Physiology Faculty Research Interests
Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Renal and vascular physiology and pathophysiology in neonates and adults.
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 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.
Professor - Department of Physiology
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs - College of Medicine
Research Interests: Secondary messenger signaling pathways in the heart.
Maury Bronstein Endowed Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Physiological functions and pathological alternations in vascular ion channels.
Assistant Professor - Department of Physiology
Research Interests: Cardiovascular diseases and obesity, specifically interactions with gut microbiota.
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 heme oxygenase and carbon monoxide, the heme oxygenase derived endogenous gaseous mediator in regulating blood flow to the brain and in promoting survival of brain endothelial cells during cerebral vascular insult caused by seizures and oxidative stress.
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.