Faculty

Albert Lai, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: amlai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My research is in clinical research informatics, but I also have strong interest in other areas of clinical informatics, including usability of clinical and consumer-facing systems and mobile health
Key words


Michael Landis, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: michael.landis@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Research summary
Modeling the evolution of species with stochastic processes [Recruiting PhD Students for Fall 2024]
Key words
phylogenetics, evolution, ecology, epidemiology, statistical models, stochastic processes, computational inference, deep learning

Eric Landsness, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: landsness@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Understanding how sleep modulates stroke recovery and to discover new sleep-focused treatments
Key words
stroke, sleep torpor, plasticity, neuroprotection

Catherine Lang, PT, PhD
Professor
- Email: langc@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Movement control to advance rehabilitation outcomes
Key words
Motor control, motor learning, rehabilitation

Gregory Lanza, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: gmlanza@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Noninvasive molecular imaging and drug delivery research
Key words
imaging, molecular imaging, ultrasound, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, drug delivery

Allan Larson, PhD
Professor
- Email: larson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
Molecular population genetics and phylogenetics of amphibians and reptiles
Key words
DNA, evolution, genome analysis, population biology, systematics

Timothy Laumann, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: laumannt@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words

Kory Lavine, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: klavine@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Research summary
Identify signaling pathways that mediate cardiac tissue repair/regeneration and heart failure pathogenesis.
Key words
heart failure, heart development, macrophages, innate immunity

Heather Lawson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: lawson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Human and Statistical Genetics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research summary
Integration of whole-genome sequence with phenotypic data to understand parent-of-origin genetic effects and gene-by-environment interactions
Key words
Epigenetics, gene regulation, parent-of-origin effects, gene-by-environment interactions, pleiotropy, systems biology, metabolism, evolution