Department and Program Affiliation of Mentors
Mentors
Yong Chen, PhD (Professor of Cancer Biology)
- Research Interests: cancer/oncogenesis, genetics/genome , hormones/cytokines/signaling
Floyd (Ski) Chilton, PhD (Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology)
- Research Interests: fatty acid metabolism, gene-nutrient interactions, growth & development, immunology/allergy/inflammation , maternal & child health , minority health issues , nutrition
- Trainee: Ayana Martin (present)
Paul Dawson, PhD (Professor of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Pathology - Lipid Sciences)
- Research Interests: intestinal and hepatic lipid transport and metabolism; bile acids and development of human chronic diseases including diabetes and atherosclerosis; bile acids and intestinal injury; in vivo imaging of bile acid transport
Allyn Howlett, PhD (Professor of Physiology/Pharmacology, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Research Center)
- Research Interests: biochemical pharmacology, signal transduction, cell biology, cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoids
Steven Kridel, PhD (Associate Professor of Cancer Biology, Urology)
- Research Interests: fatty acid and lipid metabolism in cancer
Doug Lyles, PhD (Professor and Chair, Biochemistry)
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- Research Interests: virus assembly, viral membrane structure, viral pathogenesis, oncolytic viruses, viral vaccine vectors
John S. Parks, PhD (Professor of Pathology - Lipid Sciences, Biochemistry, Translational Science Institute)
- Research Interests: atherosclerosis, lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, inflammation, diabetes, botanical lipids, lipid mediators, apolipoprotein metabolism, hepatic lipid metabolism
- Trainees: Helen Cuffe (present), Lolita Forrest (2008-2010)
Lawrence Rudel, PhD (Professor of Pathology - Lipid Sciences, Biochemistry; Translational Science Institute)
- Research Interests: cholesterol esterification; lipoprotein and hepatic cholesterol metabolism; intestinal cholesterol absorption; nutritional regulation of hepatic gene expression and experimental atherosclerosis; mouse and nonhuman primate models of cardiovascular disease
- Trainee: John Melchior (2009-2011)
Gregory Shelness, PhD (Professor of Pathology - Lipid Sciences)
- Research Interests: lipid biosynthesis; cellular lipid trafficking and mobilization; lipoprotein assembly and secretion
- Trainee: Philip MacArthur (2008-2010)
Mary Sorci-Thomas, PhD (Professor of Pathology - Lipid Sciences)
- Research Interests: the role of apoA-I conformation on its ability to unfold and become lipidated by ABCA1; anti-inflammatory properties of HDL in atherosclerosis progression/regression
- Trainees: Ricquita Pollard (present), Erica Weiser (present), Ashley Wilhelm (2008-2009)
Ryan Temel, PhD (Assistant Professor of Pathology - Lipid Sciences)
- Research Interests: atherosclerosis, HDL metabolism, intestinal cholesterol absorption, microRNA, reverse cholesterol transport, transintestinal cholesterol excretion
- Trainees: Allison McDaniel (2008-2011)
Richard B. Weinberg, MD (Professor of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology)
- Research Interests: atherosclerosis/thrombosis, ethics, nutrition, obesity, intestinal lipid absorption
Associate Mentors
Martha Alexander-Miller, PhD (Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Genetics)
- Research Interests: anti-viral T cell response
Joshua A. Boyce MD (Albert L. Sheffer Professor of Medicine in the Field of Allergic Disease -Harvard Medical School ; Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine - Rheumatology and Immunology)
- Research Interests: mast cell development, lipid mediators and their receptors
Iris Edwards, PhD (Associate Professor of Pathology - Tumor Biology)
- Research Interests: fatty acid and lipid metabolism and signaling in breast and prostate cancer
Michael Fessler, MD (Clinical Investigator; Laboratory of Respiratory Biology - Host Defense, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - NIH)
- Research Interests: innate immunity; host defense; macrophage biology; lipid rafts; proteomics
Barry Freedman, MD (Professor of Internal Medicine - Nephrology)
- Research Interests: genetic susceptibility to kidney and cardiovascular disease
Jason Grayson, PhD (Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology)
- Research Interests: regulation of CD8+ T cell responses
Greg Hawkins, PhD (Associate Professor of Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research)
- Research Interests: genetic and functional effects of IL6 trans signaling on lung function in subjects with severe asthma and COPD
Kerry Link, MD (CBI Center Director and Professor of Radiology, Cardiology, Regenerative Medicine, Translational Science Institute)
- Research Interests: advancement of imaging technologies for use in animal and translational research, with an emphasis on biomarker development
Nilamadhab Mishra, MD PhD (Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology and Immunology)
- Research Interests: epigenetic mechanisms of atherosclerosis development, use of isoform specific histone deacetylase inhibitor for the prevention of atherosclerosis, histone acetylation and lipid metabolism
Robert Murphy, PhD (University Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology; University of Colorado School of Medicine)
- Research Interests: lipid biochemistry and mass spectrometry, leukotriene biosynthesis, eicosanoid metabolism and profiling, tissue lipid imaging by MALDI IMS
Michael Thomas, PhD (Professor of Biochemistry; Comprehensive Cancer Center, Translational Science Institute)
- Research Interests: mass spectrometry used for assessing the lipidomics and conformation of lipidated apoA-I