Secondary Faculty

Chieko Mineo, Ph.D.

Pediatrics

• Antiphospholipid Syndrome
• Insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction

chieko.mineo@utsouthwestern.edu

Courtney Schroeder, Ph.D.

Pharmacology

• Cancer
• Cytoskeleton
• Developmental biology
• Evolution
• Fertility
• Structural biology

courtneym.schroeder@utsouthwestern.edu

Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.

Molecular Biology

• Actin cytoskeletal dynamics
• Cell-Cell Fusion
• Mechanobiology
• Muscle development and regeneration

elizabeth.chen@utsouthwestern.edu

Gaudenz Danuser, Ph.D.

Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics

• Causal inference in molecular pathways
• Cell morphological control of signaling and metabolism
• Computer vision and machine learning of cell dynamics
• Roles and regulation of cell morphogenesis in metastasis, especially in pediatric sarcomas

gaudenz.danuser@utsouthwestern.edu

Helmut Kramer, Ph.D.

Neuroscience

• Biomedical Engineering
• Cell Biology
• Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• Pharmacology

helmut.kramer@utsouthwestern.edu

Jinming Gao, Ph.D.

Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Acidotic transistor medicine (ATOM)
• Biomedical Engineering
• Cell Biology
• Immune-engineering
• Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
• Pharmacology
• STING immunity

jinming.gao@utsouthwestern.edu

Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D.

Biophysics

• Biophysics
• Developmental Biology

konstantin.doubrovinski@utsouthwestern.edu

Lisa Dennison, Ph.D.

Development

lisa.dennison@utsouthwestern.edu

Peter Ly, Ph.D.

Pathology

• Cell cycle and cell division
• Chromosome rearrangements
• DNA damage response and repair
• Genomic instability in cancer
• Mechanisms of chromothripsis

peter.ly@utsouthwestern.edu

Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine

• Adipose Tissue
• Interorgan Hormonal Crosstalk
• Lipid Messengers
• Obesity and Cancer
• Obesity and Diabetes

philipp.scherer@utsouthwestern.edu

Ram Madabhushi, Ph.D.

Psychiatry

• Chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulation of activity-dependent gene expression
• The role of genomic instability in neurological disorders and cancer

ram.madabhushi@utsouthwestern.edu

Reto Fiolka, Ph.D.

Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics

• Adaptive optics
• Fluorescence microscopy
• Light sheet microscopy
• Super resolution microscopy
• Ultrafast lasers and optics

reto.fiolka@utsouthwestern.edu

Richard Finn, D.D.S.

Surgery

• Chemical and Ablation of Photo Damage Skin
• Moderate Sedation in Ambulatory Surgery
• Nasal Anatomy and Respiratory Problems
• Obstructive Sleep Apena Outcome Studies

richard.finn@utsouthwestern.edu

Stuart Ravnik, Ph.D.

Graduate School Dean's Office

• Control of meiosis: initiation and cell division
• Development of germ cells in the male and female
• Early embryonic development and gonadogenesis

stuart.ravnik@utsouthwestern.edu

Xiaochen Bai, Ph.D.

Biophysics

• Insulin receptor, IGF1R
• Receptor tyrosine kinase
• Single particle Cryo-EM
• Structural biology

xiaochen.bai@utsouthwestern.edu