Sharon Amacher, PhD
- Molecular Genetics Sequential determination of cells during vertebrate development.
Discovery Prep Mentors for 2021-2022
Candice Askwith, PhD
- Neuroscience Role of ion channels in neurological disease and normal physiology.
Kellie Archer, PhD
- Biostatistics Development of statistical methods and computational algorithms for analyzing high-throughput genomic data.
Michael Bailey, PhD
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Bidirectional interactions between the host physiology and microbes within the gastrointestinal tract (the microbiome).
Ruth Barrientos, PhD
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health The role of inflammation on cognitive impairments in aging.
Brandon Biesiadecki, PhD
- Physiology Post-translation protein modifications in heart function.
Rodney Britt, PhD
- Center for Perinatal Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pathophysiology of neonatal and pediatric lung diseases.
Christin Burd, PhD
- Molecular Genetics and Cancer Biology and Genetics Cancer evolution and therapeutic resistance of tumors.
John Byrd, MD
- Medicinal Chemistry and Veterinary Biosciences Therapeutic targeting with immune and targeted therapies for adult leukemia.
Lei Cao, PhD
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Anti-cancer and anti-obesity phenotypes induced by a complex environment.
Dawn Chandler PhD
- Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pre-mRNA splicing in cancer and neurological disease.
Vincenzo Coppola, MD
- Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Modeling biology of human disease in mice.
Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, PhD
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition The impact of obesity in the development of pancreatic diseases.
Jayajit Das, PhD
- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Developing a mechanistic understanding of host pathogen interactions using computational and theoretical methods.
Isabelle Deschenes, PhD
- Physiology Molecular basis of cardiac arrhythmias.
Hamdy Elsayed-Awad, MD
- Anesthesiology Neurological damage following surgical complications.
Andy Fischer, PhD
- Neuroscience The impact of stem cells on retinal degeneration and regeneration.
Adriana Forero, PhD
- Microbial Infection & Immunity Identifying viral and host factors that promote maladaptive interferon (IFN) responses and contribute to the development of immunopathologies.
Michael Freitas, PhD
- Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Proteomic approaches to investigate chromatin remodeling in cancer.
Daniel Gallego-Perez, PhD
- Biomedical Engineering and General Surgery Development and implementation of novel nanotechnologies for applications in regenerative medicine and cancer.
Vidu Garg, MD
- Cardiology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Understanding the genetic basis of congenital heart disease and the molecular pathways regulating normal and abnormal cardiac development.
Erica Glasper, PhD
- Neuroscience
Understanding the interactions among neuroimmune function, endocrine systems and social behavior.
Aaron (Joseph) Goldman, PhD
- Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology Gene expression mechanisms that underlie zebrafish heart regeneration.
Julie Golomb, PhD
- Psychology Interactions between visual attention, memory, perception, and eye movements using human behavioral and computational cognitive neuroscience.
Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano, PhD
- Neuroscience and Health and Rehabilitation Sciences The role of micro RNAs in immune cells and multiple sclerosis.
Peixuan Guo, PhD
- Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology Nanobiotechnology and RNA Nanotechnology.
Tamar Gur, MD, PhD
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Maternal mental health in the development of psychiatric outcomes in offspring.
Renzhi Han, PhD
- Cardiac Surgery CRISPR genome editing in understanding muscle physiology and disease, and therapeutic development.
Paco Herson, PhD
- Neurosurgery Development of new therapeutic approaches to treat cerebrovascular disease.
Mark Hester, PhD
- Institute for Genomic Medicine Translational neuroscience laboratory focused on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological disorders such as pediatric epilepsy and autism.
Scott Harper, PhD
- Center for Gene Therapy, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Developing RNAi-based approaches to treat neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disease.
Emily Hemann, PhD
- Microbial Infection & Immunity Development of improved adjuvants and therapeutics against viral infection.
Paul Janssen, PhD
- Physiology and Cell Biology The contractile dysfunction of muscle in heart failure and muscular dystrophy.
Jamie Jontes, PhD
- Neuroscience Synapse and circuit formation in the vertebrate nervous system.
Lawrence Kirschner, MD, PhD
- Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Signaling pathways that contribute to tumorigenesis in endocrine tumors.
Kathryn Lenz, PhD
- Psychology The impact of the endocrine and immune systems on brain development and behavior.
Brenda Lilly, PhD
- Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Fundamentals of blood vessel formation and smooth muscle differentiation.
Amy Lovett-Racke, PhD
- Microbial Infection and Immunity
Role of T cells in the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis.
Dana McTigue, PhD
- Neuroscience The role of adult progenitor cells in repair after CNS injury or disease.
M. Asuncion Mejias, MD, PhD
- Center for Vaccines and Immunity, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Pathogenesis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Peter Mohler, PhD
- Physiology Protein targeting in excitable cells and its role in arrhythmia of the heart.
Kirk Mykytyn, PhD
- Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology Role of primary cilia in behavior and neurological disease.
Steve Oghumu, PhD
- Pathology Cellular, molecular and immunological mechanisms of oral carcinogenesis and oral cancer chemoprevention.
Jose Otero, MD, PhD
- Pathology and Neuroscience The mechanisms of post-natal brain development in health and disease with a particular focus on the autonomic nervous system.
Santiago Partida-Sanchez, PhD
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Ion channels and their role in regulating migration of phagocytic cells during inflammation or infection.
Jeff Parvin, MD, PhD
- Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Using bioinformatics as well as molecular and biochemical methods to study the biological processes underlying breast cancer.
Leah Pyter, PhD
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Psychoneuroimmunology of the impact of stress and cancer on behavior and wound healing.
Jill Rafael-Fortney, PhD
- Physiology and Cell Biology Molecular pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Chad Rappleye, PhD
- Microbial Infection & Immunity Molecular mechanisms that underlie the virulence of fungal pathogens.
Zakee Sabree, PhD
- Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology Host-microbe interactions in the evolution of physiological structures.
Stephanie Seveau, PhD
- Microbial Infection and Immunity Host-pathogen interactions of the intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
John Sheridan, PhD
- Behavioral Medicine The impact of chronic stress on the innate immune system and inflammation to affect behavior.
Sakima Smith, MD
- Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiac physiology as it relates to heart failure and disease.
Kristin Stanford, PhD
- Physiology and Cell Biology The impact of exercise and metabolic health on the response to injury.
Amanda Toland, PhD
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Genetic susceptibility to colon, breast, and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Noah Weisleder, PhD
- Physiology and Cell Biology Plasma membrane repair in skeletal muscle and cardiovascular pathology.
David Wood, PhD
- Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Developing biotechnologies through engineering proteins for specific applications such as biosensing, protein purification drug discovery, and drug delivery.
Daniel Wozniak, PhD
- Microbial Infection and Immunity Understanding the molecular biology and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in order to prevent persistent airway infections.
Jacob Yount, PhD
- Microbial Infection and Immunity Aims to define cellular defense mechanisms active against viral pathogens.