Dr. Goodman

Steven R. Goodman, PhD, Vice President for Research

Research at Upstate is guided by four disease- based pillars that stimulate cross-departmental collaboration and inter- disciplinary research. Our researchers are based in departments, but their work can also be thought of in the context of the pillars or in the basic sciences.
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Diabetes/Metabolic Disorders/Cardiovascular Diseases

All research at Upstate—basic, translational, and clinical—is broadly grouped in four areas of concentration: Disorders of the Nervous System; Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Diseases; Cancer; Infectious Diseases.

Diabetes, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Diseases: These diseases share basic molecular and cellular mechanisms. Our interdisciplinary approach brings together existing strengths in biochemical signaling, electrical signaling, arrhythmogenesis, high-resolution imaging (both in vitro and in vivo), developmental cell biology and environmental science.

A critical goal is to develop therapeutic approaches to prevent and reverse degenerative changes that develop with these diseases. Cell migration, tissue remodeling, immune surveillance, wound repair, angiogenesis and a better understanding of metabolic pathways are vital and under study.

Research Highlight

Jennifer Moffat, PhD
Jennifer Moffat, PhD

After nearly two years of effort, Jennifer Moffat, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, with the assistance of Research Administrator Holly Chanatry, MS, landed a contract from NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to use animal models to test compounds for therapeutic efficacy against varicella-zoster virus and other diseases. Read More >

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