IEHS Graduate Program :: Faculty & Research

Dharam P. Chopra, Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Newcastle (England), 1971. Oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes; growth factors; carcinogenesis; human epithelial cell culture.

Alan A. Dombkowski, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Michigan, 2000. Bioinformatics; microarray analysis; molecular modeling and protein engineering; algorithm development.

Craig N. Giroux, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D.; Genetic network analysis of cellular disease states.

Ye-Shih Ho, Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 1981. Transgenic models for study of lung biology and disease; regulation of gene expression in the lung in response to environmental agents.

Thomas A. Kocarek, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1988. Mechanisms of regulation of hepatic cytochrome P-450 gene expression.

Xiangyi Lu, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Albert Einstein college of Medicine, 1991. Cilium-mediated signaling mechanisms and diseases; Environmental and epigenetic effects on cilial motility; Drosophila genetics, cell culture systems and mice.

Raymond F. Novak, Professor and Director, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1973. Regulation of cytochrome P-450 expression in hepatic and extrahepatic tissues, primary hepatocytes, and cultured cells; role of intracellular signaling and ECM signaling in gene expression and cell function; microarray analysis and global gene expression profiling.

John J. Reiners Jr., Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Purdue, 1977. Signal transduction processes regulating apoptosis; cell-cycle progression and dioxin receptor function.

Douglas Ruden, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990. Toxicogenomics of heavy metal exposure using Drosophila and mouse models.

Melissa A. Runge-Morris, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; M.D., Michigan, 1979. Molecular regulation of sulfotransferase gene expression by hormones and xenobiotics.

Paul M. Stemmer, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Michigan State, 1986. Ser/Thr phosphatase regulation; calmodulin-dependent processes; immunosuppressant and heavy-metal mechanisms of action.

Gan Wang, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Science, 1989. DNA repair and genetic instability; transcription and gene expression regulation.

Xiaoxin Susan Xu, Assistant Professor (Research), Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1997. Genetic instability, DNA mismatch repair deficiency, and cancer development, using transgenic mouse models.





				Faculty & Research
				Faculty & Research
		Dharam P. Chopra, Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Newcastle (England), 1971. Oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes; growth factors; carcinogenesis; human epithelial cell culture. Alan A. Dombkowski, Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Michigan, 2000. Bioinformatics; microarray analysis; molecular modeling and protein engineering; algorithm development. Craig N. Giroux, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D.; Genetic network analysis of cellular disease states. Ye-Shih Ho, Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 1981. Transgenic models for study of lung biology and disease; regulation of gene expression in the lung in response to environmental agents. Thomas A. Kocarek, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1988. Mechanisms of regulation of hepatic cytochrome P-450 gene expression. Xiangyi Lu, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Albert Einstein college of Medicine, 1991. Cilium-mediated signaling mechanisms and diseases; Environmental and epigenetic effects on cilial motility; Drosophila genetics, cell culture systems and mice. Raymond F. Novak, Professor and Director, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1973. Regulation of cytochrome P-450 expression in hepatic and extrahepatic tissues, primary hepatocytes, and cultured cells; role of intracellular signaling and ECM signaling in gene expression and cell function; microarray analysis and global gene expression profiling. John J. Reiners Jr., Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Purdue, 1977. Signal transduction processes regulating apoptosis; cell-cycle progression and dioxin receptor function. Douglas Ruden, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1990. Toxicogenomics of heavy metal exposure using Drosophila and mouse models. Melissa A. Runge-Morris, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; M.D., Michigan, 1979. Molecular regulation of sulfotransferase gene expression by hormones and xenobiotics. Paul M. Stemmer, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Michigan State, 1986. Ser/Thr phosphatase regulation; calmodulin-dependent processes; immunosuppressant and heavy-metal mechanisms of action. Gan Wang, Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Science, 1989. DNA repair and genetic instability; transcription and gene expression regulation. Xiaoxin Susan Xu, Assistant Professor (Research), Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Ph.D., Connecticut, 1997. Genetic instability, DNA mismatch repair deficiency, and cancer development, using transgenic mouse models.