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 | Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Chief Graduate Student | Jessica Lidstrom |
| Ombudsman | Donald Price, M.D. |
| Program Coordinator | Wilhelmena Braswell, M.A. |
| Faculty | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Richard Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Oncology-Hematologic Malignancies |
Lymphoma; Viral Carcinogenesis |
| Robert A. Anders, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Liver Biology, Growth Control and Immunology |
| William Baldwin, M.D., Ph.D. Curriculum Committee Chair Professor, Pathology (Adjunct) |
Immunology-Transplantation Immunology |
| David Berman, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Kidney Urologic Pathology |
Tumor Biology & Development |
| William Bishai, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Medicine/Infectious Diseases |
Microbiology-Myocobacteria |
| C. Lynne Burek, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Immunology-Autoimmunity |
| Patrizio Caturegli, M.D. Retreat Committee Chair Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Autoimmunity , Immunopathology, Thyroiditis |
| Douglas Clark, M.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Biotechnology Cancer |
| Janice Clements, Ph.D. Professor/Director Division of Comparative Medicine |
HIV Virology-SIV |
| Isabelle Coppens Associate Professor, Molecular Imaging School of Public Health |
Intracellular parasitism; Apicomplexa-mammalian cell interactions |
| Chi Dang, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Medicine/Hematology |
Cancer Biology MYC & Signalling Pathways |
| Angelo DeMarzo, M.D., Ph.D. Journal Club Committee Chair Associate Professor, Pathology |
Cancer Biology, Prostate Cancer |
| Stephen Desiderio, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Molecular Biology and Genetics |
Immune Development-DNA Recombination & Repair-Lymphoid Malignancies |
| J. Stephen Dumler, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
Microbiology-Rickettsial diseases |
| Charles Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Cancer Biology |
| Leisha Emens, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Oncology |
Breast Cancer/Tumor Immunology & Cancer Vaccines/Clinical Trials |
| James Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Pancreatic cancer, early detection, familial predisposition, novel molecular tools |
| Susan Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Virology-HIV |
| Alan Friedman, M.D. Professor, Pediatric Oncology |
Transcriptional control of hematopoiesis, Stem cells, Leukemic transformation |
| Edward Gabrielson, M.D. Co-Director Admissions Committee Chair Professor, Pathology |
Cancer Biology; Genomics |
| Kathleen Gabrielson, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Comparative Medicine |
Cancer Therapy; Signal Transduction |
| Robert H. Getzenberg, Ph.D. Donald S. Coffey Professor, Urology |
Cancer Biomarkers; Proteomic Analysis of Nuclear Structure; Field effects in cancer; Heat synergism with cancer therapy |
| Michael Goggins, M.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Biology & Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer |
| Marc Halushka, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Diabetic Vascular Disease |
| Abdel Rahim Hamad, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Immunology-T cell activation |
| Gary Hayward, Ph.D. Professor Oncology-Viral Oncology |
Virology-CMV, herpes viruses |
| James Herman, M.D. Associate Professor Oncology-Cancer Biology |
Cancer-Epigenetics |
| Christine Iacobuzzio-Donahue, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology & Oncology |
Cancer metastasis |
| J. Brooks Jackson, M.D., M.B.A. Baxley Professor & Director of Pathology Professor, Pathology |
Virology-HIV |
| Richard Jones, M.D. Professor Oncology - Hematologic Malignancies |
Cancer-Lymphoma, Bone marrow transplantation |
| Petros Karakousis Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases |
Myobacterium tuberculosis persistence and pathogenesis; TB chemotherapy and diagnostics |
| David A. Kass, M.D. Professor, Medicine/Cardiology |
Molecular Pathophysiology of heart failure, New treatment modalities, Cardiac muscle mechanics |
| Scott Kern, M.D. Professor, Oncology |
Cancer-Pancreatic Cancer Genetics |
| Kwang Sik Kim, M.D. Professor Pediatric-Infec Diseases |
Microbiology-Genetics of bacterial pathogenesis blood-brain barrier |
| Vassilis Koliatsos, M.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Neuropathology-Neurodegenerative disease, stroke |
| Abraham Kupfer (Avi), Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology |
Immunology, CD4 T Cell Activation & Tolerance, Imaging cellular immune interactions |
| Francis Kuhajda, M.D. Professor, Pathology (Bayview) |
Cancer-role of fatty acid synthase, therapy |
| John Laterra, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Neurology |
Neuropathology CNS Neoplasia |
| Marikki Laiho, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Radiation Oncology |
DNA damage response, Cancer Biology |
| Hyam Levitsky, M.D. Professor Oncology-Immunology/Hematopoiesis |
Immunology cancer vaccines, Tolerance |
| Victor Levitsky, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Oncology |
Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus Biology of Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes |
| Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Cancer-Pancreatic |
| Joseph Mankowski, D.V.M. Associate Professor Comparative Medicine |
Virology-HIV-Pathogenesis of CNS lesions |
| Lee Martin, Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Neuropathology-Stroke |
| William Matsui, M.D. Associate Professor Oncology-Hematologic Malignancies |
Stem cells, Leukemia, Lumphoma |
| Alan Meeker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology & Urology |
Cancer biology, Telomeres |
| Joshua T. Mendell, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatrics |
MicroRNAs in Normal Biology & Disease |
| Craig Morrell, D.V.M., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Comparative Medicine |
Thrombosis & Vascular Inflammation |
| Avindra Nath, M.D. Professor, Neurology |
Neuroscience-Multiple Sclerosis, HIV infection in the brain |
| Ben Ho Park, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Oncology-Breast Cancer |
Breast Cancer Genetics |
| Jonathan Pevsner, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Neuroscience |
Bioinformatics Neuropathology |
| Donald Price, M.D. Co-Director Professor, Pathology |
Neuropathology-Neurodegenerative Disease |
| Jeffrey J. Rade, M.D. Assistant Professor, Cardiology |
Cardiology-Vascular Biology Thrombosis-Neointimal Hyperplasia |
| Linda M.S. Resar, M.D. Associate Professor Medicine-Hematology |
Cancer Biology; Leukemia & Lymphoid malignancy, cancer stem cells |
| Gregory J. Riggins, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor Neurosurgical Oncology |
Neuro-oncology-Molecular Targets-Genomics |
| Richard B.S. Roden, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Cancer Virology-HPV in cervical cancer |
| Noel R. Rose, M.D., Ph.D. Program Director Professor Pathology |
Immunology-Autoimmune disease immmunotoxicology |
| Scheherazade Sadegh-Nasseri, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology |
Immunology, autoimmunity, T cell tolerance, antigen processing and presentation |
| Jonathan Schneck, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Immunology, T cell activation |
| Cynthia Sears, M.D. Professor, Infectious Disease |
Enteric pathogens, Colon cancer, Bacteroides fragilis |
| Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Functional cancer genomics and Cancer Gene discovery |
| Charles J. Steenbergen, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Cardiac Pathology |
Cardiac Pathology-Ischemia Reperfusion Injury-Cardioprotective Signaling Mechanisms |
| Saraswati Sukumar, Ph.D. Professor, Oncology-Breast Cancer |
Cancer, Role of Hox genes in breast cancer |
| Juan Troncoso, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
Neuropathology-Stroke |
| Christopher Umbricht Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology |
Breast CA, Thyroid CA, Early cancer progression, Gnome-wide analyses, Bioinformatics |
| Raphael Viscidi, M.D. Professor, Pediatrics |
Virology |
| Barbara Wasowska, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Pathology |
Immunopathology Transplantation Pathobiology |
| Philip Wong, Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Neuropathology-neurodegenerative disease |
| Tzyy Choou (T-C) Wu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Immunology Cancer-cervical cancer vaccines, HPV |
| Christine Zink, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor, Comparative Medicine |
Virology-SIV HIV |
| Pedram Argani, M.D. Professor,Surgical Pathology |
Ralph Hruban, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
| Frederic Askin, M.D. Professor, Surgical Pathology |
Thomas Kickler, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
| Peter Burger, M.D. Professor, Surgical Pathology |
Robert Kurman, M.D. Professor, Gynecologic Pathology |
| Daniel Chan, Ph.D. Professor, Pathology |
Mary Leffell, Ph.D. Professor, Medical Genetics |
| Barbara Detrick, Ph.D. Assoicate Professor, Pathology |
Brigitte Ronnett, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
| Jonathan Epstein, M.D. Professor, Pathology |
Alexandra Valsamakis, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pathology Medical Microbiology |
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