Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences

Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Physiology

Clark Blatteis, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Physiology, blatteis@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments:
Laboratory Location: 517 Nash Building

The pathogenesis and neuroimmunomodulation of endotoxic fever.

Thomas Chiang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, tchiang@uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: SCI BE-113, 130 Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Development of peptide inhibitors to block type I and type III collagen-platelet interaction to provent adhesion of platelets to blood vessel wall.

Ioannis Dragatsis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, idrag@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Genetics, Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Laboratory Location: 406 Nash Building

Animal models for neurodegenerated disorders: Huntington's disease.

Jonathan Jaggar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, jjaggar@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Neuroscience
Laboratory Location: 413 Nash Building

Regulation of arterial smooth muscle function by calcium signaling and ion channels.

Charles Leffler, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Physiology, cleffler@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments:
Laboratory Location: 305 Nash Building

Autocrine/paracrine control of the newborn cerebral circulation, and the cellular mechanisms involved in such control.

Hiroko Nishimura, M.D., D.M.Sc., Professor, Dept. of Physiology, nishimur@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 301 Nash Building

Humoral control of cardiovascular and renal homeostasis in intact and pathological states, as addressed in animals, tissues, cells, and at the molecular level.

David Nutting, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, dnutting@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments:
Laboratory Location: 546 Dobbs Building

Endocrinology: mechanisms of hormone and nutrient action in health & disease; GI physiology: absorption and metabolism of lipids and lipoproteins.

Edward Schneider, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Physiology, schneide@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location:

Brian Sorrentino, M.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Hematology-Oncology, brian.sorrentino@stjude.org

Secondary Appointments: Molecular Therapeutics and Cell Signaling
Laboratory Location: 2038 Danny Thomas Research Tower, St. Jude

Gene therapy for hematopioetic disorders; Biology of hematopoietic stem cells and ABC transporters.

Donald Thomason, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, thomason@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 560, 561 Nash Building

Mechanisms controlling potassium content and volume of muscle.

Lester VanMiddlesworth, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Physiology, lvanmid@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments:
Laboratory Location: 510 Nash Building

Iodine metabolism and thyroid physiology and disease.

Christopher Waters, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, cwaters@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointments: Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Laboratory Location: 407 Nash Building

Wound healing of lung epithelium; Cellular biomechanics.

Mitchell Watsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology, mwatsky@physio1.uthsc.edu

Secondary Appointment: Integrative Systems Biology
Laboratory Location: 356 Nash Annex

Ion channels and cell behavior during wound healing.

Revised 14 July 2008