Department of Pharmacology

Primary Faculty
Joint Appointments
Other Training Faculty
Emeritus Faculty

Students earning the Ph.D. in Pharmacology may study under any of the following faculty.
Primary Faculty		All Training Faculty
	Paula Q. Barrett, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Regulation of low-voltage activated T-type Ca2+ channel activity by kinases and heterotrimeric G-proteins and their roles in physiological responses.	[ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X ] [ Y ] [ Z ] Abounader, Roger, MD/PhD Bagavant, Harini, MBBS, PhD Barrett, Eugene, MD/PhD Barrett Q. Paula, PhD Bayliss A. Douglas, PhD Beenhakker P. Mark, PhD Botchwey, Edward, PhD Braciale, Tom, MD/PhD Brautigan, David, PhD Cohn, Steven, MD/PhD Corwin, Jeffrey, PhD Creutz E. Carl, PhD Criss, Alison, PhD Desai N. Bimal, PhD Deshmukh, Umesh, PhD Dutta, Anindya, MD/PhD Goldfarb, Adam, MD Guyenet G. Patrice, PhD Harris, Thurl, PhD Hewlett L. Erik, MD Hoehn L. Kyle, PhD Isakson, Brant, PhD Johnson L. Michael, PhD Kelly, Kimberly, PhD Kipnis, Jonathan, PhD Lazo S. John, PhD Leitinger, Norbert, PhD Li, Chien, PhD Lynch R. Kevin, PhD Macdonald L. Timothy, PhD Mandell W. James, MD/PhD McIntire E. William, PhD McNamara, Coleen, MD Nakamoto, Robert, PhD Nunemaker S. Craig, PhD Okusa, Mark, MD Owens, Gary, PhD Peirce-Cottler, Shayn, PhD Perez-Reyes Edward, PhD Ravichandran K. "Ravi", PhD Reddi, Prabhakara "Prabu", PhD Rosin L. Diane, PhD Schulman G. Ira, PhD Scott M. Michael, PhD Sharlow R. Elizabeth, PhD Shupnik, Margaret, PhD Stornetta L. Ruth, PhD Sturgill W. Thomas, MD/PhD Templeton, Dennis, MD/PhD Todorovic, Slobodan, MD/PhD Wamhoff, Brian, PhD Yan Zhen, PhD Yeager, Mark, MD/PhD Zhu J. Julius, PhD
	Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Research Interests: Mechanisms of Neuromodulation in Central Neurons
	Mark P. Beenhakker, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy.
	Carl E. Creutz, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Calcium-dependent, Membrane-binding Proteins and Mechanisms of Exocytosis
	Bimal N. Desai, PhD Assistant Professor, Pharmacology Research Interests: Electrical signals in the development of Immunity and Inflammation
	Patrice G. Guyenet, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Neural Control of Blood Pressure and Respiration
	Thurl Harris, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signaling and fat synthesis.
	Kyle L. Hoehn, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Investigating the Origin of Insulin Resistance
	Michael L. Johnson, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Mathematical modeling of biological processes
	John S. Lazo, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: My primarily research focus is on the mechanism of action of small molecules and on the fundamental biological role of protein tyrosine phosphatases.
	Norbert Leitinger, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Role of lipid oxidation products in inflammation and vascular immunology in atherosclerosis and diabetes.
	Chien Li, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance and stress, regulation of pancreatic islet hormone secretion and glucose homeostasis.
	Kevin R. Lynch, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular Pharmacology of Lysophospholipid Mediators
	William E. McIntire, PhD Assistant Professor of Research of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular Determinants Involved in the Selective Activation of BG Dimers Upon Stimulation of a Given Receptor
	Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular Pharmacology of Voltage-gated Calcium Channels
	Diane L. Rosin, PhD Assistant Professor of Research of Pharmacology Research Interests: Immune mechanisms of acute and chronic kidney injury
	Ira G. Schulman, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Regulation of transcription by nuclear hormone receptors, transcriptional control of metabolism, atherosclerosis, Small molecule approaches to drug discovery.
	Michael M. Scott, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: The lab is focused on investigating the neuronal circuits involved in the control of food intake and food reward using mouse genetic models.
	Elizabeth R. Sharlow, PhD Associate Professor of Research of Pharmacology Research Interests: I am primarily interested in exploiting chemical biology approaches to understand signaling pathways that are critical for parasite, neuronal and tumor cell viability.
	Ruth L. Stornetta, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Role of Endogenous Peptides in Control of Cardiorespiratory Function
	Thomas W. Sturgill, MD/PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Regulation of MAP Kinase Activity
	J. Julius Zhu, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Mental Retardation

Students earning the Ph.D. in Pharmacology may study under any of the following faculty.
Joint Appointments		All Training Faculty
	Harini Bagavant, MBBS, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology Research Interests: Pathogensis of lupus glomerulonephritis in murine models of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	[ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X ] [ Y ] [ Z ] Abounader, Roger, MD/PhD Bagavant, Harini, MBBS, PhD Barrett, Eugene, MD/PhD Barrett Q. Paula, PhD Bayliss A. Douglas, PhD Beenhakker P. Mark, PhD Botchwey, Edward, PhD Braciale, Tom, MD/PhD Brautigan, David, PhD Cohn, Steven, MD/PhD Corwin, Jeffrey, PhD Creutz E. Carl, PhD Criss, Alison, PhD Desai N. Bimal, PhD Deshmukh, Umesh, PhD Dutta, Anindya, MD/PhD Goldfarb, Adam, MD Guyenet G. Patrice, PhD Harris, Thurl, PhD Hewlett L. Erik, MD Hoehn L. Kyle, PhD Isakson, Brant, PhD Johnson L. Michael, PhD Kelly, Kimberly, PhD Kipnis, Jonathan, PhD Lazo S. John, PhD Leitinger, Norbert, PhD Li, Chien, PhD Lynch R. Kevin, PhD Macdonald L. Timothy, PhD Mandell W. James, MD/PhD McIntire E. William, PhD McNamara, Coleen, MD Nakamoto, Robert, PhD Nunemaker S. Craig, PhD Okusa, Mark, MD Owens, Gary, PhD Peirce-Cottler, Shayn, PhD Perez-Reyes Edward, PhD Ravichandran K. "Ravi", PhD Reddi, Prabhakara "Prabu", PhD Rosin L. Diane, PhD Schulman G. Ira, PhD Scott M. Michael, PhD Sharlow R. Elizabeth, PhD Shupnik, Margaret, PhD Stornetta L. Ruth, PhD Sturgill W. Thomas, MD/PhD Templeton, Dennis, MD/PhD Todorovic, Slobodan, MD/PhD Wamhoff, Brian, PhD Yan Zhen, PhD Yeager, Mark, MD/PhD Zhu J. Julius, PhD
	Umesh Deshmukh, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine , Nephrology Research Interests: Autoantibody responses against lupus-associated autoantigens.
	Erik L. Hewlett, MD Professor of Medicine , Infectious Diseases and International Health Research Interests: Structure and Function of Bacterial Toxins: Roles in Microbial Pathogenesis and Uses in Biomedical Research
	Timothy L. Macdonald, PhD Professor of Chemistry Research Interests: Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Action and Toxicity
	Craig S. Nunemaker, PhD Assistant Profesor, Department of Medicine Research Interests: Diabetes, Mechanisms of Beta-cell Dysfunction, Calcium Signaling, Low-grade Systemic Inflammation
	Zhen Yan, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Research Interests: Molecular and signaling mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity.

Students earning the Ph.D. in Pharmacology may study under any of the following faculty.
Other Training Faculty		All Training Faculty
Abounader, Roger, MD/PhD Barrett, Eugene, MD/PhD Botchwey, Edward, PhD Braciale, Tom, MD/PhD Brautigan, David, PhD Cohn, Steven, MD/PhD Corwin, Jeffrey, PhD Criss, Alison, PhD Dutta, Anindya, MD/PhD Goldfarb, Adam, MD Isakson, Brant, PhD Kelly, Kimberly, PhD Kipnis, Jonathan, PhD Mandell, James, MD/PhD McNamara, Coleen, MD Nakamoto, Robert, PhD Okusa, Mark, MD Owens, Gary, PhD Peirce-Cottler, Shayn, PhD Ravichandran, K. "Ravi", PhD Reddi, Prabhakara "Prabu", PhD Shupnik, Margaret, PhD Templeton, Dennis, MD/PhD Todorovic, Slobodan, MD/PhD Wamhoff, Brian, PhD Yeager, Mark, MD/PhD		[ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X ] [ Y ] [ Z ] Abounader, Roger, MD/PhD Bagavant, Harini, MBBS, PhD Barrett, Eugene, MD/PhD Barrett Q. Paula, PhD Bayliss A. Douglas, PhD Beenhakker P. Mark, PhD Botchwey, Edward, PhD Braciale, Tom, MD/PhD Brautigan, David, PhD Cohn, Steven, MD/PhD Corwin, Jeffrey, PhD Creutz E. Carl, PhD Criss, Alison, PhD Desai N. Bimal, PhD Deshmukh, Umesh, PhD Dutta, Anindya, MD/PhD Goldfarb, Adam, MD Guyenet G. Patrice, PhD Harris, Thurl, PhD Hewlett L. Erik, MD Hoehn L. Kyle, PhD Isakson, Brant, PhD Johnson L. Michael, PhD Kelly, Kimberly, PhD Kipnis, Jonathan, PhD Lazo S. John, PhD Leitinger, Norbert, PhD Li, Chien, PhD Lynch R. Kevin, PhD Macdonald L. Timothy, PhD Mandell W. James, MD/PhD McIntire E. William, PhD McNamara, Coleen, MD Nakamoto, Robert, PhD Nunemaker S. Craig, PhD Okusa, Mark, MD Owens, Gary, PhD Peirce-Cottler, Shayn, PhD Perez-Reyes Edward, PhD Ravichandran K. "Ravi", PhD Reddi, Prabhakara "Prabu", PhD Rosin L. Diane, PhD Schulman G. Ira, PhD Scott M. Michael, PhD Sharlow R. Elizabeth, PhD Shupnik, Margaret, PhD Stornetta L. Ruth, PhD Sturgill W. Thomas, MD/PhD Templeton, Dennis, MD/PhD Todorovic, Slobodan, MD/PhD Wamhoff, Brian, PhD Yan Zhen, PhD Yeager, Mark, MD/PhD Zhu J. Julius, PhD


Emeritus Faculty		All Training Faculty
	Rodney Biltonen Research Interests:	[ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ X ] [ Y ] [ Z ] Abounader, Roger, MD/PhD Bagavant, Harini, MBBS, PhD Barrett, Eugene, MD/PhD Barrett Q. Paula, PhD Bayliss A. Douglas, PhD Beenhakker P. Mark, PhD Botchwey, Edward, PhD Braciale, Tom, MD/PhD Brautigan, David, PhD Cohn, Steven, MD/PhD Corwin, Jeffrey, PhD Creutz E. Carl, PhD Criss, Alison, PhD Desai N. Bimal, PhD Deshmukh, Umesh, PhD Dutta, Anindya, MD/PhD Goldfarb, Adam, MD Guyenet G. Patrice, PhD Harris, Thurl, PhD Hewlett L. Erik, MD Hoehn L. Kyle, PhD Isakson, Brant, PhD Johnson L. Michael, PhD Kelly, Kimberly, PhD Kipnis, Jonathan, PhD Lazo S. John, PhD Leitinger, Norbert, PhD Li, Chien, PhD Lynch R. Kevin, PhD Macdonald L. Timothy, PhD Mandell W. James, MD/PhD McIntire E. William, PhD McNamara, Coleen, MD Nakamoto, Robert, PhD Nunemaker S. Craig, PhD Okusa, Mark, MD Owens, Gary, PhD Peirce-Cottler, Shayn, PhD Perez-Reyes Edward, PhD Ravichandran K. "Ravi", PhD Reddi, Prabhakara "Prabu", PhD Rosin L. Diane, PhD Schulman G. Ira, PhD Scott M. Michael, PhD Sharlow R. Elizabeth, PhD Shupnik, Margaret, PhD Stornetta L. Ruth, PhD Sturgill W. Thomas, MD/PhD Templeton, Dennis, MD/PhD Todorovic, Slobodan, MD/PhD Wamhoff, Brian, PhD Yan Zhen, PhD Yeager, Mark, MD/PhD Zhu J. Julius, PhD
	James C. Garrison, II, PhD Professor of Pharmacology Research Interests: Role of the G protein &alpha and &beta&gamma Subunits in Cell Signaling
	Joseph Larner Research Interests:

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