Faculty Labs

Successful biomedical research demands collaboration among scientists with varying specialties. Faculty throughout IU School of Medicine's 25 academic departments work together to advance knowledge and treatment for patients in the world's most critical areas of medicine.

Eadon Lab

The primary focus areas of Dr. Eadon’s laboratory (Indianpolis) include the translation and implementation of pharmacogenomics into clinical practice as well as the identification of novel predictors of renal injury from large genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic datasets.

Principal Investigator Michael T. Eadon, MD

Phone (317) 274-2502

Edenberg Lab

The Edenberg Lab (Indianapolis) focuses on the genetics and genomics of alcoholism, bipolar disorder and other complex diseases.

Principal Investigator Howard J. Edenberg, PhD

Phone (317) 274-2353

Elmendorf Lab

The research lab of Jeffrey Elmendorf (Indianapolis) dissects mechanisms of insulin action that regulate glucose uptake by fat and muscle cells, and defines defects contributing to insulin resistance associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Principal Investigator Jeffrey S. Elmendorf, PhD

Phone (317) 274-7852

Evans-Molina Lab

Research in the Evans-Molina Laboratory (Indianapolis) is focused on defining the molecular and inflammatory etiologies of β cell dysfunction that contribute to diabetes pathophysiology. The lab also has a translational and clinical research interest in identifying β cell stress pathways that can be leveraged to inform the development of biomarkers that predict diabetes risk and disease-modifying therapies.

Principal Investigator Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD

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Farlow Lab

Dr. Farlow’s research (Indianapolis) focuses on clinical and applied multidisciplinary research to improve precision diagnosis management of head and neck cancers and treatment side effects. Dr. Farlow uses prospective clinical trials and other clinical research techniques to 1) understand the effects of novel oncologic treatment paradigms and 2) provide targeted supportive care during cancer survivorship.

Principal Investigator Janice L. Farlow, MD, PhD

Phone (317) 274-1205

Fehrenbacher Lab

The Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD, laboratory (Indianapolis) is focused on how diseases and drugs can modulate the function of peripheral sensory neurons to underlie clinical neuronal dysfunction.

Principal Investigator Jill C. Fehrenbacher, PhD

Phone (317) 274-8360

Field Lab

The Field Lab (Indianapolis) focuses on regenerative growth of the heart. The lab works to develop strategies to monitor the intrinsic rates of cardiomyocyte cell cycle renewal in normal and injured adult hearts, as well as strategies to induce regenerative growth following myocardial injury.

Principal Investigator Loren J. Field, PhD

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Fishel Lab

The major focus of Dr. Melissa Fishel’s lab (Indianapolis) is using clinically relevant systems to study cancer with 3-Dimensional tissue culture and animal models to investigate critical molecular targets that impact upon survival and metastasis. Investigation of pathways involved in redox signaling and DNA repair through APE1/Ref-1 (AP endonuclease1 / Redox effector factor 1) as well as components of the coagulation cascade are being interrogated as therapeutic targets.

Principal Investigator Melissa L. Fishel, PhD

Phone (317) 274-8810

Flak Lab

The primary focus of the Flak Lab (Indianapolis) is to study the neural circuits relevant to obesity and diabetes, particularly the neural mechanisms that underlie the control of energy expenditure and glucose homeostasis.

Principal Investigator Jonathan N. Flak, PhD

Phone 317-983-3315

Gao Lab

The laboratory of Xiang Gao, PhD, (Indianapolis) investigates the mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). His research is threefold: to find an effective way to mitigate, or even prevent, cell death and dendritic/synaptic degeneration post TBI; to explore potential therapeutic interventions for repairing damaged neural circuitries; and to study the molecular mechanisms underlie immune response and neuroinflammation post-trauma.

Principal Investigator Xiang Gao, PhD

Phone (317) 278-5771