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Jennifer Duncan, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: duncan_j@wustl.edu
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Victoria Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: fernandezv@wustl.edu
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Understanding the genetic and molecular causes of Alzheimer Disease and related dementias so as to provide palliative treatments to the affected population
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Carl Frieden, PhD
Professor
- Email: friedenc@wustl.edu
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Protein structure/function relationships
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apoE lipoproteins,, intrinsically disordered proteins, amyloid-beta, Alzheimer’s Disease, bacterial infection, curli proteins

Mathieu Garand, PhD
Instructor
- Email: garand@wustl.edu
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My research investigates neonatal immune responses after surgery and their connection to congenital heart disease. Clinical trial to study immune responses in pediatric pulmonary valve transplant recipients, both living and cryopreserved.
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congenital heart disease, viral infection, immune responses, transcriptomic, biomarkers, immunophenotyping

Young Ah Goo, PhD
Professor
- Email: ygoo@wustl.edu
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John Heuser, MD
Professor
- Email: jheuser@wustl.edu
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Electron microscopy of cells and molecules
Key words
cell membrane, cytoskeleton, endocytosis, electron microscopy, extracellular matrix

Andrew Huang, MD, MPH
Professor
- Email: huangandrew@wustl.edu
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Research summary
Corneal epithelial wound healing, neovascularization and stromal dystrophies
Key words
amyloid, epithelial cells, protein folding, siRNA, stem cells, vision

Mark Huffman
Professor
- Email: m.huffman@wustl.edu
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I seek to improve global cardiovascular health across the spectrum of disease prevention through rigorous research, including the development, adaptation, and implementation of evidence-based interventions, practices, and policies into routine practice at scale.
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global cardiovascular health, dissemination and implementation science, trials, health systems, policy

Reyka Jayasinghe, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: reyka@wustl.edu
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Research summary
Using single-cell sequencing and spatial imaging to learn about cancer initiation, progression and treatment.
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scRNA, spatial transcriptomics, computational oncology, sequencing

Emma Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: emma.c.johnson@wustl.edu
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Using statistical and population genomics approaches to better understand the genetic architecture of complex traits, with a focus on substance use disorders.
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behavioral genetics; genomics; statistical genetics; evolutionary genetics; population genetics; substance use disorders; cannabis; schizophrenia; complex traits; psychiatric disorders