Faculty Mentors & Areas of Research Interest

Behavior/Human Factors

• Dragana Claflin, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Psychology,
  Behavior and Learning
• John Flach, Ph.D.
  Professor and Chair, Psychology
  Coordination and Control in Cognitive Systems
• Michael Hennessy, Ph.D.
  Professor, Psychology
  Neuroendocrine Activity and Behaviors
• Gale Kleven, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Psychology,
  Developmental Psychobiology, Teratology, and Prenatal Origins of Adult Disease
• Patricia Schiml, Ph.D.
  Lecturer, Psychology
• Scott Watamaniuk, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Psychology

Biomedical Engineering/Human Factors

• Caroline Cao, Ph.D.
  Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
  Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation
• Tarun Goswami, D. Sc.
  Associate Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
  Artificial Joints
• Thomas Hangartner, Ph.D.
  Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
  Bone Density
• Nasser Kashou, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
  Biomedical and Neuroimaging
• Thomas Wischgoll, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  Virtual Imaging, CT-Based Diagnosis

Genetics/Cell Biology

• Stephen Berberich, Ph.D.
  Professor and Chair, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  Activation/Deactivation of Oncogenes
• Julian G. Cambronero, Ph.D.
  Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  Molecular Cell Signaling in Neutrophils
• Kate Excoffon, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
  Viral Receptors
• David Goldstein, Ph.D.
  Professor and Chair, Biological Sciences
  Osmoregulatory Physiology
• Dan Halm, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
• Heather Hostetler, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  Nuclear Receptor Regulation in Energy Homeostasis
• Michael Leffak, Ph.D.
  Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  DNA Replication
• Oleg Paliy, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  Intestinal Bacteria in Health and Disease
• Yong-jie Xu, M.D., Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  DNA Replication and Eukaryotic Genome Integrity

Genetics/Epidemiology

• Cameron Chumlea, Ph.D.
  Fels Professor, Community Health
  Body Composition, Fat Patterning in Adults
• Stefan Czerwinski, Ph.D.
  Professor, Community Health
  Director, LHRC Division of Epidemiology
  Genetic Epidemiology of Disease Risk Factors
• Dana Duren, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Community Health
  Human Skeletal Maturation
• Miryoung Lee, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Community Health
  Genetic Epidemiology of Disease Risk Factors
• Nikki Rogers, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Community Health/Epidemiology
  Genetics/Epidemiology

Integrative Biology/Toxicology

• Khalid Elased, R.Ph., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
  Renin-Angiotensin System in Hypertension and Diabetes
• Yanfang Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
  Hypertension and Stroke
• James Lucot, Ph.D.
  Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
  Neurochemistry, Drugs and Behavior
• Ioana Pavel-Sizemore, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Chemistry
  Nanoparticles
• Courtney Sulentic, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
  Neuroimmunology

Neuroscience

• Timothy Cope, Ph.D.
  Director, Neuroscience Institute
  Professor and Chair, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
  Motor Control and Sensorimotor Integration in Spinal Cord
• Sherif Elbasiouny, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology and Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering
  Neuroengineering, Rehabilitation Neuroscience
• Ashot Kozak, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology &Physiology
  Ion Channels
• David Ladle, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
  Development of Neural Circuits
• Mark Rich, M.D., Ph.D.
  Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
  Skeletal Muscle Sodium Channels
• Christopher Wyatt, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology
  Carotid Bodies and Respiratory Control