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GRADUATE FACULTY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

You will see that our faculty have trained in some of the most prestigious institutions worldwide and have brought with them strong research backgrounds and research interests that are cutting-edge.

 


Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

David N. Frick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.A. 1989, Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D. 1995, Johns Hopkins University

Research/Interests - Molecular mechanisms of hepatitis C virus replication and drug resistance; protein expression and purification; structure-based rational antiviral drug design.


Martin I. Horowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. 1950, M.A. 1952, Brooklyn College; Ph.D. 1957, Rutgers University

Research/Interests - Interaction of glucose with histones and membrane lipids, properties and characterization of sulfotransferases, nutritional biochemistry.


Ernest Y.C. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.Sc. (Hons.) 1961, University of Cape Town; Ph.D. 1966, University of London

Research/Interests - Protein phosphatases: studies of the enzymology, structure-function relationships and regulation of ser/thr protein phosphatases.


Marietta Y.W. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. 1965, Nazareth College; M.S. 1968, New York University; Ph.D. 1973, University of Miami

Research/Interests - DNA replication, DNA polymerases, DNA repair, cell cycle regulation.


Susan C. Olson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. 1978, College of Charleston; M.S. 1980, Western Carolina University; Ph.D. 1984, Wake Forest University

Research/Interests - Signal transduction, regulation of phospholipase D pathway by protein kinase C and G proteins.


Esther L. Sabban, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Graduate Program Director

B.S. 1970, M.S. 1972, Hebrew University; Ph.D. 1977, New York University

Research/Interests - Molecular neurobiology, molecular mechanisms of stress, regulation of gene expression for catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes and neuropeptides by stress, nicotine and estrogen.


Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.A. 1977, Hollins College, Ph.D. 1982, Harvard University

Research/Interests - Protein-DNA interactions; topoisomerase structure and function; gene regulation and DNA supercoiling.


Bernard I. Weinstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.A.1962, Franklin & Marshall College; Ph.D. 1969, University of Chicago

Research/Interests - Biochemistry of steroid action, metabolism of cortisol and the biological activity of the metabolites, enzyme deficiencies in glaucoma.


Joseph M. Wu, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. (Hons.) 1970, McGill University; M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1975, Florida State University

Research/Interests - Intracellular bacterial pathogen-mammalian host interaction, cell cycle control by nucleic acid-dependent enzymes, studies of chemoprevention by fenretinide and phytochemicals in human prostate and breast cancer cells.


Secondary Appointments in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ira S. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Professor of Medicine

B.S. 1968, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1973, City University of New York

Research/Interests - Molecular pathogenesis of Lyme disease and other tick-borne pathogens, functional genomics.


Cell Biology

Anna B. Drakontides, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

B.S. 1955, Hunter College; M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1971, Cornell University Medical College

Research/Interests - Pathogenesis of early and late changes at neuromuscular junction and muscle induced by chemical irritants.


Joseph D. Etlinger, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Cell Biology and Anatomy

B.S. 1968, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. 1974, University of Chicago

Research/Interests - Skeletal muscle growth and atrophy, molecular mechanisms, and selectivity of intracellular proteolysis in erythroid and muscle cells; role of proteasomes and ubiquitin; spinal cord injury.


Victor A. Fried, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Graduate Program Director

B.S. 1965, University of Chicago; Ph.D. 1970, University of Oregon

Research/Interests - Role of ubiquitin in cytoskeletal and cell-surface receptor function, posttranslational modifications, and protein sequencing.


Jian Kang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

M.D. 1982, China; Ph.D. 1993, University of Florida

Research/Interests - Interplay between excitatory and inhibitory synapses; mechanisms underlying Epilepsy; roles of astrocytes in synaptic plasticity; properties and functions. of K channel, Na channel, GABAA channel and gap-junction hemichannel.


Anna L. Kleinhaus, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Lic. Science 1961, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Ph.D. 1968, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Research/Interests - Properties and modulation of ion channels involved in neuronal function and behavior; chemosensory mechanisms; cellular basis of behavior in simple systems.


Kenneth M. Lerea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

B.S. 1980, SUNY at Binghamton; M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1984, University of Rochester

Research/Interests - Mechanism of signal transduction; role of protein seryl-threonyl and tyrosyl kinases and phosphatases in integrin functions and platelet activation.


Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

M.D., 1983, D.M.Sc., 1988, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

Research/Interests - Calcium signaling in astrocyte/neuron brain cell cultures; mechanisms of cerebral ischemia, stroke, and head trauma.


Stuart A. Newman, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

A.B. 1965, Columbia University; Ph.D. 1970, University of Chicago

Research/Interests - Physical and molecular mechanisms of development and evolution; pattern formation in the vertebrate limb; collagen assembly.


Renato Rozental, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy; Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Associate Professor of Anesthesiology

M.D. 1982, M.Sc. 1985, Ph.D. 1990, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Research/Interests - Role of connexins in nervous system development and dysfunction in ischemia and perinatal seizures


Tamiko Sato, M.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

M.B. 1950, Nagoya City Women's Medical College; M.D. 1959, Nagoya University, School of Medicine

Research/Interests - Regulation of intracellular calcium in muscular dystrophy; digital imaging of fluorescent ion probes.


Pravin B. Sehgal, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Medicine

M.D. (MBBS) 1973, University of Bombay; Ph.D. 1977, Rockefeller University

Research/Interests - Interleukin-6; interferons; gene expression; signal transduction (STATs in membrane rafts)


Sansar C. Sharma, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

Ph.D. 1967, Edinburgh University Medical School, Scotland

Research/Interests - Development and regeneration in the visual system and spinal cord.


Alan D. Springer, Ph.D.
Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

B.S. 1969, Brooklyn College; Ph.D. 1973, City University of New York

Research/Interests - Virtual engineering simulations of the mechanisms underlying retinal and foveal development; causes of retinal detachments in premature infants; causes of strabismus.


Gerardo Suarez, M.D.
Research Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

M.D., 1960, University of Chile

Research/Interests - Protein fructation and oxidative stress; crystallin and collagen self-assembly; molecular mechanisms of diabetic complications and generation of Alzheimer's β amyloid protein.


Richard J. Zeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy

B.S. 1969, Columbia University; M.S. 1977, Ph.D. 1979, New York University

Research/Interests - Role of B2 adrenoceptors in musculoskeletal growth; mechanisms of spinal cord injury; regulation of intracellular calcium.


Experimental Pathology

Praveen M. Chander, M.B.B.S.
Professor of Pathology

M.B.B.S. 1970, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences

Pathogenesis of renal and vascular damage in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats; pathogenesis of HIV-associated nephropathy.


Fung-Lung Chung, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Pathology; Division Chief, American Health Foundation

Ph..D. 1978, University of Utah

Enals, nitrosamines and isothiocyanates in carcinogenesis; chemoprevention of cancer by organoselenium, tea and tobacco in carcinogenesis.


Wei Dai, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

B.S. 1982, Nanjing Agricultural University; M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1988, Purdue University

Research/Interests - Cell cycle regulation.


Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pathology; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Cancer Research Institute

M.D. 1960, Ph.D. 1966, Medical School of Warsaw (Poland)

Development of new methods of cell analysis applicable to flow cytometry; analysis of cell cycle specificity of anti-tumor drugs.


Karam El-Bayoumy, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Pathology; Division Chief, American Health Foundation

Ph.D. 1978, New York University

Identification and mechanisms of action of environmental carcinogens.


Henry P. Godfrey, M.D., Ph.D
Professor of Pathology; Graduate Program Director, (Ph.D. program)

M.D. 1965, Harvard Medical School; Ph.D.1980, University of Birmingham (England)

Biochemical mechanisms of delayed hypersensitivity; lymphokines, cytokines and microbial antigens in chronic inflammation and infectious disease.


Michael Iatropoulos, M.D.
Research Professor of Pathology

M.D 1964, Ph.D. 1965, University of Tuebingen (Germany)

Comparative mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenesis.


Alan M. Jeffrey, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Pathology

Ph.D. 1970, University College of North Wales, Bangor (U.K.)

Toxicology and chronic carcinogenesis.


Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology; Research Scientist American Health Foundation

Ph.D. 1979, Academy of Science (Moscow, Russia)

Signal transduction, BRCAI gene p53 cancer, central nervous system in obesity.


Ashok Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology

M.Sc. 1960, Agra University (India); Ph.D. 1963 Allahabad University (India)

Role and molecular analysis of renin-angiotensin system in hypertension and atherosclerosis.


Jane H.-C. Lin, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Pathology

Ph.D. 1987, University of Illinois

Molecular mechanisms governing endothelial cell dysfunctions during atherogenesis.


Myron R. Melamed, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Pathology

M.D. 1950, University of Cincinnati

Flow and static cytometry of human cancer cells in conjunction with cytochemical, immunochemical, and in situ nucleic acid reactions for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.


Fred H. Moy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology; Graduate Program Director (M.S. Programs)

Ph.D. 1986, Sussex (UK), MBA 1991, University of California at Los Angeles

Biostatistics and epidemiology, methodology and applications in environmetrics, lead exposure, risk assessment, reproductive epidemiology, biomarkers and molecular epidemiology, evaluation and assessment in health sciences.


John P. Richie, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Pathology; Scientist, American Health Foundation

Ph.D. 1986, University of Louisville

Biochemical mechanisms of disease susceptibility in relation to aging and nutrition.


Frank Traganos, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pathology; Professor of Microbiology and Immunology; Associate Director, Cancer Research Institute

Ph.D. 1979, Cornell University

Cell biology-study of mechanisms involved in control of cell cycle progression (check points) and cell death (apoptosis) in model systems (cell cultures) and clinical material.


John H. Weisburger, Ph.D., M.D. (hon.)
Research Professor of Pathology; Director Emeritus, American Health Foundation

Ph.D. 1949, University of Cincinnati; M.D. 1980, Umea (Sweden)

Mechanisms of toxicity, carcinogenicity; mechanisms and role of promoters in major human cancers; role of nutrition in human carcinogenesis; rational means of prevention of cancer, coronary heart disease, and stroke.


Gary M. Williams, M.D.
Professor of Pathology

M.D. 1967, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; metabolic and genetic effects of chemical carcinogens.


Reinhard E. Zachrau, M.D.
Professor of Pathology

M.D. 1964, University of Heidelberg (Germany).

Spontaneous and induced tumor-specific cell-mediated immunity in human breast cancer and its role in development of systemic metastasis and second primary cancers of breast and non-breast origin.


Microbiology and Immunology

Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology; Assistant Professor of Medicine; and Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

M.D. 1976, University of Santiago (Chile)

Pathogenesis of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.


Asesh Banerjee, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

B.Sc. 1984, M.Sc. 1987, University of Calcutta; M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1994, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Research/Interests - Cloning, characterization and pathogenesis of phase-variable genes in Neisseria; role of bacterial and mycobacterial surface glycans.


Ranjit Banerjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1981, New York University

Research/Interests - Molecular biology and immunology of prostate cancer.


Debra Bessen, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

B.A. 1979, Hampshire College; Ph.D. 1987, The Rockefeller University

Research/Interests - Molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology and evolutionary biology of Group A Streptoccoccus (GAS); role of GAS infection in pediatric neuropsychiatric disorders.


Doris J. Bucher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

B.S. 1963, Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. 1968, University of California at Berkeley

Research/Interests - Structure, function and immunochemistry of viral antigens.


Felipe C. Cabello, M.D.
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

B.A. 1960, M.D. 1967; University of Chile

Research/Interests - Microbial genetics, infectious disease, recombinant DNA.


Zbigniew Darzynkiewcz, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Cancer Research Institute

M.D. 1960, Ph.D. 1966, University of Warsaw (Poland)

Research/Interests - Flow cytometry, DNA synthesis.


Jan Geliebter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Ph.D. 1981, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn

Research/Interests - Tumor immunology.


Carl V. Hamby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

A.B. 1973, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1984, University of Missouri-Columbia

Research/Interests - Molecular biology and immunology of human tumors.


Edwin Kilbourne, M.D.
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology & Immunology

M.D. 1944, Cornell University

Research/Interests -  Virology, viral genetics and Flu vaccine production.


Bijan Safai, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Dermatology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

M.D. 1965, Tehran University, Iran; D.Sc. 1981, University of Goteberg, Sweden

Research/Interests - Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of skin diseases.


Ira S. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Medicine

B.S. 1968, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1973, City University of New York

Research/Interests - Molecular pathogenesis of Lyme disease and other tick-borne pathogens, functional genomics.


Raj Tiwari, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate Program Director

M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1983, University of Calcutta, India

Research/Interests - Chemoprevention, tumor immunology and cancer therapy.


Frank N. Traganos, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Associate Director, Cancer Research Institute

B.S. 1969, City College; M.A. 1973, Hunter College, Ph.D. 1979, Cornell University

Research/Interests - Flow cytometry, DNA synthesis.


Felix E. Wassermann, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology & Immunology

B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. 1958, New York University

Research/Interests - Virus genetics, epidemiology.


Pharmacology

Nader G. Abraham, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Director of Gene Therapy Program

B.S. 1965, Alexandria University (Egypt); Ph.D. 1976, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Research/Interests - Gene transfer and gene therapy in the cardiovascular system and CD34+ cells.


Michael Balazy, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology

Ph.D. 1984, Jagiellonian University (Poland)

Research/Interests - Biomedical mass spectrometry.


Mairead A. Carroll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

B.Sc., Manchester Polytechnic, England; M.Sc., Chelsea College, University of London, England; Ph.D., King's College, University of London, England

Research/Interests - Renal cytochrome P450 metabolites of arachidonic acid.


C. Clifford Conaway, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Research Fellow, American Health Foundation

B.A., Southwestern College; M.S., 1969, University of Missouri-Columbia; Ph.D., 1974, University of Wisconsin

Research/Interests - Mechanisms of cancer chemoprevention, metabolism pharmacokinetics.


Nicholas R. Ferreri, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology

Ph.D. 1984, New York Medical College

Research/Interests - Cytokine production and function in the kidney and vascular smooth muscle.


Michael S. Goligorsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology
Director, Renal Institute

Research/Interests -


Mario A. Inchiosa, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology

B.S. 1950, M.S. 1953, Rutger's University; Ph.D. 1956, University of Illinois

Research/Interests - Biochemical pharmacology of muscle.


John C. McGiff, M.D.
Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology

B.S. 1947, Georgetown University; M.D. 1951, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University


Alberto Nasjletti, M.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Co-director (Ph.D. Program)

M.D. 1965, National University of Cuyo (Argentina)

Research/Interests - Hormonal mediators of blood pressure regulation.


C. Andrew Powers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

B.S. 1975, Eckerd College; Ph.D. 1980, University of Kansas

Research/Interests - Endocrine pharmacology, molecular endocrinology, neuroendocrinology.


Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D.
Professor and Graduate Program Co-director (Ph.D. Program)

B.S. 1973; M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1981, Tel-Aviv University (Israel)

Research/Interests - Molecular regulation of eicosanoids biosynthesis in inflammation and hypertension.


Carolyn J. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of of Pharmacology

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Ph.D. 1985, University of Connecticut

Research/Interests - Mechanisms of altered hormone-dependent activation/expression of cardiovascular cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases during heart failure, vascular injury and diabetes.


Charles T. Stier, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director (M.S. Program)

B.S. 1973, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Ph.D. 1978, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

Research/Interests - Pharmacological protection against vascular damage and stroke.


Wenhui Wang, M.D.
Professor of Pharmacology

M.D. 1983, University of Innsbruck (Austria)

Research/Interests - Regulation of renal electrolyte transport.


Physiology

Piero Anversa, M.D.
Professor of Medicine; Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute

M.D. 1965, University of Parma (Italy)

Research/Interests - Cell death and cell growth in heart failure of ischemic and non-ischemic origin; use of adult cardiac stems to repair damaged aged and infracted myocardium.


Francis L. Belloni, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology and Dean, Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences

B.S. 1970, Providence College; Ph.D. 1975, The University of Michigan

Research/Interests - Intrinsic control of the heart and peripheral circulation.


John G. Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology

B.A., B.P.H.E. 1976, Queen’s University; Ph.D. 1987, University of Iowa

Research/Interests - Physiological control of gene transcription; regulation of transcription factors; cardiac hypertrophy; exercise biochemistry and overload alterations of the myocardial phenotype.


Thomas H. Hintze, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.A. 1972, Ohio Wesleyan University; Ph.D. 1979, New York Medical College

Research/Interests - Large coronary blood vessels and coronary vasospasm; role of prostaglandin and coronary blood flow; adrenergic system and myocardial hypertrophy, atrial natriuretic peptide.


An Huang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology

M.D. 1982, M.Sc. 1988, Ph.D. 1991, Shanghai Second Medical University

Research/Interests - Role of estrogens in vascular function


Gabor Kaley, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman of Physiology

B.S. 1950, Columbia University; Ph.D. 1960, New York University

Research/Interests - Small blood vessels and the mechanisms by which they control tissue perfusion.


Akos Koller, M.D.
Professor of Physiology M.D.

M.D. 1975, Semmelweis Medical University (Hungary)

Research/Interests - Regulation of blood flow in microcirculation.


Christopher S. Leonard, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.S. 1978, Northeastern University, Ph.D. 1986, New York University

Research/Interests - Neuronal integration; synaptic and non-synaptic neuromodulation; nitric oxide in the CNS; brain cholinergic systems; neural basis of sleep and wakefulness.


Ellen M. Levee, D.V.M.
Assistant Professor of Physiology, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Director, Comparative Medicine

D.V.M. 1985, Autonomous University of Juarez (Mexico)


Norman Levine, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.S. 1961, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1971, New York University

Research/Interests - Seminal fluid formation.


Edward J. Messina, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.S. 1960, St. John's University; Ph.D. 1973, New York Medical College

Research/Interests - Microvascular regulation of blood flow, blood pressure and vascular smooth muscle reactivity.


Stanley S. Passo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology

B.S. 1961, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1967, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Research/Interests - Neuroendocrine control of the circulation.


Fabio A. Recchia, M.D.,Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology

M.D. 1990, University of Bari (Italy); Ph.D. 1998, University of Torino (Italy)

Research/Interests - Control of myocardial metabolism; nitric oxide; heart failure; cardiac mechanics and efficiency; coronary circulation.


William N. Ross, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.A. 1962, Ph.D. 1969, Columbia University

Research/Interests - Regional electrical properties of single neurons, especially Purkinje cells from the cerebellum and isolated neurons from invertebrate nervous system.


Dong Sun, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology

M.D. 1982, Xuzhou Medical College; Ph.D. 1997, New York Medical College

Research/Interests - Role of endothelial stress on coronary arteriolar function


Carl I. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology, Graduate Program Director

B.S. 1974, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D. 1980, University of Virginia

Research/Interests - Cardiovascular/renal physiology; local metabolic control of vascular hemodynamics.


Michael S. Wolin, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

B.A. 1975, SUNY-Binghamton; Ph.D. 1981, Yale University

Research/Interests - Molecular mechanisms of regulation of pulmonary vascular tone associated with guanylate cyclase modulation and oxygen metabolism.


Interdisciplinary Basic Medical Sciences

FACULTY – BMS Advisory Committee

Felix E. Wassermann, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Microbiology & Immunology

Kenneth M. Lerea, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Graduate Program Director

Norman Levine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology

Charles T. Stier, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology