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John Pruett, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
The neuroscience of ASD, social cognition and comparative cognition

Key words
fcMRI, fMRI, infant, autism, face perception, visual attention, psychophysics, social cognition, comparative cognition

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Sidharth Puram, MD, PhD

Lindburg Professor and Head of the Department of Otolaryngology

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

Research summary
Understanding the role of tumor heterogeneity in cancer biology, including its contributions to cancer development, growth, metastasis, and treatment resistance mechanisms, in order to translate these insights into new diagnostics and novel therapeutics

Key words
tumor heterogeneity; single cell; spatial transcriptomics; head and neck cancer; signaling

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David Queller, PhD

Spencer T. Olin Professor

Program affiliation
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
The evolution of sociality, cooperation, and cheating in a eukaryotic microbe, using experimental evolution, genomics, and other approaches

Key words
social interactions, evolution, microbiology, social amoebae, kin selection, moleuclar evolution, multicellularity, development, genomics

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Marcus Raichle, MD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Functional brain imaging with positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance

Key words
imaging, behavior, cognition, fMRI, PET

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Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Regulation of neural lipid and glucose metabolism in diseases of the retina

Key words

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Baranidharan Raman, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Systems analysis of neural information processing; bio-inspired sensors and algorithms

Key words
mathematical modeling, neurobiology, neurophysiology, sensory systems, smell, systems neuroscience

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Alex Ramsey, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
My research focus is in implementation science, particularly as applied to tobacco use treatment and cancer prevention interventions. My goal is to design and implement multilevel interventions to improve the access and quality of health care.

Key words
smoking cessation, addiction treatment, implementation science, mixed methods, health behavior change, technology

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Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD

Emil R. Unanue Distinguished Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis

Research summary
We focus on inter-organ communication and the transit of cells and molecules out of tissues in healthy and disease states

Key words
lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, IBD, monocytes, macrophages, high-density lipoprotein, peritoneal tumor metastasis, peritoneal macrophages

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Lee Ratner, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Molecular biology and pathogenesis of HIV and HTLV

Key words
lymphocytes, virology, AIDS, leukemia, HIV, HTLV, NF kB

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Michael Rauchman, MDCM

Professor

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

Research summary
Investigate gene regulation during kidney development and disease

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