College of Graduate Studies, Medical University of South Carolina
 

Alexander Awgulewitsch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Rheumatology/Immunology
Role of Hox genes in cartilage & muscle development and transgenic models for skin and hair defects

John E. Baatz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Division of
Neonatology
Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

Narayan R. Bhat, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
Glial cell lineages in nervous system development

Maria G. Buse, M.D.
Professor, Division of Endocrinology
Hormonal and metabolic regulation, the action of insulin, diabetes, mechanisms of insulin resistance

Lisa Cunningham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Genes regulating cellular responses to stress in neurons and sensory receptor cells.

Maurizio Del Poeta, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Fungal pathogenesis

Christopher J. Drake, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
The developmental biology of de novo blood vessel formation mediated by vasculogenesis

Carol Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Stem cell diversification

Leonard M. Eisenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
The molecular mechanisms that control the phenotypic direction of differentiating stem cells

Gary Gilkeson, M.D.
Professor
Division of Rheumatology
Genetics of autoimmunity and of racial disparity in autoimmunity

Robert G. Gourdie, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Cardiac cell fate, molecular induction and patterning of the heart

Stanley R. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Professor
Rheumatology/Immunology
Function of specific ECM proteins and MMP's in development

Tien Hsu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Hollings Cancer Center
Signal transduction and gene regulation in embryonic development and oogenesis

Michael Kern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cell Biology & Anatomy
Defining the molecular/genetic circuitry of patterning genes in bone, craniofacial, and cardiovascular development.
Target genes of homeobox transcription factors: microarrays and beyond.

 

Steven W. Kubalak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cell Biology & Anatomy
Cardiac development in retinoid x receptor-alpha gene-targeted mice

Ioanna Maroulakou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Laboratory of Cancer Genomics

Terrence O'Brien, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Molecular biology and developmental regulation of conduction system of cardiomyocytes

Makio Ogawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Experimental Hematology
Differentiation and proliferation of hemopoietic stem cells

Janardan P. Pandey, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor
Microbiology and Immunology
Role of cytokine and immunoglobulin genes in infectious and autoimmune diseases.

Swapan K. Ray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
involvement of calpain, a Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease, in the molecular mechanisms of cell death in disorders and diseases of the central nervous system

Baerbel Rohrer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Opthalmology
Retinal development and genetics of retinal degeneration

Carlos Salinas, D.M.D.
Professor
Pediatric Dentistry
Clinical aspects of birth defects affecting the craniofacial structures, and the oral & dental manifestations of genetic & systemic disorders

Clifford W. Schweinfest, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Experimental Oncology
Genetic basis of colorectal cancer and genome instability in prostate cancer

Demetri D. Spyropoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Mammary gland & male urogenital system development, and hematopoiesis

Bryan Toole, Ph.D.
Professor
MCBP
Role of hyaluronan and emmprin in limb and cardiocascular development and in epithelial-mesechymal transitions

Thomas Walle, Ph.D.
Professor
Professor of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Carcinogenesis: prevention and toxicology

Gregory W. Warr, Ph.D.
Professor
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Ecogenomics, function of enhancers

Dennis K. Watson, Ph.D.
Professor
Laboratory of Cancer Genomics
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Effects of gene dosage on development: knockout and transgenic models


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