In addition to these outstanding full-time faculty members, we have a strong group of adjunct faculty who are instrumental in the training of our pharmacology and physiology students.
Meet our adjunct faculty.
Seena Ajit, Ph.D.
Molecular mechanisms of neuropathic pain; epigenetic regulation; microRNA expression and regulation; biomarkers.
James Barrett, Ph.D. **
Pain; behavioral pharmacology; animal models; drug discovery and development.
Paul Campbell, Ph.D.
Cancer cell biology, signaling, tumor invasion and metastasis.
Janet Clark, Ph.D.
Neuropsychiatric disorders; immune dysregulation; pro-inflammatory animal model of depression; drug discovery & development.
Alessandro Fatatis, M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular and genetic targets for therapeutics against metastatic dissemination; prostate and breast cancer cells targeting the skeleton.
Alessandro Graziano, Ph.D.
CNS plasticity in central and chronic pain; pharmacological and optogenetics approaches to pain control.
Joel Horwitz, Ph.D. **
Pharmacology education.
Huijuan Hu, Ph.D.
Ion Channels; synaptic transmission; neuropathic and inflammatory pain; electrophysiology.
Felix Kim, Ph.D.
Sigma 1 receptor biology, molecular pharmacology, biochemistry of sigma1 receptors in endoplasmic reticulum protein homeostatis, cell stress response, cancer.
Rachel Laudadio, Ph.D. **
Physiology education.
Olimpia Meucci, M.D., Ph.D.
NeuroAIDs; chemokines, neuroprotection; neuronal-glia interactions; CNS therapeutics; neuroimmunology.
Paul McGonigle, Ph.D.**
CNS drug discovery; receptor pharmacology; behavioral pharmacology; neuropharmacology; drug discovery and development.
Robert Moreland, Ph.D.
Vascular and bladder smooth muscle physiology; excitation-contraction coupling; calcium sensitization; hypertension; diabetes; benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Andréia Mortensen, Ph.D.
glutamate transporters, neurodegenerative disorders, spider venom compounds that target transporters.
Ole Mortensen, Ph.D.
Function and regulation of monoamine transporters - targets of antidepressants and psychostimulants.
Jeff Oristaglio, Ph.D.
Physiological processes involved in selective attention, learning and adaptability; neurodevelopmental disorders.
Joseph Salvino, Ph.D.**
Medicinal chemistry, Hit-to-Lead/Lead optimization, small molecule ligands against biologically relevant targets
Kenny Simansky, Ph.D. **
Vice Dean of Research.
** Faculty NOT accepting students at this time.