PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT FACULTY | |
PRIMARY APPOINTMENTS | |
Name & Title | Academic Interest |
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies | Molecular genetic analysis of cancer initiation and progression with emphasis on prostate cancer |
Assistant Professor | Neuropathology / Investigative Pathology Intracellular signaling pathways in normal CNS development and neoplasia |
Instructor | |
Instructor | Laboratory animal and comparative medicine |
Assistant Professor | Pathogenesis of hematopoietic malignancies |
Professor | Mechanisms of cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis/ cardiovascular disease /heart transplantation) |
Associate Professor, Director of Neuropathology | |
Assistant Professor | Pediatric Pathology |
Professor | Regulation of blood coagulation proteolytic enzymes. |
Assistant Professor | Pathology of Genetically Engineered Mice Infection disease in animal models; cell cycle regulation and cell death mechanisms; embryonic and placental development in mice Collaborative research involving animal models of disease |
| Transfusion medicine, Immunohematology |
Cates, Justin M.M. | Pathologic and molecular diagnosis of bone and soft tissue tumors |
Assistant Professor | Laboratory Medicine (Virology) Post-transcriptional regulation of mammalian reovirus RNA |
Instructor | Gastrointestinal pathology |
Ernest W. Goodpasture Professor of Investigative Pathology, Vice-Chair of Pathology, Anatomical Pathology, Director of Translational Research | Benign, intermediate, and malignant soft tissue tumors; Childhood cancer; Pediatric surgical pathology |
Professor | Pathology of infections |
Associate Professor | Cytopathology and Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy; Education |
Associate Professor | Pediatric pathology |
Professor | Connective tissue research; Wound healing; Gene therapy |
Associate Professor | Toxicology/TDM |
Associate Professor | Oncogenic transformation and lymphoma |
Assistant Professor | General Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Pulmonary Pathology |
Assistant Professor | Head and Neck Pathology/Cytopathology |
Assistant Professor | Gynecologic and Genitourinary Pathology |
Fogo, Agnes B. Professor, Director of Renal/EM | Role of growth factors in the progression and potential regression of chronic renal disease. |
Professor | Laboratory Medicine (Coagulation) Regulation of hemostasis |
Assistant Professor | Laboratory animal medicine, animal models of human disease |
Assistant Professor | Histopathology of lung cancer; histopathology of bone tumors. |
Professor | Pathogenesis of Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia |
Associate Professor | Pathology graduate medical education, autopsy and cardiovascular pathology |
Professor | Cell-cell interactions emphasizing leukocyte-endothelial systems; endothelial cell biology |
Associate Professor | The role of lysosomes in abnormal cholesterol metabolism, atherosclerosis, and cancer. |
Professor | Adult and pediatric pneumonitis, infectious and non-infectious; lung cancer; cytopathology |
Assistant Professor | Veterinary medicine, laboratory animal medicine |
Assistant Professor | miRNA expression in myeloid neoplasms |
Professor of Medicine & Pathology; Executive Vice-Chair of Pathology; Pathologist-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Director, Division of Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Laboratories | Fatty Acid Abnormalities in Cystic Fibrosis |
Associate Professor | |
Professor | Oxidants and hypoxia-stimulated endothelial prostanoid systhesis; role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of chronic pulmonary hypertension |
Assistant Professor of Medical Education and Administration | Finance and Administration |
Professor | Investigative Pathology / Laboratory Medicine Pathogenesis of intracellular microbes (Chlamydia / HIV / SARS-CoV structure-function drug and vaccine design / genetic vaccines) and weapons of bioterroism. |
Assistant Professor | Tumor dysregulation of apoptosis pathways leading to T cell induced apoptosis resistance |
Professor | Breast Cancer |
Parl, Fritz F. Professor | Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Chemistry) Breast cancer; molecular genetics; estrogens and estrogen receptor |
Associate Professor | |
Assistant Professor | Pathology of laboratory animals, infectious diseases, unique laboratory animal species and environmental enrichment for laboratory animals |
Assistant Professor | Breast cancer and proliferative breast disease |
Dorothy B. and Theodore R. Austin Professor and Chair of Pathology | Structure and biology of integrin adhesive receptors for extracellular matrix proteins. |
Associate Professor | Cytopathology |
Assistant Professor | Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in cystic fibrosis and hematolymphoid malignancies |
Associate Professor Clinical Pathology Director, VA | Control of matrix directed capillary morphogenesis. |
Professor | Expression and regulation of macrophage cell surface receptors. |
Professor | Molecular markers of premalignant breast disease; molecular markers of response to specific biologic therapeutic agents in the treatment of breast cancer |
Associate Professor Director, Clinical Microbiology | Laboratory Medicine (Microbiology) Pathogenesis of Chlamydia pneumoniae |
Professor Director, Investigative Pathology | Lipoprotein metabolism and adipocyte biology |
Tang, Yi-Wei Associate Professor | |
Associate Professor | Mechanisms of environmental neurotoxicants |
Professor | Clinical molecular genetics |
Associate Professor, Director, Comparative Medicine | Administration of animal research resources, Post-graduate training of veterinarians in laboratory animal and comparative medicine, Collaborative research involving animal models of human disease |
Professor | Histopathology of gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases and mouse models of GI cancer |
Assistant Professor | Surgical, pediatric and autopsy pathology |
Assistant Professor | Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Chemistry) Investigation of secreted glycoproteins for the detection and monitoring of breast cancer. |
Assistant Professor | |
Assistant Professor, Director of Transfusion Medicine | Laboratory Medicine (Transfusion Medicine) Role of vasculogenesis in tumor neovascularization. Artery and vein specific gene expression. |
Instructor | Animal models of human disease |
Assistant Professor | Tumor cell invasion and cancer metastasis |
Instructor | Gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic Pathology |
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research Director, Hematopathology | Hematopathology / Investigative Path Integrin-mediated cell adhesion in development, cancer, innate immunity and vascular biology. |
RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS | |
Name & Title | Academic Interest |
Amarnath, Kalyani | Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Neurotoxicity Testing |
Research Associate Professor | Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Neurotoxicity Testing |
Research Instructor | Wound healing; Gene therapy; Tumor targeting and Nanoparticle delivery system |
Research Assistant Professor | Investigating the mechanisms of a2b1 integrin activation. |
Laboratory Manager/Program Director | Allied Health Programs |
Research Associate Professor | Extracellular matrix and aging |
Technical Specialist, Flow Cytometry | Creation of tutorials and other teaching materials for users of clinical flow cytometers. |
Research Associate Professor | Role of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and PAI-1 in the development of diabetes and diabetic nephropathy. |
Research Instructor | Immunohistochemistry; Immunocytochemistry |
Research Assistant Professor | Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation potential in dermal wound repair. |
Research Assistant Professor | Mouse models of cancer |
Research Instructor | Prostate Cancer |
Research Instructor | Molecular mechanisms affecting wound repair |
Research Assistant Professor | Regulation of blood coagulation proteolytic enzymes |
Research Assistant Professor | Evaluation of mouse models of cancer |
SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS | |
Name & Title | Academic Interest |
Assistant Professor | Type IV collagen in the pathogenesis of autoimmune glomerulonephritis and hereditary nephropathies |
Assistant Professor | Dermatology |
Professor | Selenium metabolism and function in animals and human beings |
Professor | Gastrointestinal cancer, Helicobacter pylori. |
Professor | Macrophage-based gene therapy of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis |
Associate Professor | Hematology/Oncology |
Professor | Collagen biochemistry; matrix biology |
Assistant Professor | The role of innate and adaptive immunity in atherosclerosis |
Professor | Regulation of cell proliferation by growth factors, oncogenes, growth inhibitors and tumor suppressor genes. |
Assistant Professor | Venous thromboembolism; hemophilia & other congenital bleeding disorders; acquired bleeding disorders; autoimmune hemolytic anemia |
Professor | Cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling growth and differentiation in the female reproductive tract |
Professor | Molecular investigations of familial disorders |
Professor | Proteomics of sarcomas, bone metastasis and tissue engineering. |
Professor | Neonatal Pulmonary Pathology |
Assistant Professor | Dynamic actin assembly for cell motility and cancer metastasis |
