PhD
mentors of current students
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Mentor
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Alejandro
Aballay, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Models of bacterial pathogenesis
a.aballay@duke.edu
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Soman
Abraham, PhD
Professor, Pathology
Mechanism of macrophage activation by bacterial
infection
soman.abraham@duke.edu
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Vadim
Arshavsky, PhD
Professor, Opthamology
G-protein signaling and adaptation in photoreceptor
cells vadim.arshavsky@duke.edu
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G.
Vann Bennett, MD, PhD
James B. Duke Professor, Cell Biology
Mechanisms for localization of ion channels/transporters
in specialized membrane domains
benne012@mc.duke.edu
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Gerard
Blobe, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine: Medical Oncology
The role of transforming growth factor beta
in cancer biology and vascular biology
blobe001@mc.duke.edu
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Ashley
Chi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Role of miRNAs in red cell development
jentsan.chi@duke.edu
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Chris
Counter, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
The study of the molecular mechanisms of cell
immortalization and transformation of cancer cells
count004@mc.duke.edu
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Yvonne
Mowery
Stephen
Odaibo
Timothy
Robinson
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Mark
Dewhirst DVM, PhD
Gustavo S. Montana Professor, Radiation Oncology
Mechanisms of neoplastic transformation in malignant
brain tumors and tumors that metastasize to the
brain and spinal cord. dewhi001@mc.duke.edu
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Mariano
Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Gene expression and RNA processing
garci001@mc.duke.edu
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You
Wen He MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Immunology
Regulation of T-cell development and the role
of innate immunity in bacterial infections
he000004@mc.duke.edu
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Joseph
Heitman, MD, PhD
James B. Duke Professor, Molecular Genetics and
Microbiology
Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis
heitm001@duke.edu
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Salim
Idriss, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Effects of age and development on cardiac electrical
stability
idriss@duke.edu
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Allan
Johnson, PhD
Professor, Radiology and Physics
Development of advanced techniques (MRI, micro-CT,
micro-PET) for imaging animals in vivo
gaj@orion.duhs.duke.edu
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Jeffrey
Mito |
David
G Kirsch, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology
Study of cancer and radiation biology in order
to develop new cancer therapies in the pre-clinical
setting
david.kirsch@duke.edu
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Christopher
Kontos, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Regulation of angiogenesis
cdkontos@duke.edu
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Marisa
Buchakjian
Carrie
Johnson
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Sally
Kornbluth, PhD
Professor, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Molecular mechanisms controlling apoptosis and
cell cycle progression.
kornb001@mc.duke.edu
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Chay
Kuo, MD
Assistant Professor, Cell Biology
Regulation of postnatal neural stem cells
and how they modify brain homeostasis in health
and disease
chay.kuo@cellbio.duke.edu
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Donald
McDonnell, PhD
Glaxo-Wellcome Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology,
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Development and application of novel molecular
approaches for the discovery of tissue specific
modulators of steroid hormone receptors
donald.mcdonnell@duke.edu
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Chris
Newgard, PhD
W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Professor of Nutrition,
Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Metabolic regulatory mechanisms; Regulation
of survival and function of pancreatic islets
newga002@mc.duke.edu
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Christopher
Nicchitta, PhD
Associate Professor, Cell Biology
Protein secretion, mRNA localization molecular
chaperone function
nicch001@mc.duke.edu
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Miguel
Nicolelis, MD, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology
Spatiotemporal coding of sensory and motor information
nicoleli@neuro.duke.edu
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Timothy
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Claude
Piantadosi, MD
Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary
Regulation of oxidative metabolism, oxidative
stress, nitric oxide and carbon monoxide in the
lung and other tissues with an emphasis on the biology
of mitochondria
piant001@mc.duke.edu
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Edith
Bowers
Gustaaf
de Ridder
John
Mavropoulos
Yvonne
Mowery
Quintin
Quinones
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Salvatore
Pizzo, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology
Role of proteolysis in angiogenesis, regulation
of cellular growth, and immune regulation
pizzo001@mc.duke.edu
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Michael
Platt, PhD
Associate Professor, Neurobiology
Neurophysiological and ethological approaches
to cognitive behavior.
platt@neuro.duke.edu
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Jeffrey
Rathmell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Molecular and metabolic mechanisms of lymphocyte
growth and apoptosis
Jeff.Rathmell@duke.edu
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Jeremy
Rich, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine
Role of stem cells in the development of radio-resistant
glioma rich0001@mc.duke.edu
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Michael
Angelo
Michael Forrester
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Jonathan
Stamler, MD
George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Cardiovascular
Diseases, Medicine: Pulmonary and Critical Care
Medicine
Role of nitric oxide in regulating redox-based
protein structure and function
staml001@mc.duke.edu
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Bruce
Sullenger, PhD
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor, Surgery:
Experimental Surgery
Ribozymes (RNA enzymes) and RNA ligands (aptamers)
in gene therapy
bruce.sullenger@duke.edu
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Xiaobai
Sun, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Numerical analysis, matrix theory, high-performance
scientific computing, and parallel computing
xiaobai@cs.duke.edu
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Eric
Toone, PhD
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor, Chemistry
Biocatalysis/applied enzymology, ligand binding
and the activity of water, and the synthesis of
novel donors of nitric oxide
toone eric.toone@duke.edu
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Dan
Tracey, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Neurobiology and genetics of pain in Drosophia
dan.tracey@duke.edu
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Hai
Yan , MD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Molecular genetics of cancer with a focus on
the identification, characterization and therapeutic
targeting of novel genetic alterations involved
in genesis and progression of cancer
hai.yan@duke.edu
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