STUDENT RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM (SRTP)
in DIABETES and OBESITY, KIDNEY DISEASE, and DIGESTIVE DISEASE
in DIABETES and OBESITY, KIDNEY DISEASE, and DIGESTIVE DISEASE
Preceptor List
Digestive Disease Research Track Preceptors:
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department | ||
| Abumrad, Naji | Mechanisms involved in improved glucose handling following bariaratric surgery | Surgery | ||
| Beauchamp, R. Daniel | Colorectal carcinogenesis, the biology of cancer cell invasion and metastasis, and in the identification of novel molecular biomarkers and therapeutic targets in colorectal and other alimentary tract malignancies | Surgery | ||
| Coffey, Robert | The role of EGF receptor (EGFR) and its ligands in epithelial cell growth, differentiation and neoplasia | Medicine | ||
| Correa, Pelayo |
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Medicine | ||
| Cover, Timothy | Bacteria-host interactions, bacterial toxins, Helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer | Medicine | ||
| El-Rifai, Wael | Cancer Genetics, Molecular Biology, upper gastrointestinal cancer, Barrett's adenocarcinoma, gastric cancer . | Surgery | ||
| Fingleton, Barbara | Understanding function and how to therapeutically target inflammatory molecules in colitis and colon cancer | Cancer Biology | ||
| Gannon, Maureen | We study the role of genes and signaling pathways involved in the development and function of specific cell types within the pancreas. | Medicine | ||
| Goldenring, James | Vesicle trafficking and recycling pathways that regulate the function of apical membrane specializations in polarized kidney and gastrointestinal epithelial cells | Surgery | ||
| Hasty, Alyssa | Obesity-related increases in adipose tissue macrophages leading to inflammation and insulin resistance. | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | ||
| Huppert, Stacy | Examining the role of the Notch extracellular signaling pathway in coordinating cell fate decisions during liver organogenesis. | Cell & Developmental Biology | ||
| Lee, Ethan | Mechanism of Wnt signal transduction in development and disease | Cell & Developmental Biology | ||
| Manning, H. Charles | Molecular imaging, chemistry, small-molecule discovery, therapeutic efficacy screening, clinical trial modeling, imaging probe development, imaging validation | Radiology | ||
| Murff, Harvey | The relationship between dietary long-chain fatty acids and colorectal cancer risk | Medicine | ||
| Peek, Richard | Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer | Medicine | ||
| Russell, William | Defining the mechansims, both stimulatory and inhibitory, that control the regeneration of liver | Pediatrics | ||
| Van Kaer, Luc | Antigen presentation and lymphocyte development | Pathology | ||
| Wasserman, David | Pathogenesis of insulin resistance in liver and muscle | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics | ||
| Williams, Christopher | Epigenetic control of intestinal epithelial wound healing and repair programs and relationship to colorectal oncogenesis | Medicine | ||
| Wilson, Keith | Mucosal immunology, mechanisms of inflammation, oxidative stress and gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, host-pathogen interactions | Medicine | ||