RTI Affiliated Faculty
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Raffi V. Aroian, PhD
Professor, Program in Molecular MedicineFocus: Intestinal parasitic nematodes, drug discovery, autoimmune diseases, host-pathogen interactions. Bacillus thuringiensis. Cellular responses to pore-forming toxins.
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Christina Baer, PhD
Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Physiological SystemsFocus: Development of light microscopy techniques for investigating significant impacts on human health including infectious disease and chronic inflammatory conditions.
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Robert Brown, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of NeurologyFocus: Neuromuscular diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), muscular dystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, hereditary neuropathy and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis.
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Vivian Budnik, PhD
Professor and Chair, NeurobiologyFocus: Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Plasticity.
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Michael P. Czech, PhD
Professor and Isadore and Fannie Foxman Chair of Medical Research, Program in Molecular MedicineFocus: RNAi-based therapeutic strategies for inflammatory and metabolic diseases.
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Terence R. Flotte, MD
Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education, Dean, Provost and Executive Deputy ChancellorFocus: Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy vectors for, cystic fibrosis (CF), alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AAT) and fatty oxidation disorders (FAO).
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Guangping Gao, PhD
Co-Director, Li Weibo Institute for Rare Diseases Research; Director, Horae Gene Therapy Center and Viral Vector Core; Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems; Penelope Booth Rockwell Professor in Biomedical ResearchFocus: Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector mediated gene transfer for gene therapy & gene therapy of inherited neurodegenerative Canavan Disease.
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Manuel Garber, PhD
Associate Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine; Director of the UMMS Bioinformatics CoreFocus: Molecular evolution, mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of innate immune responses, functional characterization of the non-coding genome.
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Dale L. Greiner, PhD
Professor, Program in Molecular MedicineFocus: To understand the etiology and pathogenesis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).
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Gang Han, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular PharmacologyFocus: Synthetic nanomaterials for siRNA delivery and biomolecule imaging.
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David M. Harlan, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine; Chief, Diabetes; Co-Director, Diabetes Center of ExcellenceFocus: Tolerance mechanisms and organ/tissue transplantation. Autoimmune illnesses, especially insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Human beta cell biology. Improving diabetes care delivery systems.
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Allan Jacobson, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Physiological SystemsFocus: Cytoplasmic Aspects of the Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression.
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Arthur M. Krieg, MD
Professor, RNA Therapeutics InstituteFocus: Oligonucleotide therapeutics in oncology, checkpoint inhibitors, CpG oligonucleotide therapy, combination therapy.
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Nathan Lawson, PhD
Associate Professor, Program in Molecular MedicineFocus: Role of non-coding RNA's in vascular development and disease.
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Jeremy Luban, MD
David L. Freelander Memorial Professor in HIV/AIDS Research; Professor, Molecular MedicineFocus: HIV-1 replication, pathogenesis, and immunity.
