Animal Models of Human Disease
Prada, Carlos E
Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics, Genomics, and Metabolism)
Redei, Eva
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry)
Bio
Dr. Eva Redei conducts research in the following categories: biomarkers, stress hypersensitivity, depressive disorders, genetic vulnerability, epigenetic regulation, imprinted genes, neuroendocrinolog... [more]
Sarthy, Vijay
Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology
Bio
Neuron-glia interactions in the retina; Roles of Müller (glia) cells in the pathogenesis of retinal degenerations and diabetic retinopathy.
Turek, Fred
Professor of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Neurology - Ken and Ruth Davee Department and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Bio
Research in the Turek laboratory is focused on the study of sleep and circadian rhythms, with special interest in identifying genes that regulate sleep and circadian rhythms. Ongoing work on sleep and... [more]
Vassar, Robert J
Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology) and Cell and Developmental Biology
Bio
Our research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. In particular, we investigate the beta-secretase enzyme BACE1, which initiates the production of the beta-amyloid pept... [more]
Winter, Deborah
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology)
Bio
I was one of the first students to obtain an undergraduate degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at University of Toronto. Then, I trained as a computational biologist at Duke University ... [more]
Woloschak, Gayle E
Professor of Radiation Oncology and Radiology
Bio
My research is focused on two general areas: radiobiology and bionanotechnology. Work in radiobiology includes studies of the molecular biology of radiation responses, particularly radiation toxicitie... [more]
Wu, Jane Y
Professor of Neurology (Neuromuscular Disease)
Bio
My primary research interests are in molecular mechanisms of gene regulation, particularly those involved in neural development and neural degeneration. My lab is focusing on two areas, RNA regulation... [more]
Xu, Eugene Y
Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology (Behavioral Neurology)
Bio
The overall goal of my research program is to understand the mechanisms of mammalian reproduction, in particular, how germline stem cells, meiosis and gamete differentiation, are regulated in mammals,... [more]
Yang, Guang-Yu
Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology) and Pathology (Gastrointestinal Pathology)
Bio
Surgical Pathology
The long-term objective of our research is to study molecular mechanism and chemoprevention of chronic inflammation-driven carcinogenesis. The specific areas of interest are... [more]