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| Faculty Information | Research Interests | Categories | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexeyev, Mikhail Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6789 Email: malexeye@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
Mitochondrial Disease |
Mitochondrial Disease, Physiology and Cell Biology | A |
| Al-Mehdi, Abu Bakr M.D., Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6704 Email: mehdi@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Signal Compartmentalization by Source Translocation |
Signal Compartmentalization by Source Translocation, Vasculogenesis in cancer metastasis, pharmacology | A |
Email: oaltun@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pediatrics Pediatric Gastroenterologist |
-Pediatric Gastroenterologist |
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Pediatric inflammatory bowel, disease, Celiac disease, Mucosal immunology, Eosinophilic esophagitis | A |
| Audia, Jonathon Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6929 Email: jaudia@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Host-pathogen interactions |
Host-pathogen interactions, Infectious disease, Inflammation, Lung biology, Phospholipases, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Rickettsia, Sepsis, Microbiology and Immunology | A |
| Balczon, Ron Ph.D. Phone: (251) 251-460-6776 |
-Cytoskeleton |
Cytoskeleton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, tau, prions, pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa | B |
| Barrington, Rob Ph.D. Phone: (251) 461-1718 Email: rbarrington@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology Director, Flow Cytometry Shared Resource Laboratories; Director, Office of Research Education and Training |
-Immunology |
Autoimmunity, B lymphocyte biology, Lung biology, Microbiology and Immunology, flow
cytometry, shared resource,
Immunology, Immune Regulation, Infection, Autoimmunity, Memory, Antibodies, T cells |
B |
| Bauer, Natalie Ph.D. Phone: (251) 461-1567 Email: nbauer@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Cell-cell communication |
Cell-cell communication, Cell signaling, Microparticles, Pharmacology | B |
| Borchert, Glen Ph.D. Phone: (251) 461-1367 Email: borchert@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Cancer |
Gene expression, microRNAs, Small RNAs, Pharmacology, cancer, G4 DNA, microRNAs, noncoding RNAs, snoRNAs, tRNAs, virology | B |
Phone: (251) 471-7117 Email: abright@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Surgery Trauma, Burn Care, Surgery Burn Unit Medical Director |
-Tissue preservation |
Tissue preservation, Burn reconstruction, Inflammatory mitigation, surgery | B |
Phone: (251) 471-7993 Email: rmbrooks@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon |
-Breast reduction |
Breast reduction reconstruction flap perineal, surgery | B |
| Bruder, Thiago, Ph.D.
Phone: (251) 460-7004 |
-Arterial hypertension |
Arterial hypertension, Vasculitis, Vascular biology, physiology and cell biology, Kawasaki disease | B |
| Carter, Elliot M.D. Phone: (251) 471-7790 Email: ecarter@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Director of Clinical Laboratories Director of Clinical Microbiology |
-Health disparities |
Health disparities, Pancreatic cancer, Pathology | C |
| Chakroborty, Debanjan Ph.D. Phone: (251) 471-7790 Email: dchakroborty@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Gastrointestinal cancers |
Gastrointestinal cancers, Growth factor signaling, Epithelial barrier function, Tight junctions, Tumor cell metastasis, Prostate cancer, Tumor Vasculature, Angiogenesis, Endothelial cells, pathology, mitchell cancer institute |
C |
Phone: 251-445-9840 Email: cldaniel@southalabama.edu Cancer Care Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Public health |
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Cancer Care, Cancer control, Epidemiology, public health, HPV, vaccination, cancer prevention, health disparities, health communications, behavioral epidemiology | D |
| Darbin, Olivier Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6015 Email: odarbin@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Neurology |
-Dysautonomia |
dysautonomia, epilepsy, movement disorders, neurology | D |
Phone: (251) 471-7719 Email: dasgupta@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Cancer and health disparities |
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cancer biology, Health disparities, Mitochondria, Tumorigenesis, Cancer and health disparities, Mitochondrial genome and biology, Noninvasive biomarkers, Lung Cancer, Cervical cancer, Bladder cancer, Triple negative breast cancer | D |
| Davies, Christopher Ph.D. Phone: (251) 341-3826 Email: cdavies@southalabama.edu Associate Dean For Research, USA College of Medicine |
-Antimicrobial resistance |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Antimicrobial resistance, Drug discovery, Enzyme kinetics, Infectious disease, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Structural Biology | D |
| Dees, Daniel M.D. Phone: (251) 445-8292 Email: ddees@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Neurology Director, USA Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Center |
-Parkinson Disease |
Parkinson Disease, Tremor, Dystonia, neurology | D |
Phone: (251) 415- 1055 Email: kdolma@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pediatrics |
-Role of intratracheal budesonide in preventing Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely
preterm infants |
Role of intratracheal budesonide in preventing Bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely preterm infants, Lenticulostriate vasculopathy and its significance in extremely preterm infants, Prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage using IVH calculator, Role of Tau protein in bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pediatrics | D |
|
Phone: (251) 445-9800 |
-Inflammation |
Inflammation, Innate immunity, Cancer, Immunotherapy, Phagocytosis, Efferocytosis, Chemotaxis, Monoclonal antibodies, Microbiology & Immunology, Mitchell Cancer Institute | E |
| Fouty, Brian M.D. Phone: (251) 460-7218 Email: bfouty@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology Pulmonologist |
-Endothelial cells |
Pharmacology, Endothelial cells, Lung biology, pulmonologist | F |
| Francis, Michael Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-7004 Email: michaelfrancis@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Computational biology |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Computational biology, Image analysis, Vascular physiology | F |
|
Phone: (251) 470-5890 |
-Pre-clinical targets for antivirals |
Pre-clinical targets for antivirals, host virus interactions, internal medicine, infectious disease | F |
Phone: (251) 415-1614 Email: cgalliani@health.southalabama.edu Pathology USA, Children's and Women's Hospital |
-Congenital and Acquired |
Congenital and Acquired Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pediatric Tumors, Malformation Syndromes, Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract, Inherited Disorders of Metabolism |
G |
| Gillespie, Mark Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6497 Email: mgillesp@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Oxidative DNA damage |
Pharmacology, Cell signaling, DNA damage and repair, Hypoxia, Lung biology, Lung cell signaling, Mitochondrial DNA, Mitochondria, Oxidative damage, Oxidative DNA damage, Somatic DNA mutations, Functional genomics, Mitochondria-directed drug development, Critical care medicine and surgery | G |
Phone: 251-665-8000 Email: sgrelet@southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Cancer Progression |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tumor cell plasticity, Tumor neurogenesis, Cancer Progression, Cancer Neurogenesis, Cancer Plasticity, Post-transcriptional regulation of genes expression, Non-coding RNAs, Next-generation Sequencing, RNA biology, Mitchell Cancer Institute | G |
| Hermance, Meghan Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6957 Email: mhermance@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Ticks |
Microbiology & Immunology, Arboviruses Infectious disease, Tick-borne disease, Vector-borne diseases, Virology, ticks, tick-borne virus, tick-virus-host cutaneous interface, vector, competence, tick saliva, immunomodulation, neuroinvasion |
H |
Phone: (251) 471-7719 Email: gherrera@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology |
-Renal mesangial pathobiology |
Pathology, Mesenchymal stem cells Pathology, Renal disease, renal mesangial, pathobiology, monoclonal light chains, kidney, ultrastructure, ultrastructural labeling, renal pathology |
H |
Phone: (251) 415-1496 Email: cholliday@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology |
-Obesity and body mass index (BMI) |
obesity and body mass index (BMI), personality and wellness, healthcare disparities, Obstetrics and Gynecology | H |
| Honkanen, Rich Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460- 6402 Email: rhonkanen@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
-Drug discovery |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Drug discovery, Heart disease, Protein phosphatases | H |
Phone: (251) 471-7993 Email: jhoward@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Surgery |
-Treatment of melanoma, sarcoma and GI malignancies |
treatment of melanoma, sarcoma and GI malignancies, surgery | H |
Phone: (251) 660-5555 Email: ridriss@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Internal Medicine Gastroenterologist |
-Liver cirrhosis |
Liver cirrhosis, fatty liver, HCV, liver transplant, gastroenterology, internal medicine | I |
Phone: (251) 665-8000 Email: natejones@health.southalabama.edu Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Molecular and genomic characteristics of gynecologic tumors |
Molecular and genomic characteristics of gynecologic tumors, Personalized medicine, Targeted therapies, Racial disparities in gynecologic malignancies, mitchell cancer institute | J |
Phone: (706) 721-2505 |
-Castrate-resistant Prostate Cancer |
castrate-resistant prostate cancer, kidney cancer, adjuvant therapy, immunotherapy, and health services and outcomes, Karki, Nabin M.D., Medical Oncologist, Mitchell Cancer Institute | K |
| Phone: (251) 445-8261 Email: wkilgo@health.southalabama.edu Neurology Clinical Services, USA Health Physicians Group |
-Multiple Sclerosis |
Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica, MOG-IgG Associated Disease, Autoimmune Encephalitis, Neuroinflammation and Obesity | K |
| Kim, Jin Hyun D.V.M., Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6204 Email: jinkim@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Influenza virus |
Microbiology & Immunology, GLP Infectious disease, Influenza virus, Vaccines, Influenza virus, SARS-CoV-2, In vivo imaging, Antiviral therapy, Vaccine, Viral genome packaging, Transmission study, Asymptomatic infection, Nanobody |
K |
| Langley, Raymond J. Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6814 Email: rlangley@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Sepsis |
Pharmacology, Sepsis | L |
Phone: (251) 471- 7004 Email: jlee@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Acidosis |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Endothelial cells pH homeostasis, Pulmonary hypertension, Acidosis, Pulmonary Vascular, Endothelial cells, Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
L |
| Lin, Mike Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460- 6816 Email: mlin@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Brain |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Amyloidosis Endothelial cells, Lung biology, Lung-brain axis, Neurology, Brain, neurodegeneration, learning and memory, Alzheimer's disease, lung infection, amyloid, tau |
L |
| Macaluso, Kevin Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-7514 Email: kmacaluso@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Bacterial pathogenesis |
Microbiology & Immunology, Infectious disease Rickettsia, Tick-borne disease, Vector-borne diseases, Bacterial pathogenesis, Rickettsia, arthropod vectors, ticks, fleas, transmission, vector-borne diseases |
M |
Phone: (251) 873-6280 Email: cmalozzi@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Internal Medicine |
-Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Patients |
Cardiovascular Disease in Cancer Patients, Chemotherapy and Cardiotoxicity, Radiation and Cardiovascular Disease, Prevention of Cancer Treatment Related Cardiotoxicity, Improving Cardiovascular Care of Cancer Patients, Amyloidosis, internal medicine | M |
Phone: (251) 471-7871 Email: mcquiston@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Radiology Radiology Residency Program Director |
-Resident education
|
Resident education, Radiology education, Lung cancer imaging lung cancer screening, lung cancer treatment, lung cancer surveillance, lung cancer disparities in access, radiology, radiology residency |
M |
|
Phone: (251) 460-7976 |
-Microvascular hyperpermeability |
Microvascular hyperpermeability, Endothelial cells, |
M |
Email: rmenger@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Neurosurgery Neurosurgeon Chief of Complex Spine Surgery |
-Spinal Deformity |
Spinal Deformity, Scoliosis, Health policy, Health economics, Free market healthcare, neurosurgery, complex spine surgery, Neurosurgeon | M |
Phone: (251) 410-4938 Email: mmigaud@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology Director, Mass Spectrometry Core Research Facility Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Chemical Biology |
Pharmacology, Mass Spectrometry Core Research Facility, Mitchell Cancer Institute,
Metabolomics, NAD metabolism, Nucleotides, Organic chemistry, Vitamin B, Chemical
Biology, Drug delivery Organic synthesis, Micronutrition in cancer, Oncological chemical biology |
M |
| Mukherjee, Binata M.D., M.B.A. Phone: (251) 460-6102 Email: bmukherjee@southalabama.edu USA Department: Internal Medicine Assistant Dean, Faculty and Professional Development |
-Physician and provider wellness |
Physician/ provider Wellness, provider burnout, coaching, internal medicine, professional development | M |
Phone: (251) 415-1566 |
-Noninvasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy |
noninvasive prenatal testing for aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes in the cells, obstetrics and gynecology | M |
| Nelson, Amy Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-7004 Email: arnelson@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Alzheimer鈥檚 disease |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease Amyloidosis, Blood-brain barrier, Neurology |
N |
Phone: (251) 470-1649 Email: eapanacek@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Emergency Medicine Chair of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Physician |
-Sepsis |
Sepsis, Severe sepsis, septic shock, Acute asthma, clinical trials Hypertensive emergencies, Acute infections, emergency medicine |
P |
| Pastukh, Victor Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6793 Email: vpastukh@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-DNA damage and repair |
Pharmacology, DNA damage and repair Lung biology, Mitochondrial disease |
P |
Phone: (251) 665-8000 Email: jypierce@health.southalabama.edu Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Vulvar, vaginal, and cervical cancers |
Vulvar, vaginal, and cervical cancers, Additional HPV-related diseases, Screening and treatment, mitchell cancer institute | P |
| Plant, Lucia Ph.D. Phone: (251) 414-8038 Email: luciaramehplant@southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
-Aging |
Aging, Diabetes, nutrient-sensing, obesity pancreatic beta cell, insulin, mTOR, inositol phosphates, phosphoinositides, phosphoinositide kinases, phosphoinositide phosphatases, signal transduction, glucose, metabolism, lipids, Lucia Plant, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
P |
Phone: (251) 471-7787 Email: jpolski@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Medical Director of Hematopathology Laboratories |
-Clinical flow cytometry |
Clinical flow cytometry, diagnosis and classification of leukemia and lymphoma, pathology of lymph nodes, blood and bone marrow, pathology | P |
Email: ldelpozoyauner@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Biochemist |
-Amyloidosis |
Pathology, Amyloidosis, Immunoglobulins | P |
Phone: (251) 410-6915 Email: aprakash@southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-DNA damage and repair |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, DNA damage and repair, Enzyme kinetics, Mitochondrial disease, Structural Biology | P |
| Rachek, Lyudmila Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6960 Email: lrachek@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Mitochondria |
Pharmacology, Diabetes, Mitochondrial disease, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial function, Mitochondrial DNA, Damage, Mitochondrial DNA repair, Insulin resistance, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes | R |
| Rayner, Jonathan Ph.D. Phone: (251) 414-8179 Email: jrayner@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Coronaviruses |
Microbiology & Immunology, Coronaviruses GLP, Infectious disease, Pathogenesis, Tick-borne disease, Vector-borne diseases, Virology |
R |
| Rich, Thomas Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6039 Email: trich@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology Director, Bioimaging Core Facility |
-Cellular Signaling Systems |
Pharmacology, Bioimaging Core Facility, cAMP phosphodiesterases, Cell signaling, Cyclic
nucleotide signalling, Imaging, Cellular Signaling Systems, GPCR Signaling Pathways,
Cyclic Nucleotides Lung Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Hyperspectral Imaging Microscopy |
R |
| Richter, Wito Ph.D. Phone: (251) 414-8298 Email: richter@southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
-cAMP signaling |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, cAMP, phosphodiesterases, Cyclic nucleotide signalling, cAMP signaling, cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs), PDE4 drug development targeting lung infection/inflammation, metabolism or cancer | R |
| Ruchko, Mykhalo Ph.D. Phone: (251) 461-1709 Email: ruchko@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Lung biology |
Pharmacology, Lung biology Mitochondrial disease, Mitochondrial DNA, Oxidative damage, ROS |
R |
Email: csarkar@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Neurotransmitters |
neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neuro-immune interactions, colorectal cancer, tumor microenvironment and metastasis, pathology, mitchell cancer institute | S |
| Sayner, Sarah Ph.D. Phone: (251) 251-460-6959 Email: ssayner@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Adenyl cyclases |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Adenyl cyclases Cyclic nucleotide signalling, Endothelial cells |
S |
| Shea, Allyson Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6107 Email: aeshea@southalabama.edu USA Department: Microbiology & Immunology |
-Host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection |
Host-pathogen interactions during urinary tract infection, microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, transport systems required during UTI, novel therapeutics for UTI, bacterial pathogenesis mechanisms of UPEC, bladder and kidney infection biology | S |
| Solodushko, Victor Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-7489 Email: vsolodushko@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology |
-Endothelial cells |
Pharmacology, Endothelial cells Retroviruses, Stem cells, Virology, Transposon-viral vectors |
S |
| Soltys, John, M.D., Ph.D.
Phone: (251) 471-7117 |
-Neuroinflammatory disease |
Neuroinflammatory disease, physiology, neurology, paraneoplastic autoimmune brain disease, multiple sclerosis | S |
Phone: (251) 660-5555 Email: wpsonnier@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Internal Medicine Gastroenterologist |
-Inflammatory bowel disease |
Inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, gastroenterologist, internal medicine | S |
| Stevens, Troy Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6056 Email: tstevens@southalabama.edu USA Department: Pharmacology Director, Center For Lung Biology |
-Angiogenesis |
Pharmacology, Angiogenesis, Endothelial cells Host-pathogen interactions, Lung biology, Pulmonary hypertension, Vascular disease, Vascular physiology, Center For Lung Biology |
S |
Email: tstokes@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Emergency Medicine |
-POCUS |
POCUS, Ultrasound, Emergency, Education, Quality Improvement, emergency medicine | S |
| Sugg, Rebecca M.D. F.A.H.A. Email: rsugg@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Neurology |
-Endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases |
endovascular treatment of cerebrovascular diseases, carotid and vertebral stenosis, intracranial stenosis, acute stroke, aneurysms, vascular malformations, neurology | S |
| Swingle, Mark Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6855 Email: mrswingle@southalabama.edu USA Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
-Enzyme kinetics |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Enzyme kinetics, Protein phosphatases, Structural Biology | S |
| Taylor, Mark Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6817 Email: mtaylor@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology Center For Lung Biology |
-Calcium signaling |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Center For Lung Biology, Calcium signaling, Cardiovascular disease, Cell signaling, Imaging, Vascular smooth muscle | T |
Phone: (251) 471-7799 Email: jteng@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology |
-Renal disease |
Pathology, Renal disease | T |
Phone: (251) Email: USA Department: Oncology USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute |
-Phase III clinical trials |
Zachary Trisel, oncology, mitchell cancer institute, phase three clinical trials, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, next generation sequencing | T |
| Turbat-Herrera, Elba M.D., Ph.D. Phone: 251-665-8000 Email: etherrera@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Pathology Director, USA Health Biobank and Histology Core Facility |
-Mesenchymal stem cells |
Pathology, Mesenchymal stem cells, Pathology, Renal disease | T |
Phone: (251) 471-7895 Email: styler@health.southalabama.edu USA Department: Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases Physician |
-HIV treatment
|
HIV treatment, HIV Prevention, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis, infectious disease, physician, internal medicine |
T |
| Weber, David Ph.D. Phone: (251) 460-6840 Email: dweber@southalabama.edu USA Department: Physiology & Cell Biology |
-Calcium signaling |
Physiology & Cell Biology, Calcium signaling Endothelial cells, ROS |
W |