Faculty

Departmental Faculty

Mailing Info: The Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building is located at 1600 NW. 10th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33136.

Department Chair: Dr. James Potter

View list of external research funds awarded to Pharmacology faculty members.
Faculty Member   Contact Research Interest
James Potter, Ph.D., FAHA
Professor and Chairman of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
305-243-5874 (ph)
RMSB 6085
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Excitation-Activation Coupling in Muscle
Tatjana Abaffy, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

305-243-4555 (ph)
305-243-4468 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Science Building 6140A
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Olfactory recognition and biosensors 
Nanette Bishopric, M.D.,F.A.C.C.
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine

305-243-6775 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
RMSB 6038
email
Cardiac Gene Expression 
John Bixby, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Director, UM Neuroscience Center

305-243-4874 (ph)
305-243-3921 (fax)
LPLC Room 4-17, 1095 NW 14th Terrace
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Neural Development  
Richard Bookman, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Research; Executive Dean for Research and Research Training; Director, UM DNA Microarray Facility; Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

305-243-4487 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6056
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Ca2+ Signaling, Genomics  
Peter Buchwald, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology

305-243-9657 (ph)
Diabetes Research Institute, 1450 NW 10th Ave 4016
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Computer-Aided Quantitative Modeling, Physiochemical and Metabolic Aspects of Drug Design 
Kerry Burnstein, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Graduate Program Director

305-243-5732 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6160
email
Steroid Hormone Action, Prostate Cancer 
Anthony Caswell, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

305-243-6719 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6051
email
Muscle Activation  
Gennaro D'Urso, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology; Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics faculty member


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Cell Cycle Control of DNA Replication 
Michael Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

RMSB
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The molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate dendrite morphogenesis and neural connectivity. 
Sandra Lemmon, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology and Director, MD/PhD Program

305-243-5758 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6165
email
Membrane Traffic: Roles of Clathrin, Actin and Phosphorylation 
Konstantin Levay, Ph.D.

RMSB
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G Protein and Calcium Binding Proteins 
Joy Lincoln, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology,
Graduate Faculty: Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology

305-243-9613 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6048
email
Embryonic Heart Development Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Heart Valve Formation 
Irene Litosch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

305-243-5862 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6088
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Phospholipase C  
Charles Luetje, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chairman of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Director Neuroscience Graduate Program

305-243-4458 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6147B
email
Structure and Function of Neurotransmitter Receptors 
Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

305-243-3008 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
RMSB 6041
email
Mechanisms of stem cell survival 
Vladlen Z. Slepak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

305-243-3430 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6130
email
G Proteins 
Danuta Szczesna-Cordary, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology

305-243-2908 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
RMSB 6113
email
Ca2+-regulation of Striated Muscle Contraction 
Fulvia Verde, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology
Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Center for Medical Genetics Miami Yeast Group member


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Control of cell morphogenesis in fission yeast 
Yingcai Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor


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Keith Webster, Ph.D. (Eboracum)
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology; Director of the Vascular Biology Institute; Walter G. Ross Chair of Vascular Biology

305-243-6779 (ph)
305-243-6082 (fax)
RMSB 6038
email
Myocardial ischemia, Apoptosis, Gene and Stem Cell Therapy  
R. Grace Zhai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

305-243-6316 (ph)
305-243-4555 (fax)
Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building 6069
email
Genetic and cellular basis of neural development.