Anatomy & Cell Biology

Kirby L. Jarolim, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Chair, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research: Route of amebic infection to the central nervous system.

Oza McClain
Electron Microscopy Laboratory Manager

William D. Meek, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Vice-Chair, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research: Cytoskeleton in cell regulatory mechanisms, fine structure of cancer cells, role of cAMP in cell morphology, gap junction changes in arthritis.

Kenneth E. Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research: The role of glutamate metabolism during chronic pain and spinal injury.

Doris K. Patneau, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology
Research: Modulation of AMPA subtype of glutamate receptor by endogenous and exogenous factors; role of molecular receptor composition in determining functional properties of AMPA receptors; AMPA receptors in neurodegenerative diseases.

Kent S. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
Research:  Evolution, biogeography, systematics, and comparative anatomy of fossil and recent mammals, predominantly insectivores and rodents.

Anne Weil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy 
Research: vertebrate paleontology and paleobiology of early mammals; recovery from extinction events

Nedra F. Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anatomy 
Research: cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the assembly of cilia and flagella

Biochemistry

Martin W. Banschbach, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Carnitine and heart disease.

Charles G. Sanny, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry
Chair, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology
Research: HPLC analysis of enzymes, protein-ligand interactions and antivenin-venom interactions.

Greg W. Sawyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Research: Mechanisms involved in maintaining the synaptic localization, trafficking and targeting of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.

Dorothy M. Turetsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Forensic Sciences

Robert W. Allen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Forensic Sciences & Biochemistry
Director of the Forensic Sciences Graduate Program
Director of the Human Identity Laboratory
Research: Origins of variability in the human genome.

Richard T. Glass, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Professor of Forensic Sciences, Pathology & Dental Medicine
Research: Forensic odontology, oral microbiology and disease transmission, head and neck pain and cancer.

Microbiology

Earl L. Blewett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Research: Diagnostic assays to detect primate immune responses to herpesviruses.

Franklin R. Champlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Forensic Microbiology
Research: bacterial pathogenesis, cell envelope physiology of gram-negative bacteria representing both animal and human pathogens 

Robert S. Conrad, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Research: Antibiotic resistance, lipopolysaccharides, extractable lipids, gram-negative outer membranes, gram-positive cell walls.

Rashmi Kaul, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms in disease pathogenesis and the role of hormones and cytokines on the disease process, complement regulatory proteins and apoptosis.

Gerwald A. Köhler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Research:  Role of lipid metabolism and lipid mediators in microbial pathogenesis; molecular interactions of beneficial microorganisms with the host and pathogens.

T. Kent Teague, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Immunology
Research: Basic immunology and tumor immunology. We use a variety of methodologies including flow cytometry, cell sorting, real-time PCR and Western blotting to study the roles of cytokines in promoting the survival, activation and differentiation of T cells.

Pathology

Joseph A. Price, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Research: Cellular immunity; inflammation, vaccines and immunotherapy; immunotoxicology; migration of Naegleria.

Pharmacology

George M. Brenner, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology
Research: Adrenergic alpha-2 receptors; chemotherapy of Naegleria fowleri.

Randall L. Davis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Research: Neuroinflammation; modulation of proinflammatory pathways in human glial cells by various drugs and dietary compounds.

Craig W. Stevens, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Research: Mechanisms of opioid pharmacology in vertebrate CNS with respect to pain and analgesia.

David R. Wallace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Research: Mechanisms of HIV-related protein neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration; involvement of the dopaminergic system.

Randy S. Wymore, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Research: Molecular physiology of ion channels, ion pumps and pacemaker channels, Morgellons Disease.

Physiology

Bruce A. Benjamin, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor of Physiology
Research: Renal sodium excretion from the experimental and theoretical point of view.

Kathleen Curtis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Research: Integration and coordination of sensory signals with physiological and behavioral output to maintain body fluid homeostasis.

J. Thomas Curtis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology/Physiology
Research: Neural basis of social attachment; role of reward processing in pair-bonding.

Warren E. Finn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology
Research: Neurophysiology of the retina; cultured neural networks, electrophysiology and bioengineering of neuro-prosthetic devices.

Alexander J. Rouch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology
Vice-Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Research: Renal physiology, electrophysiology, epithelial transport.

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Michael H. Pollak, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Research: Physical activity during everyday life.

Vivian M. Stevens, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences
Research: Smoking cessation; adherence to medical regimens.