Faculty Research Interests

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 Laine, Glen A.

• Director, Michael E. DeBakey Institute
• 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.

 Adams, H. Richard

• Professor and Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
• Research Interest: cardiovascular pharmacology and pathophysiology of circulatory shock.

 Bailey, E. Murl

• Professor
• Research Interests: toxicology; veterinary toxicology; toxic plants; wildlife and environmental toxicology; anesthesiology; pharmacology; experimental surgery; clinical medicine; emergency medicine; bioterrorism; weapons of mass destruction.

Blue-McLendon, Alice

• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: veterinary physiology; avian reproductive physiology; medicine of exotic animals; management of exotic animals teaching and research projects.

 Cudd, Timothy A.

• Professor
• 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. 

Fajt, Virginia R.

• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: clinical pharmacology; antimicrobial therapy and dose design; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; food animal therapeutics; evidence-based medicine; teaching and outcomes assessment in pharmacology.

Heaps, Cristine

• Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology; effects of coronary artery disease and exercise training on smooth muscle and endothelial function in the coronary circulation.

 Herman, James

• Clinical Associate Professor
• 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.

 Hinrichs, Katrin

• Professor
• Research Interests: equine reproductive physiology; oocyte maturation; fertilization; nuclear transfer; early developmental biology of equine embryos; and assisted reproductive techniques.

 Hood, David M.

• Associate Professor
• Research Interests: physiopathology of the digital cutaneous circulation.
  

 Hunter, Jon F.

• Professor
• 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.

Ivanov, Ivan V.

• Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: genomic signal processing and mathematical modeling of genetic regulatory networks.

 Jones, Daniel H.

• Associate Professor
• Research Interests: veterinary and environmental toxicology.

 Kraemer, Duane C.

• Professor
• Research Interests: gamete and embryo physiology; embryo transfer, cloning, genetic engineering of mammals; preservation of endangered animals; contraception in animal pests.

Long, Charles

• Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: developmental biology; gamete and embryo physiology; embryonic stem cells; assisted reproductive technologies; animal transgenics; somatic cell nuclear transfer; epienetics; control of gene expression; RNA interference.

Mirkes, Philip

• Professor
• 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.

Quick, Christopher M.

• Assistant Professor
• 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.

Rucker, Edmund B.

• Associate Professor
• 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.

Safe, Stephen H.

• Distinguished Professor
• 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.

 Schroeder, Friedhelm

• Professor
• 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.

Scott, Maya

• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: veterinary pharmacology; therapeutic drug monitoring.

 Stallone, John N.

• Associate Professor
• 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.

 Stewart, Randolph

• Clinical Associate Professor
• Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology; lymphatic function; microvascular physiology; interstitial and cavity fluid balance.

 Tian, Yanan

• Assistant Professor
• Research Interests: transcriptional control of the Ah receptor-regulated gene expression; interaction between the Ah receptor and NF-kB signal transduction pathways.

 Wasser, Jeremy S.

• Associate Professor
• Research Interests: cardiovascular physiology; biological applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy; comparative physiology of acid-base balance; mechanisms of hypoxia tolerance.

 Westhusin, Mark E.

• Associate Professor
• 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.

Zhang, Cuihua

• Assistant Professor
• 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.