TABLE 2 lists the names of 55 PREP Committed Basic and Clinical Science Faculty Research experienced in training high school, undergraduate, and graduate students with primary departmental appointment, centers of excellence affiliations, and research interests. There are faculty representatives from all of the basic science departments and multiple centers of excellence. The PREP Scholars will have a wide variety of areas of research in which to choose and will be involved in all of the graduate student activities offered by the departments and centers.
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TABLE 2: PREP Committed Faculty Research Mentors from LSUHSC Basic and Clinical Departments with Experience In Mentoring High School, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Medical Students |
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Committed Faculty Research Mentor; Rank; Directorship |
Primary Department Appointment; Center Affiliations |
Research Interests |
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Alahari, Suresh K, PhD; Professor |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Biochemistry of cell adhesion and the mechanism of Nischarin in cell migration |
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Amedee, Angela M, PhD; Associate Professor |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Identification and quantitation of viral genotypes expressed at mucosal surfaces |
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Backes, Wayne L, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Characterization of human cytochrome P450 reductase |
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Bazan, Haydee EP, PhD; Professor |
Ophthalmology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Inflammation and repair during corneal wound healing. |
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Bazan, Nicolas G, MD, PhD; Professor and Director of Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Neurology; Ophthalmology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Endogenous responses of the central nervous system to injury and neurodegeneration |
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Belayev, Ludmila, MD; Professor |
Neurosurgery; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Models of global cerebral ischemia |
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Boulares, Hamid, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Genetics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Cytokine pathophysiology and associated signal transduction in inflammatory diseases |
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Canavier, Carmen C, PhD; Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Computational neuroscience: nonlinear dynamics of single neurons and small networks |
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Chu, Chen, Professor |
Otorhinolaryngology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases |
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Crabtree, Judy S, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Genetics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Translational impact of obesity and ethnicity on outcomes in triple negative breast cancer |
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Desai, Shyamal D, PhD; Associate Professor |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Roles of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like protein ISG15 in cancer |
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Edwards, Scott, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Neuronal signaling following excessive drug or alcohol use |
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Erickson, Jeffrey D, PhD; Associate Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Molecularly identification of neurotransmitter transporter proteins |
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Fidel, Paul L, Jr, PhD; Professor, Associate Dean, Center Director, Department Head |
Oral and Craniofacial Biology; Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Oral and Craniofacial Center of Excellence; School of Dentistry |
Host defense against oral and vaginal candidiasis |
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Gardner, Jason D, PhD; Associate Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Role of extracellular matrix in heart failure |
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Gasparini, Sonia, PhD; Associate Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Synaptic transmission in hippocampal and entorhinal neurons |
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Gidday, Jeff, PhD; Professor |
Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, and Physiology; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Endogenous neuroprotection for glaucoma and other CNS axonopathies |
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Gilpin, Nicholas W, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Neurobiological mechanisms of alcohol dependence and stress disorders |
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Goodchild, Traci, PhD; Associate Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury |
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Haas, Art, PhD; Professor and Head |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Roles of ubiquitin and ISG15 conjugation in cellular regulation |
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Hagensee, Michael E, MD, PhD; Professor |
Medicine, Infectious Diseases; Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Role of alcohol in development of HPV-related dysplasia in HIV+ Individuals |
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Hicks, Chindo, PhD; Professor |
Genetics and Bioinformatics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Genetics, bioinformatics and computational genomics |
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Jin, Minghao, PhD; Associate Professor |
Ophthalmology; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Regulatory mechanisms of the visual cycle in normal and diseased retinas |
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Kapusta, Daniel R, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
CNS neural and humoral control of cardiovascular and renal function; drug development |
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Kelly, Ben L, PhD; Associate Professor |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology |
Determining the role of a molecular scaffold protein |
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Lazartigues, Eric, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
ACE2 in the central regulation of blood pressure |
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Lefer, David J, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Myocardial protection and coronary physiology |
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Liu, June Siqiong, PhD; Associate Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Inhibitory interneurons and changes in activity of cerebellar circuits |
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Lukiw, Walter J, PhD; Professor |
Ophthalmology; Neurology; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Molecular-genetics, epigenetics and gene expression patterns in Alzheimer's disease and age-related macular degeneration |
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Mandal, Diptasri, PhD; Associate Professor |
Genetics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Genetic analysis of complex traits using computer simulations |
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Mercante, Donald E, PhD; Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs |
Biostatistics; School of Public Health; Oral and Craniofacial Center of Excellence; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Clinical trial design, experimental design, multivariate permutation procedures, and correlated data methods |
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Middleton, Jason, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Neuroscience; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Function and structure of the auditory nervous system |
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Molina, Patricia E, MD, PhD; Professor and Head, Director Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr of Excellence |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Neuroendocrine mechanisms that regulate metabolic and inflammatory responses to hemorrhagic shock |
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Mungrue, Imran, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
Unfolded protein pathways in endoplasmic reticulum stress |
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Neumann, Donna M, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
Epigenetic modifications regulating ocular HSV-1 latency and reactivation |
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Noverr, Mairi C, PhD; Associate Professor |
Oral & Craniofacial Biology, School of Dentistry; Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology |
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Quayle, Alison J, PhD; Professor |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology |
Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis in the human female genital tract |
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Primeaux, Stefany, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Models of diet-induced obesity |
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Reiss, Krzysztof, PhD; Professor |
Hematology and Oncology; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Molecular pathways involved in the development of cancer |
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Ronis, Martin J, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Health consequences related to early nutrition |
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Siggins, Robert W, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Understanding the role of ethanol in dysregulating DNA methylation patterns |
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Simon, Liz, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Interaction of chronic alcohol with SIV disease progression |
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Souza-Smith, Flavia M, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Impact of alcohol on lymphatic vessels function |
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Taylor, Christopher M, PhD; Associate Professor |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology |
Bioinformatics and computational biology of high throughput sequencing. |
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Tsien, Fern, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Genetics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Chromosome instability in cancer prevalence in LA population |
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Varner, Kurt J, PhD; Professor and Head |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Cardiovascular responses of administration of sympathomimetic stimulants |
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Wang, Guoshun, DVM, PhD; Associate Professor |
Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Phagocytic innate immunity and adult stem cell research |
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Whim, Matthew D, PhD; Associate Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy |
Neuropeptide Y and the response to stress |
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Wills, Tiffany A, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr |
Neurological underpinnings of alcohol dependence |
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Winsauer, Peter J, PhD; Professor |
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence |
Alcohol, neurobehavioral effects, and the role of neurosteroids |
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Wu, Chunlai, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Cell Biology and Anatomy; Neuroscience Ctr of Excellence; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Proteomic approaches to identify molecules in synaptic development |
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Xi, Yaguang, MD, PhD, MBA; Professor |
Genetics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Role of MicroRNAs in cancer |
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Yue, Xinping, PhD; Assistant Professor |
Physiology; Cardiovascular Ctr of Excellence |
Role of heparin sulfate in cell signaling and cell-matrix interactions in lung fibrosis |
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Zabaleta, Jovanny, PhD; Associate Professor |
Pediatrics; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Molecular mechanisms of cancer development |
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Zea, Arnold H, PhD; Associate Professor
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Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology; Alcohol and Drug Abuse Ctr; Stanley S. Scott Cancer Ctr |
Immune biology of cancer and tuberculosis |