PhD Program Training Faculty
Appt. | Faculty Member | Research Interests |
Sec | Sarki A. Abdulkadir, M.D./Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pathology and Cancer Biology B-3321A MCN Tel.: 615-322-9668 | Molecular genetic analysis of cancer initiation and progression with emphasis on prostate cancer |
Sec | Michael Aschner, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Pediatrics Gray E. B. Stahlman Professor in Neuroscience B3307 MCN Tel.: 615-322-8024 | Cellular & molecular mechanisms of heavy metal neurotoxicity; neurodegeneration; neuron-glia interaction; Gulf War syndrome |
Pri | Joey V. Barnett, Ph.D. Vice Chair of Pharmacology Director of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine, Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology 460B PRB Tel.: 615-936-1722 | Peptide growth factors and receptors in development; cardiac development |
Sec | Neil Bhowmick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery and Cancer Biology A3310F MCN Tel: 615-343-7140 | This lab is focused on understanding the mechanism of cell-cell communication. |
Sec | Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. Director, Center for Molecular Neuroscience Allan D. Bass Professor of Pharmacology 6133 Medical Research Bldg III Suite 7140A Tel: 615-936-3705 Fax: 615-936-3040 | Neurotransmitter transporter genes and proteins; transporter dysfunction in autonomic, neurologic and psychiatric disorders |
Sec | Alan R. Brash, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology 510A RRB Tel.: 615-343-4495 | Biosynthesis and metabolism of prostaglandins |
Sec | Richard M. Breyer, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology S3223 MCN Tel.: 615-343-0257 | Structure, function, and regulation of prostanoid receptors |
Sec | Kendal S. Broadie, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences 6270A MRB III Tel: 615-936-3937 | Genetic dissection of nervous system development, function and plasticity |
Sec | Christopher B. Brown, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics 3130B MRB III Tel: 615-322-8950 | Cardiovascular developmental biology |
Sec | H. Alex Brown, Ph.D. Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research in the Department of Pharmacology 412B PRB Tel.: 615-936-3888 | Lipid signaling pathways and cellular signal transduction |
Sec | Nancy J. Brown, M.D. Robert H. Williams Professor of Medicine 560 Robinson Research Building Tel.: 615-343-7345 | Cardioprotective effects of bradykinin and on the interaction of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and fibrinolytic systems in humans |
Sec | David J. Calkins, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 11435 MRB4 Tel: 615-936-6412 | The laboratory focuses in the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in the visual pathways in health, aging and disease. |
Sec | Richard M. Caprioli, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Director of Mass Spectrometry 606 Light Hall Tel.: 615-322-4336 Fax: 615-343-8372 | Metabolism of cellular peptides |
Pri | Chang Chung, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 468 RRB Tel: 615-322-4956 | Molecular genetics; Signal transduction; Signaling pathways; Cytoskeleton; Cell motility; Chemotaxis |
Sec | Roger J. Colbran, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics 724 RRB Tel.: 615-936-1630 Fax: 615-322-7236 | Mechanisms of subcellular targeting and role in regulating protein phosphorylation/ dephosphorylation |
Pri | P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Program in Translational Neuropharmacology 417D PRB Tel: 615-936-2478 | Cellular/molecular mechanisms of regulation of neuronal function. Novel treatments for CNS disorders. |
Sec | Kevin P. M. Currie, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology B4225 MCN Tel: 615-322-8514 | Regulation of voltage-gated calcium channels and neurotransmitter release |
Sec | Jerod S. Denton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology B4229 MCN Tel: 615-343-7385 | Molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways that regulate potassium channel biosynthesis, trafficking, function and degradation. |
Sec | Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology Investigator, John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development Director, National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hosp. at Vanderbilt, Suite 313 Tel: 615-327-7080 | Prefrontal and striatal dopaminergic and serotonergic systems |
Sec | Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D. Dorothy Overall Wells Professor of Pediatrics Professor of Pediatrics, Cell and Developmental Biology , and Pharmacology D4100 MCN Tel: 615-322-8642 | Molecular and genetic basis of embryo-uterine interactions during implantation |
Sec | Martin Egli, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry 868 RRB Tel.: 615-343-8070 | X-ray crystallography of DNA, RNA and oligonucleotide analogs, structure-based design of antisense therapeutics, hydration and ion interactions in nucleic acid crystals, structural genomics |
Sec | Florent Elefteriou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Clinical Pharmacology/Medicine 1235 MRB IV Tel: 615-322-7975 Fax: 615-343-2611 | Regulation of bone remodeling by the central and peripheral nervous systems. |
Sec | XiangLi Yang Elefteriou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Clinical Pharmacology/Medicine 1235 MRB IV Tel: 615-322-8052 Fax: 615-343-2611 | Regulatory mechanisms governing the process of cell fate determination, with a focus on the identification of novel transcription factors that control osteoblast differentiation and adaptation in response to bone diseases. |
Sec | Sakina E. Eltom, D.V.M./PhD. (Meharry Medical College) Associate Professor of Cancer Biology Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN Tel.: 615-327-5713 | Investigating how particular environmental chemicals cause cancer of certain organs but not others |
Pri | Ronald B. Emeson, Ph.D. Joel G. Hardman Chair in Pharmacology Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics 8160B MRB III Tel: 615-936-1688 | Cell-specific regulation of neuroendocrine gene expression; RNA processing |
Pri | Anthony C. Forster, M.D./Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 459 PRB Tel: 615-936-3112 | Protein synthesis and its engineering: application of purified systems and chemical synthesis |
Sec | Martin J. Gallagher, MD/Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology 6130A MRBIII Tel: 615-936-0060 | Electrophysiologically characterizing ion channel mutations found in familial human epilepsy |
Sec | Aurelio Galli, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Pharmacology 7124 MRBIII Tel: 615-936-3891 | Trafficking and biophysics of Neurotransmitter Transporters |
Sec | Alfred L. George, Jr., M.D. Grant W. Liddle Professor of Medicine Professor of Pharmacology Director, Division of Genetic Medicine 529 Light Hall Tel: 615-936-2660 | Structure and function of human voltage-dependent Na+ channels; genetic basis for human disease |
Sec | F. Peter Guengerich, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Director, Center of Molecular Toxicology 638 RRB Tel.: 615-322-2261 | Cytochrome p450; drug metabolism |
Pri | Eugenia Gurevich, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 422 PRB Tel.: 615-322-2720 | Role of dopamine receptor trafficking in neural pathology and development |
Pri | Vsevolod Gurevich, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology 418 PRB Tel.: 615-322-7070 | Molecular mechanism of arrestin function |
Pri | Heidi E. Hamm, Ph.D. Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. Professor and Chair of Pharmacology 442 RRB Tel: 615-343-3533 | G-proteins and intracellular signaling |
Sec | Eva Marie Harth, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology 7619 Stevenson Center Tel: 615-343-3405 | Development of bioinspired nanoscopic polymeric materials establishing and implementing new achievements in targeted drug delivery and imaging |
Sec | Antonis K. Hatzopoulos, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Cell & Developmental Biology and Pharmacology P425C MRB4 Tel: 615-936-5529 | Molecular and cellular mechanisms of cardiac development and regeneration, with emphasis on the role of endothelial progenitor cells to promote regeneration of injured organs, or to eradicate unwanted tissue growth |
Sec | Darryl B. Hood, Ph.D. (Meharry Medical College) Assoc. Professor of Toxicology Dept. of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN Tel.: 615-327-6358 Fax: 615-327-6632 | Molecular evaluation of the neurotoxicological effects that result subsequent to the transplacental exposure of fetal rats to desorbed benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) following maternal inhalation |
Sec | Tadashi Inagami, Ph.D. Stanford Moore Professor of Biochemistry & Professor of Medicine 606 Light Hall Tel.: 615-322-4347 Fax: 615-322-3201 | Molecular biology of cardiovascular regulation and vasoactive substances |
Pri | Tina Iverson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 460 RRB Tel: 615-322-7817 | X-ray crystallography of integral membrane protein complexes |
Sec | Habibeh Khoshbouei, Pharm.D./Ph.D. (Meharry Medical College) Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology Meharry Medical College 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN Tel.: 615-327-6472 | The mechanisms governing reverse transport of DA by its transporter |
Sec | Bjorn C. Knollman, MD/Ph.D. Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology 1265 MRB IV Tel.: 615-343-6493 | Cardiac electrophysiology, calcium signaling, excitation-contraction coupling, ion channels, drug-induced arrhythmias |
Pri | Christine Konradi, Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology 7158 MRB III Tel.: 615-936-1021 | Gene Expression in the Brain |
Sec | Andrzej M. Krezel, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Director of Graduate Studies in Biological Sciences 5270A MRB3 Tel.: 615-322-2073 | Structural NMR studies of proteins and protein-protein interactions |
Sec | Patricia Labosky, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology 831 Light Hall Tel.: 615-322-2540 Fax: 615-322-6645 | The Labosky lab is interested in studying genes that control normal development of the mammalian embryo. We have focused this work on a group of transcription factors of the Fox family. All projects in this lab revolve around our interests in the maintenance of progenitor cell populations in the embryo. |
Sec | Daniel Liebler, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry Director, Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center 9110A MRB III Tel: 615-322-3063 | Proteomic analysis of protein modifications; proteomic responses to cell injury |
Pri | Craig W. Lindsley, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology 804A RRB Tel: 615-322-8700 | Medicinal chemistry efforts to validate novel targets/mechanisms |
Sec | MacRae Linton, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology 315 PRB Tel.: 615-936-1656 | Lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis |
Sec | Terry L. Lybrand, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology 5154C MRB III Tel.: 615-343-1247 Fax: 615-936-2211 | Properties and behavior of biomacromolecules and ligand-biomacromolecule complexes, and to aid in the design of small molecule ligands with desired binding properties for targeted receptors |
Sec | Robert Macdonald, MD/Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Neurology 6140 MRB III Tel.: 615-936-2287 Fax: 615-936-2996 | Structure and function of recombinant/native GABAA and nACh receptor channels; basic mechanisms of epilepsy; pharmacological properties of neurotransmitter receptors; antiepileptic drug mechanisms of action |
Sec | Gregory C. Mathews, M.D./Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology 6140 MRB III Tel.: 615-343-0575 | Epilepsy |
Sec | BethAnn McLaughlin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology 8110A MRB III Tel: 615-936-3847 | Neurodegenerative and neuroprotective cell signaling pathways |
Sec | Jens Meiler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology 5144B MRB III Tel.: 615-936-5662 | Computational Structural Biochemistry |
Sec | Herbert Y. Meltzer, MD Professor & Director of Psychopharmacology Division PHV; 1601 23rd Ave. South Tel.: 615-327-7049 Fax: 615-327-7093 | Dopamine and serotonin in the etiology of schizophrenia and depression; mechanism of action of antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs |
Sec | Sukhbir S. Mokha, Ph.D. (Meharry Medical College) Assoc. Professor of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN Tel: 615-327-6933 | Neurobiology of spinal and trigeminal pain mechanisms: Electropharmacological, molecular, neuroanatomical and behavioral studies |
Sec | Paul E. Moore, M.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Assistant Professor of Pharmacology S-0119 MCN Tel.: 615-343-7617 Fax: 615-343-7727 | Understanding the molecular basis of genetic variations in asthma |
Sec | Gregory R. Mundy, M.D. Professor of Medicine John Oates Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Professor of Pharmacology Professor of Cancer Biology Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation 1235 MRB IV Tel: 615-322-6110 | Cell biology of bone remodeling and skeletal complications of cancer |
Sec | Katherine T. Murray, M.D. Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology 559 PRB Tel: 615-322-3304 | Metabolic regulation of Na+ channel activity in cardiac cells; mechanisms of antiarrhythmic drug action |
Sec | John S. Penn, Ph.D. Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Pharmacology 8016 MCE Tel: 615-936-1485 | A Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Ocular Angiogenesis |
Pri | L. Jackson Roberts, II, M.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine 522A RRB Tel: 615-322-3203 | Prostaglandins; oxidative injury |
Sec | Elton Yates Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Neurology AA3228 MCN Tel: 615-343-6499 | Pharmacology and molecular genetics of the adrenergic nervous system; aerospace medicine and physiology |
Sec | Dan M. Roden, MD Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology 532C RRB Tel.: 615-322-0067 Fax: 615-343-4522 Pager: 615-835-7513 | Pharmacology of antiarrhythmic drugs |
Pri | Elaine Sanders-Bush, Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry Director, Vanderbilt Brain Institute Investigator and Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy Center 8140 MRB III Tel.: 615-936-1685 Fax: 615-322-4421 | Biogenic amines and the central nervous system |
Pri | Claus Schneider, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 572 RRB Tel.: 615-343-9539 Fax: 615-322-4707 | Biochemistry of lipid signaling |
Sec | Richard C. Shelton, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology Investigator and Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy Center 2200 The Village at Vanderbilt 1500 21st Ave. South Tel.: 615-322-0367 | Protein kinase A in depression; Neurogenomics of psychiatric illness |
Pri | Bih-Hwa Shieh, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor of Pharmacology 402B RRB Tel: 615-343-0441 | Visual transduction in Drosophila; Drosophila genetics |
Sec. | Eric P. Skaar, Ph.D./M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Immunology 5211A MCN Tel: 615-343-0002 | The pathogenesis of bacterial infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (Staph infections), Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax), and Acinetobacter baumannii (soft tissue infections). |
Pri | Benjamin Spiller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology 5154B MRB III Tel: 615-322-6766 | Structural Biology of Ion Channels |
Pri | Gregg D. Stanwood, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development Assoc. Director, Vanderbilt Murine Neurobehavioral Core 8180A MRB III Tel: 615-936-3861 | Examining the developmental influences of biogenic amine signaling on the formation and function of neural circuits mediating cognitive and emotional responses |
Sec | LaMonica V. Stewart, Ph.D. (Meharry Medical College) Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN Tel: 615-327-6749 | Regulation of prostate cancer growth and progression by the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR gamma) and other nuclear receptors |
Sec | Kevin Strange, Ph.D. Professor of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Director, Anesthesiology Research Division T-4208 MCN Tel: 615-343-7425 | Molecular and cellular physiology of volume-sensitive ion channels and carriers |
Sec | James S. Sutcliffe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Psychiatry U9229 MRB3 (Learned Labs) Tel: 615-936-3626 | Genetic basis of autism spectrum disorders; molecular genetics; statistical genetics; epigenetics, neuropsychiatric genetics; phenotypic dissection of complex genetic disorders (autism, anxiety, major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other related conditions) |
Pri | Brian E. Wadzinski, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor of Pharmacology 424 RRB Tel: 615-343-2080 | Novel protein phosphatases and control of gene transcription |
Sec | Ronald G. Wiley, M.D./Ph.D. Professor of Neurology and Pharmacology Room F429 VA ACRE Building Tel: 615-327-4751 ext. 5244 | Molecular neurosurgery, animal pain models, targeted toxins, image analysis |
Sec | Tao P. Zhong, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Cell & Developmental Biology 358 PRB Tel: 615-936-2989 | Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cardiovascular development and function |
Sec | Laurence J. Zwiebel, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences 6260 MRB3 Tel: 615-343-3718 Fax: 615-936-0129 | Characterization of several genes and their products that together control important behavioral processes in the life cycle of insects that act as disease vectors |
