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Physiology Research

The department of physiology is proud of our strong tradition of interdisciplinary and collaborative research. Faculty members currently hold research grants from funding organizations including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the American Heart Association, and others. The department also supports NIH training grants and journal clubs.

Focus Areas

Aging Focus Area

Francisco Andrade, PhD
Development and Aging of Craniofacial and Respiratory Muscles

Erhard Bieberich, PhD
Lipid Biochemistry

Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
Cardiovascular Research Center

Steven Estus, PhD
Molecular Genetics of Alzheimers Disease

Lance Johnson, PhD
ApoE, Brain Metabolism and Cognition

Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian, PhD
Role of Sphingolipid Signal Transduction Pathway in Animal Aging

Donna Wilcock PhD
Role of Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics

Cardiovascular Focus Area

Alan Daugherty, PhD, D.Sc
Molecular Mechanisms of Human Vascular Diseases

Brian Delisle, PhD
Cardiovascular

Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD
Signal Transduction in Vascular Smooth Muscle

Scott Gordon, PhD
Metabolism and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Brian Jackson, PhD
Signal Transduction Systems Involved in Regulation of Renal Tubular Transport 
and in Adrenal Catecholamine Synthesis and Secretion

Jonathan Satin, PhD
Structure-Function Studies of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels in Heart and Nerve

Metabolic Disease Focus Area

Ming Cui Gong, PhD, MD
Signal Transduction in Vascular Smooth Muscle

Lance Johnson, PhD
ApoE, brain metabolism and cognition

Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian PhD
Role of Sphingolipid Signal Transduction Pathway in Animal Aging

Neuroscience Focus Area

Francisco Andrade, PhD
Development and aging of cranio-facial and respiratory muscles

Erhard Bieberich, PhD
Lipid Biochemistry

Steven Estus, PhD
Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer Disease

Gregory Frolenkov, PhD
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Hearing

John Carib Gensel, PhD
Neuroinflammation in Spinal Cord and Brain Injury

Lance Johnson, PhD
ApoE, Brain Metabolism and Cognition

Lu-Yuan Lee, PhD
Airway hypersensitivity; TRPV Channels in the Airways

Timothy McClintock, PhD
Molecular Biology and Functional Genomics of Olfaction, Neural Regeneration, and Spinal Cord Injury

Alexander Rabchevsky, PhD
Genetic, Biochemical and Cellular Approaches for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

Kathryn Saatman, PhD
Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury

Donna Wilcock, PhD
Role of Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics

Research Committee Members