Jonathon W. Homeister MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our cardiovascular research laboratory studies the glycobiology (glycoprotein- and/or glycolipid-dependent biologic processes) inherent to the pathogenesis of inflammatory vascular and blood di … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biomedical Engineering, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Immunology, Medical Education, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Other, Pathology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Kendall Hutson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Light sheet microscopy of the mammalian cochlea. Anatomy and physiology of the central auditory system. |
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AFFILIATIONS: Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Hearing-Speech, Microscopy, Structural Biology, Systems Biology |
Joseph G. Ibrahim |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research involves developing statistical methods in computational biology, including methods Chip-seq data as well as the development of statistical methods for gene expression and sequence data., … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Cancer Biology, Computational Biology, Systems Biology |
Ilona Jaspers, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My lab examines how inhaled agents modify respiratory immune responses using a number of translational research models. My group is particularly interested in how inhaled agents, such as ambient air p … Read more |
Alain Laederach |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Laederach Lab is interested in better understanding the relationship between RNA structure and folding and human disease. We use a combination of computational and experimental approaches to study … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Biology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Karin Leiderman Gregg, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My research is focused on studying the influence of biochemical and biophysical mechanisms on blood coagulation, clot formation, and bleeding. My methodology involves the integration of mathematical, … Read more |
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Linnstaedt lab is interested in understanding mechanisms driving the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain following traumatic stress exposures with the goal of identifying novel therapeutic … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Anesthesiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Behavior, Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Mental illness, Molecular Biology, Sleep, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine, Veteran’s Health, Women's Health |
Pengda Liu, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: My laboratory investigates cell signaling networks—particularly protein post-translational modifications and protein–protein interactions—to identify novel drug targets and develop innovative t … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Aging/Geriatrics, Arthritis, Biochemistry, Biomaterials, Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Drug Delivery, Drug Discovery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Mental illness, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Translational Medicine |
Catherine O’Connell, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Natural immunity to chlamydial genital tract infection in women Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) continues to pose great risk to the reproductive health of women worldwide. Its potentially devastatin … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Microbiology & Immunology, Pediatrics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bacteriology, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Adam Palmer, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Combination cancer therapy Most types of cancer can be treated more effectively by combination therapy than by a single therapy. Many cancers can even be cured with combination therapy. We study the m … Read more |
Doug Phanstiel |
| Clinical / Research Focus: It is estimated that less than 2% of the human genome codes for a functional protein. Scattered throughout the rest of the genome are regulatory regions that can exert control over genes hundreds of … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Bioinformatics, Developmental Biology, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Jeremy Purvis, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: We study the behavior of individual cells with a specific focus on “irreversible” cell fate decisions such as apoptosis, senescence, and differentiation. Why do genetically identical cells choose diff … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Genetics |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Signaling, Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |





