About Us
Faculty
Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D., Dean
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| Gerald R. Conover, Ph.D., Chair |
University of Michigan—Normal morphology and degenerative changes in peripheral nerves. |
| Lori B. Dribin, Ph.D. | Northwestern University—Developmental neurobiology and neurotropic factors involved in spinal cord regeneration. |
| Paul Greenman, D.P.M. | Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine—Reconstructive food and ankle surgery |
| Nicholas Lufti, D.P.M. | Barry University—Lower extremity pathology and peripheral vascular disease. |
| Andrew T. Mariassy, Ph.D. | University of California - Davis—Lung morphology, experimental pathology of asthma, CF and coccidiosis. Morphometry, stereology and molecular probing of the carbohydrate milieu of airway and intestinal mucosa. |
| Debra McNally, M.S. | Barry University—Nerve regeneration and its role in neurologic disorders (Guillain Barre Syndrome) |
| Cheryl C. Purvis, Ph.D. | University of Kentucky—Melatonin and Sleep Medicine Education. |
| Khin M. Tu, M.D. | University of Liverpool—Use of biological materials in hip replacement. |
| Rick K. Yip, Ph.D. | Medical College of Wisconsin—Cytoskeletal proteins and their role in nerve regeneration and degenerative neurological disorders. |
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| Ronald Block, Ph.D., Chair |
Clemson University—Magnetic resonance spectral and imaging techniques. |
| W. Grady Campbell, Ph.D. | University of Florida—Exercise-related genes that prevent disease. |
| Edye E. Groseclose, Ph.D. | University of Miami—Microbial catabolism of aromatic compounds, oxygenases, oxygen toxicity, alternative and complementary medical systems, and antioxidant enzymes. |
| K.V. Venkatachalam, Ph.D. | Texas A&M University—Fatty acid biosynthesis and regulation, biological sulfonation, isoprene biosynthesis, and beta-lactamase. |
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| Howard S. Hada, Ph.D., Chair |
University of Houston—Bacterial taxonomy and microbial ecology. |
| Kelly L. Davis, Ph.D. | University of Missouri—Phenotypic changes of phase variation on Mycoplasma fermentans |
| Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D. | Oklahoma State University—Biofilm formation on contact lenses and tropical diseases |
| Bindu Mayi, Ph.D. | University of Missouri—Prevention of MRSA infections in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance |
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| William A. Gibson , DDS, Ph.D., Chair |
The Ohio State University—Pathology of inflammation and neoplasia |
| Broderick C. Jones, M.D. | University of Miami—Electron microscopic imaging of common malignancies. |
| Almos B. Trif, M.D., Ph.D., J.D. | University of Miami—Molecular interactions in the regulation of striated muscle contraction. |
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| Michael Parker, Ph.D. Chair |
University of Miami—Development and plasticity of the neuronal cholinergic synapse. |
| Thomas A. Panavelil, Ph.D. | University of Miami—Molecular interactions in the regulation of striated muscle contraction. |
| Charles E. Powell, Ph.D. | Florida A & M University—Plasma membrane steroid receptors. |
| Charles E. Reigel, Ph.D. | Northeast Louisiana University—Genetic models of epilepsy and cocaine pharmacogenetics. |
| Name | Biographical Information |
|---|---|
| Wayne A. Schreier, Ph.D. Chair |
University of Miami—Development and plasticity of the neuronal cholinergic synapse. |
| Leah Lyons, Ph.D. | University of Miami—Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression |
| Harvey N. Mayrovitz, Ph.D. | University of Pennsylvania—Blood flow and microcirculation. |
| P. Stephen Taraskevich, Ph.D. | University of California - Los Angeles—Stimulus-secretion coupling |
| Yuri S. Zagvazdin, Ph.D. | Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR—Regulation of ocular and cerebral circulation. |