Faculty
Research Interests
Molecular
Pathology of Carcinogenesis
Ralph
B. Arlinghaus, Ph.D.:
Professor and chairman of the Department of Molecular
Pathology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center. RNA tumor viruses (retroviruses),
the v-Mos oncoprotein, and the role of Bcr in Bcr-Abl
positive human leukemia.
Constance Albarricin,
M.D. Ph.D.: Department of Pathology at the University
of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Cancers
of the breast and uterus with collaborations in esophagus,
central nervous system and kidney cancers
Jiale Dai, Ph.D: Assistant Professor, Department of
Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center. Molecular genetics
and biology of breast cancer.
Madeleine Duvic, M.D.: Professor, Department of Dermatology at
the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Molecular Pathogenesis of Skin Diseases
Richard
J. Ford, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor, Chief; Section
of Pathobiology, Department of Molecular Pathology
at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Cell growth control in normal and neoplastic human
B lymphocytes.
Peter
R. C. Gascoyne, Ph.D.:
Professor, Department of Molecular Pathology at the
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Development of dielectric methods for discriminating
between, and isolating, diseased cells and pathogens.
Peng Huang, M.D., Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department
of Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Biochemical and
molecular mechanisms of action of anticancer agents.
Mien-Chie
Hung, Ph.D.: Chairman, Dept. of Molecular and
Cellular Oncology, Director, Breast Cancer Basic Research
Program at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, Ruth Legett Jones Distinguished Chair
Professor. Oncogenes, Tumor Suppressor Genes,
Signal Transduction, and Gene Therapy.
Ryuji Kobayashi, Ph.D.:
Professor, Department of Molecular
Pathology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center. Method development in proteomics
research; Bcr-Abl signaling in leukemia; TCL-1 function
in T-cell tumorigenesis; protein S-nitrosylation.
M.
Tien Kuo,
Ph.D.: Felix
L. Haas Professor in Basic Science Department of Molecular
Pathology
Chief, Section of Eukaryotic Cell Research, Department
of Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer. Evolution of drug resistance
and tumor development; Targeted prodrug therapy of
liver cancers; Genomic instability and evolution of
drug resistance.
Sue-Hwa Lin, Ph.D.: Professor, Department
of Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Prostate cancer
bone metastasis; Roles of CEACAM1 cell adhesion molecule
in prostate cancer; Roles of anti-angiogenic protein
16-kDa prolactin in prostate cancer.
Timothy
J. McDonnell, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor, Department
of Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Molecular
oncology; Molecular determinants of therapeutic response.
Elizabeth
L. Travis, Ph.D.: Professor, Experimental and
Radiation Oncology at
the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Radiation-induced fibrosis; genetic basis of tissue
radiation sensitivity and fibrosis; growth factors.
Cellular
and Molecular Pathology of Human Disease
Diane L. Hickson-
Bick, Ph.D., Associate Professor
and Program Director, Department of Pathology at The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston. The role of cardiolipin in the induction
of apoptosis, toxic shock and the heart. Cardiac fatty
acid metabolism.
L. Maximilian Buja,
M.D.:Executive Vice President
UT Health Science Center and Professor,
Department of Pathology at The University of Texas
Medical School Houston.
Myocardial and vascular cell biology and pathology;
calcium homeostasis; phospholipid metabolism; adrenergic
mechanisms
Peter J.A. Davies,
M.D., Ph.D.: Professosr, Department of Integrative
Biology and Pharmacology at
The University of Texas Medical School
Houston.Retinoids, Cell Death, and Metabolic
Diseases.
Kenichi Fujise,
M.D.: Associate Professor, Brown Foundation Institute
of Molecular Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research.
Fortilin and PARISs (Apoptosis, Cell cycle regulation,
Atherosclerosis, Postangioplasty Restenosis).
Yong-Jian Geng, Ph.D.: Associate
Professor, Department of Medicine at The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston and The Texas Heart Institute. Cardiovascular
gene expression; apoptosis; lipoprotein metabolism;
transgenic mice; gene and cell therapy; tissue engineering
.
Tetsu
Kamitani, M.D., Ph.D.: Associate Professor,
Department of Cardiology, University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center. Post-translational modification;
regulation by ubiquitination; conjugation with ubiquitin-like
protein; SUMO; NEDD8; proteolysis by proteasome; function
of NUB1; ubiquitination by Ro52; ubiquitination by
TRIM5.
Victoria Knutson,
Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Integrative
Biology and Pharmacology at
The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Insulin
receptor; signal transduction; tyrosine kinase; breast
cancer.
Dianna
M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Medicine
at The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Molecular Pathology of Human Genetic
Disorders Altering the Elastic Fiber System.
Frank G. Moody, M.D.:
Professor, Department of Medicine at The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston. The pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis
and multiple organ failure.
Henry W.
Strobel, Ph.D.: Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at
The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Drug metabolism; carcinogenesis;
cancer chemotherapy; cytochrome P-450; neurobiology
of drug action.
Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., D.Phil.: Professor, Department of
Medicine at The
University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Energy substrate metabolism; gene expression
and function of the heart; heart failure and diabetes.
Ba-bie
Teng, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Brown Foundation
Institute of Molecular Medicine, Research Center for
Human Genetics.Gene therapy, vector development,
atherosclerosis, RNA editing.
Edward T.H. Yeh,
M.D.: Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiology
at
the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.Regulation
of SUMO and NEDD8 modification; Stem Cell Transplant
for Cardiovascular Diseases.
The
Pathogenesis and Immunological Basis of Infectious
Disease
Jeffrey
K. Actor, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department
of Pathology at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston.
Examination of host immune responses during parasitic
disease; understanding proinflammatory and regulatory
cytokines during mycobacterial infections; quantitative
bioluminescent RT-PCR; vaccine development.
Robert
L. Hunter, M.D., Ph.D.: Professor and Chair, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Tuberculosis.
Chinnaswamy
Jagannath, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. The biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(MTB).
Steven J.
Norris, Ph.D.: Professor, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School Houston.
Pathogenesis and Its Relationship to the Molecular
Genetics of Invasive Bacteria.
Sudhir Paul, Ph.D.: Professor, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Evolution of catalytic
activity in antibodies (Abs); Functional role of Ab
catalysis in autoimmune disease; Elicitation of catalytic
immunity in vaccination against cancer and microbes;
Interactions of amphiphilic neuropeptides with lipids
.
L. Scott
Rodkey, Ph.D.: Professor, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Antibodies, mechanism of
action and function in health and disease; studies
of Rh blood group antigens, structure and function;
electrophoresis technology.
Jagannadha K. Sastry, Ph.D.:Professor,
Department of Immunology
at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
HIV-AIDS; cervical cancer; vaccines; cellular
immunology; synthetic peptides.
Audrey Wanger, Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department
of Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Application of Molecular
Biology to Clinical Microbiology.
The Structural Basis of Disease
Jun Lui, Ph.D.:
Angel Paredes,
Ph.D.:
James K.
Stoops, Ph.D.:
Professor, Department of
Pathology
at The University of Texas Medical School
Houston. Structure-function Studies
of Macromolecules of Biological Interest.
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