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Administration and Faculty

Richard H. Egdahl, MD
Director, Boston University Medical Center; Academic Vice President for Health Affairs, Boston University; Vice Chairman of the Board, Boston University Medical Center Hospital

Aram Chobanian, MD
Dean, School of Medicine

Carl Franzblau, PhD
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences; Director, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences

Selwyn A. Broitman, PhD
Programs Coordinator

Susan C. Wilcox
Associate Director for Administration

Sheila A. Welch
MD/PhD Program Coordinator

Mildred M. Agosto
Records and Financial Aid Coordinator

Michelle A. Hall
Admissions Coordinator

Sherill A. Ashe
Financial Aid Assistant

Aphrodite Karpouzis
Administrative Assistant

Naomi Wilcox
Secretary

Faculty (1997/1998)

Carmela R. Abraham
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry. BSc, Tel Aviv University (Israel); PhD, Harvard University. The role of proteases and their inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease.

Christopher W. Akey
Associate Professor of Biophysics. BS, University of Richmond; PhD, Cornell University.

Martin L. Albert
Professor of Neurology. BS, Tufts University; MD, Tufts School of Medicine; Doctorat en Psychologie (Neuropsychologie), Université Paris (France). Language disorders; aging/developmental disorders; bilingualism.

Edward Alexander
Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Physiology. BA, Rutgers University; MD, Northwestern University. Analysis of the mechanisms that control renal acidification at the cellular level.

Mark J. Alexander
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Iowa State University; PhD, University of Washington. Regulation of neuropeptide gene expression in neuroendocrine systems.

Karen N. Allen
Assistant Professor of Physiology. BS, Tufts University; PhD, Brandeis University. Protein structure and function using techniques of X-ray crystallography and kinetics.

Salomon Amar
Associate Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology; and Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Aquiba School (France); DDS, MS, PhD, Université Louis Pasteur (France).

Chris T. Amemiya
Professor of Pediatrics. BS, Purdue University; PhD, Texas A & M University.

Carl S. Apstein
Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Physiology. BA, Cornell University; MD, New York University. Contractility and relaxation in isolated cardiac muscle during ischemia and reperfusion.

Robert D. Arbeit
Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BA, Williams College; MD, Yale University School of Medicine. Bacterial pathogenesis and population genetics.

Charles F. Arkin
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, MD, Northwestern University Medical School.

David Atkinson
Professor of Biophysics, Research Professor of Biochemistry. BSci, PhD (hon), City University (London); PhD, Council for National Academic Awards (England).

Sanford H. Auerbach
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry. BA, Cornell University; MD, New York Medical College. Sleep studies; head trauma.

George T. Bain
Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Northeastern University; PhD, Boston University.

Rama Bansil
Associate Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences; Assistant Research Professor of Physiology. BSc, MSc, University of Delhi (India); PhD, University of Rochester. Diffusion and structure; biological gels; fluid flow and gelatin in gastric mucus; aggregation of biomacromolecules; phase separation and electrophoresis.

Helen Barbas
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology; and Associate Professor of Health Sciences, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.

David I. Beller
Associate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Princeton University. Regulation of cytokine expression and antigen presentation in autoimmunity.

Peter R. Bergethon
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Williams College; MD, Jefferson Medical College.

Marlene Oscar Berman
Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology) and Psychiatry; Director, Laboratory of Neuropsychology; Director, Program in Behavioral Neuroscience. BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, University of Connecticut. Pathology of learning and memory; aging/developmental disorders; alcoholism.

Jane Holmes Bernstein
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Harvard Medical School). BA, University of Durham (England); PhD, University of Edinburgh (Scotland).

Jag Bhawan
Professor of Dermatology and Pathology. MD, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi (India).

Michael P. Biber
Medical Director, Neurocare, Inc., Brookline, MA; Clinical Instructor in Neurology (Harvard Medical School). AB, Oberlin College; MD, University of Chicago.

Paul H. Black
Professor of Microbiology and Medicine; Research Professor of Surgery. AB, Dartmouth College; MD, Columbia University. Psychoneuroimmunology or the mechanisms whereby the brain (mind) affects the immune system; neuromediators/neurohormones/neurotransmitters which may mediate this effect.

Gene J. Blatt
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BA, Temple University; MS, Bloomsburg University; PhD, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University. Connections and physiological properties of limbic system neurons, and effects of malnutrition on development.

Jan K. Blusztajn
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Psychiatry. MS, University of Warsaw (Poland); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Regulation of acetylcholine synthesis and release; regulation of membrane phospholipid turnover.

Steven A. Bogen
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, University of Illinois; PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel); MD, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Antigen-specific lymphocyte migration to inflammatory or immune sites.

Victoria Bolotina
Assistant Research Professor of Physiology and Medicine. BSc, PhD, Moscow State University (Russia). Regulation of vascular smooth muscle with particular reference to potassium channels.

Norman D. Boyd
Associate Professor of Pharmacology. BSc, University of Glasgow (Scotland); PhD, University of Chicago. Characterization of the substance P receptor.

Peter Brecher
Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics and Medicine. BS, Ohio University; MA, PhD, Boston University. Molecular and cellular aspects of intracellular lipid transport.

Jerome S. Brody
Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, MD, University of Illinois.

Selwyn A. Broitman
Assistant Dean for Admissions; Professor of Microbiology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Goldman School of Dental Medicine. BS, MS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Michigan State University. Nutrition, gastrointestinal flora, diet-regulated cancer.

Thomas R. Browne III
Associate Professor of Pharmacology; Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology. Associate Chief, Neurology Service; Chief, Seizure Unit and EEG Laboratories, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center. AB, Princeton University; MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine. Stable isotope studies of absorption, distribution, biotransformation, pharmacokinetics and drug interaction; efficacy and toxicity of antiepileptic drugs.

Nancy L. R. Bucher
Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, Bryn Mawr College; MD, Johns Hopkins University. Liver regeneration; growth factor effects in hepatocyte cultures; role of extracellular matrix.

Esther Bullitt
Instructor of Biophysics. AB, Grinnell College; PhD, Brandeis University. Structural biology of spindle pole bodies and pathogenic bacterial pili using cryo-electron microscopy techniques.

Bohdana Fialova Burke
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. MD, Univerzita J.E. Purkinje (Czech Republic). Tumor markers; immunocytochemistry of hormone receptors.

David Cameron
Assistant Professor of Physiology. BS, State University of New York, Albany; PhD, University of Pennsylvania. Regeneration, growth, and physiology of the vertebrate retina.

Charles R. Cantor
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology, College of Engineering. AB, Columbia University; PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Molecular biophysics and molecular genetics.

David R. Cave
Assistant Professor of Medicine. MBBS, PhD, University of London (England).

David Center
Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, MD, Boston University. Function of CD4; T cell chemotaxis and adhesion.

Laird Cermak
Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology); Adjunct Professor of Occupational Therapy, Sargent College. BA, Ohio Wesleyan University; MA, PhD, Ohio State University. Pathology of learning and memory; alcoholism.

Catherine Champagne
Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BS, MS, Université Sabatier (France); PhD, Université de Science et Technologie de Lille (France).

Cynthia Chase
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics. MA, PhD, University of Cincinnati. Studies in aging/developmental disorders; AIDS.

Sati C. Chattoraj
Research Professor of Biochemistry, Obstetrics, and Gynecology; Director, Research Laboratories, Obstetrics and Gynecology; BSc, MSc, University of Calcutta (India); PhD, Boston University. Biochemical aspect of reproductive endocrinology; infertility, implantation,and parturition.

Stuart R. Chipkin
Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Physiology. BS, Emory University: MD, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. Glucose transport in insulin-resistant states, focusing on cardiovascular tissue.

Aram V. Chobanian
Dean; Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology. AB, Brown University; MD, Harvard University. Cardiovascular research.

Iih-Nan (George) Chou
Professor of Microbiology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, National Taiwan University; PhD, University of Illinois. Cell biology, cellular and molecular toxicology; cell injury by environmental carcinogenic metal compounds.

Thomas G. Christensen
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, Rutgers University; PhD, University of Vermont. Ultrastructural changes in chronic inflammatory diseases of the lung; biology and pathology of secretory cells.

Miyoung Chun
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Wright State University; PhD, Ohio State University. Signal transduction and cellular metabolism of endothelin receptors.

Dominic A. Ciraulo
Chairman, Division of Psychiatry; Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Boston Medical Center; Chief, Psychiatric Services, VA Medical Center/Outpatient Clinics. BS, University of Hartford; MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychopharmacology.

Alan S. Cohen
Conrad Wesselhoeft Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Boston University. Pathogenesis, genetics, biochemistry, and clinical aspects of amyloid and amyloidosis.

Richard A. Cohen
Professor of Medicine and Research Professsor of Physiology. AB, Bowdoin College; MD, Johns Hopkins University. Vascular smooth muscle reactivity with focus on the influence of endothelium and autonomic control mechanisms and their alteration with diseases.

Theodore Colton
Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine; Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), School of Public Health. AB, Brooklyn College; MS, University of North Carolina; ScD, Johns Hopkins University.

Wilson S. Colucci
Professor of Medicine; Research Professor of Physiology. BS, Union College; MD, Boston University School of Medicine.

Lisa Tabor Connor
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Johns Hopkins University; MA, PhD, Washington University. Aging/developmental disorders, aphasia.

Catherine E. Costello
Research Professor of Biophysics. AB, Emmanuel College; MS, PhD, Georgetown University.

Barbara E. Corkey
Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

Ronald B. Corley
Professor and Chairman of Microbiology. BS, PhD, Duke University. Regulation of gene expression during B lymphocyte differentiation; mechanisms regulating the assembly, secretion, and function of antibodies.

M. Carter Cornwall
Professor of Physiology and Research Professor of Biophysics. BS, PhD, University of Utah. Mechanism of visual transduction which relates to light adaptation in rods and cones of the vertebrate retina.

Donald E. Craven
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology; Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health. BA, Wesleyan University; MD, Albany Medical College. Nosocomial pneumonia and infection in critical care patients; AIDS in intravenous drug users; AIDS in women; pathogenesis and prevention.

Arthur J. Culbert
Associate Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine; Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, School of Medicine; Director, Early Medical School Selection Program; Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Educational Programs. BA, LaSalle College; MS, PhD, Boston University.

Subimal Datta
Associate Research Professor of Psychiatry. BS, MS, Calcutta University; PhD, All India Institute of Medical Science (New Delhi). Sleep, electrophysiology.

Theresa Davies
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, University of Virginia; PhD, Boston University. Platelet activation and Alzheimer's disease.

Helen Denison
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). MA, University of Minnesota; PhD, State University of New York, Stony Brook. Studies in affective disorders; aging/development disorders.

Richard D. Diamond
Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Brooklyn College; MD, Harvard University.

Raymon Durso
Associate Professor of Neurology. BS, State University of New York, Stony Brook; MD, State University of New York, Buffalo. Parkinsonism.

Ross B. Edwards
Associate Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry. BA, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Synthesis and effects of retinoic acid (RA) and other forms of vitamin A in the nervous system.

Alvin Essig
Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Emeritus Research Professor of Medicine. SB, Harvard College; MD, Ohio State University. Application of non-equilibrium thermodynamics to ion channel function and reaction-diffusion systems.

J. Worth Estes
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology (History of Pharmacology) and Instructor of Medicine; Associate Professor of Sociomedical Science, School of Public Health. AB, Harvard College; MA, MD, Boston University. Factors governing drug treatment of the past, especially in the eighteenth century; influence of federal regulation on introduction of new drugs since 1950.

Douglas V. Faller
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Pathology, and Laboratory Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. BS, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MD, Harvard Medical School. Leukocyte adhesion and cytokine-mediated cell signaling.

David H. Farb
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology; Professor of Pharmacology. BA, Long Island University; PhD, Brandeis University. Pharmacology and regulation of gene expression of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor in the vertebrate central nervoussystem; mechanism of action of neuromodulators; structure, function, and cellular dynamics of amino acid receptors in the brain and spinal cord.

Stephen R. Farmer
Professor of Biochemistry. BSc, Liverpool University (England); PhD, National Institute of Medical Research (England). Expression of the major cytoskeletal protein (i.e., tubulin and actin) genes in mammalian nonmuscle cells, modulation of these genes by changes in cell configuration in normal and transformed cells.

Lindsay A. Farrer
Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine and School of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics). BA, University of North Carolina; PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine. Genetic risk factors for familial neurodegenerative diseases.

Deborah Fein
Associate Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Cornell University; MS, PhD, Rutgers University. Autism and aging/developmental disorders.

Robert G. Feldman
Chairman, Department of Neurology; Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology; Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health. AB, MD, University of Cincinnati. Aging/developmental disorders; neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology.

Matthew J. Fenton
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, University of Connecticut; PhD, Boston University. Molecular biology and immunology of macrophages activation.

Robert J. Ferrante
Associate Professor of Neurology, Pathology, and Psychiatry. BA, MS, University of Bridgeport; PhD, Boston University School of Medicine. Aging/developmental disorders.

Alan Fine
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry; BA, MD, University of Michigan.

Richard E. Fine
Professor of Biochemistry; Research Professor of Neurology. AB, University of California, Berkeley; PhD, Brandeis University. Intracellular route of ceptor trafficking in differentiated cells, including liver and brain; mechanism of calcium mobilization in the brain mediated by hormones that stimulate phosphoinositide turnover.

Edward Fischer
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. BS, MD, University of Toronto (Canada).

Susan H. Fisher
Associate Professor of Microbiology. BA, Washington University; PhD, Tufts University. Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in gram-positive bacteria.

Judith A. Foster
Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Newton College of the Sacred Heart; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of elastic fiber gene expression in the development and repair of pulmonary and cardiovascular tissues.

Patricia L. Foster
Professor of Environmental Health; Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine. MA, Harvard University; PhD, Cambridge University (England).

Bernard H. Fox
Professor of Psychiatry. BS, University of Massachusetts, MS, Tufts University; PhD, University of Rochester.

Carl Franzblau
Associate Dean, Graduate Biomedical Science Studies; Chairman, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences; Chairman, Department of Biochemistry; Professor of Biochemistry; Professor of Oral Biology. BS, University of Michigan; PhD, Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Chemistry, biosynthesis, and turnover of extracellular matrix proteins, including elastin and collagen.

Thomas F. Freddo
Professor of Ophthalmology, Anatomy, Neurobiology, Pathology, and Laboratory Medicine. BA, University of Connecticut; OD, Massachusetts College of Optometry; PhD, Boston University. Ultrastructural and physiological investigation of anterior uveltis and glaucoma.

Gladys Friedler
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology. BA, University of Maine; AM, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Boston University. Effects of paternal exposure to addictive substances on reproductive outcome.

Robert H. Friedman
Assistant Research Professor of Neurology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Janina R. Galler
Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), School of Public Health. BS, Newcomb College, Tulane University; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Nutrition and the central nervous system.

David Gansler
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Behavioral Neuroscience). BA, PhD, State University of New York, Albany. Studies in psychiatric disorders and head trauma.

J. Fernando Garcia-Diaz
Associate Professor of Physiology. Licenciado en Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain); Doctor en Ciencias, Universidad de Malaga (Spain); MS, Indiana University. Expression of ion channels in developing cochlear ganglion neurons; role of membrane potential and voltage; and receptor-gated ion channels in intracellular calcium response to angiotensin II by adrenal cells.

Haralambos P. Gavras
Professor of Medicine. MD, Athens University Medical School (Greece). Pathogenesis and mechanisms of hypertension.

Caroline A. Genco
Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BS, State University of New York at Fredonia; MS, PhD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Molecular biological, biochemical, and immunological techniques to define molecular mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis.

Terrell T. Gibbs
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University. Regulation and turnover of the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor; theoretical analysis of ligand binding and dose-effect curves.

Douglas T. Golenbock
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BS, University of Michigan; MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine. Gram negative bacterial septicemia; endotoxin receptors and endotoxin receptor inhibitors.

Wayne Gonnerman
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry; Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BA, MA, PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia. Mineral and connective tissue metabolism; hormonal and dietary effects on inflammatory diseases.

Harold Goodglass
Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology). BA, City University of New York, City College; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Cincinnati. Language, purposeful movement, visuospatial and perceptual disorders.

Leonard S. Gottlieb
Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Mallory Institute of Pathology. AB, Bowdoin College; MD, Tufts University; MPH, Harvard University. Pathology of gastrointestinal cancer; pathogenesis of alcohol-induced liver disease.

Dana Graves
Associate Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine; Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry, School of Medicine. BA, State University of New York, Binghamton; DDS, DSc, Harvard University. Cellular events that occur in inflammation with an emphasis on how chronic inflammation affects bone formation, and the role of cytokines and chemokines in orchestrating the response to bacterial infection.

Hwai-Chen Guo
Assistant Professor of Biophysics. BS, National Taiwan University; PhD, Cornell University.

Olga Gursky
Instructor of Biophysics. MS, Moscow State University (Russia); PhD, Brandeis University.

James A. Hamilton
Professor of Biophysics and Associate Research Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry. BS, Juniata College; PhD, Indiana University.

Ferenc I. Harosi
Adjunct Professor of Physiology. ME, Cooper Union; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Vertebrate visual pigments and cone-mediated color vision.

Kevan L. Hartshorn
Associate Professor of Medicine. BA, MA, Williams College; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

John A. Hayes
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. MB, ChB, MD, University of Bristol (England); FRC Path, Royal College of Pathologists (England).

James F. Head
Professor of Physiology. BS, University of Manchester (England); PhD, University of Birmingham (England). Relationship between protein structure, dynamics and function; regulatory role of high affinity intracellular calcium binding proteins.

J. Stephen Heisel
Associate Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Ohio Wesleyan University; MD, Ohio State University.

Nancy Helm-Estabrooks
Professor of Neurology (Speech Pathology and Laboratory Medicine). BA, University of Massachusetts; MEd, Northeastern University; ScD, Boston University. Language, purposeful movement, visuospatial and perceptual disorders.

Haya Herscovitz
Instructor of Biophysics. BSc, MSc, PhD, Tel-Aviv University (Israel).

Michael F. Holick
Professor of Medicine and Physiology. BS, Seton Hall University; MD, PhD, University of Wisconsin. Biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology of the skin and bone with special emphasis on vitamin D and peptide hormones.

William Hollander
Professor of Medicine, Research Physiology and Biochemistry; Professor of Nutrition, Goldman School of Dental Medicine. AB, New York University; MD, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center.

Donna K. Housman
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry. BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MEd, CAGS, EdD, Boston University.

David H. Howes
Research Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology). BA, Yale University; PhD, Harvard University. Language and purposeful movement disorders.

Richard F. Hoyt Jr.
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, Bates College; PhD, Harvard University. Development and maturation of cells in the pulmonary system.

Jianming Hu
Assistant Professor of Microbiology. MD, MS, Hubei Medical University (China); PhD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Viral reverse transcriptase function in cells and their requirements for cellular host factors.

Tohru Ikuta
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. MD, PhD, Kyushu University School of Medicine (Japan). Molecular mechanisms for reactivating g-globin genes with butyrates in human subjects with -thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

Andrew C. Jackson
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering; Associate Research Professor of Physiology. BSME, MSME, University of Nevada; PhD, University of Mississippi. Mechanical properties of the lungs including development of non-invasive pulmonary function tests.

Bruce Jackson
Adjunct Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Kevin A. Jarrell
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BS, PhD, Ohio State University. Catalytic RNA.

Robin Johnson
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Anatomy. BS, State University of New York, Stony Brook; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of intracellular calcium in neurons.

Gregor Jones
Assistant Professor of Physiology. BA, Exeter College, Oxford University (England); PhD, University College, London (England). Retinoid transport and the role of interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein during light and dark adaptation.

Shyr-Te Ju
Research Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, MS, National Taiwan University; PhD, University of Illinois. CD4+ cell cytolytic activity.

Herbert M. Kagan
Professor of Biochemistry; Research Professor of Medicine. BS, MS, University of Massachusetts; PhD, Tufts University. Mechanisms of action, regulation, and molecular biology of amine oxidases, with emphasis on connective tissue lysyl oxidase.

Benjamin Kaminer
Chairman, Department of Physiology; Professor of Physiology. MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand (South Africa). Properties and role of endoplasmic reticulum and constituent proteins as an intracellular communication network.

Konstantin Kandror
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Moscow State University (Russia); PhD, USSR Academy of Science (Russia). Translocation of glucose transporter containing vesicles to the cell surface in response to insulin.

Edith Kaplan
Associate Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology) and Psychiatry, School of Medicine. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Clark University. Language disorders, disorders of purposeful movement, visuospatial, aging/developmental disorders.

Richard Kaplan
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology. BA, PhD, University of Connecticut. Studies in neurophysiology.

Eva R. Kashket
Professor of Microbiology. BSc, MSc, McGill University (Canada); PhD, Harvard University. Physiology and regulation of sporulation and solvent production by the anaerobic bacterium, clostridium.

Robert B. Katz
Assistant Research Professor of Neurology. AB, Brown University; PhD, University of Connecticut.

Herbert L. Kayne
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biometrics; Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine and Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), School of Public Health. BS, MS, PhD, University of Illinois.

Terence Keane
Professor of Psychiatry; Vice-Chairman, Division of Psychiatry. BA, University of Rochester; MA, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Thomas L. Kemper
Professor of Neurology (Neuropathology), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Neuropathology), and Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, Northwestern University; MD, University of Illinois. The effects of aging and pathological changes on neurons of the primate brain.

Marcel Kinsbourne
Adjunct Professor of Neurology. BA, MA, DM, Oxford University (England); BM, Bch, Oxford University Medical School (England). Studies in language disorders, pathology of learning and memory, and attention deficit disorder.

Michael D. Klein
Associate Professor of Medicine. AB, Harvard College; MD, New York University.

Joseph H. Korn
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry. BS, City College of New York. MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Regulation of cell adhesion and cytokine production; scleroderma.

Conan Kornetsky
Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry (Psychology). BA, University of Maine; MS, PhD, University of Kentucky. The neural-behavioral bases of the euphoria caused by drugs of abuse, of the antinociceptive effects of analgesic drugs, and of the behavioral effects of psychotherapeutic drugs; drug-induced behavioral alterations elicited by discrete CNS stimulation.

Hardy Kornfeld
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, Bennington College; MD, Boston University School of Medicine. HIV envelope glycoprotein function and m microbicidal activity.

Neil W. Kowall
Professor of Neurology and Pathology. BS, MD, University of British Columbia (Canada). Development and use of histological methods to study the normal and pathological anatomy of humans.

Maria A. Kukuruzinska
Associate Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Bryn Mawr College; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic growth and differentiation, with emphasis on downstream targets of the early N-glycosylation genes, including G1 cyclins, actin-associated proteins, and adhesive complexes using yeast, Zebra fish, and salivary glands from wild-type and transgenic mice.

Herbert Z. Kupchik
Professor of Microbiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, Bethany College; MS, PhD, Wayne State University. Human tumor development, identification, and therapy.

John Thomas LaMont
Professor of Medicine. BS, Canisius College; MD, University of Rochester.

Wayne W. LaMorte
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Surgery. BA, Rutgers University; MD, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; PhD, Boston University.

Mark S. Lamkin
Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BS, MS, California Institute of Technology; PhD, Boston University.

David M. Larson
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, PhD, University of Minnesota. Communication and cytoskeletal organization of endothelial and vascular smooth-muscle cells.

Francesca LaVecchia
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. BA, MS, University of Rhode Island; PhD, Tufts University. Assessment and rehabilitation.

Roger V. Lebo
Associate Professor of Pediatrics. BS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Duke University. Characterization and diagnosis of human genetic diseases.

Susan E. Leeman
Professor of Pharmacology. BA, Goucher College; PhD, Radcliffe College. Physiological effects of the peptides substance P and neurotensin; regulation of gene expression of these peptides and their receptors.

William J. Lehman
Professor of Physiology. BS, State University of New York, Stony Brook; PhD, Princeton University. Role of calcium regulatory systems in skeletal and smooth muscle; three-dimensional image reconstruction of skeletal and smooth muscle thin filaments.

Howard M. Leibowitz
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology; Professor of Ophthalmology. AB, MD, Johns Hopkins University.

Urs Lendenmann
Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. MS, PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Robert H. Lerman
Assistant Professor of Medicine. BS, Stevens Institute of Technology; MD, Jefferson Medical College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ruth R. Levine
Associate Dean Emerita for Graduate Biomedical Science Studies; Chairman, Program in Medical Sciences; University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Pharmacology. BA, City University of New York; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Tufts University.

Norman G. Levinsky
Chairman, Division of Medicine; Wade Professor of Medicine; Professor of Physiology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Harvard University. Renal physiology.

Stuart M. Levitz
Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BA, New York University; MD, New York University School of Medicine.

Charles K. Levy
Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, MS, George Washington University; PhD, University of North Carolina.

Elinor M. Levy
Associate Professor of Microbiology. AB, Brandeis University; PhD, Emory University. Lymphocyte activation during AIDS.

Simon Levy
Associate Professor of Physiology. ETS, Ecole Technique Supérieure de Genève (Switzerland); MA, Université Scientifique et Médicale de Grenoble (France); PhD, Boston University. Intracellular calcium; effects of second messengers on internal calcium; neuro-glial interactions in invertebrate retina.

Jacqueline Liederman
Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine. BA, City University of New York, Queens College; PhD, University of Rochester. Visuospatial, perceptual disorders; aging/developmental disorders.

Joseph Loscalzo
Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute; Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry. MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

Hector Alberto Lucero
Assistant Professor of Physiology. Lic. Biochem., National Universidad de Rosario (Argentina); PhD, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Molecular biology of a high capacity, low affinity calcium-binding protein in the endoplasmic reticulum.

Jennifer Luebke
Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry. BS, Randolph-Macon College; PhD, Boston University.

Ronald P. McCaffrey
Professor of Medicine. AB, Boston College; MD, Tufts University.

Neal F. McGrath
Assistant Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine. BA, University of Illinois; PhD, Northwestern University.

Raymond Maciewicz
Professor of Neurology (Tufts Medical School). AB, Harvard College; MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

C. James McKnight
Assistant Professor of Biophysics. BS, Washington College; MA, University of Delaware; PhD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Edward F. MacNichol Jr.
Professor of Physiology. AB, Princeton University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Microspectrophotometric studies in isolated vertebrate photoreceptors.

Ann Marshak-Rothstein
Professor of Microbiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Assistant Professor of Public Health (Environmental Health), School of Public Health. BA, Washington University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania. Lymphoid engraftment and autoantibody production in MRL mice.

Judith Marquis
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology. BS, Trinity College; PhD, University of Vermont College of Medicine. Preclinical drug development.

Joel Maslow
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BA, LaSalle University; MS, Drexel University; PhD, University of Virginia; MD, Jefferson Medical College. Microbial pathogenesis of E. coli and M. Avium.

Robert F. Meenan
Professor of Medicine, Chairman and Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences; Director of the School of Public Health and Professor of Public Health. AB, Harvard College; MD, MBA, Boston University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley.

James C. Melby
Professor of Medicine and Physiology. BS, MD, University of Minnesota. Endocrinology of adrenal cortex and blood pressure regulation.

Aubrey Milunsky
Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center for Human Genetics, Boston Medical Center; MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand (South Africa). Genetic disorders, epidemiology of birth defects.

Isabelle M. Mintz
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. PhD, Université Paris (France). Biophysical studies of synaptic transmission and dendritic release of the basal ganglia.

Edward J. Modest
Research Professor of Biochemistry. AB, AM, PhD, Harvard University.

Frederick L. Moolten
Associate Professor of Microbiology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Harvard University. Cancer molecular biology.

Robert B. Moreland
Assistant Professor of Urology and Assistant Research Physiology. BS, Southeastern Louisiana University; PhD, University of Tennessee. Molecular pathology of vasculogenic impotence.

Barbara A. Morse
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Boston University.

Shirley Morris
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, PhD, Boston University.

Mark B. Moss
Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BS, University of Massachusetts; MA, PhD, Northeastern University. Neurobiological basis of memory in primates.

Mary Johanna Murnane
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, College of New Rochelle; MPhil, PhD, Yale University. Somatic-cell and molecular genetics of human proteases; gene structure and regulation.

John R. Murphy
Research Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Biochemistry. BA, MS, PhD, University of Connecticut. Structure and function of cytokine-toxin fusion proteins.

Margaret Naeser
Associate Research Professor of Neurology (Psycholinguistics). BA, Smith College; PhD, University of Wisconsin. Language disorders and brain imaging.

Kalidas Nandy
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. MD, University of Calcutta (India); PhD, Emory University. Mammalian aging in vivo and in vitro; neurobiology of aging; nutritional and pharmacological manipulation of the aging process.

Enrico Nasi
Associate Professor of Physiology. BA, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia); MA, PhD, Bryn Mawr College. Light-dependent ionic channels; role of intracellular calcium in regulation of photoreceptor cells.

Matthew Nugent
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Ophthalmology. BA, PhD, Brandeis University. Regulation of cell proliferation by growth factors and the extracellular matrix.

Loraine Obler
Associate Research Professor of Neurology. BA, MA, PhD, University of Michigan.

Michael J. O'Brien
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Associate Director, Mallory Institute. MB, BCh, BAD, National University of Ireland, Galway Medical School; BSc, National University of Ireland; MRC (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), Royal College of Pathologists (England). Pathology; early detection and progression of gastrointestinal malignancy; tumor markers.

Paul M. O'Bryan
Associate Professor of Physiology. BS, Brescia College; PhD, Tulane University.

Clare O'Callaghan
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Nursing). RN, Georgetown University; EdD, Boston University.

Margaret G. O'Connor
Assistant Professor of Neurology; Assistant Professor of Neurology (Harvard Medical School). BA, Duke University; PhD, Boston University. Psychiatric disorders, aging/developmental disorders, temporal lobe epilepsy.

Gwynneth D. Offner
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry; Associate Research Professor of Medicine. BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Boston University.

Jane S. O'Hern
Professor of Education, School of Education; Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). BS, EdD, Boston University; MA, Michigan State University.

Frank Oppenheim
Professor of Oral Biology and Periodontology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine; Associate Professor of Biochemistry. DMD, MS, University of Zurich (Switzerland); PhD, Boston University. Innate host defense mechanisms, structure and function of salivary proteins.

Merle M. Orren
Research Instructor of Psychiatry. BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Boston University.

Deepak N. Pandya
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Research Professor of Neurology. MD, Gujarat University (India). Investigation of the cortical and subcortical connections in the primate brain.

Hee Young Park
Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Steven M. Paul
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology. BA, MS, MD, Tulane University. Mechanisms of action of centrally acting pharmacologic agents, neurotransmitters, and hormones.

Bertram R. Payne
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BSc, PhD, University of Durham (England). Anatomical and functional organization of the visual system.

L. Bruce Pearce
Adjunct Associate Professor

of Pharmacology. BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo. Preclinical drug development.

Edward W. Pelikan
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology; Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine, School of Public Health. BS, MS, MD, University of Illinois. Evaluation of curriculum, and development and evaluation of teaching materials; history of the interpretation of dose-effect relationships.

Walter E. Penk
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). BA, MA, PhD, University of Houston.

Susan P. Perrine
Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology. BA, Mills College; SM, Harvard University School of Public Health; MMS, Rutgers University Medical School; MD, Tufts University School of Medicine. Development of new drugs for treatment of hemoglobinopathies.

Alan Peters
Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BSc, PhD, University of Bristol (England). Organization of the neurons in the cerebral cortex and the effects of aging on these neurons.

Constance Phillips
Research Assistant Professor (Biotechnology). MPH, Boston University School of Public Health.

R. Christopher Pierce
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BA, University of Kentucky; PhD, Indiana University. Neuropharmacology of amphetamine and cocaine.

Paul F. Pilch
Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics. BA, Temple University; PhD, Purdue University. Cell biology and biochemistry of growth factor receptors; cell biology of insulin action.

Richard C. Pillard
Professor of Psychiatry. BA, Antioch College; MD, University of Rochester. Psychiatric and gender disorders.

Peter R. Polgar
Professor of Biochemistry. BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MS, Tufts University; PhD, Boston University. Interaction between effector molecules and cellular response in terms of phosphatidylinositol turnover and the effect of GTP-binding proteins.

Whitney Powers
Professor Emeritus of Anatomy, Neurobiology, and Health Sciences (Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences). BS, University of Connecticut; BS, Springfield College; MS, State University of Iowa; PhD, Queen's University (Canada).

Penny Prather
Assistant Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology) and Psychiatry. AB, Mount Holyoke College; MS, PhD, Tufts University. Studies in visuospatial, attention, and other perceptual disorders; aging/developmental disorders.

Katya Ravid
Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, DSc/PhD, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Genetic and signaling factors regulating the development and function of hemopoietic lineages, using transgenic mice models.

Rahul Ray
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Physiology. BSc, Presidency College (India); PhD, Washington State University. Structure-function studies of molecular interactions between metabolites of vitamin D and respective receptor proteins; vitamin D analogs with potential therapeutic applications.

Peter A. Rice
Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BA, Yale University; MD, University of Pennsylvania. Immunologic mechanisms of human antibody interactions with bacterial cell surfaces.

Adrianne E. Rogers
Associate Chairman, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director, Office of Medical Education; Professor of Public Health (Environmental Health), School of Public Health. AB, Radcliffe College; MD, Harvard University. Nutritional influence on carcinogenesis and chemical toxicity.

Carol Rosenberg
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, Harvard University; MD, Boston University. Research interest identifying genetic abnormalities that occur early in breast tumorigenesis.

Douglas L. Rosene
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. AB, Stanford University; PhD, University of Rochester. Morphology and connections in the olfactory and limbic system.

Carl E. Rosow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Oberlin College; MD, PhD, Boston University. Clinical evaluation of opioids.

Kenneth J. Rothschild
Professor of Physiology; Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences. BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Raman spectroscopy; advanced techniques for selective incorporation of isotope labels into membrane proteins.

Thomas L. Rothstein
Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Microbiology. MD, PhD, Duke University. Molecular mechanisms underlying B cell activation.

Neil B. Ruderman
Professor of Medicine and Physiology. BA, Columbia College; MD, University of Pittsburgh; DPhil, Oxford University (England). Insulin action in mammalian tissues and cultured cells; insulin action, gene expression, and diacylglycerol protein kinase C signaling in skeletal muscle.

Shelley J. Russek
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology. BA, University of California, San Diego; MS, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn; PhD, Boston University. Transcriptional regulation of ligand-gated ion channels in the CNS.

Hugues J. P. Ryser
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology; Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine and Public Health (Environmental Health), School of Public Health. MD, University of Berne (Switzerland). In vitro investigation of tumor-cell response to drugs, endocytosis, and processing of macromolecular drug carriers.

Devaki N. Sadhu
Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. BS, MSc, PhD, Osmania University (India). Cytogenetics of human disease.

Judith Dana Saide
Associate Professor of Physiology. AB, Vassar College; PhD, Boston University. Organization of Z-band proteins in Drosophila flight muscle.

David J. Salant
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. MB, BCh, University of Witwatersrand Medical School (South Africa). Cellular and molecular basis of immunologic glomeruler injury.

Julie H. Sandell
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. AB, Princeton University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anatomy and development of the veterbrate retina.

Karl Schmid
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry. MA, PhD, University of Basel (Switzerland).

Barbara M. Schreiber
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, State University of New York, Buffalo; PhD, Boston University. The effect of hyperlipoproteinimic conditions on cultured aortic smooth muscle cells.

Eric L. Schwartz
Professor of Cognitive Systems (College of Arts and Sciences) and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. MS, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

John H. Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine. BA, Boston University; MD, New York University School of Medicine.

Barbara Seaton
Associate Professor of Physiology. BS, Brooklyn College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Relationship of macromolecular structure and cellular function, using X-ray crystallography.

Larry Seidman
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). Associate Professor of Psychology (Harvard Medical School). BA, City College of New York; MA, PhD, Boston University. Psychiatric disorders.

David C. Seldin
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Microbiology. BA, Harvard College; MD, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University. Molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis, with particular attention to a novel transgenic mouse model of lymphomagenesis.

Sisir S. Sengupta
Associate Research Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology. BSc, MSc, Calcutta University (India); PhD, Jadavpur University (India). Development of actinomycin D analogues for chemotherapy.

Jacqueline Sharon
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, MA, Queens College; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University. Molecular engineering of therapeutic antibodies and T cell receptors.

David H. Sherr
Professor of Public Health (Environmental Health), School of Public Health, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, Brandeis University; PhD, Cornell University. Carcinogens and B cell development.

Michael A. Shia
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, Reed College; PhD, Boston University.

Osamu Shimomura
Adjunct Professor of Physiology. BS, Nagasaki College of Pharmacology (Japan); PhD, Nagoya University (Japan). Aequorins for calcium assay; mechanism of bioluminescence.

G. Graham Shipley
Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry. BSc, PhD, DSc, University of Nottingham (England). Structure-function relationships in lipid-containing biological systems, particularly cell membranes, serum lipoproteins, and arterial and brain tissue.

Sania Shuja
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. MB, BS, King Edward Medical College (Lahore, Pakistan); PhD, Boston University. Cysteine proteases in thyroid and colon disorders.

Elizabeth R. Simons
Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics. BChE, Cooper Union; MS, PhD, Yale University. Stimulus-response coupling in secretory cells: identification of specific receptors and mechanisms of information transduction in platelets, in phagocytic cells, and in their precursor cells; role of platelets and endothelial cells in the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

F. Marott Sinex
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, BA, DePauw University; AM, Indiana University; PhD, Harvard University. Environmental factors in early development that affect incidence of dementia.

Barbara E. Slack
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. PhD, Queen's University (Canada). Signal transduction and regulation of amyloid precursor problem processings; phospholipid metabolism; Alzheimer's Disease.

Donald M. Small
Chairman, Department of Biophysics; Professor of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Medicine. AB, Occidental College; BA, MA, Oxford University (England); MD, University of California, Los Angeles. Physical properties of fats, oils, detergents, lipids, proteins, and lipid-protein interactions.

Barbara Smith
Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Simmons College; MA, PhD, Boston University. Changes in gene expression of connective tissue components associated with transformation and differentiation.

Bernard Smith
Associate Professor of Medicine. AB, Fordham University; MD, New York University Medical School.

Cassandra L. Smith
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Deputy Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology, College of Engineering. BA, West Virginia University; MS, West Virginia University School of Medicine; PhD, Texas A & M University. Gene engineering.

Temple F. Smith
Professor of Pharmacology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of Biomolecular Engineering Research Center (BMERC), College of Engineering. BS, Purdue University; MS, PhD, University of Colorado. Syntactic and semantic structure of genetic information in biomolecular sequences, application of computer science, and mathematical methods for genome sequencing and analysis.

Gordon L. Snider
Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry. MD, University of Toronto (Canada).

Gail E. Sonenshein
Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Role of oncogenes and growth-related genes in control of cell proliferation; relationship between growth and collagen gene expression in aortic smooth muscle cells.

Sergei P. Sorokin
Research Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. AB, Harvard College; MD, Harvard University. Cell biology of the respiratory system with emphasis on morphological and functional connections.

Paul Spiers
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology. BA, McGill University (Canada); MA, PhD, Clark University.

H. Eugene Stanley
Director, Center for Polymer Studies; University Professor; Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Physiology, School of Medicine. BA, Wesleyan University; PhD, Harvard University. Properties of gels and other systems that form molecular networks, using laser Raman spectroscopy, Fournier transform infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, microscopy, and measurements of bulk properties such as viscosity.

Kosta Steliou
Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology. BSc, MSc, PhD, McGill University (Canada).

Raymond E. Stephens
Professor of Physiology. BS, Geneva College; MS, University of Pittsburgh; PhD, Dartmouth College. Tubulin and associated proteins in microtubule assembly and membrane dynamics; neuronal, hormonal, and ionic control of ciliary and flagellar movement.

Phillip J. Stone
Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Swarthmore College; MS, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Temple University. The connective tissue protein, elastin; its enzymatic destruction and repair in vitro and in vivo.

Alan Sugar
Assistant Professor of Medicine. MD, Jefferson Medical College.

Karen Symes
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. BSc, University of Sussex (England); PhD, National Institute for Medical Research (England). Molecular control of cell movement during embryonic development in Xenopus laeuis.

Ete Szuts
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology. BA, Houghton College; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Johns Hopkins University. Signal transduction in sensory receptor cells; biophysical properties of retinoids in aeqeous environment.

Guillermo E. Taccioli
Assistant Professor of Microbiology. MSc, PhD, Universidad deBuenos Aires (Argentina). V(D)J recombination; immune deficiencies;DNA repair.

S. William Tam
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Alfred I. Tauber
Professor of Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BS, MD, Tufts University. Biochemical characterization of the activated human neutrophil; definition of pathways of activation.

Joseph Tecce
Professor of Psychology (Boston College). AB, Bowdoin College; MA, PhD, Catholic University.

Linda Taylor
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. AB, Brown University; PhD, Boston University. Molecular biology of receptors.

Douglas L. Tillotson
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physiology. BA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. Role of intracellular calcium in secretory response of adrenal cortex cells.

John Tonkiss
Associate Research Professor of Psychiatry (Psychobiology). BSc, Manchester Polytechnic (England); PhD, Manchester University (England).

Keith Tornheim
Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Antioch College; PhD, Brandeis University. Regulation of fuel and energy metabolism.

Paul A. Toselli
Associate Professor of Biochemistry. BA, La Salle College; PhD, University of Pennsylvania; MD, Hahnemann School of Medicine. Cellular responses of cultured arterial smooth muscle cells to laser injury, using ultrastructural and biochemical methods.

Philip C. Trackman
Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology; Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BA, College of Wooster; PhD, Boston University. Regulation of extracellular matrix accumulation in mineralized and non-mineralized tissues.

Abdulmaged M. Traish
Professor of Biochemistry. BSc, University of Tripoli (Libya); MA, PhD, Boston University. Mechanixm of action of steroid hormones.

Vickery Trinkaus-Randall
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Kenyon College; PhD, University of Wisconsin. Synthetic response (i.e., integrins and proteoglycans) of cells in injury and repair.

Robert F. Troxler
Professor of Biochemistry; Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BA, Grinnell College; MS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Chicago. Structure and function of proteins, including fatty acid-binding proteins from heart and skeletal muscle, phycobiliproteins from photosynthetic eukaryotes, histidine-rich salivary proteins, and human oral mucins.

Chi-Chuan Tseng
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Physiology. MD, Kaohsiung Medical College; MPH, University of Texas, School of Public Health; PhD, University of Texas, Houston.

William C. Ullrick
Professor Emeritus of Physiology. BS, Northwestern University; MS, PhD, University of Illinois.

Louis Vachon
Professor of Psychiatry. BA, MD, University of Montreal (Canada). Psychiatric disorders; psychoanalysis; asthma.

Lucia M. Vaina
Research Professor of Neurology. MS, University of Timand (Italy); Laurea MS Diploma, Universita degli studi di Urbino (Italy); PhD, Université Paris I (France); Doctorat d'Etat en Sciences, Ecole Nationale Supérieure (France). Visual and perceptual disorders, motion disorders.

Thomas Van Dyke
Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology. BA, DDS, Case Western Reserve University; MS, PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo. Structure-function relationships of phagocyte biology, with emphasis on phagocyte interaction with microbes.

Trudy Van Heuten
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology.

Deborah W. Vaughan
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BA, University of Vermont; PhD, Boston University. Effects of aging on the neurons of the motor system.

Nagagopal Venna
Associate Professor of Neurology. MBBS, Guntur Medical College (India). Language disorders, HIV, AIDS.

Mieke H. Verfaellie
Associate Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology). BA, MA, PhD, University of Louvain (Belgium). Pathology of learning and memory; visuospatial and perceptual disorders.

Gregory A. Viglianti
Assistant Professor of Microbiology. BA, Lafayette College; PhD, University of Minnesota. Virology; molecular biology.

W. Mark Vogel
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Assistant Professor of Medicine. BA, Temple University; PhD, University of Michigan. Drug development.

Ladislav Volicer
Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Medicine. PhD, Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic); MD, Univerzita Karlova (Czech Republic). Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease, role of free radicals, and pharmacologic management.

Carol T. Walsh
Associate Professor of Pharmacology. AB, Radcliffe College; PhD, Boston University. Pharmacokinetics, metal toxicology.

Mary T. Walsh
Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Research Instructor of Biochemistry. BS, Simmons College; PhD, Brown University.

Michael T. Watkins
Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. AB, New York University; MD, Harvard University. Ischemia and reperfusion.

Lee M. Wetzler
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology. BS, State University of New York at Binghamton; MD, State University of New York Upstate Medical Center. Immunology; microbial pathogenesis; vaccine development.

Roberta F. White
Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology). BA, Michigan State University; MA, PhD, Wayne State University. Pathology of learning and memory; visuospatial and perceptual disorders.

Jessica Wolfe
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology). MA, Stanford University; MS, PhD, Columbia University.

Leslie Wolfe
Instructor, Biochemistry. BS, PhD, Boston University.

Michael M. Wolfe
Professor of Medicine, Research Professor of Physiology. BS, Ohio State University; MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Herbert H. Wotiz
Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry; Professor of Urology. BSc, Providence College; PhD, Yale University.

Daniel G. Wright
Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. BA, MD, Yale University. Human neutrophil physiology; acute inflammatory processes; and regulation of myclopoiesis and hematropoietic cell development.

Herman E. Wyandt Jr.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory. BA, Western Washington State College; MS, PhD, Oregon State University.

Zhi-Xiong Xiao
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine. BS, MS, Sichuan University (China); PhD, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Tumor suppressor genes in the regulation of cell cycle, cell proliferation, and cell differentiation.

Qiang Yu
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. PhD, Brandeis University.

Glen B. Zamansky
Associate Professor of Microbiology; Assistant Dean, Health Science Programs, College of Arts and Sciences. BA, Brandeis University; PhD, Harvard University. Photobiology/system lupus erythematosus/virology.

Ken Zaner
Associate Professor of Medicine; Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry. BS, Brooklyn College; MD, PhD, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.

Vassilis I. Zannis
Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine. BS, University of Athens (Greece); PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Transcriptional regulation of the apolipoprotein genes; structure and function of human apoB and apoA-I; genetic variation and posttranslational modification of apolipoproteins.

Fengli Zhang
Instructor of Biophysics. BS, Beijing Normal University (China); PhD, Beijing Medical University (China).

Raphael A. Zoeller
Associate Professor of Biophysics and Assistant Research Professor of Medicine. BS, University of Maine; PhD, Texas A&M University.

Lawrence C. Zoller
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. BA, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Rutgers University. Development and modulation of hormonal systems.

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