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Affiliated Faculty

This list of affiliated investigators can help you identify potential research mentors at the University of Pittsburgh. PSTP students can, and do, work with mentors not on this list, but the investigators featured below have expressed interest in hosting PSTP students in their laboratories.

Callaway
Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Pharmacology
Research Summary:

Improving recovery from brain injury after cardiac arrest

Franca Cambi
Franca Cambi, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Neurology
Research Summary:

The overarching goal of my research is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie oligodendrocyte and myelin mediated support to neuronal cell and neural circuitry integrity in models of neurodegeneration. 

Chalasani
Geetha Chalasani, MD
Research Areas: Nephrology
Research Summary:

Understanding how memory T cells are generated in transplantation

Chan
Stephen Chan, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Cardiovascular
Research Summary:

Basic science and translational research studying the molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension

Chang
Yuan Chang, MD
Research Areas: Cancer, Pathology
Research Summary:

The study of human tumor viruses

Cheetham
Claire Cheetham, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience
Research Summary:

Development, plasticity and regeneration of neural circuits

Chen
Yuanyuan Chen, PhD
Research Areas: Ophthalmology, Pharmacology
Research Summary:

The Chen lab is interested in the pharmacological studies of visual disorders caused by protein misfolding. The lab's current three projects include pharmacological studies of rhodopsin metabolism, roles of purine metabolites in photoreceptor degeneration, and drug discovery of myocilin-associated glaucoma.

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Jay Chhablani, MD
Research Areas: Ophthalmology
Research Summary:

Machine learning approach for OCT biomarkers identification in age-related macular degeneration

Chu
Charleen Chu, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience, Pathology
Research Summary:

Redox signaling & autophagy in neuroprotection and neurodegeneration; Mitochondrial phosphoproteomics; Genetic & toxin models of Parkinson’s disease

Clemens
Paula Clemens, MD
Research Areas: Neurology, Neuroscience
Research Summary:

Models of muscle disease causing muscular dystrophy and muscle atrophy; Translational research for treatment of muscle disease

Clermont
Gilles Clermont, MD
Research Summary:

Big data analytics, predictive modeling, and dynamic modeling of disease

Coffman
Lan Coffman, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Cancer, Women's Health
Research Summary:

Stomal Interactions critical to the survival, growth, and spread of ovarian cancer

Cui
X. Tracy Cui, PhD
Research Areas: Bioengineering
Research Summary:

The intersection of neural engineering and biomaterials with specific focus on neural electrode-tissue interface, neural tissue engineering, biosensor and drug delive

Christopher Cunningham
Christopher Cunningham, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience, Otolaryngology
Research Summary:

The Cunningham Lab studies molecular and cellular mechanisms of protein assembly and trafficking in the mammalian auditory system with an ultimate goal of developing therapies for hearing loss.