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 foot 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.
Ahmad Ahmadi, DMD. Nova Southeastern University – Clinical Correlation of Oral Cavity Morphology
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.
Donald E. Burris, Ph.D. Washington State University—Mucosal immunology and vaccine development.
Kelly L. Davis, Ph.D. University of Missouri—Phenotypic changes of phase variation on Mycoplasma fermentans
Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University—Tropical infectious diseases
Bindu Mayi, Ph.D. University of Missouri—Prevention of MRSA infections in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance
Pathology Faculty
Name Biographical Information
Maung A. Khin, MD, PhD University of Liverpool, England—Pathology of experimental hydronephrosis
Kathleen M. Khin, Md, D,Path University of London, England—Pathology of viral hepatitis
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 Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”,  University Al, I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania—The value and limits of forensic expertise
Annabel Varela, M.D. Molecular Pathology in Cardiovascular Diseases
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.
Michelle Zhao, Ph.D. Steroid Receptor Signaling in the Cardiovascular System
Physiology Faculty
Name Biographical Information
Wayne A. Schreier, Ph.D.
Chair		 University of California - Los Angeles—Hormonal regulation of gene expression.
Leah Lyons, Ph.D. University of Miami—Androgen receptor signaling mechanisms in hormone refractory prostate cancer.
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
Anastasia Mashukova, Ph.D. Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany—Investigation of olfactory receptor desensitization
Yuri Zagvazzdin, Ph.D. History of medicine, neurosciences and humanities