Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor
Marc Gartenberg, Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
(732/235-4757)
Members of the Graduate Faculty
Ermine Abali, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Columbia Medical oncology
Debarata Banerjee, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Calcutta
Cancer pharmacology, antifolate research
Joseph Bertino, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, CINJ; M.D., Downstate Medical Center
Cancer pharmacology, antifolate research
Gary Brewer, Professor
of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Vanderbilt Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in
cancer and immune responses
J. Don Chen, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Baylor
Gene regulation by nuclear hormone receptors, leukemia
Xiaoxin Chen, Assistant Research Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP;
Ph.D., Rutgers Molecular mechanisms and prevention of esophageal
adenocarcinoma and oral cancer
Peter Cole, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Cornell
Cancer pharmacology, antifolate research
Allan H. Conney, Professor of Pharmacology, EMSP; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Cytochromes P-450 and drug metabolism; chemical carcinogenesis
Joseph Fondell, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
UMDNJ- RWJMS; Ph.D., Rockefeller Regulation by nuclear hormone
receptors
Marc R. Gartenberg, Associate Professor of
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale Nuclear organization of DNA;
chromosome structure; yeast plasmid segregation
Celine
Gelinas, Professor of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Sherbrooke
(Canada) Cancer; oncogenes; transcription factors; cell proliferation;
apoptosis
William N. Hait, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania
Calcium-calmodulin-mediated signal transduction and drug resistance; cancer pharmacology
Shengkan (Victor) Jin, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, CINJ; Ph.D., Cornell
Tumor suppressor genes, programmed cell death and tumorigenesis
Barton A. Kamen, Professor of Pediatrics, CINJ; M.D., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Chemotherapy of cancer in children
Frederick C. Kauffman, Professor of Pharmacology, EMSP; Ph.D., Illinois
Influence of intermediary metabolism on xenobiotic metabolism; neurotoxicity
Ah-Ng Tony Kong, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Regulation of gene expression by drugs and xenobiotics; signal transduction and apoptosis
Jeffrey D. Laskin, Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo) Carcinogenesis and differentiation
in cell culture
John Lenard, Professor of Physiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Cornell
Enveloped RNA viruses; transcription, replication, entry, and assembly
Fang Liu, Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Harvard
Signal transduction and gene regulation; growth and differentiation
control
Leroy F. Liu, Professor and Chairperson of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
DNA topoisomerases and control of cell division; cancer pharmacology
Peter Lobel, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Columbia
Molecular mechanisms responsible for targeting lysosome in mammalian cells
Jianjie Ma, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Baylor
Structure-function studies of ion channels, signal transduction
Randall D. McKinnon, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., McMaster The role of polypeptide growth factors in
oligodendrocyte development
Sally A. Meiners, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Modulation of neuronal growth and regeneration by the extracellular matrix; regeneration in the injured spinal cord
Robert G. Nagele, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-SOM; Ph.D.,
Rutgers Structural/functional organization of the cell nucleus
Jerome Parness, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Pharmacology, and
Pediatrics, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Ph.D., Yeshiva (Einstein) Regulation of
intracellular calcium pools
Nicola Partridge, Professor and
Chairperson of Physiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Western Australia Signal
transduction; molecular endocrinology; transcriptional regulation; and
metalloproteinases
Daniel S. Pilch, Assistant Professor of
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Mechanism of
action of topoisomerase poisoning drugs; structure and energetics of
specific RNA recognition by drugs and proteins
Larissa A. Pohorecky, Professor of Neuropharmacology, CAS; Ph.D., Chicago
Alcohol and psychological stress on brain monoamines and behavior
Eric H. Rubin, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
M.D., South Florida Clinical and molecular approaches to inhibition of
DNA topoisomerases
Loren W. Runnels, Assistant Professor of
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., SUNY (Stony Brook) Signal
transduction, role of the channel-kinase TRPM7 in cell adhesion
Alexey G. Ryazanov, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
D.Sci., Moscow State Regulation of protein synthesis and the cell cycle
Kathleen W. Scotto, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS;
Ph.D., Cornell Transcriptional regulation of P-glycoprotein (MDR/mdr)
gene
Federico Sesti, Assistant Professor of Physiology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Genova
Physiology, structure, and function and genetic disease of ion channels
Yufang Shi, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Toronto
Tetsuo Shimamura, Professor of Pathology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Yokohama
Structure and function of the renal medulla; urine-concentrating mechanisms
Patricia K. Sonsalla, Associate Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and
Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Utah Neurotoxicology; monoamines and CNS function
Vasily Studitsky, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., W.
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (Moscow) DNA transcription
through chromatin
Nancy C. Walworth, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Yale
Control of cell cycle progression in yeast
William J. Welsh,
Professor of Pharmacology and Director of the UMDNJ Informatics
Institute, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Drug discovery,
computer-aided molecular modeling and design, bioinformatics
Julie Williams, Professor of Pharmcology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., British Columbia Genes that mediate sleep and wakefulness
Sunil Jayalath Wimalawansa, Professor of Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D.,
Royal Postgraduate Medical School (London) Endocrinology and metabolism
Donald J. Wolff, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Pharmacology of nitric oxide synthesis; calcium/calmodulin dependent processes
Chung S. Yang, Professor of Pharmacognosy, EMSP; Ph.D., Cornell
Nitrosamines; carcinogenesis; molecular biology of cytochrome P-4507
Guofeng You, Professor of Pharmacology, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., Harvard Drug transporters in human diseases
Peter D. Yurchenco, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
UMDNJ-RWJMS; M.D., Albert Einstein Extracellular matrix
Renping Zhou, Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D.,
California (Berkeley) Molecular mechanisms of neural development
