Graduate Education in Medical Sciences at University of Chicago





GEMS Faculty

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Walden, William

Ph.D., Washington University
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
wwalden@uic.edu  312-996-8576

Research Interests
Biochemistry , Gene Regulation

Research Description

Mechanisms of iron regulation and FeS cluster assembly; translational mechanisms and regulation.

 

Wary, Kishore K.

PhD, North Eastern Hill University, India
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
kkwary@uic.edu  312-413-9582

Research Interests
Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling , Vascular Biology, Lung Biology

Research Description

Biology of endothelial cells; cell- cell and cell-matrix interactions in endothelial cells; integrin, beta- catenin, VE-cadherin and Wnt mediated signaling in endothelial cells; adult stem cells; wound healing; angiogenesis and tumor progression.

 

Wolf, William

Ph.D., George Washington University
Research Scientist, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
william.wolf@med.va  708-202-8387

Research Interests
Neuroscience

Research Description

Neurochemical and behavioral analysis of neural plasticity related to neurological/psychiatric disorders and their treatment

 

Wolska, Beata

Ph.D., Postgraduate Center of Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
Associate Professor of Physiology in Medicine
bwolska@uic.edu  312-413-0240

Research Interests
Molecular and Integrated Cardiac Biology , Signal Transduction and Cell Signaling

Research Description

Role of calcium and myofilaments in controlling cardiac function.

 

Wright, Margaret E.

Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of Pathology
mewright@uic.edu  312 -996-968

Research Interests
Molecular Epidemiology , Cancer Prevention, Genetics/Genomics

Research Description

I combine population-based (epidemiologic) and laboratory approaches to study the effects of dietary and other lifestyle factors on the etiology of prostate and lung cancers. I also examine how genetic susceptibility modifies associations between these factors and cancer risk.