Endocrinology Program Members

Margaret A. Shupnik, Ph.D., Program Leader

Professor, Department of Medicine & Physiology

Estrogen receptor (ER) action in gene transcription and cell proliferation; estrogen receptor subtype-specific actions and cross-talk with intracellular signaling pathways

Theresa A. Guise, M.D., Program Co-leader

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Molecular mechanisms in bone metastases of breast and prostate cancer, translational models to test efficacy of pharmaceutical interventions

George P. Amorino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research, Radiation Oncology

Radiosensitization in prostate cancer models; modulation of signal transduction pathways in cellular radiosensitivity; neuroendocrine cells in prostate cancer

John M.  Chirgwin, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Regulation of gene expression in skeletal metastasis of breast and prostate cancer, autocrine motility factor/phosphoglucose isomerase as a causal factor in cancer cachexia, and potential role of prostate PSA in skeletal metastasis

Gregory Clines, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Metastatic bone disease metastasis

Richard N. Day, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Cellular assembly of transcription factor and nuclear receptor-coregulatory protein complexes and regulation of gene transcription

Dan Gioeli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Microbiology

Peptide growth factor and androgen signaling cross-talk and contribution to progression of prostate cancer from androgen-dependent to androgen-independent disease

Phillip Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Role of insulin-like growth factor-II binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) in colorectal cancer biology

Carla Green, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Circadian control of neuroendocrine genes

Joel M. Linden, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Hypothalamic, pituitary and peripheral interactions in the pathogenesis of pituitary adenomas invasion and recurrence; molecular genetics characteristics of gliomas and tumor behavior

John C. Marshall, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Mechanisms of GnRH regulation of gonadotropin and steroid synthesis; role of follistatin and activin in modulating SMAD activity and cellular function

Jerry L. Nadler, M.D.

Professor and Division Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine

Mechanisms of cytokine action and inflammation; products of arachidonic and linoleic acid metabolism of the 12-Lipoxygeanse (12-LO) enzymes leading to cellular growth, matrix production, apoptosis and cell migration

Prabhakara P. Reddi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Testis-specific transcription factors and gene expression, Sperm-specific antigens in prostate cancer

Emilie F. Rissman, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Role of steroids, steroid receptors subtypes, and neuropeptides in behavior; behavioral effects of androgen ablation

Richard J. Santen, M.D.

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Estrogen regulated control of proliferation and differentiation of hormone dependent breast cancer; nongenomic and genotoxic effects of estrogen

Corinne M. Silva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Microbiology

Role of STAT proteins in c-Src and EGF receptor signaling pathways, proliferation, and tumorigenesis; role of STATs in crosstalk with steroid signaling

Michael O. Thorner, D.Sc., FACP, FRCP, M.B.

Professor of Medicine

Endocrinology and metabolism, specifically neuroendocrinology and hypothalamic pituitary disease 

Rosalie M. Uht, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology

Mechanisms of estrogen receptor isoform transcription through the Activator Protein-1 alternate pathway; mechanisms by which histone deacetylases regulate estrogen receptor activity

Wei Yue, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Research, Department of Internal Medicine

Mechanisms of estrogen and aromatase action breast cancer initiation and progression, and development of therapeutic strategies for hormone-dependent breast cancer

Member list current as of February 2008