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Harold E. Laubach, Ph.D., Dean

 

Anatomy

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.
   
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

   
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

   
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) Biofilm formation on contact lenses and tropical diseases
 

Pathology

   
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 Medicine and Pharmacy “Gr. T. Popa;” University “Al. I. Cuza,” Iasi, Romania) Internal medicine pathology; pathology of tropical diseases, end of life decisions
 

Pharmacology

   
Charles E. Reigel, Ph.D., Chair (Northeast Louisiana University)  Genetic models of epilepsy and cocaine pharmacogenetics.
   
Laurel Gorman, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University)  Neuropharmacology of substance abuse; pharmacology of pain.
   
Thomas A. Panavelil, Ph.D. (University of Miami) Molecular interactions in the regulation of striated muscle contraction.
   
Michael Parker, Ph.D. (University of Miami) Development and plasticity of the neuronal cholinergic synapse.
 
Charles E. Powell, Ph.D. (Florida A & M University) Plasma membrane steroid receptors.
 

Physiology

   
Wayne A. Schreier, Ph.D. Chair (University of California at Los Angeles) Hormonal Regulation of Gene Expression
   
Ana M. Jimenez , Ph.D. (University of Miami) Use of distortion-product otoacustic-emissions to assess genetically induced predisposition to age and noise-related hearing deficits.
   
David King, Ph.D. (University of South Florida) Modeling of Transgenic Animals
   
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.
   
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