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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 foundational sciences.
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Research Pillars Cancer Nervous Infectious Diabetes Foundation

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

William Kerr, PhD
William Kerr, a former Newman Scholar of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, brought more than $3.8 million in NIH funding this year to SUNY Upstate. Kerr investigates the role a novel gene (LRBA) plays in cancer cells, and studies a particular enzyme (SHIP) involved in the rejection of bone marrow and organ transplants. Read More >