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Rakesh Kumar
Professor and Chairman
Catharine B. & William McCormick Chair
Ph.D. 1984, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Keywords: Cytoskeleton signaling, nuclear receptors, coregulators, transcription controls, and cancer signaling.
 
 
Patricia E. Berg
Professor
Ph.D. 1973, Illinois Institute of Technology

Keywords: Homeobox genes and cancer (breast cancer, prostate cancer and leukemia), BP1, gene regulation, therapy, and early detection.
 
 
Marc R. Blackman
Professor
M.D. 1972 New York University

Keywords: Epigenetics, chromatin remodeling genes, ARID4A, ARID4B, tumor suppressor genes, leukemogenesis, mouse models, urogenital development, renal agenesis, and infertility.
 
 
Bernard Bouscarel
Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1985, D. Sc. 1995, University of Toulouse, France

Keywords: G-protein coupled receptors, substance P, and propranolol analogues.
 
 
Joanna Chmielinska
Assistant Research Professor
Ph.D. 1999, George Washington University

Keywords: Cardiovascular tissue injury due to magnesium deficiency, and iron overload.
 
 
Mark S. Elliott
Associate professor
Ph.D. 1983, The Ohio State University

Keywords: Transfer RNA, queuosine, phytoestrogens, reveratrol, Shigella infectivity, and gene expression.
 
 
Sidney W. Fu
Associate Research Professor
M.D. 1989, Xi'an Medical University; Ph.D. 1994, Peking Union Medical College

Keywords: Cancer, genomics, homeobox gene, diabetes, and bioinformatics.
 
 
Allan L. Goldstein
Professor
Ph.D. 1964, Rutgers University

Keywords: Thymosins, Wound Healing, Aging, and Immunomodulation.
 
 
Valerie W. Hu
Professor
Ph.D. 1978, California Institute of Technology

Keywords: Autism, transcriptional profiling, DNA methylation, microRNA expression, diagnostic screen, and cellular models.
 
 
Jay H. Kramer
Associate Research Professor
Ph.D. 1982, Lehigh University

Keywords: Mg deficiency and chronic iron toxicity, postischemic myocardial injury model, myocyte reoxygenation injury, EPR spectroscopy, and antioxidant therapy.
 
 
Andrei Komarov
Associate Research Professor
M.D. 1984, Russian State Medical University; Ph.D. 1988, Inst. of Chemical Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Keywords: Cardiovascular disease, nitric oxide, oxidative stress, shock, and reactive oxygen species.
 
 
Ajit Kumar
Professor
Ph.D. 1968, University of Chicago

Keywords: Regulation of viral gene trans-activation, role of cellular factors, and RNA protein interactions.
 
 
Raj Lakshman
Research Professor
Ph.D. 1966, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India

Keywords: Alcoholism, liver disease, oxidative stress, lipids and lipoproteins, metabolic and genetic obesity, and gene regulation and expression.
 
 
Da-Qiang Li
Assistant Research Professor
M.D., 2003, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Keywords: Coregulators, signaling effectors, DNA-damage response, and radio-sensitivity
 
 
I. Tong Mak
Research Professor
Ph.D. 1982, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keywords:Free radical pathobiology, antioxidant drug mechanisms, lysosome in iron overload, AZT toxicity, and Mg-deficiency-induced inflammation.
 
 
Tim McCaffrey
Professor
Ph.D. 1985, Purdue University

Keywords: Heart diseases, cancer and fibrosis; genomic methods to identify the causative genes, therapeutic interventions, and adult stem cells in cardiovascular disease.
 
 
Sujit S. Nair
Assistant Research Professor
Ph.D. 2003, National Center For Cell Science, Pune, India

Keywords: Eukaryotic transcription, Coregulators, Epigenetics.
 
 
William Nierman
Professor
Ph.D. 1979, University of California Berkeley.

Keywords: Innate immune system, secondary metabolites, genomics, and microbial pathogens.
 
 
Marcos Rojkind
Research Professor
M.D. 1962, National University of Mexico; Ph.D. 1970, National Polytechnical Institute of Mexico

Keywords: Cell-matrix interaction, liver fibrosis, TGF-ß1 action, oxidative stress and hydrogen peroxide, and hepatitis C virus replication.
 
 
Mahesh C. Sharma
Associate Research Professor
Ph.D. 1991, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Keywords: Angiogenesis, breast cancer, annexin II, fibrinolysis, plasmin.
 
 
Jack Y. Vanderhoek
Professor
Ph.D. 1966, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Keywords: Fatty acids, eicosanoids, lipids, and history of medicine.
 
 
Glenn A. Walker
Professor and Vice-Chair for Educational Programs
Ph.D. 1963, Michigan State University

Keywords: Human Nutrition, and Medical and graduate education.
 
 
William Weglicki
Professor
M.D. 1962, University of Maryland

Keywords: Neurogenic peptides, substance P, and propranolol analogues.
 
 
Mei-Yi Wu
Assistant Research Professor
Ph.D. 1999, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Keywords: Epigenetics, chromatin remodeling genes, ARID4A, ARID4B, tumor suppressor genes, leukemogenesis, mouse models, urogenital development, renal agenesis, and infertility.
 
 
Ray-Chang Wu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 1999, University of Southern California

Keywords: Steroid hormone receptors and coactivators, membrane signalings, post-translational modifications, and tumorigenesis.
 
 
Wenge Zhu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2003, University of Vermont

Keywords: DNA replication, checkpoint, cell cycle, and cancer therapy.