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The IBS Graduate Program has over 150 participating faculty who represent various departmental affiliations and contribute to a wide array of research at UAB in addition to being intimately involved in assisting our graduate students as they grow academically and professionally.

  • Abdulkadir, Sarki, M.D., Ph.D. - Molecular mechanisms of prostate tumor initation and progression
  • Acosta, Edward P., Pharm.D. - Bioanalytics of antiviral agents
  • Amsler, Charles, Ph.D. - Chemical ecology
  • Anderson, Peter G., D.V.M., Ph.D. - Cardiovascular pathology; education
  • Angus, Robert, Ph.D. - Aquatic environmental toxicology
  • Bailey, Shannon, Ph.D. - Molecular mechanisms of mitochondria dysfunction in disease; bioenergetics; and toxicology
  • Ballinger, Carol, Ph.D. - Mechanisms of lung injury from environmental oxidant exposure
  • Ballinger, Scott, Ph.D. - Cardiovascular disease mediated by free radicals, mitochondrial damage, and dysfunction
  • Bamman, Marcas M., Ph.D. - Plasticity of skeletal muscle in aging
  • Barnes, Stephen, Ph.D.  - Chemoprevention of breast cancer
  • Becker, Steven M., Ph.D. - Bioterrorism preparedness and response
  • Bell, P. Darwin, Ph.D. - Renal function
  • Bellis, Susan L., Ph.D. - Regulation and function of integrin cell adhesion receptors
  • Benjamin, Jr, William, Ph.D. - Epidemiology of tuberculosis
  • Benos, Dale, Ph.D. - Molecular basis of operation of ion channels and transporters
  • Benveniste, Etty, Ph.D. - Immune/nervous system interactions
  • Berecek, Kathleen H., Ph.D. - Hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling
  • Bevensee, Mark O., Ph.D. - Cellular and molecular physiology of acid-base transport
  • Blackwell, Richard, M.D., Ph.D. - Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
  • Blalock, J. Edwin, Ph.D. - Protein folding and interactions; immunotherapy; Ca+ channels and asthma
  • Bland, Kirby, M.D. - Development of novel retinoids
  • Brouillette, Wayne, Ph.D. - Design and synthesis of new breast cancer drugs
  • Bubien, James K., Ph.D. - Ionic permeabilities of human lymphocytes
  • Buchsbaum, Donald, Ph.D. - Immunotherapy and molecular chemotherapy of cancer
  • Bucy, Pat, M.D, Ph.D. - Regulation of in vivo immune responses by T cells
  • Bullard, Daniel, Ph.D. - Regulation of inflammatory responses
  • Cao, Xu, Ph.D. - Multipotent stem cells
  • Carroll, Andrew J., Ph.D. - Cancer cytogenetics; chromosome polymorphisms
  • Carroll, Steven, M.D., Ph.D. - Neuregulin-1 in nervous system regeneration and neoplasia
  • Chatham, John, Ph.D. - Effect of diabetes, insulin resistance and obesity on the heart
  • Chattopadhyay, Debasish, Ph.D. - Structural biology of important macromolecules
  • Chaudry, Irshad, Ph.D. - Experimental shock
  • Clemens, Thomas, Ph.D. - Parathyroid/Insulin-like growth factor interaction in bone; parathyroid hormone in the cardiovascular system  
  • Conry, Robert, M.D. - Gene therapy for breast cancer
  • Cormet-Boyaka, Estelle, Ph.D. - Chloride channels
  • Cosper, Paula, Ph.D. - Prenatal detection of genetic disorders
  • Darley-Usmar, Victor, Ph.D. - Mechanisms of redox signaling in cardiovascular disease
  • Dell'Italia, Louis J., M.D. - Heart failure
  • DeLucas, Lawrence J., O.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon.) - Crystallization systems
  • Descartes, Maria, M.D. - Fragile X studies; molecular genetics
  • Diasio, Robert B., M.D. - Pharmacogenomics of chemotherapeutic agents
  • Dickinson, Dale, Ph.D. - Redox cell signaling and environmental exposures; natural products and chemoprevention
  • Dillon, H. Kenneth, Ph.D. - Sampling systems
  • Dmitriev, Igor, Ph.D. - Gene therapy directed at tumor vasculature
  • Dobrunz, Lynn E., Ph.D. - Physiology and short-term plasticity of excitatory synapses in hippocampus
  • Douglas, Joanne, Ph.D. - Gene therapy; adenoviral vectors; conditionally replicating adenoviruses
  • Dybvig, Kevin, Ph.D. - Pathogenic mechanisms of mycoplasmas
  • el Kouni, Mahmoud, Ph.D. - Pyrimidine and purine metabolism
  • Elgavish, Ada, Ph.D. - Prostate adenocarcinoma
  • Elmets, Craig A., M.D. - Immunodermatology
  • Estevez, Alvaro G., Ph.D. - Role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in motor neuron death
  • Evanochko, William T., Ph.D. - Muscle metabolism
  • Falany, Charles N., Ph.D. - Drug and steroid sulfation
  • Feng, Xu, Ph.D. - RANKL/RANK signaling in osteoclast differention and function
  • Finley, Sara Crews, M.D. - Association of cytogenetic findings with clinical manifestations
  • Finley, Wayne H., Ph.D., M.D. - Human chromosome aberrations and their detection
  • Forman, Henry Jay, Ph.D. - Glutathione
  • Fouad, Mona, M.D. - Primary cancer prevention
  • Frank, Stuart, M.D. - Studies of growth hormone receptor signaling and trafficking
  • Freeman, Bruce, Ph.D. - Vascular signalling
  • Friedlander, Michael J., Ph.D. - Neural signal transduction
  • Frost, Andra, M.D. - Effects of the microenvironment on breast carcinogenesis
  • Fukuchi, Ken-ichiro, M.D., Ph.D. - Alzheimer's disease
  • Fuller, Catherine M., Ph.D. - Epithelial calcium-dependent chloride transport
  • Galin, F. Shawn, Ph.D. - Autoantibodies
  • Garfinkel, Mark, Ph.D. - Drosophila
  • Gerrity, Lauretta W., D.V.M. - Mammalian development and animal models
  • Gladson, Candece, M.D. - Malignant astrocytoma cell migration
  • Gower, Barbara, Ph.D. - Gonadal steroid hormones
  • Grizzle, William, M.D., Ph.D. - Epithelial Cancer
  • Grubbs, Clinton, Ph.D. - Chemoprevention of breast cancer in animal models
  • Hablitz, John J., Ph.D. - Synaptic transmission
  • Hardy, Robert, Ph.D. - Insulin resistance; cancer cell proliferation
  • Hel, Zdenek, Ph.D. - Development and testing of novel HIV/AIDS vaccine strategies
  • Hill, Donald, Ph.D. - Development of novel retinoids
  • Ideker, Raymond E., M.D., Ph.D. - Arrhythmias
  • Jackson, Patricia, Ph.D. - Structure-function relationships
  • Ji, Hong-Long, M.D. - Epithelial Na+ channels
  • Jovov, Biljana, M.D. - Ion channels
  • Kabarowski, Janusz H., Ph.D. - Regulation of inflammation and chronic inflammatory disease by lysophospholipid receptors
  • Katiyar, Santosh, Ph.D. - Prevention of skin cancer by dietary antioxidants
  • Keyser, Kent, Ph.D. - Neurotransmitter and neurotransmitter receptors in excitable and nonexcitable cells
  • Kim, Helen, Ph.D. - Proteomics of chronic diseases, particularly neurodegeneration
  • King, Jennifer, Pharm.D. - Bioanalytics of antiviral agents 
  • King, Peter, M.D. - Malignant brain and breast cancer
  • Kirk, Kevin L., Ph.D. - Ion channels and cystic fibrosis
  • Korf, Bruce R., M.D., Ph.D. - Diagnosis, management, treatment, genotype-phenotype correlations, and identification of modifying genes in Neurofibromatosis Type 1
  • Krasnykh, Victor Ph.D. - Gene therapy directed at tumor vasculature
  • Ku, David D., Ph.D. - Vascular smooth muscle
  • Kubagawa, Hiromi, M.D. - Immunoglobulin-like receptors
  • Kucik, Dennis, M.D., Ph.D. - Cell adhesion and motility
  • Kudlow, Jeffrey E., M.D. - Protein modification by O-GlcNAc in gene transcription
  • Lamartiniere, Coral A., Ph.D. - Breast and prostate cancers; developmental and reproductive toxicology; proteomics
  • Lancaster, Jack R., Ph.D. - Biological actions of nitric oxide
  • Lester, Robin, Ph.D. - Acetylcholine receptor
  • Li, Ling, Ph.D. - Connections between atherosclerosis and Alzheimer disease
  • Lindsey, Russell, D.V.M. - Mechanisms of antimycoplasmal defenses; rodent diseases
  • Liu, Rui-Ming, M.D. Ph.D. - Glutathione, aging, age-related diseases, fibrosis, cancer
  • Lorenz, Robin, M.D., Ph.D. - Immune mediators of gastrointestinal disease
  • Lose, Edward J., M.D. - Clinical genetics; dysmorphology
  • Lu, Xiangyi, Ph.D. - Molecular genetic analysis of polycystic kidney diseases
  • Mangel, Stuart, Ph.D. - Chloride cotransporter function; circadian rhythmicity; synaptic transmission and development
  • Manne, Upender, Ph.D. - Epithelial cancer
  • Markert, James, M.D. - HSV-1 vectors for the treatment of brain tumors
  • Matalon, Sadis, Ph.D. - Reactive oxygen-nitrogen species
  • McClintock, James, Ph.D. - Chemical ecology of marine organisms
  • McDonald, Jay, M.D. - Insulin action and bone resorption
  • McMahon, Lori L., Ph.D. - Glycine receptors
  • McNicholas-Bevensee, Carmel, Ph.D. - Ion channel regulation in cardiovascular and renal systems
  • Meezan, Elias, Ph.D. - Biochemical pharmacology of glycoconjugates
  • Messina, Joseph, Ph.D. - Insulin and growth hormone action and resistance in trauma and infections
  • Moser, Stephen, Ph.D. - Pulmonary mycotic infections
  • Muccio, Donald, Ph.D. - Retinoids for cancer prevention and therapy
  • Murphy-Ullrich, Joanne, Ph.D. - Regulation of cell death and motility by cell adhesion signaling and role of growth factor control in diabetic and fibrotic diseases
  • Nahm, Moon, M.D. - Immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens
  • Neill, Jimmy D., Ph.D. - Neuroendocrine regulation of the reproductive process
  • Nicholas, Anthony, MD, Ph.D. - Movement disorders
  • Oestenstad, Riedar K., Ph.D. - Aerosols
  • Oparil, Suzanne, M.D. - Ovarian hormones and vascular disease; pathogenesis of hypertension
  • Parks, Dale, Ph.D. - Nitration
  • Patel, Rakesh, Ph.D. - Inflammation; free radicals; atherosclerosis; sepsis; nitric oxide; hemoglobin; antioxidants; endothelial cell biology
  • Phillips, III, Joseph G., M.D. - Pediatric respiratory failure
  • Pillion, Dennis J., Ph.D. - Diabetes mellitus treatment; nasal insulin delivery
  • Pinderski, Laura P., M.D. - Clinical thoracic disorders
  • Pittman, James, M.D. - Thyroid physiology
  • Ponnazhagan, Selvarangan, Ph.D. - Adeno-associated virus gene therapy
  • Postlethwait, Edward, Ph.D. - Environmental Induction of pulmonary epithelial injury
  • Pozzo-Miller, Lucas, Ph.D. - Neurotrophins, CNS synaptic transmission and plasticity
  • Prince, Lawrence S., M.D. - Cystic fibrosis
  • Rick, Roger, M.D. - Electron microprobe analysis of transepithelial ion transport
  • Rodu, Brad, D.D.S. - Smoking
  • Rosenfeld, Steven, M.D., Ph.D. - Malignant gliomas
  • Roth, Kevin, M.D., Ph.D. - Molecular regulation of neuronal cell death
  • Roy, Deodutta, Ph.D. - Causation of breast cancer
  • Ruden, Douglas, Ph.D. - Toxicology and gene-environment interactions in Drosophila
  • Ruppert, Michael, M.D. - Zinc finger proteins as initiators and promoters of tumor progression
  • Sabri, Abdelkarim, Ph.D. - Vascular smooth muscle
  • Sanders, Paul W., M.D. - Hypertensive and immunoglobulin-related renal disease
  • Schafer, James A., Ph.D. - Regulation of ion and water transport by the kidney
  • Schoeb, Trenton R., D.V.M., Ph.D. - Gntobiotic mouse models of chronic inflammatory diseases
  • Schwiebert Erik M., Ph.D. - Cystic fibrosis and polycystic kidney disease
  • Schwiebert Lisa M., Ph.D. - The role of the epithelium in airway inflammation
  • Serra, Rosa, Ph.D. - TGF-ß signaling in development and disease
  • Shaw, Denise, Ph.D. - Preclinical development of novel tumor vaccines
  • Siegal, Gene, M.D., Ph.D. - Gene therapy of solid tumors
  • Smith, Jeffrey B., Ph.D. - Ubiquitin proteasome system in apoptosis
  • Smith, Peter, Ph.D. - Epithelial transport protein-cytoskeleton interactions
  • Sontheimer, Harald, Ph.D. - Contribution of neuroglial cells to brain function and disease
  • Soong, Seng-Jaw, Ph.D. - Mathematical modeling and cancer
  • Sorscher, Eric J., M.D. - Understanding cystic fibrosis pathogenesis and development of new treatments
  • Strong, Theresa, Ph.D. - Tumor antigen identification and genetic immunotherapy of cancer
  • Theibert, Anne B., Ph.D. - Role of phosphoinositides in developmental neurobiology
  • Tiwari, Hemant, Ph.D. - Genetic association / linkage analysis
  • Urthaler, Ferdinand, M.D. - Heart research
  • Wang, Qin, M.D., Ph.D. - Regulation of GPCR cellular responses and in vivo functions
  • Warnock, David G., M.D. - Intracellular pH
  • Watson, R. Douglas, Ph.D. - Mosquitofish
  • Watts, Stephen, Ph.D. - Aquatic environmental toxicology
  • Weaver, Casey, M.D. - CD4 T cells
  • Weigent, Douglas A., Ph.D. - Growth hormone produced by cells of the immune system
  • Weiss, David S., Ph.D. - Structure-function relationship of ion channels
  • Welch, Danny, Ph.D. - Biology and genetics of cancer metastasis
  • White, C. Roger, Ph.D. - Signal transduction
  • Wood, Philip, D.V.M., Ph.D. - Genetics of fatty acid oxidation diseases
  • Xiong, Wen-Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. - Signal transduction
  • Zhang, Ruiwen, M.D., Ph.D. - Drug design



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