Mentor Pool for the T32-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) at the University at Buffalo
Overview
Each PhD IMSD Scholar will complete their thesis research under the direction of a primary faculty mentor in the following schools with primary faculty appointment:
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science (Jacobs School)
- School of Dental Medicine (SDM)
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science (SPPS)
- School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP)
- School of Nursing (SON)
- College of Arts and Sciences CAS)
- School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
- and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC)
Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences
Research Focus: Structural Biology of Enzymes
Email: amgulick@
Research Focus: Protein Function and Structure
Email: dfestrad@
Research Focus: Structure-Function of Enzymes
Email: mgm22@
Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Biomedical Image Analysis
Email: scottdoy@
Research Focus: X-ray Crystallography; X-ray Scattering
Email: tdgrant@
Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis
Email: chelsiea@
Distinguished Professor
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Focus: Tumor Suppressor Gene Function
Research Focus: Immune Response and Immunosuppression
Research Focus: Immunology and Cell Biology
Email: jasonkay@
Research Focus: Innate Immune System and Infectious Disease
Email: jlr8@
Research Focus: Immunology and Neurobiology
Email: jessyale@
Research Focus: Immune dysfunction and Salivary Gland Disease
Email: jkramer@
Research Focus: Oral Inflammation and Oral Diseases and Cancer
Email: klkirk@
Research Focus: Epithelial Ion and Fluid Transport
Email: parker28@
Research Focus: Microbiology and Oral Biology
Email: mbvisser@
Research Focus: Retinal Neurodegeneration and Retinal Diseases
Email: xzhang38@
Research Focus: Cell Fate Decisions: Development and Cancer
Email: ssinha2@
Research Focus: Salivary Proteins and Glycobiology
Email: shruhl@
Research Focus: Microbial Genomics and Vaccine Development
Email: murphyt@
Research Focus: Stem Cells
Email: sandread@
Research Focus: Environmental Epidemiology and Global Health
Email: kkordas@
Research Focus: Immunoregulatory Cells
Email: joesph.barbi@
Research Focus: Autism; Community Health Research; Epigenetics; Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Transcriptomics
Email: jbwillia@
Research Focus: Epigenetics; Genomics and proteomics; Oncology; Preclinical Research; Transcriptomics
Email: remiadel@
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Metabolism; Immunology; Data Integration; Data Visualization
Associate Professor
Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Focus: Chromatin Biology, Regulation of transcription and 3D nuclear architecture.
Pharmacology, Physiology and Biological Chemistry
Research Focus: Pain; Ion Channels; Pharmacology
Email: ab68@
Research Focus: Cardiovascular Disease: Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology and Signal Transduction
Email: alevri@
Research Focus: Neurochemical Effects of Drugs
Email: jod@
Research Focus: Biomedical Imaging Agents
Email: jmorrow@
Research Focus: Drug and Vaccine Delivery
Email: jflovell@
Research Focus: Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics
Email: jb@
Research Focus: Behavioral Pharmacology
Email: junxuli@
Research Focus: Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Interfacial Processes
Email: lvelarde@
Research Focus: Organic synthesis; Medicinal chemistry
Email: schemler@
Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair
Email: jsurtees@
Research Focus: Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Email: dianaaga@
Research Focus: Signaling (MAPK) Pathways that Control Cell Polarity and Cell Differentiation.
Email: pjcullen@
Research Focus: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology
Email: ppaez@
Research Focus: Electrochemical synthesis; high-entropy alloys; energy-storage devices; heterogeneous catalysis; X-ray synchrotron science
Email: ldjesus@
Research Focus: Cancer Chemotherapy; Drug Utilization Research; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacogenetics
Email: jasonspr@
Research Focus: Antibody-Drug Conjugates; Cancer Chemotherapy; Medicinal Chemistry; Drug Delivery; Medicinal Chemistry; Targeted Drug Delivery
Email: yjyou@
Research Focus: multiscale modeling; drug delivery; tissue damage; porous materials; extracellular matrix; kinetics; transport; numerical methods
Email: ashleefv@
Research Focus: Image Processing and Analysis; Neuroimaging Analysis; Neuropharmacology; Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Pain; Pathophysiology; Transcriptomics
Email: sd83@
Research Focus: Ion Channel Kinetics and Structure, and Signal Transduction
Email: popescu@
Behavioral Sciences
Research Focus: HIV prevention and care; health disparities
Email: akuagyam@
Research Focus: Taste and Food Choice
Email: amtorreg@
Research Focus: Adolescent Substance Use; Psychopathology
Email: ccolder@
Research Focus: Substance Use and Misuse
Email: ghomish@
Research Focus: Women’s Health
Email: jww@
Research Focus: Alcohol misuse; PTSD-Alcohol Use Comorbidity
Email: jpread@
Research Focus: Food Access; Healthy Diet
Email: lucialeo@
Research Focus: Behavioral Neuroscience
Email: pmeyer@
Research Focus: Child development; Eating Behavior
Email: safrasca@
Primary Mentors for PhD candidates funded by R-25 Initiative for Maximizing Student Development- University at Buffalo.
- Bing Gong, PhD
- David Dietz, PhD
- Dean Tang, PhD
- Dhaval Shah, PhD
- Dominic Smiraglia, PhD
- Fraser Sim, PhD
- Gabriela Popescu, PhD
- Heather Orom, PhD
- James Bangs, PhD
- Jennifer Surtees, PhD
- John Panepinto, PhD
- Luis Colon, PhD
- Mark Sutton, PhD
- Margarita Dubocovich, PhD
- Omer Gokcumen, PhD
- Pablo Paez, PhD
- Rose-Anne Romano, PhD
- Shenqiang Ren, PhD