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Dale Feldman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Biomaterials enhanced regeneration; Tissue engineering; Degradable scaffolds and repair devices (metals and polymers predominantly)
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Xu Feng, PhD
Professor
Department: Pathology
Research Interests: Molecular biology; Cell biology; Mouse models; Signaling mechanisms; RANKL/RANK/OPG system
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Jose Fernandez, PhD
Professor
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests: Biobehavioral Health; Genetics of obesity; Statistical models; Genetic admixture approach
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Kathleen Fischer, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Biology of Aging; Sex Differences; Evolution; Ecology; Animal Behavior; Conservation
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Philip (Russ) Fine, PhD, MSPH
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Immunology/Rheumatology
Research Interests: Injury prevention and control
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Kellie Flood, MD
Adjunct Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Geriatric Medicine; Hospice and Palliative Medicine; Internal Medicine
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Gordon Fisher, PhD
Professor
Department: Human Studies
Research Interests: Nutritional strategies; Behavioral strategies; Metabolic complications; Cardiovascular complications; Type 2 diabetes; Mitochondrial bioenergetics; Redox signaling
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Stuart Frank, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Endocrinology
Research Interests: Growth hormone (GH) receptor signal transduction; GH binding protein
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Mona Fouad, MD
Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Preventive Medicine
Research Interests: Health disparities; Cancer Care; Social determinants of health; Racial disparities; Chronic diseases prevention; Health equity
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Kohtaro Fujihashi, DDS, PhD
Emeritus Professor
Department: Pediatric Dentistry
Research Interests: Mucosal immunology; Elderly immunity; Mucosal tolerance; Aberrant inflammation; Inflammatory bowel disease
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Paul Gamlin, PhD
Professor
Department: Ophthalmology
Research Interests: Neural control of eye movements; Retinal and central visual processing; Circadian rhythms; Autonomic control of the eye; Ocular gene therapy
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David Geldmacher, MD, FACP
Professor
Department: Neurology
Division: Memory Disorders and Behavioral Neurology
Research Interests: Memory disorder; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Clinical trials of dementia therapy; Dementia risk assessment; Visual processing
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W. Timothy Garvey, MD
Professor
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests: Molecular, metabolic, and genetic basis of type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, and obesity
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Victoria (Katie) Gibbs
Associate Professor
Research Interests: Alternative animal models; Sea urchins; Water fleas, Fish; Physiology of growth; Reproduction; Aging
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Vithal Ghanta, PhD
Professor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Immunology; Biology of Aging; Evolutionary Medicine
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Gregg Gilbert, DDS, MBA, FAAHD
Professor
Department: Behavioral & Population Sciences
Research Interests: Practice-Based Research Networks; Oral Epidemiology; Dental Behavioral Science
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Matthew Goldberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Neurology
Research Interests: Genetic mutations; Parkinson’s disease (PD); Pathogenic mechanisms; Dopamine-producing neurons; LRRK2 function; Mitochondrial autophagy
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Barbara Gower, PhD
Professor
Department: Nutrition Sciences
Research Interests: Nutrition interventions; Obesity; Metabolic health; Type 2 diabetes in African-Americans
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Marianthe Grammas, MD
Associate Professor
Department: Medicine
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Clinical Sciences; Nursing; Public Health and Health Services; Cognitive Sciences
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Joan Grant Keltner, DSN, RN,CS
Professor
Department: Acute, Chronic & Continuing Care
Division: Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
Research Interests: Teaching- Adult Health; Neuroscience and other populations with disabilities; Family caregiving and psychosocial problems; telehealth interventions; social support and problem-solving skills; Clinical-neuroscience; diabetes; Heart failure; Diabetes mellitus
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Russell Griffin, PhD
Associate Professor
Department: Epidemiology
Research Interests: Violence, Motor vehicle-related injuries and prevention, Pediatric trauma outcomes, Improving clinical care of trauma and burn patients, Treating acute kidney injury in newborns
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