Our faculty applies its broad and internationally recognized expertise in cutting-edge methods of molecular and cell biology, genetics, genomics, neuroscience, biomedical imaging, electrophysiology, biophysics, immunology, protein biochemistry, and pharmacology to the study of the mechanisms of human diseases. Through this knowledge, gained in part through the development of sophisticated animal models, we are also developing new ways of intervention in debilitating illnesses such as:
Areas of Research
- Alzheimer's disease
- Börjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome
- Breast cancer
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- Central core disease
- Heart failure
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscle aging
- Muscle atrophy
- Myotonic dystrophy type 1
- Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Myasthenia gravis
- Nicotine addiction
- Obesity
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Research Faculty: Human Disease
Christine Beeton
Ph.D.
Professor
Susan L Hamilton
Ph.D.
Professor and L. F. McCollum Chair in Molecular Physiology
William R. Lagor
Ph.D.
Kyle and Josephine Morrow Endowed Professor
Irina V. Larina
Ph.D.
Professor and Kyle and Josephine Morrow Endowed Chair
James F Martin
M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Chairman/Professor
Robia G Pautler
Ph.D.
Professor
Steen E Pedersen
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
George Gerald Rodney Jr.
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Xander Wehrens
M.D., Ph.D.
Juanita P. Quigley Endowed Chair in Cardiology