Major Research Areas

Genetics of Disease

Jeffrey Amack, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Genetics and cell biology of organ morphogenesis during embryonic development.	Frank Middleton, Ph.D. Associate Professor Molecular basis of cortical-basal ganglia and cortical-cerebellar circuit formation and dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disease.
Xin Jie Chen, Ph.D. Associate Professor Mitochondrial biogenesis and inheritance, aging and aging-related degenerative diseases.	M Golam Mohi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Molecular mechanism of leukemia; study the effect of oncogenic mutations in pathogenesis of leukemia using mouse model.
Stephen Glatt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics	Eric Olson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cerebral cortex development.
Wendy Kates, Ph.D. Professor Anatomic and functional imaging investigations of neurodevelopment in individuals with genetic or psychiatric disorders	Andras Perl, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Genes and Viruses Predisposing to Autoimmunity, Genetics, Apoptosis, Endogenous Retroviruses, Transaldolase
Barry Knox, Ph.D. Professor Visual transduction, Gene Expression, Membrane proteins	Mark Schmitt, Ph.D. Associate Professor Ribonucleoprotein assembly and biogenesis; mitochondrial RNA import, mRNA degradation, cell cycle control
Michael Lyon, Ph.D. Associate Professor Age-related changes in the laryngeal muscles and vocal folds.	M Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Apoptotic signal transduction and cancer biology.

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Steven Goodman, PhD, Dean,
College of Graduate Studies,
Vice President for Research

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Steven L. Youngentob, PhD, Associate Dean,
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