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Ms. Lanette Flagge
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Ronald Balczon, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
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University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
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Mechanotransduction in vascular endothelial cells.
Sailen Barik, Ph.D.
Mechanism of activation of NF-kappa B by viruses and parasites; signal transduction pathways and reversible protein phosphorylation in primitive eukaryotes.
Michael Chinkers, Ph.D.
Role of protein phosphorylation in receptor folding, activation, and trafficking.
Michael V. Cohen, M.D.
Cardiac physiology; mechanisms of myocardial preconditioning.
James M. Downey, Ph.D.
Cardiac physiology; mechanisms of myocardial preconditioning.
Stuart D. Critz, Ph.D.
Structure and function of cardiac ion channels.
Donna L. Dyess, M.D.
Acute endothelial injury and cardiovascular dysfunction in burn and heart failure.
Brian W. Fouty, M.D.
Neutrophils and regulation of acute lung injury.
James W. Gaubatz, Ph.D.
Dietary mutagens in cancer.
Mark N. Gillespie, Ph.D.
Pulmonary hypertension and molecular signaling mechanisms in pulmonary smooth muscle.
Johnson Haynes, Jr., M.D.
Pulmonary circulation and acute lung injury.
Richard E. Honkanen, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of tumor promotion and carcinogenesis: Determining the roles of protein phosphatases in the regulation of normal and aberrant cellular proliferation.
Thomas Lincoln, Ph.D.
Cyclic GMP and regulation of vascular smooth muscle.
Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Ph.D.
Role of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) and p38 mitogen activating protein kinase signalling pathways in gamma globin regulation
Jack W. Olson, Ph.D.
Signal transduction in angiogenesis.
James C. Parker, Ph.D.
Role of stretch-activated cation channels in ventilator-induced lung injury; development of a perflurocarbon liquid ventilator.
Jonathan G. Scammell, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of glucocorticoid resistance; characterization of neuroendocrine phenotype of cancer cells.
Stephen W. Schaffer, Ph.D.
Molecular consequences of diabetes on cardiomyocyte function.
Kane L. Schaphorst, M.D.
Regulation of lung endothelial barrier function.
Troy Stevens, Ph.D.
Signal transduction in angiogenesis.
Samuel J. Strada, Ph.D.
Role of phosphodiesterase isozymes in regulation of cyclic nucleotide metabolism; impact of phosphodiesterases in normal tissue and in pathophysiological models of disease.
Aubrey E. Taylor, Ph.D.
Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury; mathematical modeling of capillary transport.
Mark S. Taylor, Ph.D.
Regulation of vascular tone, including roles for sensitivity of the contractile apparatus to Ca2+, phosphodiesterases and cyclic nucleotide dependent protein kinases, and SK3-dependent hyperpolarization.
Mary I. Townsley, Ph.D.
Adaptive remodeling of lung structure and function in chronic heart failure; regulation and theory of endothelial permeability; microcirculation; interstitial matrix turnover.
J. Allan Tucker, M.D.
Pathology of neoplasms.
David S. Weber, Ph.D.
Role of reactive oxygen species in vascular smooth muscle migration.
Richard M. Whitehurst, M.D.
Neonatal cardiac development.
Songwei Wu, Ph.D.
Regulation of lung endothelial calcium entry.
Jian Yang, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of liver regeneration, role of metabolic derangement of lipids in the development of obesity and/or diabetes.
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