Training Faculty
These faculty members are currently accepting rotating students in their labs.
Zubair M. Ahmed, PhD, Assistant Professor
Identification and functional analysis of genes essential for normal visual and auditory perceptions in humans. [Visit the Ahmed Lab]
Paul Andreassen, PhD, Assistant Professor
Fanconi anemia and breast cancer susceptibility proteins in DNA damage responses and genetic stability [Visit the Andreassen Lab]
Bruce Aronow, PhD, Professor
Integrative bioinformatics and genomics relevant to human health and disease [Visit the Aronow / Jegga Lab]
Artem Barski, PhD, Assistant Professor
Epigenomics of immunological memory [Visit Allergy and Immunology]
Samantha Brugmann, PhD, Assistant Professor
We are interested in craniofacial development and the etiology of craniofacial disorders. [Visit the Brugmann Lab]
Kenneth Campbell, PhD, Professor
Cellular and molecular control of vertebrate forebrain development [Visit Developmental Biology]
Jose A. Cancelas, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of norm and cancer hematopoietic stem cells [Visit the Cancelas Lab]
Chieh Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms underlying axon growth and regeneration and age-dependent decline in neuronal plasticity [Visit the Chang Lab]
Lionel Chow, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Understanding the molecular underpinnings and signaling pathways that control the growth and survival of high-grade gliomas [Visit the Chow Lab]
Chiou-Fen Chuang, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of neural circuit development by gap junction networks [Visit the Chuang Lab]
Vaughn Cleghon, PhD, Associate Professor
Protein kinases in development and human disease [Visit the Cleghon Lab]
Mitchell Cohen, MD, Professor
Intestinal secretion; activators of intestinal guanylate cyclase [Visit the Cohen / Steinbrecher Lab]
Tiffany Cook, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular basis of eye development [Visit the Cook Lab]
Steve Danzer, PhD, Assistant Professor
Elucidating the role of neurogenesis in the development of epilepsy. [Visit the Danzer Lab]
Biplab DasGupta, PhD, Assistant Professor
Neural stem cells, cancer stem cells, brain cancer and brain development [Visit the Dasgupta Lab]
Jay Degen, PhD, Professor
The role of hemostatic factors and coupled signaling systems in development, inflammatory response, vessel wall disease and tumor biology [Visit Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology]
Sudhansu K. Dey, MD, Professor, Director Division of Reproductive Sciences
Molecular and genetic basis of embryo-uterine interactions during early pregnancy [Visit the Dey Lab]
Ravi Elluru, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
The molecular ontogeny of the larynx and trachea [Visit Otolaryngology]
Brian Gebelein, PhD, Assistant Professor
Patterning of the nervous and digestive systems during development [Visit the Gebelein Lab]
H. Leighton Grimes, PhD, Associate Professor
Transcriptional and epigenetic circuits underlying both normal and malignant hematopoiesis [Visit the Grimes Lab]
Min-Xin Guan, PhD, Associate Professor
Mitochondrial biogenesis, cellular and molecular biology of mitochondrial disorders, especially in hearing loss, blindness and neuromuscular disorders [Visit the Ear and Hearing Center]
Geraldine Guasch, PhD, Assistant Professor
Cancer and stem cell biology in epithelial tissues [Visit the Guasch Lab]
John Harley, MD, PhD, Professor
Lupus genetics, genetics and genomics [Visit Rheumatology]
Rashmi Hegde, PhD, Professor
Structural biology of proteins in embryonic cellfate determination, and proteins involved in the life- and infection-cycles of the cancer-associated papillomaviruses [Visit the Hegde Lab]
Gurjit Hershey, MD, PhD, Professor
Genetics and the pathogenesis of atopic disorders [Visit Asthma Research]
David Hildeman, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular biology of antigen-specific T cells, including mechanisms involved in cell signaling, apoptosis, and sex-based differences in autoimmunity and the T cell response to viral infections [Visit Immunobiology]
Robert B. Hinton, Jr, MD, Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular genetics and cardiac development [Visit Molecular and Cardiovascular Biology]
Rulang Jiang, PhD, Professor
Genetic basis and developmental mechanisms of structural birth defects [Visit the Jiang Lab]
Tanya V. Kalin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular biology of cancer, tumor microenvironment and metastasis. Chemotherapeutic drug development. [Visit the Kalin Lab]
Vladimir Kalinichenko, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Transcriptional regulation of epithelial and endothelial cell functions during lung embryonic development and lung carcinogenesis [Visit Pulmonary Biology]
Kenneth Kaufman, PhD, Professor
Genetics of complex diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. [Visit the Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology]
Chia-Yi (Alex) Kuan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Understanding the regulation of neuronal cell death and neurogenesis during development and in ischemic brain injury [Visit Developmental Biology]
Richard Lang, PhD, Professor
Eye development with an emphasis on lens induction and vascular patterning [Visit the Lang Lab]
Tim Le Cras, PhD, Associate Professor
Chronic lung diseases: Asthma, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Pulmonary fibrosis, Pulmonary hypertension [Visit the Le Cras Lab]
Jun Ma, PhD, Professor
Molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulaton and development using yeast and Drosophila as
model systems [Visit Biomedical Informatics]
Jeffery D. Molkentin, PhD, Professor
Transcriptional control of cardiac development and the molecular signaling pathways involved in cardiac hypertrophy [Visit the Molkentin Lab]
Louis Muglia, MD, PhD, Professor
Genetic and developmental mechanisms controlling the timing of birth and risk of preterm birth; molecular genetic analysis of the behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to stress. [Visit the Muglia Lab]
James C. Mulloy, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms involved in leukemia induction and maintenance; mouse modeling of leukemia using primary human blood stem cells [Visit the Mulloy Lab]
Masato Nakafuku, MD, PhD, Professor
Molecular control of neural stem cells in development and regeneration of mammalian central nervous system [Visit the Nakafuku Lab]
Satoshi Namekawa, PhD, Assistant Professor
The long-term goal of our research is to understand the mechanisms and evolution of epigenetic events during mammalian germ cell development. [Visit Reproductive Sciences]
Dao Pan, PhD, Assistant Professor
Combine translational and basic research on virus-mediated gene transfer into stem cells, and their potential application for gene therapy of patients with lysosomal storage diseases [Visit the Pan Lab]
Sarah Pixley, PhD, Associate Professor
Repair of damaged peripheral nerves and brain tissue using novel biomaterials, particularly carbon nanotube thread and magnesium metal implants [Visit the Pixley Lab]
Steven Potter, PhD, Professor
Studies of homeobox genes that control mamalian development using gene targeting and transgenic mice [Visit the Potter Lab]
Nancy Ratner, PhD, Professor
The peripheral nerve in development and disease [Visit the Ratner Lab]
Saima Riazuddin, PhD, Assistant Professor
Genetic and molecular basis of recessively inherited hearing impairment utilizing human subjects and mutant mouse models. [Visit the Riazuddin Lab]
Jeffrey Robbins, PhD, Professor
Molecular basis of heart performance and structure-function characteristics of cardiac contractile proteins related to hypertrophic myopathies [Visit the Robbins Lab]
Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, Professor
Eosinophil biology, chemokine receptor signaling pathways [Visit the Rothenberg Lab]
John Shannon, PhD, Professor
Lung developmental biology; lung cell biology; surfactant protein gene expression [Visit Pulmonary Biology]
Noah Shroyer, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of intestinal epithelial development and how these pathways are impacted during diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer [Visit Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition]
Peter Stambrook, PhD, Professor
Mutation and genomic instability in progession to cancer; gene therapy as a therapeutic tool for cancer [Visit the Stambrook Lab]
Rolf Stottmann, PhD, Assistant Professor
Mouse models of human congenital defects; development of the brain and face. [Visit the Stottmann Lab]
Arnold W. Strauss, MD, Chair Department of Pediatrics and Director of Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation
Molecular basis of disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and the genetic causes of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies [Visit the Strauss Lab]
Saulius Sumanas, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis [Visit the Sumanas Lab]
Charles Vorhees, PhD, Professor
(1) Determine the mechanism of action of substituted amphetamines on brain development and (2) use of gene targeting to determine how deletion of specific brain proteins affect learning and memory [Visit the Vorhees Lab]
Ronald R. Waclaw, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor
Development of forebrain progenitor cells that contribute to the postnatal “neurogenic” niche in the subventricular zone [Visit Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology]
Susan Waltz, PhD, Professor
Molecular analysis of growth factors and receptor tyrosine kinases in tumorigenesis, organ function, and cellular trauma [Visit the Waltz Lab]
Stephanie Ware, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Genetics of cardiovascular development. [Visit the Ware Lab]
Joshua Waxman, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of organogenesis. Regulation of signaling pathways that determine cardiac cell formation [Visit the Waxman Lab]
Timothy E. Weaver, PhD, Professor
Protein misfolding and chronic lung disease [Visit the Weaver Lab]
Jim Wells, PhD, Associate Professor
Endoderm organogenesis and promoting the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into therapeutic endoderm derivatives. [Visit the Wells Lab]
Susanne Wells, PhD, Associate Professor
Papilloma virus and cervical cancer [Visit the Susanne Wells Lab]
Jeffrey A. Whitsett, MD, Professor
Organ morphogenesis, gene regulation, cell differentiation, respiratory disease [Visit the Whitsett Lab]
David Wieczorek, PhD, Professor
Analysis of protein expression in normal and diseased cardiac and skeletal muscle [Visit the Wieczorek Lab]
Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD, Associate Professor
Pediatric and adult lung diseases; lung development and the pathogenesis of lung disease [Visit Pathology]
Michael Williams, PhD, Associate Professor
Interaction of stress-induced hormones and drugs of abuse on adult learning and memory abilities; physiological responses to later stressors; behavioral and physiological consequences of drug reexposure. [Visit the Michael Williams Lab]
Christopher Wylie, PhD, Professor
(1) Control of the cytoskeleton, control of cell migration and control of early cell lineage specification, in vertebrate embryos (2) Control of gonad formation, primordial germ cell migration, oocyte maturation and egg formation [Visit the Wylie-Heasman Lab]
Kimberly Yolton, PhD, Assistant Professor
Exposures and experiences that may divert infants or children off the typical trajectory of development [Visit General and Community Pediatrics]
Yutaka Yoshida, PhD, Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of neural circuit formation in the developing spinal cord, using many techniques including molecular biology, mouse genetics, biochemistry, and electrophysiology to understand them [Visit Developmental Biology]
Katherine Yutzey, PhD, Professor
Morphogenesis of the heart and transcriptional regulatory networks involved in cardiac determination and differentiation; congenital heart disease [Visit the Yutzey Lab]
Yi Zheng, PhD, Professor
Molecular mechanisms of Rho GTPase signal transduction. Development of novel therapeutic reagents to inhibit Rho pathways related to human pathological conditions [Visit Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology]
Aaron Zorn, PhD, Associate Professor
Molecular mechanisms of endoderm organ development [Visit the Zorn Lab]
Associate Faculty
These faculty members, while making significant contributions to the Graduate Program, are not accepting students at this time.
- D. Woodrow Benson, MD, PhD Professor
- Nadean L. Brown, PhD
- George Daston, PhD, Volunteer Professor
- Sandra Degen, PhD, Professor
- Stuart Handwerger, MD, Professor
- Jay R. Hove, PhD, Associate Professor
- Matt Kofron, PhD, Assistant Professor
- James Lessard, PhD, Professor
- Xinhua Lin, PhD, Professor
- Edith Markoff, PhD, Associate Professor
- Daniel Nebert, MD, Professor
- William Scott, PhD, Professor
- Dan Wiginton, PhD, Associate Professor
- Laura Woollett, PhD, Professor
