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Ms. Lanette Flagge
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Ronald Balczon, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
BMS Graduate Program
MSB 3030
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688
(251)460-6153
lflagge@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
rbalczon@usouthal.edu
Development and validation of in vivo model systems for tumorigenesis; development of approaches for assessing carcinogenesis and potential therapeutic approaches.
Stephen T. Ballard, Ph.D.
Mechanisms of airway epithelial ion transport and mucociliary clearance; cystic fibrosis.
Michael V. Cohen, M.D.
Cardiac physiology; mechanisms of myocardial preconditioning.
James M. Downey, Ph.D.
Cardiac physiology; mechanisms of myocardial preconditioning.
Donna L. Dyess, M.D.
Risk factors in breast cancer.
Brian W. Fouty, M.D.
Neutrophils and regulation of acute lung injury.
Jane D. Funkhouser, Ph.D.
Regulation of lung epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation.
Anthony L. Gard, Ph.D.
Regulation of CNS cell differentation.
Mark N. Gillespie, Ph.D.
Novel pharmacologic targets in antineoplastic therapy; regulation of p-glycoprotein and the multiple drug resistance phenotype.
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.
Stephen G. Kayes, Ph.D.
Relationship of chronic inflammation to carcinogenesis; role of eosinophils in cancer prognosis; naked DNA gene transfer as anti-neoplastic vaccine.
Judy A.C. King. M.D., Ph.D.
Pulmonary and nephropathology.
Thomas Lincoln, Ph.D.
Cyclic GMP and regulation of vascular smooth muscle.
David J. McGee, Ph.D.
Helicobacter pylori and pathogen-induced carcinogenesis.
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.
Kane L. Schaphorst, M.D.
Regulation of lung endothelial barrier function.
Troy Stevens, Ph.D.
Signal transduction in angiogenesis.
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.
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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