Faculty
Last Name Beginning with W
- Adam Waickman, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:My group is dedicated to understanding how the interactions between infectious organisms and the human immune system result in pathogenesis and/or durable immunity. Our work is primarily focused on viral pathogens, and leverages \"next generation\" technologies such as single cell RNA sequencing, multi-parametric flow cytometry, and computational modeling.
- Dongliang Wang, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Clinical trials, biomarker evaluation, diagnostic test evaluation, statistical genetics, nonparametric statistics, biostatistics.
- Guirong Wang, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Innate immunology; host defense; inflammatory regulation; Surfactant Protein expression, regulation and function; humanized transgenic mice; Bacterial and SARS-CoV-2 induced pneumonia and sepsis; acute lung injury and ARDS; lung stem cell and differentiation; PM2.5 induced pulmonary disease
- Robert Weber, MD
Professor and ChairResearch Interests:Assessment of compressive nerve and spinal lesions with electromyography, and outcome and prevention interventions in disabilities.
- Cynthia Weickert, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:I research the Neurobiology of Mental Illness with a focus on Schizophrenia. My research also involves projects on Primate Neurogenesis, Neuroinflammation, and Molecular Human Brain Development.
- Thomas Weickert, PhD
Sr. Research ScientistResearch Interests:Our Clinical Research Laboratory uses molecular neurobiological findings to guide our research using brain stimulation techniques and the novel application of existing medications as add-on therapy to antipsychotics to improve thinking ability and reduce symptom severity in people with schizophrenia.
- Leonard Weiner, MD
Distinguished Service ProfessorResearch Interests:Clinical Research focusing on Pediatric and Adolescent Vaccine Trials, antiviral therapeutic trials and epidemiologic studies of pediatric respiratory viral infections.
- Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD
Distinguished Service ProfessorResearch Interests:Diabetes and its complications, lipid disorders, obesity, metabolism, metabolic bones diseases including osteoporosis
- Erin Wentz, PT, PhD, PCS
Associate Professor
- Stephan Wilkens, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Structure and Mechanism of Membrane Bound Transport Proteins
- Joel Wilmore, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Understanding plasma cell and antibody longevity with a focus on host-microbiome interactions and IgA responses that lead to protection during sepsis.
- Gary Winslow, PhD
Research Professor EmeritusResearch Interests:Host defense against intracellular pathogens, B cell responses, immunological memory
- Richard JH Wojcikiewicz, PhD
Professor and ChairResearch Interests:Intracellular signaling via InsP3 receptors and their regulation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway and Bcl-2 family proteins.
- Susan Wojcik, PhD, ATC
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Occupational injury prevention; Sports and recreational injury prevention; Biomechanics research; Injury rehabilitation research
- Andrij Wojtowycz, MD, FACR, FSAR
ProfessorResearch Interests:Clinical assessment of the utility of diagnostic imaging studies.
- Martha Wojtowycz, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Medical economics, quality improvement, and health services research.
- L Thomas Wolff, MD
Distinguished Teaching ProfessorResearch Interests:Primary care of adults children and families
- Ma-Li Wong, MD, PhD
Distinguished ProfessorResearch Interests:The long-term goals of Dr. Wong's research are to develop a translational research program that spans the bench and the clinic to understand the molecular, cellular and circuit bases of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, particularly those comorbid with metabolic disorders. Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic consequences of obesity are associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety and dementia. The ongoing focus on Dr. Wong's lab include: Characterization of novel biomarkers in major depression and the role of specific genes or pathways in depression, including the inflammasome signaling, epigenetic markers, alternative splicing, and the gut microbiome.
We have 4 current projects:
1) To determine the specific role(s) of PHF21B (plant homeodomain finger protein 21B) in neuronal function relevant to social recognition impairment; this is relevant because social cognitive impairments are a central feature of several neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism spectrum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) conditions, and also occur following acute brain damage after traumatic brain injury and stroke.
2) A innovative research line focused on investigating the interface between neuroinflammation and serotonin signaling in chronic stress.
3) A line of research focusing on the role of pre-mRNA splicing in the pathophysiology of chronic stress.
4) A line of research focused on the role of alternative splicing in the cognitive decline of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and aging.
- Mark Woodford, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a subset of molecular chaperones that function in all subcellular compartments both constitutively and in response to stress. The Hsp90 chaperone TRAP1 is primarily localized to mitochondria and controls both cellular metabolic reprogramming and mitochondrial apoptosis. TRAP1 upregulation facilitates growth and progression of many cancers by promoting glycolytic metabolism and antagonizing the mitochondrial permeability transition that precedes cell death. TRAP1 attenuation or inhibition induces apoptosis in cellular models of cancer, identifying TRAP1 as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.
- Charles Woods, MD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:hearing loss, intracranial hypertension, Menieres disease; Study of the Brainstem Auditory Efferent Pathways Anatomy and Physiology
- Jonathan Wright, MD
Clinical ProfessorResearch Interests:Gastrointestinal malignancies