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GRADUATE FACULTY

Graduate Faculty can serve as dissertation mentors to Graduate Students.

Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge
Professor
Research: Novel strategies (including cell transplantation) to promote axonal regeneration in the adult central nervous system
mbunge@miami.edu

Coralie A. Carothers Carraway
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research: Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions and transmembrane signaling in malignancy and normal epithelial cell function
ccarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Kermit L. Carraway
Professor
Research: Regulation of cell surface organization
kcarrawa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Gregory Conner
Associate Professor
Research: Intercellular sortingof Proteins to lysosome, structure and function of cathepsin D
gconner@miami.edu

Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich
Kinetic Concepts Distinguished Chair in Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology,
and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: Neuroprotection and Improved Recovery of Function following CNS Trauma
ddietrich@miami.edu

Dr. Nevis Fregien
Associate Professor
Research: Growth factors, development, cancer
nevis@miami.edu

Dr. Jeffrey L. Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
jgoldberg@med.miami.edu

Dr. David Helfman
Professor
Research: Cancer, signal transduction, cytoskeleton.
dhelfman@med.miami.edu

Dr. Roland Jurecic
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Molecular mechanisms of stem cell self-renewal, lineage commitment, and differentiation; mouse models of stem cell maintenance; the role of cytokine receptor maintenance in stem cell and progenitor cell differentiation and transformation; hematological malignancies.
rjurecic@med.miami.edu

Dr. Mary Lou King
Professor
Research: Genetic pathways for dorsal patterning, mesoderm induction and germ cell specification in the frog embryo; mRNA localization in the egg
mking@med.miami.edu

Dr. Theodore Lampidis
Professor
Research: Cellular Pharmocology, Cardiotoxicity, Anticancer drugs
tlampidi@med.miami.edu

Dr. Richard K. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
rlee@med.miami.edu

Dr. Vinata B. Lokeshwar
Associate Professor Urology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Research: translational research, extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes in tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, hyaluronic acid (HA), non-invasive bladder cancer detection test (HA-HAase test), prostate cancer, interstitial cystitis
v.lokeshwar@miami.edu

Dr. Carlos T. Moraes
Professor of Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Human Genetics; Molecular pathogenesis of disease-related mitochondrial DNA mutations
cmoraes@med.miami.edu

Dr. Richard Rotundo
Professor
Research: Membrane protein biogensis and localization; signal transduction; gene expression and regulation; nerves and muscle
rrotundo@miami.edu

Dr. Pedro Salas
Associate Professor
Research: Polarization in epithelial cells; Role of the cytoskeleton and exocytis transport of membrane proteins
psalas@med.miami.edu

Dr. Valery I. Shestopalov
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Research: Cataracts; lens development; bioinformatics of glaucoma
vshestopalov@med.miami.edu

Dr. Pantelis Tsoulfas
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Cell Biology and Anatomy
Specificity of Neurotrophins Action, Neural Embryonic Stem Cells
PTsoulfa@med.miami.edu

Dr. Fulvia Verde
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and Cell Biology & Anatomy
Research: Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast
fverde@miami.edu

 

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