Faculty Participating in the SURF program

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 THE FACULTY AND THEIR RESEARCH 

Steven Cala, PhD; Associate Professor. Cellular physiology of calcium regulation in heart muscle

Donald DeGracia, PhD; Associate Professor.  Neurophysiology.

Stephen E. DiCarlo, PhD; Professor.  Exercise and cardiovascular function.

Bhanu P. Jena, PhD; Professor. Molecular mechanism of membrane fusion.

J-P Jin, MD, PhD; Professor and Chair.  Gene regulation and structural-function relationships of contractile and cytoskeleton proteins

Robert Lasley, PhD; Professor.  Role of subcellular compartmentation of signaling and cellular redox state in cardiac physiology during G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) activation and during conditions of stress.

Heidi Lujan, PhD; Assistant Professor.  Exercise and cardiovascular function.

Jason H. Mateika, PhD; Professor.  Respiratory physiology interested in the integrative control of breathing in both humans and animals during rest, exercise and sleep.

 

Patrick Mueller, PhD; Assistant Professor;  Cardiovascular/neural physiology. 

Donal S. O'Leary, PhD; Professor.  Cardiovascular physiology; baroreceptor reflexes; blood flow.

Jeffrey L. Ram, PhD; Professor.  Molecular signaling mechanisms, especially by glutathione;  gastrointestinal biology and bacterial bioinformatics; invertebrate reproduction

James A. Rillema, PhD; Professor & Graduate Officer. Endocrinology; signal transduction mechanisms.

Janice Schwartz, PhD; Associate Professor of Research.  Molecular endocrinology.

Tadeusz Scislo, MD, PhD; Associate Professor. Neural control of cardiovascular function.

Assia Shisheva, PhD; Professor. Molecular mechanism(s) of insulin action.

Debra F. Skafar, PhD; Associate Professor. Molecular endocrinology; steroid receptor structure and function; receptor-ligand interactions.

Douglas R. Yingst, PhD; Associate Professor.  Cellular and molecular physiology; regulation of membrane transport.J

AREAS OF INTEREST IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY

Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology

Steven Cala, Stephen E. DiCarlo, J-P Jin, Robert Lasley, Jason Mateika, Patrick Mueller, and Donal S. O'Leary.

Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Steven Cala, Bhanu P. Jena, J-P Jin, Robert Lasley, Jeffrey L. Ram, James A. Rillema, Assia Shisheva, Debra F. Skafar, Janice Schwartz, and Douglas R. Yingst.

Endocrine Physiology

Donal S. O'Leary, James A. Rillema, Assia Shisheva, Debra F. Skafar, Janice Schwartz, and Douglas R. Yingst.

Neurophysiology

Donald DeGracia, Bhanu P. Jena, Jason Mateika, Patrick Mueller, Donal S. O'Leary, Jeffrey L. Ram, and Douglas R. Yingst.

Renal Physiology

Noreen Rossi; Douglas Yingst

Reproductive Sciences

(Major areas of focus are: developmental biology; perinatal biology; reproductive endocrinology; molecular biology; reproductive genetics; and toxicology/teratology):

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Physiology Faculty: Jeffrey L. Ram, James A. Rillema, and Debra F. Skafar

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Ob/Gyn Faculty: Ernest L. Abel; Husam Abu-Soud; D. Randall Armant; Michael W. Church; Michael P. Diamond; Robert R. Freedman; Bernard Gonik; John H. Hannigan; Stephen A. Krawetz; Robert T. Partridge; Daniel A Rappolee; Anthony G. Sacco; Ghassan M. Saed; Robert J. Sokol; and Marappa G. Subramanian.  (For more information concerning the Ob/Gyn faculty and their research interests please click here )

Respiratory Physiology

Jason Mateika,

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updated: 01/26/2011