Research Faculty & Research Areas

Areas of Research:

• Cardiovascular Biology
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Imaging
• Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
• Molecular and Cellular Immunology
• Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases
• Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health
• Molecular Virology
• Muscle Biology
• Neurosciences
• Pharmacological Sciences
• Proteomics
• Renal Biology
• Reproductive Biology
• Signal Transduction and Cancer Biology
• Structural Biology

During the application process for the MD-PhD Program, applicants are usually asked to review and select some of these faculty and areas fo interest so that the applicants can meet with them during their visit to KUMC.

Cardiovascular Biology Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Norberto C. Gonzalez, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Grace Guo, Pharmacology
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
John G. Wood, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

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Cell and Developmental Biology Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Glen K. Andrews, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie L. Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Roy A. Jensen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
William Kinsey, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Robert E. Krumlauf, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Linheng Li, Pathology - Stowers Affiliate
Rong Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Charles D. Little, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Joseph F. Lutkenhaus, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Warren B. Nothnick, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Olivier Pourquie, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Michael J. Soares, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul A. Trainor, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Michael J. Werle, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology

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Imaging Faculty

Mehmet Bilgen, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
William M. Brooks, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
In-Young Choi, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Sang-Pil Lee, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Brenda Jean Rongish, Anatomy and Cell Biology

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Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gerald M. Carlson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Aron W. Fenton, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Rong Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
John D. Robertson, Pharmacology
Lisa A. Stehno-Bittel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Li Wang, Pharmacology
John G. Wood, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

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Molecular and Cellular Immunology Faculty

Patrick Fields, Pathology
Rebecca T. Horvat, Pathology
Steven M. LeVine, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Linheng Li, Pathology - Stowers Afiliate
Michael Parmely, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology

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Molecular Biology and Genetics Faculty

Glen K. Andrews, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Afiliate
Patrick Fields, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Roy Jensen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Robert E. Krumlauf, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Afiliate
Raj Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joe Lutkenhaus, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Olivier Pourquie, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Afiliate
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul A. Trainor, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Afiliate
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Leanne M. Wiedemann, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology - Stowers Affiliate
Wolfram R. Zückert, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

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Molecular Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases Faculty

Shilpa J. Buch, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Kee Jun Kim, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Edward Stephens, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Wolfram R. Zückert, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

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Molecular Toxicology and Environmental Health Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Glen K. Andrews, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bryan Lloyd Copple, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Bruno Angelo Hagenbuch, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Hartmut Jaseschke, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
John D. Robertson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

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Molecular Virology Faculty

Edward Stephens, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Christophe P. Nicot, Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology

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Muscle Biology Faculty

Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
Paige Christine Geiger, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

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Neurosciences Faculty

Nancy E. Berman, Anatomy and Cell Biology
William M. Brooks, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Juan Luis Bruses, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Shilpa J. Buch, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Paul D. Cheney, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
In-Young Choi, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Dianne Durham, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Thomas J. Imig, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Kee Jun Kim, Ph.D., Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Robert E. Krumlauf, Anatomy & Cell Biology - Stowers Afiliate
Sang-Pil Lee, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Beth Levant, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Steven M. LeVine, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Kenneth E. McCarson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Hiroshi Nishimune, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Randolph J. Nudo, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Jeff Radel, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

John Anderson Stanford, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Michael J. Werle, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Douglas E. Wright, Anatomy and Cell Biology

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Pharmacological Sciences Faculty

Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bruno Angelo Hagenbuch, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Hartmut Jaeschke, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Beth Levant, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Randolph J. Nudo, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Kenneth E. McCarson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
John D. Robertson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Xiaobo Zhong, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

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Proteomics Faculty

Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Aaron Fenton, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Roy A. Jensen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology - Stowers Affiliate
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology

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Renal Biology Faculty

Dale R. Abrahamson, Anatomy and Cell Biology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kenneth R. Peterson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology

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Reproductive Biology Faculty

David F. Albertini, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Mehmet Bilgen, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Lane K. Christenson, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Scott Hawley, Molecular and Integrative Physiology - Stowers Affiliate
Leslie L. Heckert, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
William Kinsey, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Raj Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Warren B. Nothnick, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Margaret Greene Petroff, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Peter G. Smith, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Michael J. Soares, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ting Xie, Anatomy and Cell Biology

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Signal Transduction and Cancer Biology Faculty

Mehmet Bilgen, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
V. Gustavo Blanco, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
James P. Calvet, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gerald M. Carlson, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Patrick Fields, Pathology
Grace Guo, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Roy A. Jensen, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kee Jun Kim, Ph.D., Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology
Curtis D. Klaassen, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Raj Kumar, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Benyi Li, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Brian K. Petroff, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Gregory A. Reed, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
John D. Robertson, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Michael J. Soares, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Joseph S. Tash, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Ossama Tawfik, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Patricia Ann Thomas, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Charlotte M. Vines, Microbiology
Jay L. Vivian, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Yu-Jui Yvonne Wan, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Li Wang, Pharmacology
Michael W. Wolfe, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Thomas M. Yankee, Microbiology

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Structural Biology Faculty

Gerald Carlson, Biochemstry
Joan Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Ron Conaway, Biochemistry - Stowers Affiliate
Aaron Fenton, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Harvey F. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mark T. Fisher, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bruno Angelo Hagenbuch, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics
Todd Holyoak, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Alexey Ladokhin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology<
Arcady R. Mushegian, Microbiology
Liskin Swint-Kruse, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology