Laboratories

Dr. Saurabh Aggarwal's work focuses on the innate immune system and its regulation of endogenous opioid pathways in chronic pain and lung injury.

Stephen Black’s research focuses on pulmonary vascular biology.

Hitendra Chand's research combines basic science with translational approaches, aiming to connect laboratory findings to practical applications.

Kevin Chandler’s research uses mass spectrometry to understand how protein modifications influence cell signaling and disease.

Srinivasan Chinnapaiyan's research focuses on lung inflammation, senescence, mitophagy and mucociliary dysfunction in individuals with HIV who smoke tobacco or use other smoked substances.

Yuan Pu (Peter) Di’s research focuses on explores innate immune responses in the lung and advances new strategies to prevent and treat respiratory disease.

Charles Dimitroff's research focuses on the glyco-pathological basis of immunity, inflammation, and cancer.

Nazira El-Hage's research focuses on mechanisms underlying HIV pathology and the interlinked epidemics with opioid drug abuse in the central nervous system.

Maria Franco research work focuses on how the oxidative environment regulates cellular processes governing growth and death in nervous system pathologies.

Dr. David Kalfa's research focuses on translational cardiovascular research to improve outcomes for children born with congenital heart defects.

Kyung Bo Kim is a chemical biologist who studies biological processes using small-molecule probes developed in his lab.

Madepalli Lakshmana's research focuses on Alzheimer's disease and adult brain neurogenesis.

David Marciano’s research is focused on investigating mechanisms of extracellular vesicle signaling in the vasculature and their application as therapeutics, biomarkers, and molecular tools.

Adam Rauckhorst’s research integrates mass spectrometry–based metabolomics with stable isotope tracing to uncover how metabolism shapes disease and cell state transitions.

Myosotys Rodriguez studies how aging increases vulnerability to neurodegeneration in the central nervous system, particularly in the context of HIV, opioids and cannabinoids.

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Dr. Robert Sackstein investigates the structures that direct cell migration in blood flow, such as those molecules that cause braking on E-selectin.

Hoshang Unwalla’s laboratory focuses on the role of small RNA molecules called microRNAs in promoting diseases attributed to inflammation.