Cancer Faculty

The Department of Pharmacology faculty research covers four main disciplines, which overlap in various ways.
Christopher Brownlee, PhD
Aging, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Chemical Biology, Lipid Biology, Mitochondrial Biology, Neuropharmacology, Signaling, Stem Cells
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of spindle orientation, ciliogenesis, polarity, cytokinesis and axonogenesis.
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
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.
Hyungjin Kim, PhD
Cancer, DNA Damage Repair
Professor
DNA replication and repair pathways in cancer therapy
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
Gilbert Rahme, Ph.D.
Cancer, Epigenetics
Assistant Professor
Brain Tumor Epigenetics
Markus Seeliger, PhD
Aging, Cancer, Chemical Biology, Signaling
Professor
Molecular Mechanism of Protein Kinase and Ubiquitin Ligase signaling in Cancer and Aging
Viktoriya Sidorenko, PhD
Cancer, Environmental Toxicology
Research Assistant Professor
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
Associate Professor
Structure and function of macromolecules in epigenetic regulation
Styliani-Anna (Stella) 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
Ledong Wan, Ph.D.
Cancer, Inflammation, RNA Splicing
Assistant Professor
RNA Metabolism, Pancreatic Cancer, Inflammation
Haojun Yang, Ph.D.
Aging, Cancer, Diabetes, Lipid Biology, Metabolic Disorders, Metabolism, mRNA translation, Signaling
Assistant Professor
mRNA Translation in Metabolic Disorders, Cancer and Aging