Pharmacology & Physiology - All Faculty
  • Alger, Bradley E., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-456-1098
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  • Alicea Gutierrez, Gretchen M., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Antalis, Toni M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8222
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    Keywords: thrombosis, ovarian cancer, fibrinolysis, coagulation, membrane serine protease, protease-activated receptor, PAR
  • Barlow, Samuel , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Benavides, David Roger , MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: Clinical Neuroscience, Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), Transverse Myelitis (TM), Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE), Neuronal Plasticity, Signal Transduction
  • Bergman, Daniel R., PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: agent-based models, surrogate models, mathematical oncology, tumor-immune interactions, cancer systems biology, computational biology, multi-scale modeling, spatial transcriptomics
  • Bibollet, Hugo , PhD, MSc, Post Doc Fellow
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    Keywords: Channelopathies, Ion channel, skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, heart, EC-coupling, CaV, Kv, NaV, voltage clamp
  • Birukov, Konstantin G., MD, PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2578
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    Keywords: acute lung injury, sepsis, secondary lung injury, lung microbiome, lung aging, endothelial permeability, inflammation, innate immunity, cell junctions, cytoskeleton, cell motility and mechanotransduction, cell-cell interactions, signal transduction, biosensors, lipid mediators, oxidized phospholipids, DAMPs, prostaglandins
  • Birukova, Anna A., MD, Professor
    (410) 706-2545
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    Keywords: My general research interest is cytoskeletal mechanisms regulating lung endothelial permeability and inflammation and approaches to attenuate acute lung injury and improve lung recovery.
  • Blanpied, Thomas A., PhD, Professor
    410-706-4769
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    Keywords: Synaptic transmission, neural plasticity, neuronal cell biology, optical physiology, spatial proteomics, neurophysiology, live-cell confocal imaging, super-resolution imaging, DNA PAINT, single-molecule tracking.
  • Blaustein, Mordecai P., MD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-3345
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  • Bloch, Robert J., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-3020
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  • Bruce, Matthew , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Buzza, Marguerite , PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-8223
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  • Cao, Chunzhang , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-8041
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    Keywords: integrin CD11b/CD18 signaling, macrophages, neutrophils, NETS, atherosclerosis mouse model, multiple sclerosis mouse model
  • Casin, Kevin , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Chao, Wei , MD, PhD, Professor
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    Keywords: Sepsis, trauma, ischemic myocardial infarction, organ injury, innate immunity, biomarkers, microRNA, bioinformatics, machine learning.
  • Civin, Curt I., MD, Professor
    (410) 706-1181
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    Keywords: Stem Cell Biology, Hematopoiesis, Regenerative Medicine, Oncology, Pediatric Oncology, Gene Therapy, Hematology, Cancer, Leukemia, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, CD34
  • Cooper, Joanna M., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Dambaeva, Ariuna , MD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Damenti, Martina , MSc, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Davis, Stephen N., MBBS, Professor
    (410) 706-3568
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    Keywords: Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Exercise, Inflammation
  • Dick, Ivy E., PhD, Associate Professor
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  • Dilip Kumar, Shilpa , PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Duru, Nadire , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Elmer, Gregory I., PhD, Professor
    (410) 402-6085
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    Keywords: Trauma, Depression, Habenula, PTSD, Addiction, Psychopharmacology
  • Fang, Shengyun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2220
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    Keywords: Proteostasis, UBA1 activity enhancers, RNF5 inhibitor and degrader, drug discovery, ubiquitination, ERAD, unfolded protein response, VEXAS syndrome, spinal muscular atrophy, α-1-antitrypsin deficiency-associated liver disease, obesity-related cancer, aging, and age-related diseases.
  • Fasano, Alessio , MD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Ferre, Sergi , MD, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Ferrer, Christina M., PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107063261
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    Keywords: cancer metastasis, pancreatic cancer, metastasis-initiating cells, dissemination, pancreatic cancer metastasis
  • Fishman, Paul S., MD, PhD, Clinical Professor
    (410)-328 5803
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    Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, neurodegenerative disease, deep brain stimulation, DBS, focused ultrasound, FUS, blood-brain barrier, botulinum toxin, tetanus toxin, stem cells, magnetic targeting
  • Garg, Vivek , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7407
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    Keywords: Mitochondrial biology, calcium and redox signaling, cardiovascular physiology, muscle physiology, ion channels, transporters, membrane biophysics, electrophysiology, confocal imaging, metabolic disorders (Heart failure).
  • Geng, Degui , PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Gladwin, Mark T., MD, Professor
    410-706-7410
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    Keywords: sickle cell disease, pulmonary hypertension, nitrite, carbon monoxide
  • Gnatt, Averell , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-8239 (office)
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  • Gover, Tony D., PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Gu, Jiajia , MD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Hamlyn, John M., PhD, Professor
    410-706-3479
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    Keywords: Ouabain, Calcium Metabolism, Vascular Function, Brain, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure
  • Han, Zhe , PhD, Professor
    410-706-4047
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    Keywords: Drosophila, Human Disease Models, heart, kidney, blood, muscle, metabolic diseases, nephrocyte, congenital heart disease, leukemia, nephrotic syndrome, genetic kidney diseases, drug screen, APOL1 nephropathy, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, viral protein host interaction
  • Hariharan, Ashwini , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Harraz, Maged M., MB,BCh, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3023
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    Keywords: Addiction, Antidepressant Pharmacology, Autophagy, Dopamine Transporter, Cocaine Receptor, Virus-Host Interaction, SARS-CoV-2
  • Harvey, Brandon K., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
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  • Heinbockel, Thomas , PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
    202-806-0058
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    Keywords: Neuroscience, cellular and network mechanisms of brain function studied with electrophysiological, optical, anatomical, and pharmacological methods; neural signaling and synaptic transmission; drug discovery & development
  • Herb, Brian R., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Isaacs, Dominic P., PhD, MS, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Jones, Laundette P., PhD, MPH, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-7331
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    Keywords: Cancer Equity; Community-Engaged Scholarship; Participatory Health Research; Interprofessional Education; Professional Formation; Research Readiness; Health Equity; Workforce Development; Environmental Determinants of Health
  • Kao, Joseph P., PhD, Professor
    410-706-4167
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    Keywords: Molecular probes, cellular physiology, neurophysiology, erythrocyte biology, optical microscopy, fluorescence, caged molecules, spin probes, magnetic imaging modalities, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
  • Kight, Katherine E., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Klotz, Remi V., PhD, Assistant Professor
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  • Koos, Robert D., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 706-8033
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  • Kramer, Audra A., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Krueger, Bruce K., PhD, Professor
    410-706-5065
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    Keywords: Autism, intellectual disability, brain development, valproic acid (VPA), gene-environment interactions, genomics, next-generation RNAseq, Down syndrome
  • Kumari, Anshu , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Lakatta, Edward G., MD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Lederer, W. Jonathan , MD, PhD, Professor
    410-706-8181
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    Keywords: Calcium Signaling, Calcium Sparks, Calcium-Dependent Arrhythmogenesis, Excitation-Contraction (EC) Coupling, Sodium Calcium Exchange Mechanisms, , X-ROS Signaling, , Cardiac Hypertrophy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Myocytes, Cardiac Mitochondria, Cardiac Cellular Physiology, Computational Biology, Super-Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging
  • LeGates, Tara A., PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: reward, learning, depression, neuronal circuits, circadian
  • Legenzov, Eric A., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Levy, Aaron , PhD, Research Associate
    410-706-0515
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    Keywords: confocal microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, DNA-PAINT, synapse organization, neuronal cell biology, molecular biology, NMDA receptors, parvalbumin interneuron, nanostructure
  • Li, Guangming , PhD, Assistant Professor
    4107067977
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    Keywords: HIV-1, HBV, plasmacytoid dendritic cells, Immunopathology, immunotherapy, humanized mice, CAR-T
  • Li, Wei , PhD, Associate Professor
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  • Loane, David J., PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
    (410) 706-5188
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    Keywords: Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuroinflammation, Microglia, Neuroprotection, Neurorepair, Chronic Neurodegeneration
  • Longden, Thomas A., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-1956
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    Keywords: brain blood flow, neurovascular coupling, functional hyperemia, smooth muscle, endothelium, pericytes, astrocytes, neurons, ion channels, G-protein coupled receptors, ependymal cells, choroid plexus, plasticity, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, electrophysiology, optogenetics, multiphoton imaging
  • Lukyanenko, Valeriy I., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Mackenzie, Colin F., MB ChB, MD(res), Professor Emeritus
    410-328-8673
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  • Mannella, Carmen A., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    410-706-4667
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    Keywords: Electron microscopy, electron tomography, mitochondria, cristae, bioenergetics, membrane remodeling, ion channels, VDAC
  • Martin, Stuart S., PhD, Professor
    410-706-6601
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    Keywords: cancer, breast cancer, metastasis, bioengineering, confocal microscopy
  • Mathur, Brian N., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8239
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    Keywords: Systems neuroscience
  • Matteson, Donald R., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-1809
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  • Mauban, Joseph Ryan H., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3925
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  • McCarthy, Margaret M., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2655
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    Keywords: Neuroendocrinology, postnatal brain development, steroid hormone action, sex differences, epigenetics, neuroinflammation, neonatal hypoxia ischemia, behavior, neurohypophyseal hormones, endocannabinoids, amino acid transmitters, postnatal neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, astrocytes, microglia and mast cells.
  • Menon, Vipin , BS, MA, PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Meredith, Andrea L., PhD, Professor Emerita
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  • Mong, Jessica A., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4295
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    Keywords: Sleep, Sleep circuity, Sex differences, Estradiol, Median Preoptic Nucleus, Women's Health, Insomnia, Arousal
  • Mukhopadhyay, Subhradip , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Nagalo, Bolni M., MSc, PhD, Associate Professor
    4107061951
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    Keywords: Vesiculovirus engineering; VMG oncolytic vectors; Cancer gene therapy; Cancer vaccines; TME remodeling; stromal-modifying enzymes; apoptotic effectors; alloantigen delivery; immune-cold to T-cell–inflamed conversion; PDAC; CRC: HCC; viral preclinical testing; proteomics-based biomarker discovery; plasma biomarker identification; HBV-associated HCC; molecular diagnostics for low-resource settings; drug repurposing; viral antigen re-direction; immune memory enhancement; cost-effective cancer immunotherapy.
  • Nguyen, Dung M., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Njar, Vincent C.O., PhD, Professor
    410-706-6364 (Baltimore); 240-314-6448 (Rockville)
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    Keywords: Medicinal Chemistry, oncopharmacology, anti-cancer drug discovery and development, small-molecule design and synthesis, cancers (breast, prostate, pancrease, skin), steroidal compounds, retinoidal compounds, steroid and retinoid-mimetics, pharmacokinetics, anti-tumor xenograft studies, inhibitors of CYP26, CYP17 and CYP19 (aromatase), AR antagonists, AR/AR-Vs degraders, Mnk1/2 degraders, inhibitors of oncogenic protein translation, Mnk1/2, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F/ eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, inhibitors of tumor growth and metastasis, mechanisms of action of anti-cancer agents.
  • O'Donnell, Christopher P., PhD, Professor
    410-706-7410
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    Keywords: physiology, obstructive sleep apnea, Sleep apnea, Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease,
  • Oshima, Yumiko , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Palha, Mitasha , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Poulopoulos, Alexandros , PhD, Associate Professor
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    Keywords: cortical development; synaptogenesis; cell adhesion; mTOR; Neuroligin; epilepsy; autism; schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, CRISPR; in utero electroporation
  • Puranik, Puru , PhD, Assistant Professor
    240-314-6450
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    Keywords: Medicinal chemistry, new drug discovery, small molecule synthesis, organic chemistry, design of bio-active molecules, anti-prostate cancer agents, anti-breast cancer agents, chemical process development, steroidal and retinoidal compounds.
  • Qiu, Yun , PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-4535
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  • Rathinam, Chozha Vendan , Dr. rer. nat., Associate Professor
    410-706-6158
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    Keywords: Stem Cells, Dendritic cells, Inflammation, Autoimmunity, Neuroinflammation, & HIV-induced hematopathology and immunodeficiencies.
  • Rizzo, Megan A., PhD, Associate Professor
    (410) 706-2421
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  • Romanowski, Andrea , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Ross, Douglas D., MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus
    (410) 328-8095
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  • Saha, Sourav , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Sarkar, Rajabrata , MD, PhD, Professor
    410-328-5840
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    Keywords: Blood vessel growth, blood vessel development, vascular surgery
  • Schwarcz, Robert , PhD, Professor
    (410) 402-7635
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    Keywords: Cognition, Excitotoxicity, Glutamate, Kynurenic acid, Neurodegenerative diseases, Neuroprotection, Quinolinic acid, Schizophrenia, Tryptophan
  • Shen, Jana , PhD, Professor
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  • Shuldiner, Alan R., MD, Professor
    (410) 706-1623
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    Keywords: Genetics of Age-Related Diseases, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Order Amish, APOC3 Null Mutation, CYP2C19 Variant, Personalized Medicine, Precision Medicine, Pharmacogenetics
  • Simard, J. Marc , MD, PhD, Professor
    (410) 328-0850
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  • Son, Junseok , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3031; Son Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/thesonlab
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    Keywords: Exercise Physiology, Obesity, Epigenetics, Fetal/Perinatal Physiology, Placental development, Adipocytes/myocytes, Stem (progenitor) cell differentiation
  • Stains, Joseph P., PhD, Professor
    (410) 706-2494
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    Keywords: Osteoblast, Osteocyte, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Bone, Intercellular Communication, Gap Junction, Connexin 43, Signal Transduction, Protein Kinase C, ERK, Runx2, Osterix, Musculoskeletal Biology, Osteoarthritis, Cytoskeleton, Mechanotransduction, Intermediate Filaments, Microtubules, CaMKII, Sclerostin.
  • Strickland, Dudley K., PhD, Professor
    410-706-8010
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    Keywords: Lipoprotein receptors, vascular disease, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, Alzheimer's disease
  • Su, Lishan , PhD, Professor
    410-706-7878
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    Keywords: Immunology, virology, immunotherapeutic antibody and CAR-T cells
  • Su, Yangqi , PhD, BS, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Sun, Yilun , PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-7287
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    Keywords: Topoisomerases, PARP, chemotherapy, DNA repair, ubiquitin-like modifications
  • Tang, Cha-Min , MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Thomas, Elizabeth , PhD, Research Associate
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  • Thompson, Scott M., PhD, Adjunct Professor
    410-706-5817
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  • Todd, Nevins W., MD, Professor
    (410) 328-8141
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    Keywords: Interstitial lung disease (ILD), pulmonary fibrosis, respiratory physiology
  • Trudeau, Matthew C., PhD, Professor
    410-706-5551
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  • Uhl, George R., MD, PhD, Professor
    401 605 7000 x 56612
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    Keywords: Neurology, Neuropharmacology, Complex genetics, Molecular neurobiology, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Pain, Restless Leg Syndrome, Addiction, Drug development
  • Vieira, Daiana C O., PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Vitolo, Michele I., PhD, Assistant Professor
    410-706-3331
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  • Vogel, Bruce E., PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-4516
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  • Wade, James B., PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-706-3190
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  • Weir, Nicholas J., PhD, Research Associate
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  • Welling, Paul A., MD, Adjunct Professor
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  • Wier, Withrow Gil , PhD, Professor Emeritus
    410-706-3349
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  • Wolff, Steffen B.E., PhD, Assistant Professor
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    Keywords: Motor skill learning, Learning and Memory, Basal Ganglia, Motor Cortex, Thalamus
  • Wong, Shenq Huey , PhD, Research Associate
    (410) 706-4343
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    Keywords: Glucokinase, biosensor, mouse model, islet, metabolism, imaging.
  • Woodward, Owen M., PhD, Associate Professor
    410 706 1760
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    Keywords: Uric Acid, Urate, Gout, Kidney, Renal Physiology, Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Wulff, Andreas , PhD, Post Doc Fellow
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  • Yan, Wenjing , DSci, Research Associate
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  • Yang, Xi , DM, Research Associate
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  • Ying, Haoxuan , BS, Visiting Research Fellow
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  • Yu, Min , PhD, Professor
    410-706-6479 (office)
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    Keywords: Circulating tumor cells, Cancer metastasis, Brain metastasis, Breast cancer, Liquid Biopsy
  • Zhang, Li , PhD, Professor
    410-706-8040
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    Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases, Autoimmunity, inflammation, stem cells, macrophages, integrin, cell adhesion
  • Zhang, Yinghua , MD, PhD, Research Associate
    410-706-6028
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  • Zhao, Guiling , PhD, Assistant Professor
    (410) 706-6240 (office)
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    Keywords: Physiology, Calcium Signaling, Microcirculation, Blood flow control, Arterial smooth muscle cell, Ventricular Myocyte, Endothelial Cell, Cerebral Artery, Coronary Artery, Electrophysiology, Super Resolution Imaging, Confocal Imaging, Patch Clamp, Pressurized artery, Capillary, Pericyte, Electro-Metabolic Signaling
  • Zhong, Yongwang , DSci, Research Associate
    (410) 706-3443
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  • Zhu, Linying , PhD, Research Associate
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    Keywords: Cancer therapy, Topoisomerases, Supercoiling, DNA repair, Cell plasticity.