Translational Medicine Graduate Faculty

Dr. Anne Ellis
Graduate Program Director
Immunology
Molecular Biology
Allergy

Dr. Mark Ormiston
Graduate Program Co-Director, TMED 800 Course Chair
Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiology
Pulmonary Hypertension
Cardiovascular Diseases


Oncology

High impact cancer tests for bladder and prostate cancer
Discovery and evaluation of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets

Neurology
Critical Care
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Oncology
Public Health Sciences

Dr. Che Colpitts
Graduate Program Committee Member
Virus-host interactions, focusing on positive-sense RNA viruses such as Flaviviridae (hepatitis C virus and dengue virus) and Coronaviridae (HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2).

Translational Stroke research
Pre-clinical Validation of Stroke Therapy
Neuroplasticity and Stroke Recovery


Traumatic brain injury in older patients
Deep vein thrombosis

Oncology

Cardiac Immunology
Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare, particularly in terms of efficient resource utilization, timeliness of care, guideline adherence, and QI education

Respirology
Cardiopulmonary physiology
Exercise and sleep influence breathing for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Mitochondrial genetics and dynamics
Cardiovascular diseases
Mollecular and cellular biology

Hepatology
Gastroenterology
Epidemiology



Geriatric Medicine

Health technology assessment
Global oncology
Cancer therapy
Malignant melanoma
Non-melanoma skin cancer

Hematology
Oncology
Clinical Trials

Genomics
Transcriptomics and Molecular Medicine

Nephrology
Cardiovascular System

Dr. Paula James
Deputy Department Head of Medicine
Hematology
Bleeding Disorders

Cardiology

Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Molecular Hemostasis


Neuroimmunology
Gastroenterology

Respirology

Cellular and molecular mechanisms
Muscle proteins
Metabolism
Nutrition
Physiology

Critical Care Medicine

Biomedical and Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Pharmacology

Pediatric gastroenterology
Immunophenotyping techniques for IBD patients

Rheumatology
Identifying novel therapeutic targets and disease-specific markers for inflammation and new bone formation in SpA using techniques such as spatial gene mapping and single-cell analysis for immune cells and stromal cells.

Respirology

Oncology

Dr. Lynne Marie Postovit
Head, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Ovarian Cancer
Cancer Biology and Epigenomics



Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
Myeloid innate immunity


Dr. David Reed
Graduate Program Committee Member
Gastroenterology

GI motility disorders (such as achalasia and gastroparesis), disorders of gut-brain interaction (such as functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome).
Medical Education
Qualitative and quantitative research methodology

Ophthalmology
Ocular microenvironment
Understanding intraocular immune mechanisms

Microbiology
Microbiome


Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Computing

Cardiology
Electrophysiology

Nephrology
Kidney Disease

Medical Education

Gastroenterology

Novel gene therapies for inherited and acquired neurodegenerative disorders
(Tay-Sachs, Sandhoff diseases and AB variant)
Genetic, epigenetic and metabolic changes in autism

Nephrology

Neurology
Cognitive Disorders
Epilepsy
Biomedical Big Data
Robotic Techologies in Cognitive Assessment

Dr. Karen Yeates
Graduate Program Committee Member
Nephrology
Global Health