Professor and Head, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology
Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology; biophysics and bioengineering;
quantitative analysis of biological systems; chronic venous and arterial hypertension and
cardiopulmonary bypass; lymphatic function, edema formation and interstitial fibrosis.
Research Interests: veterinary physiology; avian reproductive physiology; medicine of exotic animals; management of exotic animals teaching and research projects.
Research Interests: reflex control of endocrine and cardiovascular systems in the adult
and fetus; control of the timing of parturition; fetal alcohol syndrome; eicosanoids in
the brain.
Research Interests: clinical pharmacology; antimicrobial therapy and dose design; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics;
food animal therapeutics; evidence-based medicine; teaching and outcomes assessment in pharmacology.
Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology; effects of coronary artery disease and exercise training on
smooth muscle and endothelial function in the coronary circulation.
Research Interests: evaluation of student and instructor performance; optimization
of curricula and the learning environment; modeling behavior of complex systems;
application of technology to the classroom.
Research Interests: equine reproductive physiology; oocyte maturation; fertilization; nuclear transfer; early developmental biology of equine embryos;
and assisted reproductive techniques.
Research Interests: experiential learning in the physiology laboratory teaching environment; preparation of undergraduate students for professional and graduate programs and careers in the allied health professions; maintaining rigorous academic standards in an era of declining expectations of students; development of products and the application of technology to enhance teaching and learning.
Research Interests: gamete and embryo physiology; embryo transfer, cloning, genetic
engineering of mammals; preservation of endangered animals; contraception in animal pests.
Director, Center for Environmental and Rural Health
Research Interests: developmental toxicology; role of apoptosis and heat shock proteins in teratogen-induced birth defects; use of genomics and proteomics to identify genes, proteins and pathways important in teratogen-induced abnormal development; use of transgenic mice to assess causal role of genes/proteins in teratogen-induced abnormal development.
Research Interests: cardiovascular
engineering; modeling and simulation; arterial hemodynamics and pulse wave
phenomena; cerebral hemodynamics and cerebrovascular malformations; coordination of
vascular adaptation in vascular networks; lymphangion dynamics.
Research Interests: molecular and cellular biology of apoptosis and autophagy; animal models of breast cancer and infertility; transgenesis and embryonic stem cells; site-specific recombination systems; large animal models of human disease.
Director, Center for Environmental and Genetic Medicine, Institute of Biosciences & Technology
Research Interests: toxicology and molecular biology of estrogenic and antiestrongenic
compounds; molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor and Ah receptor action and their
crosstalk in breast cancer cells; PPARgamma agonists and inhibition of cancer cell growth.
Research Interests: Intracellular lipid transfer proteins; lipid metabolism;
multipohoton imaging of intracellular lipid transport and targeting in living cells and
tissues of gene targeted animals.
Research Interests: vascular physiology and pharmacology; endocrinology; hypertension;
gonadal steroid hormone regulation of vascular function, especially eicosanoid and nitric oxide interactions between vascular smooth muscle and endothelium.
Research Interests: transcriptional control of the Ah receptor-regulated gene expression; interaction between the Ah receptor and NF-kB signal transduction pathways.
Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology; biological applications of magnetic
resonance spectroscopy; comparative physiology of acid-base balance; mechanisms of hypoxia
tolerance.
Research Interests: gamete physiology; developmental biology; embryo physiology;
assisted reproductive techniques; in vitro fertilization; embryo transfer; cloning animals
by nuclear transplantation; genetic engineering in animals; epigenetics and control of gene expression; RNA interference.
Research Interests: endothelium and vascular smooth muscle biology; physiology and pathophysiology of cronary microcirculation; genetically modified animal models to understand the role of specific genes in the pathophysiological sequelae of cardiovascular diseases.