While their main appointments are in other departments, joint faculty broaden and enhance the academic environment in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.
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Kjersti Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Underlying mechanisms by which key exposures during pregnancy impact fetal development and later in life disease
aagaardt@bcm.edu

Jamie Anastas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Brain tumors driven by histone mutations; Epigenetics of therapeutic resistance; CRISPR screening for cancer dependencies; WNT signaling in cancer
jamie.anastas@bcm.edu

Mandeep Bajaj, M.D.
Professor
Understanding of the metabolic and molecular basis of insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes
bajaj@bcm.edu

Ashok Balasubramanyam, M.D.
Professor
ashokb@bcm.edu

Sarah Blutt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
sb691007@bcm.edu

Lisa Bouchier-Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Caspase regulation in cancer; and caspase activation during inflammation
bouchier@bcm.edu

Changyi (Johnny) Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Basic science research projects that are highly relevant to clinical cardiovascular disease and pancreatic cancer
jchen@bcm.edu

Chonghui Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
chonghui.cheng@bcm.edu

Thomas Cooper, M.D.
Professor
tcooper@bcm.edu

Vladimir Didenko, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
vdidenko@bcm.edu

Lawrence Donehower, Ph.D.
Professor
Tumor Suppressor Genes in Cancer and Cancer Genomics
larryd@bcm.edu

Bingning Dong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
bingning.dong@bcm.edu

Gloria Echeverria, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular mechanisms of metabolic adaptations, therapy resistance, and metastasis in triple negative breast cancer
gloria.echeverria@bcm.edu

Xiaoyong Fu, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Epigenetic and transcriptional reprogramming in therapy-resistant breast cancer
xiaoyonf@bcm.edu

Loning Fu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
loningf@bcm.edu

Suzanne Fuqua, Ph.D.
Professor
fuqua@bcm.edu

Xia Gao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Understanding the interactions of nutrition, metabolism, and metabolic disease, particularly amino acid metabolism in cancer and obesity.
xia.gao@bcm.edu

Dongyin Guan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The Guan lab explores the intra- and inter-organ communications of time signals modulating the physiological function in metabolic disorders and cancer. Our ultimate goal is optimizing timing for medication and meals.

Sean Hartig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Cellular aspects of obesity and diabetes. Molecular and genetic regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism
hartig@bcm.edu

Mark Herman, M.D.
Associate Professor
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
mark.herman@bcm.edu

Joanna Jankowsky, Ph.D.
Professor
jankowsk@bcm.edu

Daoyun Ji, Ph.D.
Professor
dji@bcm.edu

Weei-Chin Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Novel targeted cancer therapy, cell cycle regulation, DNA damage, DNA repair, ATM/ATR, E3 ubiquitin ligase, Rb/E2F, mutant p53
weeichil@bcm.edu


Anna Malovannaya, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
malovann@bcm.edu

Marco Marcelli, M.D.
Professor and Interim Section Chief
marcelli@bcm.edu

Jason Mills, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Center Co-Director
Paligenosis: The shared cellular-molecular mechanisms differentiated cells use to become progenitor or stem-like in regeneration and tumorigenesis
Jason.Mills@bcm.edu

Nicholas Mitsiades, M.D.
Associate Professor
mitsiade@bcm.edu

Bhagavatula Moorthy, Ph.D.
Professor
bmoorthy@bcm.edu

C Kent Osborne, M.D.
Professor
kosborne@bcm.edu

Stephanie Pangas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Female reproductive biology, including ovary development and function. Studies are based on the generation and analysis of mouse genetic models.
spangas@bcm.edu

Xinchun Pi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
xinchun.pi@bcm.edu

Matthew Rasband, Ph.D.
Professor and Vivian L Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
rasband@bcm.edu

Todd Rosengart, M.D., FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Todd.Rosengart@bcm.edu

Rachel Schiff, Ph.D.
Professor
Genomic and epigenomic underlying mechanisms of treatment resistance and metastasis in breast cancer and biomarkers for tailored therapeutics
rschiff@bcm.edu

David Sheikh-Hamad, M.D.
Professor
The study of mitochondrial pathways for kidney protection from ischemic acute kidney injury, and the transition to CKD
sheikh@bcm.edu

Richard Sifers, Ph.D.
Professor
Cell Biology; Protein quality control in the secretory pathway; Proteostasis; Genetic disease; Disease modifiers
rsifers@bcm.edu

Sundararajah Thevananther, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Molecular characterization of liver injury (sepsis, sterile inflammation, fatty liver disease), liver regeneration and hepatocellular carcinoma
sundarat@bcm.edu

Francis Tsai, DPhil
Professor
ftsai@bcm.edu

Vlad Sandulache, M.D. Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Primary clinical expertise is in the management of early and advanced-stage oropharyngeal and laryngeal cancer, salivary gland neoplasms, and poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma

Jin Wang, Ph.D.
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, Professor in Pharmacology
Developing chemical biology tools to advance biological and biomedical research. Developing novel therapeutics to treat human diseases.
wangj@bcm.edu

Zhao Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nuclear Receptor; Membrane Proteins/Ion channel; Drug Efflux Pump;; cryo-EM/ET
zhaow@bcm.edu

Thomas Westbrook, Ph.D.
Professor
thomasw@bcm.edu

Clavia Ruth Wooton-Kee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetic liver diseases, such as Wilson's disease, as well as the impact of xenobiotic and endobiotic stress on the liver
wootenke@bcm.edu

Yong Xu, Ph.D.
Professor
yongx@bcm.edu

Laising Yen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
yen@bcm.edu

Nicholas Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
nicolas.young@bcm.edu

Li-Yuan Yu-Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
yulee@bcm.edu