Physiology Faculty Research Interests
Associate Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Mechanisms by which polymodal receptors translate various stimuli into protein function.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Animal models to elucidate the mechanisms that lead to neuronal degeneration in Familial Dysautonomia and Huntington's disease and to test therapeutic strategies.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: To understand the structure and function of ion channels, specifically studying inwardly rectifying potassium channels.
Assistant Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Investigating the whole-body metabolism through the lens of bariatric surgery study and endocrine physiology.
Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Physiological functions and pathological alternations in vascular ion channels.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Diabetic cardiomyopathy, functional-molecular genomics and cardiometabolic disorders, calcium signaling, myocardial bibrosis, genetic instability, heart failure, and Investigational drug discovery for heart failure, diabetes, and ER stress complications.
Associate Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Understanding the cellular signaling that drives maladaptive heart remodeling and heart failure.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: We investigate the roles of endogenous carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide in regulating blood-brain barrier permeability and in promoting survival of neurovascular cells during cerebral vascular insult caused by oxidative stress in the neonatal brain.
Associate Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Inflammatory responses in lung microcirculation; Role of junctional proteins as mediators of proinflammatory signaling.
George and Elizabeth Malloy Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Gene regulation, cell signaling and vascular wall remodeling; Phospholipases, eicosanoids, cytokines and endothelial cell barrier function and pathological angiogenesis
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Regulation of epithelial tight junctions and adherens junctions by intracellular signal transduction with special emphasis on protein phosphorylation.
Professor and Chair Thomas A Gerwin Chair of Excellence - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of hypertension and diabetes; epigenetic regulation of cardiovascular and renal function.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Dean - College of Graduate Health Sciences
Research Interests: Mechanisms controlling potassium content and volume of muscle
Harriet Van Vleet Endowed Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Lipid growth factors in health and disease with a particular emphasis on drug discovery of anti-metastatic lipids. We are particularly interested in developing radiomitigators that protect animals from lethal levels of irradiation.
Associate Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Mechanosensitive ion channels, fatty acids, electrophysiology, C. elegans behavior, touch sensation, blood pressure regulation.
Associate Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Wound healing, response to injury, and regenerative medicine, specifically elucidating the mechanisms involved in the regenerative response, the role of stem cells in tissue repair, and the correction of abnormal healing in the adult.