Cellular and Molecular Pathology of Human Disease

Associated Faculty:

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 .

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.