Faculty
Last Name Beginning with B
- Harish Babu, MD/PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Human Neurophysiology research labOur goal is to understand how the human brain functions at a single neuron level and how this translates to higher cognitive behaviors. We are studying this by recording the activity of single neurons in awake human subjects engaged in various behavioral tasks. We use a combination of intracranial EEG, in vivo single-neuron electrophysiology, behavioral studies and computational neuroscience approaches to gain insight into the mechanisms that give rise to complex human behaviors such as learning and memory, attention, and decision making. Using this information, we hope to develop techniques for diagnosing some of the most devastating neurological diseases and treat them by designing future Brain-Machine interfaces devices. - Shawky Badawy, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Endometriosis, infertility management, menstrual dysfunction, laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery, and microsurgery.
- Alaji Bah, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Elucidate the structure, dynamics and functions of intrinsically disordered proteins and protein regions (IDPs/IDRs) and their biological regulation by Post-translational modifications.
- Sandra Banas, MST PA-C
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Learning Styles
Primary Care in Rural Communities
Inter-Professional Education
Medical Simulation
- Ann Barker-Griffith, MD
EmeritusResearch Interests:Analysis of ocular and other material by SEM-EDS (scanning electron microscopy - energy dispersive X-ray spectrosocpy); complications of ocular region trauma; ultrastructure of trabeculum and vitreous, shaken baby syndrome.
- Daniel Bassano, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:- The utilazation of more effective imaging technologies and strategies for oncologic diagnosis and treatment.
- Analysis of outcomes after Gammaknife treatment of various brain pathologies.
- Robert Beach, MD, PhD
EmeritusResearch Interests:Epilepsy; Seizures; Epilepsy Surgery; Antiepileptic therapies (medical, surgical and experimental); clinical neurophysiology, Brain stimulation, EEG, clinical neurophsiiology.
- Marie Bechler, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Mechanisms that drive central nervous system myelin sheath formation, and how myelin contributes to CNS function in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disease
- Katherine Beissner, PT, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Patient uptake of self-management strategies for chronic conditions (especially pain).
Functional impact of increasing physical activity level on older adults with chronic pain.
- Kathleen Beney, MS, RT, RRT-NPS
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Innovations in Teaching and learning Processes
Adult Critical Care Medicine
- Audrey Bernstein, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Fibrosis; Scarring; Protein degradation; ubiquitin; integrins; cytoskeleton; patient-derived model systems
- Luna Bhatta, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Atrial fibrillation; Biventricular pacing in CHF; Cardiac pacemaker and implantable defibrillator
- Donald Blair, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Clinical research in Dengue fever, Malaria, HIV
- Scott Blystone, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Actin Cytoskeletal Dynamics in the leukocyte inflammatory phenotype.
- Jeffrey Bogart, MD
Distinguished Professor and ChairResearch Interests:- Lung and prostate cancer
- Clinical investigations through cooperative clinical trials
- Karen Boschen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:Developmental neurobiology
Molecular mechanisms of prenatal alcohol exposure
Genetics and epigenetics in prenatal drug sensitivity
Mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders
- Ann Botash, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Child abuse, education.
- Dimitra Bourboulia, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:- Extracellular kinase signaling
- Extracellular chaperone function
- Targeting extracellular signaling networks in urological cancers
- Charles Bradshaw, PhD
Clinical Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:FMRI and SPECT localization of neuropsychological functions, memory functions and prosody
- Deborah Bradshaw, MD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Painful diabetic neuropathy, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, inflammatory muscle disease.
- Sharon Brangman, MD
Distinguished Service ProfessorResearch Interests:Alzheimer's disease and exercise, improving hearing/communication for older adults in the hospital setting and delirium after moderate sedation
- Gennady Bratslavsky, MD
Professor and ChairResearch Interests:Basic, clinical, and translational prostate, bladder, and kidney research.
- William Brunken, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Epigenetic regulation of brain and ocular development; the role of extracellular matrix in ocular development and disease.
- Iwona Koenig, PhD
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests:My laboratory is interested how the activation and potential dysregulation of the innate immune system contributes to the onset and progression of autoimmune diseases such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). We were initially researching if and how viral RNAs can trigger SLE-like symptoms, and interestingly we found intracellular, antiviral pathways that converge at mitochondria can be activated in SLE patients in the absence of any viral infection. This activation correlates with the high type I interferon (IFN) signature which is characteristic for individuals with SLE. We found that oxidative stress plays an important role in the dysregulation of these innate immune pathways. Therefore, we have expanded our research to identify environmental factors that generate oxidative stress, which in turn leads to metabolic dysregulation and ultimately to SLE pathology. Our long-term goal is to develop refined approaches to diagnose the causes of SLE, and to stratify therapeutic treatments for SLE patients.