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The Department of Pharmacology faculty research covers four main disciplines, which overlap in various ways.
Daniel Bogenhagen, MD
Mitochondrial Biology
Professor Emeritus
Mitochondrial Molecular Biology
Christopher Brownlee, PhD
Aging
,
Cancer
,
Cardiovascular
,
Chemical Biology
,
Lipid Biology
,
Mitochondrial Biology
,
Neuropharmacology
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of spindle orientation, ciologenesis, polarity, cytokinesis and axonogenesis.
Holly Colognato, PhD
Multiple Sclerosis
,
Neuropharmacology
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
Professor
Extracellular matrix in the brain: roles during development and during neurodegeneration
Carlos De los Santos, PhD
Cancer
,
DNA Damage Repair
Professor
NMR Solution Structure of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Bruce Demple, PhD
Aging
,
Cancer
,
Chemical Biology
,
DNA Damage Repair
,
Environmental Toxicology
,
Mitochondrial Biology
Professor
Cellular Systems to Counteract Oxidative Damage
Kate Dickman, PhD
Cancer
,
DNA Damage Repair
Associate Professor
Moises Eisenberg, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Informatics
Paul A. Fisher, MD, PhD
DNA Damage Repair
Professor and Vice-Chairman
Cell Nuclear Structure; DNA Replication and Repair; Mutagenesis; Medical Pharmacology
MD
Psychiatry/Stony Brook
Michael Frohman, MD,PhD
Cancer
,
Cardiovascular
,
Diabetes
,
Fertility
,
Infectious Diseases
,
Lipid Biology
,
Metabolic Disorders
,
Mitochondrial Biology
,
Neuropharmacology
,
Signaling
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Lipid Signaling: Roles in mitochondrial biology, spermatogenesis, diabetes, immune function, the CNS, platelet activation, and cancer; - Imaging Pancreatic β-cells using metabolomics and MRI.
Miguel Garcia-Diaz, PhD
DNA Damage Repair
,
Mitochondrial Biology
Professor
Mechanisms of mitochondrial gene expression/Mechanisms of DNA synthesis and repair
Charles Iden, PhD
DNA Damage Repair
Professor Emeritus
Investigations of DNA Damage Produced by Genotoxic Substances
Francis Johnson, PhD
Chemical Biology
Professor
Effects of Chemical Carcinogens on DNA : Drug Design and Development - Anti-Aging Drug Substances
Leemor Joshua-Tor, PhD
Professor
Structural Biology/CSHL
Hyungjin Kim, PhD
Cancer
,
DNA Damage Repair
Associate Professor
DNA replication and repair pathways in cancer therapy
Michael S. Kinch, PhD
Professor, Pharmacological Sciences
Chief Innovation Officer, Stony Brook University
Analyzes innovative approaches to improve biomedical translation and entrepreneurship
Feng-Qian Li, PhD
Associate Professor of Research
Signaling: Cell Signaling, Cancer, Stem cells, Protein trafficking and Disease
Michael Mak, Ph.D.
Aging
,
Bioprinting
,
Cancer
,
Cardiovascular
,
Inflammation
,
Mechanobiology
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
Associate Professor
Mechanobiology, Cytoskeleton, Extracellular matrix, Biofabrication, Bioprinting, and Computational modeling
Craig Malbon, Ph.D., M.Div.
Cancer
,
Diabetes
,
Metabolic Disorders
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
SOSc, FAAAS, FRSM
Signal Transduction in Differentiation and Development: Roles of Molecular Scaffold Molecules (e.g., AKAPs and Dishevelleds)
Jyoti Misra, Ph.D.
Cancer
,
Chemical Biology
,
Developmental Genetics
,
Mechanotransduction
,
Signal Transduction
Assistant Professor
Growth regulation by the Hippo Signaling pathway in development and cancer
Jillian Nissen, PH.D
Neuroscience and Immunology
Joav Prives, PhD
Neuropharmacology
Professor
Regulation of Surface Receptors in Muscle Cells
Research Assistant Professor
Gilbert Rahme, Ph.D.
Cancer
,
Epigenetics
Assistant Professor
Brain Tumor Epigenetics
Thomas Rosenquist, PhD
DNA Damage Repair
Research Associate Professor
Genetic Analysis of Mammalian Oxidative DNA Damage Repair
Radiation Oncology/Stony Brook
Jessica Seeliger, Ph.D.
Chemical Biology
,
Infectious Diseases
,
Lipid Biology
Associate Professor
Membrane biosynthesis, structure & behavior in bacterial pathogenesis
Markus Seeliger, PhD
Aging
,
Cancer
,
Chemical Biology
,
Signaling
Professor
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Kinase and Ubiquitin Ligase signaling in Cancer and Aging
Shinya Shibutani, Ph.D.
Professor Research Emeritus
Carcinogenic Mechanism of Estrogen and Anti-estrogen and Development of Their Safer Drugs
Viktoriya Sidorenko, PhD
Cancer
,
Environmental Toxicology
Research Assistant Professor
Roy Steigbigel, MD
Medicine/Stony Brook
Radiation Oncology/Stony Brook
Howard Sussman, MD
Family Medicine/Stony Brook
Ken-Ichi Takemaru, Ph.D.
Cancer
,
Metabolic Disorders
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
Professor
Cell Signaling and Ciliogenesis in Mammalian Development, Health and Disease
Dongyan Tan, Ph.D.
Cancer
,
DNA Damage Repair
Assistant Professor
Structure and function of macromolecules in epigenetic regulation
Styliani-Anna Tsirka, PhD
Cancer
,
Environmental Toxicology
,
Multiple Sclerosis
,
Neuropharmacology
,
Signaling
,
Stem Cells
,
Stroke
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Neuro-immune interactions: Cross-talk between the nervous and immune systems in health and disease
PhD
Radiology/Stony Brook
Assistant Professor
Stephen Vitkun, MD
Professor
Anesthesiology/Stony Brook
Ledong Wan, Ph.D.
Cancer
,
Inflammation
,
RNA Splicing
Assistant Professor
RNA Metabolism, Pancreatic Cancer, Inflammation