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Joe C. Christian, M.D., Ph.D.

Hereditary Genomics

Quantitative genetics of aging; alcoholism; cardiovascular disease risk factors; twin studies; clinical genetics
P. Michael Conneally, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Population genetics; gene mapping; genetic heterogeneity; genetic studies of Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases; gene mapping of complex diseases.
Kenneth Cornetta, M.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Experimental hematopoiesis; chronic myeloid leukemia; use of retroviral gene transfer   (gene therapy) in hematologic malignancies
Kimberly Quaid de Cordon, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Psychosocial assessment of genetic technology; presymptomatic testing for genetic disorders
Stephen Dlouhy, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Molecular and biochemical genetics; inherited human neurologic disease; DNA and cell banking; mouse model systems; X-chromosome proteolipid protein gene
Tatiana Foroud, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Population genetics; complex disease gene mapping
David P. Gilley, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Studies on telomere maintenance; telomere protein composition and phosphorylation; telomerase regulation; telomere dysfunction in breast cancer
Christopher Griffith, M.D. Clinical and Biochemical Genetics Birth defects, inborn errors of metabolism, and mitochondrial diseases 
Brenda Grimes, Ph.D. Cytogenetics Mechanisms of human chromosome segregation and development of human artificial chromosome-based gene transfer vectors
Bryan Hainline, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical and Biochemical Genetics Molecular genetics; inherited disorders of mitochondrial metabolism and biogenesis; molecular biology of fatty acid metabolism; trace metal and cofactor metabolism; treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome
Brittney-Shea Herbert, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Molecular genetics of breast cancer; telomeres/telomerase; senescence; cellular immortalization; novel breast cancer therapies including telomerase inhibitors; chemoprevention
Jeesun Jung, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Developing statistical methodologies for finding susceptibility genes of human complex disease traits
Daniel L. Koller, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Complex disease gene mapping; genetics of osteoporosis; linkage and linkage disequilibrium analysis methods
Nuria Morral, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Diabetes; molecular alterations induced by fatty acids in the liver; gene targets and therapeutic treatments; recombinant adenoviral vectors; transgenic animal models
Terry E. Reed, Ph.D. Hereditary Genomics Dermatoglyphics; twin studies; epidemiology
Lilith Reeves, M.S. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Translational Technology and Biorepository Services
Elliot D. Rosen, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Role of coagulation genes in hemostasis and other biological processes; use of genetically engineered mice to study physiologic roles of coagulation genes in vivo
Roger Slee, Ph.D. Cytogenetics
Mary Stuy, M.D. Clinical and Biochemical Genetics  
Hiromi Tanaka, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Understanding molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging and carcinogenesis
Virginia C. Thurston, Ph.D. Cytogenetics

Molecular cytogenetics; clinical cytogenetics; chromosome structure; undergraduate medical education; graduate genetics education; genetics of germ cell tumors; genetics of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.

Wilfredo Torres-Martinez, M.D. Clinical Genetics Clinical genetics; dysmorphology; prenatal diagnosis; teratology
Gail H. Vance, M.D. Cytogenetics Molecular cytogenetics of germ cell tumors and thymomas; clinical cytogenetics; clinical genetics and dysmorphology; familial cancer syndromes; risk, studies; and database
David D. Weaver, M.D. Clinical Genetics Clinical genetics; dysmorphology; syndromology; birth defects; inherited disorders; prenatal diagnosis; embryology; teratology
Kenneth E. White, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Molecular genetics of skeletal disorders; tumor induced osteomalacia; fibroblast growth factor-23; transgenic models; bioinformatics
Scott Witting, Ph.D Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy  
Xin Zhang, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Gene Therapy Genetic mechanism of eye development
Qing Zhang, Ph.D. Molecular Genetics Molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders and hematological malignancies
     
Genetic Counselors Department Areas of interest
Paula Delk, M.S. Clinical Genetics Director, Genetic Counseling Program;Craniofacial and skeletal dysplasia syndromes
Jennifer Dickerson, M.S. Clinical Genetics Neurology and Metabolism
Cindy Hunter, M.S. Clinical Genetics Cancer genetic counseling
Stephanie Gurnon, M.S. Clinical Genetics Metabolism
Amanda Miller, M.S. Clinical Genetics Pediatric and prenatal genetic counseling, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Susan S. Romie, M.S. Clinical Genetics Genetics education; adult genetic counseling
Abby Stevens, M.S. Clinical Genetics Genetics education, dysmorphology, teratology, skeletal dysplasias associated with dwarfism
     
Secondary Faculty Department Areas of interest
Gurkirat Baath, Ph.D. Evansville, Ctr.  
Patricia Bader Fort Wayne Ctr.  
Teresa Beam Fort Wayne Ctr.  
Glenn J. Bingle, M.D., Ph.D., FACP Community Health Network  
Jeffrey Boldt Community Health Network  
Angelo Cardoso, M.D., Ph.D Hematolgy / Oncology  
Nadia Carlesso, M.D., Ph.D Pediatrics  
Rebecca Chan Pediatrics Activating PTPN11 mutations in myeloid leukemias and Noonan syndrome.
Yan Chen Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Apply tools of molecular biology, cell biology, and animal models to understand the molecular mechanisms, signal transduction, gene regulation and functional roles in human diseases in the areas of type 2 diabetes, cancer and embryonic development.
Simon Conway Pediatrics Molecular and cellular mechanisms that cause congenital heart defects.
Shree Dhawale Fort Wayne Ctr.  
Mary Dinauer

Pediatrics

 

Molecular genetics; inherited disorders of phagocytes; molecular biology of phagocyte oxidant production; gene transfer in hematopoietic stem cells; Rho family GTPases
John Duguid Neurology Neurology
Michael Econs Medicine Genetic aspects of metabolic bone disease
Howard Edenberg Biochemistry Genomics and bioinformatics; regulation of gene expression; genetics of complex diseases; molecular biology of alcohol metabolism and alcoholism
Luis Escobar St. V. Clinical genetics
Sherif Farag, Ph.D., M.B.B.S. Hematology / Oncology  
Anthony Firulli Pediatrics
David Flockhart Pharmacology Pharmacogenetics
Wayne Forrester, Ph.D. Bloomington Ctr.  
Bernardino Ghetti Pathology Degenerative disease of the nervous system in humans and animals; Alzheimer's disease; tauopathies, prion diseases, neurologic mutant mice
Alan Golichowski OB/GYN Obstetrics and Gynecology
James K. Hartsfield Jr., D.M.D.,   Ph.D University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
Clinical genetics; dysmorphology; the interaction of genetic and environmental factors that influence nonsyndromic craniofacial growth and development and the response to orthodontic treatment
Dirk Herman Hondmann, Ph.D. Evansville Ctr.  
Ruben Kapur Pediatrics Molecular mechanisms of adhesion/migration and growth control in normal and leukemic stem/progenitor cells, mast cells and erythroid cells
Robert Karn Butler University  
Thomas Kaufman IUB-Biology  
Chenzhong Kuang, M.D., Ph.D. Evansville Ctr.  
Debomoy Lahiri Psychiatry Molecular neurobiology, genetics, and biochemistry; cellular and molecular biological studies of Alzheimer's disease; gene regulation and expression of ApoE, beta-amyloid precursor protein, and beta-secretase; biochemical and genetic studies of bipolar affective disorder
Michael Litt Muncie Ctr  
Sheila Little Lilly Neurodegenerative disorders; Alzheimer's disease; bioinformatics
Yunlong Liu Division of Biostatistics, Department of Medicine Using computational approach to study regulatory mechanisms of gene expression from different levels, including transcriptional regulation, post-transcriptional regulation, and epigenetic regulation.
Linda H. Malkas, Ph.D. Hematology/Oncology  
Anna Malkova Biology  
Marc Mendonca Radiation Oncology Tumor suppression gene deletion; genomic instability; localization and cloning of a new HeLa/cervical cancer tumor suppressor gene; high energy charged particle radiobiology; in vivo radiosensitization and noninvasive imaging of ovarian tumors
Eric Meslin Medicine Bioethics, health policy; research ethics
Sean Mooney, Ph.D. Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA Bioinformatics approaches to modeling the molecular effects of genomic variation
Jill Murrell Pathology Early onset dementia with tau pathology
John Nurnberger Psychiatry Psychiatric genetics; affective disorders; addictive disorders; genetics of complex disease
Lillie-Mae Padilla Retired, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Prenatal diagnosis
R. Mark Payne Pediatrics
 
David Prentice Terre Haute Ctr.  
Richard Rose Retired, IUB Human behavioral genetics; longitudinal twin studies; biobehavioral markers in alcoholism
Andrew Saykin, Psy.D Radiology  
Molly Duman Scheel, Ph.D. South Bend Ctr.  
William Schneider History History of human genetics and eugenics; social history of science
David Severson, Ph.D. South Bend Ctr.  
Weinian Shou Pediatrics  
Craig Stewart Information Technology, Bloomington  
James Sumners St. Vincent Hospital  
Frederick Unverzagt Psychiatry  
Laurence E. Walsh, M.D. Neurology Neurogenetics; pediatric neurology
Ronald Wek Biochemistry Cellular mechanisms for coping with environmental stresses. Translational control by eIF2 kinases and their role in disease treatment and prevention.
Krishna Yelavarthi Northwest Ctr
 
Peter Young Retired OBGYN Biochemistry of steroid hormones
Janice Zunich Northwest Ctr.