Faculty

Jarod Roland, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: rolandj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
My research aims to understand of how brain networks develop and adapt to changes caused by epilepsy, tumors, stroke, and or other neurological injuries. In particular I am interested in how children's brains reorganize after neurosurgical treatment of these conditions.
Key words
intracranial electroencephalography, ieeg, resting state functional MRI, rs-fMRI, brain networks, development, epilepsy, neurosurgery

David Rosen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rosend@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Research summary
Pathogenesis and host response to Klebsiella pneumoniae infections
Key words
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antibiotic Resistance, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract Infection, Virulence Factors, Adaptive Immunity

Ronald Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Robert C. Strunk Endowed Chair for Lung and Respiratory Research Professor
- Email: rubenstein@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Understanding the mechanisms by which a novel chaperone of the Endoplasmic Reticulum, ERp29, regulates the biogenesis of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), the Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC), and other proteins related to pediatric pulmonary diseases
Key words
Cystic Fibrosis, Chaperone, Endoplasmic Reticulum, CFTR, ENaC/Epithelial Sodium Channel, Epithelia, Insulin, Trafficking, Biogenesis

Deborah Rubin, MD
Professor
- Email: drubin@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Intestinal stem cells and the stem cell niche in intestinal injury/short bowel syndrome and colitis associated colon cancer, early colon cancer pathogenesis
Key words
Stem cells, epithelial proliferation, cancer, short bowel syndrome

Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: Rubin_J@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms in pediatric brain tumorigenesis
Key words
tumor biology, signal transduction, stem cells, neural development, sexual dimorphism, circadaian rhythm, chemokines, cAMP

David Rudnick, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rudnick_d@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Research summary
Molecular mechanisms of liver injury and regeneration
Key words
liver; regeneration; alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency; liver disease; aflatoxin; acute liver failure; cell cycle; mouse models; epigenetics; metabolism

Jai Rudra, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: srudra22@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Research summary
Development of nano-scale biomaterials for engaging the immune system to induce protective antibody and cell-mediated immune responses against diseases
Key words

Yoram Rudy, PhD, FAHA, FHRS
The Fred Saigh Distinguished Professor of Engineering
- Email: rudy@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
Multiscale studies of cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmia using computational biology and imaging
Key words
ion channels, protein dynamics, cardiac cell electrophysiology, cardiac imaging

John Russell, PhD
Professor
- Email: jrussell@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
General
Research summary
CNS/lymphocyte interactions regulating inflammation and pathogenesis in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis
Key words
apoptosis, autoimmunity, imaging, inflammation, multiple sclerosis

Mark Rutherford, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: rutherfordmark@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Research summary
Cellular mechanisms underlying our systems of sound and balance encoding in development, in maturity, and in pathology of hearing or vestibular function
Key words
cochlea, neurodegeneration, synapse, excitotoxicity, encoding sound