Faculty
Armen Akopian, PhD Associate Professor Department of Endodontic Research Interests: Mechanisms of orofacial inflammatory pain; mechanisms of sex-dependent pain; mechanisms of persistent pain related to neuro-degeneration. akopiana@uthscsa.edu http://endodontics.uthscsa.edu |
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Kelly Berg, PhD, MS Associate Professor/Research Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: Research focuses on mu, delta and kappa opioid receptor signaling in sensory neurons with the ultimate goal of understanding peripheral mechanisms of opioid analgesia. berg@uthscsa.edu |
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Thomas G. Boyer, PhD Professor Molecular Medicine Research Interest: Transcriptional regulation in development and disease boyer@uthscsa.edu http://molecularmedicine.uthscsa.edu/faculty.aspx |
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David Cappelli, DDS, PhD Professor Department of Community Dentistry Cross-appointed in the School of Public Health Research Interests: Systemic diseases and periodontal disease; periodontal disease in non-human primate model; epidemiology of oral diseases. cappelli@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edu/faculty.asp |
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Shuo Chen, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pediatric Dentistry Research Interests: Tooth and bone development; genetic diseases and gene regulation chens0@uthscsa.edu http://peddentdx.uthscsa.edu |
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Xiao-Dong Chen, MD, PhD Professor Department of Comprehensive Dentistry Research Interests: Understand how extracellular matrix (ECM) as part of the microenvironment or niche maintains the ability of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to both self-renew and respond appropriately to pro-differentiating signals chenx4@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edu/faculty.asp |
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Yong-Hee Patricia Chun, DDS, MS, PhD Assistant Professor Periodontics, cross-appointed in Cellular and Structural Biology Research Interests: Formation and malformation of enamel; mechanisms of enamel proteins and their peptides in the development of dental tissues. chuny@uthscsa.edu http://periodontics.uthscsa.edu |
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William P. Clarke, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: Peripheral mechanisms of opioid analgesia, estrogen regulation of inflammatory mediators, G protein-coupled receptors, constitutive receptor activity, ligand functional selectivity and receptor theory clarkew@uthscsa.edu http://pharmacology.uthscsa.edu/faculty_profiles.html |
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Lily Dong, PhD Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Obesity and type 2 diabetes, Molecular pathways in diabetes dongq@uthsca.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp |
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Cara Gonzales, DDS, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Comprehensive Dentistry Research Interests: Tumor secreted factors effects on transient receptor potential (TRP) channels using a trigeminal neuron culture model and an animal model for oral and facial pain. gonzalesc5@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edy/faculty.asp |
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Ken Hargreaves, DDS, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics President's Council Chair in Dental Research Cross-appointed in the Departments of Pharmacology and Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Mechanism and management of pain and inflammation; regulation of C fiber neurosecretions; tooth pulp; clinical trials, analgesics hargreaves@uthscsa.edu http://endodontics.uthscsa.edu |
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Stephen E. Harris, PhD Professor Department of Periodontics Cross-appointed in the Departments of Cellular & Structural Biology and Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: BMP signaling in bone; osteocyte response to mechanical stimulation; transgenic and other mouse models harris@uthscsa.edu http://periodontics.uthscsa.edu |
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Andrew Hinck, PhD Professor Department of Biochemistry Research Interests: Solution NMR spectroscopy of proteins and nucleic acids; TGF-b and its interaction with the ligand binding domain of the TGF-b types I and II receptors; protein-RNA interactions hinck@uthscsa.edu http://www.biochem.uthscsa.edu/department/faculty.html |
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Peter Hornsby, PhD Professor Physiology and the Barshop Institute Research Interests:: My research concerns experimental cell transplantation. Cell transplantation can be used for therapeutic purposes (cell therapy) and for pure basic science studies. Under appropriate conditions, transplanted cells can re-form an organ or a tissue structure. If they are genetically modified before they are transplanted they can be used to deliver a gene product, or can be used to detect the levels of a substance in the body (i.e., they can act as a biosensor). If they are genetically modified with oncogenes they can be transformed into a benign or malignant tumor. Over the past few years we have principally used two types of cells in these studies. In the cellular senescence and tumorigenesis work we have focused recently on human fibroblasts. In most of the other work we have used bovine or human adrenocortical cells. The following are the projects that are ongoing in the lab. HORNSBY@UTHSCSA.EDU http://physiology.uthscsa.edu/new/research/faculty_view.asp?id=9 |
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Nathaniel A. Jeske, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Research Interests:: Biochemistry of inflammatory signaling, pain physiology, mechanotransduction, orofacial pain jeske@uthscsa.edu http://oms.uthscsa.edu/ |
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David Kadosh, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology Research Interests: Control of Candida albicans Filamentous Growth and Virulence; Interaction of the Candida albicans Hyphal Form with Cardiac Cells and Inert Substrates. kadosh@uthscsa.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/micro/faculty/blw/blw-research.html |
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Ellen Kraig, PhD Distinguished Teaching Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: T cells in periodontal disease and in autoimmune disorders; molecular biological techniques to study the immune system and alterations in disease kraig@uthscsa.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp |
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Robin Leach, PhD Professor Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Genetics; prostate cancer; paget disease of the bone; chromosome 18; tumor suppressor gene leach@uthscsa.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp |
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Senlin Li, MD Associate Professor/Research Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: My primary research interest is to develop autologous hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) gene therapy, particularly HSC-derived macrophage gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases, atherosclerosis and other inherited blood/immune disorders. lis1@uthscsa.edu |
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Feng Liu, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of insulin signal transduction; insulin receptors; insulin resistance liuf@uthscsa.edu http://pharmacology.uthscsa.edu/faculty_profiles.html |
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Robert Marciniak, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medicine-Medical Oncology Cross-appointed in the Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Contribution of telomere processing to cancer and age-related changes marciniak@uthscsa.edu http://medicine.uthscsa.edu/ https://www.uthscsa.edu/csb/faculty.asp |
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Susan Mooberry, PhD Professor/Greehey Distinguished Chair in Targeted Molecular Therapeutics Department of Pharmacology Co-leader of Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics, CTRC at UTHSCSA Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina Research Interests: Our research is dedicated to the discovery of more effective therapies for the treatment of cancer, primarily breast cancer. There are several aspects to our work including drug discovery, identification of the mechanisms of drug action, the nature of drug resistance, identifying rational drug combinations and elucidation of the signaling pathways by which anti-mitotic agents initiate mitotic arrest and apoptosis. MOOBERRY@UTHSCSA.EDU http://saci.uthscsa.edu/research |
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Carlos Orihuela, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology Research Interests: Age-associated inflammation increases susceptibility to pneumococcal infection. orihuela@uthscsa.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/micro/faculty/blw/blw-research.html |
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Thomas Patterson, MD Professor Department of Medicine-Infectious Diseases Research Interests: Fungal infections; oral pharyngeal candidiasis; antifungal therapy and drug resistance patterson@uthscsa.edu http://medicine.uthscsa.edu/Infectious/ |
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Ralph Rawls, PhD Professor Department of Comprehensive Dentistry Cross-appointed in the Department of Biomedical Engineering Research Interests: Dental restorative resins and polymeric biomedical materials; controlled release systems for drugs rawls@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edu/faculty.asp |
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Spencer Redding, DDS, Med Professor and Chair Castella Dental Chair in Aging Studies Department of Comprehensive Research Interests: Oral medicine; oral HSV and oral Candida infections in immunocompromized patients redding@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edu/faculty.asp |
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Sherry Werner, MD Professor Department of Pathology Research Interests: Role of growth factors in skeletal and dental development abboudwerner@uthscsa.edu http://pathologyweb.uthscsa.edu/faculty/ |
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Brian Wickes, PhD Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology Research Interests: Molecular mechanism and genetics of oral Candida infections; Candida albicans biofilm formation; Medical mycology; animal models of invasive aspergillosis wickes@uthscsa.edu https://www.uthscsa.edu/micro/faculty/blw/blw-research.html |
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Chi-Ko Yeh, PhD, BDS Professor Department of Comprehensive Dentistry Cross-appointed in the Department of Cellular & Structural Biology Research Interests: Salivary mechanisms in oral diseases; AIDS; Salivary based diagnosis yeh@uthscsa.edu http://compdent.uthscsa.edu/faculty.asp |