Faculty

Adaptation to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in childhood, Children and foster care, Emotional development in children

Analysis of the assembly of the actin/myosin cytoskeleton in muscle and non-muscle cells.

Cellular analysis of the formation of myofibrils, stress fibers, and cleavage furrows in living cells.

Respiratory Bronchiolitis-The Diagnostic Significance of Pigmented Macrophages in the Bronchoalveolar Lavage

1. Percutaneous image-guided interventions for improved diagnosis and treat ment of lung cancer.
2. Observer performance in thoracic imaging.
3. Physiologic implications of CT and MRI of the chest, particularly CT scans made to diagnose pulmonary embolism.

DNP Education

NP / patient communication using EMR

Computerized Electronic Medical Record and the effect on nonverbal communication

Ribonucleoprotein assembly and biogenesis; mitochondrial RNA import, mRNA degradation, cell cycle control

One aspect of academic psychiatry and teaching is to cultivate medical students and residents and to steer them towards understanding and conducting clinical research.  In the Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Schwartz and his colleagues James Megna, M.D., Adekola Alao, M.D., and others, have strong track records of involving students and residents in research.  Students and residents routinely present posters at national meetings and have their work published in reputable journals.  Students and residents learn how to write case histories, case series, create and conduct surveys, analyze datasets collected by faculty, and occasionally conduct prospective trials.  We feel these fundamental research experiences are the gateway to launching careers in more in-depth and formal clinical research for our students and residents.  Fortunately, these research experiences can be developed for a fraction of the cost of starting a new research project, but nevertheless funding for such experiences cannot be easily obtained from typical funding streams, such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Quantitative and qualitative outcomes of high fidelity simulation in perfusioin education
Myocardial perfusion territories
Clinical Perfusion (outocomes, techniques and technolgies)
Professional demographics

Cystic Fibrosis, bronchiectasis, infections of the lung, Critical Care and pulmonary hypertension.

Kidney and transplant pathology; vasculitis

Clinical Therapeutics of ALS and other motor neuron disorders.  Animals models of the physiology and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Peripheral nerve physiology.

Apoptotic signal transduction and cancer biology.

Gene therapy for cancer; Bacterial causes of obesity, diabetes and periodontal disease

Mapping human genetic disease mutations

Type 1 Diabetes

Late Effects of Childhood Cancer

Primary care and cancer survivorship

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Mechanisms of the actin cytoskeleton assembly and role of myosin-1 during endocytosis in fission yeast.

Pediatric anesthesia

Arterial & aortic distensibility; Hypertension

Using electrophysiological and pharmacological tools we are assessing the strength of calcium-dependent feedback loops in rods and cones of Xenopus at various stages of development.

Overdose; Poisoning; Toxicity; Emergency medicine

Barrett's esophagus and endoluminal therapy of Barrett's esophagus, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Diagnostic and therapeutic.