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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John Atkinson, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
Complement activation and regulation in innate and adaptive immunity

Key words
immunology, inflammation, autoimmunity, complement system, innate immunity

Michael Avidan, MBBCh

Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor and Head of the Department of Anesthesiology

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
His research interests include intraoperative awareness, postoperative cognitive alteration, brain monitoring during surgery, and postoperative outcomes.

Key words

Martha Bagnall, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Microcircuitry of sensory-motor transformations in the zebrafish

Key words

Dustin Baldridge, MD,PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Utilizing the power of genetics to elucidate the molecular pathogenesis of disease and transform patient care

Key words
Genetics, genomics, transcription factors, rare disease

Megan Baldridge, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Immunology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Defining the mechanisms behind and effects of the interactions between commensal bacteria, pathogens and innate immunity

Key words
microbiota, infection, pathogen, microbiome, virus, interferon, immunity

Monika Bambouskova, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Immunometabolism – metabolic regulation of immune cell activation

Key words

Thomas Baranski, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
Signal transduction by G proteins and pathogenesis of diabetes

Key words
diabetes, Drosophila, G protein, hormones, protein structure, signal transduction

Dennis Barbour, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Sensation, perception and cognitive processing of sounds and speech

Key words
perception and cognition, behavioral assessment, medical informatics, computational audiology, machine learning, clinical decision support

Deanna Barch, PhD

Professor and Chair

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Neurobiological and Psychological Mechanisms of Cognitive and Emotional Control: Normative Function and Abnormalities in Psychiatric Disorders

Key words
cognition, neuroimaging, prefrontal cortex, psychiatry, schizophrenia, depression

David Bark, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
Applying biomechanics and mechanobiology (the interaction and response of cells and tissue to mechanical forces) to diagnose, study, and treat various forms of cardiovascular disease.

Key words

Wayne Barnes, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Possible cure for MS: intravenous access by myelin-binding aptamer; PCR at one temp; RT-enabled Taq pol.

Key words
DNA, aptamers, technology development, brain therapy

Rebecca Bart, PhD

Associate Faculty Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
Combining genetics with molecular and computational biology to learn about the mechanisms used by hosts and pathogens to recognize and respond to one another and the environment

Key words

Steven Bassnett, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Ocular cell biology

Key words
ophthalmology, cataract, glaucoma, myopia, microfibrils, imaging, stem cells, Marfan syndrome, fibrillin, modeling, AFM

Randall Bateman, MD

Charles F and Joanne Knight Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Alzheimer disease pathophysiology

Key words
amyloid, apolipoprotein E, Alzheimer’s disease, drug treatment, mass spectrometry, protein production and clearance

Luis Batista, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Research summary
Understanding the role of DNA damage and RNA degradation during tissue homeostasis, regeneration, aging, and cancer

Key words
DNA damage; DNA repair; Telomerase; Stem cell biology; Cancer; Aging

Ivan Baxter, PhD

Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
We use quantitative genetics and high throughput phenotyping approaches to understand how plants adapt to their environment

Key words
Ionomics, Genetics, Genomics, Gene by Environment Interactions, Plants

Philip Bayly, PhD

Lee Hunter Distinguished Professor and Chair

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
The application of nonlinear dynamics and vibrations to mechanical and biomedical systems

Key words
MR imaging of motion, mechanics of brain injury, impact, vibration, wave motion

Jeffrey Bednarski II, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the signals that direct early hematopoiesis and B cell lymphopoiesis

Key words

Michael Belloy, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
Our research is dedicated to understanding the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, employing bioinformatic tools and a big-data approach that integrates genetics, multi-omics, brain imaging, and clinical data.

Key words
Genetics, Multi-Omics, Bioinformatics, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer’s disease

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Molecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of behavior

Key words
Behavioral genetics, Evolutionary neurogenetics, Drosophila, Ion channels, Molecular genetics, Neurobiology, Neuroethology, Sensory systems