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Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor

Associate Chair, Pediatrics

Pediatrics
Cardiology

Topics of Interest:

  • gene therapy
  • viral vectors
  • cardiovascular biology/disease
  • heart biology/disease
  • glycogen storage disease

Advanced Concentrations:

Genetics

Roniel Cabrera, MD, MS.

Associate Professor

Director

Medicine

Topics of Interest:

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Cirrhosis
  • Hepatitis C
  • Tumor Immunity
  • Immune Regulation

Advanced Concentrations:

Molecular Cell Biology

Melike Caglayan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Topics of Interest:

  • DNA Repair
  • DNA damage
  • genome stabilty & evolution
  • cancer
  • X-ray crystallography

Advanced Concentrations:

Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D.

Professor

Neuroscience Program Director

Neuroscience

Topics of Interest:

  • stroke
  • protaglandins
  • neuroinflammation
  • neuroprotection
  • blood-brain barrier

Advanced Concentrations:

Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D.

Professor

Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • sex difference
  • metabolic homeostasis
  • hormone dysregulation
  • aging
  • Alzheimer's disease

Advanced Concentrations:

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Robert M. Caudle, Ph.D.

Professor

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Topics of Interest:

  • pain
  • electrophysiology
  • neurobiology
  • neuropeptides & receptors
  • ion channels

Advanced Concentrations:

Seunghee Cha, D.D.S., Ph.D.

Professor

Director

Oral Biology

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • facial paralysis
  • Secretory dysfunction
  • autoantibodies
  • personalized medicine

Advanced Concentrations:

Paramita Chakrabarty, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Neuroscience

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • neuroinflammation
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Parkinson's disease
  • immunoprproteostasis
  • ALS

Advanced Concentrations:

Vijayendran Chandran, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics

Topics of Interest:

  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • neural repair
  • nerve injury

Advanced Concentrations:

William L. Clapp, M.D.

Professor

Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Topics of Interest:

  • kidney biology/disease
  • gene expression
  • cancer
  • stem cells

Advanced Concentrations:

James Clugston, M.S., M.D.

Professor and UF Team Physician

Director UF Sports Medicine Fellowship

Community Health and Family Medicine

Topics of Interest:

  • concussion
  • concussion biomarkers
  • impact biomechanics
  • sports injuries

Advanced Concentrations:

Martin J. Cohn, Ph.D.

Professor

Molecular Genetics & Microbiology

Topics of Interest:

  • developmental biology
  • mouse genetics
  • Evolution
  • reproduction

Advanced Concentrations:

Genetics

Molecular Cell Biology

Manuela Corti, PT, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Topics of Interest:

  • gene therapy
  • immunology
  • neuromuscular diseases
  • Neurological disorders

Advanced Concentrations:

Robert J. Cousins, Ph.D.

Professor

Eminent Scholar

Food Science & Human Nutrition

Topics of Interest:

  • metabolism
  • membrane transport
  • metabolism
  • functional genomics
  • metal transporters

Advanced Concentrations:

Pedro Cruz, Ph.D.

Assistant Scientist

Pediatrics

Advanced Concentrations:

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, M.S.P.H., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Community Dentistry

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • age-related pain perception
  • modulation
  • pain phenotypes
  • epigenetic and transcriptional control
  • brain cancer

Advanced Concentrations:

Lina Cui, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Medicinal Chemistry

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • chemical biology
  • medicinal chemistry
  • cancer
  • molecular imaging
  • drug abuse

Advanced Concentrations:

Curtiss III, Roy, Ph.D.

Professor

Infectious Diseases and Pathology

Topics of Interest:

  • biotechnology
  • genetics
  • microbiology
  • immunology
  • vaccinology

Advanced Concentrations:

Genetics

Kenneth Cusi, M.D.

Professor

Medicine
Endocrinology

Topics of Interest:

  • metabolism
  • obesity
  • type 2 diabetes
  • T2DM
  • NAFLD

Advanced Concentrations:

Yehia Daaka, Ph.D.

Professor

Director, UF Prostate Disease Center

Physiology and Aging

Topics of Interest:

  • cancer
  • G-protein coupled receptors
  • infectious disease
  • kidney biology/disease
  • signal transduction

Advanced Concentrations:

Erica Dale, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Physiology and Aging

Accepting Students

Topics of Interest:

  • spinal cord
  • neuroplasticity
  • neuroengineering
  • breathing

Advanced Concentrations:

Steven Trent De Kosky, M.D.

Professor


Neurology

Topics of Interest:

  • traumatic brain injury
  • dementia
  • neuroimaging
  • neuropsychiatric
  • Alzheimer's disease

Advanced Concentrations:

Loic P. Deleyrolle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Neurosurgery

Topics of Interest:

  • brain tumors
  • immunotherapy
  • metabolism
  • cancer stem cells
  • immunometabolism

Advanced Concentrations:

Nancy D. Denslow, Ph.D.

Professor

Physiological Sciences

Topics of Interest:

  • reproduction
  • environmental toxicology
  • endocrinology
  • gene expression
  • genomics

Advanced Concentrations:

Astra Dinculescu, PhD

Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology

Topics of Interest:

  • gene therapy
  • adeno-associated virus (AAV)
  • retinal degeneration
  • protein aggregation
  • loss of vision

Advanced Concentrations:

Genetics

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