Faculty

DBBS mentors and educators are key to our training mission. Those who serve as primary mentors are DBBS Program Members, and others who participate in the educational mission are General Members. Learn about DBBS Faculty Membership »

To provide a supportive learning environment for our trainees, many DBBS-affiliated faculty have completed eight or more hours of CIMER-based mentorship training with a trained facilitator, as indicated below with a profile badge.

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Matthew Goldsmith, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Skeletal growth and regeneration in zebrafish

Key words
development, genetics, growth, regeneration, skeleton, bone, zebrafish

Felicia Gomez, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology

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Nardhy Gomez-Lopez, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Our research is dedicated to investigating the immunobiological pathways that underlie such pregnancy complications, with a special emphasis on preterm birth.

Key words
Immunology of Pregnancy, Maternal-fetal Immunology, In utero Inflammation, Preterm Birth

Vivian Gonzalez-Perez, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences

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Young Ah Goo, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
General

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Geoffrey Goodhill, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the computational principles that underly brain development, using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches

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Matthew Goodwin, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Metabolism of cancer, targeting tumor metabolism by blocking metabolic pathways

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Brian Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Neuroimaging to better understand the brain in vivo

Key words
aging, neuroimaging, Alzheimer, brain, fMRI, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, cognition, PET

Evan Gordon, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
I use MRI in humans to understand the network organization of the brain in health and disease

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Jeffrey Gordon, MD

Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences

Research summary
Role of the human gut microbiome in health and disease, notably childhood undernutrition and obesity

Key words
Gut microbiome; systems biology; postnatal development; childhood malnutrition; global health; gnotobiotic animal models; metabolic regulation; food webs; gut-brain axis; gut barrier/immune function; microbiome-targeted therapeutics

Charles Goss, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

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Manu Goyal, MD, MSc

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Integrated advanced imaging approach to studying human brain aging

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Gary Grajales, MD,PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

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Gregory Grant, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Relationship of structure to function in allosteric control mechanisms

Key words
protein structure, protein function, allosteric regulation, enzymology, biochemistry

Abby Green, MD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
The etiology of mutagenesis and genome instability in pediatric cancers

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Michael Greenberg, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
The Greenberg lab seeks to understand the molecular and cellular biophysics of heart disease, with the goal of engineering disease models and precision therapeutics

Key words
heart disease, single molecule, optical trapping, cardiac muscle, stem cells, tissue engineering, cytoskeletal molecular motors, mechanobiology, computational modeling, precision medicine

Eric Greer, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of epigenetics and how when this goes awry diseases arise

Key words
Epigenetics, Transgenerational, Imprinting, Evolution, Multicellularity, Cancer, Tumorigenesis, Epitranscriptomics

Malachi Griffith, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Improving our understanding of human disease biology and the development of personalized medicine strategies using genomics and informatics technologies

Key words
genomics, bioinformatics, data mining, immunogenomics, precision medicine, personalized medicine, cancer vaccines, and cancer research

Obi Griffith, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Immunology

Research summary
Development of personalized medicine strategies for cancer using genomic technologies

Key words
bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer, genomics, immunogenomics, precision oncology

Michael Gross, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Development and application of mass spectrometry in biophysics, biochemistry, and medicine

Key words
amyloid beta biophysics, biochemistry, biophysics, mass spectrometry, protein-protein interaction, protein structure,

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