Larry Feig, PhD, Program Director - Ras and Ral GTPase signaling in cancer, and learning and memory

William Bachovchin, PhD - Structure-based drug design

James Baleja, PhD - Molecular recognition, structure-based drug design, NMR-based protein structure determination

Alex Andrew Bohm, PhD - RNA processing complexes; replication initiation

Peter Bullock, PhD - Structure-based studies of DNA replication initiation; viral inhibitor design using chemical genetics

Lidija Covic, PhD - Protease activated receptors and cancer metastasis
Daniel Cox, PhD - Molecular mechanisms of BKCa channel function

Alexei Degterev, PhD - Mechanisms of cell death using small molecule and drug probes

Mark Ewen, PhD - Mammary gland development and tumorigenesis

Michael Forgac, PhD - Mechanism of regulation of vacuolar acidification

Ekaterina Heldwein, PhD - Structural and mechanistic studies of herpesvirus entry into host cells

Philip Hinds, PhD - Retinoblastoma pathway in differentiation, senescence, and cancer

Guo-fu Hu, PhD - Angiogenesis in cancer and neurodegeneration

Athan Kuliopulos, MD, PhD - Protease activated receptors in vascular biology and cancer

John Kyriakis, PhD - Signaling pathways in innate immunity and cancer

Claire Moore, PhD - Mechanism and regulation of mRNA polyadenylation

Noorjahan Panjwani, PhD - Corneal disease mechanisms

K Eric Paulson, PhD - ROS signaling and cancer

Brian Schaffhausen, PhD - Mechanism of neoplastic transformation

Gavin Schnitzler, PhD - Chromatin remodeling and gene expression
Gail Sonenshein, PhD* - Signaling in breast cancer
Allen Taylor, PhD - Ubiquitin-mediated control of cell proliferation

Theoharis Theoharides, MD, PhD - Mast cell responses and inflammation

Philip Tsichlis, MD - Molecular mechanisms of leukemogenesis and gene discovery

Amy Yee, PhD - Breast cancer, stem cells and transcriptional regulation
* These faculty are active in teaching and educational aspects of the program and are available for laboratory rotations but no longer accept dissertation students.