Mentor Pool for the T32-Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) at the University at Buffalo
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 in the 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@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Protein Function and Structure
Email: dfestrad@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Structure-Function of Enzymes
Email: mgm22@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Bioinformatics; Biomedical Image Analysis
Email: scottdoy@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: X-ray Crystallography; X-ray Scattering
Email: tdgrant@buffalo.edu
Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Research Focus: Bacterial Pathogenesis
Email: chelsiea@buffalo.edu
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@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Innate Immune System and Infectious Disease
Email: jlr8@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Immunology and Neurobiology
Email: jessyale@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Immune dysfunction and Salivary Gland Disease
Email: jkramer@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Oral Inflammation and Oral Diseases and Cancer
Email: klkirk@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Epithelial Ion and Fluid Transport
Email: parker28@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Microbiology and Oral Biology
Email: mbvisser@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Retinal Neurodegeneration and Retinal Diseases
Email: xzhang38@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Cell Fate Decisions: Development and Cancer
Email: ssinha2@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Salivary Proteins and Glycobiology
Email: shruhl@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Microbial Genomics and Vaccine Development
Email: murphyt@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Stem Cells
Email: sandread@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Environmental Epidemiology and Global Health
Email: kkordas@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Immunoregulatory Cells
Email: joesph.barbi@RoswellPark.org
Research Focus: Autism; Community Health Research; Epigenetics; Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Transcriptomics
Email: jbwillia@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Epigenetics; Genomics and proteomics; Oncology; Preclinical Research; Transcriptomics
Email: remiadel@buffalo.edu
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@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Cardiovascular Disease: Metabolism; Molecular and Cellular Biology and Signal Transduction
Email: alevri@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Neurochemical Effects of Drugs
Email: jod@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Biomedical Imaging Agents
Email: jmorrow@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Drug and Vaccine Delivery
Email: jflovell@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics
Email: jb@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Behavioral Pharmacology
Email: junxuli@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Interfacial Processes
Email: lvelarde@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Organic synthesis; Medicinal chemistry
Email: schemler@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: DNA Replication, Recombination and Repair
Email: jsurtees@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Environmental and Analytical Chemistry
Email: dianaaga@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Signaling (MAPK) Pathways that Control Cell Polarity and Cell Differentiation.
Email: pjcullen@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology
Email: ppaez@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Electrochemical synthesis; high-entropy alloys; energy-storage devices; heterogeneous catalysis; X-ray synchrotron science
Email: ldjesus@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Cancer Chemotherapy; Drug Utilization Research; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacogenetics
Email: jasonspr@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Antibody-Drug Conjugates; Cancer Chemotherapy; Medicinal Chemistry; Drug Delivery; Medicinal Chemistry; Targeted Drug Delivery
Email: yjyou@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: multiscale modeling; drug delivery; tissue damage; porous materials; extracellular matrix; kinetics; transport; numerical methods
Email: ashleefv@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Image Processing and Analysis; Neuroimaging Analysis; Neuropharmacology; Neuropsychiatric Disorders; Pain; Pathophysiology; Transcriptomics
Email: sd83@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Ion Channel Kinetics and Structure, and Signal Transduction
Email: popescu@buffalo.edu
Behavioral Sciences
Research Focus: HIV prevention and care; health disparities
Email: akuagyam@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Taste and Food Choice
Email: amtorreg@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Adolescent Substance Use; Psychopathology
Email: ccolder@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Substance Use and Misuse
Email: ghomish@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Women’s Health
Email: jww@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Alcohol misuse; PTSD-Alcohol Use Comorbidity
Email: jpread@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Food Access; Healthy Diet
Email: lucialeo@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Behavioral Neuroscience
Email: pmeyer@buffalo.edu
Research Focus: Child development; Eating Behavior
Email: safrasca@buffalo.edu