FACULTY

Rakesh Kumar Professor and Chairman Catharine B. & William McCormick Chair Ph.D. 1984, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India Keywords: Cytoskeleton signaling, nuclear receptors, coregulators and chromatin, transcription controls, cancer signaling, and infection and inflammation.
Patricia E. Berg Professor Ph.D. 1973, Illinois Institute of Technology Keywords: Homeobox genes and cancer (breast cancer, prostate cancer and leukemia), BP1, gene regulation, therapy, and early detection.
Ka Bian Associate Research Professor M.D. 1982, Zhejian University School of Medicine, China Ph,D, 1990, Shiga University of Medical Sciences, Ohtsu, Japan Keywords: NO/sGC/cGMP Signaling, Role of Inflammation in Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, Immunological Disorder, and Regenerative Medicine
Marc R. Blackman Professor M.D. 1972 New York University Keywords: Endocrine-Immune-Paracrine Interactions, NFAT5, science signaling, secretagogue, geriatric medicine
Joanna Chmielinska Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. 1999, George Washington University Keywords: Cardiovascular tissue injury due to magnesium deficiency, and iron overload.// Endocrine-Immune-Paracrine Interactions, NFAT5, Science Signaling, Secretagogue, Geriatric Medicine
Goberdhan Dimri Associate Professor Ph.D. 1990, Jawaharlal Nehru University Keywords: Regulation of cellular senescence, Breast cancer, Regulation and function of Polycomb Group proteins, Biology of aging
Manjari Dimri Assisstant Research Professor M.D. 1995, B.R.D. Medical College, University of Gorakhpur Keywords: Regulation of cellular senescence, Breast cancer, Regulation and function of Polycomb Group proteins, Biology of aging
Mark S. Elliott Associate professor Ph.D. 1983, The Ohio State University Keywords: Transfer RNA, queuosine, phytoestrogens, reveratrol, Shigella infectivity, and gene expression.
Jeyanthy Eswaran Director, McCormick Genomics and Proteomic Centre Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. 2001, University of Newcastle Keywords: Nuclear functions of p21 activated kinases, phosphorylation mediated histone modification, chromatin dynamics, structural and Biochemical genomics
Allan L. Goldstein Professor Ph.D. 1964, Rutgers University Keywords: Thymosins, Wound Healing, Aging, and Immunomodulation.
Zhiyong Han Associate Professor Ph.D. 1993, City University of New York Keywords: Apoptosis, differentiation, senescence, cellular growth
Valerie W. Hu Professor Ph.D. 1978, California Institute of Technology Keywords: Autism, transcriptional profiling, DNA methylation, microRNA expression, diagnostic screen, and cellular models.
Jeong-Ho Kim Assistant Professor Ph.D. 1997. University of Wisconsin-Madison Keywords: Aerobic glycolysis, glucose signaling, yeast genetics, and glucose sensors and transporters.
Alexander Kots Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. 1992, Lomonosov Moscow State University Keywords: Cyclic nucleotides, guanylyl cyclase, cGMP, drug development
Jay H. Kramer Associate Research Professor Ph.D. 1982, Lehigh University Keywords: Mg deficiency and chronic iron toxicity, postischemic myocardial injury model, myocyte reoxygenation injury, EPR spectroscopy, and antioxidant therapy.
Ajit Kumar Professor Ph.D. 1968, University of Chicago Keywords: Regulation of viral gene trans-activation, role of cellular factors, and RNA protein interactions.
Raj Lakshman Research Professor Ph.D. 1966, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India Keywords: Alcoholism, liver disease, oxidative stress, lipids and lipoproteins, metabolic and genetic obesity, and gene regulation and expression.
Paul Levine Research Professor M.D. Keywords: Breast Cancer, inflamatory breast cancer, pathogenesis
Da-Qiang Li Assistant Research Professor M.D., 2003, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China Keywords: Coregulators, signaling effectors, DNA-damage response, and radio-sensitivity
I. Tong Mak Research Professor Ph.D. 1982, University of Wisconsin-Madison Keywords:Free radical pathobiology, antioxidant drug mechanisms, lysosome in iron overload, AZT toxicity, and Mg-deficiency-induced inflammation.
Ferid Murad University Professor M.D. 1965, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Ph.D. 1965, Department of Pharmacology, Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology, 1998 Keywords: Nitric oxide, cyclic GMP,  guanylyl cyclases, nitric oxide synthase, vascular biology, embryonic stem cells, cancer, bacterial toxin-induced diarrhea
Sujit S. Nair Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. 2003, National Center For Cell Science, Pune, India Keywords: Eukaryotic transcription, Coregulators, Epigenetics.
William Nierman Professor Ph.D. 1979, University of California Berkeley. Keywords: Innate immune system, secondary metabolites, genomics, and microbial pathogens.
Mahesh C. Sharma Associate Research Professor Ph.D. 1991, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India Keywords: Angiogenesis, breast cancer, annexin II, fibrinolysis, plasmin.
Jack Y. Vanderhoek Professor and Vice Chair Ph.D. 1966, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Keywords: Fatty acids, eicosanoids, lipids, and history of medicine.
Glenn A. Walker Professor Ph.D. 1963, Michigan State University Keywords: Human Nutrition, and Medical and graduate education.
William Weglicki Professor M.D. 1962, University of Maryland Keywords: Neurogenic peptides, substance P, and propranolol analogues.
Mei-Yi Wu Assistant Research Professor Ph.D. 1999, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Keywords: Epigenetics, chromatin remodeling genes, ARID4A, ARID4B, tumor suppressor genes, leukemogenesis, mouse models, urogenital development, renal agenesis, and infertility.
Ray-Chang Wu Assistant Professor Ph.D. 1999, University of Southern California Keywords: Steroid hormone receptors and coactivators, membrane signalings, post-translational modifications, and tumorigenesis.
Wenge Zhu Assistant Professor Ph.D. 2003, University of Vermont Keywords: DNA replication, checkpoint, cell cycle, and cancer therapy.

Emeritus Faculty

J. Martyn Bailey Emeritus Professor Ph.D. 1952, D.Sc. 1970, University of Wales Keywords: Molecular biology of prostaglandins and steroid hormones, suicide inhibitors of reverse transcriptase, and molecular mechanisms of aspirin action.
Linda L. Gallo Emeritus Professor Ph.D. 1969, George Washington University Keywords: Molecular mechanisms of cholesterol absorption, role of cholesterol esterase, intestinal lipoproteins, dietary cholesterol, and atherosclerosis.

Distinguished Faculty

Aaron Ciechanover, M.D., D.Sc. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004