Physiology Program Research Faculty
Physiology Program
- Brian Howell, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:The signal transduction events that regulate the functional organization of neurons in the brain, and the phenotypes caused by defects in the genes that encode these signaling molecules.
- Huaiyu Hu, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Mechanisms of brain malformations and retinal degeneration.
- Russell Matthews, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Role of glycoproteins in oncogenesis and brain development
- Frank Middleton, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:- Genetic, epigenetic, and neuroanatomical basis of neurological and psychiatric disorders
- Basal ganglia and cerebellar circuitry in normal and disease states
- Neural-immune and gut-brain interactions
- Machine learning approaches for biomarker discovery
- Next generation sequencing for multiomic data analysis (genome, transcriptome, microbiome, methylome)
- Eric Olson, PhD
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests:Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cerebral cortex development.
Lissencephaly / neuronal migration disorders; Dendritogenesis and early cortical wiring; Reelin-Dab1 signaling; Adaptor proteins; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Intellectual disability
- Mary Lou Vallano, PhD
ProfessorResearch Interests:Neuronal survival and development.