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Angeles, Danilyn, PhD, Loma Linda University, 2000.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Neonatal hypoxia-ischemia, mechanisms of neonatal brain injury, examination of neuroprotection strategies.

Bellinger, Denise, PhD, Indiana State University 1985.
Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.
Sympathetic modulation of the immune system in Aging.

Boskovic, Danilo S., PhD, Queen’s University, Kingston, ONT, Canada, 1997.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
The protein-surface and the protein-protein interactions of blood coagulation.

Brantley, Eileen, PhD, Meharry Medical College, 1999.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Development of more effective anticancer agents, determining mechanism of action of cancer therapeutic agents.

Buchholz, John N., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1989.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Cardiovascular and neuropharmacology

Cantin, Edouard M., PhD, Cambridge, 1976.
Adjunct Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Molecular mechanisms of herpes virus latency, cytokines and viral infections in the brain, ribozyme/antisense as antivirals.

Casiano, Carlos A., PhD, University of California at Davis, 1992.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Mechanisms of prostate tumor resistance to cell death, with emphasis on the role of the survival protein LEDGF, identification of tumor-associated autoantigens involved in signaling pathways, contribution of non-apoptotic cell death to autoimmunity.

Castanotto, Daniela, PhD, University of Messina, Italy, 1987.
Adjunct Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology,
Molecular Biology, gene therapy.

Chan, Phillip, PhD, Michigan State University, 1983.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Physiology of reproductive cells, infertility.

Chen, Shin-Tai, PhD, University of Texas, Dallas, 1986.
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry.
Molecular Virology, vectors for gene therapy.

De Leon, Daisy, PhD, University of California at Davis, 1987.
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Endocrinology, breast cancer

De Leon, Marino, PhD, University of California at Davis, 1987.
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Molecular neurobiology, peripheral neuropathy, neurochemistry of neuronal injury and nerve regeneration.

Ducsay, Charles A., PhD, University of Florida, 1980.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Pediatrics.
Reproductive physiology, endocrinology

Duerksen-Hughes, Penelope, PhD, Emory University, Atlanta, 1987.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Cellular responses to stress, genotoxin-triggered apoptotic pathways, papillomavirus modulation of host defense.

Edwards, Lincoln P., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1998.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Imidazoline compounds as a novel treatment for Type II Diabetes

Escher, Alan P., PhD, Cornell, 1992.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Gene therapy for type 1 diabetes, secreted proteins for gene therapy

Escobar-Poni, Bertha, MD, Universidad Centro-Occidental Lisandro Alavarado, Venzuela, 1989.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.

Farley, John, PhD, University of California, Davis, 1977.
Research Associate Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry.
Biochemical mechanisms of bone-volume regulation and enzyme kinetics of mineral metabolism.

Fletcher, Hansel M., PhD, Temple University, 1990.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Molecular genetics of bacterial pathogenesis, molecular basis of bacterial-induced apoptosis, oxidative stress and DNA repair.

Fletcher, William, PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.
Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.
The role of gap junctions in the intercellular signal transfer, Regulation of gap junction channel function.

Fodor, Istvan, PhD, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences ( Moscow), 1968, DSc, Moscow, 1985.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Virus vectored gene delivery systems, cancer gene and immuno-therapies.

Gilbert, Raymond D., PhD, University of Florida at Gainesville, 1971.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Fetal cardiovascular physiology

Gonzales, Aileen C., MPH, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1999,
Instructor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Green, Lora M., PhD, UC - Riverside, 1987.
Professor of Medicine (Radiation &, Rheumatology) and of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Cell and molecular biology, immunology, elucidation of the mechanisms regulating cellular communication as they correspond to radiation and/or inflammatory insults and their contribution to human diseases, specifically cancer.

Gridley, Daila S., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1978.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, of Radiation Medicine.
Cancer immunology and radiation.

Hall, Raymond G. Jr., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1968.
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Cell physiology

Henderson, David, PhD, McGill University, 1979.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.

Herrmann, E. Clifford, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Study and application of biomolecules: enzymes of proteolysis and casein phosphorylation, antibodies.

Hessinger, David A., PhD, University of Miami, 1970.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, of Biochemistry, and of Natural Sciences.
Chemo- and mechanoreceptor signal transduction, developmental regulation of ion channels, marine toxicology.

Hilliker, Sandra, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974, MBA, University of California, Riverside, 1990.
Instructor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Biotechnology, scientific communication.

Javor, George, PhD, Columbia University, 1967.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Cellular responses to reductive stress, regulation of coenzyme Q and porphyrin biosynthesis.

Johnson, Mark S., PhD, University of Utah, 1984.
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Intracellular signaling in microorganisms, protein structure and function.

Kettering, James D., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1974.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Associate Dean for Advanced Education, School of Dentistry.
Diagnostic and clinical virology, tumor immunology, using a herpesvirus-transformed-cell-mouse system, dental immunology and bacteriology (endodontics).

Kirby, Michael A., PhD, University of California at Riverside, 1984.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Pathology and Human Anatomy.
The role that a new gene product, brain 3.,2 plays in establishing the early sensory pathways in the brain of all mammals, The recent discovery of the role that a newly discovered fibroblast growth factor 15 plays in the development of retinal ganglion cells, The role of neural innervation of the cervix

Kirsch, Wolff M., MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 1955.
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Director of Neurosurgery Center for Research, Training and Education and Professor of Biochemistry.
Posttranslational percarboxylations

Kootsey, J. Mailen, PhD, Brown University 1966.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Cardiac electrophysiology, computer simulation, pharmacokinetics

Langridge, William H.R., PhD, University of Massachusetts, 1973.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Recombinant vaccines for protection against infections and autoimmune diseases.

Lau, Kin-Hing William, PhD, Iowa State University, 1982.
Research Professor Medicine and of Biochemistry.
Protein-tyrosine phosphatases, signal transduction mechanisms in bone cells, mechanosensitivity genes and mechanotransduction mechanisms in bone cells, and skeletal gene therapy.

Lessard, George, PhD, University of California, Riverside, 1973.
Professor of Biochemistry.
Oral biochemistry.

Lewis, John E., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1969. P
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, of Pathology, and of Medicine.
Cell-mediated immunity, cytokines, monoclonal antibodies for bacterial identification.

Li, Yiming, PhD, Indiana University, 1987.
Professor School of Restorative Dentistry and of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Biological and pharmacological effects of fluoride, genetic toxicity, biocompatibility, and safety evaluation of medical devices

Lilly, Michael B., MD, Loma Linda University, 1975.
Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Director of the Center for Molecular Biology and Gene Therapy.
Role of hematopoietic growth factors and signal transduction pathways in human leukemias, Pim1 kinase as a survival factor.

Linkhart, Thomas, PhD, University of California, Davis, 1975. .
Research Professor of Pediatrics and of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of bone cell proliferation and differentiation, gene therapy for bone.

Longo, Lawrence D., MD, Loma Linda University, 1954.
Distinguished Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, of Physiology and Pharmacology, and of Biochemistry.
Fetal physiology, Regulation of cerebral circulation: Developmental aspects and Responses to hypoxia.

Mohan, Subburaman, PhD, Bangalore, India, 1978.
Research Professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry and of Physiology.
Molecular genetic and gene therapy studies of the musculoskeletal system.

Nava, Pedro B., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1974,
Co-Chair of Pathology and Human Anatomy.

Neidigh, Jonathan W., PhD University of Washington, 1999.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Study and development of chemotherapy agents, Structure-function relationships of biological molecules using NMR spectroscopy, Computational tools for structure-based drug design, Study of protein folding/misfolding and relationship to neurological diseases.

Nyirady, Stephen A., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1972.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Associate Dean for Recruitment and Admissions, School of Medicine.
Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and incidence of MRSA in antibiotic naïve people groups

Oberg, Kerby, MD, PhD, Loma Linda University, 1991, 1989.
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.
Regulation of dorsoventral limb asymmetry and The role of patterning molecules during limb regeneration.

Pearce, William J., PhD, University of Michigan, 1979.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, of Biochemistry and of Pediatrics.
Cardiovascular physiology, control of cerebral circulation.

Pecaut, Michael J., PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1999,
Assistant Research Professor of Radiation Medicine and of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Effects of the spaceflight environment on immunity and behavior, specifically, characterizing the influences of the radiation and inertial environments on CNS-Immune communication in the mouse model.

Power, Gordon G., MD, University of Pennsylvania, 1961.
Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Placental exchange, fetal physiology

Roos, Philip J., MD, Loma Linda University SM, 1975.
Associate Professor of Medicine and of Physiology.
Pulmonary physiology

Rossi, John, PhD, University of Connecticut, 1976.
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Professor of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope.
RNA processing catalytic RNAs and RNA interference.

Ryu, Junichi, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1978.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Bacterial genomics, Type 1 restriction enzymes, study of recognition sequences, gene regulation

Strong, Donna, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology and of Medicine.
Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of bone-related growth factors and gene therapy for skeletal repair.

Sood, Satish, PhD, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, 1978.
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry.
Protein structure and function, human milk and casein system studies, opioids from human milk.

Soto-Wegner, Ubaldo A., PhD, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, 1994.
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Mechanisms by which virus infections interfere with the signal transduction pathway, with special emphasis on oxidative stress

Sowers, Lawrence C., PhD, Duke University, 1983.
Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Associate Dean for Basic Science Faculty, School of Medicine.
Genetic causes of cancer, DNA damage and repair.

Tang, Jiping, MD, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, China, 1983.
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Using transgenic mice to study the mechanisms of Diabetes Mellitus and stroke-related brain injuries.

Taylor, Barry L., PhD, Case Western Reserve, 1973.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Vice-Chancellor for Research Affairs.
Mechanism of oxygen chemoreceptors, bacterial chemotaxis.

Teel, Robert W., PhD, Loma Linda University, 1972.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Carcinogen metabolism, chemoprevention of cancer

Thorington, Glyne, PhD, Boston University, 1980.
Assistant Research Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Cell biology, signal transduction

ThyagaRajan, Srinivasan, PhD, Kansas State University, 1993.
Asspociate Research Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.
Hormones-induced modulation of neural immune interactions. Aging and sympathetic nervous system.

Wall, Nathan R., PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2000.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Transcriptional regulation of survivin and other essential cancer-associated genes for cancer therapeutics, identification of protein factors associated with cancer cell proliferation and oncogenesis, and molecular gene targeting and anticancer drug action.

Watts, Kylie J., PhD, University of Sydney, 2001.
Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Intracellular signaling in microorganisms, protein structure and function.

Wergedal, Jon, PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1963.
Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry and of Medicine.
Bone metabolism.

Wilcox, R. Bruce, PhD, University of Utah, 1962.
Professor of Biochemistry.
Endocrine system responses to non-endocrine diseases. Application of physiochemical methods to quantifying hormones in blood.

Wright, Kenneth, PhD, Loma Linda University, 1992,
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy.

Yellon, Steven M., PhD, University of Connecticut, 1981.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Pediatrics.
Reproductive endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, biological rhythms and neuroimmunology.

Zhang, John H., PhD, University of Alberta, 1987, MD, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, China, 1983.
Professor of Neurosurgery and of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Stroke and Cerebral Vascular Biology, Hyperbaric Medicine.

Zhang, Lubo, PhD, Iowa State University at Ames, 1990.
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology.
Biochemical pharmacology

Zuccarelli, Anthony, PhD, California Institute of Technology 1974.
Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Assitant Vice Chancellor for Research Affairs.
Genetic polymorphism in bacteria, molecular typing, molecular genetics of antibiotic resistance.

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