Maria Aleman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The broad goal of our research is to understand how RNA regulation contributes to the control of iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis. We use biochemical, cellular, in vivo, and computational approache … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Blood Research Center, McAllister Heart Institute, Other, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Computational Biology, Genomics, Hematology, Metabolism, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine |
Edward Moreira Bahnson, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cardiovascular disease accounts for 2,300 deaths per day in the US, claiming as many lives as the next four leading causes combined. Current vascular interventions for severe arterial atherosclerosis … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Cell Biology & Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, McAllister Heart Institute, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Biology, Cardiovascular disease, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine, Pharmacology, Physiology, Toxicology, Translational Medicine |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Cell Biology & Physiology, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology |
Nicholas G. Brown, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Cell cycle, ubiquitin, structural biology, Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Structural Biology |
Kirsten L. Bryant, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overall goal of our lab is to perform research that contributes to a better understanding of pancreatic cancer biology and leads to improved treatments for this disease. One major focus of … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Chemical Biology, Metabolism, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology |
J. Mauro Calabrese, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The Calabrese lab seeks to make fundamental discoveries in genomics that unlock innovations in medicine and biotechnology. Our current research focuses on understanding how non-catalytic RNAs ( … Read more |
| Mentors: | Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Cell Biology, Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology, Genomics, Molecular Biology |
Martin F. Casey, MD, MPH |
| Clinical / Research Focus: I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine . I am a clinician-researcher with an interest in leveraging the unique setting in which emergency medical care is provided to augme … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Emergency Medicine, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Clinical Trials, Health Services, Implementation Science, Pharmacology |
Leon Coleman, MD, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The overriding goal is to identify novel treatments for immune related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, addiction, cancer and trauma. Studies in addiction focus on alcohol use disorder and coca … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Aging/Geriatrics, Behavior, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Delivery, Immunology, Mental illness |
Jean Cook, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Our long-term aspiration is to understand how the human cell cycle is organized for proliferation control and genome maintenance. Among the principal goals in this endeavor are determining mole … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Microscopy, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology |
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AFFILIATIONS: Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology, Radiation Oncology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Cell Signaling, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine |
Fulton Crews, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: Mental disease, including addiction and neurodegeneration, are central themes of Dr. Crews’s research. Addiction has many components, one of which is long-term changes in gene expression and structure … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, Pharmacology, Psychiatry |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Addiction/Substance Use Disorder, Behavior, Cell Signaling, Neurobiology |
Henrik G. Dohlman, PhD |
| Clinical / Research Focus: The lab’s research is centered on G proteins, RGS proteins, and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Interest in these began, as a graduate student with Nobel Laureate Robert Lefkowitz, with the cloni … Read more |
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AFFILIATIONS: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Lineberger Cancer Center, Pharmacology |
CLINICAL/RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biochemistry, Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Quantitative Biology, Systems Biology |








