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.
Improving recovery from brain injury after cardiac arrest
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.
Host-Pathogen Interaction in Pulmonary Immunity; Immune Homeostasis and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function
Understanding how memory T cells are generated in transplantation
Basic science and translational research studying the molecular mechanisms of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary hypertension
The study of human tumor viruses
Development, plasticity and regeneration of neural circuits
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.
Machine learning approach for OCT biomarkers identification in age-related macular degeneration
We examine the role of the endocannabinoid system in symptoms and outcomes associated with schizophrenia and cannabis use, using cellular and molecular techniques to study human and rodent samples, as well as behavioral methods to study the functional outcomes of changes in the endocannabinoid system.
Redox signaling & autophagy in neuroprotection and neurodegeneration; Mitochondrial phosphoproteomics; Genetic & toxin models of Parkinson’s disease
Models of muscle disease causing muscular dystrophy and muscle atrophy; Translational research for treatment of muscle disease
Big data analytics, predictive modeling, and dynamic modeling of disease
Stomal Interactions critical to the survival, growth, and spread of ovarian cancer
The intersection of neural engineering and biomaterials with specific focus on neural electrode-tissue interface, neural tissue engineering, biosensor and drug delive
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.