Research
Pathobiology PhD student research is aimed toward the discovery of the basic mechanisms that cause disease with the goal of developing fresh insights leading to improved treatments or preventative measures.
Students are rigorously trained in mechanisms of disease by clinical and basic science experimental pathologists, have unparalleled access to human tissues and specimens in health and disease for translational research objectives and are required to complete translational rotations in which they are immersed in the practice of clinical pathology with direct relevance to their research projects. All facets of the program are geared towards this focus on human pathology, including innovative coursework on research reproducibility as relevant to human tissue-based methods.
Specializations
Students are prepared with formalized classroom instruction in all areas of disease mechanisms. Under the guidance of faculty advisors, students undertake specialized training (including thesis research) in one of six programmatic areas:
- Cellular & Molecular Pathology
- Immunopathology
- Microbiology & Infectious Disease
- Neoplasia
- Neuropathology
- Vascular Biology & Hemostasis (Cardiovascular Disease)
Research Facilities
Our students have access to the state of the art research facilities at Johns Hopkins for their experimental studies.
Student researchers have access to core equipment and facilities as well as Department of Pathology facilities that include:
- A research histology lab
- A research immunohistochemistry lab
- Molecular diagnostics and cytogenetics labs
- A flow cytometry lab, computerized image analysis and transmission
- Extensive tissue banks
- A full-service photography lab
- A departmental data system computer network
Our fully equipped laboratories support studies ranging from molecular, cellular, and physicochemical analyses through whole animal and informatics-based techniques.
Faculty & Their Research Interests
Our faculty have diverse research interests—ranging from cancer genetics to immunology to liver biology—but united by a common focus on human disease.
Richard F. Ambinder, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology
Lymphoma; Kaposi's Sarcoma; Epstein-Barr Virus and Cancer; AIDS Associated Cancers; Lymphoma biology; Antitumor therapy; Antiviral therapy; Virology in human cancer
Ambinder Faculty Profile
Sarah R. Amend, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Urology and Oncology
Cancer metastasis; cancer therapy resistance; polyaneuploid cancer cells; evolutionary ecology
Amend Faculty Profile
Robert A. Anders, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology - GI/Liver Pathology
Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology; Liver cancer; Liver cell death and division
Anders Faculty Profile
Renyuan Bai, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery
Brain Cancer
Bai Faculty Profile
Ashwin Balagopal, M.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Virology; chronic viral infections; hepatitis B virus; hepatitis C virus; HIV-1; innate immunity
Balagopal Lab | Balagopal Faculty Profile
Stephen B. Baylin, M.D.
Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research Professor of Oncology and Medicine
Epigenetics
Baylin Faculty Profile
William R. Bishai, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research; Professor of Medicine
Molecular biology of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bishai Lab | Bishai Faculty Profile
Shyam Biswal, Ph.D., M.S.
Professor, Medicine and Oncology; Co-Director, Toxicology, Physiology and Molecular Mechanisms PhD Track
Environmental Health Sciences; Cigarette smoke; Lung diseases; Inflammation: Cancer; COPD; Emphysema; Asthma; Environmental stress response
Biswal Lab | Biswal Faculty Profile
Challice Bonifant, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Oncology
Immunotherapy; Cell engineering; Adoptive cell transfer; Cell therapy; Leukemia; Hematopoietic cell transplantation
Bonifant Faculty Profile
Gerald Brandacher, M.D., FAST
Professor, Vice Chair of Research and Director, Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation for the Surgical Sciences; Director, Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) Laboratory, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Reconstructive transplantation; Donor-specific immune tolerance and immunomonitoring strategies
Fred Bunz, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Cell Imaging Core Facility; Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Loss of innate immunity during tumorigenesis; Human DNA damage responses and the cellular roles of p53
Bunz Faculty Profile
Patrick Cahan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Institute for Cell Engineering, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Stem cell engineering; development and degenerative diseases of the synovial joint; computational biology
Cahan Lab | Cahan Faculty Profile
Patrizio Caturegli, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Hypophysitis Center; Professor, Pathology - Immunopathology
Thyroid peroxidase (TPO); Thyroglobulin; Autoantibodies; Hurthle cell lesions; Congenital complete heart block; Sjogren's syndrome; Hypophysitis; Thyroiditis; Myocarditis; Endocrinology; Pituitary disease; Thyroid disease; Autoimmune disease
Autoimmune Diseases | Caturegli Faculty Profile
Daniela Ciháková, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology, Clinical Immunology Laboratory
Myocarditis; APECED/Aire research
Ciháková Lab | Ciháková Faculty Profile
Isabelle Coppens, Ph.D.
Professor, W. Harry Feinstone Dept. of Molecular Micro and Immunology, JHSPH
Toxoplasma; Plasmodium liver stage; Cryptosporidium; Host cell-parasite interactions; Parasitophorous vacuole; Nutrient uptake; Lipids; Cholesterol cell biology drug targeting
Coppens Lab | Coppens Faculty Profile
Dao-Fu Dai, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor (PAR), Cardiac Pathology
Mitochondrial and metabolic signaling in aging; Cardiac and Kidney diseases; Using mouse and hiPSC models of human diseases
Dai Faculty Profile
W. Brian Dalton, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology, Division of Hematologic Malignancies
Biology and therapy of myeloid leukemias (MDS and AML); RNA splicing; Spliceosome mutations; Cancer metabolism; Abnormal hematopoietic differentiation
Dalton Lab | Dalton Faculty Profile
Angelo DeMarzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director of Cancer Research Pathology, SKCCC; Professor of Pathology, Oncology, and Urology
Tissue microarrays; Biomarker development; Biospecimen banking; MYC, PTEN and prostate cancer; Prostate cancer and inflammation
DeMarzo Lab | DeMarzo Faculty Profile
Xinzhong Dong, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
Itch; Gentle touch; Hyperalgesia; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; MrgC agonism; Sensory circuits; Sensory neurons; Spinal ganglia; Sensory receptor cells; Neuronal imaging; Pain-sensing neurons; Genetic studies; Molecular studies; Somatosensation; Nociception; Pain; Heat
Dong Faculty Profile
Jonathan C. Dudley, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology and Pathology
Solid tumor flow cytometry; Molecular genetic pathology; Cell-free RNA; Bladder cancer
Dudley Faculty Profile
Charles G. Eberhart, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Neuropathology and Ophthalmic Pathology; Professor, Pathology
Tumor immunology; GU cancer; melanoma
The Brain and Eye Tumor Lab | Eberhart Faculty Profile
James R. Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory; Professor, Pathology - Gi/Liver
Molecular diagnosis of cancer; Genetic instability; Pancreatic cancer genetics and chemosensitivity
J Eshleman Faculty Profile
Susan H. Eshleman, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) Laboratory Center; Professor, Pathology - Transfusion Medicine
HIV diversity; HIV transmission, disease progression, and treatment outcomes; Evaluation of interventions for HIV prevention
HPTN Lab Center | S Eshleman Faculty Profile
Mohamed H. Farah, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience
Genomics; Nerve regeneration; Nervous system
Farah Faculty Profile
Alan D. Friedman, M.D.
King Fahd Professor, Pediatric Oncology; Professor, Oncology
Regulation of Myeloid Differentiation and Transformation
Friedman Faculty Profile
Edward W. Gabrielson, M.D.
Attending Pathologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital; Professor, Pathology - Molecular Pathology
Cancer biology; genomics
E Gabrielson Faculty Profile
Kathleen L. Gabrielson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Cardiovascular disease; Cancer; Pathology; Toxicology; Signal transduction; Cancer therapy
K Gabrielson Faculty Profile
Luis Garza, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Cell Biology
Skin Regeneration; Skin Stem Cells; Wound Healing
Garza Faculty Profile
Michael Goggins, M.D.
Professor, Pathology - GI/Liver
Early detection of pancreatic cancer; Markers of pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cancer screening; Familial pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic cancer epigenetics; Pancreatic cancer genetics
Goggins' Lab | Goggins Faculty Profile
Michael Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
DNA damage response; Epigenetics; Brain cancer; HPV-induced cancer screening
Goldstein Lab | Goldstein Faculty Profile
Mary Kathryn (Kate) Grabowksi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - Transfusion Medicine
Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of sexually transmitted viral infections (HIV, HPV, HSV); Sexual network structure and associations with viral STI transmission dynamics; Viral phylogenetics/phylodynamics
Grabowski Faculty Profile
Abdel Rahim A. Hamad, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - Immunopathology
Type 1 diabetes; NKT cells; DN T cells; Obesity
Hamad Lab | Hamad Faculty Profile
Gary S. Hayward, Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology; Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences; Pathology
Virology; CMV; herpes viruses
Hayward Faculty Profile
Won Jin Ho, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Cancer Immunology, GI Oncology
Cancer immunotherapy; Immunology; Cancer biology; Bioinformatics; and Medical oncology
WJH Lab | Jin Ho Faculty Profile
Ahmet Höke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology and Neuroscience; Director, Neuromuscular Division
Developmental Neuroscience; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Neurobiology of Disease
Höke Faculty Profile
Chuan-Hsiang Bear Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - GYN Pathology
RTK/Ras/PI3K/ERK signaling; cell migration; oncogenic signaling; cancer therapy
Huang Lab | Huang Faculty Profile
Sanjay K. Jain, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Director, Center for Infection and Inflammation Imaging Research; Professor, Pediatrics
Tuberculosis; Pediatric tuberculosis; Imaging for infections and inflammatory diseases; CNS tuberculosis; Cellular and low-cost technologies to improve health care; Mycobacteria
Jain Faculty Profile
Aaron W. James, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Surgical Pathology; Co-director, Graduate Program in Pathobiology
Bone biology; Osteogenesis; Skeletal repair; Mesenchymal stem cells; Osteosarcoma
James Lab | James Faculty Profile
Hongpeng Jia, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery
Pulmonary Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases; Renin-Angiotensin System; Stem Cell Biology; innate immunity and developmental Immunology
Jia Lab | Jia Faculty Profile
Richard J. Jones, M.D.
Professor, Oncology
Bone Marrow Transplantation; Cancer Stem Cells
Jones Faculty Profile
Petros Karakousis, M.D.
Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Mycobacterium tuberculosis latency and persistence
Karakousis Faculty Profile
David A. Kass, M.D.
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Program; Professor, Oncology
Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Geriatric Cardiology, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Pacemakers
Kass Lab | Kass Faculty Profile
Scott E. Kern, M.D.
Professor, Oncology
Genetic Alterations in Pancreatic Cancer
Kern Lab | Kern Faculty Profile
Vassilis E. Koliatsos, M.D.
Professor, Pathology; Neuropathology; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Brain blast injury; Traumatic and degenerative brain injury and repair; Alzheimers disease
Koliatsos Lab | Brain Injury and Degeneration | Koliatsos Faculty Profile
Maximilian F. Konig, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics; Institute for NanoBioTechnology
Autoimmunity; Precision immunotherapy; Chimeric antigen receptors; Chimeric T cell receptors; Cell engineering; Adoptive cell therapy; Bispecific antibodies
Konig Lab | Konig Faculty Profile
Scott M. Krummey, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology-Transfusion Medicine
Transplant immunology; T cell biology; B cell biology; Antigen recognition; Histocompatibility; Coreceptor signaling pathways; Immunologic memory
Krummey Faculty Profile
Gyanu Lamichhane, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Biochemistry; Infectious disease; Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Genomics; Tuberculosis; RNA
Lamichhane Lab | Lamichhane Faculty Profile
Harry (Ben) Larman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - Immunopathology
'Next generation' DNA sequencing; Multiplex RNA quantification techniques
B Larman Lab | B Larman Faculty Profile
John J. Laterra, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology
Brain malignancy, cancer stem cells, oncogenic signaling
Laterra Faculty Profile
Gabsang Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology and Neuroscience
Neural crest cell biology; Peripheral nerves disease; Congenital Insensitivity of Pain and Anhidrosis; Familial Dysautonomia; Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A; Skeletal muscle; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Lee Lab | Lee Faculty Profile
Tamara L. Lotan, M.D.
Professor, Pathology - Kidney/GU
Prostate cancer; Bladder cancer
Lotan Lab | Lotan Faculty Profile
Jun Luo, Ph.D.
Professor, Urology - James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
Prostate cancer genomes; Prostate tumor biology; Prostate cancer
Luo Faculty Profile
Joseph L. Mankowski, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Neuropathology; Retrovirology
Mankowski Faculty Profile
Nicholas J. Maragakis, M.D.
Director, ALS Center for Cell Therapy and Regeneration Research; Professor, Neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig's Disease, Neurology
Maragakis Faculty Profile
Lee J. Martin, Ph.D.
Director, Graduate Training Program in Pathobiology; Professor, Pathology and Neuroscience
Cell death; motor neuron diseases; Parkinson's disease
Martin Faculty Profile
Janielle P. Maynard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Oncology
Prostate cancer; pancreatic cancer; P2 purinergic receptors; cancer health disparities
Maynard Lab | Maynard Faculty Profile
Alan K. Meeker, M.A.T., Ph.D.
Director, Oncology Tissue Services, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Care Center; Associate Professor, Pathology - Kidney/GU
Cancer; Quantitative fluorescence microscopy; Molecular pathology; Urology; Prostate cancer; Cancer biology; Telomeres; Pathology; Biology of aging; Cellular Senescence
Bond Street Labs | Meeker Faculty Profile
Mollie K. Meffert, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience
Systems, Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; Neurobiology of Disease
Meffert Faculty Profile
Stephen J. Meltzer, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology; Oncology
Molecular pathophysiology and translational research in Barrett’s esophagus-associated neoplastic progression
Meltzer Faculty Profile
Meaghan Morris, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology; Neuropathology
Alzheimer's and related dementias; Aging; Tau
Morris Lab | Morris Faculty Profile
Heba Mostafa, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Virology Laboratory; Associate Professor of Pathology
Developing molecular virology diagnostics; Viral genomic surveillance; Understanding the association between viral genomic evolution and outbreaks or severe disease
Research Lab | Mostafa Faculty Profile
Monica R. Mugnier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Antigenic variation; T. brucei; Kinetoplastid; Host-pathogen interactions; Bioinformatics; Genomics
Mugnier Lab | Mugnier Faculty Profile
Eric Nuermberger, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases; International Health, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, JHSPH
Tuberculosis drug development; Tuberculosis therapeutic vaccine development; Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer)
Nuermberger Faculty Profile
Drew M. Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Bloomberg Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy; Professor, Oncology
Gene and cell therapy
Pardoll Lab | Pardoll Faculty Profile
Suman Paul, MBBS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Antibody engineering; Antibody-drug conjugates; Bispecific antibodies; CAR T cell therapy; Lymphoma, Leukemia
Suman Lab | Paul Faculty Profile
Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.
Donald S. Coffey Professor, Urology; Director, Urology Research Laboratories; Director, Research, The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute; Co-Director, Prostate Cancer Research Program, SKCCC; Professor, Oncology; Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
Novel therapeutic development; Biomarker development; Metastasis; Tumor microenvironment; Ecology of cancer
Pienta Lab | Pienta Faculty Profile
Jennifer L. Pluznick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Renal physiology; GPCRs; gut microbiome; blood pressure; olfactory receptors
Pluznick Faculty Profile
Martin G. Pomper, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging; Director, Johns Hopkins Small Animal Imaging Resource; William R. Brody Professor of Radiology; Assoc. Director, JH In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center; Co-Director, Cancer Molecular and Functional Imaging, SKCCC
Translational molecular imaging; small-molecule, peptide and antibody-based imaging and theranostic agents; PET, SPECT, optical and MR imaging; nanomedicine
Pomper Faculty Profile
Eric H. Raabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Oncology; Instructor, Pathology
Targeting stem cell factors and their downstream effectors in malignancy, specifically in brain tumors; Using human neural stem cells to create genetically accurate models of aggressive brain tumors; Disrupting the LIN28 pathway in brain tumors; Developing novel metabolic-based therapies to disrupt MYC-driven tumors
Raabe Faculty Profile
Giorgio Raimondi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Scientific Director, Transplant Immunology; Assistant Professor, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
T lymphocytes and regulatory T cell immunobiology
Raimondi Faculty Profile
Linda M. Resar, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Hematology; Oncology; Pathology
Basic research focus is hematologic malignancy and molecular mechanisms that lead to cancer.; Clinical research interests include sickle cell anemia
Resar Faculty Profile
Gregory J. Riggins, M.D., Ph.D.
Irving J. Sherman Research Professor; Professor, Neurosurgery
Neuro-oncology; molecular targets; genomics
Riggins Lab | Riggins Faculty Profile
Nicholas Roberts, Ph.D., Vet.M.B.
Associate Professor, Pathology, Oncology
Pancreatic cancer
Roberts Faculty Profile
Richard B. S. Roden, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, SKCCC; Professor, Pathology - GYN Pathology
Human papillomavirus (HPV); Ovarian cancer; HPV virology; HPV preventive vaccine; Ovarian cancer pathogenesis; Proteosome inhibitor; Experimental therapeutics
Roden Faculty Profile
Kevan J. Salimian, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology - Surgical Pathology
General Surgical Pathology; GI/Liver Pathology
Salimian Faculty Profile
Jonathan P. Schneck, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology - Immunopathology; Oncology - Immunology and Hematopoiesis
Immunology; T cell activation
Schneck Lab | Schneck Faculty Profile
Cynthia L. Sears, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases; Oncology, Immunology and Hematopoiesis
Infectious diarrheal diseases; Cryptosporidiosis; Food borne disease; Bacteroides fragilis infections
Sears Faculty Profile
Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering; Professor, Genetic Medicine
Protection of the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury; Role of HIF-1 in cancer; Gene and stem cell therapy for ischemic cardiovascular disease; Molecular mechanisms of oxygen homeostasis; Genetic syndromes due to mutations in genes encoding transcription factors
Semenza Lab | Semenza Faculty Profile
Karen Sfanos, M.S., Ph.D.
Deputy Director of Education, Department of Pathology; Professor, Pathology - Kidney/GU
Prostate cancer; molecular pathology; Infections and chronic inflammation; Microbiome
Sfanos Lab | Sfanos Faculty Profile
Dipali Sharma, Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology, Division of Women's Malignancies
Signaling Mechanisms; Bioactive Food Components; Novel Therapeutics; Tamoxifen Resistance; Metastasis; Adipocytokines; Obesity-Cancer Connection; Breast Cancer
Sharma Faculty Profile
Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Professor, Gynecology and Obstetrics
Cancer pathogenesis; Cancer diagnostics; Molecular cancer therapy; Molecular and cellular biology
Gynecology Cancer Lab| Shih Faculty Profile
Robert F. Siliciano, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Treatment of HIV infection; HIV reservoirs; HIV cure strategies
Siliciano Lab | Siliciano Faculty Profile
Debasish Sinha, Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ophthalmology School of Medicine
Glial cell function; Autophagy and Phagocytosis in retinal pigmented epithelial cells
Sinha Lab | Sinha Faculty Profile
Charles J. Steenbergen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology - Cardiovascular Pathology
Cardiovascular Diseases, particularly Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Steenbergen Faculty Profile
Saraswati Sukumar, Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology, Division of Women's Malignancies
Methylated genes as markers of breast cancer; Intraductal instillation for treatment of DCIS and prevention of breast cancer; HOX genes and their diverse oncogenic and tumor suppressor functions in breast cancer
Sukumar Faculty Profile
Charlotte J. Sumner, M.D.
Professor, Neurology & Neuroscience, Neuromuscular Medicine
Spinal muscular atrophy and Inherited Neuropathy
Sumner Faculty Profile
Shuying Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology; Physiology
ALS; RNA processing pathways; CRISPR technique-based therapeutic strategies
Research Lab | Sun Faculty Profile
Chloe L. Thio, M.D.
Professor, Medicine - Infectious Diseases
Hepatitis B virus virology; Immunology; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B virus cure; HIV-hepatitis B co-infection; HIV-hepatitis C co-infection; host genetics of viral hepatitis outcomes
Thio Faculty Profile
Aaron A. Tobian, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Pathology, Transfusion Medicine Division; Professor, Epidemiology
Transfusion transmitted infections; and HIV
Tobian Faculty Profile
Eneda Toska, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Oncology
Epigenetic regulation; mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies; regulation of estrogen receptor activity in breast cancer
Toska Lab | Toska Faculty Profile
Juan C. Troncoso, M.D.
Director, Clinical and Neuropathology Core; Professor, Pathology
Trauma of the brain and spinal cord; Forensic neuropathology; Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease
Troncoso Faculty Profile
Christopher B. Umbricht, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Surgery
Breast cancer; thyroid cancer; early cancer progression; genome-wide analyses; bioinformatics
Umbricht Faculty Profile
Raphael P. Viscidi, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics, Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology; Oncology
Seroepidemiology of human coronaviruses; Population genetics of Neisseria gonorrhoea; Development of avian influenza virus like particle (VLP) vaccine; Development of SARS-coronavirus vaccine; Pathogenesis and seroepidemiology of human polyomaviruses; Pathogenesis and seroepidemiology of human papillomavirus
Viscidi Faculty Profile
Mei Wan, Ph.D.
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Parathyroid hormone; LRP6; bone marrow mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells; Tissue repair/remodeling; Stem cell mobilization
Wan Faculty Profile
Jiou Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BSPH; Neuroscience, SOM
Cellular and molecular neuroscience; Neurobiology of disease
J Wang Faculty Profile
Tian-Li Wang, Ph.D.
Director, Molecular Genetics Laboratory of Female Reproductive Cancer; Professor, Pathology
Cancer genetics; epigenomics; Chemoresistance in ovarian cancer; Early detection of cancer; Notch signaling; Female reproductive cancer; Chromatin remodeling and DNA damage repair
Wang Lab | Tian-Li Wang Faculty Profile
Philip C-Y Wong, Ph.D.
Professor, Pathology - Neuropathology; Neuroscience
Cellular and molecular neuroscience; Neurobiology of disease
Wong Faculty Profile
Laura D. Wood, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - GI/Liver; Oncology - GI Cancer
Cancer genomics; Pancreatic cancer; Premalignant precursor lesions
Wood Lab | Wood Faculty Profile
T-C Wu, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Director, Gynecologic Pathology Division; Professor, Pathology
CD8+ T lymphocytes; Cervical cancer; Vaccination; Human papillomavirus (HPV); HPV vaccine; Cellular pathology; Molecular pathology; T cell biology; Tumor immunology; HPV immunology
Cervical Cancer Lab | TC Wu Faculty Profile
Rena Xian, M.D.
Associate Professor, Pathology - Hematologic and Molecular Genetic Pathology
Lymphoma genomics; Cell-free DNA; Viral-associated lymphomas; Viral methylation
Xian Faculty Profile
Kazuhiko Yamada, M.D., Ph.D.
Margery K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor in Kidney Transplant Surgery, JHUSOM; Director of Xenotransplantation, JHH
Immune tolerance; Xenotransplantation; Kidney transplantation; Thymus transplantation; Hematopoietic transplantation
Yamada Faculty Profile
Clayton C. Yates, Ph.D.
John R. Lewis Professor of Pathology; Professor, Oncology and Urology, JHUSOM
Cancer health disparities and molecular pathology
Yates Faculty Profile
Srinvasan (Vasan) Yegnasubramanian, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Oncology; Pathology; Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
Interplay of cancer epigenetics and genetics; Role of TOP2 in transcription and genomic instability; Androgen receptor signaling; Cancer biomarkers; Epigenetic modulators for cancer therapy
Yegnasubramanian Faculty Profile
Jelani C. Zarif, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Prostate Cancer Immunology
Zarif Faculty Profile
Hui Zhang, M.S., Ph.D.
Director, Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Center for Biomarker Discovery and Translation; Professor, Pathology - Clinical Chemistry
Proteomics, Protein modifications and functions; Proteome scale; Glycoproteins
Center for Biomarker Discovery & Translation | Zhang Faculty Profile
Jackie Zimmerman, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oncology
Gastrointestinal cancers; Tumor microenvironment; Patient-derived models; Intercellular crosstalk; Overcoming immunotherapeutic resistance
Zimmerman Faculty Profile