Name/Degree/Position |
Type
of Membership |
Department/Institution |
Area
of Research |
Abrams,
Steven A. *
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
CNRC, BCM |
Mineral
metabolism in children with IBD |
Adegboyega,
Patrick
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Pathology,
UTMB |
Role of intestinal
myofibroblasts in health and disease conditions |
Anand,
B.S.
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Medicine
- Gastroenterology, BCM |
Alcoholic
liver disease and viral hepatitis |
Asahi,
Momoyo
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Medicine -
Gastroenterology, BCM |
CagA and OipA
in H. pylori related GI diseases |
Atmar,
Robert
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Medicine
- Infectious Diseases, BCM |
Molecular
approaches to detect human caliciviruses and hepatitis
A in waters, shellfish, other foods |
Barry,
Michael
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
and Human Genetics, BCM |
Genetic immunization,
vaccines, cell-targeting gene therapy vectors; P/F
Awardee, 2001 |
Beaudet, Arthur L.*
M.D.
Professor & Chair |
Full Member |
Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM |
Genetic approaches to understanding gastrointestinal function, hepatic gene expression, nutrition/obesity. |
Bellows, Charles M.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Surgery, BCM |
Colonic motility, intestinal smooth muscle physiology |
Berger,
David H.
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Surgery,
BMC, VA |
The role and
regulation of uPA in the GI tract; GATA factors in
intestinal differentiation |
Bian,
Ka
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Protein nitration
and intestinal muscle contractility; P/F Awardee, 2000 |
Bier,
Dennis
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
CNRC, BCM |
Metabolism
in children and adults |
Brandt,
Mary
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery/Pediatric
Surgery, BCM |
Surgical disease
of the newborn gastrointestinal tract, anorectal malformations,
thyroid surgery in children, biliary atresia |
Bresalier,
Robert
M.D.
Professor & Chair |
Full
Member |
Medicine,
Gastrointestinal Medicine & Nutrition, MD Anderson
Cancer Center-UTHSC
|
Development
of biomarkers for early detection of GI cancer (laboratory
based and clinical validation) |
Broaddus,
Russell
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pathology
and Laboratory Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center-UTHSC |
The retinoblastoma
gene as a putative dominant oncogene in colon carcinogenesis;
P/F Awardee, 1999 |
Brunicardi,
F. Charles
M.D.
Professor & Chair |
Associate
Member |
Surgery
- General, BCM |
Islet cell
communication, gastroenterology, pancreas cancer, and
breast cancer |
Burrin,
Douglas
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics,
CNRC, BCM |
Nutritional
and hormonal regulation of neonatal intestinal growth
and function |
Bhutani,
Manoop
M.D.
Visiting Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine-GI, UTMB |
Gastrointestinal
endoscopic applications and innovative and novel
approaches to GI imaging and intervention |
Blutt,
Sarah
Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow |
Associate Member |
Molecular
Virology & Microbiology, BCM |
Role of Toll-Like
Receptors in an Enteric Viral Infection;
P/F Awardee in 2004 |
Bray,
Molly
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full Member |
Pediatrics, CNRC, BCM |
Obesity genetics, genetics
of response to obesity treatments |
Butte
, Nancy
Ph.D.
Professor
|
Full Member |
Pediatrics, CNRC, BCM |
Environmental and genetic
factors contributing to childhood obesity |
Cardenas,
Victor
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Epidemiology,
UTHSC |
Atrophic gastritis;
smoking and H. Pylori infection |
Casola,
Antonella
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
UTMB |
Mechanisms
of RANTES gene expression in rotavirus infection; P/F
Awardee, 1999 |
Carter, Beth Anne
M.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pediatric GI, Hepatology & Nutrition, BCM |
Total parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis; outcomes in pediatric liver transplantation |
Castillo, Leticia
M.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pediatrics Critical Care, BCM |
Defining nutritional and functional requirements of specific amino acids |
Chan,
Lawrence*
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Cell
Biology and Medicine, BCM |
Hepato-gastrointestinal
tract in the regulation of lipoprotein metabolism;
endogenous/exogenous lipoproteins |
Chang,
Benny
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
and Cellular Biology, BCM |
The role of
ADRP in hepatic steatosis; P/F Awardee, 2002 |
Chakrabarty, Subhas
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pathology & Laboratory
Medicine, UTHSC |
Mechanisms controlling
growth and differentiation |
Chao,
Celia
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Surgery, UTMB |
Src in colon
cancer cells; gut peptide hormones and cancer |
Chappell,
Cynthia
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Biological
Sciences, UTHSC |
Enteric protozoan
parasites, specifically Cryptosporidium and Giardia |
Chen,Jiande
Ph.D
Associate Professor |
Associate
Member |
Internal
Medicine, UTMB |
GI Motility |
Chopra,Ashok
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
UTMB |
Mechanisms
of inflammation in IBD |
Chung,
Dai
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full Member |
Surgery, UTMB |
Signal transduction
pathways involved in necrotizing entrocolitis; burn-induced
gut injury |
Cleary,
Thomas G.
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
UTHSC |
Pathophysiology
of shigatoxin-producing E.coli and Shigella spp. |
Conneely,
Orla M.
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Cell
Biology, BCM |
The physiological
role of nuclear receptors, progesterone receptors and
the nur subfamily of nuclear receptors |
Conner,
Margaret E.*
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Molecular
Virology, BCM |
Pathogenesis
of enteric virus infections, vaccines to such viruses,
enteric virus model systems, basic mechanisms and regulation
of mucosal immunity |
Cox, Charles
M.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pediatric Surgery, UTHSC |
Molecular events and iNOS
expression and gut dysmotility |
Craigen,
William
M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Molecular & Human Genetics
and Pediatrics, BCM |
Mitochondria, apoptosis,
glucose and lipid homeostasis, urea cycle |
Darlington,
Gretchen*
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pathology,
BCM |
Mechanisms
that regulate the liver response to inflammation; molecular
interactions that determine cell cycle control and
differentiation of hepatocytes |
De
Biasi, Mariella
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Neuroscience,
BCM |
Nicotinic
receptors in the control of gut function; P/F Awardee,
2000 |
Dekaney,
Chris
Ph.D.
Instructor
|
Associate Member |
Pediatric Surgery, BCM |
Role of Paneth cells in
intestinal damage; characterization of intestinal stem
cells |
Dial,
Elizabeth
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Full
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
The developmental
appearance of protective mechanisms of the GI tract,
their regulation by hormonal or paracrine factors |
DiMari,
John F.
Ph.D
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Internal
Medicine-GI, UTMB |
SAID induced
apoptosis in gut myofibroblasts; P/F Awardee, 2001 |
Dupont,
Herbert
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Medicine,
BCM |
Defining the
epidemiology, immunology, clinical features, control,
prevention and therapy of enteric infectious diseases |
Eaves-Pyles,
Tonyia
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
UTMB |
Interactions
between pathogenic microorganisms and gastrointestinal
cells and immflamation |
Elferink,
Cornelis
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pharmacology & Toxicology,
UTHSC |
The role of the aryl hydrocarbon
receptor in hepatocyte cell cycle control and apoptosis |
El-Serag,
Hashem
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Full
Member |
Medicine,
BCM |
Global Expression
in Barrett's Esophagus , P/F Awardee in 2004 |
El-Zimaity,
Hala
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Medicine & Pathology,
BCM |
Helicobacter
pylori gastritis and gastrointestinal pathology;
.P/F Awardee, 2000 |
Esenaliev,
Rinat
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Physiology & Biophysics,
UTMB |
Optical acoustic
tomography; mucosal surface imaging |
Estes,
Mary K.*
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Molecular
Virology & Medicine-Gastroenterology, BCM |
Molecular
analysis of GI viral-host interactions that affect
pathogenesis; mucosal immunization, gene therapy with
VLPs, intestinal receptors for GI viruses |
Evers,
Mark
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
The mechanisms
and regulation of the gastrointestinal (GI) hormone
neurotensin |
Falzon,Miriam
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Medicine-Pharmacology & Toxicology,
UTMB |
Role of parathyroid hormone-related
protein in colon cancer growth |
Fang,
Li
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
Neurosurgery, UTMB |
The neurocellular
mechanism of visceral pain; P/F Awardee, 2002 |
Ferry,
George*
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics
- Gastroenterology, BCM |
Pediatric
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); clinical trial of
methotrexate for Crohn's disease |
Finegold,
Milton*
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pathology,
BCM |
Mouse models
of human liver and gastrointestinal diseases |
Gilger,
Mark*
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics-Gastrenterology,
BCM |
Gastrointestinal
infections, specifically Helicobacter pylori
and Calicivirus, in children |
Goodgame,
Richard
M.D.
Professor
|
Associate Member |
Medicine-Gastroenterology,
BCM |
Gastrointestinal infections,
gastrointestinal AIDS, cryptosporidiosis, intestinal
permeability, Crohn's disease |
Goss,
John
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
BCM |
Adult and
pediatric liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery,
surgical management of liver tumors, and pancreatic
islet transplantation |
Graham,
David Y.*
M.D.
Professor & Chief |
Full
Member |
Medicine
- Gastroenterology, BCM and VAMC |
The pathogenesis
of infectious agents in the intestinal tract; H.
pylori as the cause of peptic ulcer, gastric adenocarcinoma,
and gastric lymphoma, infectious agents in inflammatory
bowel disease |
Greeley,
George
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
Regulation
of gut hormone secretion, effects of environmental
agents (PCBs dioxins) on gut hormones |
Guan, Xinfu
Ph.D.
Instructor
|
Associate Member |
Pediatrics, CNRC, BCM |
Nutritional and hormonal regulation of neonatal intestinal growth and function |
Hadsell,
Daryl
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics
- Nutrition, BCM |
IGF-1 in milk
and GI development |
Halpert,
James
Ph.D.
Professor & Chair |
Associate
Member |
Pharmacology
and Toxicology, UTMB |
Detoxification
by the liver |
Hamilton,
Stanley
M.D.
Professor & Head |
Associate
Member |
Pathology,
MD Anderson Cancer Center-UTHSC |
Diagnosis
and treatment of colon cancer |
Hellmich,
Mark
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
Gene transcription
in the regulation of intestinal epithelial cell growth |
Helmrath,
Michael
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatric
Surgery, BCM and Texas Children's Hospital |
Isolation
and characterization of intestinal stem cells Role
of secretory lineages during intestinal adaptation;
P/F Awardee, 2004 |
Henning,
Susan*
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics
- Gastroenterology & Cell Biology, BCM |
Physiological
and molecular aspects of intestinal development and
intestinal stem cells |
Hollinger,
F. Blaine
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
Virology and Medicine- GI, BCM |
Diagnosis
and therapy of viral hepatitis |
Horst,
David A. M.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
Newborn, BCM |
GLD-2 and
intestinal development, necrotizing enterocolitis |
Hoogerwerf,
Willemijntje
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Internal
Medicine-GI, UTMB |
Pancreatic
nociception, animal models of pancreatitis, and functional
bowel disease |
Hudnall,
S. David
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member
|
Pathology,
UTMB |
Modes of persistence
of human herpesviruses in the GI tract |
Hutson, Anne
Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
|
Associate Member |
Molecular Virology & Microbiology, BCM |
Norovirus-cell binding and immortalization of human enterocytes |
Izzat,
Najwa
Ph.D.
Research Fellow |
Associate Member |
Integrative
Biology and Pharmacology, UTHSC |
Cholesterol
biosynthesis and metabolism |
Jamrich,
Milan
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Molecular & Cellular
Biology,BCM |
Development
of Xenopus Visceral Mesoderm, P/F Awardee in 2004 |
Kahan,
Barry
M.D.
Professor & Director |
Associate
Member |
Surgery-Organ
Transplantation, UTHSC |
Intestinal
host-versus graft responses |
Kanz,
Mary
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pathology, UTMB |
Biliary and intestinal
cell models of drug toxicity |
Karpen,
Saul*
M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics
Gastroenterology, BCM |
The molecular
regulation of liver function, hepatic transporter genes,
liver gene regulation by ATP-stimulated nuclear calcium |
Kim,Sunghoon
M.D.
Instructor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
PTEN/P13-K
regulation of homeobox gene Cdx-2; P/F Awardee.
2001 |
Klein,
John R.
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Dental Branch,
UTHSC |
Intestinal
intraepithelial lymphocyte development and activation |
Klimpel,
Gary
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
UTMB |
Host defense
to enteric and hepatic infections centered on the mucosal
immune response of the intestinal tract to Salmonella
infection and the immunobiology of Hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infections |
Klish,
William*
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics
- Gastroenterology, BMC |
Impact of
chronic disease on body composition in children |
Ko,
Gwang-Pyo
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Environmental
Sciences, UTHSC |
Detecting
infectious enteric Adenoviruses through molecular methods |
Ko,
Tien
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
Regulation
of gut cell biology and apoptosis |
Kone,
Bruce C.
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine, Integrative Biology, UTHSC |
The molecular
regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)
and the H+/K+-subunit family, ischemia-reperfusion
injury in the small intestine |
Kozar,
Rosemary
M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
General Surgery, UTHSC |
Differential modulation
of gut injury, inflammation and dysfunction |
Kozinetz,
Claudia
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Pediatrics,
BCM |
Study design
and statistical analysis |
Kumar,
Raj
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Membe |
Human Biological
Chemistry & Genetics, UTMB |
Structure and
functions of the steroid receptors |
Lachman,
Lawrence
MBA, Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Cell
Biology and BioImmunotherapy, M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center, UTHSC |
H. pylori vaccines
and mucosal immunity |
Lacorazza, H. Daniel
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pathology, BCM |
Role of transcription factor on innate immunity and GI recovery post chemotherapy |
Langer,
Rebecca
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Biological
Sciences, UTHSC |
Cryptosporidium
parvum and its interaction with the intestinal host
cell |
Lee,
Brendan
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Full
Member |
Molecular
and Human Genetics, BCM |
Understanding
the pathophysiology of urea cycle disorders through
gene therapy; development and testing of adenoviral
vectors |
Lemon,
Stanley
M.D.
Professor & Dean |
Full
Member |
Medicine,
UTMB |
Molecular
virology and pathogenesis studies of viral hepatitis
caused by hepatitis C and hepatitis A viruses |
LeSage,
Gene
M.D.
Professor & Director |
Full
Member |
Medicine-GI,
UTHSC |
Bile secretion,
bile duct injury and repair, bile acid transport and
signaling, hepatitis C |
Lever,
Julia E.
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology, UTHSC |
Molecular
mechanisms which regulate the expression of the Na+/glucose
cotransporter of renal proximal tubule and small intestine |
Lichtenberger,
Lenard*
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
The pathophysiological
mechanism of NSAID and H. pylori induced gastritis |
Logsdon,
Craig
Ph.D.
Professor
|
Full Member |
Cancer Biology & Medical
Oncology, UT-MD Anderson |
Pancreatitis, pancreatic
cancer |
Loose-Mitchell,
David
Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Director |
Associate
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Bile acid
biosynthesis and serum cholesterol |
Li, Kui
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Microbiology & Immunology, UTMB |
Hepatitis C virus and innate immune responses |
Liu,
Chunming
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Human Biological
Chemistry & genetics, UTMB |
Regulation
of Beta-catenin in colorectal cancer |
Madden,
Charles
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
Virology & Microbiology, BCM |
Impact of
the hepatitis B virus protein on RFX1 mediated suppression
of transcription; P/F Awardee, 2002 |
Malaty,
Hoda
M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Medicine
- Gastroenterology, BCM and VAMC |
Understanding
the transmission and epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori
infection |
Mauvais -Jarvis, Franck
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Medicine – Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, BCM |
Role of sex steroids on liver inflammation and liver insulin resistance |
Mercer,
David
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Surgery,
UTHSC |
The role of
gut peptides in gastric mucosal defense; gastric secretion
and gastric H+/K+-ATPase function |
Micci,
Maria-Adelaide
M.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI,
UTMB |
Motility and
enteric nervous system disorders |
Mifflin,
Randy
Pn.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Membe |
Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology & Hepatology,
UTMB |
The biology
of intestinal myofibroblasts in health and disease |
Moody,
Frank
M.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
UTHSC |
Pathogenesis
of multiple organ failure |
Moore,
David D.*
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Cell
Biology, BCM |
The nuclear
hormone receptor superfamily - ligands, and orphan
receptors |
Moore,
Fred
M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair |
Full Member |
Surgery, UTHSC |
Role of the
gut in post injury multiple organ failure |
Morris,
Andrew
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Native intestinal
cell NSP4 evoked anion permeation; P/F Awardee, 1999 |
Moslen,
Mary
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full Member |
Pathology,
UTMB |
Small intestinal
injury produced by nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAIDs) |
Murad,
Ferid
M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair |
Full
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Cell signaling
and signal transduction systems that utilize nitric
oxide and/or cyclic GMP |
Nath,
Samir Kumar
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI & Hepatology,
UTMB |
Regulation of mucosal injury,
repair and growth; small bowel imaging |
Navarro,
Javier
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Neuroscience & Cell
Biology, UTMB |
Structure and
function of G protein-coupled receptors expressed in
the GI tract |
Nichols,
Buford L.*
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics
- Nutrition, CNRC, BCM |
The study
of GI brush border enzymes responsible for terminal
starch digestion |
Okhuysen,
Pablo
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Clinical
Research Center, UTHSC |
Enteric diseases
vaccine trials evaluation unit |
Opekun, Antone
P.A.C.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Medicine-Gastroenterology,
BCM |
Helicobacter pylori infection |
Palade, Philip
Ph.D.
Professor
|
Associate MeNeuroscience & Cell
Biology UTMBmber |
Neuroscience & Cell
Biology UTMB |
Electrophysiology support
for effects of acute pancreatitis on DRG neurons |
Papaconstantinou,
John
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Human Biological
Chemistry & Genetics, UTMB |
Aging, molecular
genetics, inflammation, gene regulation, and signaling |
Park,Pyong
Woo
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Medicine & Molecular
and Cellular Biology, BCM |
Proteoglycans
in microbial pathogenesis and host defense |
Pastricha,
Jay
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine - Gastroenterology, UTMB |
Enteric nervous
system and visceral pain |
Pehlivanov,
Nonko
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Clinical Physiology
Laboratory-GI, UTMB |
Noncardiac
chest pain of esophageal origin; gastroparesis; functional
GI disorders |
Peterson,
Johnny W.
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
UTMB |
Secretory
and inflammatory diseases of the intestine; salmonellosis,
cholera, inflammatory bowel diseases |
Powell,
David R.
M.D.
Adjunct Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pediatrics,
BCM |
Investigation
of the role of IGFBPs as growth inhibitors in children
with chronic renal failure |
Powell,
Don
M.D.
Professor & Chair
Associate Dean of Research |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine - UTMB |
Intestinal
subepithelial myofibroblasts; COX-2 expression in cancer
and inflammation; antigen presentation |
Prasad,
B.V.V.
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Biochemistry & Molecular
Virology, BCM |
High resolution
structural analysis of GI viruses |
Quiros,
Ruben
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Pediatrics
and Surgery, UTHSC |
Obesity-associated
liver disease |
Rajaratham,
Krishna
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Human
Biological Chemistry and Genetics, Structural Biology
Center, UTMB |
Interleukin-8
receptor as a drug target for digestive diseases; P/F
Awardee, 2000 |
Raju,
Gottumukkala
M.D.
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI, UTMB |
Developmental and therapeutic
endoscopy |
Ramig,
R. Frank
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
Virology, BCM |
Genetics and
pathogenesis of dsRNA viruses |
Reuss,
Luis
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Physiology
and Biophysics, UTMB |
Signaling
in gall bladder epithelial cells during ion transport |
Reyes,
Victor E.
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics,
Microbiology & Immunology, UTMB |
Understanding
the antigen processing and presentation events that
determine what a T cell recognizes |
Rijnbrand, Rene
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Microbiology & Immunology, and Pathology, UTMB |
Molecular aspects of HCV replication and translation and drug development |
Robinson
Emily K.
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
UTHSC |
Matrix
metalloproteinase activity in gastric injury; general
surgery; P/F Awardee, 2003 |
Sarna,
Sushil
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine-Gastroenterology, UTMB |
Smooth muscle
and enteric neurons in gut inflammation, inflammatory
bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome |
Sastry,
Jagannadha
Ph.D.|
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Veterinary Sciences, UT/M.D.
Anderson |
Molecular basis of immune
disorders HIV and HPV |
Savidge, Tor
Ph.D.
|
Associate Member |
nternal Medicine-Gastroenterology, UTMB |
Enteric nervous system and intestinal inflammation; transgenic IBD models, human chimeric GI infectious models intestinal epithelial cell biology |
Shabot,
Joseph Marc
M.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI,
UTMB |
Colorectal
neoplasia; peptic ulcer disease |
Shroyer,
Noah
Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow-Phd
|
Associate Member |
Molecular & Human Genetics,
BCM |
Laser capture microdissection
(LCM) of intestinal crypts from wild type mice |
Shulman,
Robert*
M.D.
Professor Pediatrics |
Full Member |
Gastroenterology,
BCM |
The development
and adaptation of the gastrointestinal tract of the
premature infant |
Schonbrunn,
Agnes
Ph.D.
Professor |
Associate
Member |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Function and
regulation of somatostatin receptors |
Schultz,
Stanley
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member Emeritus |
Integrative
Biology, UTHSC |
Investigating
the homocellular regulatory mechanisms responsible
for solute by gastrointestinal epithelia |
Sellin,
Joseph H.
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Medicine
- Gastroenterology, UTHSC |
Understanding
the control of proliferation in the colon, an early
risk factor of adenomas and colon cancer |
Seu,
Philip
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
BCM |
Gene therapy
for hepatocellular carcinoma |
Shulman,
Robert*
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics,
Gastroenterology, BCM |
Adaptation
and development of the gastrointestinal tract in infants
and children |
Shi,
Xuan-Zheng
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI,
UTMB |
GI motility;
gut inflammation and IBD, IBS; neurogastroenterology |
Singh,
Pomila
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Anatomy
and Neurosciences, UTMB |
Regulation
of intestinal epithelial cell growth in cancer |
Slagle,
Betty*
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Full
Member |
Molecular
Virology, BCM |
Defining the
molecular mechanisms of liver carcinogenesis, and identifying
the role of HBV in those processes |
Smith,
C. Wayne *
M.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Pediatrics
- Immunology, BCM |
GI pathobiology
and the roles of specific cell adhesion molecules (CAMs)
in neutrophil-mediated liver injury |
Snyder,
Ned
M.D.
Professor |
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI,
UTMB |
Serum markers
of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C; proteomic
and amino acids |
Sussman,
Norman L.
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate Member |
Medicine -
GI, BCM |
Hepatology,
hepatitis treatment, and transplant medicine |
Sun,
Jiaren
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development; UTMB |
Mouse models
for hepatitis C research; hepatitis C vaccine research
and development |
Thaller,
Christina
MSc
Associate Professor
|
Associate Member |
Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology, BCM |
Brain genes and cascades
regulating proliferation, migration and differentiation
in the intestinal epithelium |
Thevananther,
Sundararajah
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Pediatrics-GI & Nutrition,
BCM |
Purinergic
Regulation of Hepatocyte Proliferation, P/F
Awardee in 2004 |
Thomas,
Melanie
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
GI Medical
Oncology, UTHSC , MD Anderson |
Clinical medical
oncology practice focuses on patients with liver and
biliary malignancies |
Thompson,
James
M.D.
Professor Emeritus |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
Gastrointestinal
endocrinology |
Thompson-Snipes,
Luann
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pathology,
BCM, TCH |
The role of
dendritic cells & the activation of colitis in
a model of IBD |
Timchenko,
Nikolai
Ph.D.
Associate Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pathology,
BCM |
Hepatocyte
proliferation |
Tong,
Qiang
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Pediatrics,
BCM |
Obesity related
fatty liver disease |
Torres,
Alfredo
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Microbiology & Immunology,
Pathology, UTMB |
Mechanisms
of diarrheagenic e. coli pathogenesis, role of e. coli
in IBD |
Townsend,
Courtney
M.D.
Professor & Chair |
Associate
Member |
Surgery,
UTMB |
Regulation
of intestinal epithelial cell growth |
Tsai,
Ming
Ph.D.
Professor |
Full
Member |
Cell
Biology, BCM |
The regulation
of insulin gene expression and pancreatic and gastrointestinal
development |
Umar,
Shahid
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Internal Medicine-GI,
UTMB |
Mucosal inflammation
and colon cancer |
Valdez, Beningo
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
|
Associate Member |
Pharmacology, BCM |
The function of RNA helicase II/Gu and determining its possible role in the pathogenesis of watermelon stomach |
Versalovic, James
M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Pathology
and Molecular Virology & Microbiology; BCM |
Intestinal
lactobacillus and mucosal immunomodulation; probiotics
and IBD; Luminal expression of IL-10 by recombinant
enteric bacteria |
Wang,
Heuy-Ching
Ph.D.
Instructor |
Associate Member |
Medicine-Infectious
Diseases, BCM |
Activation
of small intestine intraepithelial lymphocytes; intestinal
cytokines in Crytosporidiosis |
Wang,
Qingding
M.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate Member |
Surgery, UTMB |
Molecular mechanisms
of normal intestinal differentiation as well as gastrointestinal
cancers |
Ward,
Pauline
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor |
Associate
Member |
Molecular
and Cellular Biology, BCM |
Role of Lactoferrin
in host defense in the GI tract; P/F Awardee, 2002 |
Weinman,
Steven
M.D.
Associate Professor |
Full
Member |
Internal
Medicine - Gastroenterology, UTMB |
