Faculty

All of the faculty associated with the DSCB graduate program are listed below. Click on a faculty name to view a detailed description of an individual research program, contact information, recent publications and links to other relevant websites.
 

Nadav Ahituv, PhD

Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Research Summary: 
Gene regulation and human disease
Mentorship Requirements Completed

Rosemary Akhurst, PhD

Professor
Director, Pre-Clinical Therapeutics
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Summary: 
Growth factors and genetic modifiers in vascular biology and cancer

Michael Alexanian, PhD

Assistant Investigator
Assistant Professor
Gladstone Institutes
Department of Pediatrics
Research Summary: 
Our team studies how chromatin receives, processes, and amplifies environmental stress signals that drive changes in cell states leading to heart disease.

Tamara Alliston, PhD

Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Summary: 
Our research focuses on the molecular pathways controlling mesenchymal stem cell differentiation

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

Heather and Melanie Muss Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Summary: 
Birth and Migration of New Neurons

Scott Baraban, PhD

Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Summary: 
Neurobiology of Epilepsy

Brian Black, PhD

Professor
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Summary: 
Transcriptional Control of Mammalian Organogenesis

Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Urology
Research Summary: 
Molecular basis of stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and contribution to cancer

David Booth, PhD

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Research Summary: 
With a combination of molecular genetics, biochemistry, functional genomics, and cell biology, we are exploring the molecular mechanisms and environmental cues that govern the transitions between different choanoflagellates cell types.

Andrew Brack, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Benoit Bruneau, PhD

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Research Summary: 
Transcriptional regulation of cardiac morphogenesis and differentiation

Abby Buchwalter, PhD

Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Research Inst
Research Summary: 
We seek to understand how the organization of the nucleus is established, specialized across cell types, and maintained over time to influence cellular identity.

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