Mary Townsley, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Physiology/Medicine, Program Director
Regional heterogeneity and transient receptor potential cation channels in regulation of lung endothelial permeability, adaptations to chronic pulmonary hypertension |
Stephen Ballard, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology
Biophysical transport processes which control lung airway liquid secretion, defects in chloride ion transport and impact on mucocilliary clearance in cystic fibrosis |
Sailen Barik, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms regulating host-virus interactions and pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus, a major lung pathogen which cause bronchiolitis and asthma |
Karen Fagan, M.D., Associate Professor, Chief of Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine
Role of intermittent hypoxia, inflammation, sustained abnormal vasoconstriction and proximal vascular stiffening in pulmonary hypertension, therapeutic clinical trials in PAH |
Brian Fouty, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension |
William Gerthoffer, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry
Smooth muscle contractility, actin cytoskeleton, myosin motor proteins and small heat shock proteins by protein kinases |
Mark Gillespie, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Inter- and intracellular signaling which contribute to hypertensive pulmonary vascular remodeling, impact of reactive oxygen species on gene regulation |
Richard Honkanen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Role of phosphatases in the cross-talk between glucocorticoid and hypoxia-induced signaling networks, regulation of cell growth and apoptosis |
Susan LeDoux, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology/Neuroscience
Mechanisms of cellular protection against genotoxic insult, including nuclear and mitochondiral DNA repair |
Thomas Lincoln, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology
Nitric oxide-dependent regulation of protein kinase G and vascular smooth muscle cell gene expression |
Ivan McMurtry, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Pulmonary vasoregulation and endothelial control of tone in pulmonary hypertension, RhoA/Rho kinase signaling |
Thomas Rich, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Biophysics, modeling of β adrenergic receptor- and cyclic nucleotide-mediated signaling |
Troy Stevens, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Director Center for Lung Biology
Cellular mechanisms promoting lung endothelial barrier disruption in inflammation; ion channels and endothelial phenotypic heterogeneity |
David Weber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Role of reactive oxygen species in vascular smooth muscle migration |
Glenn Wilson, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology/Neuroscience
Environmental factors leading to nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage, mechanisms of aging |
Songwei Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Biophysical properties and functions of T-type calcium channels in lung endothelium |
