Molecular Medicine Graduate Program
Mentors in Integrated Systems Biology
Cardiovascular Disease & High Blood Pressure
Paula  Q.  Barrett,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pharmacology
Research Interests:
Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.
Brian  R.  Duling,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Cell-cell signaling in the Microvascular Wall
Robin  A.  Felder,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Pathology
Research Interests:
Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology. Medical Automation Research. Neurotransmitters, cell surface receptors and intracellular second messengers.
Brent  A.  French,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Novel Therapies for Treating and Preventing Ischemic Heart Disease
Adrian  R.L.  Gear,  D.Phil.    [more information]
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests:
Blood-platelet function; Cardiovascular disease; Inflammation
Howard  C.  Kutchai,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor and Acting Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Quaternary Structure of Na, K-ATPase and Its Regulatory Significance
Victor  E.  Laubach,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Associate Professor of Research of Surgery
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of Compensatory Lung Growth and Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Klaus  Ley,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests:
Leukocyte and Monocyte Adhesion and Activation in Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
Coleen  A.  McNamara,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Role of Id3 and Id3a in Regulating the Smooth Muscle Cell Response to Vascular Injury Gene Delivery
Joseph  Randall  Moorman,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Mathematical Analysis of Cardiac Rhythms
Gary  K.  Owens,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Molecular Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation
Christopher  M.  Rembold,  M.D.    [more information]
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests:
Smooth Muscle Signal Transduction Nitric Oxide
Avril  V.  Somlyo,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Signaling pathways that regulate contractility in smooth muscle tissues and migrating cells in normal and disease states such an coronary artery disease, asthma and hypertension. Structure function studies of the intercalated disk in the heart.
Gabor  Szabo,  Ph.D.    [more information]
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Research Interests:
Molecular interactions in G protein coupled signal transduction. Function of membrane proteins in pure lipid membranes. Role of ion channels in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation.