Research Areas

Faculty mentors supervise extramurally-funded research programs, with support from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and also serve as reviewers and editorial board members for scientific journals, academic texts, and national and international granting agencies.

Major areas of research include the following areas:

Aging: Svetlana Radyuk  

Neuroscience: Edward Glasscock and Zhihao Wu and Amy Brewster

Cancer: Robert Harrod and Pia Vogel and Annika Wylie

Drug Resistance: Pia Vogel

Epigenetics: Richard Jones and Robert Harrod

Gene Regulation: Richard Jones and Robert Harrod and Zhihao Wu and Annika Wylie 

Infectious Diseases: Robert Harrod

Inflammation & Immunity: Svetlana Radyuk and Amy Brewster

Structural Biology: Pia Vogel