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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
Anna B. Drakontides, Ph.D. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Praveen M. Chander, M.B.B.S. 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. 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. 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. 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. Ph.D. 1978, New York University Identification and mechanisms of action of environmental carcinogens. Henry P. Godfrey, M.D., Ph.D 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. M.D 1964, Ph.D. 1965, University of Tuebingen (Germany) Comparative mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenesis. Alan M. Jeffrey, Ph.D. Ph.D. 1970, University College of North Wales, Bangor (U.K.) Toxicology and chronic carcinogenesis. Meena Jhanwar-Uniyal, Ph.D. Ph.D. 1979, Academy of Science (Moscow, Russia) Signal transduction, BRCAI gene p53 cancer, central nervous system in obesity. Ashok Kumar, Ph.D. 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. Ph.D. 1987, University of Illinois Molecular mechanisms governing endothelial cell dysfunctions during atherogenesis. Myron R. Melamed, M.D. 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. 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. Ph.D. 1986, University of Louisville Biochemical mechanisms of disease susceptibility in relation to aging and nutrition. Frank Traganos, Ph.D. 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.) 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. M.D. 1967, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; metabolic and genetic effects of chemical carcinogens. Reinhard E. Zachrau, M.D. 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. Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld, M.D. M.D. 1976, University of Santiago (Chile) Pathogenesis of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Asesh Banerjee, PhD 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. M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1981, New York University Research/Interests - Molecular biology and immunology of prostate cancer. Debra Bessen, PhD 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. 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. B.A. 1960, M.D. 1967; University of Chile Research/Interests - Microbial genetics, infectious disease, recombinant DNA.
Zbigniew Darzynkiewcz, M.D., Ph.D. M.D. 1960, Ph.D. 1966, University of Warsaw (Poland) Research/Interests - Flow cytometry, DNA synthesis. Jan
Geliebter, Ph.D. Ph.D. 1981, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Research/Interests - Tumor immunology. Carl V.
Hamby, Ph.D. 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. M.D. 1944, Cornell University Research/Interests - Virology, viral genetics and Flu vaccine production. Bijan Safai, M.D. 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. 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. M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1983, University of Calcutta, India Research/Interests - Chemoprevention, tumor immunology and cancer therapy.
Frank N. Traganos, Ph.D. 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. B.S. 1949, M.S. 1950, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D. 1958, New York University Research/Interests - Virus genetics, epidemiology. Nader G. Abraham, Ph.D. 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. Ph.D. 1984, Jagiellonian University (Poland) Research/Interests - Biomedical mass spectrometry. Mairead A. Carroll, Ph.D. 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. 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. 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. Research/Interests - Mario A. Inchiosa, Jr., Ph.D. 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. B.S. 1947, Georgetown University; M.D. 1951, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Alberto Nasjletti, M.D. M.D. 1965, National University of Cuyo (Argentina) Research/Interests - Hormonal mediators of blood pressure regulation.
C. Andrew Powers, Ph.D. B.S. 1975, Eckerd College; Ph.D. 1980, University of Kansas Research/Interests - Endocrine pharmacology, molecular endocrinology, neuroendocrinology. Michal L. Schwartzman, Ph.D. 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 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. 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. M.D. 1983, University of Innsbruck (Austria) Research/Interests - Regulation of renal electrolyte transport. Piero Anversa, M.D. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. M.D. 1975, Semmelweis Medical University (Hungary) Research/Interests - Regulation of blood flow in microcirculation. Christopher S. Leonard, Ph.D. 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. D.V.M. 1985, Autonomous University of Juarez (Mexico) Norman Levine, Ph.D. B.S. 1961, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1971, New York University Research/Interests - Seminal fluid formation. Edward J. Messina, Ph.D. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. Kenneth
M. Lerea, Ph.D. Norman Levine, Ph.D. Charles T. Stier, Jr., Ph.D.
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