscle Cell Ion Channels and Transporters in the Regulation of Blood Pressure
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Margaret M. McCarthy,
Ph.D. 410-706-2655
Departments of Physiology and Psychiatry
Research:
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Mary McKenna,
Ph.D. 410-706-1990
Pediatrics
Research:
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John C. McLenithan,
Ph.D. 410-706-1629
Departments of Medicine and Physiology
Research: Molecular and cellular basis of diabetes and obesity
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Leonid Medved,
Ph.D. 410-706-
Bichemistry and Molecular Biology
Research:
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Andrei Medvedev,
Ph.D. 410-706-5854
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My research focuses on mechanisms of signal transduction by innate sensors of microbial pathogens, Toll-like receptors, and their dysregulation in endotoxin tolerance and tolerance-like states.
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Gregory Melikian,
Ph.D. 410-706-4781
Institute of Human Virology
Research: The main focus of our group is the molecular mechanism by which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Rous sarcoma virus induce membrane fusion that leads to virus entry.
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Gregory Melikian,
Ph.D.
Institute of Human Virology
Research:
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Istvan Merchenthaler,
MD, PhD, DSc 410-706-1350
Department of Epidemiology and Anatomy/Neurobiology
Research: The role of estrogen and estrogen receptors as central regulators of reproduction and their role in neuroprotection (focal and global ischemia, aging, Alzheimer's disease).
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Andrea Meredith,
Ph.D. 410-706-5991
Department of Physiology
Research: Contribution of specific ion channels to information encoding in the brain and physiology. In my lab, we combine the genetic manipulation of ion channels with electrophysiology and systems physiology.
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Sarah Michel,
Ph.D. 410-706-7038
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Research: The role of metal ions in biology, particularly the roles of metal ions in homeostasis and toxicity.
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Ram Miller,
M.D. 410-706-2406
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research:
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Shiraz Mishra,
Ph.D. 410-706-8887
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Mishra’s research interests are in public and international health, specifically in the area of health services.
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H. Miso Misono,
Ph.D. 410-706-7168
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Dynamic regulation of neuronal ion channels
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Braxton D. Mitchell,
MPH 410-706-0161
Department of Medicine
Research: Genetic epidemiology of common complex diseases.
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Carys Mitchelmore,
Ph.D. 410-326-7283
Environmental Chemistry/Toxicology, Chesapeake Biological Lab, UMCES
Research: Aquatic toxicology; investigating molecular, biochemical and cellular responses of aquatic organisms to inorganic and organic pollutants.
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Archibald James (Jim) Mixson,
M.D. 410-706-3223
Department of Pathology
Research: Drug delivery, siRNA, Gene therapy
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Jessica Mong,
Ph.D. 410-706-4295
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: My laboratory is interested in the effects of gonadal steroids on neuronal-glial interactions in the developing and adult brain
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Mervyn J. Monteiro,
Ph.D. 410-706-8132
Medical Biotechnology Center & Neurology
Research: Molecular genetics of proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases.
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William F. Morgan,
Ph.D.
Radiation Oncology
Research:
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Susanne Morton,
PhD, PT 410-706-1535
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Neural mechanisms for production and adaptation of human locomotion
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Kamal Moudgil,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-7804
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: antigen processing and presentation; induction and regulation of autoimmune arthritis
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Steven D. Munger,
Ph.D. 410-706-5851
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Molecular basis of odor and taste transduction; structure/function of odor and taste receptors
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Garry Myers,
Ph.D. 410-706-5678
Institute for Genomic Sciences
Research: Comparative and Functional Genomics of the Chlamydiales and Coxiella burnetii, and metagenomics of the normal human vaginal microbiome
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Norbert R. Myslinski,
Ph.D. 410-706-7258
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: Sensory-motor integration of the human oral-facial region especially pain and mastication.
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James Nataro,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-8442
Department of Pediatrics
Research: My laboratory studies the molecular pathogenetic features of bacteria causing chronic diarrhea in the developing world.
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Yi Ning,
Ph.D. 410-706-4063
Department of Pathology: Cytogenetics
Research: Our clinical laboratory offers cytogenetic diagnosis for both constitutional and acquired chromosome abnormalities.
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Fumiko Obata,
Ph.D. 410-706-6916
Microbiology and Immunology
Research:
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Patricio O'Donnell,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-6411
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Our research is directed to understanding the neurobiology of schizophrenia and related neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as on the neurobiological changes during adolescence. We specifically focus on the role of dopamine in mesocorticolimbic circuits.
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John Ondov,
Ph.D. 410-405-1859
Chemistry and Biochemistry, UM College Park
Research: Measurement of aerosol particle composition and size distributions; instrument, multivariate receptor model, and intentional tracer methods development for quantifying human exposure and understanding the sources and fate of urban aerosol particles.
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Diana Oram,
Ph.D. 410-706-8705
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: Gram positive bacterial pathogenesis
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Heidi Ortmeyer,
PHD 410) 605-7000 x5419
Research:
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Denise Orwig,
Ph.D. 410-706-8951
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Dr. Orwig is trained in biobehavioral health and gerontology specializing in research with frail older adults and has additional training in pharmacoepidemiology.
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Yuko Ota,
Ph.D. 410-706-5161
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My current research interests are the search for the origins of immune genes and the manner by which the immune system was shaped over evolutionary time.
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Thomas Pallone,
M.D.
Medicine
Research: Microvascular transport in the renal medulla, Vasomotor control of descending vasa recta, Ouabain and descending vasa recta Ca2+ signaling
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Zeev Pancer,
Ph.D. 410-234-8834
Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI
Research: Comparative Immunology; Origin of vertebrate adaptive immunity - Rearranging antigen receptors of jawless vertebrates - Molecular mechanisms of invertebrate and vertebrate immunity.
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Macela Pasetti,
Ph.D. 410-706-2341
Department of Pediatrics
Research: Dr. Pasetti’s research focuses in the evaluation and characterization of immune responses induced by Shigella and Salmonella live vector vaccines expressing bacterial, protozoal, and viral antigens.
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Antonio Passaniti,
Ph.D. 410-328-5470
Department of Pathology
Research: Tumor angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation of blood vessel formation, therapeutic applications of anti-angiogenesis agents
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C. David Pauza,
Ph.D. 410-706-1367
Institute of Human Virology
Research: Cinical and animal model research on HIV/AIDS and the development of preventive or therapeutic vaccines.
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Raymond Penn,
PhD (410) 706-5170
Department of Medicine
Research: To identify cellular and molecular mechanisms by which G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate important functions in airway cells
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Edna F. R. Pereira,
Ph.D. 410-706-3563
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Nicotinic cholinergic systems in the developing and mature brain of male and female rodents: Effects of toxicants, drugs of abuse, and drugs clinically used to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
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Eli Perencevich ,
M.D. 410-706-0063
Epidemiology
Research: Dr. Perencevich is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist studying emerging pathogens and nosocomial infections.
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Robert Peters,
M.D (410) 605-7191
Medicine
Research: Major research interests include cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, antiarrhythmic devices, chronobiology and chronotherapeutics of cardiac arrhythmias and acute cardiac events
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Richard Pierson,
M.D. (410) 328-5842
Surgery
Research: Dr. Pierson's laboratory specializes in basic and translation research related to transplant immunology
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Silvia A. Pineiro,
Ph.D. 410-706-3773
Medical and Research Technology
Research: The general research interest in my lab is focused on the broad fields of genomics, functional genomics, taxomony and ecology of a unique predatory group of bacteria, the Bdellovibrio and like-organisms (BALOs),
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Allen R. Place,
Ph.D. 410-243-8828
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms that permit organisms to adapt to unique diets, environemnts, and interactions (symbiosis), molecular basis of sex determination
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Christopher Plowe,
M.D, M.P.H. 410-706-3082
Department of Medicine
Research: Malaria drug resistance, clinical trials of malaria drugs and vaccines, molecular epidemiology, malaria pathogenesis, malaria-HIV interactions
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Toni I. Pollin,
Ph.D. 410-706-1630
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition
Research: Genetic epidemiology and statistical genetics of complex diseases, particularly diabetes mellitus and related phenotypes; translation of human genetics research findings to clinical settings
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Brian Polster,
Ph.D. 410-706-3418
Anesthesiology
Research: Our lab focuses on unraveling the biochemical mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction that contribute to acute and chronic neurotoxicity in neurodegenerative disorders.
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Mikulas Popovic,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-5879
Institute of Human Virology/Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Studies of Immune-modulating Activities of HIV-1Tat and HIV-1p17
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Teodor Postolache,
M.D. (410)706-2323
Department of Psychiatry
Research: The main focus of our group is the interaction between the environment and endogenous biological rhythms.
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Elizabeth Powell,
Ph.D. 410-706-8189
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Forebrain development and the roles of inhibitory neurons in cognition and behavior, particularly epilepsy and autism
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Adam Puche,
Ph.D. 410-706-3530
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: changes in morphology, electrophysiology, and gene expression in these neurons as they develop using neuroanatomical, neurophysiology and molecular biology techniques
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Yun Qiu,
410-706-4535
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: protein phosphorylation and coupled post-translational modifications, mechanisms of drug resistance and tumor metastasis, cancer stem cells, mouse models of prostate cancer
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Charlene Quinn,
Ph.D. 410-706-2752
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Long term care for services for Older Adults, Health services research, Measures of Health Care Quality, and Epidemiology of Aging Populations
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William Randall,
Ph.D. 410-706-7530
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Gene expression, molecular neurobiology of cholinergic proteins, synapse formation, synaptic protein targeting, synaptic protein turnover, cytoskeletal assembly of synaptic proteins, transcriptional control of acetylcholinesterase.
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David Rasko,
Ph.D. 410-706-6774
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research:
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Feyruz Rassool,
Ph.D. 410-706-5337
Department of Radiation Oncology
Research: Cancer Biology and the role of Genomic Instability, in particular DNA damage and Repair, in Cancer and Leukemia disease progression. Studies involve mouse models of human myeloid malignancies
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Jean-Pierre Raufman,
M.D. 410-328-8728
Medicine
Research: Novel signaling molecules and pathways in the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. muscarinic receptors and ligands in colon cancer).
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Jacques Ravel,
Ph.D. 410-706-5674
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Exploring the human microbiome: ecology and metagenomics, Microbial genome sequence comparative analyses: the making of a genome with a special emphasis on human microbial pathogens
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Robert Redfield,
M.D. 410-706-4631
Institute of Human Virology/Microbiology and Immunology
Research: development of biological approaches for the treatment of chronic viral pathogens with a present-day focus on HIV
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James A. Reggia,
M.D., Ph.D. 301-405-2686
Department of Neurology
Research: Our research group focuses on studying and understanding 1) the underlying principles of biological computation, and how these principles can be adopted or modified to extend contemporary computer science methods, and 2) automated causal reasoning, such as abductive inference and Bayesian/belief networks.
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Marvin Reitz,
Ph.D. 410-706-4679
Institute of Human Virology
Research: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and its role in human diseases; Chemokines and HIV-1;
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Ke Ren,
Ph.D. 410-706-3250
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: The mechanisms that underlie the development and maintenance of persistent pain and hyperalgesia
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Mark Rizzo,
Ph.D. 410-706-2421
Department of Physiology
Research: Our group studies regulation of insulin secretion by G-protein coupled receptors, and release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum. We also use a structural biology-based approach for rational bioengineering of novel fluorescent proteins.
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Jin Y. Ro,
Ph.D. 410-706-6027
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Research: To elucidate neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms of acute and persistent craniofacial muscle pain
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Frank T. Robb,
Ph.D. (410) 234-8870 or -8800
Research: gene regulation and cell-to-cell communication by carbon monoxide
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Mary M. Rodgers,
PhD, PT 410-706-5658
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science & Rehabilitation Science
Research: Rehabilitation Biomechanics, Wheelchair Propulsion Biomechanics & Gait Analysis
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Terry B. Rogers,
Ph.D. 410-706-3169
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: We study the fundamental properties of heart cells and the impact of intracellular signaling mechanisms on the regulation of cardiac myocyte function.
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Mary-Claire Roghmann,
M.D. 410-706-0062
Epidemiology
Research: Molecular epidemiology of S. aureus
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William Romani,
PhD, PT, ATC 410-706-8410
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: ACL injuries in women; stress fracture diagnosis and rehabilitation
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Christopher Rowe,
Ph.D. (410) 326-7227
Environmental Chemistry/Toxicology, Chesapeake Biological Lab, UMCES
Research: Environmental toxicology and ecology; physiological and reproductive ecology; bioenergetics; marine ecology; life history theory.
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Renee Royak-Schaler,
Ph.D. 410-706-1049
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Cancer Prevention and Control, Mammography Screening and Breast Cancer Biology in African American Women
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Horea Rus,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-328-5605
Neurology
Research: Dr. Rus’s lab focus is on investigating the role of complement in demyelinating diseases. In addition, Dr. Rus participates and directs clinical trials in investigating new drug therapies for Multiple Sclerosis.
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James Russell,
M.D. 410-706-6689
Departments of Neurology, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Dr. Russell's laboratory focus is (1) understanding molecular mechanisms regulating mitochondria, signaling, and survival in neurons and glia (2) development of new therapies for neuropathy and neurodegenerative disorders.
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John Sacci,
Ph.D. 410-706-4071
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The principle area of my research has been the study of protozoan parasites and how they interact with their respective hosts.
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Maria Salvato,
Ph.D. 410-706-1368
Institute of Human Virology
Research: Pathogenesis of arenavirus hemorrhagic fever and arenavirus vaccines. Mechanisms of virus-mediated cell death in AIDS. Use of animal models, and genomic/proteomic approaches to analyze virus/host interactions.
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Edward A. Sausville,
M.D. 410-708-7394
Research: My clinical research interests at U. Maryland are directed at early phase clinical trials of new drugs for cancer treatment.
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Connie Schmaljohn,
Ph.D. 310-619-4103
Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Studies are focused toward developing vaccines and therapeutics to combat militarily relevant agents of disease.
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Martin F. Schneider,
Ph.D. 410-706-7812
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Generation of the Ca2+ transient in skeletal muscle; Molecular basis of skeletal muscle fiber types;Calcium signalling in neurons; Calcium homeostasis in dystrophic muscle fibers
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Geoff Schoenbaum,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-3814
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The lab studies the cognitive basis of goal-directed behavior using behavioral, pharmacological and neurophysiological techniques in rats.
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Lynn Schriml,
Ph.D. 410-706-6756
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Data mining, Emerging Pathogens, Molecular Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Statistics
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Dan Schulze,
Ph.D. 410-706-5180
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: My laboratory has developed an interest in molecular characterization of membrane transport molecules that regulate calcium (Ca) in cells.
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Robert Schwarcz,
Ph.D. (410) 402-7635
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: My laboratory is concerned with the molecular and cellular mechanisms which underlie nerve cell death in the central nervous system.
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David Scott,
Ph.D. 410-706-8069
Department of Surgery
Research: Our laboratory focuses on understanding how this self "tolerance" (or unresponsiveness) is learned by both B cells and T cells and applying it using a novel gene therapy approach.
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Jyoti Misra Sen,
M.Sc., Ph.D. 410-558-8163
NIH/NIA Laboratory of Immunology
Research: The long-term goal of our research is to define molecular interactions that are significant in the reconstitution of a functional immune system in adult mouse.
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Adil Shamoo,
Ph.D. 410-706-3327
Mobile 410-538-2599
FAX 410-706-3189
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Bioethics, Clinical Trials, Regulatory Compliance
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Michelle Shardell,
Ph.D. 410-706-8563
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
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Terez Shea-Donohue,
Ph.D. 410-706-6792
Physiology
Research: Dr. Shea-Donohue's research is focused on immune-based alterations in gastrointestinal function.
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Paul D. Shepard,
Ph.D. 410-402-7753
Department of Psychiatry
Research: Our research focuses on the physiological properties of midbrain dopamine neurons and their role in psychiatric and neurological disorders.
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Michael T. Shipley,
Ph.D. 410-706-3590
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: Our research centers on understanding the organization, function and development of neural networks.
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Mark Shirtliff,
Ph.D. 410-706-2263
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: My laboratory is presently using 2D gel electrophoresis, microarray analysis, reporter systems, and knockouts to identify biofilm specific genes and their products in Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis.
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Alan Shuldiner,
M.D. 410-706-1623
Department of Medicine
Research: Genetics of complex disease and traits; diagetes/obesity; cardiovascular disease; osteoporosis; pharmacogenomics
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J. Marc Simard,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-328-0850
Department of Neurosurgery
Research: The laboratory is dedicated to studying the regulation of ion channels in the two major systems that support central neuronal function: astrocytes and cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells.
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John Sorkin,
M.D. , PHD 410) 605-7119
Medicine
Research: The changes that occur with aging in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, obesity, and body fat distribution. He is interested in measuring the changes and determining the relation of the changes to the development of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, death, morbidity, and mortality.
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Katherine Squibb,
Ph.D. 410-706-8196
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Human health effects of ambient air particles in urban and rural areas and biological mechanisms that control metal target organ toxicity and carcinogenicity.
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William Stanley,
Ph.D. 410-706-3585
Medicine
Research: Our lab addresses questions regarding the role of substrate metabolism and diet in the pathophysiology of heart failure and acute ischemic events using broad systems approach.
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Nanette Steinle,
M.D. (410) 706-1512
Medicine
Research: Genetics of complex disease, Taste receptors and metabolic disorders, Genetics of blood-pressure regulation
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O. Colin Stine,
Ph.D. 410-706-1607
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: The genetics of early onset stroke; The genetics of Vibrio cholerae; The genetics of antibiotic resistant and pathogenic bacteria; Genetic analysis of colonic bacteria and their possible association with colon cancer
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Maureen L. Stone,
PhD 410-706-1269
Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: The tongue and vocal tract during speech, swallowing and breathing
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Mark Strauch,
Ph.D. 410-706-1815
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Research: DNA-binding proteins and global regulation of gene expression in Bacillus and Listeria
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Dudley Strickland,
Ph.D. 410-706-8010
Departments of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Lipoprotein & protease receptors, cell migration, Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular biology, PDGF receptor, macrophages and their role in inflammation.
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G. Thomas Strickland,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-7550
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: 1) Comprehensive studies of Hepatitis C and E in Egypt
2) Lyme disease and other tick-transmitted bacterial zoonoses
3) Interaction of environmental exposures and infectious diseases in Brazil and the Philippines.
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Scott Strome,
M.D. 410-328-6467
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Research: Dr. Strome's research program is focused on the study of mechanisms to harness the immune response to squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) for purposes of diagnoses/monitoring and therapy.
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Michael F. Summers,
Ph.D. 410-455-2527
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Research: NMR and biophysical studies of retroviral genome packaging and virus assembly.
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Veronika Szalai,
Ph.D. 410-455-1576
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMBC
Research: My general interests are in bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry.
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Marcelo Sztein,
M.D. 6-5328
Department of Pediatrics/Center for Vaccine Development
Research: Current projects encompass the study of systemic and mucosal innate and adaptive immune responses in volunteers participating in vaccine trials being conducted at the CVD and other sites.
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Carol Tacket,
M.D. (410) 706-8437
Medicine
Research:
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Malle Tagamets,
Ph.D. 410-402-6028
Deptartment of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: Development of large - scale quantitative models of human brain imaging data
Experimental fMRI research into reading and language
fMRI studies of semantic disturbances in schizophrenia
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Naoko Takebe,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-708-6870
Medicine and Pathology
Research: Expansion of hematopoietic stem cell and in vivo animal transplant model, differentiation therapy using adult stem cells and in vivo model, leukemia and myeloma experimental therapeutics.
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Koji Tamada,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-328-0372
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Research: Immunotherapy of cancer, transplantation, infectious diseases, and autoimmunity.
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Ming Tan,
Ph.D. 410-328-3516
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Design and Interim Analysis of Clinical Trials, Longitudinal (Hierarchical) Models, Evaluation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Multiple Markers/Tests/Readers, Statistical Methods in Molecular Genetics and Cancer Translational Reseach, Applied Bayesian Methods
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Cha-Min Tang,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-2347
Department of Neurology
Research: Our lab has two areas of interest: dendritic function and developing better tools to study brain function.
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Michael Terrin,
M.D. 410-706-6139
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Clinical Trials; Pulmonary Disease; Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Data Coordinating Centers
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Hervé Tettelin,
Ph.D. 410-706-6764
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Dr. Tettelin’s research focuses on the use of genomics and functional genomics to understand bacterial virulence, study host-pathogen interactions, and identify vaccine candidates and drug targets to cure disease.
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Loren Thompson,
Ph.D. 410-706-4422
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Research: Fetal Physiology; Effect of intrauterine stress on the fetal cardiovascular function - adaptive response to chronic hypoxia
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Richard B. Thompson,
Ph.D. 410-706-7142
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Development and application of fluorescence-based biosensors to problems of interest in biology and chemistry.
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Scott M. Thompson,
Ph.D. 410-706-5817
Department of Physiology
Research: We study synaptic transmission in the CNS, including both its normal regulation and its alteration under pathological conditions, such as epilepsy, depression and chronic pain.
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Guoliang Tian,
Ph.D. 410-706-7880
Epidemiology and Preventive
Research: Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Noniterative Monte Carlo Methods; Bayesian Analysis in Medicine; EM Algorithm; Experimental Design
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Alan Tomkinson,
Ph.D. 410-706-2795
Radiation Oncology
Research: DNA replication, DNA repair and genetic recombination
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Leonardo Tonelli,
Ph.D. 410-706-2323
Psychiatry
Research: Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology
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Eric A. Toth,
Ph.D. 410-706-5345
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: My research centers on the structure and function of protein complexes crucial to chromosomal integrity and RNA processing.
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Kate Tracy,
Ph.D. 410-706-1205
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Barriers to cervical cancer screening in lesbians, female sexual functioning as a quality-of-life issue and sex differences in chronic diseases and conditions.
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Richard J. Traub,
Ph.D. 410-706-5117
Department of Neural and Pain Sciences
Research: Spinal processing of visceral pain: sex differences and the role of gonadal hormones; differential modulation of spinal circuitry underlying pain and hyperalgesia.
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Matthew Trudeau,
Ph.D. 410-706-5551
Department of Physiology
Research: My lab investigates the molecular specializations underlying ion channel function in potassium channels activated by voltage and cation channels activated by intracellular cyclic nucleotides.
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Shambhu D. Varma,
Ph.D. 410-706-3395
Department of Ophthalmology
Research: Biochemistry & Physiology of the Eye; Mechanisms of Diabetic and Age Related Complications and Diseases of the Eye; Mechanisms of Cataractogenesis; Corneal Abnormalities; Oxygen Radicals; Nutritional and Metabolic Antioxidants
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Bruce E. Vogel,
Ph.D. 410-706-4516
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and Department of Physiology
Research: Cell & Developmental Biology of extracellular and cytoskeletal proteins
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Michael W. Vogel,
Ph.D. 410-402-7756
Department of Psychiatry, MPRC
Research: Basic Developmental Neurobiology Research; Preclinical Schizophrenia Research
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Stefanie Vogel,
Ph.D. 410-706-4838
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Dr. Vogel’s research is focused on the capacity of macrophages to respond to bacterial products such as the endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram negative bacteria.
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James B. Wade,
Ph.D. 410-706-3190
Department of Physiology
Research:
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Sandra Waller,
P.T., PhD, M.ED 6-0787
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research:
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Jian-Ying Wang,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-605-5678
Departments of Surgery and Pathology
Research: Studies in my laboratory are to define biological functions of cellular polyamines, especially roles of polyamines in regulation of gut epithelial cell renewal, migration, apoptosis, and cell-cell interactions.
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Lai-Xi Wang,
Ph.D. 410-706-4982
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: The focus of our current research is centered on protein glycosylation, one of the most ubiquitous posttranslational modifications of proteins in eukaryotes.
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Chris Ward,
PhD 6-3618
School of Nursing
Research:
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Jordan E. Warnick,
Ph.D. 410-706-3026
Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Medical Education, Pharmacology, Toxicology
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Tonya J. Webb,
PhD (410) 706-4109
Microbiology & Immunology
Research:
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David Weber,
Ph.D. 410-706-4354
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research: Biochemistry, molecular biology, and structural biology techniques such as NMR are used to discover how the tumor suppressor protein, p53, is down-regulated in cancer via other cellular proteins (i.e. hdm2, S100B).
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Edward Weinman,
M.D. 410-706-1555
Medicine
Research: We have isolated and cloned two members of a protein family called the Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger Regulatory Factor (NHERF-1 and NHERF-2).
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Daniel Weinreich,
Ph.D. 410-706-5833
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Our research goal is to understand how the immune and nervous systems communicate with each other at the cellular level.
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David Weiss,
Ph.D. 410-642-2411 ext.5300
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Multi-center, Multi-year Study of Alcoholic Liver Disease
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Paul A. Welling,
M.D. 410-706-3851
Department of Physiology
Research: Molecular Physiology and Genetics of Electrolyte Transport Disorders & Ion Channels
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Jill Whitall,
PhD 410-706-0764
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Research: Neuromotor Control; Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Owen White,
Ph.D. 410-706-3464
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research:
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Withrow Gil Wier,
Ph.D. 410-706-3349
Department of Physiology
Research: Vascular biology; calcium signaling in smooth muscle; alpha adrenoceptors in smooth muscle; purinergic receptors in smooth muscle
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Mark Williams,
Ph.D. 410-706-8204
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The major focus of my lab is to investigate the mechanisms by which reactive oxygen or nitrogen species affect the immune system.
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Gerald M. Wilson,
410-706-8904
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Post-transcriptional regulation of genes contributing to tumor development and heart disease
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P. David Wilson,
Ph.D. 410-706-3464
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Longitudinal Data Analysis: Research in New Methods, Application to Epidemiogy and Other Biomedical Research
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Jeff Winkles,
Ph.D. 410-706-8172
Departments of Surgery and Physiology
Research: Tumor growth, invasion, and angiogenesis; cytokine signaling; inflammation
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George Wittenberg,
M.D., Ph.D. 410-706-4456 (BRB) or 410-605-7000 ext. 4128
Neurology, VA Baltimore GRECC
Research: transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional imaging; cortical reorganization following stroke; designing/testing new methods for neurorehabilitation, including robotic rehabilitation.
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Sztalryd - Carole Woodle,
Phd 410-605-5417
Medicine
Research: The study and characterization of lipid droplet surface proteins and their role in regulating the fat storage compartment in adipose tissues as well as in non-adipose tissues (liver, muscle and heart).
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Austin Yang,
Ph.D. 410-328-7588
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research: The primary interest of my laboratory is to understand the molecular and biochemical events leading to pathological aging and the early development of cancer.
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Paul J. Yarowsky,
Ph.D. 410-706-3134
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Research: Interests of this laboratory are concerned with understanding how cognitive and neurodegeneration disorders such as Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease may result from abnormal brain development and increased apoptosis.
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Min Zhan,
Ph.D. 410-706-3518
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Research: Survival Analysis, Event History Analysis
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Steven Zhan,
Ph.D. 410-706-8228
Research: Molecular mechanics of cell invasion and tumor metastasis
Physiological functions of the actin cytoskeleton associated proteins
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Li Zhang,
Ph.D. 410-706-8040
Department of Physiology
Research: Biology of leukocyte integrins, especially the CD18 integrin subfamily, and their roles in physiological and pathological processes
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Richard Zhao,
Ph.D. 410-706-6301
www.zhaolab.us
Departments of Pathology, Microbiology-Immunology
Research: Virus-host interactions and their roles in cell cycle G2/M regulation, apoptosis and host innate antiviral responses; HIV-1 Vpr; Human biology and virology; Fission yeast genetics
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Yonathan Zohar,
Ph.D. 410-234-8803
Center of Marine Biotechnology
Research: Neuroendocrinology and physiology of reproduction in marine models; Functional significance of GnRH multiplicity in vertebrates |