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Gabriel Haller, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: ghaller@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Genetic underpinnings of neurological/neurosurgical disorders
Key words
rare variants, Chiari I malformation, human genetics, neurosurgery, Deep Mutation Scanning, Mutagenesis, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Claudia Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: claudiah@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
The Han lab investigates microglia and brain macrophage phenotypes in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative contexts through the lens of epigenomics and transcriptomics.
Key words
microglia, neurodevelopment, epigenetics, transcriptomics, neurodegeneration
Edward B. Han, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: ehan23@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Learning-related hippocampal network activation
Key words
Learning, memory, behavior, virtual reality, in vivo two-photon imaging, dopamine, modeling, systems neuroscience
Scott A. Handley, PhD
Professor
- Email: shandley@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
Key words
Richard A. Harbison, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
- Email: hrichard@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Studying effects of dysregulated nutrients in the tumor microenvironment on anti-tumor immunity.
Key words
immunometabolism, tumor immunology, polyamine transport
Simon Haroutounian, PhD, MSc
Assistant Professor
- Email: sharout@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Dr. Haroutounian studies neuropathic pain with a focus on determining individual predictors of treatment response to analgesic pharmacotherapy.
Key words
Robbie Hart, PhD
Director, William L. Brown Center
- Email: robbiehart@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
The ecology and ethnobotany of mountain ecosystems
Key words
ecology, ethnobotany, ethnobiology, phenology, plant science
Jeffrey Haspel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jhaspel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understand the impact of time as a biological variable in the development of critical illness such as sepsis, respiratory failure and chronic inflammatory lung disease
Key words
Xueyan He, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: xueyanh@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Advancing knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for colorectal tumor progression, with a specific focus on Stress and its influence on the Tumor Microenvironment.
Key words
Tumor Microenvironment, Stress
Xuming He, PhD
Kotzubei-Beckmann Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Statistics & Data
- Email: hex@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Key words
Denise Head, PhD
Professor
- Email: dhead@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Cognitive neuroscience of aging
Key words
aging, Alzheimer’s disease, cognition, imaging, structure-function relations
Andrew C. Heath, DPhil
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychology
- Email: aheath@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Genetic studies of alcoholism, smoking and drug dependence, depression, suicidality and anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and methodological research in genetic epidemiology
Key words
substance abuse, development, modeling, psychiatry, quantitative genetics
Jen Heemstra, PhD
Charles Allen Thomas Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry
- Email: heemstra@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Utilization of nucleic acid molecular recognition and self-assembly to generate functional architectures for biosensing and bioimaging
Key words
Chemical Biology, Molecular Recognition, Biomolecular Assembly, Nucleic Acids, Biosensors, Cellular Imaging, RNA Editing, Biomaterials
Lamees Hegazy, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: lamees.hegazy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
My research centers on defining how the dynamic conformational landscape of drug targets governs ligand binding, selectivity, and downstream signaling. Using integrated approaches—including molecular dynamics simulations, pharmacophore modeling, and virtual screening—I identify and characterize novel modulators for several targts. These studies uncover previously unrecognized binding pockets, reveal mechanisms of ligand-induced activation or inhibition
Key words
Jason M. Held, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jheld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Redox biochemistry in cell signaling and disease, Proteomics
Key words
proteomics, post-translational modification, cysteine, redox, mass spectrometry, oxidation
Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: hendersonj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Biochemical interactions between humans and bacteria in health and disease
Key words
bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, iron, mass spectrometry, medicinal chemistry, metabolomics
Keith B. Hengen, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: khengen@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We take a “big data” approach to understanding the self-organization of neurons and networks in behaving animals.
Key words
Homeostatic plasticity, behavior, neurodegeneration, self-organization, emergence, learning, computational, computation, modeling
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: aherrlich@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
We aim to identify cellular and molecular mechanisms in the novel and rapidly expanding field of interorgan crosstalk in health and disease.
Key words
Tamara Hershey, PhD
Professor
- Email: tammy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Clinical neuroscience of diabetes and related diseases
Key words
neuroimaging, diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, Wolfram Syndrome, Parkinson disease, cognition, mood
Brett Herzog, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bherzog@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Immunology
Research summary
The Herzog Lab at Washington University School of Medicine focuses on understanding the tumor microenvironment (TME) in thoracic malignancies, with a particular emphasis on lung cancer. We combine cutting-edge immunology, genomics, and translational approaches to identify mechanisms of immune evasion and develop novel combination immunotherapy strategies.
Key words
CAFs, Cancer-associated fibroblasts, lung cancer, NSCLC, immunotherapy, cancer immunity