This
is a list of the 'Available Research Mentors' in the FIRST program.
Other faculty mentors may apply for acceptance into the program with
the approval of the Director. Interested faculty should review the "Criteria"
section under Faculty Mentor Application.
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- David
R. Archer, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department
of Pediatrics (Research Interests: hematopoietic stem cells; stem cell
therapy for the treatment of inherited and acquired diseases)
- Thomas
H. Barker, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine/Georgia Institute
of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering (Research Interests:
Pulmonary remodeling and regenerative medicine)
- Guy
Benian, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department
of Pathology (Research Interests: Using C.
elegans to understand
the assembly and maintenance of the muscle contractile apparatus)
- Jeremy
M. Boss,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
(Research Interests: Molecular immunology; regulation of major histocompatibility
complex class II genes and tumor necrosis factor gene induction)
- Roberd
M. Bostick,
M.D., MPH, Emory School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
(Research Interests: Cancer epidemiology; Etiology and primary prevention
of colon and prostate cancer, focusing on the roles of diet and physical
activity, and emphasizing the use of biomarkers of risk and molecular
epidemiologic methods in observational studies and chemoprevention trials)
- Patricia
Brennan,
Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Psychology (Research Interests:
Developmenal psychopathology; perinatal risk)
- Gray
F. Crouse, Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Biology
(Research Interests: DNA mismatch repair in yeast and mouse cell)
- Jacobus
de Roode, Ph.D., Emory University, Department
of Biology (Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of parasites)
- Frans
de Waal, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National
Primate Research Center (Research Interests: Social behavior and social
cognition emphasizing mechanisms of reconciliation and reciprocity
in nonhuman primates)
- Ralph
DiClemente,
Ph.D., Emory School of Public Health, Associate Director for Prevention
Sciences, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education (Research
Interests: HIV/AIDS research)
- Douglas
C. Eaton, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of
Physiology (Research Interests: Ion channels and cellular signaling)
- Dale
E. Edmondson,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research
Interests: Structure, function, and mechanism of oxidation-reduction
enzymes)
- Arthur
W. English, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department
of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Spinal circuits and the musculoskeletal
system)
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- Victor
Faundez,
M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Cell
Biology (Research Interests: Cellular and molecular mechanisms
of endosomal membrane trafficking in neuronal systems)
- Byron
Ford, Ph.D. Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of
Anatomy and Neurobiology (Research Interests: Neurobiology; Cellular
and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis
and stroke)
- Nicole Gerardo, Ph.D., Emory University, Department
of Biology (Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology)
- Robert E. Gross, M.D.,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery (Research
Interests: Surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease and epilepsy;
neural repair; stem cells; gene therapy.)
- My
Helms, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology
(Research Interests: redox regulation of lung ENaC)
- Shawn
Hochman,
Ph.D. Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology (Research
Interests: Neuromodulation, plasticity, and regeneration of spinal
cord functional systems)
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- Ward
G. Kirlin,
Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology
(Research Interests: Chemical carcinogenesis and glutathione redox
potential effects on enzyme expression; diet and cancer)
- Michael Koval, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Pulmonary Division
(Research Interests: lung epithelia, cell junction)
- Andrew
P. Kowalczyk,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology (Research
Interests: Molecular interactions, assembly, and signaling of vascular
endothelial intercellular junctions)
- Steven
W. L'Hernault, Ph.D., Emory University, Department
of Biology (Research Interests: Developmental genetics; cell and molecular
biology of C. elegans spermatogenesis and fertilization)
- Lian
Li,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology (Research
Interests: Vesicular trafficking in neurotransmission, signal transduction,
neurodegenerative diseases)
- Tianquan
Lian, Ph.D., Emory University, Department of Chemistry
(Research Interests: Electron transfer in nanomaterials; Molecular solar
cell; Ultrafast dynamics in solid/liquid interface; Physical Chemistry
of biological molecules)
- Robert
Liu, Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research
Interests: Computational Neuroethology; to explore the elegant hypothesis
in neuroscience that the statistics and regularities of the sensory
world are closely reflected in the coding strategies used by neurons)
- Hinh Ly, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department
of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research Interests: Genome instabillity,
cancer biology and virology)
- Peter
MacLeish, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine, Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology (Research Interests: Understanding
the functional organization of the vertebrate retina and the role of
a gene, nna1, discovered by Dr. Holly Soares, in the processes of axon
regeneration and Purkinje cell viability.)
- Andrew H. Miller, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences (Research Interests: Psychoimmunology)
- Kenneth H. Moberg, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of
Cell Biology (Research Interests: Developmental control of tissue growth
in Drosophila by proliferation and apoptosis pathways)
- Charles
P. Moran, Jr.,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
(Research Interests: Microbial genetics; gene expression during bacterial
differentiation, RNA polymerase-promoter interactions)
- Edward
T. Morgan, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine,
Department of Pharmacology (Research Interests: Hepatic gene regulation;
cytochrome P-450; mechanisms of hormone action)
- Rita Nahta, Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Department
of Pharmacology (Research Interests: breast cancer, endocrinology)
- Gretchen Neigh, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences (Research Interests: Psychoneuroendocrinology)
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- David
C. Pallas,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
(Research Interests: Polyomavirus tumor antigen-associated
proteins; regulation of cell-cycle control)
- Michael
D. Powell, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine,
Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology (Research
Interests: Molecular virology of HIV-1)
- Mark
R. Prausnitz,
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering
(Research Interests: microfabricated devices for drug delivery; ultrasound-mediated
drug delivery; electroporation-mediated drug delivery; drug delivery
to the eye; transfection of plant cells; magainin-mediated drug delivery)
- S.
Russ Price, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department
of Medicine, Renal Division (Research Interests: biochemical
mechanisms of muscle atrophy)
- Winfield
S. Sale,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell Biology (Research Interests:
Role of microtubules in cell motility, with emphasis on the mechanism
and regulation of dynein ATPase)
- Jeff
Sands,
M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Renal
Division (Research Interests: molecular physiology of urea
transporters and water channels)
- Subhabrata
Sanyal, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department
of Cell Biology (Research Interests: Signaling dependant transcriptional
control of neural plasticity in Drosophila)
- Neeraj K. Saxena, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine,
Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases (Research Interests:
hepatocellular carcinoma, obesity related cancer)
- June
Scott, Ph.D., Emory School
of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
(Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of bacterial virulence; control
of gene expression in bacteria.)
- Dipali
Sharma, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Winship
Cancer Institute, Department of Hematology/Oncology (Research
Interests: Breast cancer, drug resistance, obesity)
- Stephanie
Sherman,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics
(Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology of complex human
disorders including chromosome nondisjunction and Fragile X
Syndrome.)
- David
S. Stephens, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Dept.
of Medicine - Infectious Diseases (Research Interests: Genetic
basis and regulation of bacterial virulence components)
- Malú Tansey,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Physiology (Research
Interests: Neuroscience, neurodegeneration inflammation and cytokines)
- Yun
Tao,
Ph.D., Emory College, Department of Biology (Research Interests: Evolutionary
Genetics)
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- Viola
Vaccarino, M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine,
Departments of Medicine and Cardiology (Research Interests: Cardiovascular epidemiology
and prevention)
- Erwin
G. Van Meir,
Ph.D.,
Emory School of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery and Hematology/Oncology
(Research Interests: Brain tumor biology and genetics, angiogenesis,
p53, tumor suppressor, adenovirus)
- Ling
Wei, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology
(Research Interests: Stem cell and cell injury in cerebral ischemia;
and the treatment of ischemic stroke)
- David
Weinshenker,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics (Research
Interests: Norepinephrine signaling in genetically-engineered mice)
- Thomas
Wichmann, M.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National
Primate Research Center, Department of Neurology (Research Interests:
Physiology of the basal ganglia; pathophysiology of movement disorders;
pharmacologic and surgical treatments of movement disorders)
- Keith
D. Wilkinson,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry (Research
Interests: Mechanism and regulation of protein synthesis and degradation)
- Mark
E. Wilson,
Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center,
Division of Psychobiology (Research Interests: Neurobiology of puberty;
neuroendocrine regulation of socio-sexual behavior)
- Gina
M. Wingood,
Sc.D., Emory School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral Science
& Health Education (Research Interests: designing, implementing
and evaluating HIV prevention programs for many subpopulations of women,
including female adolescents, young adult women, and heterosexual couples)
- Vincent
Yang,
M.D., Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases
(Research Interests: Proliferation and differentiation of mammalian
intestinal epithelial cells)
- C.
Chris Yun, Ph.D., Emory School of Medicine, Division of
Digestive Diseases (Research Interests: signal transduction)
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Teaching
Faculty
This
is the list of ‘Available Teaching Faculty’ at the Atlanta
University Center complex of schools. Fellows are encouraged to contact
potential teaching mentors listed on their own. Since not all faculty
at the AUC are considered appropriate teaching mentors for this program,
only those faculty on the list or those approved in writing by a member
of the FIRST Executive Committee as well as the proposed mentor’s
Chairman should be contacted by FIRST fellows. FIRST will also arrange
for fellows to visit institutions as a group. By mid-February, fellows
and mentors will submit a list of their top three choices and, based
on those lists, the optimal fellow-mentor match will be made.
- Godwin
Ananaba, Ph.D.,
Clark Atlanta University, Department of Biological Sciences
(Courses Taught: Molecular Cell Biology and Fundamentals
of Genetics, which includes classical, molecular and population
genetics)
- Dolores
V. Bradley, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of
Psychology (Areas of interest include brain and behavior, sensation
and perception and learning and memory and quantitative methods)
- Karen
Brakke,
Ph.D., Spelmam College, Department of Psychology (Courses Taught:
General Psychology)
- Tina
Chang, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Psychology
(Teaching Interests: Research Methods, Statistics, Learning, Animal
Behavior)
- David
B. Cooke, III, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department
of Biology (Courses Taught: Principles of Physiology; Principles
of Physiology laboratory; Senior Seminar in Biology)
- Isabella
N. Finkelstein, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University,
Department of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: General
Biology for Majors)
- J.
K. Haynes, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department
of Biology (Courses Taught: Cell Biology; Biological Research
I and II; Senior Seminar in Biology)
- Valerie
Haftel, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of
Biology (Courses Taught: General Biology and General Biology
Laboratrory for Science Majors; General Biology Lab-Honors)
**Former FIRST Fellow
- Triscia
Hendrickson,
Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of Biology (Courses Taught:
General Biology lecture and lab (freshman bio majors); Cell
Biology lab (usually sophomore bio majors); Biological Research
(usually junior and senior bio majors); Introduction to Research
(usually sophomore science majors)) **Former FIRST Fellow
- Lisa
Hibbard,
Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Chemistry (Courses
Taught: Chemistry 101: 1st year seminar in Chemistry)
- Cimona
V. Hinton,
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department of
Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Biochemistry)
- Asha
Ivey, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of
Psychology (Interests: Suicide and depression among African Americans;
Community-based participatory research; Spirituality and religiosity
among African Americans; Psychology in public health and public policy)
- Kimberly
Jackson, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Chemistry
(Courses Taught: Biochemistry and Food Chemistry)
- Nathan
Jideama, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Vertebrate Anatomy)
- Ishrat
Khan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Chemistry (Courses Taught: Organic Chemistry; Introduction
to Polymer Chemistry; Techniques in Polymer Chemistry)
- Shafiq
A. Khan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Biological Sciences (Interests: Cell and Molecular Biology)
- Brian
Lawrence, Ph.D., Morehouse
College, Department of Chemistry (Teaching Interests: a laboratory
project bridging the STEM fields of biology, chemistry, and
physics; a year-two organic chemistry laboratory course in purification
and analysis using classical and modern spectroscopic techniques;
the implementation of a case-study model to foster dialogue
amongst students of science in the introductory classroom)
- Mark
Lee, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology
(Courses Taught: General Biology BIO 111; Biomolecules BIO
470; Senior Seminar BIO 485)
- David
Logan, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Microbiology)
- Peter
MacLeish, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine,
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Mark
Maloney, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of
Biology (Courses Taught: Immunology; Bioinformatics; Parasitology;
General Biology; Microbiology; Interdisciplinary Science Course)
- Kai
McCormack, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of
Psychology (Courses Taught: Brain and Behavior and Statistics)
**Former FIRST Fellow
- Valerie
Odero-Marah, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Biological Sciences (Teaching Interests: Genetics)
- Chuma
Okere, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, Department
of Biological Sciences (Courses Taught: Human Physiology)
- Aditi
Pai, Ph.D., Spelman College, Department of Biology
(Courses Taught: Ecology)
- Lance
Shipman, Ph.D., Morehouse College, Department of
Chemistry (Courses Taught: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry,
Biophysical Chemistry and Undergraduate Research and Independent
Study) **Former FIRST Fellow
- Albert
N. Thompson, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Chemistry,
Spelman College (Courses Taught: General Chemistry 111 & 112)
- Melvin
Webb, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences,
Clark Atlanta University (Courses Taught: General Biology
for Majors; Invertebrate Zoology)
- Leyte
Winfield, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Spelman
College (Courses taught: Organic Chemistry, Medicinal
Chemistry. Research Interest: Drug design, molecular modeling,
cancer drug design)
- Sinead N. Younge, Ph.D., Department
of Psychology, Morehouse College (Courses Taught: Statistics and Health
Psychology)
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