About Us

Faculty

Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D., Dean

Anatomy Faculty
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.
Biochemistry Faculty
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.
Microbiology Faculty
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
Pathology Faculty
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.
Pharmacology Faculty
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.
Physiology Faculty
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.