VCU Ph.D. in Integrative Life Sciences

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Faculty Members Associated with the Ph.D.
in Integrative Life Sciences

Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biology
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biostatistics
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science
Department of Health Administration
Department of Human Genetics
Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Pathology
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physiology
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Department of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
School of Education
School of Nursing
Center for Environmental Studies
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Phillips Institute for Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology

Department of Biochemistry

Matthew Beckman
Assistant Professor Regulation of calcium homeostasis

Charles Chalfant
Assistant Professor Cell signaling

Jan Chlebowski
Professor Enzyme structure and function

Sumitra Deb Professor Molecular cancer etiology

Swati Deb Associate Professor Oncoprotein regulation of cell growth

Robert Diegelmann Professor Extra-cellular matrix metabolism

Gregorio Gill Associate Professor Transcriptional regulation of metabolism

Darrell Peterson Professor Surface antigen protein structure

James Roesser Assistant Professor Regulation of gene expression

C.Sato-Bigbee Assistant Professor Signal transduction systems

Neel Scarsdale Assistant Professor Macromolecular structure

Sarah Spiegel Professor Signal transduction systems

Tonie Wright Professor Protein and nucleic acid structure

Zendra Zehner Professor Signal transduction systems

Department of Biology
John Anderson	Assistant Professor	Landscape ecology; remote sensing
Charles Blem	Professor	Animal physiological ecology
Bonnie Brown	Associate Professor	Ecological genetics
Paul Bukaveckas	Associate Professor	River ecology: nutrient dynamics
Wan-Ling Chiu	Research Assistant Professor	Plant genetics
Carolyn Conway	Assistant Professor	Developmental biology
Tracey Dawson	Assistant Professor	Molecular forensic science
Rodney Dyer	Assistant Professor	Population genetics; biostatistics
William Eggleston	Associate Professor	Molecular genetics
Jeffrey Elhai	Assistant Professor	Gene regulation; bioinformatics
Robert Fisher	Associate Professor	Plant developmental biology
Michael Fine	Professor	Behavior and neurobiology of fishes
Karen Kester	Assistant Professor	Evolutionary ecology; entomology
Stephen McIninch	Research Assistant Professor	Fish ecology and taxonomy
John Pagels	Professor	Ecology of small mammals
Gregory Plunkett	Associate Professor	Molecular plant systematics/evolution
John Ryan	Assistant Professor	Molecular immunology; cancer biology
Leonard Smock	Professor	Stream and wetland ecology
Stanley Webb	Associate Professor	Environmental microbiology
Jennifer Stewart	Associate Professor	Endocrinology and neurochemistry
Robert Tombes	Associate Professor	Molecular cell biology
Clint Turbeville	Assistant Professor	Invertebrate systematics and evolution
Fang-Sheng Wu	Associate Professor	Molecular plant genetics
Donald Young	Professor	Plant physiological ecology

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Gary Bowlin	Assistant Professor	Tissue engineering
Ding-Yu Fei	Associate Professor	Biomedical imaging
Peng-Wie Hsia	Associate Professor	Cardiac electrophysiology
Martin Lenhardt	Professor	Bioacoustics
Peter Lum	Assistant Professor	Rehabilitation robotics
Gerald Miller	Professor	Artificial organs
Sohi Rastegar	Professor	Biomedical optics and photonics
Paul Wetzel	Associate Professor	Man-machine interfacing
Jennifer Wayne	Associate Professor	Orthopedic biomechanics

Department of Biostatistics
Kelly J. Archer	Assistant Professor	Analysis of microarray data, statistical computing
Al Best	Associate Professor	Multivariate, Graphical methods: design of expieriments
W. Hans Carter Jr.	Professor	Design and analysis of chemical mixtures studies
Kathryn Dawson	Assistant Professor	Clinical trials methodology;microarry data
R.K. Elswick	Associate Professor	Multivariate and equivalence methods; clinical trials
Chris Gennings	Professor	Analysis of complex mixtures
Robert Johnson	Associate Professor	Primary care research, linear models
Donna R. McClish	Associate Professor	Statistical methods in epidemiology; ROC curves
V. Ramakrishnan	Associate Professor	Methodology of microarray data analysis

Department of Chemical Engineering
Rachel Chen	Assistant Professor	Enzymatic glycoprotein remodeling
A. Guiseppi-Elie	Professor	Biosensors and biochips
Thomas Haas	Professor	Polymer engineering
Mark McHugh	Professor	Polymer solution behavior
Gary Tepper	Assistant Professor	Supercritical fluids; biosensors
Gary Wnek	Professor	Electroactive polymers
Kenneth Wynne	Professor	Surface polymer science

Department of Chemistry
M. Samy El-Shall	Professor	Molecular clusters
Fred Hawkridge	Professor	Lipid bilayer membranes
Sarah Rutan	Professor	Bioanalytical applications
James Terner	Professor	Raman spectroscopy
Qibing Zhou	Assistant Professor	Bioorganic chemistry

Department of Computer Science
James Ames IV	Associate Professor	Medical applications of computer science

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Department of Health Administration

Stephen S. Mick Professor Health care management; rural health

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Department of Human Genetics

Joyce Lloyd Associate Professor Developmental regulation of globin genes

Jolene Windle Professor Molecular biology; cancer biology

Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
David Chan	Assistant Professor	Dynamical systems, biomathematics, population modeling
Candace Kent	Associate Professor	Discrete dynamics and difference equations
Andrew Lewis	Associate Professor	Large cardinals and determinacy
Robert Reams	Assistant Professor	Matrix theory
Jonathan Rowell	Assistant Professor	Theoretical ecology, population dynamics
Hassan Sedaghat	Associate Professor	Discrete dynamics and difference equations

Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Donald Abraham	Professor	Structural biology, drug design and discovery
Umesh R. Desai	Associate Professor	Anticoagulant drug design
Malgorzata Dukat	Associate Professor	Nicotinic cholinergic and serotonin receptors
Richard A. Glennon	Professor	Drug design for drug abuse and CNS disorders
Glen Kellogg	Professor	Molecular modeling
Lemont Kier	Professor	Complexity theory; medicinal chemistry
Jason Rife	Assistant Professor	Molecuar modeling of RNA-drug interactions
William Soine	Professor	Xenobiotic compound metabolism
Richard Westkaemper	Associate Professor	Neurotransmitter recepter structure and function
Brad Windle	Associate Professor	Bioinformatics; gene functions and drug interaction

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Gail Christie	Associate Professor	Gene expression, microbial evolution
Daniel Conrad	Professor	Mechanisms of hypersensitivity
Thomas Huff	Professor	Molecular immunology
Richard Marconi	Associate Professor	Molecular pathogenesis
Mitzi Nagarkatti	Professor	Tumor immunology and immunotherapy

Department of Pathology
Catherine Dumur	Assistent Professor	Microarrays
Carleton Garrett	Professor	Gene expression in human tumors
Shawn E. Holt	Associate Professor	Role of telomeres in aging and cancer
Greg Miller	Professor	Bioinformatics, clinical lab quality control
Youngman Oh	Professor	Oncoproteomics, functional genomics
Joy Ware	Professor	Cellular and molecular biology of cancer

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Patrick Beardsley	Associate Professor	Behavioral pharmacology
David Gewirtz	Professor	Cancer biology
Billy Martin	Professor	Drug metabolism
Michael Miles	Associate professor	Molecular pharmacology
Richard Moran	Professor	Cellular and molecular biology of cancer
Prakash Nagarkatti	Professor	Immunotoxicology/ immunopharmacology
Larry Povirk	Professor	Mutagenicity of chemotherapeutic agents
Les Satin	Professor	Cell physiology
Sandra Welch	Professor	Neuropharmacology of opiate abuse

Department of Physiology
Clive Baumgarten	Professor	Cardiophysiology
Richard Costanzo	Professor	Neurogenesis
Joseph Feher	Professor	Cardiophysiology
George Ford	Professor	Muscle physiology
Jack Grider	Professor	Neurophysiology
Roland Pittman	Professor	Microvascular physiology
Steven Price	Professor	Chemoreception

Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Tilahun Adera	Professor	Epidemiology of hearing loss
Tegwyn Brickhouse	Assistant Professor	Pediatric dentistry
Shelley Harris	Assistant Professor	Environmental epidemiology
Jack Lanier	Professor	Public health
Aleta Meyer	Assistant Clinical Professor	Early adolescent violence prevention
R. Leonard Vance	Professor	Environmental and occupational health

Department of Psychiatry
Robert Cohen	Professor	Community response to youth violence

Department of Psychology
Donaldson Forsyth	Professor	Social psychology
Sandra Gramling	Associate Professor	Behavioral medicine, psychophysiology
Joseph Porter	Professor	Behavioral pharmacology
Scott Vrana	Associate Professor	Psychophysiology and psychopathology
Ev. Worthington	Professor	Theories and methods of counseling

School of Education
Jacq. McDonnough	Assistant Professor	Science education; systems-based instruction
Evelyn Reed-Victor	Assistant Professor	Children with developmental delays

School of Nursing
Mary Jo Grap	Associate Professor	Pulmonary function in the critically ill
Sharon Humenick	Professor	Lactation for perinatal health protection
Judith Lewis	Associate Professor	Infertility and women’s health
Cindy Munro	Associate Professor	Oral health
Rita Pickler	Associate Professor	Development of children at risk
Kathleen Sawin	Associate Professor	Experience of living with chronic illness
Inez Tuck	Professor	Spirituality in nursing and health care
Janet Younger	Professor	Mastery of stress

Center for Environmental Studies
Peter deFur	Assistant Professor	Environmental toxicology
Gregory Garman	Associate Professor	Fish ecology
Shelly Harris	Associate Professor	Environmental epidemiology

Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Gregory Buck	Professor	Genomics; eukaryote gene expression
Jeffrey Elhai	Assistant Professor	Gene regulation; bioinformatics
Tarynn Witten	Professor	Computational biology; biocomplexity

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Phillips Institute for Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology

Todd Kitten Assistant
Professor Genomics of virulence of oral pathogens

Janina Lewis Assistant Professor Pathogenesis of periodonto-pathogens

Francis L. Macrina Professor Molecular genetics of oral microbes

Rita Shiang

Assistant Professor Genetics of human disease

Ping Xu Associate Professor Microbial and cancer genomics; systems biology

Andrew Yeudall Associate Professor Molecular and cellular biology of carcinomas