Molecular Medicine
Current and Potential Projects:
Potential faculty mentors research a wide variety of molecular medicine-based questions. These include the following:
Mentor |
Research Focus |
Applehans |
Behavior; cancer/diabetes prevention |
Boehmer |
Herpes virus replication; molecular biology |
Feuerstein |
Molecular diagnosis/ treatment of gliomas |
Fisher |
Anatomy of mammals; musculoskeletal system |
Flynn |
Cancer pathology; hematology |
Gallitano-Mendel |
Environment, genetics, and schizophrenia |
Ghosh |
Cell signaling and polarity in cancer |
Gonzales |
Cardio- / cerebrovascular physiology |
Hammer |
Brain mechanisms of schizophrenia & addiction |
Haussler |
Gene expression: bone disease and cancer |
Hastings |
Immune recognition of melanoma |
Jurutka |
Molecular endocrinology; nutraceuticals |
Kim |
Tumor suppressors in breast cancer |
Kusumi |
Genetics, genomics, spinal birth defects |
Lake |
Cancer immunology and vaccines |
Matt |
Neuroendocrinology and stress |
Rawls |
Skeletal muscle repair, muscle stem cells |
Standley |
Biophysical regulation of blood vessel genes |
Whitfield |
Gene regulation by nuclear hormone receptors |
Wilson-Rawls |
Reproduction/molecular basis of infertility |
The above research mentors and their projects are representative of six general research areas:
- Foundations in molecular biology and genomics / Personalized medicine
- Neuroscience
- Endocrine system homeostasis
- Cardiovascular biology
- Reproduction, development, growth and anatomy
- Cancer biology / immunology
Students wishing to reach beyond this list to engage additional researcher mentors at our affiliate institutions in the Phoenix metropolitan area (e.g., Arizona State University, Barrow Neurological Institute, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Banner – Good Samaritan, and Sun Health) are encouraged to contact a Core Faculty member (above) for assistance. In this fashion, students may be able to identify scholarly project mentors who investigate areas complimentary to those of the Basic Medical Sciences faculty, such as in diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and others. |
