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Administration
John
McCahan, MD
Acting
Dean, School of Medicine
Thomas
J. Moore,
MD Acting Provost of the Medical Campus
Carl
Franzblau, PhD Associate Dean, Division of Graduate Medical
Sciences
Selwyn A. Broitman, PhD Assistant
Dean, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences
Susan
C. Wilcox Director of Graduate Medical Sciences
Sheila A. Welch Financial and Administrative
Coordinator
Mildred M. Agosto Registrar
Michelle A. Hall Associate Director
of Admissions
Sherill A. Ashe Financial Aid Administrator
Dianna
Rivera Administrative Assistant
Kelly
Sterling Secretary
Patricia Sterling Administrative
Coordinator
Natasha Hall Admissions Assistant
Faculty List
Claudia Abeijon Assistant Professor
of Molecular and Cell Biology. Licensure in Biological Sciences, PhD,
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Carmela R. Abraham Professor
of Biochemistry. BSc, Tel Aviv University (Israel); PhD, Harvard University.
The role of proteases and their inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease.
Christopher W. Akey
Associate Professor of Biophysics. BS, University of Richmond; PhD,
Cornell University.
Martin L. Albert Professor
of Neurology. BS, Tufts University; MD, Tufts School of Medicine;
Doctorat en Psychologie (Neuropsychologie), Universite" Paris
(France). Language disorders; aging/developmental disorders; bilingualism.
Edward Alexander Professor
of Medicine and Research Professor of Physiology. BA, Rutgers University;
MD, Northwestern University. Analysis of the mechanisms that control
renal acidification at the cellular level.
Mark J. Alexander Assistant
Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Iowa State University; PhD, University
of Washington. Regulation of neuropeptide gene expression in neuroendocrine
systems.
Karen N. Allen Assistant
Professor of Physiology. BS, Tufts University; PhD, Brandeis University.
Protein structure and function using techniques of Xray crystallography
and kinetics.
Salomon Amar Associate
Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology; and Research Associate
Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Aquiba School (France); DDS, MS, PhD,
Universite" Louis Pasteur (France); DMD, Boston University Goldman
School of Dental Medicine.
Carl S. Apstein Professor
of Medicine and Research Professor of Physiology. BA, Cornell University;
MD, New York University. Contractility and relaxation in isolated
cardiac muscle during ischemia and reperfusion.
Robert D. Arbeit Associate
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BA, Williams College; MD,
Yale University School of Medicine. Mycobacterium avium, mycobacterium
tuberculosis pathogenesis, and epidemiology.
Charles F. Arkin Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. BS, MD, Northwestern University Medical School.
David Atkinson Professor of Biophysics, Research
Professor of Biochemistry. BSci, PhD (hon), City University (London);
PhD, Council for National Academic Awards (England).
Sanford H. Auerbach
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry. BA, Cornell University;
MD, New York Medical College. Sleep studies; head trauma.
George T. Bain Assistant
Research Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Northeastern University; PhD,
Boston University.
Clinton T. Baldwin
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biochemistry. PhD, . Molecular
genetics, gene mapping and cloning, functional genomics.
Rama Bansil Associate
Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences; Assistant Research
Professor of Physiology. BSc, MSc, University of Delhi (India); PhD,
University of Rochester. Diffusion and structure; biological gels;
fluid flow and gelatin in gastric mucus; aggregation of biomacromolecules;
phase separation and electrophoresis.
Helen Barbas Associate
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; and Associate Professor of
Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
David I. Beller Research
Professor of Medicine; Associate Research Professor of Microbiology,
Pathology, and Laboratory Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD,
Princeton University. Molecular basis and functional implications
of intrinsic defects in macrophage cytokine expression linked to autoimmunity;
role of IL-15 in the autocrine regulation of macrophage function.
Marlene
Oscar Berman Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology)
and Psychiatry; Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychology; Director,
Program in Behavioral Neuroscience. BA, University of Pennsylvania;
MA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, University of Connecticut. Pathology of
learning and memory; aging/developmental disorders; alcoholism.
Jane
Holmes Bernstein Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
(Harvard Medical School). BA, University of Durham (England); PhD,
University of Edinburgh (Scotland).
Jag
Bhawan Professor of Dermatology and Pathology. MD,
Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi (India).
Michael
P. Biber Medical Director, Neurocare, Inc., Brookline,
MA; Clinical Instructor in Neurology (Harvard Medical School). AB,
Oberlin College; MD, University of Chicago.
Paul
H. Black Professor of Microbiology and Medicine; Research
Professor of Surgery. AB, Dartmouth College; MD, Columbia University.
Psychoneuroimmunology; effect of the mind/brain on the immune system.
Gene
J. Blatt Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
BA, Temple University; MS, Bloomsburg University; PhD, Jefferson Medical
College, Thomas Jefferson University. Connections and physiological
properties of limbic system neurons, and effects of malnutrition on
development.
Jan
K. Blusztajn Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine, and Psychiatry. MS, University of Warsaw (Poland); PhD,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Regulation of acetylcholine
synthesis and release; regulation of membrane phospholipid turnover.
Steven
A. Bogen Associate Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, University of Illinois;
PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel); MD, University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine. Antigen-specific lymphocyte migration
to inflammatory or immune sites.
Victoria
Bolotina Associate Research
Professor of Physiology and Medicine. BSc, PhD, Moscow State University
(Russia). Regulation of vascular smooth muscle with particular reference
to potassium channels.
Norman
D. Boyd Associate Professor of Pharmacology. BSc,
University of Glasgow (Scotland); PhD, University of Chicago. Characterization
of the substance P receptor. Peter Brecher Professor of Biochemistry
and Research Professor of Biophysics and Medicine. BS, Ohio University;
MA, PhD, Boston University, Molecular and cellular aspects of intracellular
lipid transport.
Jerome
S. Brody Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor
of Biochemistry. BS, MD, University of Illinois.
Selwyn
A. Broitman Assistant Dean for Admissions and
the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences; Professor of Microbiology,
and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Nutritional Sciences,
Goldman School of Dental Medicine. BS, MS, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst; PhD, Michigan State University. Lipid nutriture and isoprenylation
inhibitors as chemotherapeutics in colon cancer and its hepatic metastases.
Thomas R. Browne III Associate
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department
of Neurology. Associate Chief, Neurology Service; Chief, Seizure Unit
and EEG Laboratories, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center.
AB, Princeton University; MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Stable isotope studies of absorption, distribution, biotransformation,
pharmacokinetics and drug interaction; efficacy and toxicity of antiepileptic
drugs.
Nancy L. R. Bucher Research
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, Bryn Mawr College;
MD, Johns Hopkins University. Liver regeneration; growth factor effects
in hepatocyte cultures; role of extracellular matrix.
Esther
Bullitt Assistant Professor of Biophysics. AB, Grinnell
College; PhD, Brandeis University. Structural biology of spindle pole
bodies and pathogenic bacterial pili using cryo-electron microscopy
techniques.
Bohdana
Fialova Burke Assistant Professor of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine. MD, Univerzita J. E. Purkyne (Czech Republic).
Tumor markers; immunocytochemistry of hormone receptors.
David
Cameron Assistant Professor of Physiology. BS, State
University of New York, Albany; PhD, University of Pennsylvania. Regeneration,
growth, and physiology of the vertebrate retina.
Charles
R. Cantor Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of
Biomedical Engineering; Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology,
College of Engineering. AB, Columbia University; PhD, University of
California, Berkeley. Molecular biophysics and molecular genetics.
Wellington
V. Cardoso Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pathology,
and Laboratory Medicine. MD, University of Brasilia (Brazil); PhD,
University of Sa÷o Paulo (Brazil). Control of branching morphogenesis
and epithelial cell differentiation during lung development.
David R. Cave Assistant Professor
of Medicine. MBBS, PhD, University of London (England).
David
Center Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of
Biochemistry. BA, MD, Boston University. Function of CD4; T cell chemotaxis
and adhesion.
Catherine
Champagne Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology
and Oral Biology. BS, MS, Universite" Sabatier (France); PhD,
Universite" de Science et Technologie de Lille (France).
Cynthia
Chase Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics.
MA, PhD, University of Cincinnati. Studies in aging/developmental
disorders; AIDS.
Stuart
R. Chipkin Associate Professor of Medicine. BS, Emory University:
MD, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Glucose
transport in insulin-resistant states, focusing on cardiovascular
tissue.
Aram
V. Chobanian President ad interim; Professor of
Medicine and Pharmacology. AB, Brown University; MD, Harvard
University.
Cardiovascular research.
Iih-Nan
(George) Chou Professor of Microbiology, Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine. BS, National Taiwan University; PhD, University
of Illinois. Cell biology/cytoskeleton/cancer research; mechanisms
of cell injury by carcinogenic materials.
Thomas
G. Christensen Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. BS, Rutgers University; PhD, University of Vermont. Ultrastructural
changes in chronic inflammatory diseases of the lung; biology and
pathology of secretory cells.
Dominic
A. Ciraulo Chairman, Division of Psychiatry; Psychiatrist-in-Chief,
Boston Medical Center; Chief, Psychiatric Services, VA Medical Center/Outpatient
Clinics. BS, University of Hartford; MD, Georgetown University School
of Medicine, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychopharmacology.
Herbert
T. Cohen Assistant Professor of Medicine. BA, Pennsylvania
State University; MD, Jefferson 4 Medical College. Genetic renal disease,
renal cancer, and renal development/ angiogenesis; transcription factor
cloning and analysis; protein - protein interactions.
Richard
A. Cohen Professor of Medicine and Research Professsor
of Physiology. AB, Bowdoin College; MD, Johns Hopkins University.
Vascular smooth muscle reactivity with focus on the influence of endothelium
and autonomic control mechanisms and their alteration with diseases.
Theodore
Colton Professor of Sociomedical
Sciences and Community Medicine; Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology
and Biostatistics), School of Public Health. AB, Brooklyn College;
MS, University of North Carolina; ScD, Johns Hopkins University.
Wilson
S. Colucci Professor of Medicine;
Research Professor of Physiology. BS, Union College; MD, Boston University
School of Medicine.
Lisa
Tabor Connor Assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Johns Hopkins University; MA, PhD, Washington
University. Aging/developmental disorders, aphasia.
Barbara
E. Corkey Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry. PhD,
University of Pennsylvania.
Ronald
B. Corley Professor and Chairman of Microbiology. BS, PhD,
Duke University. B lymphocyte development and differentiation; antibody
assembly, trafficking, and secretion.
M.
Carter Cornwall Professor of Physiology and Research Professor
of Biophysics. BS, PhD, University of Utah. Mechanism of visual transduction
which relates to light adaptation in rods and cones of the vertebrate
retina.
Catherine
E. Costello Research Professor of Biochemistry. AB, Emmanuel
College; MS, PhD, Georgetown University.
Donald
E. Craven Professor of Medicine and Microbiology; Professor
of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health. BA, Wesleyan
University; MD, Albany Medical College. HIV/AIDS: antiretroviral therapy,
bacterial infections, improving the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine
in patients with HIV/AIDS.
Arthur
J. Culbert Associate Professor and Associate Chairman,
Department of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine; Associate
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health,
School of Medicine; Director, Early Medical School Selection Program;
Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Educational Programs. BA, LaSalle
College; MS, PhD, Boston University.
Subimal
Datta Associate Research Professor of Psychiatry. BS, MS,
Calcutta University; PhD, All India Institute of Medical Science (New
Delhi). Sleep, electrophysiology.
Theresa
Davies Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. BA, University
of Virginia; PhD, Boston University. Platelet activation and Alzheimer's
disease.
Helen
Denison Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology).
MA, University of Minnesota; PhD, State University of New York, Stony
Brook. Studies in affective disorders; aging/development disorders.
Richard
D. Diamond Professor of Medicine and Research Professor
of Biochemistry. BA, Brooklyn College; MD, Harvard University.
Raymon
Durso Associate Professor of Neurology. BS, State University
of New York, Stony Brook; MD, State University of New York, Buffalo.
Parkinsonism.
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Ross
B. Edwards Associate Research Professor of Ophthalmology
and Biochemistry. BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University
of California, Los Angeles. Synthesis and effects of retinoic acid
(RA) and other forms of vitamin A in the nervous system.
Alvin
Essig Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Emeritus Research
Professor of Medicine. SB, Harvard College; MD, Ohio State University.
Application of non-equilibrium thermodynamics to ion channel function
and reaction-diffusion systems.
J.
Worth Estes Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology (History
of Pharmacology) and Instructor of Medicine; Associate Professor of
Sociomedical Science, School of Public Health. AB, Harvard College;
MA, MD, Boston University. Factors governing drug treatment of the
past, especially in the eighteenth century; influence of federal regulation
on introduction of new drugs since 1950.
Douglas
V. Faller Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology,
and Laboratory Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. BS,
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MD, Harvard Medical School.
Leukocyte adhesion and cytokine-mediated cell signaling.
David
H. Farb Chairman, Department of Pharmacology; Professor
of Pharmacology. BA, Long Island University; PhD, Brandeis University.
Pharmacology and regulation of gene expression of the GABA/benzodiazepine
receptor in the vertebrate central nervous system; mechanism of action
of neuromodulators; structure, function, and cellular dynamics of
amino acid receptors in the brain and spinal cord.
Stephen R. Farmer Professor of Biochemistry.
BSc, Liverpool University (England); PhD, National Institute of Medical
Research (England). Expression of the major cytoskeletal protein (i.e.,
tubulin and actin) genes in mammalian nonmuscle cells, modulation
of these genes by changes in cell configuration in normal and transformed
cells.
Lindsay
A. Farrer Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine and
School of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics). BA, University
of North Carolina; PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine. Genetic
risk factors for familial neurodegenerative diseases.
Deborah
Fein Associate Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Cornell University;
MS, PhD, Rutgers University. Autism and aging/developmental disorders.
Matthew
J. Fenton Assistant Professor
of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. BS, University of Connecticut; PhD, Boston University. Molecular
biology and immunology of macrophages activation.
Alan
Fine Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Research
Professor of Biochemistry; BA, MD, University of Michigan.
Richard
E. Fine Professor of Biochemistry; Research Professor of
Neurology. AB, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, Brandeis University.
Intracellular route of ceptor trafficking in differentiated cells,
including liver and brain; mechanism of calcium mobilization in the
brain mediated by hormones that stimulate phosphoinositide turnover.
Susan
H. Fisher Associate Professor of Microbiology. BA, Washington
University; PhD, Tufts University. Regulation of nitrogen metabolism
in B. subtilis; DNA-protein interactions.
Judith
A. Foster Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Newton College
of the Sacred Heart; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of elastic
fiber gene expression in the development and repair of pulmonary and
cardiovascular tissues.
Carl
Franzblau Associate Dean,
Graduate Biomedical Science Studies; Chairman, Division of Graduate
Medical Sciences; Chairman, Department of Biochemistry; Professor
of Biochemistry; Professor of Oral Biology. BS, University of Michigan;
PhD, Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Chemistry,
biosynthesis, and turnover of extracellular matrix proteins, including
elastin and collagen.
Thomas
F. Freddo Professor of Ophthalmology, Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Pathology, and Laboratory Medicine. BA, University of Connecticut;
OD, Massachusetts College of Optometry; PhD, Boston University. Ultrastructural
and physiological investigation of anterior uveltis and glaucoma.
Gladys
Friedler Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology.
BA, University of Maine; AM, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Boston
University. Effects of paternal exposure to addictive substances on
reproductive outcome.
Robert
H. Friedman Assistant Research Professor of Neurology.
AB, Harvard College; MD, Stanford University School of Medicine.
Janina
R. Galler Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Public
Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), School of Public Health.
BS, Newcomb College, Tulane University; MD, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine. Nutrition and the central nervous system in psychiatric
disorders and head trauma.
J. Fernando Garcia-Diaz
Associate Professor of Physiology. Licenciado en Ciencias,
Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain); Doctor en Ciencias, Universidad de
Malaga (Spain); MS, Indiana University. Expression of ion channels
in developing cochlear ganglion neurons; role of membrane potential
and voltage; and receptorgated ion channels in intracellular calcium
response to angiotensin II by adrenal cells.
Haralambos P. Gavras
Professor of Medicine. MD, Athens University Medical School
(Greece). Pathogenesis and mechanisms of hypertension.
Caroline
A. Genco Associate Professor
of Medicine and Microbiology. BS, State University of New York at
Fredonia; MS, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and
Dentistry. Microbial pathogenesis/iron regulation in N. gonorrhoeae
and P. gingivalis.
Terrell
T. Gibbs Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University. Regulation and turnover
of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor; theoretical analysis of ligand
binding and dose-effect curves.
Douglas
T. Golenbock Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology.
BS, University of Michigan; MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine.
Receptors of bacterial endotoxin.
Maria
de Pilar Gomez Assistant Research Professor. BA, Colegio
del Sagrado Corazon Manizales (Colombia); MD, Universidad de Caldas
(Colombia); MA, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine.
Wayne Gonnerman Assistant Professor
of Biochemistry; Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology.
BA, MA, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia. Mineral and connective
tissue metabolism; hormonal and dietary effects on inflammatory diseases.
Leonard
S. Gottlieb Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director,
Mallory Institute of Pathology. AB, Bowdoin College; MD, Tufts University;
MPH, Harvard University. Pathology of gastrointestinal cancer; pathogenesis
of alcoholinduced liver disease.
Dana
Graves Associate Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology,
Goldman School of Dental Medicine; Assistant Research Professor of
Biochemistry, School of Medicine. BA, State University of New York,
Binghamton; DDS, DSc, Harvard University. Cellular events that occur
in inflammation with an emphasis on how chronic inflammation affects
bone formation, and the role of cytokines and chemokines in orchestrating
the response to bacterial infection.
Hwai-Chen Guo Assistant Professor
of Biophysics. BS, National Taiwan University; PhD, Cornell University.
Olga
Gursky Assistant Professor
of Biophysics. MS, Moscow State University (Russia); PhD, Brandeis
University.
James
A. Hamilton Professor of Biophysics
and Associate Research Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry. BS,
Juniata College; PhD, Indiana University. Kevan L. Hartshorn Associate
Professor of Medicine. BA, MA, Williams College; MD, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine.
John
A. Hayes Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
MB, ChB, MD, University of Bristol (England); FRC Path, Royal College
of Pathologists (England).
James
F. Head
Professor of Physiology. BS, University of Manchester (England); PhD,
University of Birmingham (England). Relationship between protein structure,
dynamics and function; regulatory role of high affinity intracellular
calcium binding proteins.
J.
Stephen Heisel Associate Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Ohio
Wesleyan University; MD, Ohio State University.
Nancy
Helm-Estabrooks Professor of Neurology (Speech Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine). BA, University of Massachusetts; MEd, Northeastern
University; ScD, Boston University. Language, purposeful movement,
visuospatial and perceptual disorders.
Haya
Herscovitz Instructor of Biophysics. BSc, MSc, PhD, Tel-Aviv
University (Israel).
Carlos
B. Hirschberg Professor and Chair of Molecular and Cell
Biology. Biochemist, University of Chile (Chile); MS, PhD, Rutgers
University.
Michael F. Holick Professor of Medicine
and Physiology. BS, Seton Hall University; MD, PhD, University of
Wisconsin. Biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology of the
skin and bone with special emphasis on vitamin D and peptide hormones.
William Hollander Professor of Medicine,
Research Physiology and Biochemistry; Professor of Nutrition, Goldman
School of Dental Medicine. AB, New York University; MD, State University
of New York, Downstate Medical Center.
Donna
K. Housman Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry.
BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MEd, CAGS, EdD, Boston University.
Davis
H. Howes Research Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology).
BA, Yale University; PhD, Harvard University. Language and purposeful
movement disorders.
Richard F. Hoyt Jr. Associate Professor
of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, Bates College; PhD, Harvard University.
Development and maturation of cells in the pulmonary system.
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Tohru
Ikuta Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. MD, PhD, Kyushu
University School of Medicine (Japan). Molecular mechanisms for reactivating
gglobin genes with butyrates in human subjects with §- thalassemia
and sickle cell disease.
Andrew
C. Jackson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College
of Engineering; Associate Research Professor of Physiology. BSME,
MSME, University of Nevada; PhD, University of Mississippi. Mechanical
properties of the lungs including development of non-invasive pulmonary
function tests.
Bruce
Jackson Adjunct Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry.
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Robin
Johnson Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, and
Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, State University of New York, Stony
Brook; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of intracellular calcium
in neurons.
Gregor
Jones Assistant Professor of Physiology. BA, Exeter College,
Oxford University (England); PhD, University College, London (England).
Retinoid transport and the role of interphotoreceptor retinoidbinding
protein during light and dark adaptation.
Shyr-Te
Ju Research Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, MS, National Taiwan University;
PhD, University of Illinois. CD4+ cell cytolytic activity.
Herbert
M. Kagan Professor of Biochemistry; Research Professor
of Medicine. BS, MS, University of Massachusetts; PhD, Tufts University.
Mechanisms of action, regulation, and molecular biology of amine oxidases,
with emphasis on connective tissue lysyl oxidase.
Konstantin
Kandror Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Moscow
State University (Russia); PhD, USSR Academy of Science (Russia).
Translocation of glucose transporter containing vesicles to the cell
surface in response to insulin.
Edith
Kaplan Associate Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology)
and Psychiatry, School of Medicine. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD,
Clark University. Language disorders, disorders of purposeful movement,
visuospatial, aging/developmental disorders.
Richard
Kaplan Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology. BA, PhD,
University of Connecticut. Studies in neurophysiology.
Eva
R. Kashket Professor of Microbiology. BSc, MSc, McGill
University (Canada); PhD, Harvard University. Regulation of solvent
production and endospore formation, genetic instability in saccharolytic
clostridia.
Robert
B. Katz Assistant Research Professor of Neurology. AB,
Brown University; PhD, University of Connecticut.
Terence
Keane Professor of Psychiatry; Vice- Chairman, Division
of Psychiatry. BA, University of Rochester; MA, PhD, State University
of New York at Binghamton.
John
F. Keany, Jr. Associate Professor of Medicine and Research
Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Yale University.
Oxidative stress, antioxidant and vascular dysfunction.
Thomas
L. Kemper Professor of Neurology
(Neuropathology), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Neuropathology),
and Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, Northwestern University; MD, University
of Illinois. The effects of aging and pathological changes on neurons
of the primate brain.
Marcel
Kinsbourne Adjunct Professor of Neurology. BA, MA, DM,
Oxford University (England); BM, Bch, Oxford University Medical School
(England). Studies in language disorders, pathology of learning and
memory, and attention deficit disorder.
Michael
D. Klein Associate Professor of Medicine. AB, Harvard College;
MD, New York University.
Joseph H. Korn Professor of Medicine
and Biochemistry. BS, City College of New York. MD, Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons. Regulation of cell adhesion and
cytokine production; scleroderma.
Conan
Kornetsky Professor of Pharmacology
and Psychiatry (Psychology). BA, University of Maine; MS, PhD, University
of Kentucky. The neuralbehavioral bases of the euphoria caused by
drugs of abuse, of the antinociceptive effects of analgesic drugs,
and of the behavioral effects of psychotherapeutic drugs; drug-induced
behavioral alterations elicited by discrete CNS stimulation.
Neil
W. Kowall Professor of Neurology and Pathology. BS, MD,
University of British Columbia (Canada). Development and use of histological
methods to study the normal and pathological anatomy of humans.
Maria
A. Kukuruzinska Associate
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Goldman School of Dental
Medicine; Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Bryn Mawr
College; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic
growth and differentiation, with emphasis on downstream targets of
the early N-glycosylation genes, including G1 cyclins, actin-associated
proteins, and adhesive complexes using yeast, Zebra fish, and salivary
glands from wild-type and transgenic mice.
John
Thomas LaMont Professor of Medicine. BS, Canisius College;
MD, University of Rochester. Wayne W. LaMorte Assistant Research Professor
of Biochemistry and Surgery. BA, Rutgers University; MD, College of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; PhD, Boston University.
Mark
S. Lamkin Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology
and Oral Biology. BS, MS, California Institute of Technology; PhD,
Boston University.
Francesca
LaVecchia Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. BA,
MS, University of Rhode Island; PhD, Tufts University. Assessment
and rehabilitation.
Roger
V. Lebo Associate Professor of Pediatrics. BS, Pennsylvania
State University; PhD, Duke University. Characterization and diagnosis
of human genetic diseases.
Susan
E. Leeman Professor of Pharmacology. BA, Goucher College;
PhD, Radcliffe College. Physiological effects of the peptides substance
P and neurotensin; regulation of gene expression of these peptides
and their receptors.
William
J. Lehman Professor of Physiology. BS, State University
of New York, Stony Brook; PhD, Princeton University. Role of calcium
regulatory systems in skeletal and smooth muscle; threedimensional
image reconstruction of skeletal and smooth muscle thin filaments.
Howard
M. Leibowitz Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology; Professor
of Ophthalmology. AB, MD, Johns Hopkins University.
Robert
H. Lerman Assistant Professor of Medicine. BS, Stevens
Institute of Technology; MD, Jefferson Medical College; PhD, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Adam
Lerner Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and
Laboratory Medicine. AB, MA, Amherst College; MD, Yale Medical School.
The role of cAMP phosphodiesterase in regulating apoptosis in human
lymphoid malignancies.
Stuart
M. Levitz Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor
of Microbiology. BA, New York University; MD, New York University
School of Medicine. Cryptococcus neoformans pathogenesis, macrophage
biology; HIV immunology.
Charles K. Levy Professor of Biology,
College of Arts and Sciences. BS, MS, George Washington University;
PhD, University of North Carolina.
Elinor
M. Levy Associate Professor of Microbiology. AB, Brandeis
University; PhD, Emory University. Mechanism used by microorganisms,
including HIV, to evade and subvert the immune system; the effects
of the mind on the immune system.
Simon
Levy Associate Professor of
Physiology. ETS, Ecole Technique Superieure de Geneve (Switzerland);
MA, Universite" Scientifique et Medicale de Grenoble (France);
PhD, Boston University. Intracellular calcium; effects of second messengers
on internal calcium; neuro-glial interactions in invertebrate retina.
Jacqueline Liederman Associate Professor
of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine.
BA, City University of New York, Queens College; PhD, University of
Rochester. Visuospatial, perceptual disorders; aging/developmental
disorders.
Kimberly Lindfield Assistant Professor
of Neurology. BA, Syracuse University; MA, PhD, Brandeis University.
Cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology.
Joseph
Loscalzo Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute;
Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. MD,
PhD, University of Pennsylvania.
Jennifer
Luebke Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry. BS,
Randolph-Macon College; PhD, Boston University.
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Ronald P. McCaffrey
Professor of Medicine. AB, Boston College; MD, Tufts University.
Neal
F. McGrath Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation
Medicine. BA, University of Illinois; PhD, Northwestern University.
Raymond Maciewicz Professor of Neurology
(Tufts Medical School). AB, Harvard College; MD, PhD, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine.
C.
James McKnight Assistant Professor of Biophysics. BS, Washington
College; MA, University of Delaware; PhD, University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center.
Edward
F. MacNichol Jr. Professor
of Physiology. AB, Princeton University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University.
Ann
Marshak-Rothstein Professor of Microbiology and Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine; Assistant Professor of Public Health (Environmental
Health), School of Public Health. BA, Washington University; PhD,
University of Pennsylvania. Immunology, autoimmunology, and apoptosis.
Judith
Marquis Adjunct Associate
Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Trinity College; PhD, University of
Vermont College of Medicine. Preclinical drug development.
Robert
F. Meenan Professor of Medicine, Chairman and Professor
of Socio-Medical Sciences; Director of the School of Public Health
and Professor of Public Health. AB, Harvard College; MD, MBA, Boston
University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley.
James
C. Melby Professor of Medicine and Physiology. BS, MD,
University of Minnesota. Endocrinology of adrenal cortex and blood
pressure regulation.
Aubrey
Milunsky Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics
and Gynecology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center
for Human Genetics, Boston Medical Center; MB, BCh, University of
Witwatersrand (South Africa). Genetic disorders, epidemiology of birth
defects, gene mapping, and cloning.
Edward
J. Modest Research Professor of Biochemistry. AB, AM, PhD,
Harvard University.
Frederick
L. Moolten Associate Professor of Microbiology. AB, Harvard
College; MD, Harvard University. Cancer gene therapy using chemosensitivity
(suicide genes).
Barbara
A. Morse Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. BA, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Boston University.
Shirley
Morris Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA,
PhD, Boston University.
Mark
B. Moss Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology;
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, University of
Massachusetts; MA, PhD, Northeastern University. Neurobiological basis
of memory in primates.
Mary Johanna Murnane Associate Professor
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, College of New Rochelle;
MPhil, PhD, Yale University. Somaticcell and molecular genetics of
human proteases; gene structure and regulation.
John
R. Murphy Research Professor of Medicine, Microbiology
and Biochemistry. BA, MS, PhD, University of Connecticut. Stucture
of the diphtheria toxin repressor; diphtheria toxin calalytic domain
and entry into the eukaryotic cell cytosol; stucture and function
of IL7.
Margaret
Naeser Associate Research Professor of Neurology (Psycholinguistics).
BA, Smith College; PhD, University of Wisconsin. Language disorders
and brain imaging.
Kalidas
Nandy Professor of Anatomy
and Neurobiology. MD, University of Calcutta (India); PhD, Emory University.
Enrico
Nasi Professor of Physiology. BA, Universidad de los Andes
(Colombia); MA, PhD, Bryn Mawr College. Light-dependent ionic channels;
role of intracellular calcium in regulation of photoreceptor cells.
Barbara
S. Nikolajczyk Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology.
BS, Ohio State University; PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. Transcriptional regulation of lymphocyte-specific genes by combinatorial
mechanisms, chromatin structure, lymphocyte development, oncogenesis.
Matthew Nugent Associate Professor
of Biochemistry and Ophthalmology. BA, PhD, Brandeis University. Regulation
of cell proliferation by growth factors and the extracellular matrix.
Loraine
Obler Associate Research Professor of Neurology. BA, MA,
PhD, University of Michigan.
Michael
J. O'Brien Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine;
Associate Director, Mallory Institute. MB, BCh, BAD, National University
of Ireland, Galway Medical School; BSc, National University of Ireland;
MRC (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Royal College of Pathologists
(England). Pathology; early detection and progression of gastrointestinal
malignancy; tumor markers.
Paul
M. O'Bryan Professor of Physiology. BS, Brescia College;
PhD, Tulane University.
Clare
O'Callaghan Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Nursing).
RN, Georgetown University; EdD, Boston University.
Margaret G. O'Connor Assistant Professor
of Neurology; Assistant Professor of Neurology (Harvard Medical School).
BA, Duke University; PhD, Boston University. Psychiatric disorders,
aging/developmental disorders, temporal lobe epilepsy.
Gwynneth D. Offner
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry; Associate Research
Professor of Medicine. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Boston University.
Jane
S. O'Hern Professor of Education, School of Education;
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). BS, EdD, Boston University;
MA, Michigan State University.
Frank
Oppenheim Professor of Oral Biology and Periodontology,
Goldman School of Dental Medicine; Associate Professor of Biochemistry.
DMD, MS, University of Zurich (Switzerland); PhD, Boston University.
Innate host defense mechanisms, structure and function of salivary
proteins.
Merle
M. Orren Research Instructor of Psychiatry. BA, Oberlin
College; MA, PhD, Boston University.
Josef
Ozer
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. PhD, Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine. Transcriptional regulation.
Deepak
N. Pandya Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Research
Professor of Neurology. MD, Gujarat University (India). Investigation
of the cortical and subcortical connections in the primate brain.
Hee
Young Park Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Assistant
Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
Steven
M. Paul Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology. BA, MS, MD,
Tulane University. Mechanisms of action of centrally acting pharmacologic
agents, neurotransmitters, and hormones.
L.
Bruce Pearce Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology.
BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; PhD, State University of
New York, Buffalo. Preclinical drug development.
Walter
E. Penk Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology).
BA, MA, PhD, University of Houston.
Susan
P. Perrine Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology. BA,
Mills College; SM, Harvard University School of Public Health; MMS,
Rutgers University Medical School; MD, Tufts University School of
Medicine. Development of new drugs for treatment of hemoglobinopathies.
Alan
Peters Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology;
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BSc, PhD, University of Bristol
(England). Organization of the neurons in the cerebral cortex and
the effects of aging on these neurons.
R.
Christopher Pierce Assistant Professor of Pharmacology.
BA, University of Kentucky; PhD, Indiana University. Neuropharmacology
of amphetamine and cocaine.
Paul
F. Pilch
Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics. BA,
Temple University; PhD, Purdue University. Cell biology and biochemistry
of growth factor receptors; cell biology of insulin action.
Richard
C. Pillard Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Antioch College;
MD, University of Rochester. Psychiatric and gender disorders.
Peter
R. Polgar Professor of Biochemistry. BA, University of
California, Los Angeles; MS, Tufts University; PhD, Boston University.
Interaction between effector molecules and cellular response in terms
of phosphatidylinositol turnover and the effect of GTP-binding proteins.
Whitney
Powers Professor Emeritus of Anatomy, Neurobiology, and
Health Sciences (Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences).
BS, University of Connecticut; BS, Springfield College; MS, State
University of Iowa; PhD, Queen's University (Canada).
Penny
Prather Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology)
and Psychiatry. AB, Mount Holyoke College; MS, PhD, Tufts University.
Studies in visuospatial, attention, and other perceptual disorders;
aging/developmental disorders.
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Katya
Ravid Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, DSc/PhD,
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Genetic and signaling factors
regulating the development and function of hemopoietic lineages, using
transgenic mice models.
Rahul
Ray Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Research
Professor of Physiology. BSc, Presidency College (India); PhD, Washington
State University. Structure-function studies of molecular interactions
between metabolites of vitamin D and respective receptor proteins;
vitamin D analogs with potential therapeutic applications.
Peter
A. Rice Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology.
BA, Yale University; MD, University of Pennsylvania. Host defense
against sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (N. gonorrhoeae and C
trachomatis); the role of complement in the pathogenesis of STDs.
Phillips
Wesley Robbins Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology. AB, DePauw
University; PhD, University of Illinois.
Adrianne
E. Rogers Associate Chairman, Department of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
and Director, Office of Medical Education; Professor of Public Health
(Environmental Health), School of Public Health. AB, Radcliffe College;
MD, Harvard University. Nutritional influence on carcinogenesis and
chemical toxicity.
Carol
Rosenberg Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, Harvard University;
MD, Boston University. Research interest identifying genetic abnormalities
that occur early in breast tumorigenesis.
Douglas
L. Rosene
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. AB, Stanford University;
PhD, University of Rochester. Morphology and connections in the olfactory
and limbic system.
Carl
E. Rosow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Oberlin College;
MD, PhD, Boston University. Clinical evaluation of opioids.
Kenneth
J. Rothschild Professor of Physiology; Professor of Physics,
College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Raman spectroscopy; advanced
techniques for selective incorporation of isotope labels into membrane
proteins.
Thomas
L. Rothstein Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor
of Microbiology. MD, PhD, Duke University. Apoptosis regulation, receptor
signaling, transcriptional activation, and lineage development in
B lymphocytes.
Neil
B. Ruderman Professor of Medicine and Physiology. BA, Columbia
College; MD, University of Pittsburgh; DPhil, Oxford University (England).
Insulin action in mammalian tissues and cultured cells; insulin action,
gene expression, and diacylglycerol protein kinase C signaling in
skeletal muscle.
Shelley
J. Russek Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BA, University
of California, San Diego; MS, State University of New York Health
Science Center at Brooklyn; PhD, Boston University. Transcriptional
regulation of ligand-gated ion channels in the CNS.
Hugues
J. P. Ryser
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology; Professor
of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine and Public Health
(Environmental Health), School of Public Health. MD, University of
Bern (Switzerland). In vitro investigation of tumor-cell response
to drugs, endocytosis, and processing of macromolecular drug carriers.
Devaki
N. Sadhu Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. BS,
MSc, PhD, Osmania University (India). Cytogenetics of human disease.
Judith
Dana Saide Associate Professor of Physiology. AB, Vassar
College; PhD, Boston University. Organization of Z-band proteins in
Drosophila flight muscle.
David
J. Salant Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand Medical School (South
Africa). Cellular and molecular basis of immunologic glomeruler injury.
Julie
H. Sandell Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
AB, Princeton University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anatomy and development of the veterbrate retina.
Karl
Schmid Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry. MA, PhD, University
of Basel (Switzerland).
Barbara
M. Schreiber
Associate
Professor of Biochemistry. BA, State University of New York, Buffalo;
PhD, Boston University. The effect of hyperlipoproteinimic conditions
on cultured aortic smooth muscle cells.
Eric
L. Schwartz Professor of Cognitive Systems (College of
Arts and Sciences) and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. MS,
MPhil, PhD, Columbia University.
John
H. Schwartz Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
and Medicine. BA, Boston University; MD, New York University School
of Medicine.
Barbara
Seaton Professor of Physiology. BS, Brooklyn College; PhD,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Relationship of macromolecular
structure and cellular function, using X-ray crystallography.
Larry
Seidman Adjunct Associate
Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). Associate Professor of Psychology
(Harvard Medical School). BA, City College of New York; MA, PhD, Boston
University. Psychiatric disorders.
David
C. Seldin Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant
Professor of Microbiology. BA, Harvard College; MD, Harvard Medical
School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University.
Molecular oncogenesis and kinases; transgenic and knockout mice.
Sisir
S. Sengupta Associate Research Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology,
Obstetrics, and Gynecology. BSc, MSc, Calcutta University (India);
PhD, Jadavpur University (India). Development of actinomycin D analogues
for chemotherapy.
Jacqueline
Sharon Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
BA, MA, Queens College; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University. Molecular
engineering of therapeutic antibodies and T cell receptors.
David
H. Sherr Professor of Public Health (Environmental Health),
School of Public Health, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. BA, Brandeis University; PhD, Cornell University. Carcinogens
and B cell development.
Osamu
Shimomura Adjunct Professor of Physiology. BS, Nagasaki
College of Pharmacology (Japan); PhD, Nagoya University (Japan). Aequorins
for calcium assay; mechanism of bioluminescence.
G.
Graham Shipley Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry.
BSc, PhD, DSc, University of Nottingham (England). Structure-function
relationships in lipid-containing biological systems, particularly
cell membranes, serum lipoproteins, and arterial and brain tissue.
Elizabeth
R. Simons Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor
of Biophysics. BChE, Cooper Union; MS, PhD, Yale University. Stimulus-response
coupling in secretory cells: identification of specific receptors
and mechanisms of information transduction in platelets, in phagocytic
cells, and in their precursor cells; role of platelets and endothelial
cells in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Barbara
E. Slack Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. PhD, Queen's University (Canada). Signal transduction and
regulation of amyloid precursor problem processings; phospholipid
metabolism; Alzheimer's Disease.
Donald
M. Small Chairman, Department of Biophysics; Professor
of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Medicine. AB, Occidental College;
BA, MA, Oxford University (England); MD, University of California,
Los Angeles. Physical properties of fats, oils, detergents, lipids,
proteins, and lipid-protein interactions.
Barbara
Smith Professor of Biochemistry.
BS, Simmons College; MA, PhD, Boston University. Changes in gene expression
of connective tissue components associated with transformation and
differentiation.
Bernard
Smith Associate Professor of Medicine. AB, Fordham University;
MD, New York University Medical School.
Cassandra
L. Smith Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology, College
of Engineering. BA, West Virginia University; MS, West Virginia University
School of Medicine; PhD, Texas A & M University. Gene engineering.
Temple
F. Smith
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering and
Director of Biomolecular Engineering Research Center (BMERC), College
of Engineering. BS, Purdue University; MS, PhD, University of Colorado.
Syntactic and semantic structure of genetic information in biomolecular
sequences, application of computer science, and mathematical methods
for genome sequencing and analysis.
Gordon
L. Snider Professor of Medicine and Associate Research
Professor of Biochemistry. MD, University of Toronto (Canada).
Jean-Jacques
Soghomian Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
PhD, Universite" de Montreal (Canada).
Gail
E. Sonenshein Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Role of oncogenes
and growth-related genes in control of cell proliferation; relationship
between growth and collagen gene expression in aortic smooth muscle
cells.
Sergei
P. Sorokin Research Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
AB, Harvard College; MD, Harvard University. Cell biology of the respiratory
system with emphasis on morphological and functional connections.
Paul
Spiers Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology. BA, McGill
University (Canada); MA, PhD, Clark University.
H.
Eugene Stanley Director, Center for Polymer Studies; University
Professor; Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor
of Physiology, School of Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Harvard
University. Properties of gels and other systems that form molecular
networks, using laser Raman spectroscopy, Fournier transform infrared
spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, microscopy, and measurements
of bulk properties such as viscosity.
Kosta
Steliou Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology. BSc, MSc,
PhD, McGill University (Canada).
Raymond
E. Stephens Professor of Physiology. BS, Geneva College;
MS, University of Pittsburgh; PhD, Dartmouth College. Tubulin and
associated proteins in microtubule assembly and membrane dynamics;
neuronal, hormonal, and ionic control of ciliary and flagellar movement.
Phillip
J. Stone Professor of Biochemistry.
BS, Swarthmore College; MS, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Temple
University. The connective tissue protein, elastin; its enzymatic
destruction and repair in vitro and in vivo.
Alan
Sugar Assistant Professor of Medicine. MD, Jefferson Medical
College.
Karen
Symes Assistant Professor
of Biochemistry. BSc, University of Sussex (England); PhD, National
Institute for Medical Research (England). Molecular control of cell
movement during embryonic development in xenopus laeceis.
Ete
Szuts Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology. BA, Houghton
College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Signal
transduction in sensory receptor cells; biophysical properties of
retinoids in aeqeous environment.
Guillermo
E. Taccioli Assistant Professor of Microbiology. MSc, PhD,
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Lymphocyte development; ;V(D)
J recomination; DNA repair.
S.
William Tam Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics.
Alfred
I. Tauber
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, MD,
Tufts University. Biochemical characterization of the activated human
neutrophil; definition of pathways of activation.
Joseph
Tecce
Professor of Psychology (Boston College). AB, Bowdoin College; MA,
PhD, Catholic University.
Linda
Taylor Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. AB,
Brown University; PhD, Boston University. Molecular biology of receptors.
Sambasivamoorthy
Thiagalingam Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pathology,
and Laboratory Medicine. PhD, John Hopkins University. Use of cancer
genetics to invent new tools for diagnosis, management, and therapy
of cancer; understanding the genetic basis of lung cancer.
Douglas
L. Tillotson Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology.
BA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Role of intracellular
calcium in secretory response of adrenal cortex cells.
John
Tonkiss Associate Research Professor of Psychiatry (Psychobiology).
BSc, Manchester Polytechnic (England); PhD, Manchester University
(England).
Keith
Tornheim Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Antioch
College; PhD, Brandeis University. Regulation of fuel and energy metabolism.
Paul
A. Toselli Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BA, La
Salle College; PhD, University of Pennsylvania; MD, Hahnemann School
of Medicine. Cellular responses of cultured arterial smooth muscle
cells to laser injury, using ultrastructural and biochemical methods.
Philip
C. Trackman Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral
Biology; Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, College
of Wooster; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of extracellular matrix
accumulation in mineralized and nonmineralized tissues.
Abdulmaged
M. Traish Professor of Biochemistry. BSc, University of
Tripoli (Libya); MA, PhD, Boston University. Mechanism of action of
steroid hormones.
Vickery
Trinkaus-Randall Associate
Professor of Biochemistry and Ophthalmology. BS, Kenyon College; PhD,
University of Wisconsin. Synthetic response (i.e., integrins and proteoglycans)
of cells in injury and repair.
Robert
F. Troxler Professor of Biochemistry;
Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BA, Grinnell College;
MS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Chicago. Structure
and function of proteins, including fatty acid-binding proteins from
heart and skeletal muscle, phycobiliproteins from photosynthetic eukaryotes,
histidine-rich salivary proteins, and human oral mucins.
Chi-Chuan
Tseng Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Research
Professor of Physiology. MD, Kaohsiung Medical College; MPH, University
of Texas, School of Public Health; PhD, University of Texas, Houston.
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Louis
Vachon Professor of Psychiatry.
BA, MD, University of Montreal (Canada). Psychiatric disorders; psychoanalysis;
asthma.
Lucia
M. Vaina Research Professor of Neurology. MS, University
of Timand (Italy); Laurea MS Diploma, Universita degli studi di Urbino
(Italy); PhD, Universite" Paris I (France); Doctorat d'Etat en
Sciences, Ecole Nationale Superieure (France). Visual and perceptual
disorders, motion disorders.
Thomas
Van Dyke Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology.
BA, DDS, Case Western Reserve University; MS, PhD, State University
of New York at Buffalo. Structure-function relationships of phagocyte
biology, with emphasis on phagocyte interaction with microbes.
Trudy
Van Houten Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
Deborah
W. Vaughan Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
BA, University of Vermont; PhD, Boston University.
Nagagopal
Venna Associate Professor of Neurology. MBBS, Guntur Medical
College (India). Language disorders, HIV, AIDS.
Mieke
H. Verfaellie Associate Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology).
BA, MA, PhD, University of Louvain (Belgium). Pathology of learning
and memory; visuospatial and perceptual disorders.
Gregory
A. Viglianti Associate Professor of Microbiology. BA, Lafayette
College; PhD, University of Minnesota. Molecular biology of HIV-1;
the role of virus-host cell interactions in pathogenesis.
W.
Mark Vogel Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology
and Assistant Professor of Medicine. BA, Temple University; PhD, University
of Michigan. Drug development.
Ladislav
Volicer Professor of Pharmacology, Psychiatry, and Medicine.
PhD, Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic); MD, Univerzita Karlova
(Czech Republic). Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease, role of free
radicals, and pharmacologic management.
Carol
T. Walsh Associate Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Radcliffe
College; PhD, Boston University. Pharmacokinetics, metal toxicology.
Michael
T. Watkins Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, New York University;
MD, Harvard University. Ischemia and reperfusion.
Lee
M. Wetzler Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant
Professor of Microbiology. BS, State University of New York at Binghamton;
MD, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center. Vaccine development;
microbial immunity and pathogenesis; effect of bacterial products
on eukaryotic cells.
Roberta
F. White Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology). BA,
Michigan State University; MA, PhD, Wayne State University. Pathology
of learning and memory; visuospatial and perceptual disorders.
Jessica
Wolfe Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). MA,
Stanford University; MS, PhD, Columbia University.
Michael
M. Wolfe Professor of Medicine,
Research Professor of Physiology. BS, Ohio State University; MD, Ohio
State University College of Medicine.
Herbert
H. Wotiz Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry; Professor
of Urology. BSc, Providence College; PhD, Yale University.
Daniel
G. Wright Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine. BA, MD, Yale University. Human neutrophil
physiology; acute inflammatory processes; and regulation of myclopoiesis
and hematropoietic cell development.
Herman
E. Wyandt Jr. Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine and Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory. BA, Western Washington
State College; MS, PhD, Oregon State University.
Zhi-Xiong
Jim Xiao Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine.
BS, MS, Sichuan University (China). PhD, University of Massachusetts
at Amherst. Tumor suppressor genes in the regulation of cell cycle,
cell proliferation, and cell differentiation.
Mina
Yaar Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Laboratory
Medicine. MD, Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School (Israel).
§ amyloid, neurotrophin receptor and apoptosis; age-associated
decline in repair of DNA damage; neurotrophin receptor and UV-induced
melanocyte apoptosis; expression of netrins and semaphorins in skin.
Qiang
Yu Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, Brandeis
University.
Glen
B. Zamansky
Associate Professor of Microbiology; Assistant Dean, Health Science
Programs, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Brandeis University; PhD,
Harvard University. Keratinocyte cell biology and cellular responses
to ultraviolet radiation.
Ken
Zaner Associate Professor of Medicine; Assistant Research
Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Brooklyn College; MD, PhD, State University
of New York Downstate Medical Center.
Vassilis
I. Zannis Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine. BS, University
of Athens (Greece); PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Transcriptional
regulation of the apolipoprotein genes; structure and function of
human apoB and apoA-I; genetic variation and posttranslational modification
of apolipoproteins.
Fengli
Zhang Instructor of Biophysics. BS, Beijing Normal University
(China); PhD, Beijing Medical University (China).
Raphael
A. Zoeller Associate Professor of Biophysics and Assistant
Research Professor of Medicine. BS, University of Maine; PhD, Texas
A&M University.
Lawrence
C. Zoller
Associate
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BA, University of Pennsylvania;
PhD, Rutgers University.
Charles
L. Zucker Research Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.
BA, PhD, State University of New York at Stonybrook. Defining the
cholineigic, GABAeigic and glycineigic microcircuitry in the inner
plexiform layer of the mammalian retina.
