Graduate Program in Pathobiology
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Faculty
The first two years are spent in coursework designed to equip all students with the firm grounding in the biology of disease, the ways in which disease affects the systems of the body, and the fundamental scientific approaches and tools needed to study a disease process in depth.
| Baxley Professor and Director of Pathology | J. Brooks Jackson, M.D., M.B.A. |
| Program Director | Noel R. Rose, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Co-Directors | Donald Price, M.D. Ed Gabrielson, M.D. |
| Admissions Committee Chair | Ed Gabrielson, M.D. |
| Curriculum Committee Chair | David Berman, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Journal Club Committee Chair | Angelo DeMarzo, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Retreat Committee Chair | Patrizio Caturegli, M.D. |
| Ombudsman | Donald Price, M.D. |
| Program Coordinator | Wilhelmena Braswell, M.A. |
| Faculty | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Richard Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Oncology |
Lymphoma; Viral Carcinogenesis |
| Robert A. Anders, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Liver Biology; growth control and immunology |
| David Berman, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Stem cells, cancer, and developmental biology |
| William Bishai, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine |
Microbiology; myocobacteria |
| Shyam Biswal Professor of Environmental Health Science & Medicine |
COPD, host defense against infection and inflammation |
| Carol L. Burek, Ph.D.(Retiree) Associate Professor of Pathology |
Clinical immunology and autoimmunity |
| Kathleen Burns, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology |
Human genetic variation; Mobile DNA; Cancer predispositions and progression |
| Patrizio Caturegli, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Immunopathology; autoimmunity; thyroiditis |
| Douglas Clark, M.D. Professor of Pathology |
Biotechnology; Cancer |
| Janice Clements, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology |
HIV Virology-SIV |
| Isabelle Coppens, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Public Health |
Intracellular parasitism; apicomplexa-mammalian cell interactions |
| Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine/Hematology |
Cancer Biology; MYC & signaling pathways |
| Angelo DeMarzo, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Cancer Biology; prostate cancer |
| Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Immune Development; DNA recombination & repair; lymphoid malignancies |
| J. Stephen Dumler, M.D. Professor of Pathology |
Microbiology; rickettsial diseases |
| Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology, Opthalmology |
Neuropathology; Opthalmic Pathology Cancer |
| Leisha Emens, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Oncology |
Breast Cancer/immunology and cancer vaccines; clinical trials |
| James Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Pancreatic cancer, early detection, familial predisposition, novel molecular tools |
| Susan Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Virology; HIV |
| Alan Friedman, M.D. Professor of Oncology |
Transcriptional control of hematopoiesis; Stem cells; Leukemic transformation |
| Edward Gabrielson, M.D. Professor of Pathology, Pathobiology Co-Director |
Cancer Biology; genomics |
| Kathleen Gabrielson, D.V.M., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology |
Cancer therapy; signal transduction |
| Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D. Professor of Urology |
Cancer biomarkers; cancer microenvironment; nanotechnology |
| Michael Goggins, M.D. Professor of Pathology |
Biology and genetics of pancreatic cancer |
| Marc Halushka, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology |
Diabetic Vascular Disease |
| Abdel Rahim Hamad, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology |
Immunology; T cell activation |
| Gary Hayward, Ph.D. Professor of Oncology |
Virology; CMV; herpes viruses |
| James Herman, M.D. Professor of Oncology |
Cancer epigenetics |
| Christine Iacobuzzio-Donahue, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Cancer metastasis |
| J. Brooks Jackson, M.D., M.B.A. Professor, Pathology |
Virology; HIV |
| Sanjay Jain Associate Professor of Pediatrics and International Health |
TB Pathogenesis, Molecular Imaging for Infectious Diseases; Childhood TB |
| Richard Jones, M.D. Professor of Oncology |
Cancer lymphoma; bone marrow transplantation |
| Petros Karakousis, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine |
Myobacterium tuberculosis latency and reactivation; TB chemotherapy; TB diagnostics |
| David A. Kass, M.D. Professor of Medicine |
Molecular pathophysiology of heart failure; new treatment modalities; Cardiac muscle mechanics |
| Scott Kern, M.D. Professor of Oncology |
Cancer; pancreatic cancer genetics |
| Kwang Sik Kim, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics |
Microbiology; genetics of bacterial pathogenesis blood-brain barrier |
| Vassilis Koliatsos, M.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Neuropathology; neurodegenerative disease; stroke |
| Abraham Kupfer (Avi), Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology |
Immunology; CD4 T Cell Activation and tolerance; imaging cellular immune interactions |
| Marikki Laiho, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Radiation Oncology |
DNA damage response; cancer biology |
| John Laterra, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neurology |
Brain malignancy, cancer stem cells, oncogenic signaling |
| Hyam Levitsky, M.D. Professor of Oncology |
Immunology; cancer vaccines; tolerance |
| Victor Levitsky, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Oncology |
Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus; biology of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes |
| Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. Professor of Pathology |
Pancreatic cancer |
| Joseph Mankowski, D.V.M. Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology |
Virology; HIV; pathogenesis of CNS lesions |
| Lee Martin, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Cell death; motor neuron diseases; Parkinson's disease |
| William Matsui, M.D. Associate Professor of Oncology |
Stem cells; leukemia; lymphoma |
| John Wood McDonald, III, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neurology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation |
Spinal cord injury (SCI) research, clinical trials and rehabilitation - stem cells, neural regeneration, activity-based restorative therapies (ABRT), functional recovery |
| Alan Meeker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology |
Cancer biology; telomeres |
| Joshua T. Mendell, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
MicroRNAs in normal biology and disease |
| Avindra Nath, M.D. Professor of Neurology |
Neuroscience; multiple sclerosis |
| Ben Ho Park, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Oncology |
Breast cancer genetics |
| Jonathan Pevsner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Neuroscience |
Bioinformatics; neuropathology |
| Donald Price, M.D. (Retiree) Professor of Pathology |
Neuropathology; neurodegenerative disease |
| Jeffrey J. Rade, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine |
Cardiology-Vascular Biology Thrombosis-Neointimal Hyperplasia |
| Linda M.S. Resar, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine |
Cancer biology; leukemia, and lymphoid malignancy |
| Gregory J. Riggins, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Neurosurgical Oncology |
Neuro-oncology-Molecular Targets-Genomics |
| Richard B.S. Roden, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Cancer/virology; HPV in cervical cancer |
| Noel R. Rose, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology; Pathobiology Program Director |
Immunology-Autoimmune disease immmunotoxicology |
| Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology |
Immunology |
| Jonathan Schneck, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Immunology; T cell activation |
| Cynthia Sears, M.D. Professor of Medicine |
Enteric pathogens; colon cancer; bacteroides fragilis |
| Dipali Sharma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oncology |
Breast Cancer, Obesity-Cancer Connection, Adipocytokines, Metastasis, Coregulator Proteins, Tamoxifen Resistance, Novel Therapeutics, Bioactive Food Components, Signaling Mechanisms |
| Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Ovarian cancer |
| Charles J. Steenbergen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Cardiac Pathology; ischemia reperfusion Injury; cardioprotective signaling mechanisms |
| Saraswati Sukumar, Ph.D. Professor of Oncology |
Breast cancer; Hox genes; methylated genes as biomarkers and targets of therapy; genome-wide analysis; intraductal therapy of early lesions |
| Charlotte Sumner, M.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience |
Inherited motor neuron and peripheral nerve diseases; Genetic characterization, cellular mechanisms, and novel therapies |
| Juan Troncoso, M.D. Professor of Pathology |
Neuropathology; stroke |
| Christopher Umbricht, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Surgery |
Breast cancer; thyroid cancer, early cancer progression; genome-wide analyses; bioinformatics |
| Raphael Viscidi, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics |
Virology |
| Tian-Li Wang Associate Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics |
Cancer genetics; Female reproductive cancer Notch Signaling Early detection of cancer |
| Barbara Wasowska, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pathology |
Immunopathology; transplantation Pathobiology |
| Philip Wong, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Neuropathology; neurodegenerative disease |
| Tzyy Choou (T-C) Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pathology |
Immunology of cancer; cervical cancer vaccines; HPV |
| Srinivasan (Vasan) Yegnasubramanian, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Oncology |
Cancer genetics/epigenetics, AR signaling, genomic instability |
| Christine Zink, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology |
Virology; SIV/HIV |
| Pedram Argani, M.D. Professor, Surgical Pathology |
Thomas Kickler, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
| Frederic Askin, M.D. Professor, Surgical Pathology |
Robert Kurman, M.D. Professor, Gynecologic Pathology |
| Peter Burger, M.D. Professor, Surgical Pathology |
Mary Leffell, Ph.D. Professor, Medical Genetics |
| Daniel Chan, Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Brigitte Ronnett, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
| Barbara Detrick, Ph.D. Assoicate Professor, Pathology |
Alexandra Valsamakis, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology Medical Microbiology |
| Jonathan Epstein, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
Andrea Zachary, Ph.D. Professor, Immunogenetics |
| Ralph Hruban, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
Cynthia Zanhow, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oncology |
| Walter Kaufmann, M.D. Professor, Neurology |
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